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1 | AN ACT concerning public health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||||
5 | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||||
6 | amended by adding Section 2310-612 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-612 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2310-612. Blindness prevention grants. | ||||||
9 | (a) From funds appropriated from the Blindness Prevention | ||||||
10 | Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, the | ||||||
11 | Department must make grants to charitable or educational | ||||||
12 | entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public | ||||||
13 | education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of | ||||||
14 | blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, | ||||||
15 | senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are | ||||||
16 | not covered by any other source of funds. | ||||||
17 | (b) Grants under this Section must be awarded on both a | ||||||
18 | statewide and regional basis, taking into consideration each | ||||||
19 | region's contributions to the Fund. At least 25% of the grants | ||||||
20 | must be made to regional grantees. | ||||||
21 | (c) A grant under this Section shall be made for a period | ||||||
22 | of one year and, subject to the availability of funds, may be | ||||||
23 | renewed by the Department. | ||||||
24 | (d) The Department must create an advisory committee to | ||||||
25 | make recommendations to the Department concerning grant | ||||||
26 | proposals. The advisory committee shall consist of one | ||||||
27 | representative from the Illinois Society for the Prevention of | ||||||
28 | Blindness, one licensed doctor of optometry, one member of the | ||||||
29 | Gateway Lions & Partners, one optometric educator from a school | ||||||
30 | of optometry located within Illinois, and one member from the | ||||||
31 | general public. Members of the advisory committee may not | ||||||
32 | receive compensation or reimbursement for their services. |
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1 | Members of the committee must recuse themselves from | ||||||
2 | consideration of any grant proposals submitted by any entity | ||||||
3 | from which they were appointed. | ||||||
4 | (e) The Department must adopt any rules necessary to | ||||||
5 | implement and administer this Section, including, without | ||||||
6 | limitation, a methodology for determining regions of the State.
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7 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||
8 | Section
5.640 as follows:
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9 | (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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10 | Sec. 5.640. The Blindness Prevention Fund.
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11 | Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | ||||||
12 | adding Section 507EE and amending Sections 509 and 510 as | ||||||
13 | follows: | ||||||
14 | (35 ILCS 5/507EE new) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 507EE. Blindness Prevention Fund checkoff. For | ||||||
16 | taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2005, the | ||||||
17 | Department
shall print on its standard individual income tax | ||||||
18 | form a provision indicating
that if the taxpayer wishes to | ||||||
19 | contribute to the Blindness Prevention Fund, as authorized by | ||||||
20 | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, he or she may | ||||||
21 | do so by
stating the amount of the contribution (not less than | ||||||
22 | $1) on the return and
that the contribution will reduce the | ||||||
23 | taxpayer's refund or increase the amount
of payment to | ||||||
24 | accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of increased
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25 | payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This | ||||||
26 | Section shall not
apply to any amended return. | ||||||
27 |
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28 | (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
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29 | Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income | ||||||
30 | tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and | ||||||
31 | spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to |
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1 | the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the | ||||||
3 | Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's | ||||||
4 | Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease | ||||||
5 | Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required | ||||||
6 | by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer | ||||||
7 | Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the | ||||||
8 | Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) | ||||||
9 | Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the | ||||||
10 | Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | ||||||
11 | Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | ||||||
12 | National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family | ||||||
13 | Relief Fund,
the Blindness Prevention Fund, the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Veterans' Homes Fund, and the Asthma and Lung Research Fund.
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15 | Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions | ||||||
16 | will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of | ||||||
17 | payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of | ||||||
18 | increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
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19 | If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to | ||||||
20 | any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal | ||||||
21 | $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating | ||||||
22 | contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual | ||||||
23 | income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent | ||||||
24 | years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be | ||||||
25 | refunded to the taxpayer.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | ||||||
27 | eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | ||||||
28 | eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | ||||||
29 | 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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30 | (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
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31 | Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The | ||||||
32 | Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each | ||||||
33 | of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois | ||||||
34 | Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless | ||||||
35 | Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns |
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1 | Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World | ||||||
2 | War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the | ||||||
3 | Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease | ||||||
4 | (ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
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5 | the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | ||||||
6 | Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | ||||||
7 | National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes | ||||||
8 | Fund, the Blindness Prevention Fund, and
the Asthma and Lung | ||||||
9 | Research Fund;
and shall notify the State Comptroller and the | ||||||
10 | State Treasurer of the amounts
to be transferred from the | ||||||
11 | General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt
of such | ||||||
12 | notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall | ||||||
13 | transfer the
amounts.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | ||||||
15 | eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | ||||||
16 | eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | ||||||
17 | 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.
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