98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2972
 
Introduced , by Rep. Mike Smiddy
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
30 ILCS 105/5.826 new
30 ILCS 105/6z-98 new
35 ILCS 5/507DDD new

     Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Veterans' Prosthesis Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used by the Department of Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of making grants to Illinois veterans to update and replace the veteran's existing prosthesis. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create a tax checkoff for the Veterans' Prosthesis Fund. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  



 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
5Sections 5.826 and 6z-98 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.826 new)
7    Sec. 5.826. The Veterans' Prosthesis Fund.
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/6z-98 new)
9    Sec. 6z-98. The Veterans' Prosthesis Fund; creation. The 
10Veterans' Prosthesis Fund is created as a special fund in the 
11State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the 
12Department of Veterans' Affairs for the purpose of making 
13grants to Illinois veterans to update and replace the veteran's 
14existing prosthesis.  The Department shall adopt rules 
15concerning eligibility for the grants.  The Fund may receive 
16moneys from the veterans' prosthesis income tax checkoff 
17created in Section 507DDD of the Illinois Income Tax Act, as 
18well as public and private donations.  All federal funds made 
19available to the State for the purpose of aiding veterans in 
20updating or replacing prostheses shall be deposited into the 
21Veterans' Prosthesis Fund. 
 
 
 
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1    Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended  by 
2adding Section 507DDD as follows:
 
3    (35 ILCS 5/507DDD new)
4    Sec. 507DDD. Veterans' prosthesis checkoff.  For taxable 
5years ending on or after December 31, 2013, the Department 
6shall print, on its standard individual income tax form, a 
7provision indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to contribute 
8to the Veterans' Prosthesis Fund, as authorized by this 
9amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, then he or she may 
10do so by stating the amount of the contribution (not less than 
11$1) on the return and indicating that the contribution will 
12reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment 
13to accompany the return. The taxpayer's failure to remit any 
14amount of the increased payment reduces the contribution 
15accordingly. This Section does not apply to any amended return.
 

16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.