HB0800 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0800

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Mike Boland

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

320 ILCS 25/3.07

from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.07

Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that for purposes of determining eligibility for benefits under the Act, "income" does not include any payment received on account of a military service connected disability.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT in relation to aging.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act is amended by changing Section 3.07 as follows:

(320 ILCS 25/3.07) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 403.07)

Sec. 3.07. "Income" means adjusted gross income, properly reportable for federal income tax purposes under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, modified by adding thereto the sum of the following amounts to the extent deducted or excluded from gross income in the computation of adjusted gross income:

(A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or accrued as interest or dividends during the taxable year;

(B) An amount equal to the amount of tax imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act paid for the taxable year;

(C) An amount equal to all amounts received during the taxable year as an annuity under an annuity, endowment or life insurance contract or under any other contract or agreement;

(D) An amount equal to the amount of benefits paid under the Federal Social Security Act during the taxable year;

(E) An amount equal to the amount of benefits paid under the Railroad Retirement Act during the taxable year;

(F) An amount equal to the total amount of cash public assistance payments received from any governmental agency during the taxable year other than benefits received pursuant to this Act;

(G) An amount equal to any net operating loss carryover deduction or capital loss carryover deduction during the taxable year;

(H) For claim years beginning on or after January 1, 2002, an amount equal to any benefits received under the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act during the taxable year.

"Income" does not include any grant assistance received under the Nursing Home Grant Assistance Act or any distributions or items of income described under subparagraph (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of the Illinois Income Tax Act. "Income" does not include any payment received on account of a military service connected disability.

This amendatory Act of 1987 shall be effective for purposes of this Section for tax years ending on or after December 31, 1987.

(Source: P.A. 91-676, eff. 12-23-99; 92-131, eff. 7-23-01; 92-519, eff. 1-1-02.)