HB6056 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 19942 AJT 35420 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB6056

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/5.755 new
625 ILCS 5/3-821.5 new

Amends the State Finance Act to create the Save Our Sight Fund. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall print on its standard certificate of title application form a provision indicating that if the applicant wishes to contribute $1 to the Save Our Sight Fund, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution ($1) on the application form. Provides that the Secretary of State shall also make available to applicant for a certificate of title informational materials on the importance of eye care and safety. Specifies the purposes for the use of funds in the Save Our Sight Fund. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

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

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.755 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.755 new)

Sec. 5.755. The Save Our Sight Fund.

Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 3-821.5 as follows:

(625 ILCS 5/3-821.5 new)

Sec. 3-821.5. Contributions to Save Our Sight Fund.

(a) The Secretary shall print on its standard certificate of title application form a provision indicating that if the applicant wishes to contribute $1 to the Save Our Sight Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the contribution ($1) on the application form. The Secretary shall also make available to applicant for a certificate of title informational materials on the importance of eye care and safety.

(b) The Save Our Sight Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. All moneys in the Save Our Sight Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, for the following purposes:

(1) To provide support to organizations exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to Sections 501(a) and 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code that offer vision services in all counties in this State that have demonstrated experience in the delivery of vision services to do one or more of the following:

(A) Implement a voluntary children's vision screening training and certification program for volunteers, child care providers, nurses, teachers, health care professionals practicing in primary care settings, and others serving children;

(B) Develop and implement a registry and targeted voluntary case management system to determine whether children with amblyopia are receiving professional eye care and to provide their parents with information and support regarding their child's vision care;

(C) Establish a matching grant program for the purchase and distribution of protective eyewear to children; or

(D) Provide vision health and safety programs and materials for classrooms;

(2) To develop and distribute informational materials on the importance of eye care and safety to the Secretary;

(3) To reimburse the Secretary of State for the administrative costs incurred in performing its duties under this Section.

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