Full Text of HB0393 94th General Assembly
HB0395 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0395
Introduced 1/25/2005, by Rep. Jay C. Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 2310/2310-612 new |
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30 ILCS 105/5.640 new |
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35 ILCS 5/507EE new |
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35 ILCS 5/509 |
from Ch. 120, par. 5-509 |
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a tax checkoff for the Blindness Prevention Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to make grants to charitable or educational entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are not covered by any other source of funds. Sets forth requirements for the grants. Requires the Department to create an advisory committee to make recommendations concerning the grant proposals. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning public health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| 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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| 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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| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 8 |
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5.640 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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| Sec. 5.640. The Blindness Prevention Fund.
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| Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | 12 |
| adding Section 507EE and amending Section 509 as follows: | 13 |
| (35 ILCS 5/507EE new) | 14 |
| Sec. 507EE. Blindness Prevention Fund checkoff. For | 15 |
| taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2005, the | 16 |
| Department
shall print on its standard individual income tax | 17 |
| form a provision indicating
that if the taxpayer wishes to | 18 |
| contribute to the Blindness Prevention Fund, as authorized by | 19 |
| this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, he or she may | 20 |
| do so by
stating the amount of the contribution (not less than | 21 |
| $1) on the return and
that the contribution will reduce the | 22 |
| taxpayer's refund or increase the amount
of payment to | 23 |
| accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of increased
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| payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This | 25 |
| Section shall not
apply to any amended return. | 26 |
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| (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
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| Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income | 29 |
| tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and | 30 |
| spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to | 31 |
| the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the |
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| Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the | 2 |
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Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's | 3 |
| Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease | 4 |
| Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required | 5 |
| by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer | 6 |
| Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the | 7 |
| Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) | 8 |
| Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the | 9 |
| Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | 10 |
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | 11 |
| National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family | 12 |
| Relief Fund,
the Blindness Prevention Fund, the Illinois | 13 |
| Veterans' Homes Fund, and the Asthma and Lung Research Fund.
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| Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions | 15 |
| will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of | 16 |
| payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of | 17 |
| increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
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| If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to | 19 |
| any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal | 20 |
| $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating | 21 |
| contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual | 22 |
| income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent | 23 |
| years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be | 24 |
| refunded to the taxpayer.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | 26 |
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | 27 |
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 28 |
| 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 30 |
| becoming law.
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