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90_HB1480 20 ILCS 1305/10-22 new 30 ILCS 105/5.449 new 35 ILCS 5/507R new 35 ILCS 5/509 from Ch. 120, par. 5-509 35 ILCS 5/510 from Ch. 120, par. 5-510 Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act by creating a tax checkoff for the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Amends the Department of Human Services Act to provide that the Department may provide grants to public or private hospitals, medical centers, and medical schools for education on and treatment of leukemia from appropriations to the Department from the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund. Effective immediately. LRB9004815KDsbA LRB9004815KDsbA 1 AN ACT in relation to taxes, amending named Acts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is 5 amended by adding Section 10-22 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 1305/10-22 new) 7 Sec. 10-22. Leukemia grants. The Department of Human 8 Services may make grants to public and private hospitals, 9 medical centers, and medical schools for education on and 10 treatment of leukemia from appropriations to the Department 11 from the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund, a special 12 fund created in the State Treasury. 13 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 14 Section 5.449 as follows: 15 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new) 16 Sec. 5.449. The Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund. 17 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 18 changing Sections 509 and 510 and adding Section 507R as 19 follows: 20 (35 ILCS 5/507R new) 21 Sec. 507R. The Leukemia Treatment and Education 22 checkoff. The Department shall print on its standard 23 individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the 24 taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Leukemia Treatment and 25 Education Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of 1997, 26 he or she may do so be stating the amount of the contribution 27 (not less than $1) on the return and that the contribution -2- LRB9004815KDsbA 1 will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of 2 payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount 3 of increased payment shall reduce the contribution 4 accordingly. This Section shall not apply to any amended 5 return. 6 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509) 7 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual 8 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate 9 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate 10 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the 11 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife 12 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game 13 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research 14 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to 15 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act, 16 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage 17 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as 18 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan 19 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive 20 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the 21 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United 22 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse 23 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund, 24 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric 25 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics 26 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research 27 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease 28 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment 29 Fund, to the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund, to the 30 Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, and to the Meals on 31 Wheels Fund. Each form shall contain a statement that the 32 contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase 33 the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to -3- LRB9004815KDsbA 1 remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the 2 contribution accordingly. 3 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to 4 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal 5 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating 6 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the 7 individual income tax return forms for the following and all 8 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund 9 shall be refunded to the taxpayer. 10 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94; 11 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 12 8-13-95.) 13 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510) 14 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The 15 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to 16 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the 17 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health 18 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the 19 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation 20 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White 21 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for 22 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter 23 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance 24 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf 25 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the 26 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois 27 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Breast and Cervical 28 Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart 29 Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the Hemophilia 30 Treatment Fund, the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund, 31 the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, and the Meals on 32 Wheels Fund; and shall notify the State Comptroller and the 33 State Treasurer of the amounts to be transferred from the -4- LRB9004815KDsbA 1 General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt of such 2 notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall 3 transfer the amounts. 4 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94; 5 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 6 8-13-95.) 7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 8 becoming law.