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90_HB1982 Makes appropriations or reappropriations or both to the Department of Revenue for fiscal year 1998. Effective July 1, 1997. LRB9005313WHdv LRB9005313WHdv 1 AN ACT making appropriations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. The following named amounts, or so much 5 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 6 and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 7 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 8 Revenue: 9 OPERATIONS 10 GOVERNMENT SERVICES 11 For Personal Services: 12 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ $ 3,847,400 13 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 551,500 14 Payable from Personal Property Tax 15 Replacement Fund ............................ 740,600 16 Payable from Illinois Tax 17 Increment Fund .............................. 172,400 18 For Employee Retirement Contributions 19 Paid by Employer: 20 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 153,900 21 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 22,100 22 Payable from Personal Property Tax 23 Replacement Fund ............................ 29,600 24 Payable from Illinois Tax 25 Increment Fund .............................. 6,900 26 For State Contributions to State 27 Employees' Retirement System: 28 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 196,200 29 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 28,100 30 Payable from Personal Property Tax 31 Replacement Fund ............................ 37,800 32 Payable from Illinois Tax -2- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Increment Fund .............................. 8,800 2 For State Contributions to Social Security: 3 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 285,300 4 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 40,300 5 Payable from Personal Property Tax 6 Replacement Fund ............................ 56,700 7 Payable from Illinois Tax 8 Increment Fund .............................. 13,000 9 For Group Insurance: 10 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund.............. 68,900 11 Payable from Personal Property Tax 12 Replacement Fund............................. 95,400 13 Payable from Illinois Tax 14 Increment Fund .............................. 21,200 15 For Contractual Services: 16 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 107,900 17 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 30,300 18 Payable from Personal Property Tax 19 Replacement Fund ............................ 8,700 20 For Travel: 21 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 45,600 22 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 19,400 23 Payable from Personal Property Tax 24 Replacement Fund ............................ 24,400 25 For Commodities: 26 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 13,500 27 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 2,000 28 Payable from Personal Property Tax 29 Replacement Fund ............................ 7,800 30 For Equipment: 31 Payable from General Revenue Fund............. 250,000 32 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 157,700 33 Payable from Personal Property Tax 34 Replacement Fund ............................ 32,000 -3- LRB9005313WHdv 1 For Administration of the 2 Illinois Affordable Housing Act: 3 Payable from Illinois Affordable 4 Housing Trust Fund .......................... 1,400,000 5 For transfer into the Senior Citizens 6 Real Estate Deferred Tax Revolving 7 Fund ......................................... 2,750,000 8 Total $11,225,400 9 Section 2. The following named amounts, or so much 10 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 11 and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 12 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 13 Revenue: 14 OPERATIONS 15 TAX COMPLIANCE 16 For Personal Services: 17 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ $ 48,242,471 18 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 8,712,900 19 Payable from Underground 20 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 130,900 21 Payable from Personal Property Tax 22 Replacement Fund ............................ 1,072,000 23 Payable from Illinois Gaming 24 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 1,361,500 25 Payable from County Option Motor 26 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 131,000 27 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 28 Trust Fund .................................. 415,400 29 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 30 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund ............... 135,400 31 For Extra Help: 32 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 637,000 33 For Employee Retirement Contributions -4- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Paid by Employer: 2 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 1,988,300 3 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 348,500 4 Payable from Underground Storage 5 Tank Fund ................................... 5,200 6 Payable from Personal Property Tax 7 Replacement Fund ............................ 42,900 8 Payable from Illinois Gaming 9 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 72,800 10 Payable from County Option Motor 11 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 5,200 12 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 13 Trust Fund .................................. 16,600 14 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 15 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund .............. 5,400 16 For State Contributions to State 17 Employees' Retirement System: 18 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 2,493,400 19 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 444,400 20 Payable from Underground 21 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 6,700 22 Payable from Personal Property Tax 23 Replacement Fund ............................ 54,700 24 Payable from Illinois Gaming 25 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 69,500 26 Payable from County Option Motor 27 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 6,700 28 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 29 Trust Fund .................................. 21,200 30 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 31 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund ............... 6,900 32 For State Contributions to Social Security: 33 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 3,447,000 34 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 629,700 -5- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Payable from Underground 2 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 10,000 3 Payable from Personal Property Tax 4 Replacement Fund ............................ 81,400 5 Payable from Illinois Gaming 6 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 54,200 7 Payable from County Option Motor 8 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 9,800 9 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 10 Trust Fund .................................. 30,800 11 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 12 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund ............... 10,100 13 For Group Insurance: 14 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund.............. 1,012,300 15 Payable from Underground 16 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 10,600 17 Payable from Personal Property Tax 18 Replacement Fund............................. 148,400 19 Payable from Illinois Gaming 20 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 137,800 21 Payable from County Option Motor 22 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 10,600 23 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 24 Trust Fund .................................. 53,000 25 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 26 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund ............... 21,200 27 For Contractual Services: 28 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 912,700 29 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 411,600 30 Payable from Illinois Gaming 31 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 77,600 32 For Travel: 33 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 1,232,500 34 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 858,900 -6- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Payable from Underground 2 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 14,200 3 Payable from Personal Property Tax 4 Replacement Fund ............................ 109,600 5 Payable from Illinois Gaming 6 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 25,000 7 Payable from County Option Motor 8 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 13,700 9 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 10 Trust Fund .................................. 3,500 11 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 12 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund ............... 25,400 13 For Commodities: 14 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 18,000 15 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 4,100 16 Payable from Underground 17 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 800 18 Payable from Personal Property Tax 19 Replacement Fund ............................ 3,100 20 Payable from Illinois Gaming 21 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 8,600 22 For Administrative Costs of Joint 23 State/Federal Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement 24 Program: 25 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 81,500 26 Total $75,894,671 27 Section 3. The following named amounts, or so much 28 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 29 and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 30 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 31 Revenue: 32 OPERATIONS 33 MANAGEMENT SERVICES -7- LRB9005313WHdv 1 For Personal Services: 2 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ $ 19,950,800 3 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 596,100 4 Payable from Underground 5 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 46,300 6 Payable from Personal Property Tax 7 Replacement Fund ............................ 296,100 8 Payable from Illinois Gaming 9 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 45,400 10 For Extra Help: 11 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 187,300 12 For Employee Retirement Contributions 13 Paid by Employer: 14 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 805,400 15 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 23,800 16 Payable from Underground Storage Tank Fund ... 1,900 17 Payable from Personal Property Tax 18 Replacement Fund ............................ 11,800 19 Payable from Illinois Gaming 20 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 1,800 21 For State Contributions to State 22 Employees' Retirement System: 23 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 1,027,000 24 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 30,400 25 Payable from Underground 26 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 2,400 27 Payable from Personal Property Tax 28 Replacement Fund ........................... 15,100 29 Payable from Illinois Gaming 30 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 2,300 31 For State Contributions to Social Security: 32 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 1,491,200 33 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 43,500 34 Payable from Underground -8- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 3,500 2 Payable from Personal Property Tax 3 Replacement Fund ............................ 22,500 4 Payable from Illinois Gaming 5 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 3,500 6 For Group Insurance: 7 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund.............. 58,300 8 Payable from Underground 9 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 5,300 10 Payable from Personal Property 11 Tax Replacement Fund......................... 37,100 12 Payable from Illinois Gaming 13 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 5,300 14 For Contractual Services: 15 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 2,779,800 16 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 954,300 17 Payable from Underground 18 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 1,600 19 Payable from Personal Property Tax 20 Replacement Fund ............................ 27,600 21 For Travel: 22 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 102,200 23 For Commodities: 24 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 294,000 25 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 85,200 26 Payable from Personal Property Tax 27 Replacement Fund............................. 50,000 28 Payable from County Option Motor 29 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 2,400 30 For Printing: 31 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 1,204,900 32 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 579,000 33 Payable from Underground 34 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 1,600 -9- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Payable from Personal Property Tax 2 Replacement Fund ............................ 165,000 3 Payable from Illinois Gaming 4 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 4,800 5 For Electronic Data Processing: 6 Payable from General Revenue Fund............. 3,582,000 7 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund.............. 2,097,200 8 Payable from Underground 9 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 5,000 10 Payable from Personal Property 11 Tax Replacement Fund......................... 436,000 12 Payable from Illinois Gaming 13 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 233,100 14 Payable from County Option Motor 15 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 22,100 16 Payable from Illinois Tax 17 Increment Fund .............................. 200,100 18 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 19 Trust Fund .................................. 4,800 20 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 21 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund ............... 108,300 22 Payable from Tax Compliance and 23 Administration Fund ......................... 102,800 24 For Telecommunications Services: 25 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 2,447,600 26 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 77,600 27 Payable from Underground 28 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 10,000 29 Payable from Personal Property Tax 30 Replacement Fund ............................ 17,800 31 Payable from Illinois Gaming 32 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 10,500 33 Payable from County Option Motor 34 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 13,400 -10- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Payable from Illinois Tax 2 Increment Fund .............................. 15,900 3 Payable from Child Support Enforcement 4 Trust Fund .................................. 15,100 5 Payable from Home Rule Municipal 6 Retailers Occupation Tax Fund ............... 3,600 7 Payable from Tax Compliance and 8 Administration Fund ......................... 5,700 9 For Operation of Auto Equipment: 10 Payable from General Revenue Fund............. 63,366 11 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund.............. 20,500 12 Payable from Personal Property Tax 13 Replacement Fund............................. 5,600 14 Payable from Illinois Gaming 15 Law Enforcement Fund ........................ 19,500 16 Total $40,484,066 17 Section 4. The following named amounts, or so much 18 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects 19 and purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 20 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of 21 Revenue: 22 OPERATIONS 23 TAX PROCESSING 24 For Personal Services: 25 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ $ 7,280,163 26 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 2,684,200 27 Payable from Underground 28 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 241,100 29 Payable from Personal Property Tax 30 Replacement Fund ............................ 2,354,400 31 Payable from County Option Motor 32 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 188,100 33 Payable from Tax Compliance and -11- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Administration Fund ......................... 279,800 2 For Extra Help: 3 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 1,925,400 4 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 103,900 5 For Employee Retirement Contributions 6 Paid by Employer: 7 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 368,000 8 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 111,500 9 Payable from Underground Storage 10 Tank Fund ................................... 9,700 11 Payable from Personal Property Tax 12 Replacement Fund ............................ 94,200 13 Payable from County Option Motor 14 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 7,500 15 Payable from Tax Compliance and 16 Administration Fund ......................... 11,200 17 For State Contributions to State 18 Employees' Retirement System: 19 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 469,500 20 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund.............. 142,200 21 Payable from Underground 22 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 12,300 23 Payable from Personal Property Tax 24 Replacement Fund ............................ 120,000 25 Payable from County Option Motor 26 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 9,500 27 Payable from Tax Compliance and 28 Administration Fund ......................... 14,300 29 For State Contributions to Social Security: 30 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 685,000 31 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 203,500 32 Payable from Underground 33 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 18,400 34 Payable from Personal Property Tax -12- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Replacement Fund ............................ 176,500 2 Payable from County Option Motor 3 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 14,100 4 Payable from Tax Compliance and 5 Administration Fund ......................... 19,900 6 For Group Insurance: 7 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund.............. 439,900 8 Payable from Underground 9 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 58,300 10 Payable from Personal Property Tax 11 Replacement Fund ............................ 450,500 12 Payable from County Option Motor 13 Fuel Tax Fund ............................... 42,400 14 Payable from Tax Compliance and 15 Administration Fund ......................... 30,100 16 For Contractual Services: 17 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 226,800 18 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 84,400 19 Payable from Personal Property Tax 20 Replacement Fund ............................ 2,000 21 Payable from Tax Compliance and 22 Administration Fund ......................... 5,100 23 For Travel: 24 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 28,500 25 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 3,000 26 Payable from Personal Property Tax 27 Replacement Fund ............................ 18,100 28 Payable from Tax Compliance and 29 Administration Fund ......................... 10,500 30 For Commodities: 31 Payable from General Revenue Fund ............ 357,500 32 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 5,800 33 Payable from Underground 34 Storage Tank Fund ........................... 1,300 -13- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Payable from Personal Property Tax 2 Replacement Fund ............................ 10,700 3 Payable from Tax Compliance and 4 Administration Fund ......................... 2,000 5 For Printing: 6 Payable from General Revenue Fund............. 23,100 7 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 30,900 8 For Administration of the International 9 Fuel Tax Agreement As Awarded by the 10 Federal Highway Administration: 11 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ............. 14,000 12 Total $19,389,263 13 GOVERNMENT SERVICES GRANTS 14 Section 5. The following named amounts, or so much 15 thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the 16 Department of Revenue as follows: 17 Payable from General Revenue Fund: 18 For the State's Share of County 19 Supervisors of Assessments' or 20 County Assessors' salaries, 21 as provided by law .......................... $ 1,796,300 22 For additional compensation for local 23 assessors, as provided by Sections 2.3 24 and 2.6 of the "Revenue Act of 1939", 25 as amended .................................. 640,000 26 For additional compensation for local 27 assessors, as provided by Section 2.7 28 of the "Revenue Act of 1939", as 29 amended ..................................... 720,000 30 For additional compensation for county treas- 31 urers, pursuant to Public Act 84-1432, 32 as amended .................................. 510,000 33 Total $3,666,300 -14- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Payable from State and Local Sales 2 Tax Reform Fund: 3 For Allocation to Chicago for 4 additional 1.25% Use Tax Pursuant 5 to P.A. 86-0928 ..............................$ 34,000,000 6 Payable from Local Government Distributive Fund: 7 For Allocation of the .4% Sales 8 Tax to Units of Local Government 9 Pursuant to P.A. 86-0928 .....................$ 21,804,000 10 For Allocation to Local Governments of 11 additional 1.25% Use Tax Pursuant to 12 P.A. 86-0928 .................................$ 80,000,000 13 Payable from R.T.A. Occupation and Use 14 Tax Replacement Fund: 15 For Allocation to RTA for 10% of the 16 1.25% Use Tax Pursuant to P.A. 86-0928 .......$ 17,000,000 17 Payable from Senior Citizens' Real 18 Real Estate Deferred Tax 19 Revolving Fund: 20 For Payments to Counties as Required 21 by the Senior Citizens Real 22 Estate Tax Deferral Act .......................$ 4,656,200 23 Payable from Illinois Tax 24 Increment Fund: 25 For Distribution to Local Tax 26 Increment Finance Districts ..................$ 14,279,500 27 TAX COMPLIANCE GRANTS 28 Section 6. The following named sums, or so much thereof 29 as may be necessary, are to the Department of Revenue for the 30 purposes as follows: 31 Payable from the Illinois Gaming Law 32 Enforcement Fund: 33 For a Grant for Allocation to Local Law -15- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Enforcement Agencies for joint state and 2 local efforts in Administration of the 3 Charitable Games, Pull Tabs and Jar 4 Games Act .....................................$ 1,620,400 5 Payable from the General Revenue Fund: 6 For payment of grants under the Senior 7 Citizens and Disabled Persons Property 8 Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical and 9 Assistance Act ...............................$ 99,275,000 10 TAX COMPLIANCE REFUNDS 11 For payment of refunds pursuant to the 12 provisions of the Senior Citizens and 13 Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief 14 and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act: 15 Payable from General Revenue Fund ................$ 120,000 16 TAX PROCESSING GRANTS 17 Section 7. The following named amounts, or so much 18 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 19 to the Department of Revenue for: 20 Payable from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund: 21 For Reimbursement to International 22 Fuel Tax Agreement Member 23 States........................................$ 43,600,000 24 TAX PROCESSING REFUNDS 25 For Refunds and Repayment to persons 26 as provided by law: 27 Payable from Motor Fuel Tax Fund ..............$ 14,900,000 28 For Refund of certain taxes in lieu of 29 credit memoranda, where such refunds are 30 authorized by law: 31 Payable from General Revenue Fund ..............$ 9,350,000 -16- LRB9005313WHdv 1 For Refunds provided for in Section 13a.8 of 2 the Motor Fuel Tax Act: 3 Payable from the Underground 4 Storage Tank Fund ...............................$ 100,000 5 GOVERNMENT SERVICE GRANTS 6 Section 8. The sum of $35,000,000, new appropriation, is 7 appropriated and the sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as 8 may be necessary and as remains unexpended at the close of 9 business on June 30, 1997, from appropriations and 10 reappropriations heretofore made in Article 74, Section 8 of 11 Public Act 89-0501, is reappropriated from the Illinois 12 Affordable Housing Trust Fund to the Department of Revenue 13 for Grants, (downpayment assistance, rental subsidies, 14 security deposit subsidies, technical assistance, outreach, 15 building an organization's capacity to develop affordable 16 housing projects and other related purposes), Mortgages, 17 Loans, or for the purpose of securing bonds pursuant to the 18 Illinois Affordable Housing Act, administered by the Illinois 19 Housing Development Authority. 20 Section 8A. The sum of $20,000,000, new appropriation, 21 is appropriated and the sum of $35,063,100, or so much 22 thereof as may be necessary and as remains unexpended at the 23 close of business on June 30, 1997, from appropriations and 24 reappropriations heretofore made in Article 74, Section 8A of 25 Public Act 89-0501 is reappropriated from the Federal HOME 26 Investment Trust Fund to the Department of Revenue for the 27 Illinois HOME Investment Partnerships Program administered by 28 the Illinois Housing Development Authority, 29 ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD 30 Section 9. The sum of $82,000,000, or so much thereof as 31 may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Gaming Fund -17- LRB9005313WHdv 1 to the Department of Revenue for distributions to local 2 governments for admissions and wagering tax. 3 Section 10. The following named amounts, or so much 4 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 5 to the Department of Revenue for the ordinary and contingent 6 expenses of the Illinois Gaming Board: 7 Payable from State Gaming Fund: 8 For Personal Services......................... $ 2,377,470 9 For Employee Retirement Contributions 10 Paid by Employer ............................ 124,300 11 For State Contributions to the 12 State Employees' Retirement System........... 103,960 13 For State Contributions to 14 Social Security.............................. 153,130 15 For Group Insurance........................... 258,400 16 For Contractual Services...................... 9,866,710 17 For Travel.................................... 95,000 18 For Commodities............................... 30,000 19 For Printing.................................. 2,000 20 For Equipment................................. 109,600 21 For EDP....................................... 100,800 22 For Telecommunications........................ 320,000 23 For Operation of Auto Equipment............... 26,000 24 Total $13,567,370 25 REFUNDS 26 Section 11. The following named amounts, or so much 27 thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated 28 to the Department of Revenue for: 29 ILLINOIS GAMING BOARD 30 Payable from State Gaming Fund: 31 For Refunds ......................................$ 200,000 -18- LRB9005313WHdv 1 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 2 July 1, 1997.