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90_HB3779
20 ILCS 2310/55.89 new
30 ILCS 105/5.480 new
35 ILCS 5/507U 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 to create a tax
checkoff for the Children's Heart Foundation Fund. Amends
the State Finance Act to create the Children's Heart
Foundation Fund. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois to direct the Department of Human Services to make
grants to organizations in Illinois for (i) research of
treatment and prevention of heart disease in children and
(ii) community-based supportive and educational services for
children with heart disease and their families in Illinois.
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1 AN ACT concerning income tax checkoffs.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by adding Section 55.89 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2310/55.89 new)
7 Sec. 55.89. Children's Heart Foundation Fund; grants.
8 From funds appropriated from the Children's Heart Foundation
9 Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, the
10 Department of Human Services shall make grants to public or
11 private entities in Illinois for the purposes of funding (i)
12 research into causes, prevention, and treatment of heart
13 disease in children and (ii) direct community-based
14 supportive and educational services for children with heart
15 disease and their families in the State of Illinois.
16 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
17 Section 5.480 as follows:
18 (30 ILCS 105/5.480 new)
19 Sec. 5.480. The Children's Heart Foundation Fund.
20 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
21 adding Section 507U and changing Sections 509 and 510 as
22 follows:
23 (35 ILCS 5/507U new)
24 Sec. 507U. Children's Heart Foundation checkoff. The
25 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax
26 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
27 contribute to the Children's Heart Foundation Fund, as
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1 authorized by this amendatory Act of 1998, he or she may do
2 so by stating the amount of the contribution (not less than
3 $1) on the return and that the contribution will reduce the
4 taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to
5 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of
6 increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
7 This Section shall not apply to any amended return.
8 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
9 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual
10 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate
11 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
12 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the
13 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife
14 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game
15 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
16 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to
17 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
18 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
19 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
20 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
21 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive
22 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the
23 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United
24 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse
25 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
26 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
27 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics
28 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research
29 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease
30 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment
31 Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to the Children's
32 Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes Association Fund, the
33 Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, to the Children's
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1 Heart Foundation Fund, and to the Meals on Wheels Fund. Each
2 form shall contain a statement that the contributions will
3 reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of
4 payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount
5 of increased payment shall reduce the contribution
6 accordingly.
7 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
8 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal
9 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
10 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
11 individual income tax return forms for the following and all
12 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
13 shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
14 (Source: P.A. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95;
15 90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)
16 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
17 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The
18 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to
19 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
20 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health
21 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
22 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
23 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
24 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for
25 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
26 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance
27 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
28 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
29 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois
30 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Breast and Cervical
31 Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
32 Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the Hemophilia
33 Treatment Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund, the
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1 Children's Cancer Fund, the American Diabetes Association
2 Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, the
3 Children's Heart Foundation Fund, and the Meals on Wheels
4 Fund; and shall notify the State Comptroller and the State
5 Treasurer of the amounts to be transferred from the General
6 Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt of such
7 notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall
8 transfer the amounts.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95;
10 90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)