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90_SB0083 20 ILCS 2310/55.85 new 20 ILCS 2310/55.86 new 30 ILCS 105/5.449 new 30 ILCS 105/5.433 new 35 ILCS 5/507Q new 35 ILCS 5/507S 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 tax checkoffs for the Mental Health Research Fund and the Children's Cancer Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Mental Health Research Fund and the Children's Cancer Fund. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to direct the Department of Human Services to make grants to organizations in Illinois for research of mental illness and cancer in children. SRS90S0009NCsa SRS90S0009NCsa 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 Sections 55.85 and 55.86 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 2310/55.85 new) 7 Sec. 55.85. Grants from the Mental Health Research Fund. 8 From funds appropriated from the Mental Health Research Fund, 9 the Department of Human Services shall award grants to 10 organizations in Illinois, for the purpose of research of 11 mental illness. 12 (20 ILCS 2310/55.86 new) 13 Sec. 55.86. Children's Cancer Fund; grants. From funds 14 appropriated from the Children's Cancer Fund, a special fund 15 created in the State treasury, the Department of Human 16 Services shall make grants to public or private entities in 17 Illinois, including the Mitchell Ross Children's Cancer Fund, 18 for the purpose of funding research into causes, prevention, 19 and treatment of cancer in children. 20 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 21 Sections 5.449 and 5.450 as follows: 22 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new) 23 Sec. 5.449. The Mental Health Research Fund. 24 (30 ILCS 105/5.450 new) 25 Sec. 5.450. The Children's Cancer Fund. 26 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by -2- SRS90S0009NCsa 1 changing Sections 509 and 510 and adding Sections 507R and 2 507S as follows: 3 (35 ILCS 5/507R new) 4 Sec. 507R. Mental Health Research Fund checkoff. The 5 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax 6 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to 7 contribute to the Mental Health Research Fund, as authorized 8 by this amendatory Act of 1997, he or she may do so by 9 stating the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on 10 the return and that the contribution will reduce the 11 taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to 12 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of 13 increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. 14 This Section shall not apply to any amended return. 15 (35 ILCS 5/507S new) 16 Sec. 507S. Children's Cancer Fund checkoff. The 17 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax 18 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to 19 contribute to the Children's Cancer Fund, as authorized by 20 this amendatory Act of 1997, he or she may do so by stating 21 the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the 22 return and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's 23 refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the 24 return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment 25 shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This Section shall 26 not apply to any amended return. 27 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509) 28 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual 29 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate 30 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate 31 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the -3- SRS90S0009NCsa 1 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife 2 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game 3 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research 4 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to 5 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act, 6 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage 7 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as 8 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan 9 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive 10 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the 11 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United 12 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse 13 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund, 14 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric 15 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics 16 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research 17 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease 18 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment 19 Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to the Children's 20 Cancer Fund, to the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, 21 and to the Meals on Wheels Fund. Each form shall contain a 22 statement that the contributions will reduce the taxpayer's 23 refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the 24 return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment 25 shall reduce the contribution accordingly. 26 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to 27 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal 28 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating 29 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the 30 individual income tax return forms for the following and all 31 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund 32 shall be refunded to the taxpayer. 33 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94; 34 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. -4- SRS90S0009NCsa 1 8-13-95.) 2 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510) 3 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The 4 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to 5 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the 6 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health 7 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the 8 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation 9 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White 10 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for 11 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter 12 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance 13 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf 14 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the 15 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois 16 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Breast and Cervical 17 Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart 18 Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the Hemophilia 19 Treatment Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund, the 20 Children's Cancer Fund, the Women in Military Service 21 Memorial Fund, and the Meals on Wheels Fund; and shall notify 22 the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts 23 to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund, 24 and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and 25 Comptroller shall transfer the amounts. 26 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94; 27 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 28 8-13-95.) 29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 30 becoming law.