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90_SB0083eng 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 SB83 Engrossed 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 and the Cancer Wellness Center, for the purposes of funding 19 (i) research into causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer 20 in children and (ii) direct community-based supportive 21 services and programs that address the psychological, 22 emotional, and social needs of children with cancer and their 23 family members. 24 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 25 Sections 5.449 and 5.450 as follows: 26 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new) 27 Sec. 5.449. The Mental Health Research Fund. SB83 Engrossed -2- SRS90S0009NCsa 1 (30 ILCS 105/5.450 new) 2 Sec. 5.450. The Children's Cancer Fund. 3 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 4 changing Sections 509 and 510 and adding Sections 507R and 5 507S as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 5/507R new) 7 Sec. 507R. Mental Health Research Fund checkoff. The 8 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax 9 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to 10 contribute to the Mental Health Research Fund, as authorized 11 by this amendatory Act of 1997, he or she may do so by 12 stating the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on 13 the return and that the contribution will reduce the 14 taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to 15 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of 16 increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. 17 This Section shall not apply to any amended return. 18 (35 ILCS 5/507S new) 19 Sec. 507S. Children's Cancer Fund checkoff. The 20 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax 21 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to 22 contribute to the Children's Cancer Fund, as authorized by 23 this amendatory Act of 1997, he or she may do so by stating 24 the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the 25 return and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's 26 refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the 27 return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment 28 shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This Section shall 29 not apply to any amended return. 30 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509) SB83 Engrossed -3- SRS90S0009NCsa 1 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual 2 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate 3 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate 4 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the 5 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife 6 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game 7 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research 8 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to 9 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act, 10 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage 11 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as 12 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan 13 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive 14 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the 15 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United 16 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse 17 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund, 18 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric 19 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics 20 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research 21 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease 22 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment 23 Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to the Children's 24 Cancer Fund, to the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, 25 and to the Meals on Wheels Fund. Each form shall contain a 26 statement that the contributions will reduce the taxpayer's 27 refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the 28 return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment 29 shall reduce the contribution accordingly. 30 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to 31 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal 32 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating 33 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the 34 individual income tax return forms for the following and all SB83 Engrossed -4- SRS90S0009NCsa 1 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund 2 shall be refunded to the taxpayer. 3 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94; 4 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 5 8-13-95.) 6 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510) 7 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The 8 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to 9 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the 10 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health 11 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the 12 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation 13 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White 14 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for 15 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter 16 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance 17 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf 18 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the 19 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois 20 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Breast and Cervical 21 Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart 22 Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the Hemophilia 23 Treatment Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund, the 24 Children's Cancer Fund, the Women in Military Service 25 Memorial Fund, and the Meals on Wheels Fund; and shall notify 26 the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts 27 to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund, 28 and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and 29 Comptroller shall transfer the amounts. 30 (Source: P.A. 88-85; 88-130; 88-459; 88-666, eff. 9-16-94; 31 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 32 8-13-95.) SB83 Engrossed -5- SRS90S0009NCsa 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.