Public Act 095-0434
 
SB0796 Enrolled LRB095 05486 BDD 25576 b

    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by adding Section 2310-361 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-361 new)
    Sec. 2310-361. The Lung Cancer Research Fund. The Lung
Cancer Research Fund is created as a special fund in the State
treasury. From appropriations to the Department from the Fund,
the Department shall make grants to public or private
not-for-profit entities for the purpose of lung cancer
research.
 
    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.675 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)
    Sec. 5.675. The Lung Cancer Research Fund.
 
    Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
adding Section 507OO and by changing Sections 509 and 510 as
follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 5/507OO new)
    Sec. 507OO. The lung cancer research checkoff. For taxable
years ending on or after December 31, 2007, the Department
shall print, on its standard individual income tax form, a
provision indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to contribute
to the Lung Cancer Research Fund, as authorized by this
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, then he or she may
do so by stating the amount of the contribution (not less than
$1) on the return and indicating that the contribution will
reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment
to accompany the return. The taxpayer's failure to remit any
amount of the increased payment reduces the contribution
accordingly. This Section does not apply to any amended return.
 
    (35 ILCS 5/509)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
    Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income
tax return forms shall contain appropriate explanations and
spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate contributions to
the funds to which contributions may be made under this Article
5. following funds: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the
Illinois Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act), the Alzheimer's
Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's Disease
Research Act), the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required
by this Act), the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer
Research Fund, the National World War II Memorial Fund, the
Prostate Cancer Research Fund, the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, the
Sarcoidosis Research Fund, the Leukemia Treatment and
Education Fund, the World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial
Fund, the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund, the Blindness
Prevention Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, the
Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund, the
Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund, the Vince Demuzio Memorial
Colon Cancer Fund, the Autism Research Fund, the Heartsaver AED
Fund, the Asthma and Lung Research Fund, and the Illinois Brain
Tumor Research Fund.
    Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions
will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of
payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of
increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
    If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
any one of the funds made under this Article 5 Section do not
equal $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for
designating contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual income tax return forms for the following and all
subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
(Source: P.A. 93-36, eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03;
93-292, eff. 7-22-03; 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff.
7-21-04; 94-73, eff. 6-23-05; 94-107, eff. 7-1-05; 94-141, eff.
1-1-06; 94-142, eff. 1-1-06; 94-442, eff. 8-4-05; 94-602, eff.
8-16-05; 94-649, eff. 8-22-05; 94-876, eff. 6-19-06; revised
8-3-06.)
 
    (35 ILCS 5/510)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
    Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The
Department shall determine the total amount contributed to each
of the funds under this Article 5 following: the Child Abuse
Prevention Fund, the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the
Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the Alzheimer's Disease
Research Fund, the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer
Research Fund, the National World War II Memorial Fund, the
Prostate Cancer Research Fund, the Illinois Military Family
Relief Fund, the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) Research Fund, the
Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, the Sarcoidosis Research
Fund, the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund, the World War
II Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund, the Korean War Veterans
National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes
Fund, the Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund,
the Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund, the Vince Demuzio Memorial
Colon Cancer Fund, the Autism Research Fund, the Blindness
Prevention Fund, the Heartsaver AED Fund, the Asthma and Lung
Research Fund, and the Illinois Brain Tumor Research Fund; and
shall notify the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of
the amounts to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to
each fund, and upon receipt of such notification the State
Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
(Source: P.A. 93-36, eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03;
93-292, eff. 7-22-03; 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff.
7-21-04; 94-73, eff. 6-23-05; 94-107, eff. 7-1-05; 94-141, eff.
1-1-06; 94-142, eff. 1-1-06; 94-442, eff. 8-4-05; 94-602, eff.
8-16-05; 94-649, eff. 8-22-05; 94-876, eff. 6-19-06; revised
8-3-06.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 08/27/2007