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    AN ACT concerning veterans.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 2h as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2805/2h  new)
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    Sec. 2h. The O'Fallon Veterans' Memorial Fund; grants. The 
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O'Fallon Veterans' Memorial Fund is created as a special fund 
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in the State Treasury.  From appropriations from the Fund, the 
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Department must make grants to the City of O'Fallon for the 
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purpose of constructing a veterans' memorial.
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    Moneys received for the purposes of this Section, 
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including, without limitation, income tax checkoff receipts 
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and gifts, grants, and awards from any public or private 
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entity, must be deposited into the Fund.   Any interest earned on 
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moneys in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
 
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    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
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Section
5.640 as follows:


 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)


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    Sec. 5.640. The O'Fallon Veterans' Memorial Fund.

 
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    Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended  by 
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changing Sections 509 and 510 and  by adding Section 507EE as 
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follows:
 
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    (35 ILCS 5/507EE  new)
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    Sec. 507EE. The O'Fallon Veterans' Memorial checkoff. For
 
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taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2005, the
 
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Department must print on its standard individual income tax
 
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form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
 
 


 






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contribute to the O'Fallon Veterans' Memorial Fund, as 
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authorized
 by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, 
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he or she
 may do so by stating the amount of the contribution 
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(not less
 than $1) on the return and that the contribution will 
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reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment 
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to
 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of 
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increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. 
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This Section does not apply to any amended return.
 



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    (35 ILCS 5/509)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)



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    Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income 
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tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and 
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spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to 
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the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the 
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Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the 
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Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's 
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Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease 
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Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required 
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by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer 
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Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the 
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Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) 
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Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the 
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Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II 
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Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans 
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National Museum and Library Fund, the O'Fallon Veterans' 
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Memorial Fund,
 the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the 
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Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, and the Asthma and Lung Research 
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Fund.

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    Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions 
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will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of 
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payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of 
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increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.

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    If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to 
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any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal 
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$100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating 
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contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual 
 


 






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income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent 
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years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be 
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refunded to the taxpayer.

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(Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, 
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eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, 
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eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; 
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93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)

 



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    (35 ILCS 5/510)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)



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    Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The 
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Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each 
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of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois 
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Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless 
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Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns 
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Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World 
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War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the 
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Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease 
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(ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,

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the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II 
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Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans 
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National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes 
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Fund, the O'Fallon Veterans' Memorial Fund, and
the Asthma and 
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Lung Research Fund;
and shall notify the State Comptroller and 
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the State Treasurer of the amounts
to be transferred from the 
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General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt
of such 
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notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall 
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transfer the
amounts.

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(Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, 
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eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, 
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eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; 
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93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.