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91_HB1709 LRB9104728PTpkA 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Income Tax Act by adding 2 Section 211. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 6 adding Section 211 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 5/211 new) 8 Sec. 211. Tax credit for employee immunizations by food 9 service establishments. For taxable years beginning on or 10 after January 1, 1999, a taxpayer that is a food service 11 establishment is entitled to a credit against the taxes 12 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an 13 amount equal to the amount paid in the tax year for hepatitis 14 A immunizations or other immunizations recommended by a 15 federal center for disease control and prevention given to 16 the taxpayer's employees who are residents of this State. 17 For the purposes of this Section, "food service 18 establishment" means entities subject to the Food Handling 19 Regulation Enforcement Act. The amount of the credit may not 20 exceed the usual and customary fee that would be paid for the 21 immunizations under a State sponsored health insurance 22 program. If the amount of a credit exceeds the tax liability 23 for the year, then the excess may not be refunded to the 24 taxpayer and may not be carried forward to a succeeding 25 year's tax liability. This Section is exempt from the 26 provisions of Section 250. 27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 28 becoming law.