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91_HB2746 LRB9106056REdv 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Income Tax Act by adding 2 Section 507U and changing Sections 509 and 510. 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 507U and changing Sections 509 and 510 as 7 follows: 8 (35 ILCS 5/507U new) 9 Sec. 507U. Sexual Assault Services Fund checkoff. The 10 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax 11 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to 12 contribute to the Sexual Assault Services Fund, as authorized 13 by this amendatory Act of 1998, he or she may do so by 14 stating the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on 15 the return and that the contribution will reduce the 16 taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to 17 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of 18 increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. 19 This Section shall not apply to any amended return. 20 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509) 21 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual 22 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate 23 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate 24 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the 25 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife 26 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game 27 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research 28 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to 29 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act, 30 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage -2- LRB9106056REdv 1 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as 2 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan 3 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive 4 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the 5 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United 6 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse 7 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund, 8 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric 9 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics 10 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research 11 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease 12 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment 13 Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to the Children's 14 Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes Association Fund, to 15 the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund,andto the Meals 16 on Wheels Fund, and to the Sexual Assault Services Fund. Each 17 form shall contain a statement that the contributions will 18 reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of 19 payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount 20 of increased payment shall reduce the contribution 21 accordingly. 22 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to 23 any one of the funds, other than the Sexual Assault Services 24 Fund, made under this Section do not equal $100,000 or more, 25 the explanations and spaces for designating contributions to 26 the fund shall be removed from the individual income tax 27 return forms for the following and all subsequent years and 28 all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be refunded to 29 the taxpayer. If, on October 1, 2004 or any year thereafter, 30 the total contributions to the Sexual Assault Services Fund 31 made under this Section do not equal $100,000 or more, the 32 explanations and spaces for designating contributions to the 33 fund shall be removed from the individual income tax return 34 forms for the following and all subsequent years and all -3- LRB9106056REdv 1 subsequent contributions to the fund shall be refunded to the 2 taxpayer. 3 (Source: P.A. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95; 4 90-171, eff. 7-23-97; revised 10-31-98.) 5 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510) 6 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The 7 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to 8 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the 9 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health 10 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the 11 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation 12 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White 13 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for 14 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter 15 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance 16 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf 17 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the 18 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois 19 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Breast and Cervical 20 Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart 21 Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the Hemophilia 22 Treatment Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund, the 23 Children's Cancer Fund, the American Diabetes Association 24 Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund,andthe 25 Meals on Wheels Fund, and the Sexual Assault Services Fund; 26 and shall notify the State Comptroller and the State 27 Treasurer of the amounts to be transferred from the General 28 Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt of such 29 notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall 30 transfer the amounts. 31 (Source: P.A. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95; 32 90-171, eff. 7-23-97.) -4- LRB9106056REdv 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.