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91_HB2938
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1 AN ACT concerning taxes, amending named Acts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5 Sections 5.540 and 6z-49 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 105/5.540 new)
7 Sec. 5.540. The Agriculture Research Fund.
8 (30 ILCS 105/6z-49 new)
9 Sec. 6z-49. Agriculture Research Fund. The Agriculture
10 Research Fund, a special fund, is created in the State
11 treasury. Moneys in the Fund may, subject to appropriation,
12 be expended by the College of Agriculture of the University
13 of Illinois for research on ethanol.
14 Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
15 changing Sections 509 and 510 and by adding Section 507V as
16 follows:
17 (35 ILCS 5/507V new)
18 Sec. 507V. Agriculture Research Fund checkoff. The
19 Department shall print on its standard individual income tax
20 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
21 contribute to the Agriculture Research Fund, as authorized by
22 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, he or she
23 may do so by stating the amount of the contribution (not less
24 than $1) on the return and that the contribution will reduce
25 the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment to
26 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of
27 increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
28 This Section shall not apply to any amended return.
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1 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
2 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual
3 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate
4 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
5 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the
6 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife
7 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game
8 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
9 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to
10 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
11 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
12 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
13 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
14 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive
15 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the
16 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United
17 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse
18 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
19 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
20 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics
21 Checkoff Fund, to the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical
22 Cancer Research Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the
23 Heart Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the
24 Hemophilia Treatment Fund, to the Mental Health Research
25 Fund, to the Children's Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes
26 Association Fund, to the Women in Military Service Memorial
27 Fund, to the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, to the
28 Agriculture Research Fund, and to the Meals on Wheels Fund.
29 Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions
30 will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of
31 payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount
32 of increased payment shall reduce the contribution
33 accordingly.
34 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
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1 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal
2 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
3 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
4 individual income tax return forms for the following and all
5 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
6 shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
7 (Source: P.A. 90-171, eff. 7-23-97; 91-104, eff. 7-13-99;
8 91-107, eff. 7-13-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; revised 8-23-99.)
9 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
10 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The
11 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to
12 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
13 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health
14 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
15 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
16 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
17 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for
18 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
19 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance
20 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
21 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
22 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois
23 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Penny Severns Breast and
24 Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund,
25 the Heart Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the
26 Hemophilia Treatment Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund,
27 the Children's Cancer Fund, the American Diabetes
28 Association Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial
29 Fund, the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, the Agriculture
30 Research Fund, and the Meals on Wheels Fund; and shall notify
31 the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts
32 to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund,
33 and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and
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1 Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
2 (Source: P.A. 90-171, eff. 7-23-97; 91-104, eff. 7-13-99;
3 91-107, eff. 7-13-99; revised 9-24-99.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.