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                                          SRS91HB3876NCcbam05

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3876

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3876, by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT concerning tax rebates."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
 8    adding Section 208.1 as follows:

 9        (35 ILCS 5/208.1 new)
10        Sec. 208.1.  Homeowners' Tax Relief rebate.
11        (a)  The  Department  shall  pay a rebate to taxpayers in
12    the amount of the Illinois income tax  credit  allowed  under
13    Section  208  with  respect  to  the taxpayer's 1999 Illinois
14    income tax return for residential real property taxes paid on
15    the principal residence of the taxpayer.   The  rebate  shall
16    not,  however,  exceed  $300  per  principal  residence.  The
17    rebate shall be paid to all eligible taxpayers who have filed
18    a 1999 Illinois income tax return on or before  September  1,
19    2000.
20        (b)  Before  June  30,  2000, the Comptroller shall order
21    transferred and the  Treasurer  shall  transfer  $280,000,000
 
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 1    from  the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the Homeowners'
 2    Tax Relief Fund,  a  special  fund  in  the  State  Treasury.
 3    Subject  to  appropriation,  the  Department  shall  make the
 4    rebate payments out of the Homeowners' Tax Relief Fund.   The
 5    Department  shall  certify the names of the taxpayers and the
 6    rebate amounts to the Comptroller by September 15, 2000.  The
 7    Comptroller shall mail the rebate  warrants  by  October  15,
 8    2000.
 9        (c)  Any  unencumbered  amount  in  the  Homeowners'  Tax
10    Relief  Fund  on  January 1, 2001 shall be transferred to the
11    Budget Stabilization  Fund,  a  special  fund  in  the  State
12    Treasury,  and  any  amount  remaining in the Homeowners' Tax
13    Relief Fund on July 1,  2001  shall  be  transferred  to  the
14    Budget Stabilization Fund.

15        Section  10.   The State Finance Act is amended by adding
16    Sections 5.541 and 5.542 as follows:

17        (30 ILCS 105/5.541 new)
18        Sec. 5.541.  The Homeowners' Tax Relief Fund.

19        (30 ILCS 105/5.542 new)
20        Sec. 5.542.  The Budget Stabilization Fund.

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

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