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 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  October  17,
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.
 5        (c)  The  Department  shall  certify  the  names  of  the
 6    taxpayers whose returns were filed on or before July 17, 2000
 7    and the rebate amounts to the Comptroller by August 15, 2000.
 8    The Comptroller shall  mail  the  rebate  warrants  to  these
 9    taxpayers by October 17, 2000.
10        (d)  The  Department  shall  certify  the  names  of  the
11    taxpayers whose returns were filed after July 17, 2000 and on
12    or  before  October  17,  2000  and the rebate amounts to the
13    Comptroller by November 17, 2000.  The Comptroller shall mail
14    the rebate warrants to these taxpayers by December 15, 2000.
15        (e)  Any  unencumbered  amount  in  the  Homeowners'  Tax
16    Relief Fund on January 1, 2001 shall be  transferred  to  the
17    Budget  Stabilization  Fund,  a  special  fund  in  the State
18    Treasury, and any amount remaining  in  the  Homeowners'  Tax
19    Relief  Fund  on  July  1,  2001  shall be transferred to the
20    Budget Stabilization Fund.

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

23        (30 ILCS 105/5.541 new)
24        Sec. 5.541.  The Homeowners' Tax Relief Fund.

25        (30 ILCS 105/5.542 new)
26        Sec. 5.542.  The Budget Stabilization Fund.

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

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