Public Act 094-0602
Public Act 0602 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 094-0602
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| HB0395 Enrolled |
LRB094 06840 AJO 36946 b |
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| AN ACT concerning public health.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | amended by adding Section 2310-612 as follows:
| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-612 new) | Sec. 2310-612. Blindness prevention grants. | (a) From funds appropriated from the Blindness Prevention | Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, the | Department must make grants to charitable or educational | entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding (i) public | education on the importance of eye care and the prevention of | blindness and (ii) the provision of eye care to children, | senior citizens, and other needy individuals whose needs are | not covered by any other source of funds. | (b) Grants under this Section must be awarded on both a | statewide and regional basis, taking into consideration each | region's contributions to the Fund. At least 25% of the grants | must be made to regional grantees. | (c) A grant under this Section shall be made for a period | of one year and, subject to the availability of funds, may be | renewed by the Department. | (d) The Department must create an advisory committee to | make recommendations to the Department concerning grant | proposals. The advisory committee shall consist of one | representative from the Illinois Society for the Prevention of | Blindness, one licensed doctor of optometry, one member of the | Gateway Lions & Partners, one optometric educator from a school | of optometry located within Illinois, and one member from the | general public. Members of the advisory committee may not | receive compensation or reimbursement for their services. |
| Members of the committee must recuse themselves from | consideration of any grant proposals submitted by any entity | from which they were appointed. | (e) The Department must adopt any rules necessary to | implement and administer this Section, including, without | limitation, a methodology for determining regions of the State.
| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | Section
5.640 as follows:
| (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
| Sec. 5.640. The Blindness Prevention Fund.
| Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | adding Section 507EE and amending Sections 509 and 510 as | follows:
| (35 ILCS 5/507EE new) | Sec. 507EE. Blindness Prevention Fund checkoff. For | taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2005, the | Department
shall print on its standard individual income tax | form a provision indicating
that if the taxpayer wishes to | contribute to the Blindness Prevention Fund, as authorized by | this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, he or she may | do so by
stating the amount of the contribution (not less than | $1) on the return and
that the contribution will reduce the | taxpayer's refund or increase the amount
of payment to | accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of increased
| payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly. This | Section shall not
apply to any amended return.
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| (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
| Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income | tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and | spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to |
| the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the | Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the | Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's | Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease | Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required | by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer | Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the | Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) | Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the | Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family | Relief Fund,
the Blindness Prevention Fund, the Illinois | Veterans' Homes Fund, and the Asthma and Lung Research Fund.
| Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions | will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of | payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of | increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
| If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to | any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal | $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating | contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual | income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent | years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be | refunded to the taxpayer.
| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
| (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
| Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The | Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each | of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois | Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless | Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns |
| Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World | War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the | Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease | (ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
| the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes | Fund, the Blindness Prevention Fund, and
the Asthma and Lung | Research Fund;
and shall notify the State Comptroller and the | State Treasurer of the amounts
to be transferred from the | General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt
of such | notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall | transfer the
amounts.
| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, | eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 8/16/2005
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