95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1267

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Michael Noland

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2205/2205-15 new
30 ILCS 105/5.675 new
35 ILCS 5/507OO new
35 ILCS 5/509   from Ch. 120, par. 5-509
35 ILCS 5/510   from Ch. 120, par. 5-510

    Amends the Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the State Finance Act. Creates the Hunger Relief Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that, from appropriations to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from the Fund, the Department shall make grants to members of the Illinois Food Bank Association for the purpose of making capital improvements, purchasing food, or acquiring other assets. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create a tax checkoff for the Hunger Relief Fund. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Public Aid Law of the Civil
5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
6 2205-15 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 2205/2205-15 new)
8     Sec. 2205-15. Hunger Relief Fund; grants.
9     (a) The Hunger Relief Fund is created as a special fund in
10 the State treasury. From appropriations to the Department from
11 the Fund, the Department shall make grants to members of the
12 Illinois Food Bank Association for the purpose of making
13 capital improvements, purchasing food, or acquiring other
14 assets.
15     (b) Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,
16 including, without limitation, appropriations, gifts,
17 donations, grants, and awards from any public or private entity
18 must be deposited into the Fund. Any interest earned on moneys
19 in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
 
20     Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
21 Section 5.675 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)
2     Sec. 5.675. The Hunger Relief Fund.
 
3     Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
4 adding Section 507OO and by changing Sections 509 and 510 as
5 follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 5/507OO new)
7     Sec. 507OO. The hunger relief checkoff. For taxable years
8 ending on or after December 31, 2007, the Department shall
9 print, on its standard individual income tax form, a provision
10 indicating that, if the taxpayer wishes to contribute to the
11 Hunger Relief Fund, as authorized by this amendatory Act of the
12 95th General Assembly, then he or she may do so by stating the
13 amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the return and
14 indicating that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's
15 refund or increase the amount of payment to accompany the
16 return. The taxpayer's failure to remit any amount of the
17 increased payment reduces the contribution accordingly. This
18 Section does not apply to any amended return.
 
19     (35 ILCS 5/509)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
20     Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income
21 tax return forms shall contain appropriate explanations and
22 spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate contributions to
23 the following funds: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the

 

 

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1 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the
2 Illinois Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act), the Alzheimer's
3 Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's Disease
4 Research Act), the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required
5 by this Act), the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer
6 Research Fund, the National World War II Memorial Fund, the
7 Prostate Cancer Research Fund, the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
8 Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, the
9 Sarcoidosis Research Fund, the Leukemia Treatment and
10 Education Fund, the World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial
11 Fund, the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund,
12 the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund, the Blindness
13 Prevention Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, the
14 Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund, the
15 Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund, the Vince Demuzio Memorial
16 Colon Cancer Fund, the Autism Research Fund, the Heartsaver AED
17 Fund, the Asthma and Lung Research Fund, the Hunger Relief
18 Fund, and the Illinois Brain Tumor Research Fund.
19     Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions
20 will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of
21 payment to accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of
22 increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.
23     If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
24 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal
25 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
26 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the individual

 

 

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1 income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent
2 years and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be
3 refunded to the taxpayer.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-36, eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03;
5 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff.
6 7-21-04; 94-73, eff. 6-23-05; 94-107, eff. 7-1-05; 94-141, eff.
7 1-1-06; 94-142, eff. 1-1-06; 94-442, eff. 8-4-05; 94-602, eff.
8 8-16-05; 94-649, eff. 8-22-05; 94-876, eff. 6-19-06; revised
9 8-3-06.)
 
10     (35 ILCS 5/510)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
11     Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The
12 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to each
13 of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the Illinois
14 Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless
15 Fund, the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Penny Severns
16 Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the National World
17 War II Memorial Fund, the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, the
18 Illinois Military Family Relief Fund, the Lou Gehrig's Disease
19 (ALS) Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
20 the Sarcoidosis Research Fund, the Leukemia Treatment and
21 Education Fund, the World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial
22 Fund, the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund,
23 the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, the Epilepsy Treatment and
24 Education Grants-in-Aid Fund, the Diabetes Research Checkoff
25 Fund, the Vince Demuzio Memorial Colon Cancer Fund, the Autism

 

 

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1 Research Fund, the Blindness Prevention Fund, the Heartsaver
2 AED Fund, the Asthma and Lung Research Fund, the Hunger Relief
3 Fund, and the Illinois Brain Tumor Research Fund; and shall
4 notify the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the
5 amounts to be transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each
6 fund, and upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer
7 and Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
8 (Source: P.A. 93-36, eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03;
9 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff.
10 7-21-04; 94-73, eff. 6-23-05; 94-107, eff. 7-1-05; 94-141, eff.
11 1-1-06; 94-142, eff. 1-1-06; 94-442, eff. 8-4-05; 94-602, eff.
12 8-16-05; 94-649, eff. 8-22-05; 94-876, eff. 6-19-06; revised
13 8-3-06.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.