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91_SB0193
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1 AN ACT concerning prostate and testicular cancer.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
5 amended by changing Section 55.90 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 2310/55.90)
7 Sec. 55.90. Prostate and testicular cancer awareness
8 program. The Department of Public Health, subject to
9 appropriation or other available funding and funds
10 appropriated from the Prostate and Testicular Cancer
11 Awareness Fund, shall conduct a program to promote awareness
12 and early detection of prostate and testicular cancer. The
13 program may include, but need not be limited to:
14 (1) dissemination of information regarding the
15 incidence of prostate and testicular cancer, the risk
16 factors associated with prostate and testicular cancer,
17 and the benefits of early detection and treatment;
18 (2) promotion of information and counseling about
19 treatment options; and
20 (3) promotion of referral services and screening
21 programs.
22 (Source: P.A. 90-599, eff. 1-1-99.)
23 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
24 Section 5.490 as follows:
25 (30 ILCS 105/5.490 new)
26 Sec. 5.490. The Prostate and Testicular Cancer Awareness
27 Fund.
28 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
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1 adding Section 507U and changing Sections 509 and 510 as
2 follows:
3 (35 ILCS 5/507U new)
4 Sec. 507U. Prostate and Testicular Cancer Awareness Fund
5 checkoff. Beginning with taxable years ending on December
6 31, 1999, the Department must print on its standard
7 individual income tax form a provision indicating that if the
8 taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Prostate and Testicular
9 Cancer Awareness Fund as authorized by this amendatory Act of
10 the 91st General Assembly, he or she may do so by stating the
11 amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on the return
12 and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund
13 or increase the amount of the payment to accompany the
14 return. Failure to remit any amount of increased payment
15 reduces the contribution accordingly. This Section does not
16 apply to an amended return.
17 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
18 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual
19 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate
20 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
21 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the
22 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife
23 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game
24 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
25 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to
26 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
27 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
28 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
29 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
30 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive
31 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the
32 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United
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1 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse
2 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund,
3 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
4 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics
5 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research
6 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease
7 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment
8 Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to the Children's
9 Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes Association Fund, to
10 the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, to the Prostate
11 and Testicular Cancer Awareness Fund, and to the Meals on
12 Wheels Fund. Each form shall contain a statement that the
13 contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase
14 the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to
15 remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the
16 contribution accordingly.
17 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
18 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal
19 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
20 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
21 individual income tax return forms for the following and all
22 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
23 shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
24 (Source: P.A. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95;
25 90-171, eff. 7-23-97; revised 10-31-98.)
26 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
27 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The
28 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to
29 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the
30 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Community Health
31 Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the Homeless Fund, the
32 Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
33 Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the Ryan White
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1 AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, the Assistive Technology for
2 Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
3 and Service Fund, the United States Olympians Assistance
4 Fund, the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
5 Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy Advancement Fund, the
6 Ryan White Pediatric and Adult AIDS Fund, the Illinois
7 Special Olympics Checkoff Fund, the Breast and Cervical
8 Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
9 Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund, the Hemophilia
10 Treatment Fund, the Mental Health Research Fund, the
11 Children's Cancer Fund, the American Diabetes Association
12 Fund, the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, the
13 Prostate and Testicular Cancer Awareness Fund, and the Meals
14 on Wheels Fund; and shall notify the State Comptroller and
15 the State Treasurer of the amounts to be transferred from the
16 General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt of such
17 notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall
18 transfer the amounts.
19 (Source: P.A. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95;
20 90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)
21 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22 becoming law.