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 1        AN ACT concerning taxes.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Department  of  Veterans Affairs Act is
 5    amended by adding Section 2e as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 2805/2e new)
 7        Sec. 2e.  The Asthma and Lung  Research  Fund.  There  is
 8    created  in  the  State treasury the Asthma and Lung Research
 9    Fund. Subject to  appropriation,  the  Department  must  make
10    grants from the fund for the Asthma Clinical Research Program
11    administered by the American Lung Association.

12        Section  10.  The  State Finance Act is amended by adding
13    Section 5.95 as follows:

14        (30 ILCS 105/5.95)
15        Sec. 5.95.  The Asthma and Lung Research Fund.

16        Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax  Act  is  amended  by
17    adding Section 507Y as follows:

18        (35 ILCS 5/507Y new)
19        Sec.   507Y.  Asthma  and  Lung  Research  checkoff.  The
20    Department must print on its standard individual  income  tax
21    form  a  provision  indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
22    contribute  to  the  Asthma  and  Lung  Research   Fund,   as
23    authorized  by  this  amendatory  Act  of  the  93rd  General
24    Assembly,  he  or  she may do so by stating the amount of the
25    contribution (not less than $1) on the return  and  that  the
26    contribution  will  reduce  the taxpayer's refund or increase
27    the amount of payment to accompany  the  return.  Failure  to
 
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 1    remit   any   amount   of   increased   payment  reduces  the
 2    contribution accordingly. This Section does not apply  to  an
 3    amended return.

 4        Section  20.   The  Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
 5    changing Sections 509 and 510 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
 7        Sec. 509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All  individual
 8    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
 9    explanations  and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate
10    contributions to  the  following  funds:    the  Child  Abuse
11    Prevention  Fund,  to the Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund
12    (as required by the  Illinois  Non-Game  Wildlife  Protection
13    Act),  to  the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund (as required
14    by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act), to  the  Assistance
15    to  the Homeless Fund (as required by this Act), to the Penny
16    Severns Breast and Cervical  Cancer  Research  Fund,  to  the
17    National  World  War II Memorial Fund, to the Prostate Cancer
18    Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, and to
19    the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund, and
20    the Asthma and Lung Research Fund.
21        Each  form   shall   contain   a   statement   that   the
22    contributions  will  reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase
23    the amount of payment to accompany the return.    Failure  to
24    remit  any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce the
25    contribution accordingly.
26        If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions  to
27    any  one  of  the  funds made under this Section do not equal
28    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
29    contributions  to  the  fund  shall  be  removed   from   the
30    individual  income tax return forms for the following and all
31    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
32    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff.  7-13-99;  91-107,  eff.  7-13-99;
 2    91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-833,  eff.  1-1-01;  91-836, eff.
 3    1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff.
 4    7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; revised 1-2-03.)

 5        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
 6        Sec. 510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.   The
 7    Department  shall  determine  the total amount contributed to
 8    each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention  Fund,  the
 9    Illinois  Wildlife  Preservation  Fund, the Assistance to the
10    Homeless Fund, the Alzheimer's  Disease  Research  Fund,  the
11    Penny  Severns  Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the
12    National World War II  Memorial  Fund,  the  Prostate  Cancer
13    Research  Fund,  the  Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund, and
14    the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund, and
15    the Asthma and Lung Research Fund; and shall notify the State
16    Comptroller and the State Treasurer  of  the  amounts  to  be
17    transferred  from  the General Revenue Fund to each fund, and
18    upon receipt of such notification  the  State  Treasurer  and
19    Comptroller shall transfer the amounts.
20    (Source: P.A.  91-104,  eff.  7-13-99;  91-107, eff. 7-13-99;
21    91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02;
22    92-198, eff.  8-1-01;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02;  92-772,  eff.
23    8-6-02.)

24        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
25    becoming law.