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91_HB1155

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning cancer research.

 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 adding Section 55.91 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 2310/55.91 new)
 7        Sec. 55.91.  Prostate Cancer Research Fund; grants.  From
 8    funds  appropriated from the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, a
 9    special fund created in the State treasury, the Department of
10    Public Health shall make grants to public or private entities
11    in Illinois, which may include the  the  Lurie  Comprehensive
12    Cancer  Center  at the Northwestern University Medical School
13    and the Kellogg  Cancer  Care  Center  at  Evanston/Glenbrook
14    Hospitals,  for the purpose of funding research applicable to
15    prostate cancer patients. The grant funds may not be used for
16    institutional   overhead   costs,   indirect   costs,   other
17    organizational levies, or costs  of  community-based  support
18    services.

19        Section  10.   The State Finance Act is amended by adding
20    Section 5.490 as follows:

21        (30 ILCS 105/5.490 new)
22        Sec. 5.490.  The Prostate Cancer Research Fund.

23        Section 15.  The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
24    adding  Section  507U  and  changing  Sections 509 and 510 as
25    follows:

26        (35 ILCS 5/507U new)
27        Sec. 507U. Prostate Cancer Research  Fund  checkoff.  The
 
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 1    Department  shall print on its standard individual income tax
 2    form a provision indicating that if the  taxpayer  wishes  to
 3    contribute   to   the   Prostate  Cancer  Research  Fund,  as
 4    authorized  by  this  amendatory  Act  of  the  91st  General
 5    Assembly, he or she may do so by stating the  amount  of  the
 6    contribution  (not  less  than $1) on the return and that the
 7    contribution will reduce the taxpayer's  refund  or  increase
 8    the  amount  of  payment  to accompany the return. Failure to
 9    remit any  amount  of  increased  payment  shall  reduce  the
10    contribution accordingly. This Section shall not apply to any
11    amended return.

12        (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
13        Sec.  509.  Tax  checkoff  explanations.   All individual
14    income   tax   return   forms   shall   contain   appropriate
15    explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to  designate
16    contributions  to  the  Child  Abuse  Prevention Fund, to the
17    Community Health Center Care Fund, to the  Illinois  Wildlife
18    Preservation  Fund  as  required  by  the  Illinois  Non-Game
19    Wildlife  Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research
20    Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act,  to
21    the  Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act,
22    to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage
23    Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as
24    required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan
25    White  AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund,  to   the   Assistive
26    Technology   for  Persons  with  Disabilities  Fund,  to  the
27    Domestic Violence Shelter and Service  Fund,  to  the  United
28    States  Olympians  Assistance  Fund,  to the Youth Drug Abuse
29    Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans  Fund,
30    to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric
31    and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  to  the  Illinois  Special  Olympics
32    Checkoff  Fund,  to  the  Breast and Cervical Cancer Research
33    Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the  Heart  Disease
 
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 1    Treatment  and  Prevention  Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment
 2    Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to  the  Children's
 3    Cancer  Fund,  to  the American Diabetes Association Fund, to
 4    the Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, to the  Prostate
 5    Cancer  Research  Fund, and to the Meals on Wheels Fund. Each
 6    form shall contain a statement that  the  contributions  will
 7    reduce  the  taxpayer's  refund  or  increase  the  amount of
 8    payment to accompany the return.  Failure to remit any amount
 9    of  increased   payment   shall   reduce   the   contribution
10    accordingly.
11        If,  on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to
12    any one of the funds made under this  Section  do  not  equal
13    $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating
14    contributions   to   the  fund  shall  be  removed  from  the
15    individual income tax return forms for the following and  all
16    subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund
17    shall be refunded to the taxpayer.
18    (Source: P.A.  89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff. 8-13-95;
19    90-171, eff. 7-23-97; revised 10-31-98.)

20        (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
21        Sec. 510.  Determination  of  amounts  contributed.   The
22    Department  shall  determine  the total amount contributed to
23    each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention  Fund,  the
24    Illinois  Wildlife  Preservation  Fund,  the Community Health
25    Center Care Fund, the Assistance to the  Homeless  Fund,  the
26    Alzheimer's  Disease Research Fund, the Heritage Preservation
27    Fund, the Child Care Expansion Program Fund, the  Ryan  White
28    AIDS  Victims  Assistance  Fund, the Assistive Technology for
29    Persons with Disabilities Fund, the Domestic Violence Shelter
30    and Service Fund,  the  United  States  Olympians  Assistance
31    Fund,  the Youth Drug Abuse Prevention Fund, the Persian Gulf
32    Conflict Veterans Fund, the Literacy  Advancement  Fund,  the
33    Ryan  White  Pediatric  and  Adult  AIDS  Fund,  the Illinois
 
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 1    Special Olympics  Checkoff  Fund,  the  Breast  and  Cervical
 2    Cancer Research Fund, the Korean War Memorial Fund, the Heart
 3    Disease   Treatment   and  Prevention  Fund,  the  Hemophilia
 4    Treatment  Fund,  the  Mental  Health  Research   Fund,   the
 5    Children's  Cancer  Fund,  the American  Diabetes Association
 6    Fund, the  Women  in  Military  Service  Memorial  Fund,  the
 7    Prostate  Cancer Research Fund, and the Meals on Wheels Fund;
 8    and  shall  notify  the  State  Comptroller  and  the   State
 9    Treasurer  of  the amounts to be transferred from the General
10    Revenue  Fund  to  each  fund,  and  upon  receipt  of   such
11    notification   the  State  Treasurer  and  Comptroller  shall
12    transfer the amounts.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-230,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-324,  eff.  8-13-95;
14    90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)

15        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
16    becoming law.

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