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91_HB1526

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Income  Tax  Act  by  adding
 2    Section 211.

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

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Income Tax  Act  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 211 as follows:

 7        (35 ILCS 5/211 new)
 8        Sec.  211.  Prohibition on private tuition deduction from
 9    adjusted gross  income  or  a  credit.   A  taxpayer  is  not
10    entitled  to  a  deduction  from  adjusted  gross income or a
11    credit against the taxes imposed by subsections (a)  and  (b)
12    of  Section  201 for any voluntary cash contributions made by
13    the taxpayer during the taxable  year  to  a  school  tuition
14    organization.
15        For    purposes   of   this   Section   "school   tuition
16    organization" means an organization that allocates any of its
17    annual revenue for educational  scholarships  or  grants  for
18    tuition,  educational  fees,  instructional  costs,  or other
19    related  fees  to  children   to   allow   them   to   attend
20    nongovernmental elementary or secondary schools.

21        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
22    1, 1999.

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