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| Public Act 094-0107 
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| HB1581 Enrolled | LRB094 08377 BDD 38575 b |  | 
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|     AN ACT concerning State government.
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|     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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|     Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended  | 
| by adding Section 10-8 as follows:
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|     (20 ILCS 1305/10-8 new)
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|     Sec. 10-8. The Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund; grants. The  | 
| Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund is created as a special fund in  | 
| the State treasury.  From appropriations to the Department from  | 
| the Fund, the Department must make grants to public or private  | 
| entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding research  | 
| concerning the disease of diabetes. At least 50% of the grants  | 
| made from the Fund by the Department must be made to entities  | 
| that conduct research for juvenile diabetes. For purposes of  | 
| this Section, the term "research" includes, without  | 
| limitation, expenditures to develop and advance the  | 
| understanding, techniques, and modalities effective in the  | 
| detection, prevention, screening, and treatment of diabetes  | 
| and may include clinical trials. | 
|     Moneys received for the purposes of this Section,  | 
| including, without limitation, income tax checkoff receipts  | 
| and gifts, grants, and awards from any public or private  | 
| entity, must be deposited into the Fund.   Any interest earned on  | 
| moneys in the Fund must be deposited into the Fund.
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|     Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding  | 
| Section
5.640 as follows:
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|     (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
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|     Sec. 5.640. The Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund.
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|     Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended  by  | 
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| changing Sections 509 and 510 and  by adding Section 507EE as  | 
| follows:
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|     (35 ILCS 5/507EE  new) | 
|     Sec. 507EE. Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund checkoff. For
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| taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2005, the
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| Department must print on its standard individual income tax
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| form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to
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| contribute to the Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund, as  | 
| authorized
 by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly,  | 
| he or she
 may do so by stating the amount of the contribution  | 
| (not less
 than $1) on the return and that the contribution will  | 
| reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of payment  | 
| to
 accompany the return. Failure to remit any amount of  | 
| increased payment shall reduce the contribution accordingly.  | 
| This Section does not apply to any amended return.
 
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|     (35 ILCS 5/509)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
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|     Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income  | 
| tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and  | 
| spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to  | 
| the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the  | 
| Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the  | 
| Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's  | 
| Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease  | 
| Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required  | 
| by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer  | 
| Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the  | 
| Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)  | 
| Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the  | 
| Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II  | 
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans  | 
| National Museum and Library Fund,
 the Illinois Military Family  | 
| Relief Fund,
the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, the Diabetes  | 
| Research Checkoff Fund, and the Asthma and Lung Research Fund.
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|     Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions  | 
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| will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of  | 
| payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of  | 
| increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
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|     If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to  | 
| any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal  | 
| $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating  | 
| contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual  | 
| income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent  | 
| years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be  | 
| refunded to the taxpayer.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651,  | 
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36,  | 
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03;  | 
| 93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
 
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|     (35 ILCS 5/510)  (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
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|     Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The  | 
| Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each  | 
| of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois  | 
| Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless  | 
| Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns  | 
| Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World  | 
| War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the  | 
| Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease  | 
| (ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
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| the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II  | 
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans  | 
| National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes  | 
| Fund, the Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund,
and
the Asthma and  | 
| Lung Research Fund;
and shall notify the State Comptroller and  | 
| the State Treasurer of the amounts
to be transferred from the  | 
| General Revenue Fund to each fund, and upon receipt
of such  | 
| notification the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall  | 
| transfer the
amounts.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651,  | 
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36,  |