Bill Text: IL HB5910 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each individual taxpayer is entitled to a credit in an amount equal to any adoption fees paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year in connection with the adoption of a cat or dog from a county animal control facility, a humane society, or an animal rescue organization, but not to exceed $100 per taxpayer in any taxable year. Provides that the credit may not be claimed for more than 3 animals in a taxable year. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB5910 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB5910-Introduced.html

---

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB5910 Introduced , by Rep. Michael W. Tryon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 5/224 new
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that each individual taxpayer is entitled to a credit in an amount equal to any adoption fees paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year in connection with the adoption of a cat or dog from a county animal control facility, a humane society, or an animal rescue organization, but not to exceed $100 per taxpayer in any taxable year. Provides that the credit may not be claimed for more than 3 animals in a taxable year. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.
LRB098 17847 HLH 52971 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB5910 LRB098 17847 HLH 52971 b
AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding
Section 224 as follows:
(35 ILCS 5/224 new)
Sec. 224. Pet adoption credit.
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section,
for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, each
individual taxpayer is entitled to a credit against the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount
equal to any adoption fees paid by the taxpayer during the
taxable year in connection with the adoption of a cat or dog
from a county animal control facility, a humane society, or an
animal rescue organization. The credit under this Section may
not be claimed for more than 3 animals in a taxable year and
may not exceed $100 per taxpayer in any taxable year.
(b) If the amount of the tax credit exceeds the taxpayer's
tax liability for the year, the excess credit may be refunded
to the taxpayer.
(c) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section
250.

HB5910 - 2 - LRB098 17847 HLH 52971 b
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.