98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2588

 

Introduced , by Rep. Arthur Turner

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/3-5
35 ILCS 120/2-5
35 ILCS 155/2  from Ch. 120, par. 1702

    Amends the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act. Provides that the term "automobile" includes a truck or sport utility vehicle of the second division designed primarily for the transportation of passengers. Provides that those vehicles are included in an exemption under the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Effective January 1, 2014.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
53-5 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 105/3-5)
7    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
8personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
9    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
10society, association, foundation, institution, or
11organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
12organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
13for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
14personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
15purpose of resale by the enterprise.
16    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
17Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
18operating, or promoting the county fair.
19    (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
20cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
21the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
22Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
23organized and operated primarily for the presentation or

 

 

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1support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
2services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
3music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
4orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
5organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
6and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
7of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
8an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
9tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
10number issued by the Department.
11    (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
12a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
13institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
14religious, or educational purposes, or by a not-for-profit
15corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
16organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
17that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
18persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
19may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
20limited liability company is organized and operated
21exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
221987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
23shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
24identification number issued by the Department.
25    (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a
26replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of

 

 

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1the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
2    (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
32004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
4equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
5used, and including that manufactured on special order,
6certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
7arts production, and including machinery and equipment
8purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
9acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
10acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
11graphic arts product.
12    (7) Farm chemicals.
13    (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
14coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
15United States of America, or the government of any foreign
16country, and bullion.
17    (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
18student organization affiliated with an elementary or
19secondary school located in Illinois.
20    (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
21of the second division that is a self-contained motor vehicle
22designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
23for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
24through to the living quarters from the driver's seat, or a
25motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
26configuration designed for the transportation of not less than

 

 

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17 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
2the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
3as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
4Act.
5    (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
6including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
7purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
8State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
9replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
10machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
11implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
12Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
13chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
14be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
15but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
16under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
17hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
18plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
19this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry
20boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
21required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
22vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
23tender is separately stated.
24    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
25farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
26installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not

 

 

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1limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
2or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
3limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
4software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
5such equipment.
6    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
7sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
8computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
9facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
10to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
11crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
12agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
13provisions of Section 3-90.
14    (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
15common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
16consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
17business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or
18returning from a location or locations outside the United
19States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
20stopovers.
21    (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
22stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
23food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
24extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
25turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
26employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,

 

 

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1hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
2respect to which the service charge is imposed.
3    (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
4and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
5rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
6tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
7and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
8individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
9drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
10equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
11required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
12    (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
13repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
14manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
15used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
16photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
17    (16) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on the
18effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
19Assembly and thereafter, coal and aggregate exploration,
20mining, offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
21reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
22equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
23excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
24Illinois Vehicle Code.
25    (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
26equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the

 

 

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1retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
2production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
3as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
4use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
5    (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
6used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
7tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
8lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
9manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
10used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
11person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
12an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
13of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
14other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
15a particular purchaser.
16    (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
17purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
18that personal property was received by a florist located
19outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
20deliver the personal property.
21    (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
22for direct agricultural production.
23    (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
24meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
25Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
26Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or

 

 

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1Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
2racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
3of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
4(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
5claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
62008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
72000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
8    (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
9any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
10analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
11lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
12longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
13otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
14hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
15identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
16Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
17manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
18any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
19tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
20case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
21the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
22or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
23purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
24Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
25has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
26collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have

 

 

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1a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
2If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
3reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
4Department.
5    (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
6property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
7effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
8tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
9issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
10the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
11Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
12qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
13manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
14this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
15on the fair market value of the property at the time the
16non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
17to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
18reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
19Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
20paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
21amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
22claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
23that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
24lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
25    (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
26December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or

 

 

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1before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
2disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
3disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
4manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
5corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
6that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
7number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
8who reside within the declared disaster area.
9    (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
10December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
11before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
12performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
13but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
14bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
15line extensions, water distribution and purification
16facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
17sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
18federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
19when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
20declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
21    (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
22at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
23used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
24provisions of Section 3-90.
25    (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
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1corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
2foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
3to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
4purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
5limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
6or institution organized and operated exclusively for
7educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
8private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
9branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
10that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
11course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
12vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
13operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
14than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
15follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
16industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
17    (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
18including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
19benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
20a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
21the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
22district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
23parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
24does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
25private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
26entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from

 

 

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1another individual or entity that sold the property for the
2purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
3from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
4exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
62001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
7serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
8items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
9January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
10for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
11vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
12gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
13coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
14is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
15    (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
16food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
17premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
18drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
19consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
20drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
21materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
22use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
23assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
24resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
25the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
26in the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Specialized Mental

 

 

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1Health Rehabilitation Act.
2    (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
3of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
4equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
5in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
6purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
7of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
8lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
9Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
10identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
11Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
12manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
13any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
14tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
15case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
16the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
17or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
18purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
19Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
20has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
21collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
22a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
23If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
24reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
25Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
26Section 3-90.

 

 

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1    (32) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
2of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
3lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
4longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
5otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
6governmental body that has been issued an active sales tax
7exemption identification number by the Department under
8Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the
9property is leased in a manner that does not qualify for this
10exemption or used in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor
11shall be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the
12Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair
13market value of the property at the time the nonqualifying use
14occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount
15(however designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for
16the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
17case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a
18lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
19lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
20amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
21refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
22pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
23from the provisions of Section 3-90.
24    (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
25the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
26with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that

 

 

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1are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
2Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
31, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
4motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
5weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
6to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
73-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
8primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
9this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
10after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
11motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
12rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
13purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
14purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
15furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
16whether for-hire or not.
17    (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
18used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
19supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
20Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
21corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
22Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
23exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
24    (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
25equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
26upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,

 

 

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1completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
2aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
3the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
4repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
5materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
6supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
7maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
8engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
9such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
10limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
11lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
12films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
13(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
14an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
15Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
16operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
17Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
18by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
19service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
20of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
21    (36) Tangible personal property purchased by a
22public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
2311-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
24constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
25only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
26transferred to the municipality without any further

 

 

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1consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
2of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
3retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
4issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
5the development of the municipal convention hall. This
6exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
7provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
8This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
9(Source: P.A. 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
1096-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
117-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-431, eff.
128-16-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-767, eff. 7-9-12.)
 
13    Section 10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
14changing Section 2-5 as follows:
 
15    (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
16    Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
17sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
18from the tax imposed by this Act:
19    (1) Farm chemicals.
20    (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
21including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
22purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
23State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
24replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including

 

 

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1machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
2implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
3Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
4chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
5be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
6but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
7under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
8hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
9plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
10this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
11shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
12required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
13vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
14tender is separately stated.
15    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
16farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
17installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
18limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
19or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
20limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
21software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
22such equipment.
23    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
24sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
25computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
26facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited

 

 

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1to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
2crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
3agricultural chemicals. This item (2) is exempt from the
4provisions of Section 2-70.
5    (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
6equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
7retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
8production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
9as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
10use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
11    (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
122004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
13equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
14used, and including that manufactured on special order or
15purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
16primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
17chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
18chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
19immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
20    (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
21of the second division that is a self contained motor vehicle
22designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
23for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
24through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat,
25or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
26configuration designed for the transportation of not less than

 

 

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17 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
2the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
3as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
4Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section
52-70.
6    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
7organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
8located in Illinois.
9    (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
10selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
11to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
12    (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
13association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
14county fair.
15    (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
16cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
17the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
18Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
19organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
20support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
21services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
22music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
23orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
24organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
25and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
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1an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
2tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
3number issued by the Department.
4    (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
5association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
6than a limited liability company, that is organized and
7operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
8of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
9was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
10by the enterprise.
11    (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
12corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
13organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
14or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
15society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
16that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
17organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
1855 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
19qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
20limited liability company is organized and operated
21exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
221987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
23shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
24identification number issued by the Department.
25    (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
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1commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
2executed or in effect at the time of purchase by interstate
3carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
4commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
5provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
6Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
7or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
8    (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
9motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
10weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
11commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
12the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
13through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
14of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
15in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
16commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
17the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
18for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
19applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
20purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
21in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
22otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
23paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
24transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
25commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
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1tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
2carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
3commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
4provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
5Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
6or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
7    (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
8purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
9process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
10property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
11sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
12other person, whether the materials used in the process are
13owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
14sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
15seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
16machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
17items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
18purchaser.
19    (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
20stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
21and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
22charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
23tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
24serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
25with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
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1is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
2purchaser.
3    (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
4rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
5property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
6shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
7property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading
8showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
9of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
10outside Illinois.
11    (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
12coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
13United States of America, or the government of any foreign
14country, and bullion.
15    (19) Until July 1 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
16and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
17rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
18tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
19and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
20individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
21drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
22equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
23required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
24    (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
25repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
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1used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
2photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
3    (21) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on the
4effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
5Assembly and thereafter, coal and aggregate exploration,
6mining, offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
7reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
8equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
9excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
10Illinois Vehicle Code.
11    (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
12carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for consumption,
13shipment, or storage in the conduct of its business as an air
14common carrier, for a flight destined for or returning from a
15location or locations outside the United States without regard
16to previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
17    (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
18by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
19florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
20purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
21    (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
22barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
23transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
24hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
25by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
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1    (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
2motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
3the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
4State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
5and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
6provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
7the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
8transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
9state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
10out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
11facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
12this State.
13    (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
14state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
15a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
16in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
17The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
18in this State to a resident of another state that does not
19allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
20to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
21which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
22not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
23Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
24statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
25intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
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1the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
2equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
3his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
4the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
5residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
6of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
7shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
8this state following the filing of an intent to title the
9vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
10titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
11days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
12in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
13distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
14rate imposed under this Act.
15    (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
16this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
17the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
18conditions are met:
19        (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
20    the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
21    the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
22    return to service, completion of the maintenance record
23    entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
24    for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
25        (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
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1        (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
2    and provides to the Department a signed and dated
3    certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
4    the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
5    item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
6    name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
7    location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
8    the address of the primary physical location of the
9    aircraft, and other information that the Department may
10    reasonably require.
11    For purposes of this item (25-7):
12    "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
13used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
14Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
15immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
16    "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
17with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
18or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
19Administration to an address located in this State.
20    This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
21Section 2-70.
22    (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
23for direct agricultural production.
24    (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
25meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
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1Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
2Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
3racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
4of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
5(27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
6claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
72008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
8paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
9January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
10    (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
11any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
12analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
13who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
14executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
15hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
16identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
17this Act.
18    (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
19property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
20effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
21has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
22by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
23    (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
24December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
25before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
26disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared

 

 

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1disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
2manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
3corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
4that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
5number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
6who reside within the declared disaster area.
7    (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
8December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
9before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
10performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
11but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
12bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
13line extensions, water distribution and purification
14facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
15sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
16federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
17when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
18declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
19    (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
20"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
21in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
22provisions of Section 2-70.
23    (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
241-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
25corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
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1to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
2purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
3limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
4or institution organized and operated exclusively for
5educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
6private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
7branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
8that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
9course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
10vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
11operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
12than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
13follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
14industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
15    (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
16including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
17benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
18a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
19the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
20district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
21parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
22does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
23private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
24entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
25another individual or entity that sold the property for the
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1from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
2exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
3    (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
42001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
5serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
6items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
7January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
8for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
9vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
10gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
11coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
12is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
13    (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
14food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
15premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
16drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
17consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
18drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
19materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
20use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
21assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
22resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
23the Nursing Home Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in
24the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Specialized Mental Health
25Rehabilitation Act.
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1communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
2equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
3hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
4under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
5the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
6active tax exemption identification number by the Department
7under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
8provisions of Section 2-70.
9    (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
10lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
11longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
12governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
13identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
14this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
15Section 2-70.
16    (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
172016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
18retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
19activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
20in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
21the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
22for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
23(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
24manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
25tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
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1Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
2accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
3issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
4Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
5paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
6shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
7specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
8tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
9taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
10necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
11consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
12the State of Illinois.
13    (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
14used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
15supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
16Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
17corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
18Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
19exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
20    (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
21equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
22upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
23completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
24aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
25the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
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1materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
2supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
3maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
4engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
5such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
6limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
7lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
8films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
9(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
10an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
11Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
12operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
13Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
14by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
15service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
16of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
17    (41) Tangible personal property sold to a
18public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
1911-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
20constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
21only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
22transferred to the municipality without any further
23consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
24of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
25retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
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1the development of the municipal convention hall. This
2exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
3provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
4This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
5(Source: P.A. 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
696-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
77-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-73, eff. 6-30-11; 97-227, eff.
81-1-12; 97-431, eff. 8-16-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-767, eff.
97-9-12.)
 
10    Section 15. The Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
11Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
12    (35 ILCS 155/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1702)
13    Sec. 2. Definitions. "Renting" means any transfer of the
14possession or right to possession of an automobile to a user
15for a valuable consideration for a period of one year or less.
16    "Renting" does not include making a charge for the use of
17an automobile where the rentor, either himself or through an
18agent, furnishes a service of operating an automobile so that
19the rentor remains in possession of the automobile, because
20this does not constitute a transfer of possession or right to
21possession of the automobile.
22    "Renting" does not include the making of a charge by an
23automobile dealer for the use of an automobile as a
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1selling, where the charge is merely made to recover the costs
2of operating the automobile as a demonstrator and is not
3intended as a rental or leasing charge in the ordinary sense.
4    "Automobile" means any motor vehicle of the first division
5or , a motor vehicle of the second division which is: (i) a
6self-contained motor vehicle designed or permanently converted
7to provide living quarters for recreational, camping or travel
8use, with direct walk through access to the living quarters
9from the driver's seat; (ii) , or a motor vehicle of the second
10division which is of the van configuration designed for the
11transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers,
12as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; or
13(iii) a truck or sport utility vehicle designed primarily for
14the transportation of passengers.
15    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
16    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
17association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
18private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
19executor, trustee, conservator or other representative
20appointed by order of any court.
21    "Rentor" means any person, firm, corporation or
22association engaged in the business of renting or leasing
23automobiles to users. For this purpose, the objective of making
24a profit is not necessary to make the renting activity a
25business.
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1right to possession, of an automobile is transferred for a
2valuable consideration for a period of one year or less,
3whether paid for by the "rentee" or by someone else.
4    "Gross receipts" from the renting of tangible personal
5property or "rent" means the total rental price or leasing
6price. In the case of rental transactions in which the
7consideration is paid to the rentor on an installment basis,
8the amounts of such payments shall be included by the rentor in
9gross receipts or rent only as and when payments are received
10by the rentor.
11    "Gross receipts" does not include receipts received by an
12automobile dealer from a manufacturer or service contract
13provider for the use of an automobile by a person while that
14person's automobile is being repaired by that automobile dealer
15and the repair is made pursuant to a manufacturer's warranty or
16a service contract where a manufacturer or service contract
17provider reimburses that automobile dealer pursuant to a
18manufacturer's warranty or a service contract and the
19reimbursement is merely made to recover the costs of operating
20the automobile as a loaner vehicle.
21    "Rental price" means the consideration for renting or
22leasing an automobile valued in money, whether received in
23money or otherwise, including cash credits, property and
24services, and shall be determined without any deduction on
25account of the cost of the property rented, the cost of
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1whatsoever, but does not include charges that are added by a
2rentor on account of the rentor's tax liability under this Act
3or on account of the rentor's duty to collect, from the rentee,
4the tax that is imposed by Section 4 of this Act. The phrase
5"rental price" does not include compensation paid to a rentor
6by a rentee in consideration of the waiver by the rentor of any
7right of action or claim against the rentee for loss or damage
8to the automobile rented and also does not include a separately
9stated charge for insurance or recovery of refueling costs or
10other separately stated charges that are not for the use of
11tangible personal property.
12(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-193, eff. 7-20-99.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
141, 2014.