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SB2024 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2024

 

Introduced 2/10/2017, by Sen. Dale Fowler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/3-5
35 ILCS 110/3-5
35 ILCS 115/3-5
35 ILCS 120/2-5

    Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Reinstates an exemption for oil field exploration, drilling, and production equipment for the period beginning on July 1, 2017 and ending on June 30, 2022. Effective immediately.


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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 that is used for automobile renting,
21as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
22Act.
23    (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
24including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
25purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
26State or federal agricultural programs, including individual

 

 

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

 

 

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1facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
2to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
3crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
4agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
5provisions of Section 3-90.
6    (12) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
7to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
8to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
9of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
10for or returning from a location or locations outside the
11United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
12stopovers.
13    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
14or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
15for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
16business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
17engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
18United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
19least one individual or package for hire from the city of
20origination to the city of final destination on the same
21aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
22that aircraft.
23    (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
24stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
25food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
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1turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
2employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
3hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
4respect to which the service charge is imposed.
5    (14) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on July 1,
62017 and ending on June 30, 2022, oil field exploration,
7drilling, and production equipment, including (i) rigs and
8parts of rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs,
9(ii) pipe and tubular goods, including casing and drill
10strings, (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks
11and flow lines, (v) any individual replacement part for oil
12field exploration, drilling, and production equipment, and
13(vi) machinery and equipment purchased for lease; but excluding
14motor vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois
15Vehicle Code.
16    (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
17repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
18manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
19used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
20photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
21    (16) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
22hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
23including replacement parts and equipment, and including
24equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
25required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
26changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and

 

 

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1after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
2allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
3Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
4beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
5effective date of Public Act 98-456).
6    (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
7equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
8retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
9production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
10as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
11use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
12    (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
13used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
14tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
15lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
16manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
17used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
18person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
19an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
20of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
21other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
22a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this
23paragraph (18) does not include machinery and equipment used in
24(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
25(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
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1through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
2water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
3customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
4Public Act 98-583 are declaratory of existing law as to the
5meaning and scope of this exemption.
6    (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
7purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
8that personal property was received by a florist located
9outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
10deliver the personal property.
11    (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
12for direct agricultural production.
13    (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
14meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
15Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
16Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
17Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
18racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
19of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
20(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
21claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
222008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
232000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
24    (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
25any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
26analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a

 

 

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

 

 

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1Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
2qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
3manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
4this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
5on the fair market value of the property at the time the
6non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
7to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
8reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
9Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
10paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
11amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
12claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
13that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
14lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
15    (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
16December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
17before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
18disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
19disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
20manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
21corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
22that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
23number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
24who reside within the declared disaster area.
25    (25) 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 used in the
2performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
3but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
4bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
5line extensions, water distribution and purification
6facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
7sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
8federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
9when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
10declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
11    (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
12at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
13used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
14provisions of Section 3-90.
15    (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
161-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
17corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
18foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
19to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
20purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
21limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
22or institution organized and operated exclusively for
23educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
24private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
25branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
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1course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
2vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
3operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
4than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
5follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
6industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
7    (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
8including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
9benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
10a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
11the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
12district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
13parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
14does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
15private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
16entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
17another individual or entity that sold the property for the
18purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
19from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
20exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
21    (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
222001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
23serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
24items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
25January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
26for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and

 

 

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1vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
2gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
3coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
4is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
6food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
7premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
8drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
9consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
10drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
11materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
12use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
13assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
14resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
15the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
16in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
17Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
18    (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
19of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
20equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
21in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
22purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
23of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
24lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
25Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
26identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the

 

 

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

 

 

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1shall be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the
2Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair
3market value of the property at the time the nonqualifying use
4occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount
5(however designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for
6the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
7case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a
8lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
9lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
10amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
11refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
12pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
13from the provisions of Section 3-90.
14    (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
15the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
16with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
17are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
18Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
191, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
20motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
21weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
22to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
233-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
24primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
25this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
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1motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
2rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
3purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
4purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
5furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
6whether for-hire or not.
7    (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
8used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
9supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
10Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
11corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
12Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
13exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
14    (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
15equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
16upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
17completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
18aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
19the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
20repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
21materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
22supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
23maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
24engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
25such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
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1lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
2films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
3tangible personal property by persons who modify, refurbish,
4complete, repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i)
5hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an
6approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
7Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
8operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
9Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
10by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
11service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
12of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
13paragraph (35) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
14law.
15    (36) Tangible personal property purchased by a
16public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
1711-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
18constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
19only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
20transferred to the municipality without any further
21consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
22of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
23retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
24issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
25the development of the municipal convention hall. This
26exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as

 

 

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1provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
2This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
3    (37) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
4and menstrual cups.
5(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
698-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-574, eff.
71-1-14; 98-583, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-180, eff.
87-29-15; 99-855, eff. 8-19-16.)
 
9    Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
10Section 3-5 as follows:
 
11    (35 ILCS 110/3-5)
12    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
13personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
14    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
15society, association, foundation, institution, or
16organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
17organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
18for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
19personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
20purpose of resale by the enterprise.
21    (2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois
22county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or
23promoting the county fair.
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1cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
2the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
3Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
4organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
5support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
6services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
7music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
8orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
9organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
10and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
11of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
12an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
13tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
14number issued by the Department.
15    (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
16coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
17United States of America, or the government of any foreign
18country, and bullion.
19    (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
202004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
21equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
22used, and including that manufactured on special order or
23purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
24primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
25chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
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1immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
2    (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
3student organization affiliated with an elementary or
4secondary school located in Illinois.
5    (7) 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 (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
20shall 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
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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 (7) is exempt from the
13provisions of Section 3-75.
14    (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
15to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
16to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
17of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
18for or returning from a location or locations outside the
19United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
20stopovers.
21    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
22or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
23for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
24business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
25engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
26United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at

 

 

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1least one individual or package for hire from the city of
2origination to the city of final destination on the same
3aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
4that aircraft.
5    (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
6stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
7food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase of a
8service from a serviceman, to the extent that the proceeds of
9the service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
10substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
11in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
12beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
13imposed.
14    (10) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on July 1,
152017 and ending on June 30, 2022, oil field exploration,
16drilling, and production equipment, including (i) rigs and
17parts of rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs,
18(ii) pipe and tubular goods, including casing and drill
19strings, (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks
20and flow lines, (v) any individual replacement part for oil
21field exploration, drilling, and production equipment, and
22(vi) machinery and equipment purchased for lease; but excluding
23motor vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois
24Vehicle Code.
25    (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery
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1and used, including that manufactured on special order,
2certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
3photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and
4equipment purchased for lease.
5    (12) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
6hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
7including replacement parts and equipment, and including
8equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
9required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
10changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
11after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
12allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
13Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
14beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
15effective date of Public Act 98-456).
16    (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
17for direct agricultural production.
18    (14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
19meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
20Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
21Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
22Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
23racing for prizes. This item (14) is exempt from the provisions
24of Section 3-75, and the exemption provided for under this item
25(14) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
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1date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly for
2such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and
3ending on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
4General Assembly.
5    (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
6any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
7analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
8lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
9longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
10otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
11hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
12identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
13Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
14manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
15any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
16tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
17be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
18the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
19attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
20to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
21Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
22the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
23from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
24refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
25is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
26liable to pay that amount to the Department.

 

 

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1    (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
2property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
3effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
4tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
5issued an active tax exemption identification number by the
6Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
7Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
8qualify for this exemption or is used in any other non-exempt
9manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
10this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the
11fair market value of the property at the time the
12non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
13to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
14reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
15Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
16the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
17from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
18refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
19is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
20liable to pay that amount to the Department.
21    (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
22December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
23before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
24disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
25disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
26manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a

 

 

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1corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
2that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
3number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
4who reside within the declared disaster area.
5    (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
6December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
7before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
8performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
9but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
10bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
11line extensions, water distribution and purification
12facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
13sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
14federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
15when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
16declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
17    (19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
18at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
19used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
20provisions of Section 3-75.
21    (20) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
221-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
23corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
24foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
25to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
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1limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
2or institution organized and operated exclusively for
3educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
4private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
5branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
6that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
7course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
8vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
9operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
10than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
11follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
12industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
13    (21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
14including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
15benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
16a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
17the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
18district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
19parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
20does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
21private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
22entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
23another individual or entity that sold the property for the
24purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
25from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
26exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.

 

 

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1    (22) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
22001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
3serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
4items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
5January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
6for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
7vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
8gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
9coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
10is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
11    (23) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
12food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
13premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
14drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
15consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
16drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
17materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
18use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
19assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
20resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
21the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
22in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
23Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
24    (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
25of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
26equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used

 

 

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1in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
2purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
3of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
4lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
5Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
6identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
7Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
8manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
9any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
10tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
11be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
12the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
13attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
14to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
15Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
16the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
17from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
18refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
19is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
20liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
21exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
22    (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
23of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
24lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
25longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
26otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a

 

 

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1governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
2identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
3Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a
4manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
5any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
6tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
7be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
8the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
9attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
10to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
11Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
12the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
13from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
14refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
15is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
16liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
17exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
18    (26) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
19used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
20supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
21Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
22corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
23Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
24exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
25    (27) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
26equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or

 

 

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1upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
2completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
3aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
4the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
5repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
6materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
7supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
8maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
9engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
10such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
11limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
12lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
13films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
14tangible personal property transferred incident to the
15modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair,
16or maintenance of aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air
17Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
18repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
19have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
20accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
21The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
22commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
23service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
24of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
25paragraph (27) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
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1    (28) Tangible personal property purchased by a
2public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
311-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
4constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
5only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
6transferred to the municipality without any further
7consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
8of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
9retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
10issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
11the development of the municipal convention hall. This
12exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
13provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
14This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
15    (29) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
16and menstrual cups.
17(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
1898-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-756, eff.
197-16-14; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 99-855, eff. 8-19-16.)
 
20    Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
21changing Section 3-5 as follows:
 
22    (35 ILCS 115/3-5)
23    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal
24property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:

 

 

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1    (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
2association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
3than a limited liability company, that is organized and
4operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
5of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
6was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
7by the enterprise.
8    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
9Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
10operating, or promoting the county fair.
11    (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit arts
12or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
13the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
14Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
15organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
16support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
17services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
18music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
19orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
20organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
21and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
22of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
23an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
24tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
25number issued by the Department.
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1coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
2United States of America, or the government of any foreign
3country, and bullion.
4    (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
52004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
6equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
7used, and including that manufactured on special order or
8purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
9primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
10chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
11chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
12immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
13    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
14organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
15located in Illinois.
16    (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
17including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
18purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
19State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
20replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
21machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
22implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
23Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
24chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
25be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
26but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered

 

 

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1under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
2hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
3plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
4this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
5shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
6required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
7vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
8tender is separately stated.
9    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
10farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
11installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
12limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
13or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
14limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
15software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
16such equipment.
17    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
18sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
19computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
20facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
21to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
22crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
23agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
24provisions of Section 3-55.
25    (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
26to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier

 

 

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1to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
2of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
3for or returning from a location or locations outside the
4United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
5stopovers.
6    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
7or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
8for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
9business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
10engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
11United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
12least one individual or package for hire from the city of
13origination to the city of final destination on the same
14aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
15that aircraft.
16    (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
17stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
18food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
19service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
20substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
21in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
22beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
23imposed.
24    (10) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on July 1,
252017 and ending on June 30, 2022, oil field exploration,
26drilling, and production equipment, including (i) rigs and

 

 

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1parts of rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs,
2(ii) pipe and tubular goods, including casing and drill
3strings, (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks
4and flow lines, (v) any individual replacement part for oil
5field exploration, drilling, and production equipment, and
6(vi) machinery and equipment purchased for lease; but excluding
7motor vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois
8Vehicle Code.
9    (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
10repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
11manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
12used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
13photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
14    (12) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
15hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
16including replacement parts and equipment, and including
17equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
18required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
19changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
20after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
21allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
22Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
23beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
24effective date of Public Act 98-456).
25    (13) Beginning January 1, 1992 and through June 30, 2016,
26food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the

 

 

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1premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
2drinks and food that has been prepared for immediate
3consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines,
4drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
5materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
6use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
7assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
8resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
9the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
10in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
11Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
12    (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
13for direct agricultural production.
14    (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
15meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
16Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
17Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
18Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
19racing for prizes. This item (15) is exempt from the provisions
20of Section 3-55, and the exemption provided for under this item
21(15) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
22claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
232008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
24paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
25January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
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1any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
2analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
3who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
4executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
5hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
6identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
7Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
8    (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
9property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
10effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
11has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
12by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
13Tax Act.
14    (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
15December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
16before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
17disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
18disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
19manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
20corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
21that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
22number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
23who reside within the declared disaster area.
24    (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
25December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
26before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the

 

 

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1performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
2but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
3bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
4line extensions, water distribution and purification
5facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
6sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
7federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
8when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
9declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
10    (20) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
11"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
12in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
13provisions of Section 3-55.
14    (21) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
151-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
16corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
17foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
18to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
19purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
20limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
21or institution organized and operated exclusively for
22educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
23private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
24branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
25that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
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1vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
2operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
3than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
4follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
5industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
6    (22) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
7including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
8benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
9a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
10the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
11district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
12parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
13does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
14private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
15entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
16another individual or entity that sold the property for the
17purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
18from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
19exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
20    (23) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
212001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
22serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
23items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
24January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
25for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
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1gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
2coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
3is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
4    (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
5of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
6equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
7in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
8sold to a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one
9year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the
10purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax
11exemption identification number by the Department under
12Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph
13is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
14    (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
15of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property sold to a
16lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
17longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
18governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
19identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
20Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from
21the provisions of Section 3-55.
22    (26) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
232016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
24retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
25activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
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1the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
2for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
3(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
4manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
5tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
6and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
7Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
8accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
9issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
10Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
11paragraph (26). The permit issued under this paragraph (26)
12shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
13specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
14tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
15taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
16necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
17consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
18the State of Illinois.
19    (27) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
20used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
21supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
22Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
23corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
24Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
25exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
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1public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
211-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
3constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
4only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
5transferred to the municipality without any further
6consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
7of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
8retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
9issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
10the development of the municipal convention hall. This
11exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
12provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
13This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
14    (29) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
15equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
16upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
17completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
18aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
19the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
20repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
21materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
22supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
23maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
24engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
25such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
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1lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
2films. This exemption applies only to the transfer of
3qualifying tangible personal property incident to the
4modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair,
5or maintenance of an aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air
6Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
7repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
8have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
9accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
10The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
11commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
12service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
13of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
14paragraph (29) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
15law.
16    (30) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
17and menstrual cups.
18(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
1998-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-756, eff.
207-16-14; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 99-855, eff. 8-19-16.)
 
21    Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
22changing Section 2-5 as follows:
 
23    (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
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1sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
2from the tax imposed by this Act:
3    (1) Farm chemicals.
4    (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
5including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
6purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
7State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
8replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
9machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
10implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
11Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
12chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
13be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
14but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
15under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
16hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
17plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
18this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
19shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
20required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
21vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
22tender is separately stated.
23    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
24farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
25installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
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1or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
2limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
3software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
4such equipment.
5    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
6sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
7computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
8facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
9to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
10crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
11agricultural chemicals. This item (2) is exempt from the
12provisions of Section 2-70.
13    (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
14equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
15retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
16production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
17as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
18use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
19    (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
202004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
21equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
22used, and including that manufactured on special order or
23purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
24primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
25chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
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1immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
2    (5) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile renting, as
3defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act.
4This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
5    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
6organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
7located in Illinois.
8    (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
9selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
10to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
11    (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
12association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
13county fair.
14    (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
15cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
16the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
17Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
18organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
19support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
20services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
21music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
22orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
23organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
24and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
25of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
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1tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
2number issued by the Department.
3    (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
4association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
5than a limited liability company, that is organized and
6operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
7of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
8was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
9by the enterprise.
10    (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
11corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
12organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
13or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
14society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
15that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
16organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
1755 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
18qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
19limited liability company is organized and operated
20exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
211987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
22shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
23identification number issued by the Department.
24    (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
25carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
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1executed or in effect at the time of purchase 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    (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
8motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
9weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
10commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
11the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
12through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
13of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
14in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
15commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
16the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
17for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
18applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
19purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
20in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
21otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
22paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
23transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
24commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
25    (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers of
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1carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
2commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
3provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
4Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
5or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
6    (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
7purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
8process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
9property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
10sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
11other person, whether the materials used in the process are
12owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
13sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
14seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
15machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
16items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
17purchaser. The exemption provided by this paragraph (14) does
18not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation
19of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
20generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
21wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
22pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
23wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
24pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of Public Act 98-583
25are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
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1    (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
2stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
3and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
4charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
5tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
6serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
7with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
8    (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the seller
9is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
10purchaser.
11    (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
12rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
13property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
14shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
15property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading
16showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
17of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
18outside Illinois.
19    (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
20coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
21United States of America, or the government of any foreign
22country, and bullion.
23    (19) Until July 1 2003, and beginning again on July 1, 2017
24and ending on June 30, 2022, oil field exploration, drilling,
25and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
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1tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
2and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
3individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
4drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
5equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
6required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
7    (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
8repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
9manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
10used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
11photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
12    (21) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
13hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
14including replacement parts and equipment, and including
15equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
16required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
17changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
18after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
19allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
20Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
21beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
22effective date of Public Act 98-456).
23    (22) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
24to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be
25used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of
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1for or returning from a location or locations outside the
2United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
3stopovers.
4    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
5or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
6for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
7business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
8engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
9United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
10least one individual or package for hire from the city of
11origination to the city of final destination on the same
12aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
13that aircraft.
14    (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
15by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
16florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
17purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
18    (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
19barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
20transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
21hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
22by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
23it is afloat upon that bordering river.
24    (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
25motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
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1State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
2and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
3provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
4the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
5transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
6state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
7out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
8facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
9this State.
10    (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
11state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
12a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
13in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
14The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
15in this State to a resident of another state that does not
16allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
17to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
18which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
19not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
20Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
21statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
22intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
23is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
24the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
25equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
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1the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
2residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
3of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
4shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
5this state following the filing of an intent to title the
6vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
7titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
8days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
9in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
10distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
11rate imposed under this Act.
12    (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
13this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
14the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
15conditions are met:
16        (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
17    the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
18    the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
19    return to service, completion of the maintenance record
20    entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
21    for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
22        (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
23    State after the sale of the aircraft; and
24        (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
25    and provides to the Department a signed and dated
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1    the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
2    item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
3    name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
4    location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
5    the address of the primary physical location of the
6    aircraft, and other information that the Department may
7    reasonably require.
8    For purposes of this item (25-7):
9    "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
10used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
11Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
12immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
13    "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
14with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
15or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
16Administration to an address located in this State.
17    This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
18Section 2-70.
19    (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
20for direct agricultural production.
21    (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
22meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
23Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
24Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
25Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
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1of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
2(27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
3claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
42008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
5paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
6January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
7    (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
8any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
9analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
10who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
11executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
12hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
13identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
14this Act.
15    (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
16property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
17effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
18has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
19by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
20    (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
21December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
22before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
23disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
24disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
25manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
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1that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
2number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
3who reside within the declared disaster area.
4    (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
5December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
6before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
7performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
8but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
9bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
10line extensions, water distribution and purification
11facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
12sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
13federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
14when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
15declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
16    (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
17"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
18in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
19provisions of Section 2-70.
20    (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
211-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
22corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
23foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
24to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
25purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
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1or institution organized and operated exclusively for
2educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
3private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
4branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
5that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
6course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
7vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
8operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
9than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
10follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
11industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
12    (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
13including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
14benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
15a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
16the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
17district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
18parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
19does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
20private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
21entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
22another individual or entity that sold the property for the
23purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
24from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
25exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
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12001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
2serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
3items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
4January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
5for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
6vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
7gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
8coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
9is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
10    (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
11food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
12premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
13drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
14consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
15drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
16materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
17use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
18assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
19resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
20the Nursing Home Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in
21the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized
22Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
23    (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
24communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
25equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
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1under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
2the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
3active tax exemption identification number by the Department
4under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
5provisions of Section 2-70.
6    (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
7lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
8longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
9governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
10identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
11this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
12Section 2-70.
13    (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
142016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
15retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
16activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
17in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
18the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
19for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
20(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
21manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
22tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
23and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
24Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
25accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
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1Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
2paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
3shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
4specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
5tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
6taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
7necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
8consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
9the State of Illinois.
10    (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
11used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
12supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
13Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
14corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
15Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
16exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
17    (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
18equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
19upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
20completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
21aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
22the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
23repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
24materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
25supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
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1engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
2such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
3limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
4lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
5films. This exemption applies only to the sale of qualifying
6tangible personal property to persons who modify, refurbish,
7complete, replace, or maintain an aircraft and who (i) hold an
8Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
9repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
10have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
11accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
12The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
13commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
14service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
15of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
16paragraph (40) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
17law.
18    (41) Tangible personal property sold to a
19public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
2011-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
21constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
22only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
23transferred to the municipality without any further
24consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
25of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
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1issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
2the development of the municipal convention hall. This
3exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
4provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
5This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
6    (42) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
7and menstrual cups.
8(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
998-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-574, eff.
101-1-14; 98-583, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-180, eff.
117-29-15; 99-855, eff. 8-19-16.)
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.