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90_SB1095

      65 ILCS 5/8-3-14          from Ch. 24, par. 8-3-14
          Amends the  Illinois  Municipal  Code.   Makes  technical
      corrections  in  the  Section  concerning  a  tax  on persons
      engaged in the business of renting, leasing, or letting rooms
      in a hotel in the municipality.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code  by  changing
 2    Section 8-3-14.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Municipal  Code  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 8-3-14 as follows:
 7        (65 ILCS 5/8-3-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-3-14)
 8        Sec.   8-3-14.    The   corporate   authorities   of  any
 9    municipality may impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the
10    such municipality in the  business  of  renting,  leasing  or
11    letting rooms in a hotel, as defined in "The Hotel Operators'
12    Occupation  Tax Act," at a rate not to exceed 5% of the gross
13    rental  receipts  from  such  renting,  leasing  or  letting,
14    excluding, however, from gross rental receipts, the  proceeds
15    of such renting, leasing or letting to permanent residents of
16    that hotel and proceeds from the tax imposed under subsection
17    (c)  of  Section  13  of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
18    Authority Act, and may provide  for  the  administration  and
19    enforcement  of  the tax, and for the collection thereof from
20    the persons subject to the tax, as the corporate  authorities
21    determine  to  be  necessary or practicable for the effective
22    administration of the tax.
23        Persons subject to any  tax  imposed  under  pursuant  to
24    authority  granted  by  this Section may reimburse themselves
25    for their tax liability for such tax  by  separately  stating
26    such  tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated
27    in combination, in a single amount, with  State  tax  imposed
28    under "The Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act".
29        Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a
30    municipality  to  impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging
31    in any business which under the constitution  of  the  United
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 1    States may not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
 2        The  amounts  collected  by  any municipality pursuant to
 3    this Section shall be expended by the municipality solely  to
 4    promote  tourism  and conventions within that municipality or
 5    otherwise to attract nonresident overnight  visitors  to  the
 6    municipality.
 7        No  funds received pursuant to this Section shall be used
 8    to advertise for or otherwise promote new competition in  the
 9    hotel business.
10    (Source: P.A. 87-733.)

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