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1 AN ACT concerning taxation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3-5 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 105/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-5)
7 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
8 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
9 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
10 society, association, foundation, institution, or
11 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
12 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
13 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
14 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
15 purpose of resale by the enterprise.
16 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
17 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
18 operating, or promoting the county fair.
19 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts
20 or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required
21 by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption
22 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that
23 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of
24 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These
25 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and
26 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and
27 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations,
28 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media
29 arts organizations.
30 (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body,
31 by a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
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1 institution organized and operated exclusively for
2 charitable, religious, or educational purposes, or by a
3 not-for-profit corporation, society, association, foundation,
4 institution, or organization that has no compensated officers
5 or employees and that is organized and operated primarily for
6 the recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited
7 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this
8 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized
9 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and
10 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for
11 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an
12 active exemption identification number issued by the
13 Department.
14 (5) A passenger car that is a replacement vehicle to the
15 extent that the purchase price of the car is subject to the
16 Replacement Vehicle Tax.
17 (6) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
18 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
19 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
20 the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts
21 production, and including machinery and equipment purchased
22 for lease.
23 (7) Farm chemicals.
24 (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
25 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
26 government of the United States of America, or the government
27 of any foreign country, and bullion.
28 (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
29 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
30 secondary school located in Illinois.
31 (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor
32 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor
33 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living
34 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with
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1 direct walk through to the living quarters from the driver's
2 seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of
3 the van configuration designed for the transportation of not
4 less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in
5 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for
6 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting
7 Occupation and Use Tax Act.
8 (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
9 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
10 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
11 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
12 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
13 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
14 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
15 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
16 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
17 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
18 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
19 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
20 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
21 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
22 equipment under this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender
23 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
24 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
25 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the
26 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
27 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
28 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
29 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
30 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
31 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
32 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
33 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
34 and other such equipment.
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1 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
2 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
3 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
4 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
5 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
6 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
7 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt
8 from the provisions of Section 3-90.
9 (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
10 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
11 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
12 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
13 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
14 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
15 stopovers.
16 (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
17 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption
18 of food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to
19 the extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in
20 fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
21 employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
22 hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
23 respect to which the service charge is imposed.
24 (14) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
25 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
26 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
27 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
28 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
29 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
30 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
31 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
32 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
33 (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
34 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including
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1 that manufactured on special order, certified by the
2 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
3 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased
4 for lease.
5 (16) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
6 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
7 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
8 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
9 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
10 (17) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a
11 unit or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer,
12 certified by the user to be used only for the production of
13 ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption as motor fuel
14 or as a component of motor fuel for the personal use of the
15 user, and not subject to sale or resale.
16 (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and
17 equipment used primarily in the process of manufacturing or
18 assembling tangible personal property for wholesale or retail
19 sale or lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by
20 the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the
21 materials used in the process are owned by the manufacturer
22 or some other person, or whether that sale or lease is made
23 apart from or as an incident to the seller's engaging in the
24 service occupation of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs,
25 patterns, gauges, or other similar items of no commercial
26 value on special order for a particular purchaser.
27 (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
28 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
29 that personal property was received by a florist located
30 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
31 deliver the personal property.
32 (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
33 for direct agricultural production.
34 (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
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1 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
2 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
3 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
4 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
5 racing for prizes.
6 (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
7 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
8 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
9 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
10 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
11 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
12 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
13 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
14 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is
15 leased in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption
16 or is used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall
17 be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service
18 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market
19 value of the property at the time the non-qualifying use
20 occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an
21 amount (however designated) that purports to reimburse that
22 lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax
23 Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the
24 lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount from
25 the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
26 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that
27 amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
28 lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
29 (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases
30 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed
31 or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be
32 subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental
33 body that has been issued an active sales tax exemption
34 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
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1 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased
2 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or used
3 in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable
4 for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax
5 Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market value of
6 the property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No
7 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however
8 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the
9 tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
10 case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If
11 a lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee,
12 the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
13 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
14 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable
15 to pay that amount to the Department.
16 (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
17 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
18 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
19 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
20 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
21 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
22 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
23 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
24 identification number by the Department that assists victims
25 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
26 (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
27 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
28 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
29 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
30 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
31 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
32 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
33 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
34 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
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1 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
2 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
3 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
4 the disaster.
5 (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds
6 purchased at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or
7 an "exotic game hunting area" as those terms are used in the
8 Wildlife Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through
9 rules adopted by the Department of Natural Resources. This
10 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
11 (27) (26) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
12 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
13 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
14 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
15 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
16 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
17 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
18 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
19 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
20 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
21 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
22 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
23 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
24 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
25 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
26 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
27 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
28 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
29 occupation.
30 (28) (27) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
31 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
32 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
33 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
34 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
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1 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
2 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
3 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
4 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
5 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
6 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
7 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
8 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
9 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
10 (29) (26) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
11 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
12 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
13 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
14 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
15 (30) Beginning January 1, 2001, personal property,
16 including food, purchased from an entity organized under the
17 General Not For Profit corporation Act of 1986 if the sale
18 proceeds are used for children's services or activities.
19 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
21 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff.
22 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644,
23 eff. 8-20-99; revised 9-29-99.)
24 Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by
25 changing Section 3-5 as follows:
26 (35 ILCS 110/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-5)
27 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
28 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
29 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
30 society, association, foundation, institution, or
31 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
32 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
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1 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
2 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
3 purpose of resale by the enterprise.
4 (2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois
5 county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or
6 promoting the county fair.
7 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts
8 or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required
9 by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption
10 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that
11 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of
12 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These
13 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and
14 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and
15 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations,
16 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media
17 arts organizations.
18 (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
19 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
20 government of the United States of America, or the government
21 of any foreign country, and bullion.
22 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
23 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
24 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for
25 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
26 graphic arts production.
27 (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
28 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
29 secondary school located in Illinois.
30 (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
31 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
32 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
33 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
34 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
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1 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
2 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
3 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
4 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
5 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
6 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
7 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
8 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
9 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
10 equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender
11 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
12 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
13 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the
14 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
15 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
16 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
17 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
18 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
19 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
20 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
21 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
22 and other such equipment.
23 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
24 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
25 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
26 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
27 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
28 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
29 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt
30 from the provisions of Section 3-75.
31 (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
32 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
33 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
34 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
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1 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
2 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
3 stopovers.
4 (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
5 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption
6 of food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase
7 of a service from a serviceman, to the extent that the
8 proceeds of the service charge are in fact turned over as
9 tips or as a substitute for tips to the employees who
10 participate directly in preparing, serving, hosting or
11 cleaning up the food or beverage function with respect to
12 which the service charge is imposed.
13 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
14 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
15 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
16 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
17 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
18 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
19 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
20 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
21 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
22 (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery
23 and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both
24 new and used, including that manufactured on special order,
25 certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
26 photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and
27 equipment purchased for lease.
28 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
29 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
30 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
31 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
32 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
33 (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
34 for direct agricultural production.
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1 (14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
2 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
3 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
4 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
5 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
6 racing for prizes.
7 (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
8 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
9 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
10 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
11 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
12 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
13 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
14 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
15 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased
16 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is
17 used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be
18 liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act,
19 as the case may be, based on the fair market value of the
20 property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No
21 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however
22 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the
23 tax imposed by this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
24 be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor
25 improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
26 lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
27 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
28 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable
29 to pay that amount to the Department.
30 (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases
31 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or
32 in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject
33 to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that
34 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
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1 by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers'
2 Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner
3 that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in any
4 other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
5 tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case
6 may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the
7 time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
8 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
9 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
10 Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has
11 not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects
12 any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a
13 legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
14 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for
15 any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
16 Department.
17 (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
18 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
19 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
20 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
21 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
22 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
23 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
24 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
25 identification number by the Department that assists victims
26 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
27 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
28 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
29 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
30 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
31 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
32 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
33 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
34 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
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1 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
2 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
3 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
4 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
5 the disaster.
6 (19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds
7 purchased at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or
8 an "exotic game hunting area" as those terms are used in the
9 Wildlife Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through
10 rules adopted by the Department of Natural Resources. This
11 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
12 (20) (19) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
13 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
14 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
15 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
16 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
17 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
18 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
19 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
20 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
21 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
22 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
23 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
24 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
25 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
26 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
27 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
28 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
29 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
30 occupation.
31 (21) (20) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
32 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
33 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
34 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
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1 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
2 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
3 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
4 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
5 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
6 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
7 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
8 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
9 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
10 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
11 (22) (19) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
12 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
13 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
14 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
15 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
16 (23) Beginning January 1, 2001, personal property,
17 including food, purchased from an entity organized under the
18 General Not For Profit corporation Act of 1986 if the sale
19 proceeds are used for children's services or activities.
20 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
21 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
22 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff.
23 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644,
24 eff. 8-20-99; revised 9-29-99.)
25 Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
26 changing Section 3-5 as follow:
27 (35 ILCS 115/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-5)
28 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal
29 property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
30 (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
31 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
32 than a limited liability company, that is organized and
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1 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the
2 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal
3 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose
4 of resale by the enterprise.
5 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
6 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
7 operating, or promoting the county fair.
8 (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit
9 arts or cultural organization that establishes, by proof
10 required by the Department by rule, that it has received an
11 exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
12 Code and that is organized and operated for the presentation
13 or support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
14 services. These organizations include, but are not limited
15 to, music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
16 orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
17 organizations, local arts councils, visual arts
18 organizations, and media arts organizations.
19 (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
20 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
21 government of the United States of America, or the government
22 of any foreign country, and bullion.
23 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
24 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
25 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for
26 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
27 graphic arts production.
28 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored
29 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
30 secondary school located in Illinois.
31 (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
32 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
33 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
34 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
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1 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
2 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
3 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
4 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
5 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
6 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
7 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
8 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
9 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
10 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
11 equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender
12 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
13 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
14 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the
15 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
16 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
17 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
18 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
19 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
20 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
21 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
22 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
23 and other such equipment.
24 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
25 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
26 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
27 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
28 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
29 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
30 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt
31 from the provisions of Section 3-55.
32 (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
33 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
34 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
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1 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
2 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
3 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
4 stopovers.
5 (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
6 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption
7 of food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
8 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
9 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
10 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
11 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
12 imposed.
13 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
14 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
15 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
16 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
17 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
18 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
19 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
20 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
21 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
22 (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
23 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including
24 that manufactured on special order, certified by the
25 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
26 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased
27 for lease.
28 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
29 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
30 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
31 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
32 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
33 (13) Food for human consumption that is to be consumed
34 off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic
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1 beverages, soft drinks and food that has been prepared for
2 immediate consumption) and prescription and non-prescription
3 medicines, drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine
4 testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics,
5 for human use, when purchased for use by a person receiving
6 medical assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid
7 Code who resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as
8 defined in the Nursing Home Care Act.
9 (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
10 for direct agricultural production.
11 (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
12 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
13 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
14 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
15 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
16 racing for prizes.
17 (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
18 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
19 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
20 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
21 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
22 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
23 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
24 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
25 (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
26 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
27 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body
28 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification
29 number by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers'
30 Occupation Tax Act.
31 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
32 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
33 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
34 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
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1 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
2 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
3 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
4 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
5 identification number by the Department that assists victims
6 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
7 (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
8 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
9 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
10 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
11 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
12 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
13 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
14 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
15 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
16 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
17 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
18 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
19 the disaster.
20 (20) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at
21 a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
22 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife
23 Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted
24 by the Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is
25 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
26 (21) (20) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
27 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
28 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
29 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
30 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
31 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
32 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
33 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
34 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
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1 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
2 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
3 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
4 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
5 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
6 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
7 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
8 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
9 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
10 occupation.
11 (22) (21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
12 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
13 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
14 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
15 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
16 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
17 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
18 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
19 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
20 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
21 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
22 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
23 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
24 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
25 (23) (20) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
26 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
27 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
28 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
29 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
30 (24) Beginning January 1, 2001, personal property,
31 including food, sold by an entity organized under the General
32 Not For Profit corporation Act of 1986 if the sale proceeds
33 are used for children's services or activities. This
34 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
2 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff.
3 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 91-637,
4 eff. 8-20-99; 91-644, eff. 8-20-99; revised 9-29-99.)
5 Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
6 by changing Section 2-5 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 120/2-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-5)
8 Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from
9 the sale of the following tangible personal property are
10 exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
11 (1) Farm chemicals.
12 (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
13 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
14 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
15 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
16 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
17 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
18 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
19 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
20 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
21 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
22 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
23 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
24 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
25 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
26 equipment under this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender
27 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
28 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
29 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed, if the
30 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
31 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
32 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
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1 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
2 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
3 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
4 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
5 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
6 and other such equipment.
7 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
8 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
9 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
10 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
11 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
12 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
13 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt
14 from the provisions of Section 2-70.
15 (3) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit
16 or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, certified by
17 the user to be used only for the production of ethyl alcohol
18 that will be used for consumption as motor fuel or as a
19 component of motor fuel for the personal use of the user, and
20 not subject to sale or resale.
21 (4) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
22 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
23 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for
24 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
25 graphic arts production.
26 (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor
27 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor
28 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living
29 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with
30 direct walk through access to the living quarters from the
31 driver's seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that
32 is of the van configuration designed for the transportation
33 of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in
34 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for
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1 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting
2 Occupation and Use Tax Act.
3 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored
4 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
5 secondary school located in Illinois.
6 (7) Proceeds of that portion of the selling price of a
7 passenger car the sale of which is subject to the Replacement
8 Vehicle Tax.
9 (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
10 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting
11 the county fair.
12 (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
13 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
14 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption
15 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that
16 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of
17 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These
18 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and
19 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and
20 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations,
21 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media
22 arts organizations.
23 (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
24 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
25 than a limited liability company, that is organized and
26 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the
27 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal
28 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose
29 of resale by the enterprise.
30 (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
31 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
32 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
33 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
34 society, association, foundation, institution, or
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1 organization that has no compensated officers or employees
2 and that is organized and operated primarily for the
3 recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited
4 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this
5 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized
6 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and
7 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for
8 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an
9 active identification number issued by the Department.
10 (12) Personal property sold to interstate carriers for
11 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
12 or to lessors under leases of one year or longer executed or
13 in effect at the time of purchase by interstate carriers for
14 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
15 and equipment operated by a telecommunications provider,
16 licensed as a common carrier by the Federal Communications
17 Commission, which is permanently installed in or affixed to
18 aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
19 (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers
20 of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
21 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
22 interstate commerce and equipment operated by a
23 telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
24 the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently
25 installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
26 commerce.
27 (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
28 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
29 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
30 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
31 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
32 other person, whether the materials used in the process are
33 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether
34 the sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
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1 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
2 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other
3 similar items of no commercial value on special order for a
4 particular purchaser.
5 (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
6 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of
7 food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
8 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
9 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
10 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
11 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
12 imposed.
13 (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the
14 seller is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
15 purchaser.
16 (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier
17 by rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
18 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
19 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of
20 the property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of
21 lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or
22 consignor of the property to a destination outside Illinois,
23 for use outside Illinois.
24 (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
25 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
26 government of the United States of America, or the government
27 of any foreign country, and bullion.
28 (19) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
29 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
30 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
31 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
32 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
33 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
34 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
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1 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
2 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
3 (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
4 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including
5 that manufactured on special order, certified by the
6 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
7 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased
8 for lease.
9 (21) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
10 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
11 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
12 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
13 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
14 (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
15 air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
16 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
17 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
18 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
19 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
20 stopovers.
21 (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is
22 received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but
23 who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property to
24 the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
25 (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
26 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
27 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
28 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is
29 delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or
30 vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river.
31 (25) A motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident
32 even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident
33 in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in
34 this State, and if a driveaway decal permit is issued to the
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1 motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois
2 Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle
3 registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon
4 returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the
5 driveaway decal permit or having the out-of-state
6 registration plates to be transferred is prima facie evidence
7 that the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
8 (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
9 for direct agricultural production.
10 (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
11 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
12 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
13 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
14 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
15 racing for prizes.
16 (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
17 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
18 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
19 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
20 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
21 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
22 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
23 this Act.
24 (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
25 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
26 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body
27 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification
28 number by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
29 (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
30 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
31 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
32 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
33 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
34 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
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1 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
2 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
3 identification number by the Department that assists victims
4 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
5 (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
6 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
7 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
8 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
9 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
10 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
11 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
12 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
13 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
14 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
15 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
16 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
17 the disaster.
18 (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at
19 a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
20 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife
21 Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted
22 by the Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is
23 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
24 (33) (32) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
25 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
26 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
27 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
28 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
29 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
30 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
31 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
32 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
33 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
34 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
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1 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
2 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
3 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
4 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
5 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
6 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
7 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
8 occupation.
9 (34) (33) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
10 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
11 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
12 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
13 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
14 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
15 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
16 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
17 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
18 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
19 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
20 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
21 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
22 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
23 (35) (32) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
24 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
25 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
26 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
27 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
28 (36) Beginning January 1, 2001, personal property,
29 including food, sold by an entity organized under the General
30 Not For Profit corporation Act of 1986 if the sale proceeds
31 are used for children's services or activities. This
32 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
33 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-519, eff. 6-1-98;
34 90-552, eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff.
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1 6-30-99; 91-200, eff. 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-533,
2 eff. 8-13-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644, eff. 8-20-99;
3 revised 9-28-99.)
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
5 January 1, 2001.
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