Public Act 100-1006
 
HB4724 EnrolledLRB100 16404 HLH 31532 b


  
    AN ACT concerning revenue.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Tax Act is 
amended  by changing Section 2-30 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 450/2-30)

    Sec. 2-30. Payment and collection of tax.  
    (a) For oil and gas removed on or after July 1, 2013, the 
tax incurred under this Act shall be due and payable on or 
before the last day of the month following the end of the month 
in which the oil or gas is removed from the production unit. 
The tax is upon the producers of such oil or gas in the 
proportion to their respective beneficial interests at the time 
of severance. The first purchaser of any oil or gas sold shall 
collect the amount of the tax due from the producers by 
deducting and withholding such amount from any payments made by 
such purchaser to the producers and shall remit the tax in this 
Act.
    In the event the tax shall be withheld by a purchaser from 
payments due a producer and such purchaser fails to make 
payment of the tax to the State as required herein, the first 
purchaser shall be liable for the tax. However, in the event a 
first purchaser fails to pay the tax withheld from a producer's 
payment, the producer's interest remains subject to any lien 
filed pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section. A producer 
shall be entitled to bring an action against such purchaser to 
recover the amount of tax so withheld together with penalties 
and interest which may have accrued by failure to make such 
payment. A producer shall be entitled to all attorney fees and 
court costs incurred in such action. To the extent that a 
producer liable for the tax imposed by this Act collects the 
tax, and any penalties and interest, from a purchaser, such 
tax, penalties, and interest are held in trust by the producer 
for the benefit of the State of Illinois. 
    (b) For all production units a first purchaser begins to 
purchase oil or gas from on or after July 1, 2013, the first 
purchaser is required to withhold and remit the tax imposed by 
this Act to the Department from the oil and gas purchased from 
the production unit unless the first purchaser obtains from the 
operator an exemption certificate signed by the operator 
stating that the production unit is not subject to the tax 
imposed by this Act. The exemption certificate must include the 
following information:
        (1) name and address of the operator;
        (2) name of the production unit; 
        (3) number assigned to the production unit by the first 
    purchaser, if available;
        (4) legal description of the production unit; and
        (5) a statement by the operator that the production 
    unit is exempt from the tax imposed by the Illinois 
    Hydraulic Fracturing Tax Act.
    If a first purchaser obtains an exemption certificate that 
contains the required information and reasonably relies on the 
exemption certificate and it is subsequently determined by the 
Department that the production unit is subject to the tax 
imposed by this Act, the Department will collect any tax that 
is due from the operator and producers, and the first purchaser 
is relieved of any liability.
    First purchasers shall not be required to obtain exemption 
certificates from the operator until the first high volume 
horizontal hydraulic fracturing permit has been approved by the 
Department of Natural Resources after the effective date of 
this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly. 
    (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, the tax 
is a lien on the oil and gas from the time of severance from the 
land or under the water until the tax and all penalties and 
interest are fully paid, and the State shall have a lien on all 
the oil or gas severed from the production unit in this State 
in the hands of the operator, any producer or the first or any 
subsequent purchaser thereof to secure the payment of the tax.  
If a lien is filed by the Department, the purchaser shall 
withhold from producers or operators the amount of tax, penalty 
and interest identified in the lien.

(Source: P.A. 98-22, eff. 6-17-13.)