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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5adding Section 11-42-10.3 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-42-10.3 new)
7    Sec. 11-42-10.3. Commercial operations. The corporate
8authorities of a municipality may license and regulate all
9commercial operations within the municipality's boundaries,
10whether for profit or not for profit, but may not impose any
11tax upon their operations except as otherwise authorized by
12law.
13    In this Section, "commercial operations" does not include
14(i) an agritourism operation as defined under Section 232 of
15the Illinois Income Tax Act, (ii) an agricultural property as
16defined under Section 232 of the Illinois Income Tax Act,
17(iii) an agribusiness as defined under Section 205-15 of the
18Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code
19of Illinois, (iv) agritourism activities as defined under
20Section 232 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, (v) agricultural
21experiences as defined under Section 5 of the Agricultural
22Experiences Act, or (v) a pollution control facility as
23defined in Section 3.330 of the Environmental Protection Act.