93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB3967


 
Introduced 12/18/2003, by William B. Black
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














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    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code.  Provides that the commercial distribution fee does not apply to personal-use vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 16,000 pounds or less.  Defines "personal-use vehicle" as a vehicle that is personally owned and not used for any business purpose or available for hire. Makes provision for refunds of commercial distribution fees paid for personal-use vehicles for the registration year that began on July 1, 2003.    Effective immediately.



















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HB3967

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    AN ACT concerning vehicles.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 3-815.1 as follows:
 



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    (625 ILCS 5/3-815.1)



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    Sec. 3-815.1. Commercial distribution fee. Beginning July 
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1, 2003, in
addition to any tax or fee imposed under this Code:


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        (a) Vehicles of the second division with a gross 
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    vehicle weight that
exceeds 8,000 pounds and that incur any 
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    tax or fee under subsection (a) of
Section 3-815 of this 
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    Code or subsection (a) of Section 3-818 of this Code, as

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    applicable, other than personal-use vehicles with a gross 
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    vehicle weight of 16,000 pounds or less,
and shall pay to 
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    the Secretary of State a commercial
distribution fee, for 
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    each registration year, for the use of the public
highways, 
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    State infrastructure, and State services, in an amount 
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    equal to 36%
of the taxes and fees incurred under 
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    subsection (a) of Section 3-815 of this
Code, or subsection 
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    (a) of Section 3-818 of this Code, as applicable, rounded

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    up to the nearest whole dollar.


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        (b) Vehicles of the second division with a gross 
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    vehicle weight of 8,000
pounds or less and that incur any 
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    tax or fee under subsection (a) of Section
3-815 of this 
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    Code or subsection (a) of Section 3-818 of this Code, as

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    applicable, and have claimed the rolling stock exemption 
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    under the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act, Use Tax Act, 
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    Service Occupation Tax Act, or Service Use Tax
Act, other 
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    than personal-use vehicles, shall pay to the Illinois 
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    Department of Revenue (or the Secretary of State
under an 
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    intergovernmental agreement) a commercial distribution 
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    fee, for each
registration year, for the use of the public 
 


 









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    highways, State infrastructure,
and State services, in an 
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    amount equal to 36% of the taxes and fees incurred
under 
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    subsection (a) of Section 3-815 of this Code or subsection 
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    (a) of Section
3-818 of this Code, as applicable, rounded 
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    up to the nearest whole dollar.

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    The fees paid under this Section shall be deposited by the 
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Secretary of State
into the General Revenue Fund.

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    As used in this Section "personal-use vehicle" means a 
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vehicle that is personally owned and not used for any business 
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purpose or available for hire.

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    Any person who paid the fee imposed under this Section  for 
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a personal-use vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 16,000 
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pounds or less for the registration year beginning on July 1, 
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2003 is entitled to a refund of the amount paid.  The Secretary 
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of State shall establish a procedure by which a person who paid 
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the fee imposed under this Section for a personal-use vehicle 
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with a gross vehicle weight of 16,000 pounds or less may apply 
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for and receive a refund of the amount paid.

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(Source: P.A. 93-23, eff. 6-20-03; revised 10-9-03.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.