99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4354

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/3-5
35 ILCS 105/3-50  from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-50
35 ILCS 110/2  from Ch. 120, par. 439.32
35 ILCS 110/3-5
35 ILCS 115/2  from Ch. 120, par. 439.102
35 ILCS 115/3-5
35 ILCS 120/2-5
35 ILCS 120/2-45  from Ch. 120, par. 441-45

    Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on August 31, 2014, the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption includes graphic arts machinery and equipment. Provides that, beginning on August 31, 2014 and through December 31, 2019, the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption includes production related tangible personal property. Provides that, except with respect to production related tangible personal property, the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption is exempt from the Acts' automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Sections
53-5 and 3-50 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 105/3-5)
7    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
8personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
9    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
10society, association, foundation, institution, or
11organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
12organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
13for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
14personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
15purpose of resale by the enterprise.
16    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
17Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
18operating, or promoting the county fair.
19    (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
20cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
21the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
22Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
23organized and operated primarily for the presentation or

 

 

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1support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
2services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
3music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
4orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
5organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
6and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
7of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
8an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
9tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
10number issued by the Department.
11    (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
12a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
13institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
14religious, or educational purposes, or by a not-for-profit
15corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
16organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
17that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
18persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
19may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
20limited liability company is organized and operated
21exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
221987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
23shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
24identification number issued by the Department.
25    (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a
26replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of

 

 

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1the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
2    (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
32004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
4equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
5used, and including that manufactured on special order,
6certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
7arts production, and including machinery and equipment
8purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
9acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
10acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
11graphic arts product. Beginning on August 31, 2014, graphic
12arts machinery and equipment is included in the manufacturing
13and assembling machinery and equipment exemption under
14paragraph (18).
15    (7) Farm chemicals.
16    (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
17coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
18United States of America, or the government of any foreign
19country, and bullion.
20    (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
21student organization affiliated with an elementary or
22secondary school located in Illinois.
23    (10) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile renting,
24as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
25Act.
26    (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,

 

 

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1including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
2purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
3State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
4replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
5machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
6implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
7Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
8chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
9be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
10but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
11under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
12hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
13plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
14this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry
15boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
16required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
17vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
18tender is separately stated.
19    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
20farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
21installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
22limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
23or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
24limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
25software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
26such equipment.

 

 

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1    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
2sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
3computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
4facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
5to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
6crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
7agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
8provisions of Section 3-90.
9    (12) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
10to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
11to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
12of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
13for or returning from a location or locations outside the
14United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
15stopovers.
16    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
17or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
18for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
19business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
20engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
21United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
22least one individual or package for hire from the city of
23origination to the city of final destination on the same
24aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
25that aircraft.
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1stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
2food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
3extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
4turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
5employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
6hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
7respect to which the service charge is imposed.
8    (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
9and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
10rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
11tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
12and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
13individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
14drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
15equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
16required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
17    (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
18repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
19manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
20used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
21photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
22    (16) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
23hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
24including replacement parts and equipment, and including
25equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
26required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The

 

 

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1changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
2after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
3allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
4Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
5beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
6effective date of Public Act 98-456).
7    (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
8equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
9retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
10production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
11as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
12use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
13    (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
14used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
15tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
16lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
17manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
18used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
19person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
20an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
21of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
22other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
23a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this
24paragraph (18) does not include machinery and equipment used in
25(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
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1for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
2through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
3water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
4customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
5Public Act 98-583 are declaratory of existing law as to the
6meaning and scope of this exemption. Beginning on August 31,
72014, the exemption provided by this paragraph (18) includes,
8but is not limited to, graphic arts machinery and equipment, as
9defined in paragraph (6) of this Section. Beginning on August
1031, 2014 and until December 31, 2019, the exemption provided by
11this paragraph (18) includes, but is not limited to, production
12related tangible personal property, as defined in Section 3-50
13of this Act. The exemption provided by this paragraph (18),
14except with respect to production related tangible personal
15property, is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
16    (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
17purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
18that personal property was received by a florist located
19outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
20deliver the personal property.
21    (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
22for direct agricultural production.
23    (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
24meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
25Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
26Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or

 

 

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1Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
2racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
3of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
4(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
5claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
62008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
72000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
8    (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
9any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
10analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
11lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
12longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
13otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
14hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
15identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
16Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
17manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
18any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
19tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
20case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
21the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
22or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
23purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
24Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
25has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
26collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have

 

 

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1a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
2If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
3reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
4Department.
5    (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
6property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
7effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
8tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
9issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
10the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
11Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
12qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
13manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
14this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
15on the fair market value of the property at the time the
16non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
17to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
18reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
19Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
20paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
21amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
22claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
23that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
24lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
25    (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
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1before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
2disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
3disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
4manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
5corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
6that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
7number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
8who reside within the declared disaster area.
9    (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
10December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
11before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
12performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
13but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
14bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
15line extensions, water distribution and purification
16facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
17sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
18federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
19when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
20declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
21    (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
22at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
23used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
24provisions of Section 3-90.
25    (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
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1corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
2foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
3to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
4purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
5limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
6or institution organized and operated exclusively for
7educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
8private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
9branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
10that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
11course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
12vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
13operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
14than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
15follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
16industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
17    (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
18including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
19benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
20a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
21the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
22district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
23parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
24does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
25private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
26entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from

 

 

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1another individual or entity that sold the property for the
2purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
3from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
4exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
62001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
7serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
8items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
9January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
10for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
11vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
12gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
13coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
14is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
15    (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
16food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
17premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
18drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
19consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
20drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
21materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
22use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
23assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
24resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
25the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
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1Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
2    (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
3of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
4equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
5in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
6purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
7of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
8lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
9Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
10identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
11Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
12manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
13any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
14tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
15case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
16the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
17or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
18purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
19Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
20has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
21collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
22a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
23If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
24reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
25Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
26Section 3-90.

 

 

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1    (32) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
2of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
3lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
4longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
5otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
6governmental body that has been issued an active sales tax
7exemption identification number by the Department under
8Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the
9property is leased in a manner that does not qualify for this
10exemption or used in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor
11shall be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the
12Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair
13market value of the property at the time the nonqualifying use
14occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount
15(however designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for
16the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
17case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a
18lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
19lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
20amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
21refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
22pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
23from the provisions of Section 3-90.
24    (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
25the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
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1are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
2Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
31, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
4motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
5weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
6to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
73-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
8primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
9this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
10after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
11motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
12rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
13purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
14purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
15furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
16whether for-hire or not.
17    (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
18used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
19supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
20Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
21corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
22Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
23exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
24    (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
25equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
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1completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
2aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
3the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
4repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
5materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
6supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
7maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
8engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
9such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
10limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
11lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
12films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
13tangible personal property by persons who modify, refurbish,
14complete, repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i)
15hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an
16approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
17Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
18operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
19Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
20by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
21service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
22of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
23paragraph (35) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
24law.
25    (36) Tangible personal property purchased by a
26public-facilities corporation, as described in Section

 

 

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111-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
2constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
3only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
4transferred to the municipality without any further
5consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
6of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
7retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
8issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
9the development of the municipal convention hall. This
10exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
11provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
12This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
13(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
1498-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-574, eff.
151-1-14; 98-583, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-180, eff.
167-29-15.)
 
17    (35 ILCS 105/3-50)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-50)
18    Sec. 3-50. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
19manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption
20includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
21equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as
22machinery and equipment that are for use in an expanded or new
23manufacturing facility. The machinery and equipment exemption
24also includes machinery and equipment used in the general
25maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for

 

 

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1in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment.
2Beginning on August 31, 2014, the manufacturing and assembling
3machinery and equipment exemption also includes graphic arts
4machinery and equipment, as defined in paragraph (6) of Section
53-5. Beginning on August 31, 2014 and until December 31, 2019,
6the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
7exemption also includes production related tangible personal
8property, as defined in this Section. The machinery and
9equipment exemption does not include machinery and equipment
10used in (i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or
11retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment of natural or
12artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered
13to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the
14treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that is
15delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The
16provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly
17are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
18this exemption. For the purposes of this exemption, terms have
19the following meanings:
20        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
21    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
22    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
23    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
24    tangible personal property, by a procedure commonly
25    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
26    refining that changes some existing material into a

 

 

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1    material with a different form, use, or name. In relation
2    to a recognized integrated business composed of a series of
3    operations that collectively constitute manufacturing, or
4    individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
5    manufacturing process commences with the first operation
6    or stage of production in the series and does not end until
7    the completion of the final product in the last operation
8    or stage of production in the series. For purposes of this
9    exemption, photoprocessing is a manufacturing process of
10    tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale.
11        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
12    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
13    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
14    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
15    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
16    materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling that
17    results in an article or material of a different form, use,
18    or name.
19        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
20    major components of those machines contributing to a
21    manufacturing or assembling process.
22        (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool
23    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
24    manufacturing or assembly process; including computers
25    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
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1    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
2    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
3    machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns,
4    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
5    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
6    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
7    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
8    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
9    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
10    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
11        (5) "Production related tangible personal property"
12    means all tangible personal property that is used or
13    consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in
14    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
15    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
16    purchased for incorporation into real estate within a
17    manufacturing facility and tangible personal property that
18    is used or consumed in activities such as research and
19    development, preproduction material handling, receiving,
20    quality control, inventory control, storage, staging, and
21    packaging for shipping and transportation purposes.
22    "Production related tangible personal property" does not
23    include (i) tangible personal property that is used, within
24    or without a manufacturing facility, in sales, purchasing,
25    accounting, fiscal management, marketing, personnel
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1    personal property that is required to be titled or
2    registered with a department, agency, or unit of federal,
3    State, or local government.
4    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
5exemption includes production related tangible personal
6property that is purchased (i) on or after July 1, 2007 and on
7or before June 30, 2008 or (ii) on and after August 31, 2014
8and on or before December 31, 2019. The exemption for
9production related tangible personal property purchased on or
10after July 1, 2007 and on or before June 30, 2008 is subject to
11both of the following limitations:
12        (1) The maximum amount of the exemption for any one
13    taxpayer may not exceed 5% of the purchase price of
14    production related tangible personal property that is
15    purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or before June
16    30, 2008. A credit under Section 3-85 of this Act may not
17    be earned by the purchase of production related tangible
18    personal property for which an exemption is received under
19    this Section.
20        (2) The maximum aggregate amount of the exemptions for
21    production related tangible personal property awarded
22    under this Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to all
23    taxpayers may not exceed $10,000,000. If the claims for the
24    exemption exceed $10,000,000, then the Department shall
25    reduce the amount of the exemption to each taxpayer on a
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1The Department may adopt rules to implement and administer the
2exemption for production related tangible personal property.
3    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
4exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
5produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and
6who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a
7manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption
8also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
9manufactures those materials into an exempted type of
10machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses himself
11or herself in the manufacturing of tangible personal property.
12This exemption includes the sale of exempted types of machinery
13or equipment to a purchaser who is not the manufacturer, but
14who rents or leases the use of the property to a manufacturer.
15The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who has an active
16resale registration number shall furnish that number to the
17seller at the time of purchase. A user of the machinery,
18equipment, or tools without an active resale registration
19number shall prepare a certificate of exemption for each
20transaction stating facts establishing the exemption for that
21transaction, and that certificate shall be available to the
22Department for inspection or audit. The Department shall
23prescribe the form of the certificate. Informal rulings,
24opinions, or letters issued by the Department in response to an
25inquiry or request for an opinion from any person regarding the
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1devices shall be published, maintained as a public record, and
2made available for public inspection and copying. If the
3informal ruling, opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or
4other confidential information, where possible, the Department
5shall delete that information before publication. Whenever
6informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of
7general applicability, the Department shall formulate and
8adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois
9Administrative Procedure Act.
10    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
11exemption, except with respect to production related tangible
12personal property, is exempt from the provisions of Section
133-90.
14(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
15    Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
16Sections 2 and 3-5 as follows:
 
17    (35 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.32)
18    Sec. 2. Definitions.
19    "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right or
20power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership
21of that property, but does not include the sale or use for
22demonstration by him of that property in any form as tangible
23personal property in the regular course of business. "Use" does
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1physical incorporation of tangible personal property, as an
2ingredient or constituent, into other tangible personal
3property, (a) which is sold in the regular course of business
4or (b) which the person incorporating such ingredient or
5constituent therein has undertaken at the time of such purchase
6to cause to be transported in interstate commerce to
7destinations outside the State of Illinois.
8    "Purchased from a serviceman" means the acquisition of the
9ownership of, or title to, tangible personal property through a
10sale of service.
11    "Purchaser" means any person who, through a sale of
12service, acquires the ownership of, or title to, any tangible
13personal property.
14    "Cost price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
15for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
16otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
17determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
18cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
19incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
20or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
21shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
22property transferred to him or her by his or her subcontractor
23is equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the
24serviceman in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by
25the subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
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1in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
2cash, credits and service, and shall be determined without any
3deduction on account of the serviceman's cost of the property
4sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
5other expense whatsoever, but does not include interest or
6finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
7sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
8sellers on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
9purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this Act.
10    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
11    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
12association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
13private corporation, limited liability company, and any
14receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
15appointed by order of any court.
16    "Sale of service" means any transaction except:
17        (1) a retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
18    under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use
19    Tax Act.
20        (2) a sale of tangible personal property for the
21    purpose of resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the
22    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
23        (3) except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer
24    of tangible personal property as an incident to the
25    rendering of service for or by any governmental body, or
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1    foundation or institution organized and operated
2    exclusively for charitable, religious or educational
3    purposes or any not-for-profit corporation, society,
4    association, foundation, institution or organization which
5    has no compensated officers or employees and which is
6    organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
7    persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability
8    company may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph
9    only if the limited liability company is organized and
10    operated exclusively for educational purposes.
11        (4) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
12    an incident to the rendering of service for interstate
13    carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
14    interstate commerce or by lessors under a lease of one year
15    or longer, executed or in effect at the time of purchase of
16    personal property, to interstate carriers for hire for use
17    as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce so long as
18    so used by such interstate carriers for hire, and equipment
19    operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed as a
20    common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
21    which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft
22    moving in interstate commerce.
23        (4a) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
24    as an incident to the rendering of service for owners,
25    lessors, or shippers of tangible personal property which is
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1    stock moving in interstate commerce so long as so used by
2    interstate carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a
3    telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier
4    by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
5    permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in
6    interstate commerce.
7        (4a-5) on and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
8    2004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
9    division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000
10    pounds as an incident to the rendering of service if that
11    motor vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee
12    imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
13    Beginning on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the
14    use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division:
15    (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000
16    pounds; (ii) that are subject to the commercial
17    distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the
18    Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
19    for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this
20    exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
21    after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
22    motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for
23    the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
24    Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
25    purposes" means the transportation of persons or property
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1    whether for-hire or not.
2        (5) a sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
3    primarily in the process of the manufacturing or
4    assembling, either in an existing, an expanded or a new
5    manufacturing facility, of tangible personal property for
6    wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether such sale or
7    lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some other
8    person, whether the materials used in the process are owned
9    by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether such
10    sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
11    seller's engaging in a service occupation and the
12    applicable tax is a Service Use Tax or Service Occupation
13    Tax, rather than Use Tax or Retailers' Occupation Tax. The
14    exemption provided by this paragraph (5) does not include
15    machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
16    electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
17    generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
18    wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
19    through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment
20    of water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
21    customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The
22    provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
23    Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning
24    and scope of this exemption. The exemption under this
25    paragraph (5), except with respect to production related
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1    of Section 3-75.
2        (5a) the repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for
3    a common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property
4    which belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which
5    such carrier receives the physical possession of the
6    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible
7    personal property in Illinois, and which such carrier
8    transports, or shares with another common carrier in the
9    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
10    standard uniform bill of lading showing the person who
11    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the property to a
12    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
13        (5b) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
14    which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
15    such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
16    Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
17    Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
18    carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of
19    such property in Illinois, and which transports such
20    property, or shares with another common carrier in the
21    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
22    standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the
23    property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
24    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
25        (6) until July 1, 2003, a sale or transfer of
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1    and assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery
2    and equipment is certified by the user to be used only for
3    the production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for
4    consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel
5    for the personal use of such user and not subject to sale
6    or resale.
7        (7) at the election of any serviceman not required to
8    be otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of
9    the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal
10    year sales of service in which the aggregate annual cost
11    price of tangible personal property transferred as an
12    incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 75%
13    in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
14    or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the
15    aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of
16    service. The purchase of such tangible personal property by
17    the serviceman shall be subject to tax under the Retailers'
18    Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax Act. However, if a
19    primary serviceman who has made the election described in
20    this paragraph subcontracts service work to a secondary
21    serviceman who has also made the election described in this
22    paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use Tax
23    liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
24    pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible
25    personal property transferred to the primary serviceman
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1    serviceman.
2    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
3completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
4imposed pursuant to this Act.
5    Exemption (5) also includes machinery and equipment used in
6the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
7equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
8equipment. On and after August 31, 2014 and through December
931, 2019, exemption (5) also includes production related
10tangible personal property, as defined in Section 3-50 of the
11Use Tax Act. On and after August 31, 2019, exemption (5) also
12includes graphic arts machinery and equipment, as defined in
13paragraph (5) of Section 3-5. The machinery and equipment
14exemption does not include machinery and equipment used in (i)
15the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
16(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
17for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
18through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
19water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
20customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
21this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are
22declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of this
23exemption. For the purposes of exemption (5), each of these
24terms shall have the following meanings: (1) "manufacturing
25process" shall mean the production of any article of tangible
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1or an article for use in the process of manufacturing or
2assembling a different article of tangible personal property,
3by procedures commonly regarded as manufacturing, processing,
4fabricating, or refining which changes some existing material
5or materials into a material with a different form, use or
6name. In relation to a recognized integrated business composed
7of a series of operations which collectively constitute
8manufacturing, or individually constitute manufacturing
9operations, the manufacturing process shall be deemed to
10commence with the first operation or stage of production in the
11series, and shall not be deemed to end until the completion of
12the final product in the last operation or stage of production
13in the series; and further, for purposes of exemption (5),
14photoprocessing is deemed to be a manufacturing process of
15tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale; (2)
16"assembling process" shall mean the production of any article
17of tangible personal property, whether such article is a
18finished product or an article for use in the process of
19manufacturing or assembling a different article of tangible
20personal property, by the combination of existing materials in
21a manner commonly regarded as assembling which results in a
22material of a different form, use or name; (3) "machinery"
23shall mean major mechanical machines or major components of
24such machines contributing to a manufacturing or assembling
25process; and (4) "equipment" shall include any independent
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1integrated manufacturing or assembly process; including
2computers used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
3design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or
4any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any machinery
5or auxiliary, adjunct or attachment parts of machinery, such as
6tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts
7which require periodic replacement in the course of normal
8operation; but shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes
9chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
10chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
11immediate change upon a product being manufactured or assembled
12for wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
13machinery and equipment who has an active resale registration
14number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
15purchase. The user of such machinery and equipment and tools
16without an active resale registration number shall prepare a
17certificate of exemption for each transaction stating facts
18establishing the exemption for that transaction, which
19certificate shall be available to the Department for inspection
20or audit. The Department shall prescribe the form of the
21certificate.
22    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
23Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
24from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
25exemption (5) to specific devices shall be published,
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1inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
2letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
3information, where possible the Department shall delete such
4information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
5rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
6applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
7policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
8Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
9    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
10under exemption (3) of this Section shall make tax free
11purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
12number issued by the Department.
13    The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
14personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
15of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
16purchase, use or sale of service or of tangible personal
17property within the meaning of this Act.
18    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
19occupation of making sales of service.
20    "Sale at retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
21Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
22    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
23personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
24incident to a sale of service.
25    "Serviceman maintaining a place of business in this State",
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1        1. having or maintaining within this State, directly or
2    by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales
3    house, warehouse or other place of business, or any agent
4    or other representative operating within this State under
5    the authority of the serviceman or its subsidiary,
6    irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
7    other representative is located here permanently or
8    temporarily, or whether such serviceman or subsidiary is
9    licensed to do business in this State;
10        1.1. having a contract with a person located in this
11    State under which the person, for a commission or other
12    consideration based on the sale of service by the
13    serviceman, directly or indirectly refers potential
14    customers to the serviceman by providing to the potential
15    customers a promotional code or other mechanism that allows
16    the serviceman to track purchases referred by such persons.
17    Examples of mechanisms that allow the serviceman to track
18    purchases referred by such persons include but are not
19    limited to the use of a link on the person's Internet
20    website, promotional codes distributed through the
21    person's hand-delivered or mailed material, and
22    promotional codes distributed by the person through radio
23    or other broadcast media. The provisions of this paragraph
24    1.1 shall apply only if the cumulative gross receipts from
25    sales of service by the serviceman to customers who are
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1    under such contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4
2    quarterly periods ending on the last day of March, June,
3    September, and December; a serviceman meeting the
4    requirements of this paragraph 1.1 shall be presumed to be
5    maintaining a place of business in this State but may rebut
6    this presumption by submitting proof that the referrals or
7    other activities pursued within this State by such persons
8    were not sufficient to meet the nexus standards of the
9    United States Constitution during the preceding 4
10    quarterly periods;
11        1.2. beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
12    person located in this State under which:
13            A. the serviceman sells the same or substantially
14        similar line of services as the person located in this
15        State and does so using an identical or substantially
16        similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
17        located in this State; and
18            B. the serviceman provides a commission or other
19        consideration to the person located in this State based
20        upon the sale of services by the serviceman.
21    The provisions of this paragraph 1.2 shall apply only if
22    the cumulative gross receipts from sales of service by the
23    serviceman to customers in this State under all such
24    contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly
25    periods ending on the last day of March, June, September,
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1        2. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
2    means of a telecommunication or television shopping system
3    (which utilizes toll free numbers) which is intended by the
4    retailer to be broadcast by cable television or other means
5    of broadcasting, to consumers located in this State;
6        3. pursuant to a contract with a broadcaster or
7    publisher located in this State, soliciting orders for
8    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
9    disseminated primarily to consumers located in this State
10    and only secondarily to bordering jurisdictions;
11        4. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
12    mail if the solicitations are substantial and recurring and
13    if the retailer benefits from any banking, financing, debt
14    collection, telecommunication, or marketing activities
15    occurring in this State or benefits from the location in
16    this State of authorized installation, servicing, or
17    repair facilities;
18        5. being owned or controlled by the same interests
19    which own or control any retailer engaging in business in
20    the same or similar line of business in this State;
21        6. having a franchisee or licensee operating under its
22    trade name if the franchisee or licensee is required to
23    collect the tax under this Section;
24        7. pursuant to a contract with a cable television
25    operator located in this State, soliciting orders for
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1    transmitted or distributed over a cable television system
2    in this State; or
3        8. engaging in activities in Illinois, which
4    activities in the state in which the supply business
5    engaging in such activities is located would constitute
6    maintaining a place of business in that state.
7(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1089, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 110/3-5)
9    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
10personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
11    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
12society, association, foundation, institution, or
13organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
14organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
15for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
16personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
17purpose of resale by the enterprise.
18    (2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois
19county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or
20promoting the county fair.
21    (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
22cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
23the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
24Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
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1support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
2services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
3music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
4orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
5organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
6and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
7of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
8an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
9tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
10number issued by the Department.
11    (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
12coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
13United States of America, or the government of any foreign
14country, and bullion.
15    (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
162004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
17equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
18used, and including that manufactured on special order or
19purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
20primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
21chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
22chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
23immediate change upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on
24August 31, 2014, graphic arts machinery and equipment is
25included in the manufacturing and assembling machinery and
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1    (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
2student organization affiliated with an elementary or
3secondary school located in Illinois.
4    (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
5including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
6purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
7State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
8replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
9machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
10implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
11Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
12chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
13be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
14but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
15under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
16hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
17plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
18this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
19shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
20required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
21vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
22tender is separately stated.
23    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
24farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
25installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
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1or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
2limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
3software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
4such equipment.
5    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
6sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
7computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
8facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
9to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
10crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
11agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
12provisions of Section 3-75.
13    (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
14to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
15to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
16of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
17for or returning from a location or locations outside the
18United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
19stopovers.
20    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
21or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
22for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
23business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
24engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
25United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
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1origination to the city of final destination on the same
2aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
3that aircraft.
4    (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
5stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
6food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase of a
7service from a serviceman, to the extent that the proceeds of
8the service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
9substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
10in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
11beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
12imposed.
13    (10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
14and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
15rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
16tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
17and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
18individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
19drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
20equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
21required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
22    (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery
23and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new
24and used, including that manufactured on special order,
25certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
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1equipment purchased for lease.
2    (12) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
3hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
4including replacement parts and equipment, and including
5equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
6required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
7changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
8after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
9allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
10Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
11beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
12effective date of Public Act 98-456).
13    (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
14for direct agricultural production.
15    (14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
16meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
17Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
18Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
19Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
20racing for prizes. This item (14) is exempt from the provisions
21of Section 3-75, and the exemption provided for under this item
22(14) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
23claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after the effective
24date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly for
25such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and
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1General Assembly.
2    (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
3any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
4analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
5lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
6longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
7otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
8hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
9identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
10Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
11manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
12any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
13tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
14be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
15the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
16attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
17to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
18Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
19the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
20from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
21refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
22is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
23liable to pay that amount to the Department.
24    (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
25property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
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1tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
2issued an active tax exemption identification number by the
3Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
4Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
5qualify for this exemption or is used in any other non-exempt
6manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
7this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the
8fair market value of the property at the time the
9non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
10to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
11reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
12Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
13the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
14from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
15refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
16is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
17liable to pay that amount to the Department.
18    (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
19December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
20before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
21disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
22disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
23manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
24corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
25that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
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1who reside within the declared disaster area.
2    (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
3December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
4before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
5performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
6but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
7bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
8line extensions, water distribution and purification
9facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
10sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
11federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
12when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
13declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
14    (19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
15at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
16used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
17provisions of Section 3-75.
18    (20) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
191-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
20corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
21foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
22to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
23purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
24limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
25or institution organized and operated exclusively for
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1private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
2branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
3that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
4course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
5vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
6operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
7than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
8follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
9industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
10    (21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
11including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
12benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
13a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
14the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
15district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
16parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
17does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
18private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
19entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
20another individual or entity that sold the property for the
21purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
22from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
23exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
24    (22) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
252001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
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1items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
2January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
3for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
4vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
5gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
6coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
7is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
8    (23) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
9food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
10premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
11drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
12consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
13drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
14materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
15use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
16assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
17resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
18the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
19in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
20Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
21    (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
22of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
23equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
24in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
25purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
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1lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
2Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
3identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
4Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
5manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
6any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
7tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
8be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
9the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
10attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
11to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
12Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
13the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
14from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
15refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
16is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
17liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
18exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
19    (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
21lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
22longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
23otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
24governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
25identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
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1manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
2any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
3tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
4be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
5the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
6attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
7to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
8Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
9the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
10from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
11refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
12is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
13liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
14exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
15    (26) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
16used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
17supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
18Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
19corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
20Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
21exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
22    (27) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
23equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
24upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
25completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
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1the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
2repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
3materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
4supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
5maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
6engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
7such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
8limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
9lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
10films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
11tangible personal property transferred incident to the
12modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair,
13or maintenance of aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air
14Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
15repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
16have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
17accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
18The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
19commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
20service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
21of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
22paragraph (27) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
23law.
24    (28) Tangible personal property purchased by a
25public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
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1constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
2only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
3transferred to the municipality without any further
4consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
5of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
6retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
7issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
8the development of the municipal convention hall. This
9exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
10provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
11This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
12(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
1398-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-756, eff.
147-16-14; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
 
15    Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
16changing Sections 2 and 3-5 as follows:
 
17    (35 ILCS 115/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.102)
18    Sec. 2. "Transfer" means any transfer of the title to
19property or of the ownership of property whether or not the
20transferor retains title as security for the payment of amounts
21due him from the transferee.
22    "Cost Price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
23for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
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1determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
2cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
3incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
4or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
5shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
6property transferred to him by his or her subcontractor is
7equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the serviceman
8in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by the
9subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
10    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
11    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
12association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
13private corporation, limited liability company, and any
14receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
15appointed by order of any court.
16    "Sale of Service" means any transaction except:
17    (a) A retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
18under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use Tax
19Act.
20    (b) A sale of tangible personal property for the purpose of
21resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers'
22Occupation Tax Act.
23    (c) Except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer of
24tangible personal property as an incident to the rendering of
25service for or by any governmental body or for or by any
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1organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious
2or educational purposes or any not-for-profit corporation,
3society, association, foundation, institution or organization
4which has no compensated officers or employees and which is
5organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
655 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
7qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
8limited liability company is organized and operated
9exclusively for educational purposes.
10    (d) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as an
11incident to the rendering of service for interstate carriers
12for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
13or lessors under leases of one year or longer, executed or in
14effect at the time of purchase, to interstate carriers for hire
15for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce, and
16equipment operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed
17as a common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
18which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving
19in interstate commerce.
20    (d-1) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
21an incident to the rendering of service for owners, lessors or
22shippers of tangible personal property which is utilized by
23interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
24interstate commerce, and equipment operated by a
25telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
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1installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
2commerce.
3    (d-1.1) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
42004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
5division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds
6as an incident to the rendering of service if that motor
7vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
8under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning
9on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this
10State of motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a
11gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii)
12that are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
13under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii)
14that are primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June
1530, 2005, this exemption applies to repair and replacement
16parts added after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle
17if that motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify
18for the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
19Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
20purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
21furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise whether
22for-hire or not.
23    (d-2) The repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for a
24common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property which
25belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which such carrier
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1reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible personal property
2in Illinois, and which such carrier transports, or shares with
3another common carrier in the transportation of such property,
4out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading showing
5the person who repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the
6property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
7destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
8    (d-3) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property
9which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
10such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
11Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
12Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
13carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of such
14property in Illinois, and which transports such property, or
15shares with another common carrier in the transportation of
16such property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of
17lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or
18consignor of such property to a destination outside Illinois,
19for use outside Illinois.
20    (d-4) Until January 1, 1997, a sale, by a registered
21serviceman paying tax under this Act to the Department, of
22special order printed materials delivered outside Illinois and
23which are not returned to this State, if delivery is made by
24the seller or agent of the seller, including an agent who
25causes the product to be delivered outside Illinois by a common
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1    (e) A sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
2primarily in the process of the manufacturing or assembling,
3either in an existing, an expanded or a new manufacturing
4facility, of tangible personal property for wholesale or retail
5sale or lease, whether such sale or lease is made directly by
6the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
7used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
8person, or whether such sale or lease is made apart from or as
9an incident to the seller's engaging in a service occupation
10and the applicable tax is a Service Occupation Tax or Service
11Use Tax, rather than Retailers' Occupation Tax or Use Tax. The
12exemption provided by this paragraph (e) does not include
13machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
14electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
15or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
16retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
17pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
18wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
19pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
20Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
21law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption. The
22exemption under this subsection (e), except with respect to
23production related tangible personal property, is exempt from
24the provisions of Section 3-75.
25    (f) Until July 1, 2003, the sale or transfer of
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1assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery and
2equipment is certified by the user to be used only for the
3production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
4as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
5use of such user and not subject to sale or resale.
6    (g) At the election of any serviceman not required to be
7otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of the
8Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal year sales
9of service in which the aggregate annual cost price of tangible
10personal property transferred as an incident to the sales of
11service is less than 35% (75% in the case of servicemen
12transferring prescription drugs or servicemen engaged in
13graphic arts production) of the aggregate annual total gross
14receipts from all sales of service. The purchase of such
15tangible personal property by the serviceman shall be subject
16to tax under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax
17Act. However, if a primary serviceman who has made the election
18described in this paragraph subcontracts service work to a
19secondary serviceman who has also made the election described
20in this paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use
21Tax liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
22pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible personal
23property transferred to the primary serviceman and (ii)
24certifies that fact in writing to the primary serviceman.
25    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
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1imposed pursuant to this Act.
2    Exemption (e) also includes machinery and equipment used in
3the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
4equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
5equipment. On and after August 31, 2014 and through December
631, 2019, exemption (e) also includes production related
7tangible personal property, as defined in Section 2-45 of the
8Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. On and after August 31, 2019,
9exemption (e) also includes graphic arts machinery and
10equipment, as defined in paragraph (5) of Section 3-5. The
11machinery and equipment exemption does not include machinery
12and equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for
13wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment of
14natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is
15delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or
16(iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that
17is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains.
18The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
19Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and
20scope of this exemption. For the purposes of exemption (e),
21each of these terms shall have the following meanings: (1)
22"manufacturing process" shall mean the production of any
23article of tangible personal property, whether such article is
24a finished product or an article for use in the process of
25manufacturing or assembling a different article of tangible
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1manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or refining which
2changes some existing material or materials into a material
3with a different form, use or name. In relation to a recognized
4integrated business composed of a series of operations which
5collectively constitute manufacturing, or individually
6constitute manufacturing operations, the manufacturing process
7shall be deemed to commence with the first operation or stage
8of production in the series, and shall not be deemed to end
9until the completion of the final product in the last operation
10or stage of production in the series; and further for purposes
11of exemption (e), photoprocessing is deemed to be a
12manufacturing process of tangible personal property for
13wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process" shall mean
14the production of any article of tangible personal property,
15whether such article is a finished product or an article for
16use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
17article of tangible personal property, by the combination of
18existing materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling
19which results in a material of a different form, use or name;
20(3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical machines or major
21components of such machines contributing to a manufacturing or
22assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall include any
23independent device or tool separate from any machinery but
24essential to an integrated manufacturing or assembly process;
25including computers used primarily in a manufacturer's
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1(CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly comprising a
2component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct or attachment
3parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures,
4patterns and molds; or any parts which require periodic
5replacement in the course of normal operation; but shall not
6include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
7acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
8acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
9product being manufactured or assembled for wholesale or retail
10sale or lease. The purchaser of such machinery and equipment
11who has an active resale registration number shall furnish such
12number to the seller at the time of purchase. The purchaser of
13such machinery and equipment and tools without an active resale
14registration number shall furnish to the seller a certificate
15of exemption for each transaction stating facts establishing
16the exemption for that transaction, which certificate shall be
17available to the Department for inspection or audit.
18    Except as provided in Section 2d of this Act, the rolling
19stock exemption applies to rolling stock used by an interstate
20carrier for hire, even just between points in Illinois, if such
21rolling stock transports, for hire, persons whose journeys or
22property whose shipments originate or terminate outside
23Illinois.
24    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
25Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
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1exemption (e) to specific devices shall be published,
2maintained as a public record, and made available for public
3inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
4letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
5information, where possible the Department shall delete such
6information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
7rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
8applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
9policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
10Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
11    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
12under exemption (c) of this Section shall make tax free
13purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
14number issued by the Department.
15    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
16occupation of making sales of service.
17    "Sale at Retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
18Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
19    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
20personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
21incident to a sale of service.
22(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
23    (35 ILCS 115/3-5)
24    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal
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1    (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
2association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
3than a limited liability company, that is organized and
4operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
5of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
6was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
7by the enterprise.
8    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
9Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
10operating, or promoting the county fair.
11    (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit arts
12or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
13the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
14Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
15organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
16support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
17services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
18music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
19orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
20organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
21and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
22of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
23an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
24tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
25number issued by the Department.
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1coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
2United States of America, or the government of any foreign
3country, and bullion.
4    (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
52004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
6equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
7used, and including that manufactured on special order or
8purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
9primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
10chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
11chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
12immediate change upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on
13August 31, 2014, graphic arts machinery and equipment is
14included in the manufacturing and assembling machinery and
15equipment exemption under Section 2 of this Act.
16    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
17organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
18located in Illinois.
19    (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
20including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
21purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
22State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
23replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
24machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
25implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
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1chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
2be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
3but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
4under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
5hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
6plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
7this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
8shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
9required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
10vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
11tender is separately stated.
12    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
13farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
14installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
15limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
16or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
17limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
18software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
19such equipment.
20    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
21sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
22computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
23facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
24to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
25crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
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1provisions of Section 3-55.
2    (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
3to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
4to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
5of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
6for or returning from a location or locations outside the
7United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
8stopovers.
9    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
10or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
11for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
12business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
13engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
14United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
15least one individual or package for hire from the city of
16origination to the city of final destination on the same
17aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
18that aircraft.
19    (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
20stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
21food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
22service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
23substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
24in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
25beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
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1    (10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
2and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
3rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
4tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
5and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
6individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
7drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
8equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
9required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
10    (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
11repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
12manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
13used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
14photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
15    (12) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
16hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
17including replacement parts and equipment, and including
18equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
19required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
20changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
21after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
22allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
23Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
24beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
25effective date of Public Act 98-456).
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1food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
2premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
3drinks and food that has been prepared for immediate
4consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines,
5drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
6materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
7use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
8assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
9resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
10the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
11in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
12Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
13    (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
14for direct agricultural production.
15    (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
16meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
17Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
18Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
19Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
20racing for prizes. This item (15) is exempt from the provisions
21of Section 3-55, and the exemption provided for under this item
22(15) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
23claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
242008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
25paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
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1    (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
2any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
3analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
4who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
5executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
6hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
7identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
8Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
9    (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
10property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
11effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
12has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
13by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
14Tax Act.
15    (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
16December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
17before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
18disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
19disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
20manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
21corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
22that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
23number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
24who reside within the declared disaster area.
25    (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
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1before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
2performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
3but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
4bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
5line extensions, water distribution and purification
6facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
7sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
8federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
9when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
10declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
11    (20) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
12"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
13in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
14provisions of Section 3-55.
15    (21) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
161-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
17corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
18foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
19to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
20purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
21limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
22or institution organized and operated exclusively for
23educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
24private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
25branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
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1course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
2vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
3operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
4than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
5follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
6industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
7    (22) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
8including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
9benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
10a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
11the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
12district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
13parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
14does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
15private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
16entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
17another individual or entity that sold the property for the
18purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
19from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
20exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
21    (23) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
222001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
23serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
24items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
25January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
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1vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
2gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
3coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
4is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
5    (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
6of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
7equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
8in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
9sold to a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one
10year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the
11purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax
12exemption identification number by the Department under
13Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph
14is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
15    (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
16of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property sold to a
17lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
18longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
19governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
20identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
21Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from
22the provisions of Section 3-55.
23    (26) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
242016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
25retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
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1in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
2the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
3for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
4(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
5manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
6tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
7and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
8Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
9accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
10issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
11Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
12paragraph (26). The permit issued under this paragraph (26)
13shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
14specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
15tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
16taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
17necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
18consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
19the State of Illinois.
20    (27) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
21used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
22supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
23Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
24corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
25Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
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1    (28) Tangible personal property sold to a
2public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
311-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
4constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
5only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
6transferred to the municipality without any further
7consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
8of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
9retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
10issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
11the development of the municipal convention hall. This
12exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
13provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
14This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
15    (29) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
16equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
17upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
18completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
19aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
20the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
21repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
22materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
23supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
24maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
25engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
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1limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
2lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
3films. This exemption applies only to the transfer of
4qualifying tangible personal property incident to the
5modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair,
6or maintenance of an aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air
7Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
8repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
9have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
10accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
11The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
12commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
13service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
14of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
15paragraph (29) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
16law.
17(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
1898-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-756, eff.
197-16-14; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)
 
20    Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
21changing Sections 2-5 and 2-45 as follows:
 
22    (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
23    Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
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1from the tax imposed by this Act:
2    (1) Farm chemicals.
3    (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
4including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
5purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
6State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
7replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
8machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
9implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
10Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
11chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
12be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
13but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
14under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
15hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
16plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
17this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
18shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
19required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
20vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
21tender is separately stated.
22    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
23farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
24installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
25limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
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1limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
2software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
3such equipment.
4    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
5sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
6computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
7facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
8to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
9crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
10agricultural chemicals. This item (2) is exempt from the
11provisions of Section 2-70.
12    (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
13equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
14retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
15production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
16as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
17use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
18    (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
192004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
20equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
21used, and including that manufactured on special order or
22purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
23primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
24chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
25chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
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1August 31, 2014, graphic arts machinery and equipment is
2included in the manufacturing and assembling machinery and
3equipment exemption under paragraph (14).
4    (5) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile renting, as
5defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act.
6This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
7    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
8organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
9located in Illinois.
10    (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
11selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
12to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
13    (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
14association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
15county fair.
16    (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
17cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
18the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
19Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
20organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
21support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
22services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
23music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
24orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
25organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
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1of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
2an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
3tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
4number issued by the Department.
5    (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
6association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
7than a limited liability company, that is organized and
8operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
9of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
10was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
11by the enterprise.
12    (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
13corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
14organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
15or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
16society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
17that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
18organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
1955 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
20qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
21limited liability company is organized and operated
22exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
231987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
24shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
25identification number issued by the Department.
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1carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
2commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
3executed or in effect at the time of purchase by interstate
4carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
5commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
6provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
7Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
8or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
9    (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
10motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
11weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
12commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
13the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
14through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
15of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
16in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
17commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
18the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
19for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
20applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
21purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
22in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
23otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
24paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
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1    (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers of
2tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
3carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
4commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
5provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
6Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
7or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
8    (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
9purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
10process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
11property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
12sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
13other person, whether the materials used in the process are
14owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
15sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
16seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
17machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
18items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
19purchaser. The exemption provided by this paragraph (14) does
20not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation
21of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
22generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
23wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
24pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
25wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
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1are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
2this exemption. Beginning on August 31, 2014, the exemption
3provided by this paragraph (14) includes, but is not limited
4to, graphic arts machinery and equipment, as defined in
5paragraph (4) of this Section. Beginning on August 31, 2014 and
6until December 31, 2019, the exemption provided by this
7paragraph (14) includes, but is not limited to, production
8related tangible personal property, as defined in Section 2-45
9of this Act. The exemption provided by this paragraph (14),
10except with respect to production related tangible personal
11property, is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
12    (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
13stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
14and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
15charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
16tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
17serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
18with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
19    (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the seller
20is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
21purchaser.
22    (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
23rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
24property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
25shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
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1showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
2of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
3outside Illinois.
4    (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
5coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
6United States of America, or the government of any foreign
7country, and bullion.
8    (19) Until July 1 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
9and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
10rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
11tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
12and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
13individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
14drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
15equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
16required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
17    (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
18repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
19manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
20used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
21photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
22    (21) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
23hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
24including replacement parts and equipment, and including
25equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
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1changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
2after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
3allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
4Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
5beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
6effective date of Public Act 98-456).
7    (22) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
8to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be
9used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of
10its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
11for or returning from a location or locations outside the
12United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
13stopovers.
14    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
15or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
16for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
17business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
18engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
19United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
20least one individual or package for hire from the city of
21origination to the city of final destination on the same
22aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
23that aircraft.
24    (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
25by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
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1purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
2    (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
3barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
4transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
5hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
6by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
7it is afloat upon that bordering river.
8    (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
9motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
10the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
11State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
12and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
13provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
14the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
15transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
16state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
17out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
18facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
19this State.
20    (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
21state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
22a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
23in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
24The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
25in this State to a resident of another state that does not
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1to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
2which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
3not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
4Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
5statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
6intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
7is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
8the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
9equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
10his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
11the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
12residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
13of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
14shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
15this state following the filing of an intent to title the
16vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
17titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
18days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
19in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
20distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
21rate imposed under this Act.
22    (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
23this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
24the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
25conditions are met:
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1    the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
2    the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
3    return to service, completion of the maintenance record
4    entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
5    for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
6        (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
7    State after the sale of the aircraft; and
8        (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
9    and provides to the Department a signed and dated
10    certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
11    the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
12    item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
13    name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
14    location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
15    the address of the primary physical location of the
16    aircraft, and other information that the Department may
17    reasonably require.
18    For purposes of this item (25-7):
19    "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
20used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
21Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
22immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
23    "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
24with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
25or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
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1    This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
2Section 2-70.
3    (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
4for direct agricultural production.
5    (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
6meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
7Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
8Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
9Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
10racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
11of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
12(27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
13claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
142008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
15paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
16January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
17    (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
18any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
19analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
20who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
21executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
22hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
23identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
24this Act.
25    (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
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1effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
2has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
3by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
4    (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
5December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
6before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
7disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
8disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
9manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
10corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
11that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
12number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
13who reside within the declared disaster area.
14    (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
15December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
16before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
17performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
18but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
19bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
20line extensions, water distribution and purification
21facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
22sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
23federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
24when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
25declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
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1"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
2in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
3provisions of Section 2-70.
4    (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
51-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
6corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
7foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
8to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
9purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
10limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
11or institution organized and operated exclusively for
12educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
13private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
14branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
15that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
16course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
17vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
18operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
19than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
20follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
21industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
22    (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
23including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
24benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
25a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
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1district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
2parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
3does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
4private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
5entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
6another individual or entity that sold the property for the
7purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
8from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
9exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
10    (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
112001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
12serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
13items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
14January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
15for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
16vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
17gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
18coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
19is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
20    (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
21food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
22premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
23drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
24consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
25drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
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1use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
2assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
3resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
4the Nursing Home Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in
5the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized
6Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
7    (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
8communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
9equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
10hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
11under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
12the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
13active tax exemption identification number by the Department
14under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
15provisions of Section 2-70.
16    (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
17lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
18longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
19governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
20identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
21this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
22Section 2-70.
23    (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
242016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
25retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
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1in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
2the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
3for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
4(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
5manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
6tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
7and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
8Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
9accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
10issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
11Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
12paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
13shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
14specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
15tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
16taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
17necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
18consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
19the State of Illinois.
20    (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
21used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
22supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
23Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
24corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
25Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
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1    (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
2equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
3upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
4completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
5aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
6the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
7repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
8materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
9supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
10maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
11engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
12such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
13limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
14lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
15films. This exemption applies only to the sale of qualifying
16tangible personal property to persons who modify, refurbish,
17complete, replace, or maintain an aircraft and who (i) hold an
18Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
19repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
20have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
21accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
22The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
23commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
24service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
25of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
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1law.
2    (41) Tangible personal property sold to a
3public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
411-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
5constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
6only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
7transferred to the municipality without any further
8consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
9of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
10retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
11issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
12the development of the municipal convention hall. This
13exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
14provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
15This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
16(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
1798-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-574, eff.
181-1-14; 98-583, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-180, eff.
197-29-15.)
 
20    (35 ILCS 120/2-45)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441-45)
21    Sec. 2-45. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
22manufacturing and assembly machinery and equipment exemption
23includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
24equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as
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1manufacturing facility.
2    The machinery and equipment exemption also includes
3machinery and equipment used in the general maintenance or
4repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for in-house
5manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment. Beginning on
6August 31, 2014, the manufacturing and assembling machinery and
7equipment exemption also includes graphic arts machinery and
8equipment, as defined in paragraph (4) of Section 2-5.
9Beginning on August 31, 2014 and until December 31, 2019, the
10manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption
11also includes production related tangible personal property,
12as defined in this Section. The machinery and equipment
13exemption does not include machinery and equipment used in (i)
14the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
15(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
16for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
17through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
18water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
19customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
20this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are
21declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of this
22exemption. For the purposes of this exemption, terms have the
23following meanings:
24        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
25    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
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1    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
2    tangible personal property, by a procedure commonly
3    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
4    refining that changes some existing material or materials
5    into a material with a different form, use, or name. In
6    relation to a recognized integrated business composed of a
7    series of operations that collectively constitute
8    manufacturing, or individually constitute manufacturing
9    operations, the manufacturing process commences with the
10    first operation or stage of production in the series and
11    does not end until the completion of the final product in
12    the last operation or stage of production in the series.
13    For purposes of this exemption, photoprocessing is a
14    manufacturing process of tangible personal property for
15    wholesale or retail sale.
16        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
17    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
18    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
19    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
20    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
21    materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling that
22    results in a material of a different form, use, or name.
23        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
24    major components of those machines contributing to a
25    manufacturing or assembling process.
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1    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
2    manufacturing or assembly process; including computers
3    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
4    design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system;
5    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
6    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
7    machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns,
8    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
9    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
10    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
11    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
12    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
13    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
14    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
15        (5) "Production related tangible personal property"
16    means all tangible personal property that is used or
17    consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in
18    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
19    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
20    purchased for incorporation into real estate within a
21    manufacturing facility and tangible personal property that
22    is used or consumed in activities such as research and
23    development, preproduction material handling, receiving,
24    quality control, inventory control, storage, staging, and
25    packaging for shipping and transportation purposes.
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1    include (i) tangible personal property that is used, within
2    or without a manufacturing facility, in sales, purchasing,
3    accounting, fiscal management, marketing, personnel
4    recruitment or selection, or landscaping or (ii) tangible
5    personal property that is required to be titled or
6    registered with a department, agency, or unit of federal,
7    State, or local government.
8    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
9exemption includes production related tangible personal
10property that is purchased (i) on or after July 1, 2007 and on
11or before June 30, 2008 or (ii) on and after August 31, 2014
12and on or before December 31, 2019. The exemption for
13production related tangible personal property purchased on or
14after July 1, 2007 and on or before June 30, 2008 is subject to
15both of the following limitations:
16        (1) The maximum amount of the exemption for any one
17    taxpayer may not exceed 5% of the purchase price of
18    production related tangible personal property that is
19    purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or before June
20    30, 2008. A credit under Section 3-85 of this Act may not
21    be earned by the purchase of production related tangible
22    personal property for which an exemption is received under
23    this Section.
24        (2) The maximum aggregate amount of the exemptions for
25    production related tangible personal property awarded
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1    exceed $10,000,000. If the claims for the exemption exceed
2    $10,000,000, then the Department shall reduce the amount of
3    the exemption to each taxpayer on a pro rata basis.
4The Department may adopt rules to implement and administer the
5exemption for production related tangible personal property.
6    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
7exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
8produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and
9who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a
10manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption
11also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
12manufactures those materials into an exempted type of
13machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses himself
14or herself in the manufacturing of tangible personal property.
15The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who has an active
16resale registration number shall furnish that number to the
17seller at the time of purchase. A purchaser of the machinery,
18equipment, and tools without an active resale registration
19number shall furnish to the seller a certificate of exemption
20for each transaction stating facts establishing the exemption
21for that transaction, and that certificate shall be available
22to the Department for inspection or audit. Informal rulings,
23opinions, or letters issued by the Department in response to an
24inquiry or request for an opinion from any person regarding the
25coverage and applicability of this exemption to specific
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1made available for public inspection and copying. If the
2informal ruling, opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or
3other confidential information, where possible, the Department
4shall delete that information before publication. Whenever
5informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of
6general applicability, the Department shall formulate and
7adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois
8Administrative Procedure Act.
9    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
10exemption, except with respect to production related tangible
11personal property, is exempt from the provisions of Section
122-70.
13(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.