99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5634

 

Introduced , by Rep. Keith Wheeler

 

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 115/2  from Ch. 120, par. 439.102
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 to extend the Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment Exemption to production related tangible personal property. Provides that the term "production related tangible personal property" includes certain supplies and consumables used in a manufacturing facility. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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.
12    (7) Farm chemicals.
13    (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
14coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
15United States of America, or the government of any foreign
16country, and bullion.
17    (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
18student organization affiliated with an elementary or
19secondary school located in Illinois.
20    (10) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile renting,
21as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
22Act.
23    (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
24including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
25purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
26State or federal agricultural programs, including individual

 

 

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

 

 

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1facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
2to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
3crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
4agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
5provisions of Section 3-90.
6    (12) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
7to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
8to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
9of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
10for or returning from a location or locations outside the
11United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
12stopovers.
13    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
14or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
15for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
16business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
17engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
18United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
19least one individual or package for hire from the city of
20origination to the city of final destination on the same
21aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
22that aircraft.
23    (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
24stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
25food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
26extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact

 

 

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1turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
2employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
3hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
4respect to which the service charge is imposed.
5    (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
6and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
7rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
8tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
9and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
10individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
11drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
12equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
13required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
14    (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
15repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
16manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
17used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
18photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
19    (16) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
20hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
21including replacement parts and equipment, and including
22equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
23required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
24changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
25after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
26allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of

 

 

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1Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
2beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
3effective date of Public Act 98-456).
4    (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
5equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
6retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
7production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
8as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
9use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
10    (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
11used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
12tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
13lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
14manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
15used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
16person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
17an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
18of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
19other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
20a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this
21paragraph (18) includes production related tangible personal
22property, as defined in Section 3-50, purchased on or after
23July 1, 2016. The exemption provided by this paragraph (18)
24does not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the
25generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii)
26the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for

 

 

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1wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
2pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
3wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
4pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of Public Act 98-583
5are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
6this exemption.
7    (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
8purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
9that personal property was received by a florist located
10outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
11deliver the personal property.
12    (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
13for direct agricultural production.
14    (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
15meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
16Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
17Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
18Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
19racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
20of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
21(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
22claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
232008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
242000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
25    (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
26any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,

 

 

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1analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
2lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
3longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
4otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
5hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
6identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
7Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
8manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
9any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
10tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
11case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
12the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
13or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
14purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
15Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
16has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
17collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
18a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
19If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
20reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
21Department.
22    (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
23property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
24effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
25tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
26issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by

 

 

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1the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
2Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
3qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
4manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
5this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
6on the fair market value of the property at the time the
7non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
8to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
9reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
10Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
11paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
12amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
13claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
14that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
15lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
16    (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
17December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
18before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
19disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
20disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
21manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
22corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
23that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
24number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
25who reside within the declared disaster area.
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1December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
2before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
3performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
4but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
5bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
6line extensions, water distribution and purification
7facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
8sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
9federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
10when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
11declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
12    (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
13at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
14used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
15provisions of Section 3-90.
16    (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
171-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
18corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
19foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
20to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
21purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
22limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
23or institution organized and operated exclusively for
24educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
25private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
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1that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
2course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
3vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
4operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
5than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
6follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
7industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
8    (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
9including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
10benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
11a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
12the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
13district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
14parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
15does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
16private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
17entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
18another individual or entity that sold the property for the
19purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
20from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
21exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
22    (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
232001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
24serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
25items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
26January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts

 

 

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1for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
2vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
3gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
4coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
5is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
6    (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
7food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
8premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
9drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
10consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
11drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
12materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
13use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
14assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
15resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
16the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
17in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
18Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
19    (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
20of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
21equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
22in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
23purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
24of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
25lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
26Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption

 

 

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1identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
2Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
3manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
4any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
5tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
6case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
7the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
8or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
9purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
10Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
11has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
12collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
13a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
14If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
15reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
16Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
17Section 3-90.
18    (32) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
19of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
20lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
21longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
22otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
23governmental body that has been issued an active sales tax
24exemption identification number by the Department under
25Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the
26property is leased in a manner that does not qualify for this

 

 

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1exemption or used in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor
2shall be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the
3Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair
4market value of the property at the time the nonqualifying use
5occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount
6(however designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for
7the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
8case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a
9lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
10lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
11amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
12refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
13pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
14from the provisions of Section 3-90.
15    (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
16the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
17with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
18are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
19Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
201, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
21motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
22weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
23to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
243-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
25primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
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1after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
2motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
3rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
4purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
5purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
6furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
7whether for-hire or not.
8    (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
9used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
10supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
11Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
12corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
13Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
14exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
15    (35) 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
26such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not

 

 

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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 use of qualifying
4tangible personal property by persons who modify, refurbish,
5complete, repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i)
6hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an
7approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
8Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
9operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
10Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
11by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
12service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
13of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
14paragraph (35) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
15law.
16    (36) Tangible personal property purchased by a
17public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
1811-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
19constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
20only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
21transferred to the municipality without any further
22consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
23of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
24retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
25issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
26the development of the municipal convention hall. This

 

 

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1exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
2provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
3This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
4(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 98-422, eff. 8-16-13;
598-456, eff. 8-16-13; 98-534, eff. 8-23-13; 98-574, eff.
61-1-14; 98-583, eff. 1-1-14; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-180, eff.
77-29-15.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 105/3-50)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-50)
9    Sec. 3-50. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
10manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption
11includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
12equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as
13machinery and equipment that are for use in an expanded or new
14manufacturing facility. The machinery and equipment exemption
15also includes machinery and equipment used in the general
16maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for
17in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment. The
18machinery and equipment exemption does not include machinery
19and equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for
20wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment of
21natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is
22delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or
23(iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that
24is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains.
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1Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and
2scope of this exemption. For the purposes of this exemption,
3terms have the following meanings:
4        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
5    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
6    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
7    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
8    tangible personal property, by a procedure commonly
9    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
10    refining that changes some existing material into a
11    material with a different form, use, or name. In relation
12    to a recognized integrated business composed of a series of
13    operations that collectively constitute manufacturing, or
14    individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
15    manufacturing process commences with the first operation
16    or stage of production in the series and does not end until
17    the completion of the final product in the last operation
18    or stage of production in the series. For purposes of this
19    exemption, photoprocessing is a manufacturing process of
20    tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale.
21        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
22    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
23    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
24    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
25    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
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1    results in an article or material of a different form, use,
2    or name.
3        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
4    major components of those machines contributing to a
5    manufacturing or assembling process.
6        (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool
7    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
8    manufacturing or assembly process; including computers
9    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
10    design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system;
11    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
12    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
13    machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns,
14    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
15    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
16    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
17    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
18    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
19    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
20    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
21        (5) "Production related tangible personal property"
22    means all tangible personal property that is used or
23    consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in
24    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
25    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
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1    manufacturing facility, supplies and consumables used in a
2    manufacturing facility including fuels, coolants,
3    solvents, oils, lubricants, and adhesives, hand tools,
4    protective apparel, and fire and safety equipment used or
5    consumed within a manufacturing facility, and tangible
6    personal property that is used or consumed in activities
7    such as research and development, preproduction material
8    handling, receiving, quality control, inventory control,
9    storage, staging, and packaging for shipping and
10    transportation purposes. "Production related tangible
11    personal property" does not include (i) tangible personal
12    property that is used, within or without a manufacturing
13    facility, in sales, purchasing, accounting, fiscal
14    management, marketing, personnel recruitment or selection,
15    or landscaping or (ii) tangible personal property that is
16    required to be titled or registered with a department,
17    agency, or unit of federal, State, or local government.
18    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
19exemption includes production related tangible personal
20property that is purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or
21before June 30, 2008 and on or after July 1, 2016. The
22exemption for production related tangible personal property
23purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or before June 30,
242008 is subject to both of the following limitations:
25        (1) The maximum amount of the exemption for any one
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1    production related tangible personal property that is
2    purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or before June
3    30, 2008. A credit under Section 3-85 of this Act may not
4    be earned by the purchase of production related tangible
5    personal property for which an exemption is received under
6    this Section.
7        (2) The maximum aggregate amount of the exemptions for
8    production related tangible personal property awarded
9    under this Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act to all
10    taxpayers purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and before
11    June 30, 2008 may not exceed $10,000,000. If the claims for
12    the exemption exceed $10,000,000, then the Department
13    shall reduce the amount of the exemption to each taxpayer
14    on a pro rata basis.
15The Department shall may adopt rules to implement and
16administer the exemption for production related tangible
17personal property.
18    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
19exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
20produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and
21who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a
22manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption
23also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
24manufactures those materials into an exempted type of
25machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses himself
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1This exemption includes the sale of exempted types of machinery
2or equipment to a purchaser who is not the manufacturer, but
3who rents or leases the use of the property to a manufacturer.
4The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who has an active
5resale registration number shall furnish that number to the
6seller at the time of purchase. A user of the machinery,
7equipment, or tools without an active resale registration
8number shall prepare a certificate of exemption for each
9transaction stating facts establishing the exemption for that
10transaction, and that certificate shall be available to the
11Department for inspection or audit. The Department shall
12prescribe the form of the certificate. Informal rulings,
13opinions, or letters issued by the Department in response to an
14inquiry or request for an opinion from any person regarding the
15coverage and applicability of this exemption to specific
16devices shall be published, maintained as a public record, and
17made available for public inspection and copying. If the
18informal ruling, opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or
19other confidential information, where possible, the Department
20shall delete that information before publication. Whenever
21informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of
22general applicability, the Department shall formulate and
23adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois
24Administrative Procedure Act.
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1    Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
2Section 2 as follows:
 
3    (35 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.32)
4    Sec. 2. Definitions.
5    "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right or
6power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership
7of that property, but does not include the sale or use for
8demonstration by him of that property in any form as tangible
9personal property in the regular course of business. "Use" does
10not mean the interim use of tangible personal property nor the
11physical incorporation of tangible personal property, as an
12ingredient or constituent, into other tangible personal
13property, (a) which is sold in the regular course of business
14or (b) which the person incorporating such ingredient or
15constituent therein has undertaken at the time of such purchase
16to cause to be transported in interstate commerce to
17destinations outside the State of Illinois.
18    "Purchased from a serviceman" means the acquisition of the
19ownership of, or title to, tangible personal property through a
20sale of service.
21    "Purchaser" means any person who, through a sale of
22service, acquires the ownership of, or title to, any tangible
23personal property.
24    "Cost price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
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1otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
2determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
3cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
4incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
5or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
6shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
7property transferred to him or her by his or her subcontractor
8is equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the
9serviceman in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by
10the subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
11    "Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
12in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
13cash, credits and service, and shall be determined without any
14deduction on account of the serviceman's cost of the property
15sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
16other expense whatsoever, but does not include interest or
17finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
18sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
19sellers on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
20purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this Act.
21    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
22    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
23association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
24private corporation, limited liability company, and any
25receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
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1    "Sale of service" means any transaction except:
2        (1) a retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
3    under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use
4    Tax Act.
5        (2) a sale of tangible personal property for the
6    purpose of resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the
7    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
8        (3) except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer
9    of tangible personal property as an incident to the
10    rendering of service for or by any governmental body, or
11    for or by any corporation, society, association,
12    foundation or institution organized and operated
13    exclusively for charitable, religious or educational
14    purposes or any not-for-profit corporation, society,
15    association, foundation, institution or organization which
16    has no compensated officers or employees and which is
17    organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
18    persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability
19    company may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph
20    only if the limited liability company is organized and
21    operated exclusively for educational purposes.
22        (4) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
23    an incident to the rendering of service for interstate
24    carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
25    interstate commerce or by lessors under a lease of one year
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1    personal property, to interstate carriers for hire for use
2    as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce so long as
3    so used by such interstate carriers for hire, and equipment
4    operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed as a
5    common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
6    which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft
7    moving in interstate commerce.
8        (4a) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
9    as an incident to the rendering of service for owners,
10    lessors, or shippers of tangible personal property which is
11    utilized by interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling
12    stock moving in interstate commerce so long as so used by
13    interstate carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a
14    telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier
15    by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
16    permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in
17    interstate commerce.
18        (4a-5) on and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
19    2004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
20    division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000
21    pounds as an incident to the rendering of service if that
22    motor vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee
23    imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
24    Beginning on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the
25    use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division:
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1    pounds; (ii) that are subject to the commercial
2    distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the
3    Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
4    for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this
5    exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
6    after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
7    motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for
8    the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
9    Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
10    purposes" means the transportation of persons or property
11    in furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise
12    whether for-hire or not.
13        (5) a sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
14    primarily in the process of the manufacturing or
15    assembling, either in an existing, an expanded or a new
16    manufacturing facility, of tangible personal property for
17    wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether such sale or
18    lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some other
19    person, whether the materials used in the process are owned
20    by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether such
21    sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
22    seller's engaging in a service occupation and the
23    applicable tax is a Service Use Tax or Service Occupation
24    Tax, rather than Use Tax or Retailers' Occupation Tax. The
25    exemption provided by this paragraph (5) includes
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1    in Section 3-50 of the Use Tax Act, purchased on or after
2    July 1, 2016. The exemption provided by this paragraph (5)
3    does not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the
4    generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
5    (ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial
6    gas for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
7    customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the
8    treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that is
9    delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains.
10    The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
11    Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning
12    and scope of this exemption.
13        (5a) the repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for
14    a common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property
15    which belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which
16    such carrier receives the physical possession of the
17    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible
18    personal property in Illinois, and which such carrier
19    transports, or shares with another common carrier in the
20    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
21    standard uniform bill of lading showing the person who
22    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the property to a
23    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
24        (5b) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
25    which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
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1    Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
2    Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
3    carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of
4    such property in Illinois, and which transports such
5    property, or shares with another common carrier in the
6    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
7    standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the
8    property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
9    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
10        (6) until July 1, 2003, a sale or transfer of
11    distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit
12    and assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery
13    and equipment is certified by the user to be used only for
14    the production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for
15    consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel
16    for the personal use of such user and not subject to sale
17    or resale.
18        (7) at the election of any serviceman not required to
19    be otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of
20    the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal
21    year sales of service in which the aggregate annual cost
22    price of tangible personal property transferred as an
23    incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 75%
24    in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
25    or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the
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1    service. The purchase of such tangible personal property by
2    the serviceman shall be subject to tax under the Retailers'
3    Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax Act. However, if a
4    primary serviceman who has made the election described in
5    this paragraph subcontracts service work to a secondary
6    serviceman who has also made the election described in this
7    paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use Tax
8    liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
9    pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible
10    personal property transferred to the primary serviceman
11    and (ii) certifies that fact in writing to the primary
12    serviceman.
13    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
14completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
15imposed pursuant to this Act.
16    Exemption (5) also includes machinery and equipment used in
17the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
18equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
19equipment. The machinery and equipment exemption does not
20include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
21electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
22or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
23retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
24pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
25wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
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1Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
2law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption. For the
3purposes of exemption (5), each of these terms shall have the
4following meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
5production of any article of tangible personal property,
6whether such article is a finished product or an article for
7use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
8article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
9regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
10refining which changes some existing material or materials into
11a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
12recognized integrated business composed of a series of
13operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
14individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
15manufacturing process shall be deemed to commence with the
16first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
17not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
18in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
19further, for purposes of exemption (5), photoprocessing is
20deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
21property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
22shall mean the production of any article of tangible personal
23property, whether such article is a finished product or an
24article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
25different article of tangible personal property, by the
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1as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
2use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical
3machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
4manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
5include any independent device or tool separate from any
6machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
7assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
8manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
9manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
10comprising a component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct
11or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
12fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
13periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
14shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
15chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
16chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
17change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
18wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
19machinery and equipment who has an active resale registration
20number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
21purchase. The user of such machinery and equipment and tools
22without an active resale registration number shall prepare a
23certificate of exemption for each transaction stating facts
24establishing the exemption for that transaction, which
25certificate shall be available to the Department for inspection
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1certificate.
2    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
3Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
4from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
5exemption (5) to specific devices shall be published,
6maintained as a public record, and made available for public
7inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
8letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
9information, where possible the Department shall delete such
10information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
11rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
12applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
13policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
14Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
15    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
16under exemption (3) of this Section shall make tax free
17purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
18number issued by the Department.
19    The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
20personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
21of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
22purchase, use or sale of service or of tangible personal
23property within the meaning of this Act.
24    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
25occupation of making sales of service.
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1Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
2    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
3personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
4incident to a sale of service.
5    "Serviceman maintaining a place of business in this State",
6or any like term, means and includes any serviceman:
7        1. having or maintaining within this State, directly or
8    by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales
9    house, warehouse or other place of business, or any agent
10    or other representative operating within this State under
11    the authority of the serviceman or its subsidiary,
12    irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
13    other representative is located here permanently or
14    temporarily, or whether such serviceman or subsidiary is
15    licensed to do business in this State;
16        1.1. having a contract with a person located in this
17    State under which the person, for a commission or other
18    consideration based on the sale of service by the
19    serviceman, directly or indirectly refers potential
20    customers to the serviceman by providing to the potential
21    customers a promotional code or other mechanism that allows
22    the serviceman to track purchases referred by such persons.
23    Examples of mechanisms that allow the serviceman to track
24    purchases referred by such persons include but are not
25    limited to the use of a link on the person's Internet
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1    person's hand-delivered or mailed material, and
2    promotional codes distributed by the person through radio
3    or other broadcast media. The provisions of this paragraph
4    1.1 shall apply only if the cumulative gross receipts from
5    sales of service by the serviceman to customers who are
6    referred to the serviceman by all persons in this State
7    under such contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4
8    quarterly periods ending on the last day of March, June,
9    September, and December; a serviceman meeting the
10    requirements of this paragraph 1.1 shall be presumed to be
11    maintaining a place of business in this State but may rebut
12    this presumption by submitting proof that the referrals or
13    other activities pursued within this State by such persons
14    were not sufficient to meet the nexus standards of the
15    United States Constitution during the preceding 4
16    quarterly periods;
17        1.2. beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
18    person located in this State under which:
19            A. the serviceman sells the same or substantially
20        similar line of services as the person located in this
21        State and does so using an identical or substantially
22        similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
23        located in this State; and
24            B. the serviceman provides a commission or other
25        consideration to the person located in this State based
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1    The provisions of this paragraph 1.2 shall apply only if
2    the cumulative gross receipts from sales of service by the
3    serviceman to customers in this State under all such
4    contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly
5    periods ending on the last day of March, June, September,
6    and December;
7        2. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
8    means of a telecommunication or television shopping system
9    (which utilizes toll free numbers) which is intended by the
10    retailer to be broadcast by cable television or other means
11    of broadcasting, to consumers located in this State;
12        3. pursuant to a contract with a broadcaster or
13    publisher located in this State, soliciting orders for
14    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
15    disseminated primarily to consumers located in this State
16    and only secondarily to bordering jurisdictions;
17        4. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
18    mail if the solicitations are substantial and recurring and
19    if the retailer benefits from any banking, financing, debt
20    collection, telecommunication, or marketing activities
21    occurring in this State or benefits from the location in
22    this State of authorized installation, servicing, or
23    repair facilities;
24        5. being owned or controlled by the same interests
25    which own or control any retailer engaging in business in
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1        6. having a franchisee or licensee operating under its
2    trade name if the franchisee or licensee is required to
3    collect the tax under this Section;
4        7. pursuant to a contract with a cable television
5    operator located in this State, soliciting orders for
6    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
7    transmitted or distributed over a cable television system
8    in this State; or
9        8. engaging in activities in Illinois, which
10    activities in the state in which the supply business
11    engaging in such activities is located would constitute
12    maintaining a place of business in that state.
13(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14; 98-1089, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
14    Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
15changing Section 2 as follows:
 
16    (35 ILCS 115/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.102)
17    Sec. 2. "Transfer" means any transfer of the title to
18property or of the ownership of property whether or not the
19transferor retains title as security for the payment of amounts
20due him from the transferee.
21    "Cost Price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
22for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
23otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
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1cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
2incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
3or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
4shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
5property transferred to him by his or her subcontractor is
6equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the serviceman
7in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by the
8subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
9    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
10    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
11association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
12private corporation, limited liability company, and any
13receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
14appointed by order of any court.
15    "Sale of Service" means any transaction except:
16    (a) A retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
17under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use Tax
18Act.
19    (b) A sale of tangible personal property for the purpose of
20resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers'
21Occupation Tax Act.
22    (c) Except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer of
23tangible personal property as an incident to the rendering of
24service for or by any governmental body or for or by any
25corporation, society, association, foundation or institution
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1or educational purposes or any not-for-profit corporation,
2society, association, foundation, institution or organization
3which has no compensated officers or employees and which is
4organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
555 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
6qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
7limited liability company is organized and operated
8exclusively for educational purposes.
9    (d) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as an
10incident to the rendering of service for interstate carriers
11for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
12or lessors under leases of one year or longer, executed or in
13effect at the time of purchase, to interstate carriers for hire
14for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce, and
15equipment operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed
16as a common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
17which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving
18in interstate commerce.
19    (d-1) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
20an incident to the rendering of service for owners, lessors or
21shippers of tangible personal property which is utilized by
22interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
23interstate commerce, and equipment operated by a
24telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
25the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently
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1commerce.
2    (d-1.1) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
32004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
4division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds
5as an incident to the rendering of service if that motor
6vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
7under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning
8on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this
9State of motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a
10gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii)
11that are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
12under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii)
13that are primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June
1430, 2005, this exemption applies to repair and replacement
15parts added after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle
16if that motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify
17for the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
18Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
19purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
20furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise whether
21for-hire or not.
22    (d-2) The repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for a
23common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property which
24belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which such carrier
25receives the physical possession of the repaired,
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1in Illinois, and which such carrier transports, or shares with
2another common carrier in the transportation of such property,
3out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading showing
4the person who repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the
5property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
6destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
7    (d-3) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property
8which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
9such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
10Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
11Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
12carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of such
13property in Illinois, and which transports such property, or
14shares with another common carrier in the transportation of
15such property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of
16lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or
17consignor of such property to a destination outside Illinois,
18for use outside Illinois.
19    (d-4) Until January 1, 1997, a sale, by a registered
20serviceman paying tax under this Act to the Department, of
21special order printed materials delivered outside Illinois and
22which are not returned to this State, if delivery is made by
23the seller or agent of the seller, including an agent who
24causes the product to be delivered outside Illinois by a common
25carrier or the U.S. postal service.
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1primarily in the process of the manufacturing or assembling,
2either in an existing, an expanded or a new manufacturing
3facility, of tangible personal property for wholesale or retail
4sale or lease, whether such sale or lease is made directly by
5the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
6used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
7person, or whether such sale or lease is made apart from or as
8an incident to the seller's engaging in a service occupation
9and the applicable tax is a Service Occupation Tax or Service
10Use Tax, rather than Retailers' Occupation Tax or Use Tax. The
11exemption provided by this paragraph (e) includes production
12related tangible personal property, as defined in Section 3-50
13of the Use Tax Act, purchased on or after July 1, 2016. The
14exemption provided by this paragraph (e) does not include
15machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
16electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
17or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
18retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
19pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
20wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
21pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
22Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
23law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
24    (f) Until July 1, 2003, the sale or transfer of
25distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit and
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1equipment is certified by the user to be used only for the
2production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
3as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
4use of such user and not subject to sale or resale.
5    (g) At the election of any serviceman not required to be
6otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of the
7Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal year sales
8of service in which the aggregate annual cost price of tangible
9personal property transferred as an incident to the sales of
10service is less than 35% (75% in the case of servicemen
11transferring prescription drugs or servicemen engaged in
12graphic arts production) of the aggregate annual total gross
13receipts from all sales of service. The purchase of such
14tangible personal property by the serviceman shall be subject
15to tax under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax
16Act. However, if a primary serviceman who has made the election
17described in this paragraph subcontracts service work to a
18secondary serviceman who has also made the election described
19in this paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use
20Tax liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
21pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible personal
22property transferred to the primary serviceman and (ii)
23certifies that fact in writing to the primary serviceman.
24    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
25completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
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1    Exemption (e) also includes machinery and equipment used in
2the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
3equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
4equipment. The machinery and equipment exemption does not
5include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
6electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
7or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
8retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
9pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
10wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
11pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
12Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
13law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption. For the
14purposes of exemption (e), each of these terms shall have the
15following meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
16production of any article of tangible personal property,
17whether such article is a finished product or an article for
18use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
19article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
20regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
21refining which changes some existing material or materials into
22a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
23recognized integrated business composed of a series of
24operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
25individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
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1first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
2not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
3in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
4further for purposes of exemption (e), photoprocessing is
5deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
6property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
7shall mean the production of any article of tangible personal
8property, whether such article is a finished product or an
9article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
10different article of tangible personal property, by the
11combination of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded
12as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
13use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical
14machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
15manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
16include any independent device or tool separate from any
17machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
18assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
19manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
20manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
21comprising a component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct
22or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
23fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
24periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
25shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
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1chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
2change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
3wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
4machinery and equipment who has an active resale registration
5number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
6purchase. The purchaser of such machinery and equipment and
7tools without an active resale registration number shall
8furnish to the seller a certificate of exemption for each
9transaction stating facts establishing the exemption for that
10transaction, which certificate shall be available to the
11Department for inspection or audit.
12    Except as provided in Section 2d of this Act, the rolling
13stock exemption applies to rolling stock used by an interstate
14carrier for hire, even just between points in Illinois, if such
15rolling stock transports, for hire, persons whose journeys or
16property whose shipments originate or terminate outside
17Illinois.
18    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
19Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
20from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
21exemption (e) to specific devices shall be published,
22maintained as a public record, and made available for public
23inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
24letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
25information, where possible the Department shall delete such
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1rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
2applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
3policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
4Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
5    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
6under exemption (c) of this Section shall make tax free
7purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
8number issued by the Department.
9    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
10occupation of making sales of service.
11    "Sale at Retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
12Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
13    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
14personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
15incident to a sale of service.
16(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
17    Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
18changing Section 2-45 as follows:
 
19    (35 ILCS 120/2-45)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441-45)
20    Sec. 2-45. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
21manufacturing and assembly machinery and equipment exemption
22includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
23equipment 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. The machinery
6and equipment exemption does not include machinery and
7equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for
8wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment of
9natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is
10delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or
11(iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that
12is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains.
13The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
14Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and
15scope of this exemption. For the purposes of this exemption,
16terms have the following meanings:
17        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
18    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
19    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
20    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
21    tangible personal property, by a procedure commonly
22    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
23    refining that changes some existing material or materials
24    into a material with a different form, use, or name. In
25    relation to a recognized integrated business composed of a
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1    manufacturing, or individually constitute manufacturing
2    operations, the manufacturing process commences with the
3    first operation or stage of production in the series and
4    does not end until the completion of the final product in
5    the last operation or stage of production in the series.
6    For purposes of this exemption, photoprocessing is a
7    manufacturing process of tangible personal property for
8    wholesale or retail sale.
9        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
10    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
11    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
12    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
13    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
14    materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling that
15    results in a material of a different form, use, or name.
16        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
17    major components of those machines contributing to a
18    manufacturing or assembling process.
19        (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool
20    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
21    manufacturing or assembly process; including computers
22    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
23    design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system;
24    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
25    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
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1    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
2    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
3    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
4    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
5    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
6    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
7    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
8        (5) "Production related tangible personal property"
9    means all tangible personal property that is used or
10    consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in
11    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
12    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
13    purchased for incorporation into real estate within a
14    manufacturing facility, supplies and consumables used in a
15    manufacturing facility including fuels, coolants,
16    solvents, oils, lubricants, and adhesives, hand tools,
17    protective apparel, and fire and safety equipment used or
18    consumed within a manufacturing facility, and tangible
19    personal property that is used or consumed in activities
20    such as research and development, preproduction material
21    handling, receiving, quality control, inventory control,
22    storage, staging, and packaging for shipping and
23    transportation purposes. "Production related tangible
24    personal property" does not include (i) tangible personal
25    property that is used, within or without a manufacturing
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1    management, marketing, personnel recruitment or selection,
2    or landscaping or (ii) tangible personal property that is
3    required to be titled or registered with a department,
4    agency, or unit of federal, State, or local government.
5    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
6exemption includes production related tangible personal
7property that is purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or
8before June 30, 2008 and on or after July 1, 2015. The
9exemption for production related tangible personal property
10purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and before June 30, 2008 is
11subject to both 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 Use Tax Act to all taxpayers may not
23    exceed $10,000,000. If the claims for the exemption exceed
24    $10,000,000, then the Department shall reduce the amount of
25    the exemption to each taxpayer on a pro rata basis.
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1administer the exemption for production related tangible
2personal 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.
12The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who has an active
13resale registration number shall furnish that number to the
14seller at the time of purchase. A purchaser of the machinery,
15equipment, and tools without an active resale registration
16number shall furnish to the seller a certificate of exemption
17for each transaction stating facts establishing the exemption
18for that transaction, and that certificate shall be available
19to the Department for inspection or audit. Informal rulings,
20opinions, or letters issued by the Department in response to an
21inquiry or request for an opinion from any person regarding the
22coverage and applicability of this exemption to specific
23devices shall be published, maintained as a public record, and
24made available for public inspection and copying. If the
25informal ruling, opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or
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1shall delete that information before publication. Whenever
2informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of
3general applicability, the Department shall formulate and
4adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois
5Administrative Procedure Act.
6(Source: P.A. 98-583, eff. 1-1-14.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.