102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5495

 

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Tom Weber

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 505/2e new

    Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale of motor fuel sold on an Illinois waterway shall be remitted back to the local waterway agency where the sale of the motor fuel took place or to the Department of Natural Resources and must be utilized by the local waterway agency or the Department of Natural Resources for waterway purposes. 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 Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by adding
5Section 2e as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 505/2e new)
7    Sec. 2e. Waterway motor fuel tax allowable use.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "waterway purposes" means the
9maintenance, repair, construction, and upkeep costs related to
10an Illinois waterway.
11    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the moneys
12received by the Department under this Law on taxes imposed on
13the sale of motor fuel sold on an Illinois waterway shall be
14remitted back to the local waterway agency where the sale of
15the motor fuel took place or to the Department of Natural
16Resources. All of the taxes collected on these sales of motor
17fuel on an Illinois waterway must be utilized by the local
18waterway agency or the Department of Natural Resources for
19waterway purposes.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.