98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2559

 

Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/3  from Ch. 120, par. 439.3
35 ILCS 105/3-5
35 ILCS 105/3-25  from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-25
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  from Ch. 120, par. 439.33
35 ILCS 110/3-25  from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-25
35 ILCS 115/2  from Ch. 120, par. 439.102
35 ILCS 115/3  from Ch. 120, par. 439.103
35 ILCS 115/3-25  from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-25
35 ILCS 120/1d  from Ch. 120, par. 440d
35 ILCS 120/2  from Ch. 120, par. 441
35 ILCS 120/2-5
35 ILCS 120/2-25  from Ch. 120, par. 441-25
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 sales of electricity, natural or artificial gas, and water are not subject to the taxes imposed under the Acts. Provides that a manufacturing exemption under the Acts does not apply to machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains; and (iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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, 3-5, 3-25, and 3-50 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 105/3)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3)
7    Sec. 3. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon the privilege of
8using in this State tangible personal property purchased at
9retail from a retailer, including computer software, and
10including photographs, negatives, and positives that are the
11product of photoprocessing, but not including products of
12photoprocessing produced for use in motion pictures for
13commercial exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001, prepaid
14telephone calling arrangements shall be considered tangible
15personal property subject to the tax imposed under this Act
16regardless of the form in which those arrangements may be
17embodied, transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or
18hereafter developed. Purchases of (1) electricity delivered to
19customers by wire; (2) natural or artificial gas that is
20delivered to customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains; and
21(3) water that is delivered to customers though pipes,
22pipelines, or mains are not subject to tax under this Act. The
23provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly

 

 

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1are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
2this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 
4    (35 ILCS 105/3-5)
5    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
6personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
7    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
8society, association, foundation, institution, or
9organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
10organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
11for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
12personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
13purpose of resale by the enterprise.
14    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
15Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
16operating, or promoting the county fair.
17    (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
18cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
19the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
20Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
21organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
22support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
23services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
24music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
25orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service

 

 

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1organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
2and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
3of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
4an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
5tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
6number issued by the Department.
7    (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
8a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
9institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
10religious, or educational purposes, or by a not-for-profit
11corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
12organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
13that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
14persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
15may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
16limited liability company is organized and operated
17exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
181987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
19shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
20identification number issued by the Department.
21    (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a
22replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of
23the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
24    (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
252004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
26equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and

 

 

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1used, and including that manufactured on special order,
2certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
3arts production, and including machinery and equipment
4purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
5acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
6acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
7graphic arts product.
8    (7) Farm chemicals.
9    (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
10coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
11United States of America, or the government of any foreign
12country, and bullion.
13    (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
14student organization affiliated with an elementary or
15secondary school located in Illinois.
16    (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
17of the second division that is a self-contained motor vehicle
18designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
19for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
20through to the living quarters from the driver's seat, or a
21motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
22configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
237 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
24the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
25as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
26Act.

 

 

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

 

 

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1such equipment.
2    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
3sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
4computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
5facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
6to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
7crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
8agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
9provisions of Section 3-90.
10    (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
11common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
12consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
13business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or
14returning from a location or locations outside the United
15States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
16stopovers.
17    (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
18stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
19food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
20extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
21turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
22employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
23hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
24respect to which the service charge is imposed.
25    (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
26and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,

 

 

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1rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
2tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
3and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
4individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
5drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
6equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
7required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8    (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
9repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
10manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
11used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
12photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
13    (16) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on the
14effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
15Assembly and thereafter, coal and aggregate exploration,
16mining, offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
17reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
18equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
19excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
20Illinois Vehicle Code.
21    (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
22equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
23retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
24production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
25as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
26use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.

 

 

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1    (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
2used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
3tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
4lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
5manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
6used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
7person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
8an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
9of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
10other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
11a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this
12paragraph (18) does not include machinery and equipment used in
13(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
14(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
15for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
16though pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
17water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
18customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
19this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are
20declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of this
21exemption.
22    (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
23purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
24that personal property was received by a florist located
25outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
26deliver the personal property.

 

 

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1    (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
2for direct agricultural production.
3    (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
4meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
5Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
6Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
7Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
8racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
9of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
10(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
11claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
122008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
132000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
14    (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
15any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
16analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
17lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
18longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
19otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
20hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
21identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
22Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
23manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
24any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
25tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
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1the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
2or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
3purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
4Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
5has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
6collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
7a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
8If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
9reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
10Department.
11    (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
12property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
13effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
14tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
15issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
16the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
17Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
18qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
19manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
20this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
21on the fair market value of the property at the time the
22non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
23to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
24reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
25Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
26paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such

 

 

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1amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
2claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
3that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
4lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
5    (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
6December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
7before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
8disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
9disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
10manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
11corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
12that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
13number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
14who reside within the declared disaster area.
15    (25) 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 used in the
18performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
19but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
20bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
21line extensions, water distribution and purification
22facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
23sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
24federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
25when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
26declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.

 

 

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1    (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
2at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
3used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
4provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
61-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
7corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
8foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
9to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
10purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
11limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
12or institution organized and operated exclusively for
13educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
14private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
15branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
16that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
17course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
18vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
19operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
20than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
21follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
22industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
23    (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
24including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
25benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
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1the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
2district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
3parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
4does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
5private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
6entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
7another individual or entity that sold the property for the
8purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
9from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
10exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
11    (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
122001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
13serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
14items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
15January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
16for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
17vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
18gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
19coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
20is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
21    (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
22food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
23premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
24drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
25consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
26drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing

 

 

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1materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
2use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
3assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
4resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
5the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
6in the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Specialized Mental
7Health Rehabilitation Act.
8    (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
9of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
10equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
11in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
12purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
13of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
14lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
15Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
16identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
17Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
18manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
19any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
20tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
21case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
22the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
23or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
24purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
25Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
26has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly

 

 

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

 

 

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1refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
2pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
3from the provisions of Section 3-90.
4    (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
5the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
6with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
7are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
8Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
91, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
10motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
11weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
12to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
133-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
14primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
15this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
16after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
17motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
18rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
19purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
20purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
21furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
22whether for-hire or not.
23    (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
24used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
25supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
26Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit

 

 

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1corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
2Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
3exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
4    (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
5equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
6upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
7completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
8aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
9the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
10repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
11materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
12supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
13maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
14engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
15such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
16limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
17lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
18films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
19(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
20an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
21Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
22operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
23Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
24by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
25service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
26of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

 

 

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1    (36) Tangible personal property purchased by 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 3-90.
15(Source: P.A. 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
1696-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
177-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-431, eff.
188-16-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-767, eff. 7-9-12.)
 
19    (35 ILCS 105/3-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-25)
20    Sec. 3-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
21"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
22instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
23order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
24those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
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1developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
2instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
3to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
4held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
5documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
6magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
7does not include software that is adapted to specific
8individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
9modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
10purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
11equipment used in the process of manufacturing or assembling
12tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
13lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
14(i) the 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
17though pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
18water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
19customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
20"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
21the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
22the meaning and scope of this exemption.
23    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
24considered to be tangible personal property.
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1    (35 ILCS 105/3-50)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-50)
2    Sec. 3-50. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
3manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exemption
4includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
5equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as
6machinery and equipment that are for use in an expanded or new
7manufacturing facility. The machinery and equipment exemption
8also includes machinery and equipment used in the general
9maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for
10in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment. 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 though pipes, pipelines, or mains; or
16(iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that
17is delivered to customers though 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 this exemption,
21terms have the following meanings:
22        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
23    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
24    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
25    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
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1    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
2    refining that changes some existing material into a
3    material with a different form, use, or name. In relation
4    to a recognized integrated business composed of a series of
5    operations that collectively constitute manufacturing, or
6    individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
7    manufacturing process commences with the first operation
8    or stage of production in the series and does not end until
9    the completion of the final product in the last operation
10    or stage of production in the series. For purposes of this
11    exemption, photoprocessing is a manufacturing process of
12    tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale.
13        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
14    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
15    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
16    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
17    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
18    materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling that
19    results in an article or material of a different form, use,
20    or name.
21        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
22    major components of those machines contributing to a
23    manufacturing or assembling process.
24        (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool
25    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
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1    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
2    design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system;
3    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
4    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
5    machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns,
6    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
7    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
8    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
9    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
10    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
11    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
12    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
13        (5) "Production related tangible personal property"
14    means all tangible personal property that is used or
15    consumed by the purchaser in a manufacturing facility in
16    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
17    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
18    purchased for incorporation into real estate within a
19    manufacturing facility and tangible personal property that
20    is used or consumed in activities such as research and
21    development, preproduction material handling, receiving,
22    quality control, inventory control, storage, staging, and
23    packaging for shipping and transportation purposes.
24    "Production related tangible personal property" does not
25    include (i) tangible personal property that is used, within
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1    accounting, fiscal management, marketing, personnel
2    recruitment or selection, or landscaping or (ii) tangible
3    personal property that is required to be titled or
4    registered with a department, agency, or unit of federal,
5    State, or local government.
6    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
7exemption includes production related tangible personal
8property that is purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or
9before June 30, 2008. The exemption for production related
10tangible personal property is subject to both of the following
11limitations:
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(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
 
11    Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
12Sections 2, 3, and 3-25 as follows:
 
13    (35 ILCS 110/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.32)
14    Sec. 2. "Use" means the exercise by any person of any right
15or power over tangible personal property incident to the
16ownership of that property, but does not include the sale or
17use for demonstration by him of that property in any form as
18tangible personal property in the regular course of business.
19"Use" does not mean the interim use of tangible personal
20property nor the physical incorporation of tangible personal
21property, as an ingredient or constituent, into other tangible
22personal property, (a) which is sold in the regular course of
23business or (b) which the person incorporating such ingredient
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1purchase to cause to be transported in interstate commerce to
2destinations outside the State of Illinois.
3    "Purchased from a serviceman" means the acquisition of the
4ownership of, or title to, tangible personal property through a
5sale of service.
6    "Purchaser" means any person who, through a sale of
7service, acquires the ownership of, or title to, any tangible
8personal property.
9    "Cost price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
10for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
11otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
12determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
13cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
14incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
15or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
16shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
17property transferred to him or her by his or her subcontractor
18is equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the
19serviceman in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by
20the subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
21    "Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
22in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
23cash, credits and service, and shall be determined without any
24deduction on account of the serviceman's cost of the property
25sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
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1finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
2sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
3sellers on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
4purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this Act.
5    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
6    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
7association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
8private corporation, limited liability company, and any
9receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
10appointed by order of any court.
11    "Sale of service" means any transaction except:
12        (1) a retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
13    under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use
14    Tax Act.
15        (2) a sale of tangible personal property for the
16    purpose of resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the
17    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
18        (3) except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer
19    of tangible personal property as an incident to the
20    rendering of service for or by any governmental body, or
21    for or by any corporation, society, association,
22    foundation or institution organized and operated
23    exclusively for charitable, religious or educational
24    purposes or any not-for-profit corporation, society,
25    association, foundation, institution or organization which
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1    organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
2    persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability
3    company may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph
4    only if the limited liability company is organized and
5    operated exclusively for educational purposes.
6        (4) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
7    an incident to the rendering of service for interstate
8    carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
9    interstate commerce or by lessors under a lease of one year
10    or longer, executed or in effect at the time of purchase of
11    personal property, to interstate carriers for hire for use
12    as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce so long as
13    so used by such interstate carriers for hire, and equipment
14    operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed as a
15    common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
16    which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft
17    moving in interstate commerce.
18        (4a) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
19    as an incident to the rendering of service for owners,
20    lessors, or shippers of tangible personal property which is
21    utilized by interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling
22    stock moving in interstate commerce so long as so used by
23    interstate carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a
24    telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier
25    by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
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1    interstate commerce.
2        (4a-5) on and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
3    2004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
4    division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000
5    pounds as an incident to the rendering of service if that
6    motor vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee
7    imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8    Beginning on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the
9    use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division:
10    (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000
11    pounds; (ii) that are subject to the commercial
12    distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the
13    Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
14    for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this
15    exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
16    after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
17    motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for
18    the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
19    Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
20    purposes" means the transportation of persons or property
21    in furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise
22    whether for-hire or not.
23        (5) a sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
24    primarily in the process of the manufacturing or
25    assembling, either in an existing, an expanded or a new
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1    wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether such sale or
2    lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some other
3    person, whether the materials used in the process are owned
4    by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether such
5    sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
6    seller's engaging in a service occupation and the
7    applicable tax is a Service Use Tax or Service Occupation
8    Tax, rather than Use Tax or Retailers' Occupation Tax. The
9    exemption provided by this paragraph (5) does not include
10    machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
11    electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
12    generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
13    wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
14    though pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment
15    of water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
16    customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains. The
17    provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
18    Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning
19    and scope of this exemption.
20        (5a) the repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for
21    a common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property
22    which belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which
23    such carrier receives the physical possession of the
24    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible
25    personal property in Illinois, and which such carrier
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1    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
2    standard uniform bill of lading showing the person who
3    repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the property to a
4    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
5        (5b) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
6    which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
7    such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
8    Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
9    Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
10    carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of
11    such property in Illinois, and which transports such
12    property, or shares with another common carrier in the
13    transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
14    standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the
15    property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
16    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
17        (6) until July 1, 2003, a sale or transfer of
18    distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit
19    and assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery
20    and equipment is certified by the user to be used only for
21    the production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for
22    consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel
23    for the personal use of such user and not subject to sale
24    or resale.
25        (7) at the election of any serviceman not required to
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1    the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal
2    year sales of service in which the aggregate annual cost
3    price of tangible personal property transferred as an
4    incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 75%
5    in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
6    or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the
7    aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of
8    service. The purchase of such tangible personal property by
9    the serviceman shall be subject to tax under the Retailers'
10    Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax Act. However, if a
11    primary serviceman who has made the election described in
12    this paragraph subcontracts service work to a secondary
13    serviceman who has also made the election described in this
14    paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use Tax
15    liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
16    pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible
17    personal property transferred to the primary serviceman
18    and (ii) certifies that fact in writing to the primary
19    serviceman.
20    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
21completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
22imposed pursuant to this Act.
23    Exemption (5) also includes machinery and equipment used in
24the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
25equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
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1include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
2electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
3or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
4retail sale that is delivered to customers though pipes,
5pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
6wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though
7pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
8Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
9law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption. For the
10purposes of exemption (5), each of these terms shall have the
11following meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
12production of any article of tangible personal property,
13whether such article is a finished product or an article for
14use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
15article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
16regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
17refining which changes some existing material or materials into
18a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
19recognized integrated business composed of a series of
20operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
21individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
22manufacturing process shall be deemed to commence with the
23first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
24not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
25in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
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1deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
2property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
3shall mean the production of any article of tangible personal
4property, whether such article is a finished product or an
5article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
6different article of tangible personal property, by the
7combination of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded
8as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
9use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical
10machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
11manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
12include any independent device or tool separate from any
13machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
14assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
15manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
16manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
17comprising a component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct
18or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
19fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
20periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
21shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
22chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
23chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
24change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
25wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
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1number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
2purchase. The user of such machinery and equipment and tools
3without an active resale registration number shall prepare a
4certificate of exemption for each transaction stating facts
5establishing the exemption for that transaction, which
6certificate shall be available to the Department for inspection
7or audit. The Department shall prescribe the form of the
8certificate.
9    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
10Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
11from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
12exemption (5) to specific devices shall be published,
13maintained as a public record, and made available for public
14inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
15letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
16information, where possible the Department shall delete such
17information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
18rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
19applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
20policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
21Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
22    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
23under exemption (3) of this Section shall make tax free
24purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
25number issued by the Department.
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1personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
2of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
3purchase, use or sale of service or of tangible personal
4property within the meaning of this Act.
5    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
6occupation of making sales of service.
7    "Sale at retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
8Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
9    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
10personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
11incident to a sale of service.
12    "Serviceman maintaining a place of business in this State",
13or any like term, means and includes any serviceman:
14        1. having or maintaining within this State, directly or
15    by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales
16    house, warehouse or other place of business, or any agent
17    or other representative operating within this State under
18    the authority of the serviceman or its subsidiary,
19    irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
20    other representative is located here permanently or
21    temporarily, or whether such serviceman or subsidiary is
22    licensed to do business in this State;
23        1.1. beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
24    person located in this State under which the person, for a
25    commission or other consideration based on the sale of
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1    potential customers to the serviceman by a link on the
2    person's Internet website. The provisions of this
3    paragraph 1.1 shall apply only if the cumulative gross
4    receipts from sales of service by the serviceman to
5    customers who are referred to the serviceman by all persons
6    in this State under such contracts exceed $10,000 during
7    the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on the last day of
8    March, June, September, and December;
9        1.2. beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
10    person located in this State under which:
11            A. the serviceman sells the same or substantially
12        similar line of services as the person located in this
13        State and does so using an identical or substantially
14        similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
15        located in this State; and
16            B. the serviceman provides a commission or other
17        consideration to the person located in this State based
18        upon the sale of services by the serviceman.
19    The provisions of this paragraph 1.2 shall apply only if
20    the cumulative gross receipts from sales of service by the
21    serviceman to customers in this State under all such
22    contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly
23    periods ending on the last day of March, June, September,
24    and December;
25        2. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
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1    (which utilizes toll free numbers) which is intended by the
2    retailer to be broadcast by cable television or other means
3    of broadcasting, to consumers located in this State;
4        3. pursuant to a contract with a broadcaster or
5    publisher located in this State, soliciting orders for
6    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
7    disseminated primarily to consumers located in this State
8    and only secondarily to bordering jurisdictions;
9        4. soliciting orders for tangible personal property by
10    mail if the solicitations are substantial and recurring and
11    if the retailer benefits from any banking, financing, debt
12    collection, telecommunication, or marketing activities
13    occurring in this State or benefits from the location in
14    this State of authorized installation, servicing, or
15    repair facilities;
16        5. being owned or controlled by the same interests
17    which own or control any retailer engaging in business in
18    the same or similar line of business in this State;
19        6. having a franchisee or licensee operating under its
20    trade name if the franchisee or licensee is required to
21    collect the tax under this Section;
22        7. pursuant to a contract with a cable television
23    operator located in this State, soliciting orders for
24    tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
25    transmitted or distributed over a cable television system
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1        8. engaging in activities in Illinois, which
2    activities in the state in which the supply business
3    engaging in such activities is located would constitute
4    maintaining a place of business in that state.
5(Source: P.A. 96-1544, eff. 3-10-11.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 110/3)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33)
7    Sec. 3. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon the privilege of
8using in this State real or tangible personal property acquired
9as an incident to the purchase of a service from a serviceman,
10including computer software, and including photographs,
11negatives, and positives that are the product of
12photoprocessing, but not including products of photoprocessing
13produced for use in motion pictures for public commercial
14exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001, prepaid telephone
15calling arrangements shall be considered tangible personal
16property subject to the tax imposed under this Act regardless
17of the form in which those arrangements may be embodied,
18transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or hereafter
19developed. Purchases of (1) electricity delivered to customers
20by wire; (2) natural or artificial gas that is delivered to
21customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains; and (3) water that
22is delivered to customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains are
23not subject to tax under this Act. The provisions of this
24amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of
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1(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 
2    (35 ILCS 110/3-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-25)
3    Sec. 3-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
4"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
5instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
6order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
7those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
8transmitted, or fixed, by any method now known or hereafter
9developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
10instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
11to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
12held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
13documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
14magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
15does not include software that is adapted to specific
16individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
17modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
18purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
19equipment used in the process of manufacturing or assembling
20tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
21lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
22(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
23(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
24for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
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1water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
2customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
3"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
4the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
5the meaning and scope of this exemption.
6    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
7considered to be tangible personal property.
8(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
9    Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
10changing Sections 2, 3, and 3-25 as follows:
 
11    (35 ILCS 115/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.102)
12    Sec. 2. "Transfer" means any transfer of the title to
13property or of the ownership of property whether or not the
14transferor retains title as security for the payment of amounts
15due him from the transferee.
16    "Cost Price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
17for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
18otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
19determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's
20cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
21incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
22or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
23shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
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1equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the serviceman
2in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by the
3subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
4    "Department" means the Department of Revenue.
5    "Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
6association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
7private corporation, limited liability company, and any
8receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
9appointed by order of any court.
10    "Sale of Service" means any transaction except:
11    (a) A retail sale of tangible personal property taxable
12under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use Tax
13Act.
14    (b) A sale of tangible personal property for the purpose of
15resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers'
16Occupation Tax Act.
17    (c) Except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer of
18tangible personal property as an incident to the rendering of
19service for or by any governmental body or for or by any
20corporation, society, association, foundation or institution
21organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious
22or educational purposes or any not-for-profit corporation,
23society, association, foundation, institution or organization
24which has no compensated officers or employees and which is
25organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
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1qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
2limited liability company is organized and operated
3exclusively for educational purposes.
4    (d) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as an
5incident to the rendering of service for interstate carriers
6for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
7or lessors under leases of one year or longer, executed or in
8effect at the time of purchase, to interstate carriers for hire
9for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce, and
10equipment operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed
11as a common carrier by the Federal Communications Commission,
12which is permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving
13in interstate commerce.
14    (d-1) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property as
15an incident to the rendering of service for owners, lessors or
16shippers of tangible personal property which is utilized by
17interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
18interstate commerce, and equipment operated by a
19telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
20the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently
21installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
22commerce.
23    (d-1.1) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
242004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
25division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds
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1vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
2under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning
3on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this
4State of motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a
5gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii)
6that are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
7under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii)
8that are primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June
930, 2005, this exemption applies to repair and replacement
10parts added after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle
11if that motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify
12for the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
13Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
14purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
15furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise whether
16for-hire or not.
17    (d-2) The repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for a
18common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property which
19belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which such carrier
20receives the physical possession of the repaired,
21reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible personal property
22in Illinois, and which such carrier transports, or shares with
23another common carrier in the transportation of such property,
24out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading showing
25the person who repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the
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1destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
2    (d-3) A sale or transfer of tangible personal property
3which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
4such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
5Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
6Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
7carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of such
8property in Illinois, and which transports such property, or
9shares with another common carrier in the transportation of
10such property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of
11lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or
12consignor of such property to a destination outside Illinois,
13for use outside Illinois.
14    (d-4) Until January 1, 1997, a sale, by a registered
15serviceman paying tax under this Act to the Department, of
16special order printed materials delivered outside Illinois and
17which are not returned to this State, if delivery is made by
18the seller or agent of the seller, including an agent who
19causes the product to be delivered outside Illinois by a common
20carrier or the U.S. postal service.
21    (e) A sale or transfer of machinery and equipment used
22primarily in the process of the manufacturing or assembling,
23either in an existing, an expanded or a new manufacturing
24facility, of tangible personal property for wholesale or retail
25sale or lease, whether such sale or lease is made directly by
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1used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
2person, or whether such sale or lease is made apart from or as
3an incident to the seller's engaging in a service occupation
4and the applicable tax is a Service Occupation Tax or Service
5Use Tax, rather than Retailers' Occupation Tax or Use Tax. The
6exemption provided by this paragraph (e) does not include
7machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
8electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
9or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
10retail sale that is delivered to customers though pipes,
11pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
12wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though
13pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
14Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
15law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
16    (f) Until July 1, 2003, the sale or transfer of
17distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit and
18assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery and
19equipment is certified by the user to be used only for the
20production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
21as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
22use of such user and not subject to sale or resale.
23    (g) At the election of any serviceman not required to be
24otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of the
25Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal year sales
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1personal property transferred as an incident to the sales of
2service is less than 35% (75% in the case of servicemen
3transferring prescription drugs or servicemen engaged in
4graphic arts production) of the aggregate annual total gross
5receipts from all sales of service. The purchase of such
6tangible personal property by the serviceman shall be subject
7to tax under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax
8Act. However, if a primary serviceman who has made the election
9described in this paragraph subcontracts service work to a
10secondary serviceman who has also made the election described
11in this paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use
12Tax liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
13pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible personal
14property transferred to the primary serviceman and (ii)
15certifies that fact in writing to the primary serviceman.
16    Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
17completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
18imposed pursuant to this Act.
19    Exemption (e) also includes machinery and equipment used in
20the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
21equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
22equipment. The machinery and equipment exemption does not
23include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of
24electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation
25or treatment of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or
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1pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
2wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though
3pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
4Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
5law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption. For the
6purposes of exemption (e), each of these terms shall have the
7following meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
8production of any article of tangible personal property,
9whether such article is a finished product or an article for
10use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
11article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
12regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
13refining which changes some existing material or materials into
14a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
15recognized integrated business composed of a series of
16operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
17individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
18manufacturing process shall be deemed to commence with the
19first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
20not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
21in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
22further for purposes of exemption (e), photoprocessing is
23deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
24property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
25shall mean the production of any article of tangible personal
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1article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
2different article of tangible personal property, by the
3combination of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded
4as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
5use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical
6machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
7manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
8include any independent device or tool separate from any
9machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
10assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
11manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
12manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
13comprising a component of any machinery or auxiliary, adjunct
14or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
15fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
16periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
17shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
18chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
19chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
20change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
21wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
22machinery and equipment who has an active resale registration
23number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
24purchase. The purchaser of such machinery and equipment and
25tools without an active resale registration number shall
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1transaction stating facts establishing the exemption for that
2transaction, which certificate shall be available to the
3Department for inspection or audit.
4    Except as provided in Section 2d of this Act, the rolling
5stock exemption applies to rolling stock used by an interstate
6carrier for hire, even just between points in Illinois, if such
7rolling stock transports, for hire, persons whose journeys or
8property whose shipments originate or terminate outside
9Illinois.
10    Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
11Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
12from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
13exemption (e) to specific devices shall be published,
14maintained as a public record, and made available for public
15inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
16letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
17information, where possible the Department shall delete such
18information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
19rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general
20applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
21policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
22Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
23    On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
24under exemption (c) of this Section shall make tax free
25purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
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1    "Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
2occupation of making sales of service.
3    "Sale at Retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
4Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
5    "Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
6personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
7incident to a sale of service.
8(Source: P.A. 92-484, eff. 8-23-01; 93-23, eff. 6-20-03; 93-24,
9eff. 6-20-03; 93-1033, eff. 9-3-04.)
 
10    (35 ILCS 115/3)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103)
11    Sec. 3. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon all persons
12engaged in the business of making sales of service (referred to
13as "servicemen") on all tangible personal property transferred
14as an incident of a sale of service, including computer
15software, and including photographs, negatives, and positives
16that are the product of photoprocessing, but not including
17products of photoprocessing produced for use in motion pictures
18for public commercial exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001,
19prepaid telephone calling arrangements shall be considered
20tangible personal property subject to the tax imposed under
21this Act regardless of the form in which those arrangements may
22be embodied, transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or
23hereafter developed. Sales of (1) electricity delivered to
24customers by wire; (2) natural or artificial gas that is
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1(3) water that is delivered to customers though pipes,
2pipelines, or mains are not subject to tax under this Act. The
3provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly
4are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
5this Act.
6(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 
7    (35 ILCS 115/3-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-25)
8    Sec. 3-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
9"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
10instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
11order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
12those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
13transmitted, or fixed, by any method now known or hereafter
14developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
15instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
16to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
17held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
18documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
19magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
20does not include software that is adapted to specific
21individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
22modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
23purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
24equipment used in the process of manufacturing or assembling
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1lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
2(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
3(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
4for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
5though pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
6water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
7customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
8"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
9the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
10the meaning and scope of this exemption.
11    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
12considered to be tangible personal property.
13(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
14    Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
15changing Sections 1d, 2, 2-5, 2-25, and 2-45 as follows:
 
16    (35 ILCS 120/1d)  (from Ch. 120, par. 440d)
17    Sec. 1d. Subject to the provisions of Section 1f, all
18tangible personal property to be used or consumed within an
19enterprise zone established pursuant to the "Illinois
20Enterprise Zone Act", as amended, or subject to the provisions
21of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, all
22tangible personal property to be used or consumed by any High
23Impact Business, in the process of the manufacturing or
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1sale or lease or in the process of graphic arts production if
2used or consumed at a facility which is a Department of
3Commerce and Economic Opportunity certified business and
4located in a county of more than 4,000 persons and less than
545,000 persons is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act. This
6exemption includes repair and replacement parts for machinery
7and equipment used primarily in the process of manufacturing or
8assembling tangible personal property or in the process of
9graphic arts production if used or consumed at a facility which
10is a Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity certified
11business and located in a county of more than 4,000 persons and
12less than 45,000 persons for wholesale or retail sale, or
13lease, and equipment, manufacturing or graphic arts fuels,
14material and supplies for the maintenance, repair or operation
15of such manufacturing or assembling or graphic arts machinery
16or equipment. The exemption provided in this Section for
17tangible personal property to be used or consumed in the
18process of manufacturing or assembly of tangible personal
19property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, and the repair
20and replacement parts for that machinery and equipment, does
21not apply to such property used or consumed in (i) the
22generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii)
23the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
24wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though
25pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
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1pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
2Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
3law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
4(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)
 
5    (35 ILCS 120/2)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441)
6    Sec. 2. Tax imposed. A tax is imposed upon persons engaged
7in the business of selling at retail tangible personal
8property, including computer software, and including
9photographs, negatives, and positives that are the product of
10photoprocessing, but not including products of photoprocessing
11produced for use in motion pictures for public commercial
12exhibition. Beginning January 1, 2001, prepaid telephone
13calling arrangements shall be considered tangible personal
14property subject to the tax imposed under this Act regardless
15of the form in which those arrangements may be embodied,
16transmitted, or fixed by any method now known or hereafter
17developed. Sales of (1) electricity delivered to customers by
18wire; (2) natural or artificial gas that is delivered to
19customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains; and (3) water that
20is delivered to customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains are
21not subject to tax under this Act. The provisions of this
22amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of
23existing law as to the meaning and scope of this Act.
24(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-870, eff. 6-22-00.)
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
2    Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
3sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
4from the tax imposed by this Act:
5    (1) Farm chemicals.
6    (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
7including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
8purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
9State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
10replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
11machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
12implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
13Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
14chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
15be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
16but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
17under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
18hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
19plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
20this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
21shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
22required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
23vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
24tender is separately stated.
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1installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
2limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
3or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
4limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
5software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
6such equipment.
7    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
8sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
9computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
10facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
11to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
12crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
13agricultural chemicals. This item (2) is exempt from the
14provisions of Section 2-70.
15    (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
16equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
17retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
18production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
19as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
20use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
21    (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
222004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
23equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
24used, and including that manufactured on special order or
25purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
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1chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
2chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
3immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
4    (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
5of the second division that is a self contained motor vehicle
6designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
7for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
8through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat,
9or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
10configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
117 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
12the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
13as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
14Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section
152-70.
16    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
17organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
18located in Illinois.
19    (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
20selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
21to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
22    (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
23association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
24county fair.
25    (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
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1the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
2Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
3organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
4support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
5services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
6music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
7orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
8organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
9and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
10of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
11an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
12tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
13number issued by the Department.
14    (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
15association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
16than a limited liability company, that is organized and
17operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
18of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
19was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
20by the enterprise.
21    (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
22corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
23organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
24or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
25society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
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1organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
255 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
3qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
4limited liability company is organized and operated
5exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
61987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
7shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
8identification number issued by the Department.
9    (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
10carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
11commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
12executed or in effect at the time of purchase by interstate
13carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
14commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
15provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
16Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
17or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
18    (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
19motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
20weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
21commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
22the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
23through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
24of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
25in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
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1the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
2for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
3applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
4purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
5in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
6otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
7paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
8transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
9commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
10    (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers of
11tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
12carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
13commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
14provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
15Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
16or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
17    (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
18purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
19process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
20property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
21sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
22other person, whether the materials used in the process are
23owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
24sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
25seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
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1items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
2purchaser. The exemption provided by this paragraph (14) does
3not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation
4of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the
5generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
6wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though
7pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
8wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers though
9pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of this amendatory
10Act of the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing
11law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
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) Until July 1, 2003, and beginning again on the
23effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
24Assembly and thereafter, coal and aggregate exploration,
25mining, offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
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1equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
2excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
3Illinois Vehicle Code.
4    (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
5carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for consumption,
6shipment, or storage in the conduct of its business as an air
7common carrier, for a flight destined for or returning from a
8location or locations outside the United States without regard
9to previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
10    (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
11by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
12florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
13purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
14    (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
15barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
16transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
17hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
18by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
19it is afloat upon that bordering river.
20    (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
21motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
22the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
23State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
24and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
25provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
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1transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
2state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
3out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
4facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
5this State.
6    (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
7state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
8a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
9in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
10The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
11in this State to a resident of another state that does not
12allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
13to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
14which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
15not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
16Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
17statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
18intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
19is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
20the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
21equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
22his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
23the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
24residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
25of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
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1this state following the filing of an intent to title the
2vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
3titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
4days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
5in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
6distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
7rate imposed under this Act.
8    (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
9this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
10the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
11conditions are met:
12        (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
13    the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
14    the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
15    return to service, completion of the maintenance record
16    entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
17    for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
18        (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
19    State after the sale of the aircraft; and
20        (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
21    and provides to the Department a signed and dated
22    certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
23    the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
24    item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
25    name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
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1    the address of the primary physical location of the
2    aircraft, and other information that the Department may
3    reasonably require.
4    For purposes of this item (25-7):
5    "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
6used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
7Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
8immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
9    "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
10with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
11or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
12Administration to an address located in this State.
13    This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
14Section 2-70.
15    (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
16for direct agricultural production.
17    (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
18meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
19Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
20Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
21Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
22racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
23of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
24(27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
25claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
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1paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
2January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
3    (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
4any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
5analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
6who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
7executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
8hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
9identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
10this Act.
11    (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
12property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
13effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
14has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
15by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
16    (30) 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    (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
13"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
14in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
15provisions of Section 2-70.
16    (33) 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    (34) 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 2-70.
22    (35) 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
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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 2-70.
6    (35-5) Beginning August 23, 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 a licensed facility as defined in
17the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Specialized Mental Health
18Rehabilitation Act.
19    (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
20communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
21equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
22hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
23under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
24the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
25active tax exemption identification number by the Department
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1provisions of Section 2-70.
2    (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
3lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
4longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
5governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
6identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
7this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
8Section 2-70.
9    (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
102016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
11retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
12activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
13in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
14the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
15for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
16(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
17manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
18tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
19and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
20Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
21accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
22issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
23Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
24paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
25shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
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1tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
2taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
3necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
4consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
5the State of Illinois.
6    (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
7used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
8supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
9Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
10corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
11Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
12exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
13    (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
14equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
15upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
16completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
17aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
18the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
19repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
20materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
21supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
22maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
23engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
24such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
25limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
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1films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
2(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
3an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
4Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
5operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
6Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
7by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
8service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
9of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
10    (41) Tangible personal property sold to a
11public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
1211-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
13constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
14only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
15transferred to the municipality without any further
16consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
17of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
18retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
19issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
20the development of the municipal convention hall. This
21exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
22provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
24(Source: P.A. 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
2596-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
267-2-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-73, eff. 6-30-11; 97-227, eff.

 

 

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11-1-12; 97-431, eff. 8-16-11; 97-636, eff. 6-1-12; 97-767, eff.
27-9-12.)
 
3    (35 ILCS 120/2-25)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441-25)
4    Sec. 2-25. Computer software. For the purposes of this Act,
5"computer software" means a set of statements, data, or
6instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in
7order to bring about a certain result in any form in which
8those statements, data, or instructions may be embodied,
9transmitted, or fixed, by any method now known or hereafter
10developed, regardless of whether the statements, data, or
11instructions are capable of being perceived by or communicated
12to humans, and includes prewritten or canned software that is
13held for repeated sale or lease, and all associated
14documentation and materials, if any, whether contained on
15magnetic tapes, discs, cards, or other devices or media, but
16does not include software that is adapted to specific
17individualized requirements of a purchaser, custom-made and
18modified software designed for a particular or limited use by a
19purchaser, or software used to operate exempt machinery and
20equipment used in the process of manufacturing or assembling
21tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
22lease. Software used to operate machinery and equipment used in
23(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
24(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
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1though pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
2water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
3customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains is considered
4"computer software". The provisions of this amendatory Act of
5the 98th General Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to
6the meaning and scope of this exemption.
7    For the purposes of this Act, computer software shall be
8considered to be tangible personal property.
9(Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.)
 
10    (35 ILCS 120/2-45)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441-45)
11    Sec. 2-45. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The
12manufacturing and assembly machinery and equipment exemption
13includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and
14equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as
15machinery and equipment that are for use in an expanded or new
16manufacturing facility.
17    The machinery and equipment exemption also includes
18machinery and equipment used in the general maintenance or
19repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for in-house
20manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment. The machinery
21and equipment exemption does not include machinery and
22equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for
23wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment of
24natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale that is
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1(iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that
2is delivered to customers though pipes, pipelines, or mains.
3The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
4Assembly are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and
5scope of this exemption. For the purposes of this exemption,
6terms have the following meanings:
7        (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of an
8    article of tangible personal property, whether the article
9    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
10    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
11    tangible personal property, by a procedure commonly
12    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
13    refining that changes some existing material or materials
14    into a material with a different form, use, or name. In
15    relation to a recognized integrated business composed of a
16    series of operations that collectively constitute
17    manufacturing, or individually constitute manufacturing
18    operations, the manufacturing process commences with the
19    first operation or stage of production in the series and
20    does not end until the completion of the final product in
21    the last operation or stage of production in the series.
22    For purposes of this exemption, photoprocessing is a
23    manufacturing process of tangible personal property for
24    wholesale or retail sale.
25        (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an
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1    is a finished product or an article for use in the process
2    of manufacturing or assembling a different article of
3    tangible personal property, by the combination of existing
4    materials in a manner commonly regarded as assembling that
5    results in a material of a different form, use, or name.
6        (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or
7    major components of those machines contributing to a
8    manufacturing or assembling process.
9        (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool
10    separate from machinery but essential to an integrated
11    manufacturing or assembly process; including computers
12    used primarily in a manufacturer's computer assisted
13    design, computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system;
14    any subunit or assembly comprising a component of any
15    machinery or auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of
16    machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns,
17    and molds; and any parts that require periodic replacement
18    in the course of normal operation; but does not include
19    hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
20    acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
21    acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change
22    upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
23    wholesale or retail sale or lease.
24        (5) "Production related tangible personal property"
25    means all tangible personal property that is used or
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1    which a manufacturing process takes place and includes,
2    without limitation, tangible personal property that is
3    purchased for incorporation into real estate within a
4    manufacturing facility and tangible personal property that
5    is used or consumed in activities such as research and
6    development, preproduction material handling, receiving,
7    quality control, inventory control, storage, staging, and
8    packaging for shipping and transportation purposes.
9    "Production related tangible personal property" does not
10    include (i) tangible personal property that is used, within
11    or without a manufacturing facility, in sales, purchasing,
12    accounting, fiscal management, marketing, personnel
13    recruitment or selection, or landscaping or (ii) tangible
14    personal property that is required to be titled or
15    registered with a department, agency, or unit of federal,
16    State, or local government.
17    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
18exemption includes production related tangible personal
19property that is purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or
20before June 30, 2008. The exemption for production related
21tangible personal property is subject to both of the following
22limitations:
23        (1) The maximum amount of the exemption for any one
24    taxpayer may not exceed 5% of the purchase price of
25    production related tangible personal property that is
26    purchased on or after July 1, 2007 and on or before June

 

 

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1    30, 2008. A credit under Section 3-85 of this Act may not
2    be earned by the purchase of production related tangible
3    personal property for which an exemption is received under
4    this Section.
5        (2) The maximum aggregate amount of the exemptions for
6    production related tangible personal property awarded
7    under this Act and the Use Tax Act to all taxpayers may not
8    exceed $10,000,000. If the claims for the exemption exceed
9    $10,000,000, then the Department shall reduce the amount of
10    the exemption to each taxpayer on a pro rata basis.
11The Department may adopt rules to implement and administer the
12exemption for production related tangible personal property.
13    The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
14exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
15produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and
16who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a
17manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption
18also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who
19manufactures those materials into an exempted type of
20machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses himself
21or herself in the manufacturing of tangible personal property.
22The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who has an active
23resale registration number shall furnish that number to the
24seller at the time of purchase. A purchaser of the machinery,
25equipment, and tools without an active resale registration
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1for each transaction stating facts establishing the exemption
2for that transaction, and that certificate shall be available
3to the Department for inspection or audit. Informal rulings,
4opinions, or letters issued by the Department in response to an
5inquiry or request for an opinion from any person regarding the
6coverage and applicability of this exemption to specific
7devices shall be published, maintained as a public record, and
8made available for public inspection and copying. If the
9informal ruling, opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or
10other confidential information, where possible, the Department
11shall delete that information before publication. Whenever
12informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of
13general applicability, the Department shall formulate and
14adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois
15Administrative Procedure Act.
16(Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)