98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2561

 

Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2505/2505-250  was 20 ILCS 2505/39c
35 ILCS 105/3-61
35 ILCS 110/3-51
35 ILCS 115/2d
35 ILCS 120/2-51
35 ILCS 120/5  from Ch. 120, par. 444
55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5
55 ILCS 5/5-1006.7
55 ILCS 5/5-1035 rep.
65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.1  from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-1.1
65 ILCS 5/8-11-9 rep.
415 ILCS 5/55.8  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.8

    Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical correction concerning a cross-reference. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, in the case of a return that is not filed at the required time, a notice of tax liability may be issued on and after each July 1, and January 1 for returns filed more than 3 years prior to that July 1 or January 1. Makes changes concerning rolling stock. Effective July 1, 2013.


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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 Department of Revenue Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
62505-250 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2505/2505-250)  (was 20 ILCS 2505/39c)
8    Sec. 2505-250. Compromising debts due to the State. Under
9no circumstances shall any officer or employee of the
10Department compromise any debt due to this State, except in
11case of actions of the Director after review by the board of
12appeals provided for by Section 2505-505 95-505. However,
13claims or accounts receivable of less than $1,000 may be
14written off the Department's records and cancelled by the
15Department without complying with the provisions of Section 2
16of the Uncollected State Claims Act when the Department
17determines that the cost of collecting the claim or account
18would exceed the amount to be collected. The Department shall
19submit to the Comptroller a list of all such claims or accounts
20written off the Department's records.
21(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
22    Section 10. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section

 

 

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13-61 as follows:
 
2    (35 ILCS 105/3-61)
3    Sec. 3-61. Motor vehicles; trailers; use as rolling stock
4definition.
5    (a) Through June 30, 2003, "use as rolling stock moving in
6interstate commerce" in subsections (b) and (c) of Section 3-55
7means for motor vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the
8Illinois Vehicle Code, and trailers, as defined in Section
91-209 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when on 15 or more
10occasions in a 12-month period the motor vehicle and trailer
11has carried persons or property for hire in interstate
12commerce, even just between points in Illinois, if the motor
13vehicle and trailer transports persons whose journeys or
14property whose shipments originate or terminate outside
15Illinois. This definition applies to all property purchased for
16the purpose of being attached to those motor vehicles or
17trailers as a part thereof.
18    (b) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
19"use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce" in
20paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 3-55 occurs for motor
21vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
22Code, when during a 12-month period the rolling stock has
23carried persons or property for hire in interstate commerce for
2451% of its total trips and transports persons whose journeys or
25property whose shipments originate or terminate outside

 

 

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1Illinois. Trips that are only between points in Illinois shall
2not be counted as interstate trips when calculating whether the
3tangible personal property qualifies for the exemption but such
4trips shall be included in total trips taken.
5    (c) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
6interstate commerce" in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 3-55
7occurs for motor vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the
8Illinois Vehicle Code, when during a 12-month period the
9rolling stock has carried persons or property for hire in
10interstate commerce for greater than 50% of its total trips for
11that period or for greater than 50% of its total miles for that
12period. The person claiming the exemption shall make an
13election at the time of purchase to use either the trips or
14mileage method. Persons who purchased motor vehicles prior to
15July 1, 2004 shall make an election to use either the trips or
16mileage method and document that election in their books and
17records. If no election is made under this subsection to use
18the trips or mileage method, the person shall be deemed to have
19chosen the mileage method. Any election to use either the trips
20or mileage method will remain in effect for that motor vehicle
21for any period for which the Department may issue a notice of
22tax liability under this Act.
23    For purposes of determining qualifying trips or miles,
24motor vehicles that carry persons or property for hire, even
25just between points in Illinois, will be considered used for
26hire in interstate commerce if the motor vehicle transports

 

 

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1persons whose journeys or property whose shipments originate or
2terminate outside Illinois. The exemption for motor vehicles
3used as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce may be
4claimed only for the following vehicles: (i) motor vehicles
5whose gross vehicle weight rating exceeds 16,000 pounds; and
6(ii) limousines, as defined in Section 1-139.1 of the Illinois
7Vehicle Code. This definition applies to all property purchased
8for the purpose of being attached to those motor vehicles as a
9part thereof.
10    (d) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
11interstate commerce" in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 3-55
12occurs for trailers, as defined in Section 1-209 of the
13Illinois Vehicle Code, semitrailers as defined in Section 1-187
14of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and pole trailers as defined in
15Section 1-161 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when during a
1612-month period the rolling stock has carried persons or
17property for hire in interstate commerce for greater than 50%
18of its total trips for that period or for greater than 50% of
19its total miles for that period. The person claiming the
20exemption for a trailer or trailers that will not be dedicated
21to a motor vehicle or group of motor vehicles shall make an
22election at the time of purchase to use either the trips or
23mileage method. Persons who purchased trailers prior to July 1,
242004 that are not dedicated to a motor vehicle or group of
25motor vehicles shall make an election to use either the trips
26or mileage method and document that election in their books and

 

 

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1records. If no election is made under this subsection to use
2the trips or mileage method, the person shall be deemed to have
3chosen the mileage method. Any election to use either the trips
4or mileage method will remain in effect for that trailer for
5any period for which the Department may issue a notice of tax
6liability under this Act.
7    For purposes of determining qualifying trips or miles,
8trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that carry property
9for hire, even just between points in Illinois, will be
10considered used for hire in interstate commerce if the
11trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers transport property
12whose shipments originate or terminate outside Illinois. This
13definition applies to all property purchased for the purpose of
14being attached to those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
15trailers as a part thereof. In lieu of a person providing
16documentation regarding the qualifying use of each individual
17trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, that person may document
18such qualifying use by providing documentation of the
19following:
20        (1) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is
21    dedicated to a motor vehicle that qualifies as rolling
22    stock moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of
23    this Section, then that trailer, semitrailer, or pole
24    trailer qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate
25    commerce under this subsection.
26        (2) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is

 

 

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1    dedicated to a group of motor vehicles that all qualify as
2    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under
3    subsection (c) of this Section, then that trailer,
4    semitrailer, or pole trailer qualifies as rolling stock
5    moving in interstate commerce under this subsection.
6        (3) If one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
7    trailers are dedicated to a group of motor vehicles and not
8    all of those motor vehicles in that group qualify as
9    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under
10    subsection (c) of this Section, then the percentage of
11    those trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that
12    qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
13    under this subsection is equal to the percentage of those
14    motor vehicles in that group that qualify as rolling stock
15    moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of this
16    Section to which those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
17    trailers are dedicated. However, to determine the
18    qualification for the exemption provided under this item
19    (3), the mathematical application of the qualifying
20    percentage to one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
21    trailers under this subpart shall not be allowed as to any
22    fraction of a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer.
23    (e) Beginning July 1, 2013, "use as rolling stock moving in
24interstate commerce" in paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 3-55
25occurs for aircraft and watercraft when, during a 12-month
26period, the rolling stock has carried persons or property for

 

 

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1hire in interstate commerce for greater than 50% of its total
2trips for that period or for greater than 50% of its total
3miles for that period. The person claiming the exemption shall
4make an election at the time of purchase to use either the
5trips or mileage method. Persons who purchased aircraft or
6watercraft prior to July 1, 2013 shall make an election to use
7either the trips or mileage method and document that election
8in their books and records. If no election is made under this
9subsection to use the trips or mileage method, the person shall
10be deemed to have chosen the mileage method. For aircraft,
11flight hours may be used in lieu of recording miles in
12determining whether the aircraft meets the mileage test in this
13subsection. For watercraft, nautical miles or trip hours may be
14used in lieu of recording miles in determining whether the
15watercraft meets the mileage test in this subsection.
16    (f) Any election to use either the trips or mileage method
17made under the provisions of subsections (c), (d), or (e) of
18this Section will remain in effect for the life of that item.
19(Source: P.A. 95-528, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
20    Section 15. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
21Section 3-51 as follows:
 
22    (35 ILCS 110/3-51)
23    Sec. 3-51. Motor vehicles; trailers; use as rolling stock
24definition.

 

 

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1    (a) Through June 30, 2003, "use as rolling stock moving in
2interstate commerce" in subsection (b) of Section 3-45 means
3for motor vehicles, as defined in Section 1-46 of the Illinois
4Vehicle Code, and trailers, as defined in Section 1-209 of the
5Illinois Vehicle Code, when on 15 or more occasions in a
612-month period the motor vehicle and trailer has carried
7persons or property for hire in interstate commerce, even just
8between points in Illinois, if the motor vehicle and trailer
9transports persons whose journeys or property whose shipments
10originate or terminate outside Illinois. This definition
11applies to all property purchased for the purpose of being
12attached to those motor vehicles or trailers as a part thereof.
13    (b) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
14"use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce" in
15paragraphs (4) and (4a) of the definition of "sale of service"
16in Section 2 and subsection (b) of Section 3-45 occurs for
17motor vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois
18Vehicle Code, when during a 12-month period the rolling stock
19has carried persons or property for hire in interstate commerce
20for 51% of its total trips and transports persons whose
21journeys or property whose shipments originate or terminate
22outside Illinois. Trips that are only between points in
23Illinois shall not be counted as interstate trips when
24calculating whether the tangible personal property qualifies
25for the exemption but such trips shall be included in total
26trips taken.

 

 

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1    (c) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
2interstate commerce" in paragraphs (4) and (4a) of the
3definition of "sale of service" in Section 2 and subsection (b)
4of Section 3-45 occurs for motor vehicles, as defined in
5Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when during a
612-month period the rolling stock has carried persons or
7property for hire in interstate commerce for greater than 50%
8of its total trips for that period or for greater than 50% of
9its total miles for that period. The person claiming the
10exemption shall make an election at the time of purchase to use
11either the trips or mileage method. Persons who purchased motor
12vehicles prior to July 1, 2004 shall make an election to use
13either the trips or mileage method and document that election
14in their books and records. If no election is made under this
15subsection to use the trips or mileage method, the person shall
16be deemed to have chosen the mileage method. Any election to
17use either the trips or mileage method will remain in effect
18for that motor vehicle for any period for which the Department
19may issue a notice of tax liability under this Act.
20    For purposes of determining qualifying trips or miles,
21motor vehicles that carry persons or property for hire, even
22just between points in Illinois, will be considered used for
23hire in interstate commerce if the motor vehicle transports
24persons whose journeys or property whose shipments originate or
25terminate outside Illinois. The exemption for motor vehicles
26used as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce may be

 

 

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1claimed only for the following vehicles: (i) motor vehicles
2whose gross vehicle weight rating exceeds 16,000 pounds; and
3(ii) limousines, as defined in Section 1-139.1 of the Illinois
4Vehicle Code. This definition applies to all property purchased
5for the purpose of being attached to those motor vehicles as a
6part thereof.
7    (d) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
8interstate commerce" in paragraphs (4) and (4a) of the
9definition of "sale of service" in Section 2 and subsection (b)
10of Section 3-45 occurs for trailers, as defined in Section
111-209 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, semitrailers as defined in
12Section 1-187 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and pole trailers
13as defined in Section 1-161 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when
14during a 12-month period the rolling stock has carried persons
15or property for hire in interstate commerce for greater than
1650% of its total trips for that period or for greater than 50%
17of its total miles for that period. The person claiming the
18exemption for a trailer or trailers that will not be dedicated
19to a motor vehicle or group of motor vehicles shall make an
20election at the time of purchase to use either the trips or
21mileage method. Persons who purchased trailers prior to July 1,
222004 that are not dedicated to a motor vehicle or group of
23motor vehicles shall make an election to use either the trips
24or mileage method and document that election in their books and
25records. If no election is made under this subsection to use
26the trips or mileage method, the person shall be deemed to have

 

 

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1chosen the mileage method. Any election to use either the trips
2or mileage method will remain in effect for that trailer for
3any period for which the Department may issue a notice of tax
4liability under this Act.
5    For purposes of determining qualifying trips or miles,
6trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that carry property
7for hire, even just between points in Illinois, will be
8considered used for hire in interstate commerce if the
9trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers transport property
10whose shipments originate or terminate outside Illinois. This
11definition applies to all property purchased for the purpose of
12being attached to those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
13trailers as a part thereof. In lieu of a person providing
14documentation regarding the qualifying use of each individual
15trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, that person may document
16such qualifying use by providing documentation of the
17following:
18        (1) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is
19    dedicated to a motor vehicle that qualifies as rolling
20    stock moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of
21    this Section, then that trailer, semitrailer, or pole
22    trailer qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate
23    commerce under this subsection.
24        (2) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is
25    dedicated to a group of motor vehicles that all qualify as
26    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under

 

 

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1    subsection (c) of this Section, then that trailer,
2    semitrailer, or pole trailer qualifies as rolling stock
3    moving in interstate commerce under this subsection.
4        (3) If one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
5    trailers are dedicated to a group of motor vehicles and not
6    all of those motor vehicles in that group qualify as
7    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under
8    subsection (c) of this Section, then the percentage of
9    those trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that
10    qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
11    under this subsection is equal to the percentage of those
12    motor vehicles in that group that qualify as rolling stock
13    moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of this
14    Section to which those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
15    trailers are dedicated. However, to determine the
16    qualification for the exemption provided under this item
17    (3), the mathematical application of the qualifying
18    percentage to one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
19    trailers under this subpart shall not be allowed as to any
20    fraction of a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer.
21    (e) Beginning July 1, 2013, "use as rolling stock moving in
22interstate commerce" in (i) paragraphs (4) and (4a) of the
23definition of "sale of service" in Section 2 and (ii)
24subsection (b) of Section 3-45 occurs for aircraft and
25watercraft when, during a 12-month period, the rolling stock
26has carried persons or property for hire in interstate commerce

 

 

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1for greater than 50% of its total trips for that period or for
2greater than 50% of its total miles for that period. The person
3claiming the exemption shall make an election at the time of
4purchase to use either the trips or mileage method. Persons who
5purchased aircraft or watercraft prior to July 1, 2013 shall
6make an election to use either the trips or mileage method and
7document that election in their books and records. If no
8election is made under this subsection to use the trips or
9mileage method, the person shall be deemed to have chosen the
10mileage method. For aircraft, flight hours may be used in lieu
11of recording miles in determining whether the aircraft meets
12the mileage test in this subsection. For watercraft, nautical
13miles or trip hours may be used in lieu of recording miles in
14determining whether the watercraft meets the mileage test in
15this subsection.
16    (f) Any election to use either the trips or mileage method
17made under the provisions of subsections (c), (d), or (e) of
18this Section will remain in effect for the life of that item.
19(Source: P.A. 95-528, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
20    Section 20. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
21changing Section 2d and as follows:
 
22    (35 ILCS 115/2d)
23    Sec. 2d. Motor vehicles; trailers; use as rolling stock
24definition.

 

 

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1    (a) Through June 30, 2003, "use as rolling stock moving in
2interstate commerce" in subsections (d) and (d-1) of the
3definition of "sale of service" in Section 2 means for motor
4vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
5Code, and trailers, as defined in Section 1-209 of the Illinois
6Vehicle Code, when on 15 or more occasions in a 12-month period
7the motor vehicle and trailer has carried persons or property
8for hire in interstate commerce, even just between points in
9Illinois, if the motor vehicle and trailer transports persons
10whose journeys or property whose shipments originate or
11terminate outside Illinois. This definition applies to all
12property purchased for the purpose of being attached to those
13motor vehicles or trailers as a part thereof.
14    (b) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
15"use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce" in
16paragraphs (d) and (d-1) of the definition of "sale of service"
17in Section 2 occurs for motor vehicles, as defined in Section
181-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when during a 12-month
19period the rolling stock has carried persons or property for
20hire in interstate commerce for 51% of its total trips and
21transports persons whose journeys or property whose shipments
22originate or terminate outside Illinois. Trips that are only
23between points in Illinois will not be counted as interstate
24trips when calculating whether the tangible personal property
25qualifies for the exemption but such trips will be included in
26total trips taken.

 

 

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1    (c) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
2interstate commerce" in paragraphs (d) and (d-1) of the
3definition of "sale of service" in Section 2 occurs for motor
4vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
5Code, when during a 12-month period the rolling stock has
6carried persons or property for hire in interstate commerce for
7greater than 50% of its total trips for that period or for
8greater than 50% of its total miles for that period. The person
9claiming the exemption shall make an election at the time of
10purchase to use either the trips or mileage method. Persons who
11purchased motor vehicles prior to July 1, 2004 shall make an
12election to use either the trips or mileage method and document
13that election in their books and records. If no election is
14made under this subsection to use the trips or mileage method,
15the person shall be deemed to have chosen the mileage method.
16Any election to use either the trips or mileage method will
17remain in effect for that motor vehicle for any period for
18which the Department may issue a notice of tax liability under
19this Act.
20    For purposes of determining qualifying trips or miles,
21motor vehicles that carry persons or property for hire, even
22just between points in Illinois, will be considered used for
23hire in interstate commerce if the motor vehicle transports
24persons whose journeys or property whose shipments originate or
25terminate outside Illinois. The exemption for motor vehicles
26used as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce may be

 

 

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1claimed only for the following vehicles: (i) motor vehicles
2whose gross vehicle weight rating exceeds 16,000 pounds; and
3(ii) limousines, as defined in Section 1-139.1 of the Illinois
4Vehicle Code. This definition applies to all property purchased
5for the purpose of being attached to those motor vehicles as a
6part thereof.
7    (d) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
8interstate commerce" in paragraphs (d) and (d-1) of the
9definition of "sale of service" in Section 2 occurs for
10trailers, as defined in Section 1-209 of the Illinois Vehicle
11Code, semitrailers as defined in Section 1-187 of the Illinois
12Vehicle Code, and pole trailers as defined in Section 1-161 of
13the Illinois Vehicle Code, when during a 12-month period the
14rolling stock has carried persons or property for hire in
15interstate commerce for greater than 50% of its total trips for
16that period or for greater than 50% of its total miles for that
17period. The person claiming the exemption for a trailer or
18trailers that will not be dedicated to a motor vehicle or group
19of motor vehicles shall make an election at the time of
20purchase to use either the trips or mileage method. Persons who
21purchased trailers prior to July 1, 2004 that are not dedicated
22to a motor vehicle or group of motor vehicles shall make an
23election to use either the trips or mileage method and document
24that election in their books and records. If no election is
25made under this subsection to use the trips or mileage method,
26the person shall be deemed to have chosen the mileage method.

 

 

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1Any election to use either the trips or mileage method will
2remain in effect for that trailer for any period for which the
3Department may issue a notice of tax liability under this Act.
4    For purposes of determining qualifying trips or miles,
5trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that carry property
6for hire, even just between points in Illinois, will be
7considered used for hire in interstate commerce if the
8trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers transport property
9whose shipments originate or terminate outside Illinois. This
10definition applies to all property purchased for the purpose of
11being attached to those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
12trailers as a part thereof. In lieu of a person providing
13documentation regarding the qualifying use of each individual
14trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, that person may document
15such qualifying use by providing documentation of the
16following:
17        (1) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is
18    dedicated to a motor vehicle that qualifies as rolling
19    stock moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of
20    this Section, then that trailer, semitrailer, or pole
21    trailer qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate
22    commerce under this subsection.
23        (2) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is
24    dedicated to a group of motor vehicles that all qualify as
25    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under
26    subsection (c) of this Section, then that trailer,

 

 

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1    semitrailer, or pole trailer qualifies as rolling stock
2    moving in interstate commerce under this subsection.
3        (3) If one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
4    trailers are dedicated to a group of motor vehicles and not
5    all of those motor vehicles in that group qualify as
6    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under
7    subsection (c) of this Section, then the percentage of
8    those trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that
9    qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
10    under this subsection is equal to the percentage of those
11    motor vehicles in that group that qualify as rolling stock
12    moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of this
13    Section to which those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
14    trailers are dedicated. However, to determine the
15    qualification for the exemption provided under this item
16    (3), the mathematical application of the qualifying
17    percentage to one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
18    trailers under this subpart shall not be allowed as to any
19    fraction of a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer.
20    (e) Beginning July 1, 2013, "use as rolling stock moving in
21interstate commerce" in paragraphs (d) and (d-1) of the
22definition of "sale of service" in Section 2 occurs for
23aircraft and watercraft when, during a 12-month period, the
24rolling stock has carried persons or property for hire in
25interstate commerce for greater than 50% of its total trips for
26that period or for greater than 50% of its total miles for that

 

 

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1period. The person claiming the exemption shall make an
2election at the time of purchase to use either the trips or
3mileage method. Persons who purchased aircraft or watercraft
4prior to July 1, 2013 shall make an election to use either the
5trips or mileage method and document that election in their
6books and records. If no election is made under this subsection
7to use the trips or mileage method, the person shall be deemed
8to have chosen the mileage method. For aircraft, flight hours
9may be used in lieu of recording miles in determining whether
10the aircraft meets the mileage test in this subsection. For
11watercraft, nautical miles or trip hours may be used in lieu of
12recording miles in determining whether the watercraft meets the
13mileage test in this subsection.
14    (f) Any election to use either the trips or mileage method
15made under the provisions of subsections (c), (d), or (e) of
16this Section will remain in effect for the life of that item.
17(Source: P.A. 95-528, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
18    Section 25. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
19changing Sections 2-51 and 5 as follows:
 
20    (35 ILCS 120/2-51)
21    Sec. 2-51. Motor vehicles; trailers; use as rolling stock
22definition.
23    (a) Through June 30, 2003, "use as rolling stock moving in
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1means for motor vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the
2Illinois Vehicle Code, and trailers, as defined in Section
31-209 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when on 15 or more
4occasions in a 12-month period the motor vehicle and trailer
5has carried persons or property for hire in interstate
6commerce, even just between points in Illinois, if the motor
7vehicle and trailer transports persons whose journeys or
8property whose shipments originate or terminate outside
9Illinois. This definition applies to all property purchased for
10the purpose of being attached to those motor vehicles or
11trailers as a part thereof.
12    (b) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
13"use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce" in
14paragraphs (12) and (13) of Section 2-5 occurs for motor
15vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle
16Code, when during a 12-month period the rolling stock has
17carried persons or property for hire in interstate commerce for
1851% of its total trips and transports persons whose journeys or
19property whose shipments originate or terminate outside
20Illinois. Trips that are only between points in Illinois shall
21not be counted as interstate trips when calculating whether the
22tangible personal property qualifies for the exemption but such
23trips shall be included in total trips taken.
24    (c) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
25interstate commerce" in paragraphs (12) and (13) of Section 2-5
26occurs for motor vehicles, as defined in Section 1-146 of the

 

 

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1Illinois Vehicle Code, when during a 12-month period the
2rolling stock has carried persons or property for hire in
3interstate commerce for greater than 50% of its total trips for
4that period or for greater than 50% of its total miles for that
5period. The person claiming the exemption shall make an
6election at the time of purchase to use either the trips or
7mileage method. Persons who purchased motor vehicles prior to
8July 1, 2004 shall make an election to use either the trips or
9mileage method and document that election in their books and
10records. If no election is made under this subsection to use
11the trips or mileage method, the person shall be deemed to have
12chosen the mileage method. Any election to use either the trips
13or mileage method will remain in effect for that motor vehicle
14for any period for which the Department may issue a notice of
15tax liability under this Act.
16    For purposes of determining qualifying trips or miles,
17motor vehicles that carry persons or property for hire, even
18just between points in Illinois, will be considered used for
19hire in interstate commerce if the motor vehicle transports
20persons whose journeys or property whose shipments originate or
21terminate outside Illinois. The exemption for motor vehicles
22used as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce may be
23claimed only for the following vehicles: (i) motor vehicles
24whose gross vehicle weight rating exceeds 16,000 pounds; and
25(ii) limousines, as defined in Section 1-139.1 of the Illinois
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1for the purpose of being attached to those motor vehicles as a
2part thereof.
3    (d) Beginning July 1, 2004, "use as rolling stock moving in
4interstate commerce" in paragraphs (12) and (13) of Section 2-5
5occurs for trailers, as defined in Section 1-209 of the
6Illinois Vehicle Code, semitrailers as defined in Section 1-187
7of the Illinois Vehicle Code, and pole trailers as defined in
8Section 1-161 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, when during a
912-month period the rolling stock has carried persons or
10property for hire in interstate commerce for greater than 50%
11of its total trips for that period or for greater than 50% of
12its total miles for that period. The person claiming the
13exemption for a trailer or trailers that will not be dedicated
14to a motor vehicle or group of motor vehicles shall make an
15election at the time of purchase to use either the trips or
16mileage method. Persons who purchased trailers prior to July 1,
172004 that are not dedicated to a motor vehicle or group of
18motor vehicles shall make an election to use either the trips
19or mileage method and document that election in their books and
20records. If no election is made under this subsection to use
21the trips or mileage method, the person shall be deemed to have
22chosen the mileage method. Any election to use either the trips
23or mileage method will remain in effect for that trailer for
24any period for which the Department may issue a notice of tax
25liability under this Act.
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1trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that carry property
2for hire, even just between points in Illinois, will be
3considered used for hire in interstate commerce if the
4trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers transport property
5whose shipments originate or terminate outside Illinois. This
6definition applies to all property purchased for the purpose of
7being attached to those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
8trailers as a part thereof. In lieu of a person providing
9documentation regarding the qualifying use of each individual
10trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, that person may document
11such qualifying use by providing documentation of the
12following:
13        (1) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is
14    dedicated to a motor vehicle that qualifies as rolling
15    stock moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of
16    this Section, then that trailer, semitrailer, or pole
17    trailer qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate
18    commerce under this subsection.
19        (2) If a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer is
20    dedicated to a group of motor vehicles that all qualify as
21    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under
22    subsection (c) of this Section, then that trailer,
23    semitrailer, or pole trailer qualifies as rolling stock
24    moving in interstate commerce under this subsection.
25        (3) If one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
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1    all of those motor vehicles in that group qualify as
2    rolling stock moving in interstate commerce under
3    subsection (c) of this Section, then the percentage of
4    those trailers, semitrailers, or pole trailers that
5    qualifies as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
6    under this subsection is equal to the percentage of those
7    motor vehicles in that group that qualify as rolling stock
8    moving in interstate commerce under subsection (c) of this
9    Section to which those trailers, semitrailers, or pole
10    trailers are dedicated. However, to determine the
11    qualification for the exemption provided under this item
12    (3), the mathematical application of the qualifying
13    percentage to one or more trailers, semitrailers, or pole
14    trailers under this subpart shall not be allowed as to any
15    fraction of a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer.
16    (e) Beginning July 1, 2013, "use as rolling stock moving in
17interstate commerce" in paragraphs (12) and (13) of Section 2-5
18occurs for aircraft and watercraft when, during a 12-month
19period, the rolling stock has carried persons or property for
20hire in interstate commerce for greater than 50% of its total
21trips for that period or for greater than 50% of its total
22miles for that period. The person claiming the exemption shall
23make an election at the time of purchase to use either the
24trips or mileage method. Persons who purchased aircraft or
25watercraft prior to July 1, 2013 shall make an election to use
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1in their books and records. If no election is made under this
2subsection to use the trips or mileage method, the person shall
3be deemed to have chosen the mileage method. For aircraft,
4flight hours may be used in lieu of recording miles in
5determining whether the aircraft meets the mileage test in this
6subsection. For watercraft, nautical miles or trip hours may be
7used in lieu of recording miles in determining whether the
8watercraft meets the mileage test in this subsection.
9    (f) Any election to use either the trips or mileage method
10made under the provisions of subsections (c), (d), or (e) of
11this Section will remain in effect for the life of that item.
12(Source: P.A. 95-528, eff. 8-28-07.)
 
13    (35 ILCS 120/5)  (from Ch. 120, par. 444)
14    Sec. 5. In case any person engaged in the business of
15selling tangible personal property at retail fails to file a
16return when and as herein required, but thereafter, prior to
17the Department's issuance of a notice of tax liability under
18this Section, files a return and pays the tax, he shall also
19pay a penalty in an amount determined in accordance with
20Section 3-3 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
21    In case any person engaged in the business of selling
22tangible personal property at retail files the return at the
23time required by this Act but fails to pay the tax, or any part
24thereof, when due, a penalty in an amount determined in
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1Act shall be added thereto.
2    In case any person engaged in the business of selling
3tangible personal property at retail fails to file a return
4when and as herein required, but thereafter, prior to the
5Department's issuance of a notice of tax liability under this
6Section, files a return but fails to pay the entire tax, a
7penalty in an amount determined in accordance with Section 3-3
8of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act shall be added thereto.
9    In case any person engaged in the business of selling
10tangible personal property at retail fails to file a return,
11the Department shall determine the amount of tax due from him
12according to its best judgment and information, which amount so
13fixed by the Department shall be prima facie correct and shall
14be prima facie evidence of the correctness of the amount of tax
15due, as shown in such determination. In making any such
16determination of tax due, it shall be permissible for the
17Department to show a figure that represents the tax due for any
18given period of 6 months instead of showing the amount of tax
19due for each month separately. Proof of such determination by
20the Department may be made at any hearing before the Department
21or in any legal proceeding by a reproduced copy or computer
22print-out of the Department's record relating thereto in the
23name of the Department under the certificate of the Director of
24Revenue. If reproduced copies of the Department's records are
25offered as proof of such determination, the Director must
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1on file with the Department. If computer print-outs of the
2Department's records are offered as proof of such
3determination, the Director must certify that those computer
4print-outs are true and exact representations of records
5properly entered into standard electronic computing equipment,
6in the regular course of the Department's business, at or
7reasonably near the time of the occurrence of the facts
8recorded, from trustworthy and reliable information. Such
9certified reproduced copy or certified computer print-out
10shall, without further proof, be admitted into evidence before
11the Department or in any legal proceeding and shall be prima
12facie proof of the correctness of the amount of tax due, as
13shown therein. The Department shall issue the taxpayer a notice
14of tax liability for the amount of tax claimed by the
15Department to be due, together with a penalty of 30% thereof.
16    However, where the failure to file any tax return required
17under this Act on the date prescribed therefor (including any
18extensions thereof), is shown to be unintentional and
19nonfraudulent and has not occurred in the 2 years immediately
20preceding the failure to file on the prescribed date or is due
21to other reasonable cause the penalties imposed by this Act
22shall not apply.
23    The taxpayer or the taxpayer's legal representative may,
24within 60 days after such notice, file a protest to such notice
25of tax liability with the Department and request a hearing
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1legal representative of such person of the time and place fixed
2for such hearing, and shall hold a hearing in conformity with
3the provisions of this Act, and pursuant thereto shall issue a
4final assessment to such person or to the legal representative
5of such person for the amount found to be due as a result of
6such hearing. On and after July 1, 2013, protests concerning
7matters that are under the jurisdiction of the Illinois
8Independent Tax Tribunal shall be filed with the Illinois
9Independent Tax Tribunal in accordance with the Illinois
10Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012, and hearings concerning
11those matters shall be held before the Tribunal in accordance
12with that Act. With respect to protests filed with the Illinois
13Independent Tax Tribunal, the Tribunal shall give notice to
14that person or the legal representative of that person of the
15time and place fixed for a hearing, and shall hold a hearing in
16conformity with the provisions of this Act and the Illinois
17Independent Tax Tribunal Act of 2012; and pursuant thereto the
18Department shall issue a final assessment to such person or to
19the legal representative of such person for the amount found to
20be due as a result of the hearing. With respect to protests
21filed with the Department prior to July 1, 2013 that would
22otherwise be subject to the jurisdiction of the Illinois
23Independent Tax Tribunal, the taxpayer may elect to be subject
24to the provisions of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal Act
25of 2012 at any time on or after July 1, 2013, but not later than
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1the election shall be irrevocable.
2    If a protest to the notice of tax liability and a request
3for a hearing thereon is not filed within 60 days after such
4notice, such notice of tax liability shall become final without
5the necessity of a final assessment being issued and shall be
6deemed to be a final assessment.
7    After the issuance of a final assessment, or a notice of
8tax liability which becomes final without the necessity of
9actually issuing a final assessment as hereinbefore provided,
10the Department, at any time before such assessment is reduced
11to judgment, may (subject to rules of the Department) grant a
12rehearing (or grant departmental review and hold an original
13hearing if no previous hearing in the matter has been held)
14upon the application of the person aggrieved. Pursuant to such
15hearing or rehearing, the Department shall issue a revised
16final assessment to such person or his legal representative for
17the amount found to be due as a result of such hearing or
18rehearing.
19    Except in case of failure to file a return, or with the
20consent of the person to whom the notice of tax liability is to
21be issued, no notice of tax liability shall be issued on and
22after each July 1 and January 1 covering gross receipts
23received during any month or period of time more than 3 years
24prior to such July 1 and January 1, respectively, except that
25if a return is not filed at the required time, no a notice of
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1January 1 for such return filed more than 3 years prior to such
2July 1 and January 1, respectively not later than 3 years after
3the time the return is filed. The foregoing limitations upon
4the issuance of a notice of tax liability shall not apply to
5the issuance of any such notice with respect to any period of
6time prior thereto in cases where the Department has, within
7the period of limitation then provided, notified a person of
8the amount of tax computed even though the Department had not
9determined the amount of tax due from such person in the manner
10required herein prior to the issuance of such notice, but in no
11case shall the amount of any such notice of tax liability for
12any period otherwise barred by this Act exceed for such period
13the amount shown in the notice theretofore issued.
14    If, when a tax or penalty under this Act becomes due and
15payable, the person alleged to be liable therefor is out of the
16State, the notice of tax liability may be issued within the
17times herein limited after his or her coming into or return to
18the State; and if, after the tax or penalty under this Act
19becomes due and payable, the person alleged to be liable
20therefor departs from and remains out of the State, the time of
21his or her absence is no part of the time limited for the
22issuance of the notice of tax liability; but the foregoing
23provisions concerning absence from the State shall not apply to
24any case in which, at the time when a tax or penalty becomes
25due under this Act, the person allegedly liable therefor is not
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1    The time limitation period on the Department's right to
2issue a notice of tax liability shall not run during any period
3of time in which the order of any court has the effect of
4enjoining or restraining the Department from issuing the notice
5of tax liability.
6    In case of failure to pay the tax, or any portion thereof,
7or any penalty provided for in this Act, or interest, when due,
8the Department may bring suit to recover the amount of such
9tax, or portion thereof, or penalty or interest; or, if the
10taxpayer has died or become a person under legal disability,
11may file a claim therefor against his estate; provided that no
12such suit with respect to any tax, or portion thereof, or
13penalty, or interest shall be instituted more than 6 years
14after the date any proceedings in court for review thereof have
15terminated or the time for the taking thereof has expired
16without such proceedings being instituted, except with the
17consent of the person from whom such tax or penalty or interest
18is due; nor, except with such consent, shall such suit be
19instituted more than 6 years after the date any return is filed
20with the Department in cases where the return constitutes the
21basis for the suit for unpaid tax, or portion thereof, or
22penalty provided for in this Act, or interest: Provided that
23the time limitation period on the Department's right to bring
24any such suit shall not run during any period of time in which
25the order of any court has the effect of enjoining or
26restraining the Department from bringing such suit.

 

 

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1    After the expiration of the period within which the person
2assessed may file an action for judicial review under the
3Administrative Review Law or the Illinois Independent Tax
4Tribunal Act of 2012, as applicable, without such an action
5being filed, a certified copy of the final assessment or
6revised final assessment of the Department may be filed with
7the Circuit Court of the county in which the taxpayer has his
8principal place of business, or of Sangamon County in those
9cases in which the taxpayer does not have his principal place
10of business in this State. The certified copy of the final
11assessment or revised final assessment shall be accompanied by
12a certification which recites facts that are sufficient to show
13that the Department complied with the jurisdictional
14requirements of the Act in arriving at its final assessment or
15its revised final assessment and that the taxpayer had his
16opportunity for an administrative hearing and for judicial
17review, whether he availed himself or herself of either or both
18of these opportunities or not. If the court is satisfied that
19the Department complied with the jurisdictional requirements
20of the Act in arriving at its final assessment or its revised
21final assessment and that the taxpayer had his opportunity for
22an administrative hearing and for judicial review, whether he
23availed himself of either or both of these opportunities or
24not, the court shall render judgment in favor of the Department
25and against the taxpayer for the amount shown to be due by the
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1interest which may be due, and such judgment shall be entered
2in the judgment docket of the court. Such judgment shall bear
3the rate of interest as set by the Uniform Penalty and Interest
4Act, but otherwise shall have the same effect as other
5judgments. The judgment may be enforced, and all laws
6applicable to sales for the enforcement of a judgment shall be
7applicable to sales made under such judgments. The Department
8shall file the certified copy of its assessment, as herein
9provided, with the Circuit Court within 6 years after such
10assessment becomes final except when the taxpayer consents in
11writing to an extension of such filing period, and except that
12the time limitation period on the Department's right to file
13the certified copy of its assessment with the Circuit Court
14shall not run during any period of time in which the order of
15any court has the effect of enjoining or restraining the
16Department from filing such certified copy of its assessment
17with the Circuit Court.
18    If, when the cause of action for a proceeding in court
19accrues against a person, he or she is out of the State, the
20action may be commenced within the times herein limited, after
21his or her coming into or return to the State; and if, after
22the cause of action accrues, he or she departs from and remains
23out of the State, the time of his or her absence is no part of
24the time limited for the commencement of the action; but the
25foregoing provisions concerning absence from the State shall
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1accrues, the party against whom the cause of action accrues is
2not a resident of this State. The time within which a court
3action is to be commenced by the Department hereunder shall not
4run from the date the taxpayer files a petition in bankruptcy
5under the Federal Bankruptcy Act until 30 days after notice of
6termination or expiration of the automatic stay imposed by the
7Federal Bankruptcy Act.
8    No claim shall be filed against the estate of any deceased
9person or any person under legal disability for any tax or
10penalty or part of either, or interest, except in the manner
11prescribed and within the time limited by the Probate Act of
121975, as amended.
13    The collection of tax or penalty or interest by any means
14provided for herein shall not be a bar to any prosecution under
15this Act.
16    In addition to any penalty provided for in this Act, any
17amount of tax which is not paid when due shall bear interest at
18the rate and in the manner specified in Sections 3-2 and 3-9 of
19the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act from the date when such
20tax becomes past due until such tax is paid or a judgment
21therefor is obtained by the Department. If the time for making
22or completing an audit of a taxpayer's books and records is
23extended with the taxpayer's consent, at the request of and for
24the convenience of the Department, beyond the date on which the
25statute of limitations upon the issuance of a notice of tax
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1shall accrue during the period of such extension or until a
2Notice of Tax Liability is issued, whichever occurs first.
3    In addition to any other remedy provided by this Act, and
4regardless of whether the Department is making or intends to
5make use of such other remedy, where a corporation or limited
6liability company registered under this Act violates the
7provisions of this Act or of any rule or regulation promulgated
8thereunder, the Department may give notice to the Attorney
9General of the identity of such a corporation or limited
10liability company and of the violations committed by such a
11corporation or limited liability company, for such action as is
12not already provided for by this Act and as the Attorney
13General may deem appropriate.
14    If the Department determines that an amount of tax or
15penalty or interest was incorrectly assessed, whether as the
16result of a mistake of fact or an error of law, the Department
17shall waive the amount of tax or penalty or interest that
18accrued due to the incorrect assessment.
19(Source: P.A. 96-1383, eff. 1-1-11; 97-1129, eff. 8-28-12;
20revised 10-10-12.)
 
21    Section 30. The Counties Code is amended by changing
22Sections 5-1006.5 and 5-1006.7 as follows:
 
23    (55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5)
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1For Public Safety, Public Facilities, or Transportation.
2    (a) The county board of any county may impose a tax upon
3all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible
4personal property, other than personal property titled or
5registered with an agency of this State's government, at retail
6in the county on the gross receipts from the sales made in the
7course of business to provide revenue to be used exclusively
8for public safety, public facility, or transportation purposes
9in that county, if a proposition for the tax has been submitted
10to the electors of that county and approved by a majority of
11those voting on the question. If imposed, this tax shall be
12imposed only in one-quarter percent increments. By resolution,
13the county board may order the proposition to be submitted at
14any election. If the tax is imposed for transportation purposes
15for expenditures for public highways or as authorized under the
16Illinois Highway Code, the county board must publish notice of
17the existence of its long-range highway transportation plan as
18required or described in Section 5-301 of the Illinois Highway
19Code and must make the plan publicly available prior to
20approval of the ordinance or resolution imposing the tax. If
21the tax is imposed for transportation purposes for expenditures
22for passenger rail transportation, the county board must
23publish notice of the existence of its long-range passenger
24rail transportation plan and must make the plan publicly
25available prior to approval of the ordinance or resolution
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1    If a tax is imposed for public facilities purposes, then
2the name of the project may be included in the proposition at
3the discretion of the county board as determined in the
4enabling resolution. For example, the "XXX Nursing Home" or the
5"YYY Museum".
6    The county clerk shall certify the question to the proper
7election authority, who shall submit the proposition at an
8election in accordance with the general election law.
9        (1) The proposition for public safety purposes shall be
10    in substantially the following form:
11        "To pay for public safety purposes, shall (name of
12    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
13    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
14        As additional information on the ballot below the
15    question shall appear the following:
16        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
17    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
18    tangible personal property bought at retail."
19        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
20    provision at which time the additional sales tax would
21    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote
22    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
23    sunset provision, the proposition for public safety
24    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
25        "To pay for public safety purposes, shall (name of
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1    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to
2    exceed (insert number of years)?"
3        As additional information on the ballot below the
4    question shall appear the following:
5        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
6    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
7    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
8    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
9    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
10    vote of the county board."
11        For the purposes of the paragraph, "public safety
12    purposes" means crime prevention, detention, fire
13    fighting, police, medical, ambulance, or other emergency
14    services.
15        Votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
16        (2) The proposition for transportation purposes shall
17    be in substantially the following form:
18        "To pay for improvements to roads and other
19    transportation purposes, shall (name of county) be
20    authorized to impose an increase on its share of local
21    sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
22        As additional information on the ballot below the
23    question shall appear the following:
24        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
25    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
26    tangible personal property bought at retail."

 

 

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1        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
2    provision at which time the additional sales tax would
3    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote
4    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
5    sunset provision, the proposition for transportation
6    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
7        "To pay for road improvements and other transportation
8    purposes, shall (name of county) be authorized to impose an
9    increase on its share of local sales taxes by (insert rate)
10    for a period not to exceed (insert number of years)?"
11        As additional information on the ballot below the
12    question shall appear the following:
13        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
14    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
15    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
16    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
17    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
18    vote of the county board."
19        For the purposes of this paragraph, transportation
20    purposes means construction, maintenance, operation, and
21    improvement of public highways, any other purpose for which
22    a county may expend funds under the Illinois Highway Code,
23    and passenger rail transportation.
24        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
25        (3) The proposition for public facilities purposes
26    shall be in substantially the following form:

 

 

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1        "To pay for public facilities purposes, shall (name of
2    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
3    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
4        As additional information on the ballot below the
5    question shall appear the following:
6        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
7    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
8    tangible personal property bought at retail."
9        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
10    provision at which time the additional sales tax would
11    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote
12    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
13    sunset provision, the proposition for public facilities
14    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
15        "To pay for public facilities purposes, shall (name of
16    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
17    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to
18    exceed (insert number of years)?"
19        As additional information on the ballot below the
20    question shall appear the following:
21        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
22    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
23    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
24    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
25    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
26    vote of the county board."

 

 

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1        For purposes of this Section, "public facilities
2    purposes" means the acquisition, development,
3    construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
4    financing, architectural planning, and installation of
5    capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures,
6    and durable equipment and for the acquisition and
7    improvement of real property and interest in real property
8    required, or expected to be required, in connection with
9    the public facilities, for use by the county for the
10    furnishing of governmental services to its citizens,
11    including but not limited to museums and nursing homes.
12        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
13    If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition
14vote in favor of it, the county may impose the tax. A county
15may not submit more than one proposition authorized by this
16Section to the electors at any one time.
17    This additional tax may not be imposed on the sales of food
18for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
19where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks,
20and food which has been prepared for immediate consumption) and
21prescription and non-prescription medicines, drugs, medical
22appliances and insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and
23needles used by diabetics. The tax imposed by a county under
24this Section and all civil penalties that may be assessed as an
25incident of the tax shall be collected and enforced by the
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1fund created for that purpose. The certificate of registration
2that is issued by the Department to a retailer under the
3Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall permit the retailer to
4engage in a business that is taxable without registering
5separately with the Department under an ordinance or resolution
6under this Section. The Department has full power to administer
7and enforce this Section, to collect all taxes and penalties
8due under this Section, to dispose of taxes and penalties so
9collected in the manner provided in this Section, and to
10determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of
11the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty under this Section.
12In the administration of and compliance with this Section, the
13Department and persons who are subject to this Section shall
14(i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities,
15powers, and duties, (ii) be subject to the same conditions,
16restrictions, limitations, penalties, and definitions of
17terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of procedure as are
18prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 1k, 1m,
191n, 2 through 2-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in
20those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 2a, 2b, 2c, 3
21(except provisions relating to transaction returns and quarter
22monthly payments), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i,
235j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of
24the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
25Uniform Penalty and Interest Act as if those provisions were
26set forth in this Section.

 

 

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1    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
2granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
3sellers' tax liability by separately stating the tax as an
4additional charge, which charge may be stated in combination,
5in a single amount, with State tax which sellers are required
6to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such bracketed
7schedules as the Department may prescribe.
8    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
9made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
10credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
11Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
12amount specified and to the person named in the notification
13from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
14Treasurer out of the County Public Safety or Transportation
15Retailers' Occupation Tax Fund.
16    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), a
17service occupation tax shall also be imposed at the same rate
18upon all persons engaged, in the county, in the business of
19making sales of service, who, as an incident to making those
20sales of service, transfer tangible personal property within
21the county as an incident to a sale of service. This tax may
22not be imposed on sales of food for human consumption that is
23to be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than
24alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food prepared for
25immediate consumption) and prescription and non-prescription
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1testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics. The
2tax imposed under this subsection and all civil penalties that
3may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be collected and
4enforced by the Department of Revenue. The Department has full
5power to administer and enforce this subsection; to collect all
6taxes and penalties due hereunder; to dispose of taxes and
7penalties so collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and
8to determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account
9of the erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the
10administration of, and compliance with this subsection, the
11Department and persons who are subject to this paragraph shall
12(i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities,
13powers, and duties, (ii) be subject to the same conditions,
14restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions,
15and definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
16procedure as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except that the
17reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a
18place of business in this State shall mean the county), 2a, 2b,
192c, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions therein other
20than the State rate of tax), 4 (except that the reference to
21the State shall be to the county), 5, 7, 8 (except that the
22jurisdiction to which the tax shall be a debt to the extent
23indicated in that Section 8 shall be the county), 9 (except as
24to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 10, 11,
2512 (except the reference therein to Section 2b of the
26Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any reference

 

 

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1to the State shall mean the county), Section 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
2and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
3Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those
4provisions were set forth herein.
5    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
6granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
7serviceman's tax liability by separately stating the tax as an
8additional charge, which charge may be stated in combination,
9in a single amount, with State tax that servicemen are
10authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, in
11accordance with such bracket schedules as the Department may
12prescribe.
13    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
14made under this subsection to a claimant instead of issuing a
15credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
16Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
17amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
18from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
19Treasurer out of the County Public Safety or Transportation
20Retailers' Occupation Fund.
21    Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize
22the county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
23any business which under the Constitution of the United States
24may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
25    (c) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
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1collected under this Section to be deposited into the County
2Public Safety or Transportation Retailers' Occupation Tax
3Fund, which shall be an unappropriated trust fund held outside
4of the State treasury.
5    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
6beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
7of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
8Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
9local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
10Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
11during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
12STAR bond district.
13    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
14on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
15Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
16disbursement of stated sums of money to the counties from which
17retailers have paid taxes or penalties to the Department during
18the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to
19each county, and deposited by the county into its special fund
20created for the purposes of this Section, shall be the amount
21(not including credit memoranda) collected under this Section
22during the second preceding calendar month by the Department
23plus an amount the Department determines is necessary to offset
24any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different taxing
25body, and not including (i) an amount equal to the amount of
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1Department on behalf of the county, (ii) any amount that the
2Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that
3were payable to a different taxing body but were erroneously
4paid to the county, and (iii) any amounts that are transferred
5to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund. Within 10 days after receipt by
6the Comptroller of the disbursement certification to the
7counties provided for in this Section to be given to the
8Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller shall cause the
9orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in accordance
10with directions contained in the certification.
11    In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
12paragraph, an allocation shall be made in March of each year to
13each county that received more than $500,000 in disbursements
14under the preceding paragraph in the preceding calendar year.
15The allocation shall be in an amount equal to the average
16monthly distribution made to each such county under the
17preceding paragraph during the preceding calendar year
18(excluding the 2 months of highest receipts). The distribution
19made in March of each year subsequent to the year in which an
20allocation was made pursuant to this paragraph and the
21preceding paragraph shall be reduced by the amount allocated
22and disbursed under this paragraph in the preceding calendar
23year. The Department shall prepare and certify to the
24Comptroller for disbursement the allocations made in
25accordance with this paragraph.
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1the taxes and penalties collected under the Special County
2Retailers' Occupation Tax For Public Safety or Transportation
3be deposited into the Transportation Development Partnership
4Trust Fund.
5    (d) For the purpose of determining the local governmental
6unit whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of
7coal or another mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail
8at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois
9is extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to
10coal or another mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
11seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the
12sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale
13in interstate or foreign commerce.
14    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize
15a county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in any
16business that under the Constitution of the United States may
17not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
18    (e-5) If a county imposes a tax under this Section, the
19county board may, by ordinance, discontinue or lower the rate
20of the tax. If the county board lowers the tax rate or
21discontinues the tax, a referendum must be held in accordance
22with subsection (a) of this Section in order to increase the
23rate of the tax or to reimpose the discontinued tax.
24    (f) Beginning April 1, 1998 and through December 31, 2013 ,
25the results of any election authorizing a proposition to impose
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1tax, or any ordinance lowering the rate or discontinuing the
2tax, shall be certified by the county clerk and filed with the
3Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the
4first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
5administer and enforce the tax as of the first day of July next
6following the filing; or (ii) on or before the first day of
7October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer
8and enforce the tax as of the first day of January next
9following the filing.
10    Beginning January 1, 2014, the results of any election
11authorizing a proposition to impose a tax under this Section or
12effecting an increase in the rate of tax, along with the
13ordinance adopted to impose the tax or increase the rate of the
14tax, or any ordinance adopted to lower the rate or discontinue
15the tax, shall be certified by the county clerk and filed with
16the Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the
17first day of May, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
18administer and enforce the tax as of the first day of July next
19following the adoption and filing; or (ii) on or before the
20first day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
21administer and enforce the tax as of the first day of January
22next following the adoption and filing.
23    (g) When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to
24a county under this Section, the Department shall increase or
25decrease the amounts by an amount necessary to offset any
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1shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6
2months from the time a miscalculation is discovered.
3    (h) This Section may be cited as the "Special County
4Occupation Tax For Public Safety, Public Facilities, or
5Transportation Law".
6    (i) For purposes of this Section, "public safety" includes,
7but is not limited to, crime prevention, detention, fire
8fighting, police, medical, ambulance, or other emergency
9services. The county may share tax proceeds received under this
10Section for public safety purposes, including proceeds
11received before August 4, 2009 (the effective date of Public
12Act 96-124), with any fire protection district located in the
13county. For the purposes of this Section, "transportation"
14includes, but is not limited to, the construction, maintenance,
15operation, and improvement of public highways, any other
16purpose for which a county may expend funds under the Illinois
17Highway Code, and passenger rail transportation. For the
18purposes of this Section, "public facilities purposes"
19includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition, development,
20construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
21financing, architectural planning, and installation of capital
22facilities consisting of buildings, structures, and durable
23equipment and for the acquisition and improvement of real
24property and interest in real property required, or expected to
25be required, in connection with the public facilities, for use
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1its citizens, including but not limited to museums and nursing
2homes.
3    (j) The Department may promulgate rules to implement Public
4Act 95-1002 only to the extent necessary to apply the existing
5rules for the Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax for
6Public Safety to this new purpose for public facilities.
7(Source: P.A. 96-124, eff. 8-4-09; 96-622, eff. 8-24-09;
896-845, eff. 7-1-12; 96-939, eff. 6-24-10; 96-1000, eff.
97-2-10.)
 
10    (55 ILCS 5/5-1006.7)
11    Sec. 5-1006.7. School facility occupation taxes.
12    (a) In any county, a tax shall be imposed upon all persons
13engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property,
14other than personal property titled or registered with an
15agency of this State's government, at retail in the county on
16the gross receipts from the sales made in the course of
17business to provide revenue to be used exclusively for school
18facility purposes if a proposition for the tax has been
19submitted to the electors of that county and approved by a
20majority of those voting on the question as provided in
21subsection (c). The tax under this Section shall be imposed
22only in one-quarter percent increments and may not exceed 1%.
23    This additional tax may not be imposed on the sale of food
24for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
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1and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption) and
2prescription and non-prescription medicines, drugs, medical
3appliances and insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and
4needles used by diabetics. The Department of Revenue has full
5power to administer and enforce this subsection, to collect all
6taxes and penalties due under this subsection, to dispose of
7taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided in this
8subsection, and to determine all rights to credit memoranda
9arising on account of the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty
10under this subsection. The Department shall deposit all taxes
11and penalties collected under this subsection into a special
12fund created for that purpose.
13    In the administration of and compliance with this
14subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
15subsection (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
16immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) are subject to the same
17conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
18definitions of terms, and (iii) shall employ the same modes of
19procedure as are set forth in Sections 1 through 1o, 2 through
202-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in those Sections
21other than the State rate of tax), 2a through 2h, 3 (except as
22to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a,
235b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8,
249, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act
25and all provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act as
26if those provisions were set forth in this subsection.

 

 

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1    The certificate of registration that is issued by the
2Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
3Act permits the retailer to engage in a business that is
4taxable without registering separately with the Department
5under an ordinance or resolution under this subsection.
6    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
7granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
8seller's tax liability by separately stating that tax as an
9additional charge, which may be stated in combination, in a
10single amount, with State tax that sellers are required to
11collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to any bracketed
12schedules set forth by the Department.
13    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), then a
14service occupation tax must also be imposed at the same rate
15upon all persons engaged, in the county, in the business of
16making sales of service, who, as an incident to making those
17sales of service, transfer tangible personal property within
18the county as an incident to a sale of service.
19    This tax may not be imposed on sales of food for human
20consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is
21sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food
22prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and
23non-prescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances and
24insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used by
25diabetics.
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1penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
2collected and enforced by the Department and deposited into a
3special fund created for that purpose. The Department has full
4power to administer and enforce this subsection, to collect all
5taxes and penalties due under this subsection, to dispose of
6taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided in this
7subsection, and to determine all rights to credit memoranda
8arising on account of the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty
9under this subsection.
10    In the administration of and compliance with this
11subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
12subsection shall (i) have the same rights, remedies,
13privileges, immunities, powers and duties, (ii) be subject to
14the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and
15definition of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
16procedure as are set forth in Sections 2 (except that that
17reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a
18place of business in this State means the county), 2a through
192d, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions contained in
20those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 4 (except
21that the reference to the State shall be to the county), 5, 7,
228 (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax is a debt to
23the extent indicated in that Section 8 is the county), 9
24(except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties
25collected), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section
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1reference to the State means the county), Section 15, 16, 17,
218, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and all
3provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as
4if those provisions were set forth herein.
5    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
6granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
7serviceman's tax liability by separately stating the tax as an
8additional charge, which may be stated in combination, in a
9single amount, with State tax that servicemen are authorized to
10collect under the Service Use Tax Act, pursuant to any
11bracketed schedules set forth by the Department.
12    (c) The tax under this Section may not be imposed until the
13question of imposing the tax has been submitted to the electors
14of the county at a regular election and approved by a majority
15of the electors voting on the question. For all regular
16elections held prior to the effective date of this amendatory
17Act of the 97th General Assembly, upon a resolution by the
18county board or a resolution by school district boards that
19represent at least 51% of the student enrollment within the
20county, the county board must certify the question to the
21proper election authority in accordance with the Election Code.
22    For all regular elections held prior to the effective date
23of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
24election authority must submit the question in substantially
25the following form:
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1    retailers' occupation tax and a service occupation tax
2    (commonly referred to as a "sales tax") at a rate of
3    (insert rate) to be used exclusively for school facility
4    purposes?
5The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
6    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
7in the affirmative, then the county may, thereafter, impose the
8tax.
9    For all regular elections held on or after the effective
10date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
11regional superintendent of schools for the county must, upon
12receipt of a resolution or resolutions of school district
13boards that represent more than 50% of the student enrollment
14within the county, certify the question to the proper election
15authority for submission to the electors of the county at the
16next regular election at which the question lawfully may be
17submitted to the electors, all in accordance with the Election
18Code.
19    For all regular elections held on or after the effective
20date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, the
21election authority must submit the question in substantially
22the following form:
23        Shall a retailers' occupation tax and a service
24    occupation tax (commonly referred to as a "sales tax") be
25    imposed in (name of county) at a rate of (insert rate) to
26    be used exclusively for school facility purposes?

 

 

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1The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
2    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
3in the affirmative, then the tax shall be imposed at the rate
4set forth in the question.
5    For the purposes of this subsection (c), "enrollment" means
6the head count of the students residing in the county on the
7last school day of September of each year, which must be
8reported on the Illinois State Board of Education Public School
9Fall Enrollment/Housing Report.
10    (d) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
11Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
12collected under this Section to be deposited into the School
13Facility Occupation Tax Fund, which shall be an unappropriated
14trust fund held outside the State treasury.
15    On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
16Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
17disbursement of stated sums of money to the regional
18superintendents of schools in counties from which retailers or
19servicemen have paid taxes or penalties to the Department
20during the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be
21paid to each regional superintendent of schools and disbursed
22to him or her in accordance with Section 3-14.31 of the School
23Code, is equal to the amount (not including credit memoranda)
24collected from the county under this Section during the second
25preceding calendar month by the Department, (i) less 2% of that
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1Administration Fund and shall be used by the Department,
2subject to appropriation, to cover the costs of the Department
3in administering and enforcing the provisions of this Section,
4on behalf of the county, (ii) plus an amount that the
5Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that
6were erroneously paid to a different taxing body; (iii) less an
7amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second
8preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of the
9county; and (iv) less any amount that the Department determines
10is necessary to offset any amounts that were payable to a
11different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the county.
12When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to a
13regional superintendent of schools under this Section, the
14Department shall increase or decrease the amounts by an amount
15necessary to offset any miscalculation of previous
16disbursements within the previous 6 months from the time a
17miscalculation is discovered.
18    Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller from the
19Department of the disbursement certification to the regional
20superintendents of the schools provided for in this Section,
21the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the
22respective amounts in accordance with directions contained in
23the certification.
24    If the Department determines that a refund should be made
25under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit
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1who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified
2and to the person named in the notification from the
3Department. The refund shall be paid by the Treasurer out of
4the School Facility Occupation Tax Fund.
5    (e) For the purposes of determining the local governmental
6unit whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of
7coal or another mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail
8at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois
9is extracted from the earth. This subsection does not apply to
10coal or another mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
11seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the
12sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale
13in interstate or foreign commerce.
14    (f) Nothing in this Section may be construed to authorize a
15tax to be imposed upon the privilege of engaging in any
16business that under the Constitution of the United States may
17not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
18    (g) If a county board imposes a tax under this Section
19pursuant to a referendum held before the effective date of this
20amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly at a rate below the
21rate set forth in the question approved by a majority of
22electors of that county voting on the question as provided in
23subsection (c), then the county board may, by ordinance,
24increase the rate of the tax up to the rate set forth in the
25question approved by a majority of electors of that county
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1county board imposes a tax under this Section pursuant to a
2referendum held before the effective date of this amendatory
3Act of the 97th General Assembly, then the board may, by
4ordinance, discontinue or reduce the rate of the tax. If a tax
5is imposed under this Section pursuant to a referendum held on
6or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
7General Assembly, then the county board may reduce or
8discontinue the tax, but only in accordance with subsection
9(h-5) of this Section. If, however, a school board issues bonds
10that are secured by the proceeds of the tax under this Section,
11then the county board may not reduce the tax rate or
12discontinue the tax if that rate reduction or discontinuance
13would adversely affect the school board's ability to pay the
14principal and interest on those bonds as they become due or
15necessitate the extension of additional property taxes to pay
16the principal and interest on those bonds. If the county board
17reduces the tax rate or discontinues the tax, then a referendum
18must be held in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section
19in order to increase the rate of the tax or to reimpose the
20discontinued tax.
21    Until January 1, 2014, the The results of any election that
22imposes, reduces, or discontinues a tax under this Section must
23be certified by the election authority, and any ordinance that
24increases or lowers the rate or discontinues the tax must be
25certified by the county clerk and, in each case, filed with the
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1first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
2administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the
3first day of July next following the filing; or (ii) on or
4before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall
5proceed to administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate
6as of the first day of January next following the filing.
7    Beginning January 1, 2014, the results of any election that
8imposes, reduces, or discontinues a tax under this Section must
9be certified by the election authority, and any ordinance that
10increases or lowers the rate or discontinues the tax must be
11certified by the county clerk and, in each case, filed with the
12Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the
13first day of May, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
14administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the
15first day of July next following the filing; or (ii) on or
16before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall
17proceed to administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate
18as of the first day of January next following the filing.
19    (h) For purposes of this Section, "school facility
20purposes" means (i) the acquisition, development,
21construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
22financing, architectural planning, and installation of capital
23facilities consisting of buildings, structures, and durable
24equipment and for the acquisition and improvement of real
25property and interest in real property required, or expected to
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1the payment of bonds or other obligations heretofore or
2hereafter issued, including bonds or other obligations
3heretofore or hereafter issued to refund or to continue to
4refund bonds or other obligations issued, for school facility
5purposes, provided that the taxes levied to pay those bonds are
6abated by the amount of the taxes imposed under this Section
7that are used to pay those bonds. "School-facility purposes"
8also includes fire prevention, safety, energy conservation,
9disabled accessibility, school security, and specified repair
10purposes set forth under Section 17-2.11 of the School Code.
11    (h-5) A county board in a county where a tax has been
12imposed under this Section pursuant to a referendum held on or
13after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
14General Assembly may, by ordinance or resolution, submit to the
15voters of the county the question of reducing or discontinuing
16the tax. In the ordinance or resolution, the county board shall
17certify the question to the proper election authority in
18accordance with the Election Code. The election authority must
19submit the question in substantially the following form:
20        Shall the school facility retailers' occupation tax
21    and service occupation tax (commonly referred to as the
22    "school facility sales tax") currently imposed in (name of
23    county) at a rate of (insert rate) be (reduced to (insert
24    rate))(discontinued)?
25If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in
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1(g) of this Section, the tax shall be reduced or discontinued
2as set forth in the question.
3    (i) This Section does not apply to Cook County.
4    (j) This Section may be cited as the County School Facility
5Occupation Tax Law.
6(Source: P.A. 97-542, eff. 8-23-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/5-1035 rep.)
8    Section 40. The Counties Code is amended by repealing
9Section 5-1035.
 
10    Section 45. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
11changing Section 8-11-1.1 as follows:
 
12    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-1.1)
13    Sec. 8-11-1.1. Non-home rule municipalities; imposition of
14taxes.
15    (a) The corporate authorities of a non-home rule
16municipality may, upon approval of the electors of the
17municipality pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section, impose
18by ordinance or resolution the tax authorized in Sections
198-11-1.3, 8-11-1.4 and 8-11-1.5 of this Act.
20    (b) The corporate authorities of the municipality may by
21ordinance or resolution call for the submission to the electors
22of the municipality the question of whether the municipality
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1municipal clerk to the election authority in accordance with
2Section 28-5 of the Election Code and shall be in a form in
3accordance with Section 16-7 of the Election Code.
4    Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if
5the proceeds of the tax may be used for municipal operations
6pursuant to Section 8-11-1.3, 8-11-1.4, or 8-11-1.5, then the
7election authority must submit the question in substantially
8the following form:
9        Shall the corporate authorities of the municipality be
10    authorized to levy a tax at a rate of (rate)% for
11    expenditures on municipal operations, expenditures on
12    public infrastructure, or property tax relief?
13    If a majority of the electors in the municipality voting
14upon the question vote in the affirmative, such tax shall be
15imposed.
16    Until January 1, 1992 An ordinance or resolution imposing
17the tax of not more than 1% hereunder or discontinuing the same
18shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof, together with a
19certification that the ordinance or resolution received
20referendum approval in the case of the imposition of such tax,
21filed with the Department of Revenue, on or before the first
22day of June, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
23administer and enforce the additional tax or to discontinue the
24tax, as the case may be, as of the first day of September next
25following such adoption and filing.
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1ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing the tax
2hereunder shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed
3with the Department on or before the first day of July,
4whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
5enforce this Section as of the first day of October next
6following such adoption and filing.
7    Beginning January 1, 1993, and through September 30, 2002,
8an ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing the tax
9hereunder shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed
10with the Department on or before the first day of October,
11whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
12enforce this Section as of the first day of January next
13following such adoption and filing.
14    Beginning October 1, 2002, and through December 31, 2013,
15an ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing the tax
16under this Section or effecting a change in the rate of tax
17must either (i) be adopted and a certified copy of the
18ordinance or resolution filed with the Department on or before
19the first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed
20to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of
21July next following the adoption and filing; or (ii) be adopted
22and a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution filed with
23the Department on or before the first day of October, whereupon
24the Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this
25Section as of the first day of January next following the
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1    Beginning January 1, 2014, if an ordinance or resolution
2imposing the tax under this Section, discontinuing the tax
3under this Section, or effecting a change in the rate of tax
4under this Section is adopted, a certified copy thereof,
5together with a certification that the ordinance or resolution
6received referendum approval in the case of the imposition of
7or increase in the rate of such tax, shall be filed with the
8Department of Revenue, either (i) on or before the first day of
9May, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
10enforce this Section as of the first day of July next following
11the adoption and filing; or (ii) on or before the first day of
12October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer
13and enforce this Section as of the first day of January next
14following the adoption and filing.
15    Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the
16contrary, if, in a non-home rule municipality with more than
17150,000 but fewer than 200,000 inhabitants, as determined by
18the last preceding federal decennial census, an ordinance or
19resolution under this Section imposes or discontinues a tax or
20changes the tax rate as of July 1, 2007, then that ordinance or
21resolution, together with a certification that the ordinance or
22resolution received referendum approval in the case of the
23imposition of the tax, must be adopted and a certified copy of
24that ordinance or resolution must be filed with the Department
25on or before May 15, 2007, whereupon the Department shall
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12007.
2    Notwithstanding any provision in this Section to the
3contrary, if, in a non-home rule municipality with more than
46,500 but fewer than 7,000 inhabitants, as determined by the
5last preceding federal decennial census, an ordinance or
6resolution under this Section imposes or discontinues a tax or
7changes the tax rate on or before May 20, 2009, then that
8ordinance or resolution, together with a certification that the
9ordinance or resolution received referendum approval in the
10case of the imposition of the tax, must be adopted and a
11certified copy of that ordinance or resolution must be filed
12with the Department on or before May 20, 2009, whereupon the
13Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section
14as of July 1, 2009.
15    A non-home rule municipality may file a certified copy of
16an ordinance or resolution, with a certification that the
17ordinance or resolution received referendum approval in the
18case of the imposition of the tax, with the Department of
19Revenue, as required under this Section, only after October 2,
202000.
21    The tax authorized by this Section may not be more than 1%
22and may be imposed only in 1/4% increments.
23(Source: P.A. 95-8, eff. 6-29-07; 96-10, eff. 5-20-09; 96-1057,
24eff. 7-14-10.)
 
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1    Section 50. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
2repealing Section 8-11-9.
 
3    Section 55. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by
4changing Section 55.8 as follows:
 
5    (415 ILCS 5/55.8)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1055.8)
6    Sec. 55.8. Tire retailers.
7    (a) Any person selling new or used tires at retail or
8offering new or used tires for retail sale in this State shall:
9        (1) beginning on June 20, 2003 (the effective date of
10    Public Act 93-32), collect from retail customers a fee of
11    $2 per new or used tire sold and delivered in this State,
12    to be paid to the Department of Revenue and deposited into
13    the Used Tire Management Fund, less a collection allowance
14    of 10 cents per tire to be retained by the retail seller
15    and a collection allowance of 10 cents per tire to be
16    retained by the Department of Revenue and paid into the
17    General Revenue Fund; the collection allowance for retail
18    sellers, however, shall be allowed only if the return is
19    filed timely and only for the amount that is paid timely in
20    accordance with this Title XIV;
21        (1.5) beginning on July 1, 2003, collect from retail
22    customers an additional 50 cents per new or used tire sold
23    and delivered in this State; the money collected from this
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1    Fund;
2        (2) accept for recycling used tires from customers, at
3    the point of transfer, in a quantity equal to the number of
4    new tires purchased; and
5        (3) post in a conspicuous place a written notice at
6    least 8.5 by 11 inches in size that includes the universal
7    recycling symbol and the following statements: "DO NOT put
8    used tires in the trash."; "Recycle your used tires."; and
9    "State law requires us to accept used tires for recycling,
10    in exchange for new tires purchased.".
11    (b) A person who accepts used tires for recycling under
12subsection (a) shall not allow the tires to accumulate for
13periods of more than 90 days.
14    (c) The requirements of subsection (a) of this Section do
15not apply to mail order sales nor shall the retail sale of a
16motor vehicle be considered to be the sale of tires at retail
17or offering of tires for retail sale. Instead of filing
18returns, retailers of tires may remit the tire user fee of
19$1.00 per tire to their suppliers of tires if the supplier of
20tires is a registered retailer of tires and agrees or otherwise
21arranges to collect and remit the tire fee to the Department of
22Revenue, notwithstanding the fact that the sale of the tire is
23a sale for resale and not a sale at retail. A tire supplier who
24enters into such an arrangement with a tire retailer shall be
25liable for the tax on all tires sold to the tire retailer and
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1separately reflects the tire tax collected from the retailer on
2each transaction and (ii) accept used tires for recycling from
3the retailer's customers. The tire supplier shall be entitled
4to the collection allowance of 10 cents per tire, but only if
5the return is filed timely and only for the amount that is paid
6timely in accordance with this Title XIV.
7    The retailer of the tires must maintain in its books and
8records evidence that the appropriate fee was paid to the tire
9supplier and that the tire supplier has agreed to remit the fee
10to the Department of Revenue for each tire sold by the
11retailer. Otherwise, the tire retailer shall be directly liable
12for the fee on all tires sold at retail. Tire retailers paying
13the fee to their suppliers are not entitled to the collection
14allowance of 10 cents per tire.
15    (d) The requirements of subsection (a) of this Section
16shall apply exclusively to tires to be used for vehicles
17defined in Section 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, aircraft
18tires, special mobile equipment, and implements of husbandry.
19    (e) The requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) do
20not apply to the sale of reprocessed tires. For purposes of
21this Section, "reprocessed tire" means a used tire that has
22been recapped, retreaded, or regrooved and that has not been
23placed on a vehicle wheel rim.
24(Source: P.A. 95-49, eff. 8-10-07; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07;
2595-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-520, eff. 8-14-09.)
 
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12013.