Full Text of HB4557 96th General Assembly
HB4557 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4557
Introduced 5/14/2009, by Rep. Sara Feigenholtz - Dave Winters - Kathleen A. Ryg - Naomi D. Jakobsson - Deborah Mell, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Raises the rates for taxes imposed upon the privilege of engaging in business as a
manufacturer or as an importing distributor of alcoholic liquor other than beer. Raises the tax rate imposed upon the privilege of engaging in business as a
manufacturer or as an importing distributor of beer. Provides that of the tax revenue received from the tax rate increases of the amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, minus the costs of administering the tax rate increases, 55% shall be deposited into the Community Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Rescue Fund, 36% shall be deposited into the Community Mental Health Rescue Fund, and the remainder shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Creates the Community Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Rescue Fund and the Community Mental Health Rescue Fund as special funds in the State Treasury. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Community Mental Health Rescue Fund may only be expended for the purposes
of payment to community mental health providers for certain services. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Community Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Rescue Fund may only be expended for the purposes of payment to addiction prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery providers authorized in, and for services authorized by, the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse Dependency Act. Provides that moneys in either Fund may not be expended to pay for the costs of State employees, their benefits, or other operational costs of the State. Amends the State Finance Act to include the Community Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Rescue Fund and the Community Mental Health Rescue Fund. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning liquor.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 8-1 as follows:
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| (235 ILCS 5/8-1) (from Ch. 43, par. 158)
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| Sec. 8-1.
A tax is imposed upon the privilege of engaging | 8 |
| in business as a
manufacturer or as an importing distributor of | 9 |
| alcoholic liquor other than beer
at the rate of $0.719 $0.185 | 10 |
| per gallon for cider containing not less than
0.5% alcohol by | 11 |
| volume nor more than 7% alcohol by volume, $2.01 $0.73
per | 12 |
| gallon for wine other than
cider containing less than 7% | 13 |
| alcohol by volume, and $8.77 $4.50
per gallon on alcohol and | 14 |
| spirits manufactured and sold or used by such
manufacturer, or | 15 |
| as agent for any other person, or sold or used by such
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| importing distributor, or as agent for any other person. A tax | 17 |
| is imposed
upon the privilege of engaging in business as a | 18 |
| manufacturer of beer or as an
importing distributor of beer at | 19 |
| the rate of $0.719 $0.185 per gallon on
all beer manufactured | 20 |
| and sold or used by such manufacturer, or as agent for
any | 21 |
| other person, or sold or used by such importing distributor, or | 22 |
| as agent
for any other person. Any brewer manufacturing beer in | 23 |
| this State shall be
entitled to and given a credit or refund of |
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| 75% of the tax imposed on each
gallon of beer up to 4.9 million | 2 |
| gallons per year in any given calendar year
for tax paid or | 3 |
| payable on beer produced and sold in the State of Illinois.
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| For the purpose of this Section, "cider" means any | 5 |
| alcoholic beverage
obtained by the alcohol fermentation of the | 6 |
| juice of apples or pears
including, but not limited to, | 7 |
| flavored, sparkling, or carbonated cider.
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| The credit or refund created by this Act shall apply to all | 9 |
| beer taxes
in the calendar years 1982 through 1986.
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| The increases made by this amendatory Act of the 91st | 11 |
| General Assembly in
the rates of taxes imposed under this | 12 |
| Section shall apply beginning on July
1, 1999.
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| A tax at the rate of 1˘ per gallon on beer and 48˘ per | 14 |
| gallon on
alcohol and spirits is also imposed upon the | 15 |
| privilege of engaging in
business as a retailer or as a | 16 |
| distributor who is not also an importing
distributor with | 17 |
| respect to all beer and all alcohol and spirits owned
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| possessed by such retailer or distributor when this amendatory | 19 |
| Act of
1969 becomes effective, and with respect to which the | 20 |
| additional tax
imposed by this amendatory Act upon | 21 |
| manufacturers and importing
distributors does not apply. | 22 |
| Retailers and distributors who are subject
to the additional | 23 |
| tax imposed by this paragraph of this Section shall be
required | 24 |
| to inventory such alcoholic liquor and to pay this additional
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| tax in a manner prescribed by the Department.
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| The provisions of this Section shall be construed to apply |
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| to any
importing distributor engaging in business in this | 2 |
| State, whether
licensed or not.
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| However, such tax is not imposed upon any such business as | 4 |
| to any
alcoholic liquor shipped outside Illinois by an Illinois | 5 |
| licensed
manufacturer or importing distributor, nor as to any | 6 |
| alcoholic liquor
delivered in Illinois by an Illinois licensed | 7 |
| manufacturer or importing
distributor to a purchaser for | 8 |
| immediate transportation by the purchaser
to another state into | 9 |
| which the purchaser has a legal right, under the
laws of such | 10 |
| state, to import such alcoholic liquor, nor as to any
alcoholic | 11 |
| liquor other than beer sold by one Illinois licensed
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| manufacturer or importing distributor to another Illinois | 13 |
| licensed
manufacturer or importing distributor to the extent to | 14 |
| which the sale of
alcoholic liquor other than beer by one | 15 |
| Illinois licensed manufacturer
or importing distributor to | 16 |
| another Illinois licensed manufacturer or
importing | 17 |
| distributor is authorized by the licensing provisions of this
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| Act, nor to alcoholic liquor whether manufactured in or | 19 |
| imported into
this State when sold to a "non-beverage user" | 20 |
| licensed by the State for
use in the manufacture of any of the | 21 |
| following when they are unfit for
beverage purposes:
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| Patent and proprietary medicines and medicinal, | 23 |
| antiseptic, culinary
and toilet preparations;
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| Flavoring extracts and syrups and food products;
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| Scientific, industrial and chemical products, excepting | 26 |
| denatured
alcohol;
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| Or for scientific, chemical, experimental or mechanical | 2 |
| purposes;
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| Nor is the tax imposed upon the privilege of engaging in | 4 |
| any business
in interstate commerce or otherwise, which | 5 |
| business may not, under the
Constitution and Statutes of the | 6 |
| United States, be made the subject of
taxation by this State.
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| The tax herein imposed shall be in addition to all other | 8 |
| occupation
or privilege taxes imposed by the State of Illinois | 9 |
| or political
subdivision thereof.
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| If any alcoholic liquor manufactured in or imported into | 11 |
| this State
is sold to a licensed manufacturer or importing | 12 |
| distributor by a
licensed manufacturer or importing | 13 |
| distributor to be used solely as an
ingredient in the | 14 |
| manufacture of any beverage for human consumption, the
tax | 15 |
| imposed upon such purchasing manufacturer or importing | 16 |
| distributor
shall be reduced by the amount of the taxes which | 17 |
| have been paid by the
selling manufacturer or importing | 18 |
| distributor under this Act as to such
alcoholic liquor so used | 19 |
| to the Department of Revenue.
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| If any person received any alcoholic liquors from a | 21 |
| manufacturer or
importing distributor, with respect to which | 22 |
| alcoholic liquors no tax is
imposed under this Article, and | 23 |
| such alcoholic liquor shall thereafter
be disposed of in such | 24 |
| manner or under such circumstances as may cause
the same to | 25 |
| become the base for the tax imposed by this Article, such
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| person shall make the same reports and returns, pay the same |
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| taxes and
be subject to all other provisions of this Article | 2 |
| relating to
manufacturers and importing distributors.
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| Nothing in this Article shall be construed to require the | 4 |
| payment to
the Department of the taxes imposed by this Article | 5 |
| more than once with
respect to any quantity of alcoholic liquor | 6 |
| sold or used within this
State.
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| No tax is imposed by this Act on sales of alcoholic liquor | 8 |
| by
Illinois licensed foreign importers to Illinois licensed | 9 |
| importing
distributors.
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| Of the tax revenue received from the tax rate increases of | 11 |
| this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, minus the | 12 |
| costs of administering the tax rate increases, 55% shall be | 13 |
| deposited into the Community Addiction Prevention, Treatment, | 14 |
| and Recovery Rescue Fund, 36% shall be deposited into the | 15 |
| Community Mental Health Rescue Fund, and the remainder shall be | 16 |
| deposited into the General Revenue Fund. | 17 |
| The Community Mental Health Rescue Fund is created as a | 18 |
| special fund in the State Treasury. Subject to appropriation, | 19 |
| moneys in the Community Mental Health Rescue Fund may only be | 20 |
| expended for the purposes
of payment to community mental health | 21 |
| providers for services defined in Parts 131, 132, and 135 and | 22 |
| Section 103.65(a) of Title 59 of the Illinois Administrative | 23 |
| Code. Moneys in the Community Mental Health Rescue Fund may not | 24 |
| be expended to pay for the costs of State employees, their | 25 |
| benefits, or other operational costs of the State. | 26 |
| The Community Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and |
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| Recovery Rescue Fund is created as a special fund in the State | 2 |
| Treasury. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Community | 3 |
| Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Rescue Fund may | 4 |
| only be expended for the purposes of payment to addiction | 5 |
| prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery providers | 6 |
| authorized in, and for services authorized by, the Alcoholism | 7 |
| and Other Drug Abuse Dependency Act. Moneys in the Community | 8 |
| Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Rescue Fund may | 9 |
| not be expended to pay for the costs of State employees, their | 10 |
| benefits, or other operational costs of the State. | 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 90-625, eff. 7-10-98; 91-38, eff. 6-15-99.)
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| Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 13 |
| Section 5.719 and 5.720 as follows: | 14 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.719 new) | 15 |
| Sec. 5.719. Community Addiction Prevention, Treatment, and | 16 |
| Recovery Rescue Fund. | 17 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.720 new)
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| Sec. 5.720. Community Mental Health Rescue Fund.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 |
| becoming law.
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Statutes amended in order of appearance
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| 235 ILCS 5/8-1 |
from Ch. 43, par. 158 |
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| 30 ILCS 105/5.719 new |
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| 30 ILCS 105/5.720 new |
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