Full Text of SB1900 97th General Assembly
SB1900 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB1900 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that qualified taxpayers that undertake one or more eligible projects related to the remodeling, rehabilitation, modernization, or remediation of certain contaminated property may apply with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to obtain a tax credit against their income tax liability. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning revenue.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 221 as follows: | 6 | | (35 ILCS 5/221 new) | 7 | | Sec. 221. Brownfield remediation tax credit. | 8 | | (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | 9 | | 2012, qualified taxpayers that undertake one or more eligible | 10 | | projects during the taxable year may apply with the Department | 11 | | to obtain a tax credit against the tax imposed under | 12 | | subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act. The credit | 13 | | may not exceed 100% of the eligible project costs incurred by | 14 | | the taxpayer during the taxable year. The taxpayer shall be | 15 | | eligible to claim 75% of the amount of the credit awarded | 16 | | beginning in the taxable year in which the application is | 17 | | approved. The taxpayer may claim the remaining 25% of the | 18 | | credits awarded upon receipt of a "No Further Remediation" | 19 | | determination from the Illinois Environmental Protection | 20 | | Agency. The Department shall distribute the tax credits | 21 | | equitably throughout all geographic regions of the State. The | 22 | | taxpayer may sell, transfer, or assign credits awarded under | 23 | | this Section. |
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| 1 | | (b) The tax credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability | 2 | | to less than
zero. If the amount of the tax credit exceeds the | 3 | | tax liability for the year,
the excess may be carried forward | 4 | | and applied to the tax liability of the 5
taxable years | 5 | | following the excess credit year. The credit must be applied to
| 6 | | the earliest year for which there is a tax liability. If there | 7 | | are credits
from more than one tax year that are available to | 8 | | offset a liability, then the
earlier credit must be applied | 9 | | first. | 10 | | (c) For the purposes of this Section: | 11 | | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and | 12 | | Economic Opportunity; | 13 | | "Eligible project" means the remodeling, | 14 | | rehabilitation, modernization, or remediation of abandoned | 15 | | or underutilized property located in the State that is | 16 | | contaminated with hazardous substances, petroleum | 17 | | products, or lead-based paint, or a combination of those | 18 | | factors, at the time the property is purchased by the | 19 | | taxpayer. The project site must be enrolled in the Illinois | 20 | | Environmental Protection Agency's Site Remediation | 21 | | Program, and the project must be approved by the | 22 | | municipality and the county in which the site is located. | 23 | | The taxpayer must demonstrate that the project will create | 24 | | at least 10 new jobs, retain 25 jobs, or a combination | 25 | | thereof. | 26 | | "Eligible project costs" include, but are not limited |
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| 1 | | to, costs associated with site assessment and | 2 | | investigation; soil, groundwater, and surface water | 3 | | remediation; asbestos and lead-based paint surveys and | 4 | | abatement; documentation and reporting necessary to meet | 5 | | environmental regulations and obtain closure documentation | 6 | | from the State. | 7 | | "Qualified taxpayer" means a taxpayer that meets all of | 8 | | the following criteria: | 9 | | (1) the taxpayer is the owner of the site on which | 10 | | the eligible project will occur; | 11 | | (2) the taxpayer must be current on all taxes | 12 | | imposed by the State at the time of the application and | 13 | | must have no criminal record; and | 14 | | (3) the taxpayer must not be the party responsible | 15 | | for the contamination. | 16 | | (d) This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section | 17 | | 250.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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