Full Text of HR0567 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The taxpayers of the State of Illinois are | 3 | | currently facing a tremendous financial hardship due
to the | 4 | | ever-increasing tax burden that is being placed upon them; | 5 | | homeowners and business owners are
fleeing this State in order | 6 | | to escape the dismal economic climate; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Illinois has the second-highest property taxes in | 8 | | the country, and adding to this, the General
Assembly recently | 9 | | approved a 32% increase in the income tax rate, in addition to | 10 | | adding a back-door
sales tax increase to E10 gasoline, which | 11 | | will have a negative impact on families across this State; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In addition to the State creating a difficult | 13 | | financial situation for taxpayers, certain local
units of | 14 | | government are exacerbating the problem; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a | 16 | | sweetened-beverage tax on November 10,
2016 (Ordinance Number | 17 | | 16-5931) that, beginning July 1, 2017, would impose a | 18 | | sweetened-beverage
tax at the rate of one cent per ounce on | 19 | | sweetened-beverages, including soda, fountain drinks, certain
| 20 | | sweetened juices, ready-to-drink sweetened coffee drinks, and | 21 | | sports and energy drinks, purchased in
Cook County; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The tax is unnecessary and injurious to Illinois | 2 | | families that are already facing difficult
economic times; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, This tax negatively impacts the State's economy by | 4 | | directly hurting the
Illinois beverage industry; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The sweetened-beverage tax has been the subject of | 6 | | much public criticism and legal challenge; businesses have | 7 | | challenged the legality of the law (both under the uniformity | 8 | | clause of the Illinois Constitution and
its overly vague | 9 | | construction); while the legal challenge brought forth delayed | 10 | | the implementation of the
tax, the ordinance went into effect | 11 | | on August 2, 2017; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | strongly oppose the imposition of the sweetened-beverage tax | 15 | | and urge the Cook County Board of Commissioners to immediately | 16 | | repeal the sweetened-beverage tax for its negative effect on | 17 | | the already over-taxed residents of Cook County.
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