Full Text of SB1604 95th General Assembly
SB1604 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB1604
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Dan Cronin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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35 ILCS 105/3-3 new |
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35 ILCS 110/3-3 new |
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35 ILCS 115/3-3 new |
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35 ILCS 120/2-3 new |
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Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that,
beginning February 1, 2008 and through April 30, 2008, no tax is imposed
under those Acts upon the use or sale of certain energy-efficient products. Authorizes and encourages units of local government that impose use and occupation taxes to declare a similar tax holiday. Effective immediately.
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| AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 10. The Use Tax Act is amended by adding Section | 5 |
| 3-3 as follows: | 6 |
| (35 ILCS 105/3-3 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 3-3. Tax holiday; energy-efficient products.
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| (a) No tax is
imposed under this Act upon the privilege of | 9 |
| using, in this State, energy-efficient products for | 10 |
| residential use if those products are purchased during the | 11 |
| tax-holiday period, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on February 1, | 12 |
| 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2008. | 13 |
| For the purposes of this Section, "energy-efficient | 14 |
| products" means
products that are entitled to and carry the | 15 |
| Energy Star label under the Energy Star program administered by | 16 |
| the federal government,
such as windows, insulation, roof | 17 |
| products, residential lamps
and lights, transformers, heating | 18 |
| and cooling equipment, clothes washers,
dehumidifiers, | 19 |
| dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, room air
conditioners, | 20 |
| ceiling fans, programmable thermostats, ventilating
fans, and | 21 |
| compact fluorescent bulbs. | 22 |
| (b) Any discount, coupon, or
other credit offered either by | 23 |
| the retailer or by a vendor of the retailer to
reduce the final |
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| price to the customer shall be taken into account in
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| determining the selling price of the item for purposes of this | 3 |
| tax holiday. For purposes of this Section, a "purchase" occurs | 4 |
| during the tax holiday if the buyer places an order and pays | 5 |
| the purchase price by cash or credit during the tax holiday | 6 |
| period regardless of whether the delivery of the item occurs | 7 |
| after the tax holiday period.
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| (c) Each unit of local government that imposes a use tax | 9 |
| may, by resolution or ordinance, declare a tax holiday with | 10 |
| respect to its tax for the same items, during the same periods, | 11 |
| and under the same conditions and is encouraged to do so.
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| Section 15. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by adding | 13 |
| Section 3-3 as follows: | 14 |
| (35 ILCS 110/3-3 new) | 15 |
| Sec. 3-3. Tax holiday; energy-efficient products. | 16 |
| (a) No tax is
imposed under this Act upon the privilege of | 17 |
| using, in this State, energy-efficient products for | 18 |
| residential use if those products are acquired as an incident | 19 |
| of a service that is purchased from a serviceman during the | 20 |
| tax-holiday period, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on February 1, | 21 |
| 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2008.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "energy-efficient | 23 |
| products" means
products that are entitled to and carry the | 24 |
| Energy Star label under the Energy Star program administered by |
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| the federal government,
such as windows, insulation, roof | 2 |
| products, residential lamps
and lights, transformers, heating | 3 |
| and cooling equipment, clothes washers,
dehumidifiers, | 4 |
| dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, room air
conditioners, | 5 |
| ceiling fans, programmable thermostats, ventilating
fans, and | 6 |
| compact fluorescent bulbs. | 7 |
| (b) Any discount, coupon, or
other credit offered either by | 8 |
| the retailer or by a vendor of the retailer to
reduce the final | 9 |
| price to the customer shall be taken into account in
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| determining the selling price of the item for purposes of this | 11 |
| tax holiday. For purposes of this Section, a "purchase" occurs | 12 |
| during the tax holiday if the buyer places an order and pays | 13 |
| the purchase price by cash or credit during the tax holiday | 14 |
| period regardless of whether the delivery of the item occurs | 15 |
| after the tax holiday period.
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| (c) Each unit of local government that imposes a use tax | 17 |
| may, by resolution or ordinance, declare a tax holiday with | 18 |
| respect to its tax for the same items, during the same periods, | 19 |
| and under the same conditions and is encouraged to do so.
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| Section 20. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by | 21 |
| adding Section 3-3 as follows: | 22 |
| (35 ILCS 115/3-3 new) | 23 |
| Sec. 3-3. Tax holiday; energy-efficient products. | 24 |
| (a) No tax is
imposed under this Act upon the transfer of |
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| energy-efficient products for residential use if those | 2 |
| products are transferred as an incident of a service that is | 3 |
| purchased from a serviceman during the tax-holiday period, | 4 |
| which begins at 12:01 a.m. on February 1, 2008 and ends at | 5 |
| 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2008.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "energy-efficient | 7 |
| products" means
products that are entitled to and carry the | 8 |
| Energy Star label under the Energy Star program administered by | 9 |
| the federal government,
such as windows, insulation, roof | 10 |
| products, residential lamps
and lights, transformers, heating | 11 |
| and cooling equipment, clothes washers,
dehumidifiers, | 12 |
| dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, room air
conditioners, | 13 |
| ceiling fans, programmable thermostats, ventilating
fans, and | 14 |
| compact fluorescent bulbs. | 15 |
| (b) Any discount, coupon, or
other credit offered either by | 16 |
| the retailer or by a vendor of the retailer to
reduce the final | 17 |
| price to the customer shall be taken into account in
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| determining the selling price of the item for purposes of this | 19 |
| tax holiday. For purposes of this Section, a "purchase" occurs | 20 |
| during the tax holiday if the buyer places an order and pays | 21 |
| the purchase price by cash or credit during the tax holiday | 22 |
| period regardless of whether the delivery of the item occurs | 23 |
| after the tax holiday period.
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| (c) Each unit of local government that imposes a use tax | 25 |
| may, by resolution or ordinance, declare a tax holiday with | 26 |
| respect to its tax for the same items, during the same periods, |
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| and under the same conditions and is encouraged to do so.
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| Section 25. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by | 3 |
| adding Section 2-3 as follows: | 4 |
| (35 ILCS 120/2-3 new) | 5 |
| Sec. 2-3. Tax holiday; energy-efficient products. | 6 |
| (a) No tax is
imposed under this Act upon persons engaged | 7 |
| in the business of selling at
retail energy-efficient products | 8 |
| for residential use if those products are purchased during the | 9 |
| tax-holiday period, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on February 1, | 10 |
| 2008 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2008.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "energy-efficient | 12 |
| products" means
products that are entitled to and carry the | 13 |
| Energy Star label under the Energy Star program administered by | 14 |
| the federal government,
such as windows, insulation, roof | 15 |
| products, residential lamps
and lights, transformers, heating | 16 |
| and cooling equipment, clothes washers,
dehumidifiers, | 17 |
| dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, room air
conditioners, | 18 |
| ceiling fans, programmable thermostats, ventilating
fans, and | 19 |
| compact fluorescent bulbs. | 20 |
| (b) Any discount, coupon, or
other credit offered either by | 21 |
| the retailer or by a vendor of the retailer to
reduce the final | 22 |
| price to the customer shall be taken into account in
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| determining the selling price of the item for purposes of this | 24 |
| tax holiday. For purposes of this Section, a "purchase" occurs |
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| during the tax holiday if the buyer places an order and pays | 2 |
| the purchase price by cash or credit during the tax holiday | 3 |
| period regardless of whether the delivery of the item occurs | 4 |
| after the tax holiday period.
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| (c) Each unit of local government that imposes a use tax | 6 |
| may, by resolution or ordinance, declare a tax holiday with | 7 |
| respect to its tax for the same items, during the same periods, | 8 |
| and under the same conditions and is encouraged to do so.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 |
| becoming law.
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