Full Text of SB2772 98th General Assembly
SB2772 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB2772 Introduced 1/30/2014, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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65 ILCS 5/8-3-14 | from Ch. 24, par. 8-3-14 |
65 ILCS 5/8-3-14a | from Ch. 24, par. 8-3-14a |
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Amends the Municipal Code. Provides that not less than fifty percent of the amounts collected pursuant to the municipal hotel operators' occupation tax and municipal hotel use tax shall be used to promote tourism within that municipality. Provides that the remainder of the amounts collected may be used by the municipality for general corporate purposes.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 8-3-14 and Section 8-3-14a as follows:
| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/8-3-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-3-14)
| 7 | | Sec. 8-3-14. Municipal hotel operators' occupation tax. | 8 | | The corporate authorities of any municipality may impose a
tax | 9 | | upon all persons engaged in such municipality in the business | 10 | | of
renting, leasing or letting rooms in a hotel, as defined in | 11 | | "The Hotel
Operators' Occupation Tax Act," at a rate not to | 12 | | exceed 6% in the City of East Peoria and in the Village of | 13 | | Morton and 5% in all other municipalities of the gross
rental | 14 | | receipts from such renting, leasing or letting, excluding, | 15 | | however,
from gross rental receipts, the proceeds of such | 16 | | renting, leasing or
letting to permanent residents of that | 17 | | hotel and proceeds from the tax
imposed under subsection (c) of | 18 | | Section 13 of the Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority | 19 | | Act, and may provide for the administration and
enforcement of | 20 | | the tax, and for the collection thereof from the persons
| 21 | | subject to the tax, as the corporate authorities determine to | 22 | | be necessary
or practicable for the effective administration of | 23 | | the tax. The municipality may not impose a tax under this |
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| 1 | | Section if it imposes a tax under Section 8-3-14a.
| 2 | | Persons subject to any tax imposed pursuant to authority
| 3 | | granted by this Section may reimburse themselves for their tax
| 4 | | liability for such tax by separately stating such tax as an
| 5 | | additional charge, which charge may be stated in combination,
| 6 | | in a single amount, with State tax imposed under "The Hotel
| 7 | | Operators' Occupation Tax Act".
| 8 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a
| 9 | | municipality to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
| 10 | | any business which under the constitution of the United States
| 11 | | may not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
| 12 | | Not less than fifty percent of the The amounts collected by | 13 | | any municipality pursuant to this Section shall
be expended by | 14 | | the municipality solely to promote tourism and conventions
| 15 | | within that municipality or otherwise to attract nonresident | 16 | | overnight
visitors to the municipality. The remainder of the | 17 | | amounts collected by a municipality pursuant to this Section | 18 | | may be expended by the municipality for general corporate | 19 | | purposes.
| 20 | | No funds received pursuant to this Section shall be used to | 21 | | advertise for
or otherwise promote new competition in the hotel | 22 | | business.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 95-967, eff. 9-23-08; 96-238, eff. 8-11-09.)
| 24 | | (65 ILCS 5/8-3-14a) | 25 | | Sec. 8-3-14a. Municipal hotel use tax. |
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| 1 | | (a) The corporate authorities of any municipality may | 2 | | impose a
tax upon the privilege of renting or leasing rooms in | 3 | | a hotel within the municipality at a rate not to exceed 5% of | 4 | | the rental or lease payment. The corporate authorities may | 5 | | provide for the administration and
enforcement of the tax and | 6 | | for the collection thereof from the persons
subject to the tax, | 7 | | as the corporate authorities determine to be necessary
or | 8 | | practical for the effective administration of the tax. | 9 | | (b) Each hotel in the municipality shall collect the tax | 10 | | from the person making the rental or lease payment at the time | 11 | | that the payment is tendered to the hotel. The hotel shall, as | 12 | | trustee, remit the tax to the municipality. | 13 | | (c) The tax authorized under this Section does not apply to | 14 | | any rental or lease payment by a permanent resident of that | 15 | | hotel or to any payment made to any hotel that is subject to | 16 | | the tax
imposed under subsection (c) of Section 13 of the | 17 | | Metropolitan Pier and
Exposition Authority Act. A municipality | 18 | | may not impose a tax under this Section if it imposes a tax | 19 | | under Section 8-3-14. Nothing in this Section may be construed | 20 | | to authorize a
municipality to impose a tax upon the privilege | 21 | | of engaging in
any business that under the Constitution of the | 22 | | United States
may not be made the subject of taxation by this | 23 | | State. | 24 | | (d) Not less than fifty percent of the The moneys collected | 25 | | by a municipality under this Section may
be expended solely to | 26 | | promote tourism and conventions
within that municipality or |
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| 1 | | otherwise to attract nonresident overnight
visitors to the | 2 | | municipality. The remainder of the amounts collected by a | 3 | | municipality pursuant to this Section may be expended by the | 4 | | municipality for general corporate purposes. No moneys | 5 | | received under this Section may be used to advertise for
or | 6 | | otherwise promote new competition in the hotel business. | 7 | | (e) As used in this Section, "hotel" has the meaning set | 8 | | forth in Section 2 of the Hotel
Operators' Occupation Tax Act.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-238, eff. 8-11-09.)
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