Full Text of HB5935 099th General Assembly
HB5935 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB5935 Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that 1% of the school facility occupation taxes collected shall be distributed to the regional superintendent of schools (currently, these moneys are deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund) to cover the costs in administering and enforcing the provisions of the school facility occupation taxes Section of the Code.
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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 5-1006.7 as follows: | 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1006.7) | 7 | | Sec. 5-1006.7. School facility occupation taxes. | 8 | | (a) In any county, a tax shall be imposed upon all persons | 9 | | engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property, | 10 | | other than personal property titled or registered with an | 11 | | agency of this State's government, at retail in the county on | 12 | | the gross receipts from the sales made in the course of | 13 | | business to provide revenue to be used exclusively for school | 14 | | facility purposes if a proposition for the tax has been | 15 | | submitted to the electors of that county and approved by a | 16 | | majority of those voting on the question as provided in | 17 | | subsection (c). The tax under this Section shall be imposed | 18 | | only in one-quarter percent increments and may not exceed 1%. | 19 | | This additional tax may not be imposed on the sale of food | 20 | | for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises | 21 | | where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, | 22 | | and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption) and | 23 | | prescription and non-prescription medicines, drugs, medical |
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| 1 | | appliances and insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and | 2 | | needles used by diabetics.
The Department of Revenue has full | 3 | | power to administer and enforce this subsection, to collect all | 4 | | taxes and penalties due under this subsection, to dispose of | 5 | | taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided in this | 6 | | subsection, and to determine all rights to credit memoranda | 7 | | arising on account of the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty | 8 | | under this subsection. The Department shall deposit all taxes | 9 | | and penalties collected under this subsection into a special | 10 | | fund created for that purpose. | 11 | | In the administration of and compliance with this | 12 | | subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this | 13 | | subsection (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges, | 14 | | immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) are subject to the same | 15 | | conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and | 16 | | definitions of terms, and (iii) shall employ the same modes of | 17 | | procedure as are set forth in Sections 1 through 1o, 2 through | 18 | | 2-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in those Sections | 19 | | other than the State rate of tax), 2a through 2h, 3 (except as | 20 | | to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a, | 21 | | 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, | 22 | | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation | 23 | | Tax Act and all provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest | 24 | | Act as if those provisions were set forth in this subsection. | 25 | | The certificate of registration that is issued by the | 26 | | Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax |
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| 1 | | Act permits the retailer to engage in a business that is | 2 | | taxable without registering separately with the Department | 3 | | under an ordinance or resolution under this subsection. | 4 | | Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority | 5 | | granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their | 6 | | seller's tax liability by separately stating that tax as an | 7 | | additional charge, which may be stated in combination, in a | 8 | | single amount, with State tax that sellers are required to | 9 | | collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to any bracketed | 10 | | schedules set forth by the Department. | 11 | | (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), then a | 12 | | service occupation tax must also be imposed at the same rate | 13 | | upon all persons engaged, in the county, in the business of | 14 | | making sales of service, who, as an incident to making those | 15 | | sales of service, transfer tangible personal property within | 16 | | the county as an incident to a sale of service. | 17 | | This tax may not be imposed on sales of food for human | 18 | | consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is | 19 | | sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food | 20 | | prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and | 21 | | non-prescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances and | 22 | | insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used by | 23 | | diabetics. | 24 | | The tax imposed under this subsection and all civil | 25 | | penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be | 26 | | collected and enforced by the Department and deposited into a |
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| 1 | | special fund created for that purpose. The Department has full | 2 | | power to administer and enforce this subsection, to collect all | 3 | | taxes and penalties due under this subsection, to dispose of | 4 | | taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided in this | 5 | | subsection, and to determine all rights to credit memoranda | 6 | | arising on account of the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty | 7 | | under this subsection. | 8 | | In the administration of and compliance with this | 9 | | subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this | 10 | | subsection shall (i) have the same rights, remedies, | 11 | | privileges, immunities, powers and duties, (ii) be subject to | 12 | | the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and | 13 | | definition of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of | 14 | | procedure as are set forth in Sections 2 (except that that | 15 | | reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a | 16 | | place of business in this State means the county), 2a through | 17 | | 2d, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions contained in | 18 | | those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 4 (except | 19 | | that the reference to the State shall be to the county), 5, 7, | 20 | | 8 (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax is a debt to | 21 | | the extent indicated in that Section 8 is the county), 9 | 22 | | (except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties | 23 | | collected), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section | 24 | | 2b of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any | 25 | | reference to the State means the county), Section 15, 16, 17, | 26 | | 18, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and all |
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| 1 | | provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as | 2 | | if those provisions were set forth herein. | 3 | | Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority | 4 | | granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their | 5 | | serviceman's tax liability by separately stating the tax as an | 6 | | additional charge, which may be stated in combination, in a | 7 | | single amount, with State tax that servicemen are authorized to | 8 | | collect under the Service Use Tax Act, pursuant to any | 9 | | bracketed schedules set forth by the Department. | 10 | | (c) The tax under this Section may not be imposed until the | 11 | | question of imposing the tax has been submitted to the electors | 12 | | of the county at a regular election and approved by a majority | 13 | | of the electors voting on the question. For all regular | 14 | | elections held prior to August 23, 2011 ( the effective date of | 15 | | Public Act 97-542) this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 16 | | Assembly , upon a resolution by the county board or a resolution | 17 | | by school district boards that represent at least 51% of the | 18 | | student enrollment within the county, the county board must | 19 | | certify the question to the proper election authority in | 20 | | accordance with the Election Code. | 21 | | For all regular elections held prior to August 23, 2011 | 22 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 97-542) this amendatory Act | 23 | | of the 97th General Assembly , the election authority must | 24 | | submit the question in substantially the following form: | 25 | | Shall (name of county) be authorized to impose a | 26 | | retailers' occupation tax and a service occupation tax |
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| 1 | | (commonly referred to as a "sales tax") at a rate of | 2 | | (insert rate) to be used exclusively for school facility | 3 | | purposes? | 4 | | The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No". | 5 | | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote | 6 | | in the affirmative, then the county may, thereafter, impose the | 7 | | tax. | 8 | | For all regular elections held on or after August 23, 2011 | 9 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 97-542) this amendatory Act | 10 | | of the 97th General Assembly , the regional superintendent of | 11 | | schools for the county must, upon receipt of a resolution or | 12 | | resolutions of school district boards that represent more than | 13 | | 50% of the student enrollment within the county, certify the | 14 | | question to the proper election authority for submission to the | 15 | | electors of the county at the next regular election at which | 16 | | the question lawfully may be submitted to the electors, all in | 17 | | accordance with the Election Code. | 18 | | For all regular elections held on or after August 23, 2011 | 19 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 97-542) this amendatory Act | 20 | | of the 97th General Assembly , the election authority must | 21 | | submit the question in substantially the following form: | 22 | | Shall a retailers' occupation tax and a service | 23 | | occupation tax (commonly referred to as a "sales tax") be | 24 | | imposed in (name of county) at a rate of (insert rate) to | 25 | | be used exclusively for school facility purposes? | 26 | | The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No". |
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| 1 | | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote | 2 | | in the affirmative, then the tax shall be imposed at the rate | 3 | | set forth in the question. | 4 | | For the purposes of this subsection (c), "enrollment" means | 5 | | the head count of the students residing in the county on the | 6 | | last school day of September of each year, which must be | 7 | | reported on the Illinois State Board of Education Public School | 8 | | Fall Enrollment/Housing Report.
| 9 | | (d) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State | 10 | | Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties | 11 | | collected under this Section to be deposited into the School | 12 | | Facility Occupation Tax Fund, which shall be an unappropriated | 13 | | trust fund held outside the State treasury. | 14 | | On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the | 15 | | Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the | 16 | | disbursement of stated sums of money to the regional | 17 | | superintendents of schools in counties from which retailers or | 18 | | servicemen have paid taxes or penalties to the Department | 19 | | during the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be | 20 | | paid to each regional superintendent of schools and disbursed | 21 | | to him or her in accordance with Section 3-14.31 of the School | 22 | | Code, is equal to the amount (not including credit memoranda) | 23 | | collected from the county under this Section during the second | 24 | | preceding calendar month by the Department, (i) less 2% of that | 25 | | amount, of which 1% shall be deposited into the Tax Compliance | 26 | | and Administration Fund and shall be used by the Department, |
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| 1 | | subject to appropriation, to cover the costs of the Department | 2 | | in administering and enforcing the provisions of this Section, | 3 | | on behalf of the county, and 1% shall be distributed to the | 4 | | regional superintendent of schools to cover the costs in | 5 | | administering and enforcing the provisions of this Section, | 6 | | (ii) plus an amount that the Department determines is necessary | 7 | | to offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different | 8 | | taxing body; (iii) less an amount equal to the amount of | 9 | | refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the | 10 | | Department on behalf of the county; and (iv) less any amount | 11 | | that the Department determines is necessary to offset any | 12 | | amounts that were payable to a different taxing body but were | 13 | | erroneously paid to the county. When certifying the amount of a | 14 | | monthly disbursement to a regional superintendent of schools | 15 | | under this Section, the Department shall increase or decrease | 16 | | the amounts by an amount necessary to offset any miscalculation | 17 | | of previous disbursements within the previous 6 months from the | 18 | | time a miscalculation is discovered. | 19 | | Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller from the | 20 | | Department of the disbursement certification to the regional | 21 | | superintendents of the schools provided for in this Section, | 22 | | the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the | 23 | | respective amounts in accordance with directions contained in | 24 | | the certification. | 25 | | If the Department determines that a refund should be made | 26 | | under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit |
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| 1 | | memorandum, then the Department shall notify the Comptroller, | 2 | | who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified | 3 | | and to the person named in the notification from the | 4 | | Department. The refund shall be paid by the Treasurer out of | 5 | | the School Facility Occupation Tax Fund.
| 6 | | (e) For the purposes of determining the local governmental | 7 | | unit whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of | 8 | | coal or another mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail | 9 | | at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois | 10 | | is extracted from the earth. This subsection does not apply to | 11 | | coal or another mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the | 12 | | seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the | 13 | | sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale | 14 | | in interstate or foreign commerce. | 15 | | (f) Nothing in this Section may be construed to authorize a | 16 | | tax to be imposed upon the privilege of engaging in any | 17 | | business that under the Constitution of the United States may | 18 | | not be made the subject of taxation by this State. | 19 | | (g) If a county board imposes a tax under this Section | 20 | | pursuant to a referendum held before August 23, 2011 ( the | 21 | | effective date of Public Act 97-542) this amendatory Act of the | 22 | | 97th General Assembly at a rate below the rate set forth in the | 23 | | question approved by a majority of electors of that county | 24 | | voting on the question as provided in subsection (c), then the | 25 | | county board may, by ordinance, increase the rate of the tax up | 26 | | to the rate set forth in the question approved by a majority of |
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| 1 | | electors of that county voting on the question as provided in | 2 | | subsection (c). If a county board imposes a tax under this | 3 | | Section pursuant to a referendum held before August 23, 2011 | 4 | | ( the effective date of Public Act 97-542) this amendatory Act | 5 | | of the 97th General Assembly , then the board may, by ordinance, | 6 | | discontinue or reduce the rate of the tax. If a tax is imposed | 7 | | under this Section pursuant to a referendum held on or after | 8 | | August 23, 2011 ( the effective date of Public Act 97-542) this | 9 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly , then the county | 10 | | board may reduce or discontinue the tax, but only in accordance | 11 | | with subsection (h-5) of this Section. If, however, a school | 12 | | board issues bonds that are secured by the proceeds of the tax | 13 | | under this Section, then the county board may not reduce the | 14 | | tax rate or discontinue the tax if that rate reduction or | 15 | | discontinuance would adversely affect the school board's | 16 | | ability to pay the principal and interest on those bonds as | 17 | | they become due or necessitate the extension of additional | 18 | | property taxes to pay the principal and interest on those | 19 | | bonds. If the county board reduces the tax rate or discontinues | 20 | | the tax, then a referendum must be held in accordance with | 21 | | subsection (c) of this Section in order to increase the rate of | 22 | | the tax or to reimpose the discontinued tax. | 23 | | Until January 1, 2014, the results of any election that | 24 | | imposes, reduces, or discontinues a tax under this Section must | 25 | | be certified by the election authority, and any ordinance that | 26 | | increases or lowers the rate or discontinues the tax must be |
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| 1 | | certified by the county clerk and, in each case, filed with the | 2 | | Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the | 3 | | first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to | 4 | | administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the | 5 | | first day of July next following the filing; or (ii) on or | 6 | | before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall | 7 | | proceed to administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate | 8 | | as of the first day of January next following the filing. | 9 | | Beginning January 1, 2014, the results of any election that | 10 | | imposes, reduces, or discontinues a tax under this Section must | 11 | | be certified by the election authority, and any ordinance that | 12 | | increases or lowers the rate or discontinues the tax must be | 13 | | certified by the county clerk and, in each case, filed with the | 14 | | Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the | 15 | | first day of May, whereupon the Department shall proceed to | 16 | | administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the | 17 | | first day of July next following the filing; or (ii) on or | 18 | | before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall | 19 | | proceed to administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate | 20 | | as of the first day of January next following the filing. | 21 | | (h) For purposes of this Section, "school facility | 22 | | purposes" means (i) the acquisition, development, | 23 | | construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, | 24 | | financing, architectural planning, and installation of capital | 25 | | facilities consisting of buildings, structures, and durable | 26 | | equipment and for the acquisition and improvement of real |
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| 1 | | property and interest in real property required, or expected to | 2 | | be required, in connection with the capital facilities and (ii) | 3 | | the payment of bonds or other obligations heretofore or | 4 | | hereafter issued, including bonds or other obligations | 5 | | heretofore or hereafter issued to refund or to continue to | 6 | | refund bonds or other obligations issued, for school facility | 7 | | purposes, provided that the taxes levied to pay those bonds are | 8 | | abated by the amount of the taxes imposed under this Section | 9 | | that are used to pay those bonds. "School-facility purposes" | 10 | | also includes fire prevention, safety, energy conservation, | 11 | | accessibility, school security, and specified repair purposes | 12 | | set forth under Section 17-2.11 of the School Code. | 13 | | (h-5) A county board in a county where a tax has been | 14 | | imposed under this Section pursuant to a referendum held on or | 15 | | after August 23, 2011 ( the effective date of Public Act 97-542) | 16 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly may, by | 17 | | ordinance or resolution, submit to the voters of the county the | 18 | | question of reducing or discontinuing the tax. In the ordinance | 19 | | or resolution, the county board shall certify the question to | 20 | | the proper election authority in accordance with the Election | 21 | | Code. The election authority must submit the question in | 22 | | substantially the following form: | 23 | | Shall the school facility retailers' occupation tax | 24 | | and service occupation tax (commonly referred to as the | 25 | | "school facility sales tax") currently imposed in (name of | 26 | | county) at a rate of (insert rate) be (reduced to (insert |
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| 1 | | rate))(discontinued)? | 2 | | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in | 3 | | the affirmative, then, subject to the provisions of subsection | 4 | | (g) of this Section, the tax shall be reduced or discontinued | 5 | | as set forth in the question. | 6 | | (i) This Section does not apply to Cook County. | 7 | | (j) This Section may be cited as the County School Facility | 8 | | Occupation Tax Law.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 98-584, eff. 8-27-13; 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; | 10 | | 99-217, eff. 7-31-15; revised 11-6-15.)
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