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      35 ILCS 200/18-165
          Amends the Property Tax Code. Includes  in  the  list  of
      commercial  and  industrial  property  that may receive a tax
      abatement the property of any commercial or  industrial  firm
      currently  located  in the taxing district with the intent of
      expanding a facility or its  number  of  employees.  Provides
      that  the abatement shall not exceed a period of 10 years and
      an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 for all taxing  districts.
      Increases   the  aggregate  abatement  for  property  of  any
      commercial or industrial  firm  locating  within  the  taxing
      district  during  the immediately preceding year from another
      state, territory, or county,  or  newly  created  during  the
      immediately preceding year from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to taxes, amending named Acts.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by  changing
 5    Section 18-165 as follows:
 6        (35 ILCS 200/18-165)
 7        Sec. 18-165. Abatement of taxes.
 8        (a)  Any  taxing  district,  upon  a majority vote of its
 9    governing authority, may,  after  the  determination  of  the
10    assessed  valuation  of its property, order the clerk of that
11    county to abate any portion of its  taxes  on  the  following
12    types of property:
13             (1)  Commercial and industrial.
14                  (A)  The   property   of   any   commercial  or
15             industrial firm, including but not  limited  to  the
16             property  of  any  firm that is used for collecting,
17             separating,  storing,   or   processing   recyclable
18             materials,   locating  within  the  taxing  district
19             during the immediately preceding year  from  another
20             state,  territory,  or country, or having been newly
21             created within this  State  during  the  immediately
22             preceding  year,  or expanding an existing facility.
23             The abatement shall not exceed a period of 10  years
24             and  the  aggregate  amount  of abated taxes for all
25             taxing   districts   combined   shall   not   exceed
26             $4,000,000 $3,000,000; or
27                  (B)  The  property   of   any   commercial   or
28             industrial  development of at least 500 acres having
29             been  created  within  the  taxing  district.    The
30             abatement  shall not exceed a period of 20 years and
31             the aggregate amount of abated taxes for all  taxing
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 1             districts combined shall not exceed $12,000,000.
 2                  (C)  The   property   of   any   commercial  or
 3             industrial firm  currently  located  in  the  taxing
 4             district  that  expands  a facility or its number of
 5             employees. The abatement shall not exceed  a  period
 6             of 10 years and the aggregate amount of abated taxes
 7             for  all  taxing districts combined shall not exceed
 8             $4,000,000. The abatement period may be  renewed  at
 9             the option of the taxing districts.
10             (2)  Horse  racing.   Any  property  in  the  taxing
11        district  which is used for the racing of horses and upon
12        which  capital  improvements  consisting  of   expansion,
13        improvement  or  replacement  of existing facilities have
14        been made since July 1, 1987.   The  combined  abatements
15        for such property from all taxing districts in any county
16        shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually and shall not exceed
17        a period of 10 years.
18             (3)  Auto racing.  Any property designed exclusively
19        for  the racing of motor vehicles which became subject to
20        property taxation after September 24, 1984 and is located
21        within a county  with  225,000  or  more  but  less  than
22        300,000  inhabitants.  Such  abatement shall not exceed a
23        period of 10 years.
24        (b)  Upon a majority vote of its governing authority, any
25    municipality may, after the  determination  of  the  assessed
26    valuation  of  its  property, order the county clerk to abate
27    any portion of its taxes on  any  property  that  is  located
28    within the corporate limits of the municipality in accordance
29    with Section 8-3-18 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
30    (Source:  P.A. 87-17; 87-477; 87-895; 88-389; 88-455; 88-657,
31    eff. 1-1-95; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-561, eff. 1-1-97.)
32        Section 10.  The  Counties  Code  is  amended  by  adding
33    Section 5-1008.5 as follows:
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 1        (55 ILCS 5/5-1008.5 new)
 2        Sec. 5-1008.5.  Use and occupation taxes.
 3        (a)  The  Rock Island County Board may adopt a resolution
 4    that authorizes a referendum on the question of  whether  the
 5    county  shall be authorized to impose a retailers' occupation
 6    tax, a service occupation tax, and a use tax at a rate of 1/4
 7    of 1% on behalf of the  economic  development  activities  of
 8    Rock Island County and communities located within the county.
 9    The  county  board  shall  certify the question to the proper
10    election authorities who shall submit  the  question  to  the
11    voters of the county at the next regularly scheduled election
12    in  accordance  with  the  general election law. The question
13    shall be in substantially the following form:
14             Shall Rock Island County be authorized to  impose  a
15        retailers'  occupation tax, a service occupation tax, and
16        a use tax at the rate of 1/4 of 1% for the  sole  purpose
17        of  economic  development  activities, including creation
18        and retention of job opportunities, support of affordable
19        housing opportunities, and enhancement of quality of life
20        improvements?
21        Votes shall be recorded as "yes" or "no". If  a  majority
22    of  all  votes  cast  on  the proposition are in favor of the
23    proposition, the county is authorized to impose the tax.
24        (b)  The county shall impose  the  retailers'  occupation
25    tax  upon  all  persons  engaged  in  the business of selling
26    tangible personal property at retail in the  county,  at  the
27    rate  approved  by referendum, on the gross receipts from the
28    sales made in the  course  of  those  businesses  within  the
29    county. This additional tax may not be imposed on the sale of
30    food  for  human  consumption  that is to be consumed off the
31    premises where it is sold (other  than  alcoholic  beverages,
32    soft  drinks,  and  food that has been prepared for immediate
33    consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines,
34    drugs,  medical  appliances  and   insulin,   urine   testing
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 1    materials,  syringes,  and needles used by diabetics. The tax
 2    imposed under this Section and all civil penalties  that  may
 3    be  assessed as an incident of the tax shall be collected and
 4    enforced by the Department of Revenue.   The  Department  has
 5    full power to administer and enforce this Section; to collect
 6    all  taxes  and penalties so collected in the manner provided
 7    in this Section;  and  to  determine  all  rights  to  credit
 8    memoranda  arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax
 9    or penalty under this Section.  In the administration of, and
10    compliance with, this Section, the Department and persons who
11    are subject to this Section shall (i) have the  same  rights,
12    remedies,  privileges, immunities, powers and duties, (ii) be
13    subject to the same  conditions,  restrictions,  limitations,
14    penalties,  exclusions, exemptions, and definitions of terms,
15    and  (iii)  employ  the  same  modes  of  procedure  as   are
16    prescribed  in  Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j,
17    1k, 1m, 1n, 2, 2-5, 2-5.5, 2-10 (in respect to all provisions
18    other than the State rate of tax), 2-15 through 2-70, 2a, 2b,
19    2c, 3 (except as to the disposition of  taxes  and  penalties
20    collected   and   provisions   related   to  quarter  monthly
21    payments), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 5k,  5l,
22    6,  6a,  6b,  6c,  7,  8,  9,  10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the
23    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the  Uniform
24    Penalty  and  Interest  Act,  as fully as if those provisions
25    were set forth in this subsection.
26        Persons subject to any tax imposed under this  subsection
27    may  reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability by
28    separately stating the tax as  an  additional  charge,  which
29    charge may be stated in combination, in a single amount, with
30    State   taxes  that  sellers  are  required  to  collect,  in
31    accordance  with  bracket   schedules   prescribed   by   the
32    Department.
33        Whenever  the  Department determines that a refund should
34    be made under  this  subsection  to  a  claimant  instead  of
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 1    issuing  a credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the
 2    State Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant  to  be  drawn
 3    for  the  amount  specified,  and to the person named, in the
 4    notification from the Department.  The refund shall  be  paid
 5    by  the  State Treasurer out of the tax fund referenced under
 6    paragraph (g) of this Section.
 7        If a tax is imposed under  this  subsection  (b),  a  tax
 8    shall  also be imposed at the same rate under subsections (c)
 9    and (d) of this Section.
10        For the purpose of determining whether a  tax  authorized
11    under  this  Section  is  applicable,  a  retail  sale,  by a
12    producer of coal or another mineral mined in Illinois,  is  a
13    sale  at  retail at the place where the coal or other mineral
14    mined  in  Illinois  is  extracted  from  the  earth.    This
15    paragraph  does  not apply to coal or another mineral when it
16    is delivered or shipped by the seller to the purchaser  at  a
17    point  outside  Illinois so that the sale is exempt under the
18    federal Constitution as  a  sale  in  interstate  or  foreign
19    commerce.
20        Nothing  in  this Section shall be construed to authorize
21    the county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging  in
22    any business that under the Constitution of the United States
23    may not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
24        (c)  If  a  tax  has been imposed under subsection (b), a
25    service occupation tax shall also be imposed at the same rate
26    upon all persons engaged, in the county, in the  business  of
27    making  sales of service, who, as an incident to making those
28    sales of service, transfer tangible personal property  within
29    the  county  as  an  incident  to  a  sale  of  service. This
30    additional tax may not be imposed on the  sale  of  food  for
31    human  consumption  that  is  to be consumed off the premises
32    where it  is  sold  (other  than  alcoholic  beverages,  soft
33    drinks,  and  food  that  has  been  prepared  for  immediate
34    consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines,
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 1    drugs,   medical   appliances   and  insulin,  urine  testing
 2    materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics.  The  tax
 3    imposed  under  this  subsection and all civil penalties that
 4    may be assessed as an incident of the tax shall be  collected
 5    and enforced by the Department of Revenue. The Department has
 6    full  power  to  administer  and  enforce  this paragraph; to
 7    collect all taxes and penalties due under  this  Section;  to
 8    dispose  of  taxes  and  penalties so collected in the manner
 9    provided in this Section; and  to  determine  all  rights  to
10    credit  memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment
11    of tax or penalty under this Section.  In the  administration
12    of,  and  compliance  with this paragraph, the Department and
13    persons who are subject to this paragraph shall (i) have  the
14    same  rights,  remedies,  privileges, immunities, powers, and
15    duties, (ii) be subject to the same conditions, restrictions,
16    limitations,   penalties,   exclusions,    exemptions,    and
17    definitions  of  terms,  and  (iii)  employ the same modes of
18    procedure as are prescribed in Sections 2  (except  that  the
19    reference  to State in the definition of supplier maintaining
20    a place of business in this State shall mean the county), 2a,
21    2b, 3 through 3-55 (in respect to all provisions  other  than
22    the  State  rate of tax), 4 (except that the reference to the
23    State shall be to the county),  5,  7,  8  (except  that  the
24    jurisdiction  to  which the tax shall be a debt to the extent
25    indicated in that Section 8 shall be the county),  9  (except
26    as  to  the disposition of taxes and penalties collected, and
27    except that the returned merchandise credit for this tax  may
28    not  be  taken  against  any  State  tax), 11, 12 (except the
29    reference to Section 2b  of  the  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax
30    Act),  13  (except that any reference to the State shall mean
31    the county), 15, 16,  17,  18,  19  and  20  of  the  Service
32    Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and
33    Interest  Act, as fully as if those provisions were set forth
34    in this subsection.
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 1        Persons subject to any tax imposed  under  the  authority
 2    granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
 3    serviceman's  tax  liability by separately stating the tax as
 4    an  additional  charge,  which  charge  may  be   stated   in
 5    combination,   in  a  single  amount,  with  State  tax  that
 6    servicemen are authorized to collect under  the  Service  Use
 7    Tax  Act,  in accordance with bracket schedules prescribed by
 8    the Department.
 9        Whenever the Department determines that a  refund  should
10    be  made  under  this  subsection  to  a  claimant instead of
11    issuing a credit memorandum, the Department shall notify  the
12    State  Comptroller,  who  shall cause the warrant to be drawn
13    for the amount specified, and to the  person  named,  in  the
14    notification  from  the Department.  The refund shall be paid
15    by the State Treasurer out of the tax fund  referenced  under
16    paragraph (g) of this Section.
17        Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
18    the  county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
19    any business that under the Constitution of the United States
20    may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
21        (d)  If a tax has been imposed under  subsection  (b),  a
22    use  tax  shall  also  be  imposed  at the same rate upon the
23    privilege of using, in  the  county,  any  item  of  tangible
24    personal  property  that  is  purchased outside the county at
25    retail from a retailer, and that is titled or registered at a
26    location within the county with an  agency  of  this  State's
27    government.  This  additional  tax  may not be imposed on the
28    sale of food for human consumption that is to be consumed off
29    the  premises  where  it  is  sold  (other   than   alcoholic
30    beverages,  soft  drinks, and food that has been prepared for
31    immediate consumption) and prescription and  non-prescription
32    medicines,  drugs,  medical  appliances  and  insulin,  urine
33    testing  materials,  syringes, and needles used by diabetics.
34    "Selling price" is defined as in the Use Tax  Act.   The  tax
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 1    shall  be  collected  from persons whose Illinois address for
 2    titling or registration purposes is given  as  being  in  the
 3    county.   The  tax  shall  be  collected by the Department of
 4    Revenue for the county. The tax must be paid to the State, or
 5    an  exemption  determination  must  be  obtained   from   the
 6    Department  of  Revenue,  before  the title or certificate of
 7    registration for the property may  be  issued.   The  tax  or
 8    proof  of  exemption  may be transmitted to the Department by
 9    way of the State agency with which, or the State officer with
10    whom, the  tangible  personal  property  must  be  titled  or
11    registered  if  the  Department and the State agency or State
12    officer determine  that  this  procedure  will  expedite  the
13    processing of applications for title or registration.
14        The  Department  has full power to administer and enforce
15    this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties, and interest
16    due under this Section; to dispose of taxes,  penalties,  and
17    interest so collected in the manner provided in this Section;
18    and  to  determine  all rights to credit memoranda or refunds
19    arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax,  penalty,
20    or interest under this Section. In the administration of, and
21    compliance  with, this subsection, the Department and persons
22    who are subject to this paragraph shall  (i)  have  the  same
23    rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties,
24    (ii)   be  subject  to  the  same  conditions,  restrictions,
25    limitations,   penalties,   exclusions,    exemptions,    and
26    definitions  of  terms,  and  (iii)  employ the same modes of
27    procedure  as  are  prescribed  in  Sections  2  (except  the
28    definition of "retailer maintaining a place  of  business  in
29    this State"), 3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-45, 3-55, 3-65, 3-70, 3-85, 3a,
30    4,  6,  7,  8  (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax
31    shall be a debt to the extent indicated  in  that  Section  8
32    shall  be  the  county),  9  (except  provisions  relating to
33    quarter monthly payments), 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13, 14,  15,
34    19,  20, 21, and 22 of the Use Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
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 1    Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, that are  not  inconsistent
 2    with this paragraph, as fully as if those provisions were set
 3    forth in this subsection.
 4        Whenever  the  Department determines that a refund should
 5    be made under  this  subsection  to  a  claimant  instead  of
 6    issuing  a credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the
 7    State Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn  for
 8    the  amount  specified,  and  to  the  person  named,  in the
 9    notification from the Department. The refund shall be paid by
10    the State Treasurer out of  the  tax  fund  referenced  under
11    paragraph (g) of this Section.
12        (e)  A  certificate  of  registration issued by the State
13    Department of Revenue to  a  retailer  under  the  Retailers'
14    Occupation  Tax  Act  or under the Service Occupation Tax Act
15    shall permit the registrant to engage in a business  that  is
16    taxed under the tax imposed under paragraphs (b), (c), or (d)
17    of  this  Section  and  no  additional  registration shall be
18    required. A certificate issued under the Use Tax Act  or  the
19    Service  Use  Tax  Act shall be applicable with regard to any
20    tax imposed under paragraph (c) of this Section.
21        (f)  The  results   of   any   election   authorizing   a
22    proposition to impose a tax under this Section or effecting a
23    change  in  the  rate of tax shall be certified by the proper
24    election authorities and filed with the  Illinois  Department
25    on  or  before  the  first  day  of October.  In addition, an
26    ordinance imposing, discontinuing, or effecting a  change  in
27    the  rate  of  tax  under this Section shall be adopted and a
28    certified copy of the ordinance filed with the Department  on
29    or  before the first day of October.  After proper receipt of
30    the  certifications,  the   Department   shall   proceed   to
31    administer  and  enforce  this Section as of the first day of
32    January next following the adoption and filing.
33        (g)  The Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting any
34    taxes and penalties as provided  in  this  Section,  pay  the
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 1    taxes  and  penalties  over to the State Treasurer as trustee
 2    for the county. The taxes and penalties shall be  held  in  a
 3    trust  fund outside the State Treasury. On or before the 25th
 4    day of each calendar month, the Department of  Revenue  shall
 5    prepare  and  certify  to  the  Comptroller  of  the State of
 6    Illinois the amount to be paid to the county, which shall  be
 7    the  balance  in  the fund, less any amount determined by the
 8    Department to be necessary for the payment of refunds. Within
 9    10 days after receipt by the Comptroller of the certification
10    of the amount to be paid to the county, the Comptroller shall
11    cause an order to be drawn for  payment  for  the  amount  in
12    accordance    with    the   directions   contained   in   the
13    certification. Amounts received from the  tax  imposed  under
14    this  Section shall be used only for the economic development
15    activities of the county and communities located  within  the
16    county.
17        (h)  When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement
18    to  the  county  under  this  Section,  the  Department shall
19    increase or decrease the amounts by an  amount  necessary  to
20    offset  any  miscalculation  of  previous disbursements.  The
21    offset amount  shall  be  the  amount  erroneously  disbursed
22    within  the  previous 6 months from the time a miscalculation
23    is discovered.
24        (i)  This Section may be cited as the Rock Island  County
25    Use and Occupation Tax Law.
26        (70 ILCS 510/18.2 rep.)
27        Section   15.    The   Quad   Cities   Regional  Economic
28    Development Authority Act, approved September  22,  1987,  is
29    amended by repealing Section 18.2.
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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