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1 AN ACT concerning taxation.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3-5 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 105/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-5)
7 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
8 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
9 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
10 society, association, foundation, institution, or
11 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
12 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
13 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
14 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
15 purpose of resale by the enterprise.
16 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
17 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
18 operating, or promoting the county fair.
19 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts
20 or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required
21 by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption
22 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that
23 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of
24 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These
25 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and
26 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and
27 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations,
28 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media
29 arts organizations.
30 (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body,
31 by a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
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1 institution organized and operated exclusively for
2 charitable, religious, or educational purposes, or by a
3 not-for-profit corporation, society, association, foundation,
4 institution, or organization that has no compensated officers
5 or employees and that is organized and operated primarily for
6 the recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited
7 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this
8 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized
9 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and
10 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for
11 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an
12 active exemption identification number issued by the
13 Department.
14 (5) A passenger car that is a replacement vehicle to the
15 extent that the purchase price of the car is subject to the
16 Replacement Vehicle Tax.
17 (6) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
18 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
19 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
20 the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts
21 production, and including machinery and equipment purchased
22 for lease.
23 (7) Farm chemicals.
24 (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
25 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
26 government of the United States of America, or the government
27 of any foreign country, and bullion.
28 (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
29 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
30 secondary school located in Illinois.
31 (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor
32 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor
33 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living
34 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with
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1 direct walk through to the living quarters from the driver's
2 seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of
3 the van configuration designed for the transportation of not
4 less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in
5 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for
6 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting
7 Occupation and Use Tax Act.
8 (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
9 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
10 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
11 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
12 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
13 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
14 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
15 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
16 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
17 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
18 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
19 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
20 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
21 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
22 equipment under this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender
23 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
24 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
25 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the
26 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
27 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
28 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
29 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
30 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
31 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
32 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
33 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
34 and other such equipment.
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1 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
2 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
3 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
4 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
5 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
6 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
7 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt
8 from the provisions of Section 3-90.
9 (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
10 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
11 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
12 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
13 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
14 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
15 stopovers.
16 (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
17 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption
18 of food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to
19 the extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in
20 fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
21 employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
22 hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
23 respect to which the service charge is imposed.
24 (14) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
25 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
26 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
27 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
28 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
29 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
30 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
31 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
32 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
33 (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
34 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including
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1 that manufactured on special order, certified by the
2 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
3 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased
4 for lease.
5 (16) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
6 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
7 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
8 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
9 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
10 (17) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a
11 unit or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer,
12 certified by the user to be used only for the production of
13 ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption as motor fuel
14 or as a component of motor fuel for the personal use of the
15 user, and not subject to sale or resale.
16 (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and
17 equipment used primarily in the process of manufacturing or
18 assembling tangible personal property for wholesale or retail
19 sale or lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by
20 the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the
21 materials used in the process are owned by the manufacturer
22 or some other person, or whether that sale or lease is made
23 apart from or as an incident to the seller's engaging in the
24 service occupation of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs,
25 patterns, gauges, or other similar items of no commercial
26 value on special order for a particular purchaser.
27 (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
28 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
29 that personal property was received by a florist located
30 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
31 deliver the personal property.
32 (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
33 for direct agricultural production.
34 (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
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1 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
2 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
3 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
4 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
5 racing for prizes.
6 (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
7 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
8 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
9 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
10 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
11 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
12 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
13 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
14 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is
15 leased in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption
16 or is used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall
17 be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service
18 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market
19 value of the property at the time the non-qualifying use
20 occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an
21 amount (however designated) that purports to reimburse that
22 lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax
23 Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the
24 lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount from
25 the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
26 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that
27 amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
28 lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
29 (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases
30 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed
31 or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be
32 subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental
33 body that has been issued an active sales tax exemption
34 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
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1 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased
2 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or used
3 in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable
4 for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax
5 Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market value of
6 the property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No
7 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however
8 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the
9 tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
10 case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If
11 a lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee,
12 the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
13 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
14 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable
15 to pay that amount to the Department.
16 (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
17 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
18 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
19 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
20 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
21 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
22 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
23 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
24 identification number by the Department that assists victims
25 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
26 (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
27 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
28 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
29 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
30 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
31 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
32 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
33 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
34 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
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1 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
2 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
3 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
4 the disaster.
5 (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds
6 purchased at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or
7 an "exotic game hunting area" as those terms are used in the
8 Wildlife Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through
9 rules adopted by the Department of Natural Resources. This
10 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
11 (27) (26) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
12 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
13 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
14 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
15 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
16 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
17 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
18 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
19 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
20 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
21 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
22 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
23 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
24 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
25 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
26 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
27 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
28 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
29 occupation.
30 (28) (27) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
31 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
32 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
33 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
34 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
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1 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
2 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
3 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
4 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
5 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
6 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
7 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
8 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
9 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
10 (29) (26) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
11 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
12 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
13 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
14 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
15 (30) Beginning January 1, 2001, tangible personal
16 property and its component parts purchased by a
17 telecommunications carrier if the property and parts are used
18 directly and primarily in transmitting, receiving, switching,
19 or recording any interactive, two-way electromagnetic
20 communications, including voice, image, data, and
21 information, through the use of any medium, including, but
22 not limited to, poles, wires, cables, switching equipment,
23 computers, and record storage devices and media. This
24 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
25 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
26 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff.
27 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644,
28 eff. 8-20-99; revised 9-29-99.)
29 Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by
30 changing Section 3-5 as follows:
31 (35 ILCS 110/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-5)
32 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
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1 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
2 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
3 society, association, foundation, institution, or
4 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
5 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
6 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
7 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
8 purpose of resale by the enterprise.
9 (2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois
10 county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or
11 promoting the county fair.
12 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts
13 or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required
14 by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption
15 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that
16 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of
17 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These
18 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and
19 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and
20 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations,
21 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media
22 arts organizations.
23 (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
24 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
25 government of the United States of America, or the government
26 of any foreign country, and bullion.
27 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
28 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
29 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for
30 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
31 graphic arts production.
32 (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
33 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
34 secondary school located in Illinois.
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1 (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
2 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
3 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
4 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
5 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
6 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
7 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
8 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
9 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
10 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
11 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
12 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
13 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
14 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
15 equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender
16 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
17 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
18 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the
19 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
20 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
21 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
22 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
23 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
24 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
25 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
26 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
27 and other such equipment.
28 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
29 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
30 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
31 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
32 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
33 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
34 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt
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1 from the provisions of Section 3-75.
2 (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
3 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
4 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
5 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
6 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
7 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
8 stopovers.
9 (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
10 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption
11 of food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase
12 of a service from a serviceman, to the extent that the
13 proceeds of the service charge are in fact turned over as
14 tips or as a substitute for tips to the employees who
15 participate directly in preparing, serving, hosting or
16 cleaning up the food or beverage function with respect to
17 which the service charge is imposed.
18 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
19 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
20 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
21 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
22 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
23 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
24 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
25 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
26 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
27 (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery
28 and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both
29 new and used, including that manufactured on special order,
30 certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
31 photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and
32 equipment purchased for lease.
33 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
34 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
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1 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
2 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
3 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4 (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
5 for direct agricultural production.
6 (14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
7 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
8 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
9 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
10 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
11 racing for prizes.
12 (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
13 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
14 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
15 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
16 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
17 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
18 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
19 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
20 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased
21 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is
22 used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be
23 liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act,
24 as the case may be, based on the fair market value of the
25 property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No
26 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however
27 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the
28 tax imposed by this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
29 be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor
30 improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
31 lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
32 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
33 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable
34 to pay that amount to the Department.
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1 (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases
2 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or
3 in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject
4 to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that
5 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
6 by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers'
7 Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner
8 that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in any
9 other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
10 tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case
11 may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the
12 time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
13 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
14 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
15 Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has
16 not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects
17 any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a
18 legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
19 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for
20 any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
21 Department.
22 (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
23 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
24 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
25 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
26 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
27 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
28 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
29 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
30 identification number by the Department that assists victims
31 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
32 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
33 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
34 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
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1 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
2 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
3 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
4 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
5 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
6 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
7 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
8 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
9 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
10 the disaster.
11 (19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds
12 purchased at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or
13 an "exotic game hunting area" as those terms are used in the
14 Wildlife Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through
15 rules adopted by the Department of Natural Resources. This
16 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
17 (20) (19) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
18 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
19 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
20 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
21 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
22 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
23 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
24 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
25 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
26 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
27 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
28 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
29 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
30 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
31 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
32 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
33 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
34 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
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1 occupation.
2 (21) (20) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
3 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
4 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
5 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
6 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
7 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
8 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
9 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
10 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
11 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
12 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
13 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
14 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
15 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
16 (22) (19) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
17 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
18 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
19 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
20 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
21 (23) Beginning January 1, 2001, tangible personal
22 property and its component parts purchased by a
23 telecommunications carrier if the property and parts are used
24 directly and primarily in transmitting, receiving, switching,
25 or recording any interactive, two-way electromagnetic
26 communications, including voice, image, data, and
27 information, through the use of any medium, including, but
28 not limited to, poles, wires, cables, switching equipment,
29 computers, and record storage devices and media. This
30 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
32 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff.
33 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644,
34 eff. 8-20-99; revised 9-29-99.)
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1 Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
2 changing Section 3-5 as follows:
3 (35 ILCS 115/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-5)
4 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal
5 property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
6 (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
7 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
8 than a limited liability company, that is organized and
9 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the
10 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal
11 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose
12 of resale by the enterprise.
13 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
14 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
15 operating, or promoting the county fair.
16 (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit
17 arts or cultural organization that establishes, by proof
18 required by the Department by rule, that it has received an
19 exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
20 Code and that is organized and operated for the presentation
21 or support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
22 services. These organizations include, but are not limited
23 to, music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
24 orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
25 organizations, local arts councils, visual arts
26 organizations, and media arts organizations.
27 (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
28 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
29 government of the United States of America, or the government
30 of any foreign country, and bullion.
31 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
32 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
33 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for
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1 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
2 graphic arts production.
3 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored
4 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
5 secondary school located in Illinois.
6 (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
7 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
8 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
9 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
10 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
11 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
12 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
13 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
14 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
15 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
16 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
17 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
18 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
19 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
20 equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender
21 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
22 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
23 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the
24 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
25 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
26 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
27 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
28 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
29 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
30 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
31 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
32 and other such equipment.
33 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
34 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
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1 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
2 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
3 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
4 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
5 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt
6 from the provisions of Section 3-55.
7 (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
8 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
9 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
10 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
11 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
12 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
13 stopovers.
14 (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
15 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption
16 of food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
17 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
18 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
19 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
20 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
21 imposed.
22 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
23 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
24 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
25 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
26 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
27 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
28 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
29 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
30 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
31 (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
32 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including
33 that manufactured on special order, certified by the
34 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
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1 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased
2 for lease.
3 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
4 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
5 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
6 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
7 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
8 (13) Food for human consumption that is to be consumed
9 off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic
10 beverages, soft drinks and food that has been prepared for
11 immediate consumption) and prescription and non-prescription
12 medicines, drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine
13 testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics,
14 for human use, when purchased for use by a person receiving
15 medical assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid
16 Code who resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as
17 defined in the Nursing Home Care Act.
18 (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
19 for direct agricultural production.
20 (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
21 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
22 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
23 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
24 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
25 racing for prizes.
26 (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
27 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
28 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
29 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
30 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
31 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
32 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
33 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
34 (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
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1 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
2 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body
3 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification
4 number by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers'
5 Occupation Tax Act.
6 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
7 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
8 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
9 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
10 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
11 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
12 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
13 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
14 identification number by the Department that assists victims
15 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
16 (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
17 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
18 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
19 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
20 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
21 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
22 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
23 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
24 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
25 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
26 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
27 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
28 the disaster.
29 (20) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at
30 a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
31 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife
32 Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted
33 by the Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is
34 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
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1 (21) (20) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
2 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
3 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
4 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
5 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
6 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
7 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
8 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
9 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
10 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
11 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
12 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
13 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
14 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
15 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
16 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
17 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
18 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
19 occupation.
20 (22) (21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
21 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
22 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
23 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
24 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
25 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
26 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
27 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
28 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
29 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
30 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
31 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
32 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
33 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
34 (23) (20) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
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1 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
2 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
3 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
4 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
5 (24) Beginning January 1, 2001, tangible personal
6 property and its component parts purchased by a
7 telecommunications carrier if the property and parts are used
8 directly and primarily in transmitting, receiving, switching,
9 or recording any interactive, two-way electromagnetic
10 communications, including voice, image, data, and
11 information, through the use of any medium, including, but
12 not limited to, poles, wires, cables, switching equipment,
13 computers, and record storage devices and media. This
14 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
15 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
16 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff.
17 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 91-637,
18 eff. 8-20-99; 91-644, eff. 8-20-99; revised 9-29-99.)
19 Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
20 by changing Section 2-5 as follows:
21 (35 ILCS 120/2-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-5)
22 Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from
23 the sale of the following tangible personal property are
24 exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
25 (1) Farm chemicals.
26 (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
27 including that manufactured on special order, certified by
28 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture
29 or State or federal agricultural programs, including
30 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment,
31 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and
32 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of
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1 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
2 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required
3 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle
4 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be
5 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural
6 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or
7 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and
8 equipment under this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender
9 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from
10 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold
11 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed, if the
12 selling price of the tender is separately stated.
13 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
14 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
15 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
16 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
17 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes,
18 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers,
19 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems,
20 and other such equipment.
21 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
22 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
23 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
24 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
25 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
26 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
27 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt
28 from the provisions of Section 2-70.
29 (3) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit
30 or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, certified by
31 the user to be used only for the production of ethyl alcohol
32 that will be used for consumption as motor fuel or as a
33 component of motor fuel for the personal use of the user, and
34 not subject to sale or resale.
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1 (4) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including
2 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and
3 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for
4 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
5 graphic arts production.
6 (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor
7 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor
8 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living
9 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with
10 direct walk through access to the living quarters from the
11 driver's seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that
12 is of the van configuration designed for the transportation
13 of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in
14 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for
15 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting
16 Occupation and Use Tax Act.
17 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored
18 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
19 secondary school located in Illinois.
20 (7) Proceeds of that portion of the selling price of a
21 passenger car the sale of which is subject to the Replacement
22 Vehicle Tax.
23 (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
24 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting
25 the county fair.
26 (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
27 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
28 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption
29 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that
30 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of
31 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These
32 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and
33 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and
34 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations,
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1 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media
2 arts organizations.
3 (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
4 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
5 than a limited liability company, that is organized and
6 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the
7 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal
8 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose
9 of resale by the enterprise.
10 (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
11 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
12 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
13 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
14 society, association, foundation, institution, or
15 organization that has no compensated officers or employees
16 and that is organized and operated primarily for the
17 recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited
18 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this
19 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized
20 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and
21 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for
22 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an
23 active identification number issued by the Department.
24 (12) Personal property sold to interstate carriers for
25 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
26 or to lessors under leases of one year or longer executed or
27 in effect at the time of purchase by interstate carriers for
28 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce
29 and equipment operated by a telecommunications provider,
30 licensed as a common carrier by the Federal Communications
31 Commission, which is permanently installed in or affixed to
32 aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
33 (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers
34 of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
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1 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in
2 interstate commerce and equipment operated by a
3 telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
4 the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently
5 installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
6 commerce.
7 (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
8 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
9 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
10 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
11 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
12 other person, whether the materials used in the process are
13 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether
14 the sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
15 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
16 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other
17 similar items of no commercial value on special order for a
18 particular purchaser.
19 (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
20 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of
21 food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
22 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
23 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
24 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
25 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
26 imposed.
27 (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the
28 seller is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
29 purchaser.
30 (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier
31 by rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
32 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
33 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of
34 the property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of
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1 lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or
2 consignor of the property to a destination outside Illinois,
3 for use outside Illinois.
4 (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
5 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
6 government of the United States of America, or the government
7 of any foreign country, and bullion.
8 (19) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production
9 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs,
10 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular
11 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and
12 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
13 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
14 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
15 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
16 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
17 (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
18 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including
19 that manufactured on special order, certified by the
20 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
21 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased
22 for lease.
23 (21) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling,
24 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including
25 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment
26 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to
27 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
28 (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an
29 air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
30 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
31 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for
32 or returning from a location or locations outside the United
33 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
34 stopovers.
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1 (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is
2 received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but
3 who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property to
4 the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
5 (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
6 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
7 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
8 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is
9 delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or
10 vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river.
11 (25) A motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident
12 even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident
13 in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in
14 this State, and if a driveaway decal permit is issued to the
15 motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois
16 Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle
17 registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon
18 returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the
19 driveaway decal permit or having the out-of-state
20 registration plates to be transferred is prima facie evidence
21 that the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
22 (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
23 for direct agricultural production.
24 (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
25 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
26 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
27 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
28 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
29 racing for prizes.
30 (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
31 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
32 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
33 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
34 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
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1 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
2 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
3 this Act.
4 (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
5 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
6 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body
7 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification
8 number by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
9 (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
10 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
11 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated
12 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally
13 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
14 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to
15 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
16 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption
17 identification number by the Department that assists victims
18 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area.
19 (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
20 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
21 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in
22 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
23 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
24 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
25 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
26 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention
27 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a
28 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering
29 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities
30 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after
31 the disaster.
32 (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at
33 a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
34 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife
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1 Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted
2 by the Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is
3 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
4 (33) (32) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
5 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
6 to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
7 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by
8 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for
9 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a
10 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
11 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively
12 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public
13 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in
14 useful branches of learning by methods common to public
15 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and
16 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported
17 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes
18 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of
19 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to
20 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual,
21 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
22 occupation.
23 (34) (33) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
24 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
25 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
26 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school
27 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized
28 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers
29 and includes parents and teachers of the school children.
30 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for
31 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the
32 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at
33 the events from another individual or entity that sold the
34 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity
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1 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity.
2 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
3 (35) (32) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used
4 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food
5 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and
6 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is
7 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
8 (36) Beginning January 1, 2001, tangible personal
9 property and its component parts purchased by a
10 telecommunications carrier if the property and parts are used
11 directly and primarily in transmitting, receiving, switching,
12 or recording any interactive, two-way electromagnetic
13 communications, including voice, image, data, and
14 information, through the use of any medium, including, but
15 not limited to, poles, wires, cables, switching equipment,
16 computers, and record storage devices and media. This
17 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
18 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-519, eff. 6-1-98;
19 90-552, eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff.
20 6-30-99; 91-200, eff. 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-533,
21 eff. 8-13-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644, eff. 8-20-99;
22 revised 9-28-99.)
23 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
24 Section 8.24 as follows:
25 (30 ILCS 805/8.24 new)
26 Sec. 8.24. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
27 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
28 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
29 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.