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 1        AN ACT regarding taxes.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing
 5    Sections  2b,  4e, 5a, 6a, 8, 13, 13a.6, and 15 and by adding
 6    Sections 1.27, 1.28, and 1.29 as follows:

 7        (35 ILCS 505/1.27 new)
 8        Sec. 1.27. "Power take-off equipment" means any accessory
 9    that is mounted onto or designed as an  integral  part  of  a
10    transmission  of  a  motor  vehicle  that  is  registered for
11    highway purposes whereby the accessory  allows  power  to  be
12    transferred  outside the transmission to a shaft or driveline
13    and the power is used for a purpose other than propelling the
14    motor vehicle.

15        (35 ILCS 505/1.28 new)
16        Sec. 1.28.  "Semitrailer"  means  every  vehicle  without
17    motive  power,  other  than  a  pole  trailer,   designed for
18    carrying persons or property and for being drawn by  a  motor
19    vehicle  and  so constructed that some part of its weight and
20    that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.

21        (35 ILCS 505/1.29 new)
22        Sec. 1.29.  "Research and development"  means  basic  and
23    applied  research in the engineering, designing, development,
24    or testing of prototypes  or  new  products.   "Research  and
25    development"  does not include manufacturing quality control,
26    any product testing  by  consumers,  market  research,  sales
27    promotion,   sales   service,   or   other  non-technological
28    activities or technical services.
 
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 1        (35 ILCS 505/2b) (from Ch. 120, par. 418b)
 2        Sec. 2b.  In addition to the tax collection and reporting
 3    responsibilities imposed elsewhere in this Act, a person  who
 4    is  required to pay the tax imposed by Section 2a of this Act
 5    shall pay the tax to the Department  by  return  showing  all
 6    fuel purchased, acquired or received and sold, distributed or
 7    used  during the preceding calendar month including losses of
 8    fuel as  the  result  of  evaporation  or  shrinkage  due  to
 9    temperature variations, and such other reasonable information
10    as  the  Department may require. Losses of fuel as the result
11    of evaporation or shrinkage due to temperature variations may
12    not exceed 1% one percent of the total gallons in storage  at
13    the  beginning  of  the month, plus the receipts of gallonage
14    during the month, minus the gallonage remaining in storage at
15    the end of the month.  Any loss reported that is in excess of
16    this amount shall be subject to the tax imposed by Section 2a
17    of this Law. On and after July  1,  2001,  for  each  6-month
18    period  January  through  June,  net losses of fuel (for each
19    category of fuel that is required to be reported on a return)
20    as the result of evaporation or shrinkage due to  temperature
21    variations  may not exceed 1% of the total gallons in storage
22    at the beginning  of  each  January,  plus  the  receipts  of
23    gallonage  each  January  through  June,  minus the gallonage
24    remaining in storage at the end of each June.  On  and  after
25    July  1, 2001, for each 6-month period July through December,
26    net losses of  fuel  (for  each  category  of  fuel  that  is
27    required  to  be  reported  on  a  return)  as  the result of
28    evaporation or shrinkage due to  temperature  variations  may
29    not  exceed  1%  of  the  total  gallons  in  storage  at the
30    beginning of each July, plus the receipts of  gallonage  each
31    July  through  December,  minus  the  gallonage  remaining in
32    storage at the end of each December.  Any net  loss  reported
33    that  is in excess of this amount shall be subject to the tax
34    imposed by Section 2a of this  Law.   For  purposes  of  this
 
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 1    Section,  "net  loss"  means  the  number  of  gallons gained
 2    through temperature variations minus the  number  of  gallons
 3    lost  through  temperature variations or evaporation for each
 4    of the respective 6-month periods.
 5        The return shall be  prescribed  by  the  Department  and
 6    shall be filed between the 1st and 20th days of each calendar
 7    month.   The  Department  may, in its discretion, combine the
 8    returns filed under this Section, Section 5, and  Section  5a
 9    of  this  Act.  The return must be accompanied by appropriate
10    computer-generated magnetic media supporting schedule data in
11    the format required by the Department, unless, as provided by
12    rule, the Department grants an exception upon petition  of  a
13    taxpayer.   If  the  return is filed timely, the seller shall
14    take a discount of 2%  which  is  allowed  to  reimburse  the
15    seller   for   the  expenses  incurred  in  keeping  records,
16    preparing and filing returns, collecting  and  remitting  the
17    tax  and  supplying data to the Department on request. The 2%
18    discount, however, shall be applicable only to the amount  of
19    payment  which  accompanies  a return that is filed timely in
20    accordance with this Section.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

22        (35 ILCS 505/4e)
23        Sec. 4e. A legible and conspicuous notice  stating  "Dyed
24    Diesel  Fuel,  Non-taxable Use Only, Penalty For Taxable Use"
25    must appear on all shipping  papers,  bills  of  lading,  and
26    invoices accompanying any sale of dyed diesel fuel.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

28        (35 ILCS 505/5) (from Ch. 120, par. 421)
29        Sec. 5.  Except as hereinafter provided, a person holding
30    a  valid  unrevoked  license to act as a distributor of motor
31    fuel shall, between the 1st and 20th days  of  each  calendar
32    month,  make  return  to  the Department, showing an itemized
 
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 1    statement of the number of invoiced gallons of motor fuel  of
 2    the  types  specified  in  this Section which were purchased,
 3    acquired or received during the preceding calendar month; the
 4    amount of such  motor  fuel  produced,  refined,  compounded,
 5    manufactured,  blended,  sold,  distributed,  and used by the
 6    licensed distributor during the preceding calendar month; the
 7    amount of such  motor  fuel  lost  or  destroyed  during  the
 8    preceding  calendar  month; and the amount of such motor fuel
 9    on hand at the close of business for  such  month;  and  such
10    other  reasonable  information as the Department may require.
11    If a distributor's only activities with respect to motor fuel
12    are either: (1) production of alcohol in quantities  of  less
13    than 10,000 proof gallons per year or (2) blending alcohol in
14    quantities  of  less than 10,000 proof gallons per year which
15    such distributor has produced, he shall file  returns  on  an
16    annual  basis  with  the return for a given year being due by
17    January 20 of the following year.  Distributors  whose  total
18    production of alcohol (whether blended or not) exceeds 10,000
19    proof  gallons  per  year,  based  on  production  during the
20    preceding (calendar) year or as reasonably projected  by  the
21    Department if one calendar year's record of production cannot
22    be  established,  shall file returns between the 1st and 20th
23    days of each calendar month as hereinabove provided.
24        The types of motor fuel  referred  to  in  the  preceding
25    paragraph  are:  (A)  All  products  commonly or commercially
26    known  or  sold  as  gasoline  (including   casing-head   and
27    absorption  or  natural  gasoline),  gasohol, motor benzol or
28    motor benzene regardless of their classification or uses; and
29    (B) all combustible gases which exist in a gaseous  state  at
30    60  degrees  Fahrenheit  and  at  14.7 pounds per square inch
31    absolute including, but not limited to,  liquefied  petroleum
32    gases  used  for highway purposes; and (C) special fuel. Only
33    those quantities of combustible  gases  (example  (B)  above)
34    which  are  used  or  sold  by  the distributor to be used to
 
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 1    propel motor vehicles on the public highways,  or  which  are
 2    delivered into the bulk storage facilities of a bulk user, or
 3    which  are delivered into a storage tank that is located at a
 4    facility that has withdrawal  facilities  which  are  readily
 5    accessible to and are capable of dispensing combustible gases
 6    into  the  fuel  supply  tanks  of  motor  vehicles, shall be
 7    subject to return.  For the purposes of this  Act,  liquefied
 8    petroleum  gases shall mean and include any material having a
 9    vapor pressure not  exceeding  that  allowed  for  commercial
10    propane composed predominantly of the following hydrocarbons,
11    either  by  themselves  or  as mixtures:  Propane, Propylene,
12    Butane (normal butane or iso-butane) and Butylene  (including
13    isomers).
14        In case of a sale of special fuel to someone other than a
15    licensed distributor, or a licensed supplier, for a use other
16    than  in  motor  vehicles,  the distributor shall show in his
17    return the amount of invoiced gallons sold and the  name  and
18    address of the purchaser in addition to any other information
19    the Department may require.
20        All  special  fuel  sold or used for non-highway purposes
21    must have a dye added in accordance with Section 4d  of  this
22    Law.
23        In  case of a tax-free sale, as provided in Section 6, of
24    motor fuel which the distributor is required by this  Section
25    to  include  in his return to the Department, the distributor
26    in his return shall show: (1) If the sale is made to  another
27    licensed  distributor  the  amount sold and the name, address
28    and license number of the purchasing distributor; (2) if  the
29    sale  is  made  to a person where delivery is made outside of
30    this State the name and address of  such  purchaser  and  the
31    point   of   delivery  together  with  the  date  and  amount
32    delivered; (3) if the sale is made to the Federal  Government
33    or  its instrumentalities the amount sold; (4) if the sale is
34    made to a municipal corporation owning and operating a  local
 
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 1    transportation  system  for  public service in this State the
 2    name and address of such purchaser, and the amount  sold,  as
 3    evidenced   by   official  forms  of  exemption  certificates
 4    properly executed and furnished by such purchaser; (5) if the
 5    sale is made to a privately owned public utility  owning  and
 6    operating  2-axle vehicles designed and used for transporting
 7    more than 7 passengers, which vehicles  are  used  as  common
 8    carriers  in  general  transportation  of passengers, are not
 9    devoted to any specialized purpose and are operated  entirely
10    within  the territorial limits of a single municipality or of
11    any group of contiguous municipalities or in a  close  radius
12    thereof,  and  the  operations  of  which  are subject to the
13    regulations of the Illinois  Commerce  Commission,  then  the
14    name  and  address  of  such purchaser and the amount sold as
15    evidenced  by  official  forms  of   exemption   certificates
16    properly  executed and furnished by the purchaser; (6) if the
17    product sold is special fuel and if the sale  is  made  to  a
18    licensed supplier under conditions which qualify the sale for
19    tax  exemption  under  Section 6 of this Act, the amount sold
20    and the name, address and license number  of  the  purchaser;
21    and  (7)  if  a sale of special fuel is made to someone other
22    than a licensed distributor, or a licensed  supplier,  for  a
23    use  other  than  in  motor  vehicles,  by  making a specific
24    notation thereof on the invoice or sales slip  covering  such
25    sales  and  obtaining such supporting documentation as may be
26    required by the Department.
27        All special fuel sold or used  for  non-highway  purposes
28    must  have  a dye added in accordance with Section 4d of this
29    Law.
30        A person whose license to act as a distributor  of  motor
31    fuel  has  been revoked shall make a return to the Department
32    covering the period from the date of the last return  to  the
33    date  of the revocation of the license, which return shall be
34    delivered to the Department not later than 10 days  from  the
 
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 1    date  of the revocation or termination of the license of such
 2    distributor; the  return  shall  in  all  other  respects  be
 3    subject  to  the same provisions and conditions as returns by
 4    distributors licensed under the provisions of this Act.
 5        The records, waybills and supporting  documents  kept  by
 6    railroads  and other common carriers in the regular course of
 7    business shall be prima facie evidence of  the  contents  and
 8    receipt  of  cars or tanks covered by those records, waybills
 9    or supporting documents.
10        If the Department has reason to believe and does  believe
11    that  the  amount shown on the return as purchased, acquired,
12    received, sold, used, lost or destroyed is incorrect, or that
13    an amount of motor fuel of the types required by  the  second
14    paragraph  of  this  Section to be reported to the Department
15    has not been correctly reported the Department shall  fix  an
16    amount  for  such  receipt,  sales,  use, loss or destruction
17    according to its best judgment and information, which  amount
18    so fixed by the Department shall be prima facie correct.  All
19    returns  shall be made on forms prepared and furnished by the
20    Department, and shall contain such other information  as  the
21    Department   may  reasonably  require.  The  return  must  be
22    accompanied by appropriate computer-generated magnetic  media
23    supporting  schedule  data  in  the  format  required  by the
24    Department, unless, as  provided   by  rule,  the  Department
25    grants an exception upon petition of a taxpayer. All licensed
26    distributors  shall report all losses of motor fuel sustained
27    on account of fire, theft, spillage,  spoilage,  leakage,  or
28    any  other  provable  cause  when  filing  the return for the
29    period during which the loss occurred. The mere making of the
30    report does not  assure  the  allowance  of  the  loss  as  a
31    reduction  in  tax  liability.    Losses of motor fuel as the
32    result  of  evaporation  or  shrinkage  due  to   temperature
33    variations may not exceed 1% one percent of the total gallons
34    in  storage  at the beginning of the month, plus the receipts
 
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 1    of gallonage during the month, minus the gallonage  remaining
 2    in  storage  at the end of the month.  Any loss reported that
 3    is in excess of 1% one percent shall be subject  to  the  tax
 4    imposed by Section 2  of this Law. On and after July 1, 2001,
 5    for  each  6-month period January through June, net losses of
 6    motor fuel (for each category of motor fuel that is  required
 7    to  be  reported on a return) as the result of evaporation or
 8    shrinkage due to temperature variations may not exceed 1%  of
 9    the  total  gallons  in  storage  at  the  beginning  of each
10    January, plus the receipts of gallonage each January  through
11    June,  minus the gallonage remaining in storage at the end of
12    each June.  On and after  July  1,  2001,  for  each  6-month
13    period  July  through December, net losses of motor fuel (for
14    each category of motor fuel that is required to  be  reported
15    on a return) as the result of evaporation or shrinkage due to
16    temperature variations may not exceed 1% of the total gallons
17    in  storage  at the beginning of each July, plus the receipts
18    of gallonage each July through December, minus the  gallonage
19    remaining  in  storage  at the end of each December.  Any net
20    loss reported that is in  excess  of  this  amount  shall  be
21    subject  to  the  tax imposed by Section 2a of this Law.  For
22    purposes of this Section, "net  loss"  means  the  number  of
23    gallons  gained  through  temperature  variations  minus  the
24    number  of  gallons  lost  through  temperature variations or
25    evaporation for each of the respective 6-month periods.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

27        (35 ILCS 505/5a) (from Ch. 120, par. 421a)
28        Sec. 5a.  A person holding a valid unrevoked  license  to
29    act  as a supplier of special fuel shall, between the 1st and
30    20th  days  of  each  calendar  month,  make  return  to  the
31    Department showing an itemized statement  of  the  number  of
32    invoiced   gallons   of   special  fuel  acquired,  received,
33    purchased, sold, or used during the preceding calendar month;
 
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 1    the amount of special fuel sold, distributed, and used by the
 2    licensed supplier during the preceding  calendar  month;  the
 3    amount of special fuel lost or destroyed during the preceding
 4    calendar month; and the amount of special fuel on hand at the
 5    close  of business for the preceding calendar month; and such
 6    other reasonable information as the Department may require.
 7        A person whose license to act as a  supplier  of  special
 8    fuel  has  been revoked shall make a return to the Department
 9    covering the period from the date of the last return  to  the
10    date  of the revocation of the license, which return shall be
11    delivered to the Department not later than 10 days  from  the
12    date  of the revocation or termination of the license of such
13    supplier.  The return shall in all other respects be  subject
14    to the same provisions and conditions as returns by suppliers
15    licensed under this Act.
16        The  records,  waybills  and supporting documents kept by
17    railroads and other common carriers in the regular course  of
18    business  shall  be  prima facie evidence of the contents and
19    receipt of cars or tanks covered by those  records,  waybills
20    or supporting documents.
21        If  the Department has reason to believe and does believe
22    that the amount shown on the return as  purchased,  acquired,
23    received, sold, used, or lost is incorrect, or that an amount
24    of  special fuel of the type required by the 1st paragraph of
25    this Section to be reported to the  Department  by  suppliers
26    has not been correctly reported as a purchase, receipt, sale,
27    use,  or  loss  the  Department  shall fix an amount for such
28    purchase, receipt, sale, use, or loss according to  its  best
29    judgment  and  information,  which  amount  so  fixed  by the
30    Department  shall  be  prima  facie  correct.  All   licensed
31    suppliers  shall  report all losses of special fuel sustained
32    on account of fire, theft, spillage,  spoilage,  leakage,  or
33    any  other  provable  cause  when  filing  the return for the
34    period during which the loss occurred.  The  mere  making  of
 
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 1    the  report  does  not  assure the allowance of the loss as a
 2    reduction in tax liability. Losses of  special  fuel  as  the
 3    result   of  evaporation  or  shrinkage  due  to  temperature
 4    variations may not exceed 1% one percent of the total gallons
 5    in storage at the beginning of the month, plus  the  receipts
 6    of  gallonage during the month, minus the gallonage remaining
 7    in storage at the end of the month.
 8        Any loss reported that is in excess  of  1%  one  percent
 9    shall be subject to the tax imposed by Section 2 of this Law.
10    On  and  after  July 1, 2001, for each 6-month period January
11    through June, net losses of special fuel (for  each  category
12    of  special fuel that is required to be reported on a return)
13    as the result of evaporation or shrinkage due to  temperature
14    variations  may not exceed 1% of the total gallons in storage
15    at the beginning  of  each  January,  plus  the  receipts  of
16    gallonage  each  January  through  June,  minus the gallonage
17    remaining in storage at the end of each June.  On  and  after
18    July  1, 2001, for each 6-month period July through December,
19    net losses of special fuel (for each category of special fuel
20    that is required to be reported on a return) as the result of
21    evaporation or shrinkage due to  temperature  variations  may
22    not  exceed  1%  of  the  total  gallons  in  storage  at the
23    beginning of each July, plus the receipts of  gallonage  each
24    July  through  December,  minus  the  gallonage  remaining in
25    storage at the end of each December. Any  net  loss  reported
26    that  is in excess of this amount shall be subject to the tax
27    imposed by Section 2a of this  Law.   For  purposes  of  this
28    Section,  "net  loss"  means  the  number  of  gallons gained
29    through temperature variations minus the  number  of  gallons
30    lost  through  temperature variations or evaporation for each
31    of the respective 6-month periods.
32        In case of a sale of special fuel to someone other than a
33    licensed distributor or licensed supplier  for  a  use  other
34    than in motor vehicles, the supplier shall show in his return
 
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 1    the  amount of invoiced gallons sold and the name and address
 2    of the purchaser in addition to  any  other  information  the
 3    Department may require.
 4        All  special  fuel  sold or used for non-highway purposes
 5    must have a dye added in accordance with Section 4d  of  this
 6    Law.
 7        All returns shall be made on forms prepared and furnished
 8    by the Department and shall contain such other information as
 9    the  Department  may  reasonably  require. The return must be
10    accompanied by appropriate computer-generated magnetic  media
11    supporting  schedule  data  in  the  format  required  by the
12    Department, unless,  as  provided  by  rule,  the  Department
13    grants an exception upon petition of a taxpayer.
14        In case of a tax-free sale, as provided in Section 6a, of
15    special  fuel  which the supplier is required by this Section
16    to include in his return to the Department, the  supplier  in
17    his  return  shall  show:  (1) If the sale of special fuel is
18    made to the Federal Government or its instrumentalities;  (2)
19    if   the  sale  of  special  fuel  is  made  to  a  municipal
20    corporation  owning  and  operating  a  local  transportation
21    system for public service in this State, the name and address
22    of such purchaser  and  the  amount  sold,  as  evidenced  by
23    official  forms  of  exemption certificates properly executed
24    and furnished by such purchaser; (3) if the sale  of  special
25    fuel  is  made to a privately owned public utility owning and
26    operating 2-axle vehicles designed and used for  transporting
27    more  than  7  passengers,  which vehicles are used as common
28    carriers in general transportation  of  passengers,  are  not
29    devoted  to any specialized purpose and are operated entirely
30    within the territorial limits of a single municipality or  of
31    any  group  of contiguous municipalities or in a close radius
32    thereof, and the operations  of  which  are  subject  to  the
33    regulations  of  the  Illinois  Commerce Commission, then the
34    name and address of such purchaser and the  amount  sold,  as
 
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 1    evidenced   by   official  forms  of  exemption  certificates
 2    properly executed and furnished by such purchaser; (4) if the
 3    product sold is special fuel and if the sale  is  made  to  a
 4    licensed   supplier   or  to  a  licensed  distributor  under
 5    conditions which qualify the sale  for  tax  exemption  under
 6    Section 6a of this Act, the amount sold and the name, address
 7    and  license  number  of  such  purchaser;  (5)  if a sale of
 8    special fuel is made to  a  person  where  delivery  is  made
 9    outside of this State, the name and address of such purchaser
10    and  the  point of delivery together with the date and amount
11    of invoiced gallons delivered; and (6) if a sale  of  special
12    fuel  is made to someone other than a licensed distributor or
13    a licensed supplier, for a use other than in motor  vehicles,
14    by making a specific notation thereof on the invoice or sales
15    slip   covering  that  sale  and  obtaining  such  supporting
16    documentation as may be required by the Department.
17        All special fuel sold or used  for  non-highway  purposes
18    must  have  a dye added in accordance with Section 4d of this
19    Law.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

21        (35 ILCS 505/6a) (from Ch. 120, par. 422a)
22        Sec. 6a. Collection of tax; suppliers. A supplier,  other
23    than  a  licensed  distributor,  who sells or distributes any
24    special fuel, which he is required by Section 5a to report to
25    the  Department  when  filing  a  return,  shall  (except  as
26    hereinafter provided) collect at the time of  such  sale  and
27    distribution, the amount of tax imposed under this Act on all
28    such  special  fuel  sold and distributed, and at the time of
29    making a return, the supplier shall pay to the Department the
30    amount so collected less a discount of 2%  which  is  allowed
31    to  reimburse  the  supplier  for  the  expenses  incurred in
32    keeping records, preparing and filing returns, collecting and
33    remitting the tax and supplying data  to  the  Department  on
 
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 1    request,   and  shall  also  pay  to the Department an amount
 2    equal to the amount that would be collectible as a tax in the
 3    event of a sale thereof on all such special fuel used by said
 4    supplier during the period covered by the  return.   However,
 5    no payment  shall be made based upon dyed diesel fuel used by
 6    said supplier for non-highway purposes. The 2% discount shall
 7    only  be  applicable  to  the  amount  of  tax  payment which
 8    accompanies a return which is filed timely in accordance with
 9    Section 5(a) of this Act.  In each subsequent sale of special
10    fuel on which the amount of tax imposed under  this  Act  has
11    been  collected  as  provided  in this Section, the amount so
12    collected shall be added to the selling price,  so  that  the
13    amount  of  tax is paid ultimately by the user of the special
14    fuel.  However, no collection or payment shall be made in the
15    case of the sale or use of any special fuel  to the extent to
16    which such sale or use of  motor  fuel  may  not,  under  the
17    Constitution  and  statutes of the United States, be made the
18    subject of taxation by this State.
19        A person whose license to act as supplier of special fuel
20    has been revoked shall, at the time of making a return,  also
21    pay  to  the  Department  an  amount equal to the amount that
22    would be collectible as a tax in the event of a sale  thereof
23    on  all  special  fuel,  which  he  is  required  by  the 1st
24    paragraph of Section 5a to report to the Department in making
25    a return.
26        A supplier may make tax-free sales of special fuel,  with
27    respect to which he is otherwise required to collect the tax,
28    when  the  motor fuel is delivered from a dispensing facility
29    that has withdrawal facilities capable of dispensing  special
30    fuel  into  the  fuel  supply tanks of motor vehicles only as
31    specified in the following items 1, 2, and 3.  A supplier may
32    make tax-free sales of special fuel, with respect to which he
33    is otherwise required to collect the tax,  when  the  special
34    fuel  is delivered from other facilities only as specified in
 
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 1    the following items 1 through 7.
 2             1.  When the sale is made to the federal  government
 3        or its instrumentalities.
 4             2.  When the sale is made to a municipal corporation
 5        owning  and  operating  a local transportation system for
 6        public service in this State when an official certificate
 7        of exemption is obtained in lieu of the tax.
 8             3.  When the sale  is  made  to  a  privately  owned
 9        public  utility  owning  and  operating  2  axle vehicles
10        designed  and  used  for   transporting   more   than   7
11        passengers, which vehicles are used as common carriers in
12        general  transportation of passengers, are not devoted to
13        any specialized purpose and are operated entirely  within
14        the territorial limits of a single municipality or of any
15        group  of contiguous municipalities, or in a close radius
16        thereof, and the operations of which are subject  to  the
17        regulations  of the Illinois Commerce Commission, when an
18        official certificate of exemption is obtained in lieu  of
19        the tax.
20             4.  When  a sale of special fuel is made to a person
21        holding a valid unrevoked license  as  a  supplier  or  a
22        distributor  by  making  a  specific  notation thereof on
23        invoice or sales slip covering each such sale.
24             5.  When a sale of special fuel is made  to  someone
25        other  than a licensed distributor or, licensed supplier,
26        or licensed bulk user for  a  use  other  than  in  motor
27        vehicles,  by  making  a specific notation thereof on the
28        invoice or sales slip covering such  sale  and  obtaining
29        such  supporting  documentation as may be required by the
30        Department.  The  supplier  shall  obtain  and  keep  the
31        supporting documentation in such form as  the  Department
32        may require by rule.
33             6.  (Blank).
34             7.  When  a sale of special fuel is made to a person
 
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 1        where delivery is made outside of this State.
 2        All special fuel sold or used  for  non-highway  purposes
 3    must  have  a dye added in accordance with Section 4d of this
 4    Law.
 5        All suits or other proceedings brought for the purpose of
 6    recovering any taxes, interest or penalties due the State  of
 7    Illinois  under this Act may be maintained in the name of the
 8    Department.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

10        (35 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 120, par. 424)
11        Sec. 8.  Except  as  provided  in  Section  Sections  8a,
12    subdivision  (h)(1)  of  Section  12a, Section and 13a.6, and
13    items 13, 14, 15, and 16 of Section 15, all money received by
14    the Department under this Act, including payments made to the
15    Department  by  member  jurisdictions  participating  in  the
16    International Fuel Tax Agreement, shall  be  deposited  in  a
17    special fund in the State treasury, to be known as the "Motor
18    Fuel Tax Fund", and shall be used as follows:
19        (a)  2  1/2  cents  per  gallon  of  the tax collected on
20    special fuel under paragraph (b) of Section 2 and Section 13a
21    of this Act shall be transferred to  the  State  Construction
22    Account Fund in the State Treasury;
23        (b)  $420,000  shall  be  transferred  each  month to the
24    State Boating Act Fund  to  be  used  by  the  Department  of
25    Natural  Resources for the purposes specified in Article X of
26    the Boat Registration and Safety Act;
27        (c)  $2,250,000 shall be transferred each  month  to  the
28    Grade  Crossing  Protection  Fund  to be used as follows: not
29    less than $6,000,000 each fiscal year shall be used  for  the
30    construction   or   reconstruction   of  rail  highway  grade
31    separation structures; beginning with fiscal  year  1997  and
32    ending in fiscal year 2000, $1,500,000, beginning with fiscal
33    year  2001  and  ending  in fiscal year 2003, $2,250,000, and
 
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 1    $750,000 in fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year  thereafter
 2    shall  be  transferred  to the Transportation Regulatory Fund
 3    and shall be accounted  for  as  part  of  the  rail  carrier
 4    portion  of  such  funds and shall be used to pay the cost of
 5    administration of the Illinois Commerce Commission's railroad
 6    safety program in connection with its duties under subsection
 7    (3) of Section 18c-7401 of the Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  with
 8    the  remainder to be used by the Department of Transportation
 9    upon order of the Illinois Commerce Commission, to  pay  that
10    part  of the cost apportioned by such Commission to the State
11    to cover the interest of the public in the use  of  highways,
12    roads,  streets, or pedestrian walkways in the county highway
13    system, township  and  district  road  system,  or  municipal
14    street system as defined in the Illinois Highway Code, as the
15    same  may  from  time  to  time be amended, for separation of
16    grades, for installation, construction or  reconstruction  of
17    crossing protection or reconstruction, alteration, relocation
18    including construction or improvement of any existing highway
19    necessary  for access to property or improvement of any grade
20    crossing including the necessary highway  approaches  thereto
21    of any railroad across the highway or public road, or for the
22    installation, construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of
23    a  pedestrian  walkway over or under a railroad right-of-way,
24    as provided for in and in accordance with Section 18c-7401 of
25    the Illinois Vehicle Code.  The Commission  shall  not  order
26    more  than  $2,000,000  per year in Grade Crossing Protection
27    Fund moneys for pedestrian walkways.  In entering orders  for
28    projects   for   which   payments  from  the  Grade  Crossing
29    Protection Fund will be made, the  Commission  shall  account
30    for  expenditures  authorized  by the orders on a cash rather
31    than an accrual basis.  For purposes of this  requirement  an
32    "accrual basis" assumes that the total cost of the project is
33    expended  in  the  fiscal year in which the order is entered,
34    while a "cash basis" allocates the cost of the project  among
 
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 1    fiscal  years as expenditures are actually made.  To meet the
 2    requirements  of  this  subsection,  the  Illinois   Commerce
 3    Commission  shall  develop annual and 5-year project plans of
 4    rail crossing capital improvements that will be paid for with
 5    moneys from the Grade Crossing Protection Fund.   The  annual
 6    project  plan  shall  identify  projects  for  the succeeding
 7    fiscal year  and  the  5-year  project  plan  shall  identify
 8    projects  for  the  5  directly succeeding fiscal years.  The
 9    Commission shall submit the annual and 5-year  project  plans
10    for  this  Fund to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
11    the Senate Minority Leader,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of
12    Representatives,  and  the  Minority  Leader  of the House of
13    Representatives on the first Wednesday in April of each year;
14        (d)  of the amount remaining after  allocations  provided
15    for  in  subsections  (a),  (b)  and (c), a sufficient amount
16    shall be reserved to pay all of the following:
17             (1)  the costs  of  the  Department  of  Revenue  in
18        administering this Act;
19             (2)  the  costs  of the Department of Transportation
20        in performing its duties imposed by the Illinois  Highway
21        Code  for  supervising  the  use  of motor fuel tax funds
22        apportioned  to   municipalities,   counties   and   road
23        districts;
24             (3)  refunds  provided for in Section 13 of this Act
25        and  under  the  terms  of  the  International  Fuel  Tax
26        Agreement referenced in Section 14a;
27             (4)  from October 1, 1985 until June 30,  1994,  the
28        administration  of  the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law,
29        which  amount  shall  be   certified   monthly   by   the
30        Environmental  Protection Agency to the State Comptroller
31        and  shall  promptly  be   transferred   by   the   State
32        Comptroller and Treasurer from the Motor Fuel Tax Fund to
33        the  Vehicle  Inspection Fund, and for the period July 1,
34        1994 through June 30, 2000, June 30, 2006, one-twelfth of
 
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 1        $25,000,000 each month, and for the period July  1,  2000
 2        through  June  30,  2006, one-twelfth of $30,000,000 each
 3        month, for the administration of  the  Vehicle  Emissions
 4        Inspection  Law  of  1995, to be transferred by the State
 5        Comptroller and Treasurer from the Motor  Fuel  Tax  Fund
 6        into the Vehicle Inspection Fund;
 7             (5)  amounts  ordered  paid  by the Court of Claims;
 8        and
 9             (6)  payment of motor fuel use taxes due  to  member
10        jurisdictions  under  the terms of the International Fuel
11        Tax  Agreement.   The  Department  shall  certify   these
12        amounts to the Comptroller by the 15th day of each month;
13        the  Comptroller  shall cause orders to be drawn for such
14        amounts, and the Treasurer shall administer those amounts
15        on or before the last day of each month;
16        (e)  after allocations for  the  purposes  set  forth  in
17    subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d), the remaining amount shall
18    be apportioned as follows:
19             (1)  Until  January  1,  2000,  58.4%, and beginning
20        January 1, 2000, 45.6% shall be deposited as follows:
21                  (A)  37% into the  State  Construction  Account
22             Fund, and
23                  (B)  63%  into  the  Road  Fund,  $1,250,000 of
24             which  shall  be  reserved  each   month   for   the
25             Department   of   Transportation   to   be  used  in
26             accordance with the  provisions  of  Sections  6-901
27             through 6-906 of the Illinois Highway Code;
28             (2)  Until  January  1,  2000,  41.6%, and beginning
29        January 1,  2000,  54.4%  shall  be  transferred  to  the
30        Department   of   Transportation  to  be  distributed  as
31        follows:
32                  (A)  49.10% to the municipalities of the State,
33                  (B)  16.74% to the counties of the State having
34             1,000,000 or more inhabitants,
 
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 1                  (C)  18.27% to the counties of the State having
 2             less than 1,000,000 inhabitants,
 3                  (D)  15.89% to the road districts of the State.
 4        As soon as may be after the first day of each  month  the
 5    Department of Transportation shall allot to each municipality
 6    its   share   of   the  amount  apportioned  to  the  several
 7    municipalities which shall be in proportion to the population
 8    of such municipalities as determined by  the  last  preceding
 9    municipal  census  if  conducted by the Federal Government or
10    Federal census. If territory is annexed to  any  municipality
11    subsequent  to  the  time  of  the  last preceding census the
12    corporate authorities of such municipality may cause a census
13    to be taken of such annexed territory and the  population  so
14    ascertained   for  such  territory  shall  be  added  to  the
15    population of the municipality  as  determined  by  the  last
16    preceding census for the purpose of determining the allotment
17    for that municipality.  If the population of any municipality
18    was  not  determined by the last Federal census preceding any
19    apportionment, the apportionment to such  municipality  shall
20    be  in accordance with any census taken by such municipality.
21    Any municipal census used in  accordance  with  this  Section
22    shall be certified to the Department of Transportation by the
23    clerk of such municipality, and the accuracy thereof shall be
24    subject  to  approval  of  the Department which may make such
25    corrections as it ascertains to be necessary.
26        As soon as may be after the first day of each  month  the
27    Department  of  Transportation shall allot to each county its
28    share of the amount apportioned to the  several  counties  of
29    the  State  as herein provided. Each allotment to the several
30    counties having less than 1,000,000 inhabitants shall  be  in
31    proportion  to  the  amount  of  motor  vehicle  license fees
32    received from the residents of such  counties,  respectively,
33    during  the  preceding  calendar year. The Secretary of State
34    shall, on or before April 15 of each year,  transmit  to  the
 
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 1    Department  of  Transportation  a  full  and  complete report
 2    showing the amount of motor  vehicle  license  fees  received
 3    from  the  residents of each county, respectively, during the
 4    preceding calendar year.  The  Department  of  Transportation
 5    shall,  each  month, use for allotment purposes the last such
 6    report received from the Secretary of State.
 7        As soon as may be after the first day of each month,  the
 8    Department  of  Transportation  shall  allot  to  the several
 9    counties their share of the amount apportioned for the use of
10    road districts.  The allotment shall be apportioned among the
11    several counties in the State in  the  proportion  which  the
12    total mileage of township or district roads in the respective
13    counties  bears  to  the  total  mileage  of all township and
14    district roads in the State. Funds allotted to the respective
15    counties for the use  of  road  districts  therein  shall  be
16    allocated  to the several road districts in the county in the
17    proportion which  the  total  mileage  of  such  township  or
18    district  roads in the respective road districts bears to the
19    total mileage of all such township or district roads  in  the
20    county.   After  July  1  of any year, no allocation shall be
21    made for any road district unless it levied a  tax  for  road
22    and  bridge  purposes  in  an  amount  which will require the
23    extension of such tax against the  taxable  property  in  any
24    such  road district at a rate of not less than either .08% of
25    the value thereof, based upon the  assessment  for  the  year
26    immediately  prior  to  the year in which such tax was levied
27    and as equalized by the Department of Revenue or,  in  DuPage
28    County,  an  amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile
29    of  road  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  road   district,
30    whichever is less.  If any road district has levied a special
31    tax  for  road purposes pursuant to Sections 6-601, 6-602 and
32    6-603 of the Illinois Highway Code, and such tax  was  levied
33    in  an  amount which would require extension at a rate of not
34    less than .08% of the value of the taxable property  thereof,
 
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 1    as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, or, in
 2    DuPage County, an amount equal to or greater than $12,000 per
 3    mile  of  road  under  the jurisdiction of the road district,
 4    whichever is less, such levy  shall,  however,  be  deemed  a
 5    proper  compliance  with  this Section and shall qualify such
 6    road district for an allotment  under  this  Section.   If  a
 7    township  has  transferred  to the road and bridge fund money
 8    which, when added to the amount of any tax levy of  the  road
 9    district  would  be  the  equivalent  of a tax levy requiring
10    extension at a rate of at least .08%,  or, in DuPage  County,
11    an  amount  equal to or greater than $12,000 per mile of road
12    under the jurisdiction of the  road  district,  whichever  is
13    less,  such  transfer, together with any such tax levy, shall
14    be deemed a proper compliance with  this  Section  and  shall
15    qualify  the  road  district  for  an  allotment  under  this
16    Section.
17        In  counties in which a property tax extension limitation
18    is imposed under the Property Tax Extension  Limitation  Law,
19    road  districts  may retain their entitlement to a motor fuel
20    tax allotment if, at the  time  the  property  tax  extension
21    limitation  was imposed, the road district was levying a road
22    and bridge tax at a rate sufficient to entitle it to a  motor
23    fuel   tax  allotment  and  continues  to  levy  the  maximum
24    allowable amount after the imposition  of  the  property  tax
25    extension   limitation.    Any   road  district  may  in  all
26    circumstances retain its entitlement  to  a  motor  fuel  tax
27    allotment  if  it  levied  a road and bridge tax in an amount
28    that will require  the  extension  of  the  tax  against  the
29    taxable  property  in the road district at a rate of not less
30    than 0.08% of the assessed value of the property, based  upon
31    the assessment for the year immediately preceding the year in
32    which  the  tax was levied and as equalized by the Department
33    of Revenue or, in  DuPage  County,  an  amount  equal  to  or
34    greater  than $12,000 per mile of road under the jurisdiction
 
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 1    of the road district, whichever is less.
 2        As used in this Section the term  "road  district"  means
 3    any  road  district,  including  a county unit road district,
 4    provided for by the  Illinois  Highway  Code;  and  the  term
 5    "township  or  district  road" means any road in the township
 6    and district road system as defined in the  Illinois  Highway
 7    Code.  For the purposes of this Section, "road district" also
 8    includes   park  districts,  forest  preserve  districts  and
 9    conservation  districts  organized  under  Illinois  law  and
10    "township or district road" also includes such roads  as  are
11    maintained  by  park districts, forest preserve districts and
12    conservation districts.   The  Department  of  Transportation
13    shall  determine  the  mileage  of  all township and district
14    roads for the purposes of making allotments  and  allocations
15    of motor fuel tax funds for use in road districts.
16        Payment  of  motor  fuel tax moneys to municipalities and
17    counties  shall  be  made  as  soon  as  possible  after  the
18    allotment is made.  The  treasurer  of  the  municipality  or
19    county may invest these funds until their use is required and
20    the  interest earned by these investments shall be limited to
21    the same uses as the principal funds.
22    (Source: P.A. 90-110, eff.  7-14-97;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;
23    90-659, eff. 1-1-99; 90-691, eff. 1-1-99; 91-37, eff. 7-1-99;
24    91-59,  eff.  6-30-99;  91-173,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-357,  eff.
25    7-29-99;  91-704,  eff.  7-1-00; 91-725, eff. 6-2-00; 91-794,
26    eff. 6-9-00; revised 6-28-00.)

27        (35 ILCS 505/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 429)
28        Sec. 13.  Refund of tax paid.  Any person  other  than  a
29    distributor  or  supplier,  who  loses motor fuel through any
30    cause or uses motor fuel (upon which he has paid  the  amount
31    required to be collected under Section 2 of this Act) for any
32    purpose  other than operating a motor vehicle upon the public
33    highways or waters, shall be reimbursed and repaid the amount
 
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 1    so paid.
 2        Any person who purchases motor fuel in Illinois and  uses
 3    that motor fuel in another state and that other state imposes
 4    a  tax  on the use of such motor fuel shall be reimbursed and
 5    repaid the amount of Illinois tax paid  under  Section  2  of
 6    this  Act  on  the  motor  fuel  used  in  such  other state.
 7    Reimbursement and repayment shall be made by  the  Department
 8    upon receipt of adequate proof of taxes paid to another state
 9    and the amount of motor fuel used in that state.
10        Claims  for  such  reimbursement  must  be  made  to  the
11    Department  of  Revenue, duly verified by the claimant (or by
12    the claimant's legal representative if the claimant has  died
13    or  become  a  person  under  legal  disability),  upon forms
14    prescribed by the Department.   The  claim  must  state  such
15    facts  relating  to the purchase, importation, manufacture or
16    production  of  the  motor  fuel  by  the  claimant  as   the
17    Department  may  deem  necessary,  and the time when, and the
18    circumstances of its loss or the specific purpose  for  which
19    it  was  used  (as the case may be), together with such other
20    information as the Department  may  reasonably  require.   No
21    claim based upon idle time shall be allowed.
22        Claims for full reimbursement for taxes paid on or before
23    December 31, 1999 must be filed not later than one year after
24    the  date  on  which  the  tax  was paid by the claimant. If,
25    however, a claim for such reimbursement otherwise meeting the
26    requirements of this Section is filed more than one year  but
27    less  than  2  years  after  that date, the claimant shall be
28    reimbursed at the rate of 80% of the amount to which he would
29    have been entitled if his claim had been timely filed.
30        Claims for full reimbursement for taxes paid on or  after
31    January  1,  2000  must be filed not later than 2 years after
32    the date on which the tax was paid by the claimant.
33        The  Department  may  make  such  investigation  of   the
34    correctness  of  the  facts stated in such claims as it deems
 
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 1    necessary.  When the Department has approved any such  claim,
 2    it  shall  pay  to  the  claimant (or to the claimant's legal
 3    representative, as such if the claimant has died or become  a
 4    person  under legal disability) the reimbursement provided in
 5    this Section, out of any moneys appropriated to it  for  that
 6    purpose.
 7        Any  distributor or supplier who has paid the tax imposed
 8    by Section 2 of this Act upon motor fuel lost or used by such
 9    distributor or supplier for any purpose other than  operating
10    a motor vehicle upon the public highways or waters may file a
11    claim  for  credit  or  refund to recover the amount so paid.
12    Such claims  shall  be  filed  on  forms  prescribed  by  the
13    Department.   Such  claims  shall  be made to the Department,
14    duly verified by the claimant (or  by  the  claimant's  legal
15    representative  if  the  claimant has died or become a person
16    under  legal  disability),  upon  forms  prescribed  by   the
17    Department.  The claim shall state such facts relating to the
18    purchase, importation, manufacture or production of the motor
19    fuel by the claimant as the Department may deem necessary and
20    the  time  when  the loss or nontaxable use occurred, and the
21    circumstances of its loss or the specific purpose  for  which
22    it  was  used  (as the case may be), together with such other
23    information as the Department may reasonably require.  Claims
24    must be filed not later than one year after the date on which
25    the tax was paid by the claimant.
26        The  Department  may  make  such  investigation  of   the
27    correctness  of  the  facts stated in such claims as it deems
28    necessary.   When  the  Department  approves  a  claim,   the
29    Department  shall  issue  a  refund  or  credit memorandum as
30    requested by the taxpayer, to the distributor or supplier who
31    made the payment for which the  refund  or  credit  is  being
32    given  or,  if the distributor or supplier has died or become
33    incompetent,  to  such  distributor's  or  supplier's   legal
34    representative,   as   such.    The  amount  of  such  credit
 
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 1    memorandum shall be credited against any tax due or to become
 2    due under this Act from the distributor or supplier who  made
 3    the payment for which credit has been given.
 4        Any  credit  or refund that is allowed under this Section
 5    shall bear interest at the rate and in the  manner  specified
 6    in the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.
 7        In  case  the  distributor  or  supplier requests and the
 8    Department determines that the  claimant  is  entitled  to  a
 9    refund,   such   refund   shall   be   made  only  from  such
10    appropriation as may be available for  that  purpose.  If  it
11    appears  unlikely  that  the amount appropriated would permit
12    everyone having a claim allowed during the period covered  by
13    such  appropriation  to  elect  to receive a cash refund, the
14    Department, by rule or  regulation,  shall  provide  for  the
15    payment  of  refunds  in hardship cases and shall define what
16    types of cases qualify as hardship cases.
17        In any case in which there has been an  erroneous  refund
18    of  tax payable under this Section, a notice of tax liability
19    may be issued at any time within 3 years from the  making  of
20    that refund, or within 5 years from the making of that refund
21    if  it  appears  that  any  part of the refund was induced by
22    fraud or the misrepresentation of material fact.  The  amount
23    of  any proposed assessment set forth by the Department shall
24    be limited to the amount of the erroneous refund.
25        If no  tax  is  due  and  no  proceeding  is  pending  to
26    determine whether such distributor or supplier is indebted to
27    the  Department  for tax, the credit memorandum so issued may
28    be assigned and  set  over  by  the  lawful  holder  thereof,
29    subject  to  reasonable rules of the Department, to any other
30    licensed distributor or supplier who is subject to this  Act,
31    and  the amount thereof applied by the Department against any
32    tax due or to become due under this Act from such assignee.
33        If the payment for which the distributor's or  supplier's
34    claim  is  filed  is  held  in  the protest fund of the State
 
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 1    Treasury  during  the  pendency  of  the  claim  for   credit
 2    proceedings  pursuant to the order of the court in accordance
 3    with Section 2a of the State  Officers  and  Employees  Money
 4    Disposition  Act and if it is determined by the Department or
 5    by  the  final  order  of  a  reviewing   court   under   the
 6    Administrative  Review  Law  that the claimant is entitled to
 7    all or a part of the credit claimed, the claimant, instead of
 8    receiving a credit  memorandum  from  the  Department,  shall
 9    receive  a  cash refund from the protest fund as provided for
10    in Section 2a of  the  State  Officers  and  Employees  Money
11    Disposition Act.
12        If  any  person ceases to be licensed as a distributor or
13    supplier while still  holding  an  unused  credit  memorandum
14    issued  under  this  Act,  such  person may, at his  election
15    (instead of assigning the credit  memorandum  to  a  licensed
16    distributor  or  licensed supplier under this Act), surrender
17    such unused credit memorandum to the Department and receive a
18    refund of the amount to which such person is entitled.
19        For claims based upon taxes paid on  or  before  December
20    31, 2000, a no claim based upon the use of undyed diesel fuel
21    shall  not  be  allowed  except  (i)  if  allowed  under  the
22    following  paragraph or (ii) for undyed diesel fuel used by a
23    commercial vehicle,  as  that  term  is  defined  in  Section
24    1-111.8  of  the Illinois Vehicle Code, for any purpose other
25    than  operating  the  commercial  vehicle  upon  the   public
26    highways  and  unlicensed  commercial  vehicles  operating on
27    private property.  Claims  shall  be  limited  to  commercial
28    vehicles  that are operated for both highway purposes and any
29    purposes other than operating such vehicles upon  the  public
30    highways.
31        For  claims  based upon taxes paid on or after January 1,
32    2000, a claim based upon the use of undyed diesel fuel  shall
33    not  be  allowed  except  (i)  if allowed under the preceding
34    paragraph or (ii) for claims for the following:
 
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 1             (1)  Undyed diesel fuel used (i) in a  manufacturing
 2        process,  as  defined  in  Section 2-45 of the Retailers'
 3        Occupation  Tax  Act,  wherein  the  undyed  diesel  fuel
 4        becomes a component part  of  a  product  or  by-product,
 5        other  than  fuel  or  motor  fuel,  when the use of dyed
 6        diesel fuel in that manufacturing process  results  in  a
 7        product  that  is unsuitable for its intended use or (ii)
 8        for testing machinery and equipment  in  a  manufacturing
 9        process,  as  defined  in  Section 2-45 of the Retailers'
10        Occupation Tax Act, wherein the testing  takes  place  on
11        private property.
12             (2)  Undyed  diesel  fuel  used by a manufacturer on
13        private property in  the  research  and  development,  as
14        defined  in  Section  1.29,  of  machinery  or  equipment
15        intended for manufacture.
16             (3)  Undyed  diesel  fuel  used  by  a  single  unit
17        self-propelled    agricultural    fertilizer   implement,
18        designed for on and off road use, equipped with flotation
19        tires and specially adapted for the application of  plant
20        food materials or agricultural chemicals.
21             (4)  Undyed  diesel  fuel used by a commercial motor
22        vehicle  for  any  purpose  other  than   operating   the
23        commercial   motor  vehicle  upon  the  public  highways.
24        Claims shall be limited to commercial motor vehicles that
25        are operated for both highway purposes and  any  purposes
26        other  than  operating  such  vehicles  upon  the  public
27        highways.
28             (5)  Undyed  diesel  fuel  used  by  a unit of local
29        government in its operation of an airport if  the  undyed
30        diesel  fuel  is  used  directly in airport operations on
31        airport property.
32             (6)  Undyed diesel fuel used by refrigeration  units
33        that are permanently mounted to a semitrailer, as defined
34        in  Section  1.28  of this Law, wherein the refrigeration
 
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 1        units have a fuel supply system dedicated solely for  the
 2        operation of the refrigeration units.
 3             (7)  Undyed  diesel  fuel  used  by  power  take-off
 4        equipment as defined in Section 1.27 of this Law.
 5        Any  person  who has paid the tax imposed by Section 2 of
 6    this Law upon undyed  diesel  fuel  that  is  unintentionally
 7    mixed  with  dyed  diesel  fuel  and who owns or controls the
 8    mixture of undyed diesel fuel and dyed diesel fuel may file a
 9    claim for refund to recover the amount paid.  The  amount  of
10    undyed  diesel  fuel  unintentionally  mixed  must  equal 500
11    gallons or more.  Any claim  for  refund  of  unintentionally
12    mixed  undyed  diesel  fuel  and  dyed  diesel  fuel shall be
13    supported by documentation showing the date and  location  of
14    the unintentional mixing, the number of gallons involved, the
15    disposition   of   the  mixed  diesel  fuel,  and  any  other
16    information that the Department may reasonably require.   Any
17    unintentional  mixture  of undyed diesel fuel and dyed diesel
18    fuel shall be sold or used only for non-highway purposes.
19        The Department shall promulgate regulations  establishing
20    specific  limits on the amount of undyed diesel fuel that may
21    be claimed for refund.
22        For purposes of  claims  for  refund,  "loss"  means  the
23    reduction of motor fuel resulting from fire, theft, spillage,
24    spoilage,  leakage, or any other provable cause, but does not
25    include a reduction resulting from evaporation  or  shrinkage
26    due to temperature variations.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98; 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

28        (35 ILCS 505/13a.6) (from Ch. 120, par. 429a6)
29        Sec.  13a.6.   In addition to any other penalties imposed
30    by this Act:
31        (a)  If a commercial motor vehicle is found operating  in
32    Illinois  (i)  without  displaying decals required by Section
33    13a.4 of this Act, or in lieu thereof  only  for  the  period
 
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 1    specified   on   the   temporary   permit,   a  valid  30-day
 2    International  Fuel  Tax  Agreement  temporary  permit,  (ii)
 3    without carrying a motor fuel use tax license as required  by
 4    Section  13a.4  of  this Act, (iii) without carrying a single
 5    trip permit, when applicable, as provided in Section 13a.5 of
 6    this Act, or (iv) with a revoked motor fuel use tax  license,
 7    the  operator  is  guilty  of  a petty offense and must pay a
 8    minimum of $75. For each subsequent occurrence, the  operator
 9    must pay a minimum of $150.
10        When  a  commercial  motor  vehicle is found operating in
11    Illinois with a revoked  motor  fuel  use  tax  license,  the
12    vehicle  shall  be  placed  out of service and not allowed to
13    operate in Illinois until the motor fuel use tax  license  is
14    reinstated.
15        (b)  If  a  commercial  motor  vehicle  is  found  to  be
16    operating  in  Illinois  without  a  valid motor fuel use tax
17    license and without properly displaying  decals  required  by
18    Section  13a.4  or  without  a  valid single trip permit when
19    required by Section 13a.5 of  this  Act  or  a  valid  30-day
20    International Fuel Tax Agreement temporary permit, the person
21    required to obtain a license or permit under Section 13a.4 or
22    13a.5  of this Law must pay a minimum of $1,000 as a penalty.
23    For each subsequent occurrence, the person must pay a minimum
24    of $2,000 as a penalty.
25        All  penalties  received  under  this  Section  shall  be
26    deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund.
27        Improper use of the motor fuel use  tax  license,  single
28    trip  permit,  or  decals provided for in this Section may be
29    cause for revocation of the license.
30        For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "motor  fuel  use  tax
31    license" means (i) a motor fuel use tax license issued by the
32    Department  or  by  any   member   jurisdiction   under   the
33    International  Fuel  Tax  Agreement,  or  (ii) a valid 30-day
34    International Fuel Tax Agreement temporary permit.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

 2        (35 ILCS 505/15) (from Ch. 120, par. 431)
 3        Sec.  15.   1.  Any  person  who  knowingly  acts  as   a
 4    distributor  of  motor  fuel  or supplier of special fuel, or
 5    receiver of fuel without having a license so to  do,  or  who
 6    knowingly  fails  or  refuses  to  file  a  return  with  the
 7    Department  as  provided in Section 2b, Section 5, or Section
 8    5a of this Act, or who knowingly fails  or  refuses  to  make
 9    payment  to  the Department as provided either in Section 2b,
10    Section 6, Section 6a, or Section 7 of  this  Act,  shall  be
11    guilty  of  a  Class  3 felony. Each day any person knowingly
12    acts as a distributor of  motor  fuel,  supplier  of  special
13    fuel,  or  receiver of fuel without having a license so to do
14    or after such a  license  has  been  revoked,  constitutes  a
15    separate offense.
16        2.  Any person who acts as a motor carrier without having
17    a  valid motor fuel use tax license, issued by the Department
18    or by a member  jurisdiction  under  the  provisions  of  the
19    International  Fuel  Tax  Agreement,  or  a valid single trip
20    permit is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense
21    and is guilty  of  a  Class  4  felony  for  each  subsequent
22    offense.  Any person (i) who fails or refuses to make payment
23    to the Department as provided in Section 13a.1 of this Act or
24    in the International Fuel Tax Agreement referenced in Section
25    14a, or (ii) who fails  or  refuses  to  make  the  quarterly
26    return  as  provided  in Section 13a.3 is guilty of a Class 4
27    felony; and for  each  subsequent  offense,  such  person  is
28    guilty of a Class 3 felony.
29        3.  In   case   such  person  acting  as  a  distributor,
30    receiver, supplier, or motor carrier is a  corporation,  then
31    the  officer  or  officers,  agent  or  agents,  employee  or
32    employees,  of  such  corporation  responsible for any act of
33    such corporation, or failure  of  such  corporation  to  act,
 
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 1    which  acts  or failure to act constitutes a violation of any
 2    of the provisions of this Act as enumerated in  paragraphs  1
 3    and  2  of  this  Section,  shall be punished by such fine or
 4    imprisonment, or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment  as
 5    provided in those paragraphs.
 6        3.5.  Any  person  who knowingly enters false information
 7    on any  supporting  documentation  required  to  be  kept  by
 8    Section 6 or 6a of this Act is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
 9        3.7.  Any  person who knowingly attempts in any manner to
10    evade or defeat any tax imposed by this Act or the payment of
11    any tax imposed by this Act is guilty of a Class 2 felony.
12        4.  Any person who refuses, upon demand,  to  submit  for
13    inspection,  books  and  records,  or who fails or refuses to
14    keep books and records in violation of  Section  12  of  this
15    Act,  or  any distributor, receiver, or supplier who violates
16    any reasonable rule or regulation adopted by  the  Department
17    for  the  enforcement  of  this  Act  is  guilty of a Class A
18    misdemeanor.  Any person who acts as a blender  in  violation
19    of Section 3 of this Act or who having transported reportable
20    motor  fuel  within  Section 7b of this Act fails to make the
21    return required by that Section,  is  guilty  of  a  Class  4
22    felony.
23        5.  Any  person  licensed  under Section 13a.4, 13a.5, or
24    the International  Fuel  Tax  Agreement  who:  (a)  fails  or
25    refuses  to  keep  records  and books, as provided in Section
26    13a.2 or as required by the terms of the  International  Fuel
27    Tax  Agreement,  (b) refuses upon demand by the Department to
28    submit for inspection and examination the records required by
29    Section  13a.2  of  this  Act  or  by  the   terms   of   the
30    International  Motor  Fuel Tax Agreement, or (c) violates any
31    reasonable rule or regulation adopted by the  Department  for
32    the  enforcement  of  this  Act,  is  guilty  of  a  Class  A
33    misdemeanor.
34        6.  Any  person  who  makes any false return or report to
 
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 1    the Department as to any material fact required  by  Sections
 2    2b,   5,  5a,  7,  13,  or  13a.3  of  this  Act  or  by  the
 3    International Fuel Tax Agreement  is  guilty  of  a  Class  2
 4    felony.
 5        7.  A  prosecution  for any violation of this Section may
 6    be commenced anytime within 5 years of the commission of that
 7    violation. A prosecution for tax  evasion  as  set  forth  in
 8    paragraph  3.7  of  this  Section  may be prosecuted any time
 9    within  5  years  of  the  commission  of  the  last  act  in
10    furtherance  of  evasion.  The  running  of  the  period   of
11    limitations  under  this Section shall be suspended while any
12    proceeding or appeal from  any  proceeding  relating  to  the
13    quashing  or  enforcement of any grand jury or administrative
14    subpoena issued in connection with an  investigation  of  the
15    violation of any provision of this Act is pending.
16        8.  Any  person who provides false documentation required
17    by any Section of this Act is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
18        9.  Any person filing a fraudulent application  or  order
19    form  under  any provision of this Act is guilty of a Class A
20    misdemeanor.  For each  subsequent  offense,  the  person  is
21    guilty of a Class 4 felony.
22        10.  Any person who acts as a motor carrier and who fails
23    to carry a manifest as provided in Section 5.5 is guilty of a
24    Class  A misdemeanor. For each subsequent offense, the person
25    is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
26        11.  Any person who knowingly sells or attempts  to  sell
27    dyed  diesel  fuel  for  highway  use  is guilty of a Class 4
28    felony.  For each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of
29    a Class 2 felony.
30        12. Any person who knowingly possesses dyed  diesel  fuel
31    for highway use is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  For each
32    subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
33        13.  Any  person who sells or transports dyed diesel fuel
34    without the notice required  by  Section  4e  shall  pay  the
 
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 1    following penalty:
 2        First occurrence....................................$ 500
 3        Second and each occurrence thereafter..............$1,000
 4        14.  Any  person  who  owns,  operates,  or  controls any
 5    container,  storage  tank,  or  facility  used  to  store  or
 6    distribute dyed diesel fuel without the  notice  required  by
 7    Section 4f shall pay the following penalty:
 8        First occurrence....................................$ 500
 9        Second and each occurrence thereafter..............$1,000
10        15.  If   a   licensed   motor  vehicle  required  to  be
11    registered for highway purposes is found to have dyed  diesel
12    fuel  within  the  ordinary  fuel tanks attached to the motor
13    vehicle, the operator shall pay the following penalty:
14        First occurrence...................................$2,500
15        Second and each occurrence thereafter..............$5,000
16        16.  Any licensed  motor  fuel  distributor  or  licensed
17    supplier  who  sells or attempts to sell dyed diesel fuel for
18    highway use shall pay the following penalty:
19        First occurrence..................................$ 5,000
20        Second and each occurrence thereafter.............$10,000
21        17.  Any  person  who  knowingly  sells  or   distributes
22    transports  dyed  diesel  fuel without the notice required by
23    Section 4e is guilty of a petty offense.  For each subsequent
24    offense, the person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
25        18.  Any person who knowingly owns, operates, or controls
26    any container, storage tank, or facility  used  to  store  or
27    distribute  dyed  diesel  fuel without the notice required by
28    Section 4f is guilty of a petty offense.  For each subsequent
29    offense the person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
30        For purposes of this Section, dyed diesel fuel means  any
31    dyed  diesel  fuel whether or not dyed pursuant to Section 4d
32    of this Law.
33        Any person aggrieved by  any  action  of  the  Department
34    under  item 13, 14, 15, or 16 of this Section may protest the
 
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 1    action by making a written request for a  hearing  within  60
 2    days of the original action.  If the hearing is not requested
 3    in writing within 60 days, the original action is final.
 4        All  penalties received under items 13, 14, 15, and 16 of
 5    this Section shall be deposited into the Tax  Compliance  and
 6    Administration Fund.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-173, eff. 1-1-00.)

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
 9    1, 2001.
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    35 ILCS 505/1.27 new
 4    35 ILCS 505/1.28 new
 5    35 ILCS 505/1.29 new
 6    35 ILCS 505/2b            from Ch. 120, par. 418b
 7    35 ILCS 505/4e
 8    35 ILCS 505/5             from Ch. 120, par. 421
 9    35 ILCS 505/5a            from Ch. 120, par. 421a
10    35 ILCS 505/6a            from Ch. 120, par. 422a
11    35 ILCS 505/8             from Ch. 120, par. 424
12    35 ILCS 505/13            from Ch. 120, par. 429
13    35 ILCS 505/13a.6         from Ch. 120, par. 429a6
14    35 ILCS 505/15            from Ch. 120, par. 431

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