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Public Act 098-1052


 

Public Act 1052 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 098-1052
 
HB0961 EnrolledLRB098 06118 HLH 36159 b

    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Revenue Sharing Act is amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 115/1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 611)
    Sec. 1. Local Government Distributive Fund. Through June
30, 1994, as soon as may be after the first day of each month
the Department of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an
amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month. Beginning
July 1, 1994, and continuing through June 30, 1995, as soon as
may be after the first day of each month, the Department of
Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an amount equal to 1/11
of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act
during the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1995, as soon as
may be after the first day of each month, the Department of
Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an amount equal to the
amounts calculated pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 901 of
the Illinois Income Tax Act based on 1/10 of the net revenue
realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding
month. Net revenue realized for a month shall be defined as the
revenue from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act which is deposited
in the General Revenue Fund, the Education Assistance Fund and
the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund
during the month minus the amount paid out of the General
Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same month as
refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act. Upon receipt of such certification,
the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to a
special fund in the State treasury, to be known as the "Local
Government Distributive Fund", the amount shown on such
certification.
    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 98th General Assembly, the Comptroller shall perform the
transfers required by this Section no later than 60 days after
he or she receives the certification from the Treasurer.
    All amounts paid into the Local Government Distributive
Fund in accordance with this Section and allocated pursuant to
this Act are appropriated on a continuing basis.
(Source: P.A. 88-89.)
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
changing Section 901 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 5/901)  (from Ch. 120, par. 9-901)
    Sec. 901. Collection Authority.
    (a) In general.
    The Department shall collect the taxes imposed by this Act.
The Department shall collect certified past due child support
amounts under Section 2505-650 of the Department of Revenue Law
(20 ILCS 2505/2505-650). Except as provided in subsections (c),
(e), (f), and (g) of this Section, money collected pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act shall be
paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State treasury; money
collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of
this Act shall be paid into the Personal Property Tax
Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury; and
money collected under Section 2505-650 of the Department of
Revenue Law (20 ILCS 2505/2505-650) shall be paid into the
Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, a special fund outside
the State Treasury, or to the State Disbursement Unit
established under Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid
Code, as directed by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services.
    (b) Local Government Distributive Fund.
    Beginning August 1, 1969, and continuing through June 30,
1994, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General
Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury, to be
known as the "Local Government Distributive Fund", an amount
equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed
by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during
the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1994, and continuing
through June 30, 1995, the Treasurer shall transfer each month
from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government
Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/11 of the net revenue
realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 201 of this Act during the preceding month. Beginning
July 1, 1995 and continuing through January 31, 2011, the
Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue
Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal
to the net of (i) 1/10 of the net revenue realized from the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the
Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month (ii) minus,
beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, $6,666,666,
and beginning July 1, 2004, zero. Beginning February 1, 2011,
and continuing through January 31, 2015, the Treasurer shall
transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local
Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of (i)
6% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax rate prior
to 2011 to the 5% individual income tax rate after 2010) of the
net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a)
and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts,
and estates during the preceding month and (ii) 6.86% (10% of
the ratio of the 4.8% corporate income tax rate prior to 2011
to the 7% corporate income tax rate after 2010) of the net
revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the
preceding month. Beginning February 1, 2015 and continuing
through January 31, 2025, the Treasurer shall transfer each
month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government
Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of (i) 8% (10% of
the ratio of the 3% individual income tax rate prior to 2011 to
the 3.75% individual income tax rate after 2014) of the net
revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts, and
estates during the preceding month and (ii) 9.14% (10% of the
ratio of the 4.8% corporate income tax rate prior to 2011 to
the 5.25% corporate income tax rate after 2014) of the net
revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the
preceding month. Beginning February 1, 2025, the Treasurer
shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the
Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum
of (i) 9.23% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax
rate prior to 2011 to the 3.25% individual income tax rate
after 2024) of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon
individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding month and
(ii) 10% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon
corporations during the preceding month. Net revenue realized
for a month shall be defined as the revenue from the tax
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
which is deposited in the General Revenue Fund, the Education
Assistance Fund, the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government
Distributive Fund, the Fund for the Advancement of Education,
and the Commitment to Human Services Fund during the month
minus the amount paid out of the General Revenue Fund in State
warrants during that same month as refunds to taxpayers for
overpayment of liability under the tax imposed by subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act.
    Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
the 98th General Assembly, the Comptroller shall perform the
transfers required by this subsection (b) no later than 60 days
after he or she receives the certification from the Treasurer
as provided in Section 1 of the State Revenue Sharing Act.
    (c) Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund.
        (1) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the
    Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
    collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and
    (3), of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in the State
    treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. The
    Department shall deposit 6% of such amounts during the
    period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30,
    1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each
    fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the
    Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the
    Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999 through 2001, the
    Annual Percentage shall be 7.1%. For fiscal year 2003, the
    Annual Percentage shall be 8%. For fiscal year 2004, the
    Annual Percentage shall be 11.7%. Upon the effective date
    of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
    Annual Percentage shall be 10% for fiscal year 2005. For
    fiscal year 2006, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
    fiscal year 2007, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
    fiscal year 2008, the Annual Percentage shall be 7.75%. For
    fiscal year 2009, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
    fiscal year 2010, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
    fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage shall be 8.75%. For
    fiscal year 2012, the Annual Percentage shall be 8.75%. For
    fiscal year 2013, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For
    fiscal year 2014, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.5%. For
    all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be
    calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
    the amount of refunds approved for payment by the
    Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of
    overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
    (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act plus the
    amount of such refunds remaining approved but unpaid at the
    end of the preceding fiscal year, minus the amounts
    transferred into the Income Tax Refund Fund from the
    Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, and the denominator of
    which shall be the amounts which will be collected pursuant
    to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201
    of this Act during the preceding fiscal year; except that
    in State fiscal year 2002, the Annual Percentage shall in
    no event exceed 7.6%. The Director of Revenue shall certify
    the Annual Percentage to the Comptroller on the last
    business day of the fiscal year immediately preceding the
    fiscal year for which it is to be effective.
        (2) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the
    Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
    collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and
    (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in
    the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. The
    Department shall deposit 18% of such amounts during the
    period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30,
    1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each
    fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the
    Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the
    Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001,
    the Annual Percentage shall be 19%. For fiscal year 2003,
    the Annual Percentage shall be 27%. For fiscal year 2004,
    the Annual Percentage shall be 32%. Upon the effective date
    of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the
    Annual Percentage shall be 24% for fiscal year 2005. For
    fiscal year 2006, the Annual Percentage shall be 20%. For
    fiscal year 2007, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
    fiscal year 2008, the Annual Percentage shall be 15.5%. For
    fiscal year 2009, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
    fiscal year 2010, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
    fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
    fiscal year 2012, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For
    fiscal year 2013, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For
    fiscal year 2014, the Annual Percentage shall be 13.4%. For
    all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be
    calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
    the amount of refunds approved for payment by the
    Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of
    overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
    (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this
    Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved but
    unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the
    denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be
    collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and
    (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act during the
    preceding fiscal year; except that in State fiscal year
    2002, the Annual Percentage shall in no event exceed 23%.
    The Director of Revenue shall certify the Annual Percentage
    to the Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal
    year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which it is
    to be effective.
        (3) The Comptroller shall order transferred and the
    Treasurer shall transfer from the Tobacco Settlement
    Recovery Fund to the Income Tax Refund Fund (i) $35,000,000
    in January, 2001, (ii) $35,000,000 in January, 2002, and
    (iii) $35,000,000 in January, 2003.
    (d) Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund.
        (1) Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the Income Tax
    Refund Fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose
    of paying refunds resulting from overpayment of tax
    liability under Section 201 of this Act, for paying rebates
    under Section 208.1 in the event that the amounts in the
    Homeowners' Tax Relief Fund are insufficient for that
    purpose, and for making transfers pursuant to this
    subsection (d).
        (2) The Director shall order payment of refunds
    resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section
    201 of this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to the
    extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201 of
    this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d) and
    item (3) of subsection (c) have been deposited and retained
    in the Fund.
        (3) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal
    year, the Director shall order transferred and the State
    Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the
    Income Tax Refund Fund to the Personal Property Tax
    Replacement Fund an amount, certified by the Director to
    the Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount
    collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section
    201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund
    during the fiscal year over the amount of refunds resulting
    from overpayment of tax liability under subsections (c) and
    (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid from the Income Tax
    Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
        (4) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal
    year, the Director shall order transferred and the State
    Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the
    Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income Tax
    Refund Fund an amount, certified by the Director to the
    Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount of refunds
    resulting from overpayment of tax liability under
    subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
    from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year over
    the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of
    Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax
    Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
        (4.5) As soon as possible after the end of fiscal year
    1999 and of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall
    order transferred and the State Treasurer and State
    Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax Refund Fund
    to the General Revenue Fund any surplus remaining in the
    Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end of such fiscal year;
    excluding for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 amounts
    attributable to transfers under item (3) of subsection (c)
    less refunds resulting from the earned income tax credit.
        (5) This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and
    continuing appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund
    for the purpose of paying refunds upon the order of the
    Director in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
    (e) Deposits into the Education Assistance Fund and the
Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund.
    On July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act,
minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department
shall deposit 7.3% into the Education Assistance Fund in the
State Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1991, and continuing through
January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the
Department shall deposit 3.0% into the Income Tax Surcharge
Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.
Beginning February 1, 1993 and continuing through June 30,
1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus
deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall
deposit 4.4% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government
Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning July 1,
1993, and continuing through June 30, 1994, of the amounts
collected under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the
Department shall deposit 1.475% into the Income Tax Surcharge
Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.
    (f) Deposits into the Fund for the Advancement of
Education. Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall
deposit the following portions of the revenue realized from the
tax imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during the
preceding month, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund
Fund, into the Fund for the Advancement of Education:
        (1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February
    1, 2025, 1/30; and
        (2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.
    If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of
Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act,
the Department shall not make the deposits required by this
subsection (f) on or after the effective date of the reduction.
    (g) Deposits into the Commitment to Human Services Fund.
Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall deposit the
following portions of the revenue realized from the tax imposed
upon individuals, trusts, and estates by subsections (a) and
(b) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding month,
minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, into the
Commitment to Human Services Fund:
        (1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February
    1, 2025, 1/30; and
        (2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.
    If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of
Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act,
the Department shall not make the deposits required by this
subsection (g) on or after the effective date of the reduction.
(Source: P.A. 97-72, eff. 7-1-11; 97-732, eff. 6-30-12; 98-24,
eff. 6-19-13.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/26/2014