100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB3578

 

Introduced 2/16/2018, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
35 ILCS 5/201  from Ch. 120, par. 2-201
35 ILCS 105/3-5
35 ILCS 110/3-5
35 ILCS 115/3-5
35 ILCS 120/2-5
35 ILCS 120/5m new
35 ILCS 200/184.10 new
220 ILCS 5/9-222  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-222
220 ILCS 5/9-222.1B new

    Creates the Big Empties Site Act. Provides that property located in the State consisting of one or more PINs but under common ownership at the time of the application, that contains at least one vacant and unused building of specified square footage, is qualified to be designated as a Big Empties Site. Provides that a county or municipality that has adopted an ordinance designating a qualified site as a Big Empties Site shall make written application to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to have that site certified by the Department as a Big Empties Site. Contains procedures for certification by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Public Utilities Act to provide certain tax incentives for Big Empties Sites. Amends the Property Tax Code to provide that a taxing district may issue an abatement. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Big
5Empties Site Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic
8Opportunity.
9    "Qualified site" means property located in the State
10consisting of one or more PINs but under common ownership at
11the time of the application that contains at least one vacant
12and unused building of (i) 1,000,000 square feet or greater in
13Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, or Will County or
14(ii) 500,000 square feet or greater in any other county.
 
15    Section 10. Site designation; application. A county or
16municipality that has adopted an ordinance designating a
17qualified site as a Big Empties Site shall make written
18application to the Department to have that site certified by
19the Department as a Big Empties Site. The application shall
20include a copy of the ordinance designating the proposed site
21and such other information as the Department may, by rule,
22require. All applications which are to be considered and acted

 

 

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1upon by the Department during a calendar year must be received
2by the Department no later than December 31 of the preceding
3calendar year. Any application received after December 31 of
4any calendar year shall be held by the Department for
5consideration and action during the following calendar year.
 
6    Section 15. Certification. Certification of a
7Department-approved Big Empties Site shall be made by the
8Department by certification of the designating ordinance. The
9Department shall promptly issue a certificate for site upon
10approval. The certificate shall be signed by the Director of
11the Department, shall make specific reference to the
12designating ordinance, which shall be attached thereto, and
13shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. A
14certified copy of the certificate, or a duplicate original
15thereof, shall be recorded in the office of recorder of deeds
16of the county in which the site lies. Such certification shall
17have a term of no greater than 15 years.
 
18    Section 900. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
19changing Section 201 as follows:
 
20    (35 ILCS 5/201)  (from Ch. 120, par. 2-201)
21    Sec. 201. Tax imposed.
22    (a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby
23imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate for

 

 

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1each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the privilege
2of earning or receiving income in or as a resident of this
3State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other occupation or
4privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any municipal
5corporation or political subdivision thereof.
6    (b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this
7Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by
8subsection (d-1):
9        (1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
10    taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal
11    to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable
12    year.
13        (2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
14    taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending
15    after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 2
16    1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
17    July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii)
18    3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after June
19    30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
20        (3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, for
21    taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending
22    prior to January 1, 2011, an amount equal to 3% of the
23    taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
24        (4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
25    taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and
26    ending after December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum

 

 

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1    of (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
2    to January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
3    (ii) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
4    December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
5        (5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, for
6    taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and
7    ending prior to January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 5% of
8    the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
9        (5.1) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
10    for taxable years beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and
11    ending after December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum
12    of (i) 5% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
13    to January 1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
14    (ii) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
15    after December 31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
16        (5.2) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
17    for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015,
18    and ending prior to July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 3.75%
19    of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
20        (5.3) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
21    for taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 2017, and
22    ending after June 30, 2017, an amount equal to the sum of
23    (i) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior
24    to July 1, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
25    (ii) 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
26    after June 30, 2017, as calculated under Section 202.5.

 

 

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1        (5.4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate,
2    for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2017, an
3    amount equal to 4.95% of the taxpayer's net income for the
4    taxable year.
5        (6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
6    ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of the
7    taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
8        (7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
9    beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
10    1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the
11    taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 1989,
12    as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of the
13    taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 1989,
14    as calculated under Section 202.3.
15        (8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
16    beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending prior to January
17    1, 2011, an amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
18    income for the taxable year.
19        (9) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
20    beginning prior to January 1, 2011, and ending after
21    December 31, 2010, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4.8%
22    of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to
23    January 1, 2011, as calculated under Section 202.5, and
24    (ii) 7% of the taxpayer's net income for the period after
25    December 31, 2010, as calculated under Section 202.5.
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1    beginning on or after January 1, 2011, and ending prior to
2    January 1, 2015, an amount equal to 7% of the taxpayer's
3    net income for the taxable year.
4        (11) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
5    beginning prior to January 1, 2015, and ending after
6    December 31, 2014, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 7% of
7    the taxpayer's net income for the period prior to January
8    1, 2015, as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 5.25%
9    of the taxpayer's net income for the period after December
10    31, 2014, as calculated under Section 202.5.
11        (12) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
12    beginning on or after January 1, 2015, and ending prior to
13    July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 5.25% of the taxpayer's
14    net income for the taxable year.
15        (13) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
16    beginning prior to July 1, 2017, and ending after June 30,
17    2017, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 5.25% of the
18    taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 2017,
19    as calculated under Section 202.5, and (ii) 7% of the
20    taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 2017,
21    as calculated under Section 202.5.
22        (14) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
23    beginning on or after July 1, 2017, an amount equal to 7%
24    of the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
25    The rates under this subsection (b) are subject to the
26provisions of Section 201.5.

 

 

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1    (c) Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax.
2Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in addition to such
3income tax, there is also hereby imposed the Personal Property
4Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net income on every
5corporation (including Subchapter S corporations), partnership
6and trust, for each taxable year ending after June 30, 1979.
7Such taxes are imposed on the privilege of earning or receiving
8income in or as a resident of this State. The Personal Property
9Tax Replacement Income Tax shall be in addition to the income
10tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section and in
11addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by
12this State or by any municipal corporation or political
13subdivision thereof.
14    (d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
15Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax
16imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
17in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S
18corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall
19be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net
20income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January
211, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this
22subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a
23partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an
24additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income
25for the taxable year.
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1case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of the
2Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of domicile
3imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a retaliatory tax
4(excluding any insurer whose premiums from reinsurance assumed
5are 50% or more of its total insurance premiums as determined
6under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 304, except
7that for purposes of this determination premiums from
8reinsurance do not include premiums from inter-affiliate
9reinsurance arrangements), beginning with taxable years ending
10on or after December 31, 1999, the sum of the rates of tax
11imposed by subsections (b) and (d) shall be reduced (but not
12increased) to the rate at which the total amount of tax imposed
13under this Act, net of all credits allowed under this Act,
14shall equal (i) the total amount of tax that would be imposed
15on the foreign insurer's net income allocable to Illinois for
16the taxable year by such foreign insurer's state or country of
17domicile if that net income were subject to all income taxes
18and taxes measured by net income imposed by such foreign
19insurer's state or country of domicile, net of all credits
20allowed or (ii) a rate of zero if no such tax is imposed on such
21income by the foreign insurer's state of domicile. For the
22purposes of this subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate includes
23a mutual insurer under common management.
24        (1) For the purposes of subsection (d-1), in no event
25    shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections
26    (b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at which the sum of:

 

 

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1            (A) the total amount of tax imposed on such foreign
2        insurer under this Act for a taxable year, net of all
3        credits allowed under this Act, plus
4            (B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 of the
5        Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance company
6        tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire Investigation
7        Act, and the fire department taxes imposed under
8        Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code,
9    equals 1.25% for taxable years ending prior to December 31,
10    2003, or 1.75% for taxable years ending on or after
11    December 31, 2003, of the net taxable premiums written for
12    the taxable year, as described by subsection (1) of Section
13    409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph will in
14    no event increase the rates imposed under subsections (b)
15    and (d).
16        (2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by this
17    subsection shall be applied first against the rates imposed
18    by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed by
19    subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this
20    Section other than the credit allowed under subsection (i)
21    has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed by
22    subsection (d).
23    This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of
24Section 250.
25    (e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit
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1investment in qualified property.
2        (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to .5%
3    of the basis of qualified property placed in service during
4    the taxable year, provided such property is placed in
5    service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be allowed an
6    additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of qualified
7    property placed in service during the taxable year,
8    provided such property is placed in service on or after
9    July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment within
10    Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the preceding
11    year as determined by the taxpayer's employment records
12    filed with the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
13    Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be deemed to have
14    met the 1% growth in base employment for the first year in
15    which they file employment records with the Illinois
16    Department of Employment Security. The provisions added to
17    this Section by Public Act 85-1200 (and restored by Public
18    Act 87-895) shall be construed as declaratory of existing
19    law and not as a new enactment. If, in any year, the
20    increase in base employment within Illinois over the
21    preceding year is less than 1%, the additional credit shall
22    be limited to that percentage times a fraction, the
23    numerator of which is .5% and the denominator of which is
24    1%, but shall not exceed .5%. The investment credit shall
25    not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
26    taxpayer's liability in any tax year below zero, nor may

 

 

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1    any credit for qualified property be allowed for any year
2    other than the year in which the property was placed in
3    service in Illinois. For tax years ending on or after
4    December 31, 1987, and on or before December 31, 1988, the
5    credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the
6    property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the
7    credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether it
8    exceeds the original liability or the liability as later
9    amended, such excess may be carried forward and applied to
10    the tax liability of the 5 taxable years following the
11    excess credit years if the taxpayer (i) makes investments
12    which cause the creation of a minimum of 2,000 full-time
13    equivalent jobs in Illinois, (ii) is located in an
14    enterprise zone established pursuant to the Illinois
15    Enterprise Zone Act and (iii) is certified by the
16    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
17    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) as
18    complying with the requirements specified in clause (i) and
19    (ii) by July 1, 1986. The Department of Commerce and
20    Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic
21    Opportunity) shall notify the Department of Revenue of all
22    such certifications immediately. For tax years ending
23    after December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
24    the tax year in which the property is placed in service,
25    or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
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1    the liability as later amended, such excess may be carried
2    forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
3    years following the excess credit years. The credit shall
4    be applied to the earliest year for which there is a
5    liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
6    that is available to offset a liability, earlier credit
7    shall be applied first.
8        (2) The term "qualified property" means property
9    which:
10            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
11        buildings and structural components of buildings and
12        signs that are real property, but not including land or
13        improvements to real property that are not a structural
14        component of a building such as landscaping, sewer
15        lines, local access roads, fencing, parking lots, and
16        other appurtenances;
17            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
18        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
19        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
20        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
21        (e);
22            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
23        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
24            (D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is
25        primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining coal
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1        on or after July 1, 2006 in a River Edge Redevelopment
2        Zone established pursuant to the River Edge
3        Redevelopment Zone Act; and
4            (E) has not previously been used in Illinois in
5        such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
6        the credit provided by this subsection (e) or
7        subsection (f).
8        (3) For purposes of this subsection (e),
9    "manufacturing" means the material staging and production
10    of tangible personal property by procedures commonly
11    regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or
12    assembling which changes some existing material into new
13    shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes of
14    this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the same
15    meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of the
16    Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this subsection (e),
17    the term "retailing" means the sale of tangible personal
18    property for use or consumption and not for resale, or
19    services rendered in conjunction with the sale of tangible
20    personal property for use or consumption and not for
21    resale. For purposes of this subsection (e), "tangible
22    personal property" has the same meaning as when that term
23    is used in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and, for
24    taxable years ending after December 31, 2008, does not
25    include the generation, transmission, or distribution of
26    electricity.

 

 

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1        (4) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
2    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
3    income tax purposes.
4        (5) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
5    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
6    in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of such
7    increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
8    date of such increase in basis.
9        (6) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
10    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
11        (7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
12    be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
13    48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
14    any qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
15    months after being placed in service, the Personal Property
16    Tax Replacement Income Tax for such taxable year shall be
17    increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
18    recomputing the investment credit which would have been
19    allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
20    originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
21    computation and, (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
22    from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
23    purposes of this paragraph (7), a reduction of the basis of
24    qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
25    purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
26    property to the extent of such reduction.

 

 

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1        (8) Unless the investment credit is extended by law,
2    the basis of qualified property shall not include costs
3    incurred after December 31, 2018, except for costs incurred
4    pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or before
5    December 31, 2018.
6        (9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 2000,
7    a partnership may elect to pass through to its partners the
8    credits to which the partnership is entitled under this
9    subsection (e) for the taxable year. A partner may use the
10    credit allocated to him or her under this paragraph only
11    against the tax imposed in subsections (c) and (d) of this
12    Section. If the partnership makes that election, those
13    credits shall be allocated among the partners in the
14    partnership in accordance with the rules set forth in
15    Section 704(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the rules
16    promulgated under that Section, and the allocated amount of
17    the credits shall be allowed to the partners for that
18    taxable year. The partnership shall make this election on
19    its Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax return for
20    that taxable year. The election to pass through the credits
21    shall be irrevocable.
22        For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2000,
23    a partner that qualifies its partnership for a subtraction
24    under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of subsection (d)
25    of Section 203 or a shareholder that qualifies a Subchapter
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1    paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 203 shall be
2    allowed a credit under this subsection (e) equal to its
3    share of the credit earned under this subsection (e) during
4    the taxable year by the partnership or Subchapter S
5    corporation, determined in accordance with the
6    determination of income and distributive share of income
7    under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal
8    Revenue Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions
9    of Section 250.
10    (f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone; River Edge
11Redevelopment Zone.
12        (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the
13    tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
14    investment in qualified property which is placed in service
15    in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant to the Illinois
16    Enterprise Zone Act or, for property placed in service on
17    or after July 1, 2006, a River Edge Redevelopment Zone
18    established pursuant to the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
19    Act. For partners, shareholders of Subchapter S
20    corporations, and owners of limited liability companies,
21    if the liability company is treated as a partnership for
22    purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall
23    be allowed a credit under this subsection (f) to be
24    determined in accordance with the determination of income
25    and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704
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1    shall be .5% of the basis for such property. The credit
2    shall be available only in the taxable year in which the
3    property is placed in service in the Enterprise Zone or
4    River Edge Redevelopment Zone and shall not be allowed to
5    the extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability for
6    the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
7    to below zero. For tax years ending on or after December
8    31, 1985, the credit shall be allowed for the tax year in
9    which the property is placed in service, or, if the amount
10    of the credit exceeds the tax liability for that year,
11    whether it exceeds the original liability or the liability
12    as later amended, such excess may be carried forward and
13    applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years
14    following the excess credit year. The credit shall be
15    applied to the earliest year for which there is a
16    liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
17    that is available to offset a liability, the credit
18    accruing first in time shall be applied first.
19        (2) The term qualified property means property which:
20            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
21        buildings and structural components of buildings;
22            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
23        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
24        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
25        eligible for the credit provided by this subsection
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1            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
2        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
3            (D) is used in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
4        Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer; and
5            (E) has not been previously used in Illinois in
6        such a manner and by such a person as would qualify for
7        the credit provided by this subsection (f) or
8        subsection (e).
9        (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
10    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
11    income tax purposes.
12        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
13    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
14    in service in the Enterprise Zone or River Edge
15    Redevelopment Zone by the taxpayer, the amount of such
16    increase shall be deemed property placed in service on the
17    date of such increase in basis.
18        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
19    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
20        (6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases to
21    be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer within
22    48 months after being placed in service, or the situs of
23    any qualified property is moved outside the Enterprise Zone
24    or River Edge Redevelopment Zone within 48 months after
25    being placed in service, the tax imposed under subsections
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1    increased. Such increase shall be determined by (i)
2    recomputing the investment credit which would have been
3    allowed for the year in which credit for such property was
4    originally allowed by eliminating such property from such
5    computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
6    from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the
7    purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis of
8    qualified property resulting from a redetermination of the
9    purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of qualified
10    property to the extent of such reduction.
11        (7) There shall be allowed an additional credit equal
12    to 0.5% of the basis of qualified property placed in
13    service during the taxable year in a River Edge
14    Redevelopment Zone, provided such property is placed in
15    service on or after July 1, 2006, and the taxpayer's base
16    employment within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over
17    the preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's
18    employment records filed with the Illinois Department of
19    Employment Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois
20    shall be deemed to have met the 1% growth in base
21    employment for the first year in which they file employment
22    records with the Illinois Department of Employment
23    Security. If, in any year, the increase in base employment
24    within Illinois over the preceding year is less than 1%,
25    the additional credit shall be limited to that percentage
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1    denominator of which is 1%, but shall not exceed 0.5%.
2    (g) (Blank).
3    (h) Investment credit; High Impact Business.
4        (1) Subject to subsections (b) and (b-5) of Section 5.5
5    of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be
6    allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
7    and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified
8    property which is placed in service by a Department of
9    Commerce and Economic Opportunity designated High Impact
10    Business. The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such
11    property. The credit shall not be available (i) until the
12    minimum investments in qualified property set forth in
13    subdivision (a)(3)(A) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois
14    Enterprise Zone Act have been satisfied or (ii) until the
15    time authorized in subsection (b-5) of the Illinois
16    Enterprise Zone Act for entities designated as High Impact
17    Businesses under subdivisions (a)(3)(B), (a)(3)(C), and
18    (a)(3)(D) of Section 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone
19    Act, and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
20    reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by
21    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. The
22    credit applicable to such investments shall be taken in the
23    taxable year in which such investments have been completed.
24    The credit for additional investments beyond the minimum
25    investment by a designated high impact business authorized
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1    Enterprise Zone Act shall be available only in the taxable
2    year in which the property is placed in service and shall
3    not be allowed to the extent that it would reduce a
4    taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a)
5    and (b) of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending
6    on or after December 31, 1987, the credit shall be allowed
7    for the tax year in which the property is placed in
8    service, or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax
9    liability for that year, whether it exceeds the original
10    liability or the liability as later amended, such excess
11    may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of
12    the 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The
13    credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which
14    there is a liability. If there is credit from more than one
15    tax year that is available to offset a liability, the
16    credit accruing first in time shall be applied first.
17        Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public Act
18    88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
19    reflect existing law.
20        (2) The term qualified property means property which:
21            (A) is tangible, whether new or used, including
22        buildings and structural components of buildings;
23            (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of the
24        Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year property"
25        as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that Code is not
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1        (h);
2            (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in Section
3        179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
4            (D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone
5        Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
6        Section.
7        (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the basis
8    used to compute the depreciation deduction for federal
9    income tax purposes.
10        (4) If the basis of the property for federal income tax
11    depreciation purposes is increased after it has been placed
12    in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or
13    Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount of
14    such increase shall be deemed property placed in service on
15    the date of such increase in basis.
16        (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the same
17    meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue Code.
18        (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before
19    December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified
20    property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months
21    after being placed in service, or the situs of any
22    qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48
23    months after being placed in service, the tax imposed under
24    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such taxable
25    year shall be increased. Such increase shall be determined
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1    been allowed for the year in which credit for such property
2    was originally allowed by eliminating such property from
3    such computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed
4    credit from the amount of credit previously allowed. For
5    the purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the
6    basis of qualified property resulting from a
7    redetermination of the purchase price shall be deemed a
8    disposition of qualified property to the extent of such
9    reduction.
10        (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 31,
11    1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under this
12    subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax abatement and
13    the taxpayer relocates its entire facility in violation of
14    the explicit terms and length of the contract under Section
15    18-183 of the Property Tax Code, the tax imposed under
16    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section shall be increased
17    for the taxable year in which the taxpayer relocated its
18    facility by an amount equal to the amount of credit
19    received by the taxpayer under this subsection (h).
20    (h-1) Investment credit; Big Empties Site. For taxable
21years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, a taxpayer shall
22be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
23and (b) of this Section for investment in qualified property
24which is placed in service by a Department of Commerce and
25Economic Opportunity designated Big Empties Site. The credit
26shall be .5% of the basis for such property. As used in this

 

 

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1subsection (h-1), the terms "qualified property" and "placed in
2service" have the same meanings as in subsection (h). This
3subsection is exempt from the provisions of Section 250.
4    (i) Credit for Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
5Tax. For tax years ending prior to December 31, 2003, a credit
6shall be allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
7(b) of this Section for the tax imposed by subsections (c) and
8(d) of this Section. This credit shall be computed by
9multiplying the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
10Section by a fraction, the numerator of which is base income
11allocable to Illinois and the denominator of which is Illinois
12base income, and further multiplying the product by the tax
13rate imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
14    Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under this
15subsection which is unused in the year the credit is computed
16because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by subsections (a)
17and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the original
18liability or the liability as later amended) may be carried
19forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by subsections
20(a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the excess credit
21year, provided that no credit may be carried forward to any
22year ending on or after December 31, 2003. This credit shall be
23applied first to the earliest year for which there is a
24liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from more
25than one tax year that is available to offset a liability the
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1first.
2    If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 31,
31986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this
4Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
5subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax
6shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by
7recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax
8imposed by subsections (c) and (d). If any portion of the
9reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different
10taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such taxable
11year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
12    (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years
13ending on or after December 31, 1986 and prior to December 31,
142003, a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
15imposed by subsections (a) and (b) under this Section for all
16amounts paid or accrued, on behalf of all persons employed by
17the taxpayer in Illinois or Illinois residents employed outside
18of Illinois by a taxpayer, for educational or vocational
19training in semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled
20or skilled fields, which were deducted from gross income in the
21computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax
22imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such
23training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
24corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
25liability company is treated as a partnership for purposes of
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1credit under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance
2with the determination of income and distributive share of
3income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
4Internal Revenue Code.
5    Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused in
6the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to each of
7the 5 taxable years following the year for which the credit is
8first computed until it is used. This credit shall be applied
9first to the earliest year for which there is a liability. If
10there is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax
11year that is available to offset a liability the earliest
12credit arising under this subsection shall be applied first. No
13carryforward credit may be claimed in any tax year ending on or
14after December 31, 2003.
15    (k) Research and development credit. For tax years ending
16after July 1, 1990 and prior to December 31, 2003, and
17beginning again for tax years ending on or after December 31,
182004, and ending prior to January 1, 2022, a taxpayer shall be
19allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
20(b) of this Section for increasing research activities in this
21State. The credit allowed against the tax imposed by
22subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 6 1/2% of the
23qualifying expenditures for increasing research activities in
24this State. For partners, shareholders of subchapter S
25corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if the
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1federal and State income taxation, there shall be allowed a
2credit under this subsection to be determined in accordance
3with the determination of income and distributive share of
4income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the
5Internal Revenue Code.
6    For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying expenditures"
7means the qualifying expenditures as defined for the federal
8credit for increasing research activities which would be
9allowable under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code and
10which are conducted in this State, "qualifying expenditures for
11increasing research activities in this State" means the excess
12of qualifying expenditures for the taxable year in which
13incurred over qualifying expenditures for the base period,
14"qualifying expenditures for the base period" means the average
15of the qualifying expenditures for each year in the base
16period, and "base period" means the 3 taxable years immediately
17preceding the taxable year for which the determination is being
18made.
19    Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
20year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
21unused credit shown on its final completed return carried over
22as a credit against the tax liability for the following 5
23taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever occurs
24first; provided that no credit earned in a tax year ending
25prior to December 31, 2003 may be carried forward to any year
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1    If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year from
22 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the earliest
3year will be applied first against the tax liability for the
4given year. If a tax liability for the given year still
5remains, the credit from the next earliest year will then be
6applied, and so on, until all credits have been used or no tax
7liability for the given year remains. Any remaining unused
8credit or credits then will be carried forward to the next
9following year in which a tax liability is incurred, except
10that no credit can be carried forward to a year which is more
11than 5 years after the year in which the expense for which the
12credit is given was incurred.
13    No inference shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of the
1491st General Assembly in construing this Section for taxable
15years beginning before January 1, 1999.
16    It is the intent of the General Assembly that the research
17and development credit under this subsection (k) shall apply
18continuously for all tax years ending on or after December 31,
192004 and ending prior to January 1, 2022, including, but not
20limited to, the period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending
21on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
22General Assembly. All actions taken in reliance on the
23continuation of the credit under this subsection (k) by any
24taxpayer are hereby validated.
25    (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit.
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1    or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be allowed a
2    credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
3    of this Section for certain amounts paid for unreimbursed
4    eligible remediation costs, as specified in this
5    subsection. For purposes of this Section, "unreimbursed
6    eligible remediation costs" means costs approved by the
7    Illinois Environmental Protection Agency ("Agency") under
8    Section 58.14 of the Environmental Protection Act that were
9    paid in performing environmental remediation at a site for
10    which a No Further Remediation Letter was issued by the
11    Agency and recorded under Section 58.10 of the
12    Environmental Protection Act. The credit must be claimed
13    for the taxable year in which Agency approval of the
14    eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is not
15    available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any related
16    party caused or contributed to, in any material respect, a
17    release of regulated substances on, in, or under the site
18    that was identified and addressed by the remedial action
19    pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
20    Environmental Protection Act. After the Pollution Control
21    Board rules are adopted pursuant to the Illinois
22    Administrative Procedure Act for the administration and
23    enforcement of Section 58.9 of the Environmental
24    Protection Act, determinations as to credit availability
25    for purposes of this Section shall be made consistent with
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1    includes a person whose tax attributes the taxpayer has
2    succeeded to under Section 381 of the Internal Revenue Code
3    and "related party" includes the persons disallowed a
4    deduction for losses by paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of
5    Section 267 of the Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being
6    a related taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The
7    credit allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a)
8    and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible
9    remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except
10    that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any site
11    contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the
12    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now
13    Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity). The
14    total credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with
15    a maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and
16    shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be
17    allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined in
18    accordance with the determination of income and
19    distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
20    subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
21        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
22    unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried
23    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
24    for which the credit is first earned until it is used. The
25    term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of
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1    maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i).
2    This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
3    which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
4    subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
5    offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
6    subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
7    this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
8    all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
9    was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
10    tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
11    carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
12    transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
13    chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
14    the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
15    assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
16    amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
17    the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
18    taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
19    eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
20        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
21    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
22    Environmental Protection Act.
23    (m) Education expense credit. Beginning with tax years
24ending after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer who is the custodian
25of one or more qualifying pupils shall be allowed a credit
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1Section for qualified education expenses incurred on behalf of
2the qualifying pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of
3qualified education expenses, but in no event may the total
4credit under this subsection claimed by a family that is the
5custodian of qualifying pupils exceed (i) $500 for tax years
6ending prior to December 31, 2017, and (ii) $750 for tax years
7ending on or after December 31, 2017. In no event shall a
8credit under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability
9under this Act to less than zero. Notwithstanding any other
10provision of law, for taxable years beginning on or after
11January 1, 2017, no taxpayer may claim a credit under this
12subsection (m) if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income for the
13taxable year exceeds (i) $500,000, in the case of spouses
14filing a joint federal tax return or (ii) $250,000, in the case
15of all other taxpayers. This subsection is exempt from the
16provisions of Section 250 of this Act.
17    For purposes of this subsection:
18    "Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are
19residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of
2021 at the close of the school year for which a credit is
21sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is
22sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten through
23twelfth grade education program at any school, as defined in
24this subsection.
25    "Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred on
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1book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the pupil is
2enrolled during the regular school year.
3    "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or
4secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title
5VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which
6satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School Code,
7except that nothing shall be construed to require a child to
8attend any particular public or nonpublic school to qualify for
9the credit under this Section.
10    "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an
11Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal
12guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils.
13    (n) River Edge Redevelopment Zone site remediation tax
14credit.
15        (i) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 2006,
16    a taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax
17    imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for
18    certain amounts paid for unreimbursed eligible remediation
19    costs, as specified in this subsection. For purposes of
20    this Section, "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs"
21    means costs approved by the Illinois Environmental
22    Protection Agency ("Agency") under Section 58.14a of the
23    Environmental Protection Act that were paid in performing
24    environmental remediation at a site within a River Edge
25    Redevelopment Zone for which a No Further Remediation
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1    58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The credit must
2    be claimed for the taxable year in which Agency approval of
3    the eligible remediation costs is granted. The credit is
4    not available to any taxpayer if the taxpayer or any
5    related party caused or contributed to, in any material
6    respect, a release of regulated substances on, in, or under
7    the site that was identified and addressed by the remedial
8    action pursuant to the Site Remediation Program of the
9    Environmental Protection Act. Determinations as to credit
10    availability for purposes of this Section shall be made
11    consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control
12    Board pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure
13    Act for the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9
14    of the Environmental Protection Act. For purposes of this
15    Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax attributes
16    the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 381 of the
17    Internal Revenue Code and "related party" includes the
18    persons disallowed a deduction for losses by paragraphs
19    (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the Internal Revenue
20    Code by virtue of being a related taxpayer, as well as any
21    of its partners. The credit allowed against the tax imposed
22    by subsections (a) and (b) shall be equal to 25% of the
23    unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of
24    $100,000 per site.
25        (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is
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1    forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year
2    for which the credit is first earned until it is used. This
3    credit shall be applied first to the earliest year for
4    which there is a liability. If there is a credit under this
5    subsection from more than one tax year that is available to
6    offset a liability, the earliest credit arising under this
7    subsection shall be applied first. A credit allowed under
8    this subsection may be sold to a buyer as part of a sale of
9    all or part of the remediation site for which the credit
10    was granted. The purchaser of a remediation site and the
11    tax credit shall succeed to the unused credit and remaining
12    carry-forward period of the seller. To perfect the
13    transfer, the assignor shall record the transfer in the
14    chain of title for the site and provide written notice to
15    the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue of the
16    assignor's intent to sell the remediation site and the
17    amount of the tax credit to be transferred as a portion of
18    the sale. In no event may a credit be transferred to any
19    taxpayer if the taxpayer or a related party would not be
20    eligible under the provisions of subsection (i).
21        (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site"
22    shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the
23    Environmental Protection Act.
24    (o) For each of taxable years during the Compassionate Use
25of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, a surcharge is imposed on
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1capital assets, depreciable business property, real property
2used in the trade or business, and Section 197 intangibles of
3an organization registrant under the Compassionate Use of
4Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. The amount of the surcharge
5is equal to the amount of federal income tax liability for the
6taxable year attributable to those sales and exchanges. The
7surcharge imposed does not apply if:
8        (1) the medical cannabis cultivation center
9    registration, medical cannabis dispensary registration, or
10    the property of a registration is transferred as a result
11    of any of the following:
12            (A) bankruptcy, a receivership, or a debt
13        adjustment initiated by or against the initial
14        registration or the substantial owners of the initial
15        registration;
16            (B) cancellation, revocation, or termination of
17        any registration by the Illinois Department of Public
18        Health;
19            (C) a determination by the Illinois Department of
20        Public Health that transfer of the registration is in
21        the best interests of Illinois qualifying patients as
22        defined by the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
23        Pilot Program Act;
24            (D) the death of an owner of the equity interest in
25        a registrant;
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1        the stock or substantially all of the assets of a
2        publicly traded company;
3            (F) a transfer by a parent company to a wholly
4        owned subsidiary; or
5            (G) the transfer or sale to or by one person to
6        another person where both persons were initial owners
7        of the registration when the registration was issued;
8        or
9        (2) the cannabis cultivation center registration,
10    medical cannabis dispensary registration, or the
11    controlling interest in a registrant's property is
12    transferred in a transaction to lineal descendants in which
13    no gain or loss is recognized or as a result of a
14    transaction in accordance with Section 351 of the Internal
15    Revenue Code in which no gain or loss is recognized.
16(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
17    Section 905. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
183-5 as follows:
 
19    (35 ILCS 105/3-5)
20    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
21personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
22    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
23society, association, foundation, institution, or
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1organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
2for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
3personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
4purpose of resale by the enterprise.
5    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
6Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
7operating, or promoting the county fair.
8    (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
9cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
10the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
11Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
12organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
13support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
14services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
15music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
16orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
17organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
18and media arts organizations. On and after July 1, 2001 (the
19effective date of Public Act 92-35) this amendatory Act of the
2092nd General Assembly, however, an entity otherwise eligible
21for this exemption shall not make tax-free purchases unless it
22has an active identification number issued by the Department.
23    (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
24a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
25institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
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1corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
2organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
3that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
4persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
5may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
6limited liability company is organized and operated
7exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
81987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
9shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
10identification number issued by the Department.
11    (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a
12replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of
13the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
14    (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
152004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
16equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
17used, and including that manufactured on special order,
18certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
19arts production, and including machinery and equipment
20purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
21acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
22acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
23graphic arts product. Beginning on July 1, 2017, graphic arts
24machinery and equipment is included in the manufacturing and
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1    (7) Farm chemicals.
2    (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
3coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
4United States of America, or the government of any foreign
5country, and bullion.
6    (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
7student organization affiliated with an elementary or
8secondary school located in Illinois.
9    (10) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile renting,
10as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
11Act.
12    (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
13including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
14purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
15State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
16replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
17machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
18implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
19Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
20chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
21be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
22but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
23under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
24hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
25plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
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1boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
2required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
3vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
4tender is separately stated.
5    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
6farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
7installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
8limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
9or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
10limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
11software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
12such equipment.
13    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
14sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
15computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
16facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
17to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
18crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
19agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
20provisions of Section 3-90.
21    (12) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
22to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
23to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
24of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
25for or returning from a location or locations outside the
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1stopovers.
2    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
3or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
4for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
5business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
6engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
7United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
8least one individual or package for hire from the city of
9origination to the city of final destination on the same
10aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
11that aircraft.
12    (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
13stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
14food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
15extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
16turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
17employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
18hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
19respect to which the service charge is imposed.
20    (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
21and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
22rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
23tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
24and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
25individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
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1equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
2required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
3    (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
4repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
5manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
6used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
7photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
8    (16) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
9hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
10including replacement parts and equipment, and including
11equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
12required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
13changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
14after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
15allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
16Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
17beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
18effective date of Public Act 98-456).
19    (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
20equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
21retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
22production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
23as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
24use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
25    (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
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1tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
2lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
3manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
4used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
5person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
6an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
7of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
8other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
9a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this
10paragraph (18) does not include machinery and equipment used in
11(i) the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
12(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
13for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
14through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
15water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
16customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
17Public Act 98-583 are declaratory of existing law as to the
18meaning and scope of this exemption. Beginning on July 1, 2017,
19the exemption provided by this paragraph (18) includes, but is
20not limited to, graphic arts machinery and equipment, as
21defined in paragraph (6) of this Section.
22    (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
23purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
24that personal property was received by a florist located
25outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
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1    (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
2for direct agricultural production.
3    (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
4meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
5Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
6Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
7Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
8racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
9of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
10(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
11claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
122008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
132000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
14    (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
15any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
16analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
17lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
18longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
19otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
20hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
21identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
22Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
23manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
24any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
25tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
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1the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
2or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
3purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
4Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
5has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
6collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
7a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
8If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
9reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
10Department.
11    (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
12property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
13effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
14tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
15issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
16the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
17Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
18qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
19manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
20this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
21on the fair market value of the property at the time the
22non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
23to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
24reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
25Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
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1amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
2claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
3that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
4lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
5    (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
6December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
7before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
8disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
9disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
10manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
11corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
12that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
13number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
14who reside within the declared disaster area.
15    (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
16December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
17before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
18performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
19but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
20bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
21line extensions, water distribution and purification
22facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
23sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
24federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
25when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
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1    (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
2at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
3used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
4provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
61-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
7corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
8foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
9to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
10purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
11limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
12or institution organized and operated exclusively for
13educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
14private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
15branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
16that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
17course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
18vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
19operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
20than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
21follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
22industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
23    (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
24including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
25benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
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1the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
2district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
3parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
4does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
5private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
6entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
7another individual or entity that sold the property for the
8purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
9from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
10exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
11    (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
122001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
13serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
14items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
15January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
16for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
17vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
18gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
19coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
20is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
21    (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
22food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
23premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
24drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
25consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
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1materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
2use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
3assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
4resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
5the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
6in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
7Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
8    (31) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of
9Public Act 92-227) this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
10Assembly, computers and communications equipment utilized for
11any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
12analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
13lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
14longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
15otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
16hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
17identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
18Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
19manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
20any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
21tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
22case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
23the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
24or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
25purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
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1has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
2collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
3a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
4If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
5reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
6Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
7Section 3-90.
8    (32) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of
9Public Act 92-227) this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
10Assembly, personal property purchased by a lessor who leases
11the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or
12in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to
13the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has
14been issued an active sales tax exemption identification number
15by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
16Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
17qualify for this exemption or used in any other nonexempt
18manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
19this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
20on the fair market value of the property at the time the
21nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to
22collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
23reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
24Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
25paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
26amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to

 

 

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1claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
2that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
3lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department. This
4paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
6the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
7with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
8are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
9Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
101, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
11motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
12weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
13to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
143-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
15primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
16this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
17after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
18motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
19rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
20purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
21purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
22furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
23whether for-hire or not.
24    (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
25used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
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1Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
2corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
3Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
4exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
5    (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
6equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
7upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
8completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
9aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
10the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
11repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
12materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
13supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
14maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
15engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
16such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
17limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
18lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
19films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
20tangible personal property by persons who modify, refurbish,
21complete, repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i)
22hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an
23approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
24Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
25operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
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1by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
2service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
3of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
4paragraph (35) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
5law.
6    (36) Tangible personal property purchased by a
7public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
811-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
9constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
10only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
11transferred to the municipality without any further
12consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
13of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
14retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
15issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
16the development of the municipal convention hall. This
17exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
18provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
19This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
20    (37) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
21and menstrual cups.
22    (38) Merchandise that is subject to the Rental Purchase
23Agreement Occupation and Use Tax. The purchaser must certify
24that the item is purchased to be rented subject to a rental
25purchase agreement, as defined in the Rental Purchase Agreement
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1Purchase Agreement Occupation and Use Tax Act. This paragraph
2is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
3    (39) On and after January 1, 2019, any software purchased
4to lease, upgrade, supplement, or replace computer equipment or
5enabling software purchased or leased in the initial investment
6made at a Big Empties Site designated under the Big Empties
7Site Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
8Section 3-90.
9(Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 99-855, eff. 8-19-16;
10100-22, eff. 7-6-17; 100-437, eff. 1-1-18; revised 9-27-17.)
 
11    Section 910. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
12Section 3-5 as follows:
 
13    (35 ILCS 110/3-5)
14    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
15personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
16    (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
17society, association, foundation, institution, or
18organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
19organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
20for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
21personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
22purpose of resale by the enterprise.
23    (2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois
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1promoting the county fair.
2    (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
3cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
4the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
5Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
6organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
7support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
8services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
9music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
10orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
11organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
12and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
13of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
14an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
15tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
16number issued by the Department.
17    (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
18coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
19United States of America, or the government of any foreign
20country, and bullion.
21    (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
222004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
23equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
24used, and including that manufactured on special order or
25purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
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1chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
2chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
3immediate change upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on July
41, 2017, graphic arts machinery and equipment is included in
5the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
6exemption under Section 2 of this Act.
7    (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
8student organization affiliated with an elementary or
9secondary school located in Illinois.
10    (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
11including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
12purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
13State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
14replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
15machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
16implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
17Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
18chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
19be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
20but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
21under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
22hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
23plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
24this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
25shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
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1vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
2tender is separately stated.
3    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
4farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
5installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
6limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
7or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
8limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
9software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
10such equipment.
11    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
12sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
13computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
14facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
15to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
16crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
17agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
18provisions of Section 3-75.
19    (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
20to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
21to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
22of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
23for or returning from a location or locations outside the
24United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
25stopovers.
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1or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
2for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
3business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
4engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
5United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
6least one individual or package for hire from the city of
7origination to the city of final destination on the same
8aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
9that aircraft.
10    (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
11stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
12food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase of a
13service from a serviceman, to the extent that the proceeds of
14the service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
15substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
16in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
17beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
18imposed.
19    (10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
20and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
21rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
22tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
23and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
24individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
25drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
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1required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
2    (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery
3and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new
4and used, including that manufactured on special order,
5certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
6photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and
7equipment purchased for lease.
8    (12) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
9hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
10including replacement parts and equipment, and including
11equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles
12required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
13changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
14after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
15allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
16Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
17beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
18effective date of Public Act 98-456).
19    (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
20for direct agricultural production.
21    (14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
22meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
23Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
24Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
25Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
26racing for prizes. This item (14) is exempt from the provisions

 

 

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1of Section 3-75, and the exemption provided for under this item
2(14) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
3claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after the effective
4date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly for
5such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and
6ending on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
7General Assembly.
8    (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
9any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
10analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
11lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
12longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
13otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
14hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
15identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
16Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
17manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
18any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
19tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
20be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
21the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
22attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
23to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
24Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
25the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
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1refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
2is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
3liable to pay that amount to the Department.
4    (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
5property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
6effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
7tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
8issued an active tax exemption identification number by the
9Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
10Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
11qualify for this exemption or is used in any other non-exempt
12manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
13this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the
14fair market value of the property at the time the
15non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
16to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
17reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
18Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
19the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
20from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
21refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
22is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
23liable to pay that amount to the Department.
24    (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
25December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
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1disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
2disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
3manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
4corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
5that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
6number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
7who reside within the declared disaster area.
8    (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
9December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
10before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
11performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
12but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
13bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
14line extensions, water distribution and purification
15facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
16sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
17federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
18when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
19declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
20    (19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
21at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
22used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
23provisions of Section 3-75.
24    (20) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
251-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
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1foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
2to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
3purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
4limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
5or institution organized and operated exclusively for
6educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
7private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
8branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
9that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
10course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
11vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
12operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
13than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
14follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
15industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
16    (21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
17including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
18benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
19a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
20the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
21district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
22parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
23does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
24private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
25entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
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1purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
2from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
3exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
4    (22) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
52001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
6serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
7items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
8January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
9for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
10vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
11gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
12coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
13is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
14    (23) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
15food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
16premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
17drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
18consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
19drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
20materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
21use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
22assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
23resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
24the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
25in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
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1    (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
2of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
3equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
4in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
5purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
6of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
7lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
8Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
9identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
10Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
11manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
12any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
13tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
14be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
15the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
16attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
17to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
18Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
19the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
20from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
21refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
22is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
23liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
24exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
25    (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
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1lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
2longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
3otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
4governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
5identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
6Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a
7manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
8any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
9tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
10be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
11the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
12attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
13to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
14Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
15the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
16from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
17refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
18is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
19liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
20exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
21    (26) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
22used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
23supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
24Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
25corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
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1exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
2    (27) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
3equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
4upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
5completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
6aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
7the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
8repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
9materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
10supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
11maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
12engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
13such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
14limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
15lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
16films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
17tangible personal property transferred incident to the
18modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair,
19or maintenance of aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air
20Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
21repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
22have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
23accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
24The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
25commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
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1of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
2paragraph (27) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
3law.
4    (28) Tangible personal property purchased by a
5public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
611-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
7constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
8only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
9transferred to the municipality without any further
10consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
11of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
12retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
13issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
14the development of the municipal convention hall. This
15exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
16provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
17This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
18    (29) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
19and menstrual cups.
20    (30) On and after January 1, 2019, any software purchased
21to lease, upgrade, supplement, or replace computer equipment or
22enabling software purchased or leased in the initial investment
23made at a Big Empties Site designated under the Big Empties
24Site Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
25Section 3-75.
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1100-22, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
2    Section 915. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
3changing Section 3-5 as follows:
 
4    (35 ILCS 115/3-5)
5    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal
6property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
7    (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
8association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
9than a limited liability company, that is organized and
10operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
11of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
12was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
13by the enterprise.
14    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
15Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
16operating, or promoting the county fair.
17    (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit arts
18or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
19the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
20Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
21organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
22support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
23services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
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1orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
2organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
3and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
4of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
5an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
6tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
7number issued by the Department.
8    (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
9coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
10United States of America, or the government of any foreign
11country, and bullion.
12    (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
132004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
14equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
15used, and including that manufactured on special order or
16purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
17primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
18chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
19chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
20immediate change upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on July
211, 2017, graphic arts machinery and equipment is included in
22the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
23exemption under Section 2 of this Act.
24    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
25organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
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1    (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
2including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
3purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
4State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
5replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
6machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
7implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
8Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
9chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
10be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
11but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
12under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
13hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
14plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
15this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
16shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
17required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
18vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
19tender is separately stated.
20    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
21farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
22installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
23limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
24or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
25limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
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1such equipment.
2    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
3sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
4computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
5facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
6to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
7crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
8agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
9provisions of Section 3-55.
10    (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
11to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
12to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
13of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
14for or returning from a location or locations outside the
15United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
16stopovers.
17    Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
18or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
19for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
20business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
21engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
22United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
23least one individual or package for hire from the city of
24origination to the city of final destination on the same
25aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
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1    (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
2stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
3food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
4service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
5substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
6in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
7beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
8imposed.
9    (10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
10and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
11rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
12tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
13and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
14individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
15drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
16equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
17required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
18    (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
19repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
20manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
21used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
22photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
23    (12) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway
24hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment,
25including replacement parts and equipment, and including
26equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles

 

 

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1required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The
2changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and
3after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund is
4allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of
5Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the period
6beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the
7effective date of Public Act 98-456).
8    (13) Beginning January 1, 1992 and through June 30, 2016,
9food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
10premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
11drinks and food that has been prepared for immediate
12consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines,
13drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
14materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
15use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
16assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
17resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
18the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
19in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
20Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
21    (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
22for direct agricultural production.
23    (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
24meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
25Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
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1Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
2racing for prizes. This item (15) is exempt from the provisions
3of Section 3-55, and the exemption provided for under this item
4(15) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
5claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
62008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
7paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
8January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
9    (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
10any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
11analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
12who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
13executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
14hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
15identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
16Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
17    (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
18property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
19effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
20has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
21by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
22Tax Act.
23    (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
24December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
25before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
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1disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
2manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
3corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
4that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
5number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
6who reside within the declared disaster area.
7    (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
8December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
9before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
10performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
11but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
12bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
13line extensions, water distribution and purification
14facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
15sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
16federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
17when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
18declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
19    (20) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
20"game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used
21in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
22provisions of Section 3-55.
23    (21) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
241-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
25corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
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1to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
2purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
3limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
4or institution organized and operated exclusively for
5educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
6private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
7branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
8that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
9course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
10vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
11operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
12than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
13follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
14industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
15    (22) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
16including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
17benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
18a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
19the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
20district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
21parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
22does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
23private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
24entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
25another individual or entity that sold the property for the
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1from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
2exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
3    (23) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
42001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
5serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
6items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
7January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
8for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
9vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
10gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
11coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
12is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
13    (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
14of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
15equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
16in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
17sold to a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one
18year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the
19purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax
20exemption identification number by the Department under
21Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph
22is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
23    (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
24of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property sold to a
25lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
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1governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
2identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
3Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from
4the provisions of Section 3-55.
5    (26) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
62016, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
7retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
8activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
9in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
10the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
11for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
12(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
13manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
14tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
15and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
16Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
17accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
18issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
19Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
20paragraph (26). The permit issued under this paragraph (26)
21shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
22specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
23tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
24taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
25necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
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1the State of Illinois.
2    (27) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
3used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
4supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
5Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
6corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
7Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
8exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
9    (28) Tangible personal property sold to a
10public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
1111-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
12constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
13only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
14transferred to the municipality without any further
15consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
16of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
17retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
18issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
19the development of the municipal convention hall. This
20exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
21provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
22This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
23    (29) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
24equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
25upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
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1aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
2the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
3repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
4materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
5supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
6maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
7engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
8such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
9limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
10lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
11films. This exemption applies only to the transfer of
12qualifying tangible personal property incident to the
13modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair,
14or maintenance of an aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air
15Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
16repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
17have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
18accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
19The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
20commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
21service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
22of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
23paragraph (29) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
24law.
25    (30) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
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1    (31) On and after January 1, 2019, any software purchased
2to lease, upgrade, supplement, or replace computer equipment or
3enabling software purchased or leased in the initial investment
4made at a Big Empties Site designated under the Big Empties
5Site Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
6Section 3-55.
7(Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 99-855, eff. 8-19-16;
8100-22, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
9    Section 920. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
10by changing Section 2-5 and by adding Section 5m as follows:
 
11    (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
12    Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
13sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
14from the tax imposed by this Act:
15        (1) Farm chemicals.
16        (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
17    including that manufactured on special order, certified by
18    the purchaser to be used primarily for production
19    agriculture or State or federal agricultural programs,
20    including individual replacement parts for the machinery
21    and equipment, including machinery and equipment purchased
22    for lease, and including implements of husbandry defined in
23    Section 1-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery
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1    nurse wagons required to be registered under Section 3-809
2    of the Illinois Vehicle Code, but excluding other motor
3    vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois
4    Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or hoop houses used
5    for propagating, growing, or overwintering plants shall be
6    considered farm machinery and equipment under this item
7    (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes shall
8    include units sold separately from a motor vehicle required
9    to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor vehicle
10    required to be licensed, if the selling price of the tender
11    is separately stated.
12        Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
13    farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
14    installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but
15    not limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters,
16    seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment
17    includes, but is not limited to, soil testing sensors,
18    computers, monitors, software, global positioning and
19    mapping systems, and other such equipment.
20        Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
21    sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in
22    the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
23    facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not
24    limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of
25    animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal
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1    from the provisions of Section 2-70.
2        (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
3    equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by
4    the retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
5    production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for
6    consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel
7    for the personal use of the user, and not subject to sale
8    or resale.
9        (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
10    2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
11    equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both
12    new and used, and including that manufactured on special
13    order or purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to
14    be used primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment
15    includes chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but
16    only if the chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts
17    effect a direct and immediate change upon a graphic arts
18    product. Beginning on July 1, 2017, graphic arts machinery
19    and equipment is included in the manufacturing and
20    assembling machinery and equipment exemption under
21    paragraph (14).
22        (5) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile
23    renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation
24    and Use Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
25    provisions of Section 2-70.
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1    student organization affiliated with an elementary or
2    secondary school located in Illinois.
3        (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
4    selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is
5    subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
6        (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
7    association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting
8    the county fair.
9        (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
10    cultural organization that establishes, by proof required
11    by the Department by rule, that it has received an
12    exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
13    Code and that is organized and operated primarily for the
14    presentation or support of arts or cultural programming,
15    activities, or services. These organizations include, but
16    are not limited to, music and dramatic arts organizations
17    such as symphony orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and
18    cultural service organizations, local arts councils,
19    visual arts organizations, and media arts organizations.
20    On and after July 1, 2001 (the effective date of Public Act
21    92-35) this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly,
22    however, an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
23    shall not make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
24    identification number issued by the Department.
25        (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
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1    other than a limited liability company, that is organized
2    and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the
3    benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal
4    property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
5    purpose of resale by the enterprise.
6        (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to
7    a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
8    institution organized and operated exclusively for
9    charitable, religious, or educational purposes, or to a
10    not-for-profit corporation, society, association,
11    foundation, institution, or organization that has no
12    compensated officers or employees and that is organized and
13    operated primarily for the recreation of persons 55 years
14    of age or older. A limited liability company may qualify
15    for the exemption under this paragraph only if the limited
16    liability company is organized and operated exclusively
17    for educational purposes. On and after July 1, 1987,
18    however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
19    shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
20    identification number issued by the Department.
21        (12) (Blank).
22        (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
23    2004, motor vehicles of the second division with a gross
24    vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject
25    to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
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1    2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
2    motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross
3    vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that
4    are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed
5    under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
6    (iii) that are primarily used for commercial purposes.
7    Through June 30, 2005, this exemption applies to repair and
8    replacement parts added after the initial purchase of such
9    a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used in a manner
10    that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
11    otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
12    paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
13    transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
14    commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or
15    not.
16        (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or
17    shippers of tangible personal property that is utilized by
18    interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock
19    moving in interstate commerce and equipment operated by a
20    telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier
21    by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
22    permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in
23    interstate commerce.
24        (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
25    purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
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1    property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
2    sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by
3    some other person, whether the materials used in the
4    process are owned by the manufacturer or some other person,
5    or whether the sale or lease is made apart from or as an
6    incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
7    of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns,
8    gauges, or other similar items of no commercial value on
9    special order for a particular purchaser. The exemption
10    provided by this paragraph (14) does not include machinery
11    and equipment used in (i) the generation of electricity for
12    wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the generation or treatment
13    of natural or artificial gas for wholesale or retail sale
14    that is delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or
15    mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for wholesale or
16    retail sale that is delivered to customers through pipes,
17    pipelines, or mains. The provisions of Public Act 98-583
18    are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope
19    of this exemption. Beginning on July 1, 2017, the exemption
20    provided by this paragraph (14) includes, but is not
21    limited to, graphic arts machinery and equipment, as
22    defined in paragraph (4) of this Section.
23        (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
24    stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of
25    food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
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1    substitute for tips to the employees who participate
2    directly in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the
3    food or beverage function with respect to which the service
4    charge is imposed.
5        (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the
6    seller is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to
7    the purchaser.
8        (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common
9    carrier by rail or motor that receives the physical
10    possession of the property in Illinois and that transports
11    the property, or shares with another common carrier in the
12    transportation of the property, out of Illinois on a
13    standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the
14    property as the shipper or consignor of the property to a
15    destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
16        (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or
17    silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the
18    government of the United States of America, or the
19    government of any foreign country, and bullion.
20        (19) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration,
21    drilling, and production equipment, including (i) rigs and
22    parts of rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover
23    rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular goods, including casing and
24    drill strings, (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv)
25    storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any individual
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1    production equipment, and (vi) machinery and equipment
2    purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles required
3    to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
4        (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment,
5    including repair and replacement parts, both new and used,
6    including that manufactured on special order, certified by
7    the purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and
8    including photoprocessing machinery and equipment
9    purchased for lease.
10        (21) Coal and aggregate exploration, mining,
11    off-highway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
12    reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
13    equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease,
14    but excluding motor vehicles required to be registered
15    under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The changes made to this
16    Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on and after July 1,
17    2003, but no claim for credit or refund is allowed on or
18    after August 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act
19    98-456) for such taxes paid during the period beginning
20    July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, 2013 (the effective
21    date of Public Act 98-456).
22        (22) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products
23    sold to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier
24    to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the
25    conduct of its business as an air common carrier, for a
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1    locations outside the United States without regard to
2    previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
3        Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products
4    sold to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier
5    to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the
6    conduct of its business as an air common carrier, for a
7    flight that (i) is engaged in foreign trade or is engaged
8    in trade between the United States and any of its
9    possessions and (ii) transports at least one individual or
10    package for hire from the city of origination to the city
11    of final destination on the same aircraft, without regard
12    to a change in the flight number of that aircraft.
13        (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is
14    received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but
15    who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property
16    to the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
17        (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
18    barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
19    transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
20    hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is
21    delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or
22    vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river.
23        (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section,
24    a motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even
25    though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in
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1    this State, and if a drive-away permit is issued to the
2    motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois
3    Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle
4    registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon
5    returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the
6    drive-away permit or having the out-of-state registration
7    plates to be transferred is prima facie evidence that the
8    motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
9        (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if
10    the state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does
11    not allow a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold
12    and delivered in that state to an Illinois resident but
13    titled in Illinois. The tax collected under this Act on the
14    sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of
15    another state that does not allow a reciprocal exemption
16    shall be imposed at a rate equal to the state's rate of tax
17    on taxable property in the state in which the purchaser is
18    a resident, except that the tax shall not exceed the tax
19    that would otherwise be imposed under this Act. At the time
20    of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a statement,
21    signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her intent to
22    title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser is a
23    resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
24    the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
25    equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property
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1    statement to the appropriate tax collection agency in his
2    or her state of residence. In addition, the retailer must
3    retain a signed copy of the statement in his or her
4    records. Nothing in this item shall be construed to require
5    the removal of the vehicle from this state following the
6    filing of an intent to title the vehicle in the purchaser's
7    state of residence if the purchaser titles the vehicle in
8    his or her state of residence within 30 days after the date
9    of sale. The tax collected under this Act in accordance
10    with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately distributed
11    as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general rate
12    imposed under this Act.
13        (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed
14    under this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in
15    Section 3 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the
16    following conditions are met:
17            (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days
18        after the later of either the issuance of the final
19        billing for the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized
20        approval for return to service, completion of the
21        maintenance record entry, and completion of the test
22        flight and ground test for inspection, as required by
23        14 C.F.R. 91.407;
24            (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
25        State after the sale of the aircraft; and
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1        records and provides to the Department a signed and
2        dated certification from the purchaser, on a form
3        prescribed by the Department, certifying that the
4        requirements of this item (25-7) are met. The
5        certificate must also include the name and address of
6        the purchaser, the address of the location where the
7        aircraft is to be titled or registered, the address of
8        the primary physical location of the aircraft, and
9        other information that the Department may reasonably
10        require.
11        For purposes of this item (25-7):
12        "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or
13    otherwise used, excluding post-sale customizations as
14    defined in this Section, for 10 or more days in each
15    12-month period immediately following the date of the sale
16    of the aircraft.
17        "Registered in this State" means an aircraft
18    registered with the Department of Transportation,
19    Aeronautics Division, or titled or registered with the
20    Federal Aviation Administration to an address located in
21    this State.
22        This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
23    Section 2-70.
24        (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of
25    livestock for direct agricultural production.
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1    and meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse
2    Club Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American
3    Quarter Horse Association, United States Trotting
4    Association, or Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for
5    purposes of breeding or racing for prizes. This item (27)
6    is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70, and the
7    exemption provided for under this item (27) applies for all
8    periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no claim for credit or
9    refund is allowed on or after January 1, 2008 (the
10    effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes paid
11    during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
12    January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
13        (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized
14    for any hospital purpose and equipment used in the
15    diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
16    sold to a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of
17    one year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the
18    purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax
19    exemption identification number by the Department under
20    Section 1g of this Act.
21        (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
22    property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or
23    in effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental
24    body that has been issued an active tax exemption
25    identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
26    this Act.

 

 

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1        (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
2    December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on
3    or before December 31, 2004, personal property that is
4    donated for disaster relief to be used in a State or
5    federally declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering
6    Illinois by a manufacturer or retailer that is registered
7    in this State to a corporation, society, association,
8    foundation, or institution that has been issued a sales tax
9    exemption identification number by the Department that
10    assists victims of the disaster who reside within the
11    declared disaster area.
12        (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
13    December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on
14    or before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used
15    in the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State,
16    including but not limited to municipal roads and streets,
17    access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems,
18    water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and
19    purification facilities, storm water drainage and
20    retention facilities, and sewage treatment facilities,
21    resulting from a State or federally declared disaster in
22    Illinois or bordering Illinois when such repairs are
23    initiated on facilities located in the declared disaster
24    area within 6 months after the disaster.
25        (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at
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1    used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from
2    the provisions of Section 2-70.
3        (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in
4    Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated
5    to a corporation, limited liability company, society,
6    association, foundation, or institution that is determined
7    by the Department to be organized and operated exclusively
8    for educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption,
9    "a corporation, limited liability company, society,
10    association, foundation, or institution organized and
11    operated exclusively for educational purposes" means all
12    tax-supported public schools, private schools that offer
13    systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by
14    methods common to public schools and that compare favorably
15    in their scope and intensity with the course of study
16    presented in tax-supported schools, and vocational or
17    technical schools or institutes organized and operated
18    exclusively to provide a course of study of not less than 6
19    weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
20    follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical,
21    mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial
22    occupation.
23        (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
24    including food, purchased through fundraising events for
25    the benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary
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1    districts if the events are sponsored by an entity
2    recognized by the school district that consists primarily
3    of volunteers and includes parents and teachers of the
4    school children. This paragraph does not apply to
5    fundraising events (i) for the benefit of private home
6    instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising entity
7    purchases the personal property sold at the events from
8    another individual or entity that sold the property for the
9    purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that
10    profits from the sale to the fundraising entity. This
11    paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
12        (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
13    2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare
14    and serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup,
15    and other items, and replacement parts for these machines.
16    Beginning January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003,
17    machines and parts for machines used in commercial,
18    coin-operated amusement and vending business if a use or
19    occupation tax is paid on the gross receipts derived from
20    the use of the commercial, coin-operated amusement and
21    vending machines. This paragraph is exempt from the
22    provisions of Section 2-70.
23        (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30,
24    2016, food for human consumption that is to be consumed off
25    the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic
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1    immediate consumption) and prescription and
2    nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances, and
3    insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles
4    used by diabetics, for human use, when purchased for use by
5    a person receiving medical assistance under Article V of
6    the Illinois Public Aid Code who resides in a licensed
7    long-term care facility, as defined in the Nursing Home
8    Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in the ID/DD
9    Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized
10    Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
11        (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
12    communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose
13    and equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment
14    of hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the
15    equipment, under a lease of one year or longer executed or
16    in effect at the time of the purchase, to a hospital that
17    has been issued an active tax exemption identification
18    number by the Department under Section 1g of this Act. This
19    paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
20        (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold
21    to a lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one
22    year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the
23    purchase, to a governmental body that has been issued an
24    active tax exemption identification number by the
25    Department under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is
26    exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.

 

 

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1        (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
2    2016, tangible personal property purchased from an
3    Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized
4    purchasing activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of
5    the property in Illinois, temporarily store the property in
6    Illinois (i) for the purpose of subsequently transporting
7    it outside this State for use or consumption thereafter
8    solely outside this State or (ii) for the purpose of being
9    processed, fabricated, or manufactured into, attached to,
10    or incorporated into other tangible personal property to be
11    transported outside this State and thereafter used or
12    consumed solely outside this State. The Director of Revenue
13    shall, pursuant to rules adopted in accordance with the
14    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, issue a permit to
15    any taxpayer in good standing with the Department who is
16    eligible for the exemption under this paragraph (38). The
17    permit issued under this paragraph (38) shall authorize the
18    holder, to the extent and in the manner specified in the
19    rules adopted under this Act, to purchase tangible personal
20    property from a retailer exempt from the taxes imposed by
21    this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all necessary books and
22    records to substantiate the use and consumption of all such
23    tangible personal property outside of the State of
24    Illinois.
25        (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal
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1    community water supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of
2    the Environmental Protection Act, that is operated by a
3    not-for-profit corporation that holds a valid water supply
4    permit issued under Title IV of the Environmental
5    Protection Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
6    provisions of Section 2-70.
7        (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
8    equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into
9    or upon an aircraft as part of the modification,
10    refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair, or
11    maintenance of the aircraft. This exemption includes
12    consumable supplies used in the modification,
13    refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair, and
14    maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any materials,
15    parts, equipment, components, and consumable supplies used
16    in the modification, replacement, repair, and maintenance
17    of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such engines
18    or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any such
19    aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
20    limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
21    lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and
22    protective films. This exemption applies only to the sale
23    of qualifying tangible personal property to persons who
24    modify, refurbish, complete, replace, or maintain an
25    aircraft and who (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are
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1    Federal Aviation Administration, (ii) have a Class IV
2    Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in accordance with
3    Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The exemption
4    does not include aircraft operated by a commercial air
5    carrier providing scheduled passenger air service pursuant
6    to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129 of the
7    Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
8    paragraph (40) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of
9    existing law.
10        (41) Tangible personal property sold to a
11    public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
12    11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
13    constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall,
14    but only if the legal title to the municipal convention
15    hall is transferred to the municipality without any further
16    consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the
17    time of the completion of the municipal convention hall or
18    upon the retirement or redemption of any bonds or other
19    debt instruments issued by the public-facilities
20    corporation in connection with the development of the
21    municipal convention hall. This exemption includes
22    existing public-facilities corporations as provided in
23    Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code. This
24    paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
25        (42) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads,
26    tampons, and menstrual cups.

 

 

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1        (43) Merchandise that is subject to the Rental Purchase
2    Agreement Occupation and Use Tax. The purchaser must
3    certify that the item is purchased to be rented subject to
4    a rental purchase agreement, as defined in the Rental
5    Purchase Agreement Act, and provide proof of registration
6    under the Rental Purchase Agreement Occupation and Use Tax
7    Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
8    Section 2-70.
9        (44) On and after January 1, 2019, any software
10    purchased to lease, upgrade, supplement, or replace
11    computer equipment or enabling software purchased or
12    leased in the initial investment made at a Big Empties Site
13    designated under the Big Empties Site Act. This paragraph
14    is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
15(Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 99-855, eff. 8-19-16;
16100-22, eff. 7-6-17; 100-321, eff. 8-24-17; 100-437, eff.
171-1-18; revised 9-26-17.)
 
18    (35 ILCS 120/5m new)
19    Sec. 5m. Building materials exemption; Big Empties Site.
20Beginning January 1, 2019, each retailer who makes a sale of
21building materials that will be incorporated into a Big Empties
22site, as designated by the Department of Commerce and Economic
23Opportunity, may deduct receipts from such sales when
24calculating any State or local use and occupation taxes. Upon
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1shall issue a High Impact Business Building Materials Exemption
2Certificate for each construction contractor or other entity
3identified by the designated High Impact Business. The retailer
4must obtain from the purchaser the purchaser's exemption
5certificate number issued by the Department. A construction
6contractor or other entity shall not make tax-free purchases
7unless it has an active Exemption Certificate issued by the
8Department at the time of purchase. This Section is exempt from
9the provisions of Section 2-70.
 
10    Section 925. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
11Section 184.10 as follows:
 
12    (35 ILCS 200/184.10 new)
13    Sec. 184.10. Abatement for Big Empties Sites. Any taxing
14district may, upon a majority vote of its governing authority
15and after the determination of the assessed valuation of its
16property, order the clerk of that county to abate up to 50% of
17its taxes imposed on a Big Empties Site designated by the
18Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
 
19    Section 930. The Public Utilities Act is amended by
20changing Section 9-222 and by adding Section 9-222.1B as
21follows:
 
22    (220 ILCS 5/9-222)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-222)

 

 

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1    Sec. 9-222. Whenever a tax is imposed upon a public utility
2engaged in the business of distributing, supplying,
3furnishing, or selling gas for use or consumption pursuant to
4Section 2 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act, or whenever a tax is
5required to be collected by a delivering supplier pursuant to
6Section 2-7 of the Electricity Excise Tax Act, or whenever a
7tax is imposed upon a public utility pursuant to Section 2-202
8of this Act, such utility may charge its customers, other than
9customers who are high impact businesses under Section 5.5 of
10the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, owners of certified big
11empties sites, or certified business enterprises under Section
129-222.1 of this Act, to the extent of such exemption and during
13the period in which such exemption is in effect, in addition to
14any rate authorized by this Act, an additional charge equal to
15the total amount of such taxes. The exemption of this Section
16relating to high impact businesses shall be subject to the
17provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (b-5) of Section 5.5 of
18the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. This requirement shall not
19apply to taxes on invested capital imposed pursuant to the
20Messages Tax Act, the Gas Revenue Tax Act and the Public
21Utilities Revenue Act. Such utility shall file with the
22Commission a supplemental schedule which shall specify such
23additional charge and which shall become effective upon filing
24without further notice. Such additional charge shall be shown
25separately on the utility bill to each customer. The Commission
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1supplemental schedule correctly specifies such additional
2charge, but shall have no power to suspend such supplemental
3schedule. If the Commission finds, after a hearing, that such
4supplemental schedule does not correctly specify such
5additional charge, it shall by order require a refund to the
6appropriate customers of the excess, if any, with interest, in
7such manner as it shall deem just and reasonable, and in and by
8such order shall require the utility to file an amended
9supplemental schedule corresponding to the finding and order of
10the Commission. Except with respect to taxes imposed on
11invested capital, such tax liabilities shall be recovered from
12customers solely by means of the additional charges authorized
13by this Section.
14(Source: P.A. 91-914, eff. 7-7-00; 92-12, eff. 7-1-01.)
 
15    (220 ILCS 5/9-222.1B new)
16    Sec. 9-222.1B. Big Empties exemption. The owner of a site
17designated as a Big Empties Site under the Big Empties Site Act
18shall be exempt from the additional charges added to the
19business enterprise's utility bills as a pass-on of State
20utility taxes under Section 9-222 of this Act if the owner
21makes an investment of at least $75,000,000 at the site. The
22Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall
23determine the period during which such exemption from the
24charges imposed under Section 9-222 is in effect which shall
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1whichever period is shorter.
 
2    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.