HB0124 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0124

Introduced 1/10/2013, by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 120/2-54

Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that a building materials exemption for River Edge Redevelopment Zones applies to all real estate (now, only industrial or commercial projects). Effective immediately.

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AN ACT concerning revenue.

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

Section 5. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by changing Section 2-54 as follows:

(35 ILCS 120/2-54)

Sec. 2-54. Building materials exemption; River Edge Redevelopment Zones. Each retailer that makes a qualified sale of building materials to be incorporated into real estate within a River Edge Redevelopment Zone in accordance with the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act by remodeling, rehabilitating, or new construction may deduct receipts from those sales when calculating the tax imposed by this Act. For purposes of this Section, "qualified sale" means a sale of building materials that will be incorporated into real estate as part of an industrial or commercial project for which a Certificate of Eligibility for Sales Tax Exemption has been issued by the corporate authorities of the municipality in which the building project is located. To document the exemption allowed under this Section, the retailer must obtain from the purchaser a copy of the Certificate of Eligibility for Sales Tax Exemption issued by the corporate authorities of the municipality in which the real estate into which the building materials will be incorporated is located. The Certificate of Eligibility for Sales Tax Exemption must contain all of the following:

(1) A statement that the commercial or industrial project identified in the Certificate meets all the requirements of the jurisdiction in which the project is located.

(2) The location or address of the building project.

(3) The signature of the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the building project is located, or the chief executive officer's delegate.

In addition, the retailer must obtain a certificate from the purchaser that contains all of the following:

(1) A statement that the building materials are being purchased for incorporation into real estate located in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone included in a redevelopment project area in accordance with River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act.

(2) The location or address of the real estate into which the building materials will be incorporated.

(3) The name of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone in which that real estate is located.

(4) A description of the building materials being purchased.

(5) The purchaser's signature and date of purchase.

The provisions of this Section are exempt from Section 2-70.

(Source: P.A. 94-1021, eff. 7-12-06.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.