(35 ILCS 635/25)
    Sec. 25. Collection, enforcement, and administration of State telecommunications infrastructure maintenance fees.
    (a) A telecommunications retailer shall charge each customer an additional charge equal to the State infrastructure maintenance fee attributable to that customer's service address. Such additional charge shall be shown separately on the bill to each customer.
    (b) The State infrastructure maintenance fee shall be designated as a replacement for the personal property tax and shall be remitted by the telecommunications retailer to the Department; provided, however, that the telecommunications retailer may retain an amount not to exceed 2% of the State infrastructure maintenance fee paid to the Department, with a timely paid and timely filed return to reimburse itself for expenses incurred in collecting, accounting for, and remitting the fee. All amounts herein remitted to the Department shall be transferred to the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund in the State Treasury.
(Source: P.A. 92-526, eff. 1-1-03.)