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90_SB0549enr

      35 ILCS 105/3-95 new
      35 ILCS 110/3-80 new
      35 ILCS 115/3-60 new
      35 ILCS 120/2-75 new
          Amends the Use Tax Act, the  Service  Use  Tax  Act,  the
      Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax
      Act.   Exempts  aviation fuel received for use or consumption
      in the operation of an air cargo transportation hub  facility
      that  meets  certain  requirements  from the taxes imposed by
      those Acts for a period of 10 years. Requires the facility to
      receive a certificate of eligibility for exemption  from  the
      Department  of  Commerce  and Community Affairs. Requires the
      facility to repay exempted taxes if  the  facility  fails  to
      meet certain requirements.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to high impact service facilities.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The  Use  Tax  Act  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 12 as follows:
 6        (35 ILCS 105/12) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.12)
 7        Sec.  12.  Applicability of Retailers' Occupation Tax Act
 8    and Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.  All of the  provisions
 9    of Sections 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 1j.1, 1k, 1m, 1n, 2a, 2b, 2c,
10    3,  4  (except  that the time limitation provisions shall run
11    from the date when the tax is due rather than from  the  date
12    when  gross  receipts  are received), 5 (except that the time
13    limitation provisions on  the  issuance  of  notices  of  tax
14    liability  shall run from the date when the tax is due rather
15    than from the date  when  gross  receipts  are  received  and
16    except  that  in  the  case  of  a  failure  to file a return
17    required by this Act, no notice of  tax  liability  shall  be
18    issued  on  and  after each July 1 and January 1 covering tax
19    due with that return during any month or period more  than  6
20    years before that July 1 or January 1, respectively), 5a, 5b,
21    5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5j, 5k, 5l, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of
22    the  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act  and Section 3-7 of the
23    Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, which are not  inconsistent
24    with  this  Act,  shall  apply, as far as practicable, to the
25    subject matter of this Act to the  same  extent  as  if  such
26    provisions were included herein.
27    (Source: P.A. 87-205; 87-895; 88-660, eff. 9-16-94.)
28        Section  10.  The  Service  Use  Tax  Act  is  amended by
29    changing Section 12 as follows:
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 1        (35 ILCS 110/12) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.42)
 2        Sec. 12.  Applicability of Retailers' Occupation Tax  Act
 3    and  Uniform Penalty and Interest Act.  All of the provisions
 4    of Sections 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 1j.1, 1k, 1m, 1n, 2a, 2b, 2c,
 5    3 (except as to the disposition  by  the  Department  of  the
 6    money  collected  under  this  Act),  4 (except that the time
 7    limitation provisions shall run  from  the  date  when  gross
 8    receipts  are  received),  5 (except that the time limitation
 9    provisions on the issuance of notices of tax liability  shall
10    run  from  the  date when the tax is due rather than from the
11    date when gross receipts are received and except that in  the
12    case  of  a failure to file a return required by this Act, no
13    notice of tax liability shall be issued on and after  July  1
14    and  January  1  covering tax due with that return during any
15    month or period more than 6  years  before  that  July  1  or
16    January 1, respectively), 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5j, 5k,
17    5l,  7,  8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
18    Act which are not inconsistent with this Act, and Section 3-7
19    of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, shall apply, as  far
20    as practicable, to the subject matter of this Act to the same
21    extent as if such provisions were included herein.
22    (Source: P.A. 87-205; 88-660, eff. 9-16-94.)
23        Section 15.  The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
24    changing Section 12 as follows:
25        (35 ILCS 115/12) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.112)
26        Sec.  12.  All  of the provisions of Sections 1d, 1e, 1f,
27    1i, 1j, 1j.1, 1k, 1m, 1n, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3  (except  as  to  the
28    disposition by the Department of the tax collected under this
29    Act), 4 (except that the time limitation provisions shall run
30    from  the  date when the tax is due rather than from the date
31    when gross receipts are received), 5 (except  that  the  time
32    limitation  provisions  on  the  issuance  of  notices of tax
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 1    liability shall run from the date when the tax is due  rather
 2    than from the date when gross receipts are received), 5a, 5b,
 3    5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5j, 5k, 5l, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the
 4    "Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act" which are not inconsistent
 5    with this Act, and Section 3-7 of  the  Uniform  Penalty  and
 6    Interest  Act  shall  apply,  as  far  as practicable, to the
 7    subject matter of this Act to the  same  extent  as  if  such
 8    provisions were included herein.
 9    (Source: P.A. 86-1490; 87-205.)
10        Section 20.  The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
11    by  changing  Section 1i and adding Sections 1j.1 and 1j.2 as
12    follows:
13        (35 ILCS 120/1i) (from Ch. 120, par. 440i)
14        Sec. 1i.  High Impact Service Facility means  a  facility
15    used  primarily  for the sorting, handling and redistribution
16    of mail, freight, cargo, or other  single  item  non-fungible
17    parcels  received  from agents or employees of the handler or
18    shipper   for   processing   at   a   common   location   and
19    redistribution to other employees or agents for  delivery  to
20    an  ultimate destination on an item-by-item basis, and which:
21    (1) will make an  investment  in  by  a  business  enterprise
22    project  of  $100,000,000  $150,000,000  dollars or more; (2)
23    will cause the creation of at least 750 to 1,000 jobs or more
24    in an enterprise zone established pursuant  to  the  Illinois
25    Enterprise  Zone  Act; and (3) is certified by the Department
26    of Commerce and Community Affairs as contractually  obligated
27    to  meet  the requirements specified in divisions (1) and (2)
28    of this paragraph within the time period as specified by  the
29    certification.   Any business enterprise project applying for
30    the exemption stated in this Section shall  make  application
31    to  the  Department of Commerce and Community Affairs in such
32    form and providing such information as may be  prescribed  by
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 1    the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.
 2        The  Department  of  Commerce and Community Affairs shall
 3    determine whether the business enterprise project  meets  the
 4    criteria  prescribed  in  this Section.  If the Department of
 5    Commerce and Community Affairs determines that such  business
 6    enterprise  project  meets  the  criteria,  it  shall issue a
 7    certificate of eligibility  for  exemption  to  the  business
 8    enterprise in such form as is prescribed by the Department of
 9    Revenue.   The  Department  of Commerce and Community Affairs
10    shall act upon such certification  requests  within  60  days
11    after  receipt  of  the  application, and shall file with the
12    Department  of  Revenue  a  copy  of  each   certificate   of
13    eligibility for exemption.
14        The  Department  of  Commerce and Community Affairs shall
15    have the power to promulgate rules and regulations  to  carry
16    out  the  provisions  of this Section and to require that any
17    business enterprise that is granted a tax exemption repay the
18    exempted tax if the business enterprise fails to comply  with
19    the terms and conditions of the certification.
20        The  certificate  of  eligibility  for exemption shall be
21    presented by the business enterprise  to  its  supplier  when
22    making  the  initial  purchase of machinery and equipment for
23    which an exemption is granted by  Section  1j  of  this  Act,
24    together with a certification by the business enterprise that
25    such  machinery  and  equipment is exempt from taxation under
26    Section 1j of this Act and by indicating the exempt status of
27    each subsequent purchase on the face of the purchase order.
28        The certification of eligibility for exemption  shall  be
29    presented  by  the  business  enterprise to its supplier when
30    making the purchase of jet fuel and  petroleum  products  for
31    which  an  exemption  is granted by Section 1j.1 of this Act,
32    together with a certification by the business enterprise that
33    such jet fuel and petroleum product, are exempt from taxation
34    under Section 1j.1 of this Act, and by indicating the  exempt
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 1    status  of  each  subsequent  purchase  on  the  face  of the
 2    purchase order.
 3        The Department of Commerce and  Community  Affairs  shall
 4    determine  the  period  during  which such exemption from the
 5    taxes imposed under this Act will remain in effect.
 6    (Source: P.A. 85-1409.)
 7        (35 ILCS 120/1j.1 new)
 8        Sec. 1j.1.  Exemption; jet fuel used in the operation  of
 9    high  impact service facilities. Subject to the provisions of
10    Section 1i of this Act, jet fuel and petroleum products  sold
11    to  and  used  in  the  conduct  of  its business of sorting,
12    handling and redistribution of mail, freight, cargo or  other
13    parcels  in  the operation of a high impact service facility,
14    as defined in Section 1i  of  this  Act,  located  within  an
15    enterprise   zone   established   pursuant  to  the  Illinois
16    Enterprise Zone Act shall be exempt from the tax  imposed  by
17    this  Act,  provided  that the business enterprise has waived
18    its right to a tax exemption of  the  charges  imposed  under
19    Section  9-222.1 of the Public Utilities Act.  The Department
20    of Commerce and  Community  Affairs  shall  promulgate  rules
21    necessary  to  further define jet fuel and petroleum products
22    sold to, used, and eligible for exemption in  a  high  impact
23    service  facility.  The minimum period for which an exemption
24    from taxes is granted by this Section is 10 years, regardless
25    of the duration of the enterprise zone in which  the  project
26    is located.
27        (35 ILCS 120/1j.2 new)
28        Sec.  1j.2.  Exceptions.   High impact service facilities
29    qualifying under this Act and  seeking  the  exemption  under
30    1j.1  shall be ineligible for the exemptions of taxes imposed
31    under Section 9-222.1 of  the  Public  Utilities  Act.   High
32    impact  service  facilities  qualifying  under  this  Act and
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 1    seeking the exemption under Section  9-222.1  of  the  Public
 2    Utilities Act shall be ineligible for the exemptions of taxes
 3    as described in Section 1j.1.

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