Public Act 097-0073
 
SB0401 EnrolledLRB097 04211 HLH 44250 b

    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
3-55 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 105/3-55)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-55)
    Sec. 3-55. Multistate exemption. To prevent actual or
likely multistate taxation, the tax imposed by this Act does
not apply to the use of tangible personal property in this
State under the following circumstances:
    (a) The use, in this State, of tangible personal property
acquired outside this State by a nonresident individual and
brought into this State by the individual for his or her own
use while temporarily within this State or while passing
through this State.
    (b) The use, in this State, of tangible personal property
by an interstate carrier for hire as rolling stock moving in
interstate commerce or by lessors under a lease of one year or
longer executed or in effect at the time of purchase of
tangible personal property by interstate carriers for-hire for
use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce as long as
so used by the interstate carriers for-hire, and equipment
operated by a telecommunications provider, licensed as a common
carrier by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in
interstate commerce.
    (c) The use, in this State, by owners, lessors, or shippers
of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
commerce as long as so used by the interstate carriers for
hire, and equipment operated by a telecommunications provider,
licensed as a common carrier by the Federal Communications
Commission, which is permanently installed in or affixed to
aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
    (d) The use, in this State, of tangible personal property
that is acquired outside this State and caused to be brought
into this State by a person who has already paid a tax in
another State in respect to the sale, purchase, or use of that
property, to the extent of the amount of the tax properly due
and paid in the other State.
    (e) The temporary storage, in this State, of tangible
personal property that is acquired outside this State and that,
after being brought into this State and stored here
temporarily, is used solely outside this State or is physically
attached to or incorporated into other tangible personal
property that is used solely outside this State, or is altered
by converting, fabricating, manufacturing, printing,
processing, or shaping, and, as altered, is used solely outside
this State.
    (f) The temporary storage in this State of building
materials and fixtures that are acquired either in this State
or outside this State by an Illinois registered combination
retailer and construction contractor, and that the purchaser
thereafter uses outside this State by incorporating that
property into real estate located outside this State.
    (g) The use or purchase of tangible personal property by a
common carrier by rail or motor that receives the physical
possession of the property in Illinois, and that transports the
property, or shares with another common carrier in the
transportation of the property, out of Illinois on a standard
uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the property as
the shipper or consignor of the property to a destination
outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
    (h) Except as provided in subsection (h-1), the use, in
this State, of a motor vehicle that was sold in this State to a
nonresident, even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the
nonresident in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be
titled in this State, and if a drive-away permit is issued to
the motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle
registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon
returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the
drive-away permit or having the out-of-state registration
plates to be transferred shall be prima facie evidence that the
motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
    (h-1) The exemption under subsection (h) does not apply if
the state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not
allow a reciprocal exemption for the use in that state of a
motor vehicle sold and delivered in that state to an Illinois
resident but titled in Illinois. The tax collected under this
Act on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident
of another state that does not allow a reciprocal exemption
shall be imposed at a rate equal to the state's rate of tax on
taxable property in the state in which the purchaser is a
resident, except that the tax shall not exceed the tax that
would otherwise be imposed under this Act. At the time of the
sale, the purchaser shall execute a statement, signed under
penalty of perjury, of his or her intent to title the vehicle
in the state in which the purchaser is a resident within 30
days after the sale and of the fact of the payment to the State
of Illinois of tax in an amount equivalent to the state's rate
of tax on taxable property in his or her state of residence and
shall submit the statement to the appropriate tax collection
agency in his or her state of residence. In addition, the
retailer must retain a signed copy of the statement in his or
her records. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
require the removal of the vehicle from this state following
the filing of an intent to title the vehicle in the purchaser's
state of residence if the purchaser titles the vehicle in his
or her state of residence within 30 days after the date of
sale. The tax collected under this Act in accordance with this
subsection (h-1) shall be proportionately distributed as if the
tax were collected at the 6.25% general rate imposed under this
Act.
    (h-2) The following exemptions apply with respect to
certain aircraft:
        (1) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
    this Act on the purchase of an aircraft, as defined in
    Section 3 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the
    following conditions are met:
            (A) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days
        after the later of either the issuance of the final
        billing for the purchase of the aircraft or the
        authorized approval for return to service, completion
        of the maintenance record entry, and completion of the
        test flight and ground test for inspection, as required
        by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
            (B) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
        State after the purchase of the aircraft; and
            (C) the purchaser provides the Department with a
        signed and dated certification, on a form prescribed by
        the Department, certifying that the requirements of
        this item (1) are met. The certificate must also
        include the name and address of the purchaser, the
        address of the location where the aircraft is to be
        titled or registered, the address of the primary
        physical location of the aircraft, and other
        information that the Department may reasonably
        require.
        (2) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
    this Act on the use of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3
    of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that is temporarily
    located in this State for the purpose of a prepurchase
    evaluation if all of the following conditions are met:
            (A) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
        State after the prepurchase evaluation; and
            (B) the purchaser provides the Department with a
        signed and dated certification, on a form prescribed by
        the Department, certifying that the requirements of
        this item (2) are met. The certificate must also
        include the name and address of the purchaser, the
        address of the location where the aircraft is to be
        titled or registered, the address of the primary
        physical location of the aircraft, and other
        information that the Department may reasonably
        require.
        (3) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
    this Act on the use of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3
    of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that is temporarily
    located in this State for the purpose of a post-sale
    customization if all of the following conditions are met:
            (A) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days
        after the authorized approval for return to service,
        completion of the maintenance record entry, and
        completion of the test flight and ground test for
        inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
            (B) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
        State either before or after the post-sale
        customization; and
            (C) the purchaser provides the Department with a
        signed and dated certification, on a form prescribed by
        the Department, certifying that the requirements of
        this item (3) are met. The certificate must also
        include the name and address of the purchaser, the
        address of the location where the aircraft is to be
        titled or registered, the address of the primary
        physical location of the aircraft, and other
        information that the Department may reasonably
        require.
    If tax becomes due under this subsection (h-2) because of
the purchaser's use of the aircraft in this State, the
purchaser shall file a return with the Department and pay the
tax on the fair market value of the aircraft. This return and
payment of the tax must be made no later than 30 days after the
aircraft is used in a taxable manner in this State. The tax is
based on the fair market value of the aircraft on the date that
it is first used in a taxable manner in this State.
    For purposes of this subsection (h-2):
    "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
    "Post-sale customization" means any improvement,
maintenance, or repair that is performed on an aircraft
following a transfer of ownership of the aircraft.
    "Prepurchase evaluation" means an examination of an
aircraft to provide a potential purchaser with information
relevant to the potential purchase.
    "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
Administration to an address located in this State.
    This subsection (h-2) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 3-90.
    (i) Beginning July 1, 1999, the use, in this State, of fuel
acquired outside this State and brought into this State in the
fuel supply tanks of locomotives engaged in freight hauling and
passenger service for interstate commerce. This subsection is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
    (j) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2016
2011, the use of tangible personal property purchased from an
Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized
purchasing activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the
property in Illinois, temporarily store the property in
Illinois (i) for the purpose of subsequently transporting it
outside this State for use or consumption thereafter solely
outside this State or (ii) for the purpose of being processed,
fabricated, or manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated
into other tangible personal property to be transported outside
this State and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this
State. The Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted
in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
subsection (j). The permit issued under this subsection (j)
shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 94-1002, eff. 7-3-06; 95-304, eff. 8-20-07.)
 
    Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
Section 3-45 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 110/3-45)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-45)
    Sec. 3-45. Multistate exemption. To prevent actual or
likely multistate taxation, the tax imposed by this Act does
not apply to the use of tangible personal property in this
State under the following circumstances:
    (a) The use, in this State, of property acquired outside
this State by a nonresident individual and brought into this
State by the individual for his or her own use while
temporarily within this State or while passing through this
State.
    (b) The use, in this State, of property that is acquired
outside this State and that is moved into this State for use as
rolling stock moving in interstate commerce.
    (c) The use, in this State, of property that is acquired
outside this State and caused to be brought into this State by
a person who has already paid a tax in another state in respect
to the sale, purchase, or use of that property, to the extent
of the amount of the tax properly due and paid in the other
state.
    (d) The temporary storage, in this State, of property that
is acquired outside this State and that after being brought
into this State and stored here temporarily, is used solely
outside this State or is physically attached to or incorporated
into other property that is used solely outside this State, or
is altered by converting, fabricating, manufacturing,
printing, processing, or shaping, and, as altered, is used
solely outside this State.
    (e) Beginning July 1, 1999, the use, in this State, of fuel
acquired outside this State and brought into this State in the
fuel supply tanks of locomotives engaged in freight hauling and
passenger service for interstate commerce. This subsection is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
    (f) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2016
2011, the use of tangible personal property purchased from an
Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized
purchasing activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the
property in Illinois, temporarily store the property in
Illinois (i) for the purpose of subsequently transporting it
outside this State for use or consumption thereafter solely
outside this State or (ii) for the purpose of being processed,
fabricated, or manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated
into other tangible personal property to be transported outside
this State and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this
State. The Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted
in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
subsection (f). The permit issued under this subsection (f)
shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 93-23, eff. 6-20-03; 94-1002, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
    Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
changing Section 3-5 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 115/3-5)
    Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal
property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
    (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
than a limited liability company, that is organized and
operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
by the enterprise.
    (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
operating, or promoting the county fair.
    (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit arts
or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
number issued by the Department.
    (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
United States of America, or the government of any foreign
country, and bullion.
    (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
used, and including that manufactured on special order or
purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
located in Illinois.
    (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
tender is separately stated.
    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
such equipment.
    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 3-55.
    (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or
returning from a location or locations outside the United
States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
stopovers.
    (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the
service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
imposed.
    (10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
    (12) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
    (13) Beginning January 1, 1992 and through June 30, 2011,
food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
drinks and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines,
drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
in the MR/DD Community Care Act.
    (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
for direct agricultural production.
    (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
racing for prizes. This item (15) is exempt from the provisions
of Section 3-55, and the exemption provided for under this item
(15) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
    (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
    (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
Tax Act.
    (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
who reside within the declared disaster area.
    (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
line extensions, water distribution and purification
facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
    (20) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
"game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic game
hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code or
at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
the provisions of Section 3-55.
    (21) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
or institution organized and operated exclusively for
educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
    (22) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
another individual or entity that sold the property for the
purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
    (23) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
    (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
sold to a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one
year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the
purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax
exemption identification number by the Department under
Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
    (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property sold to a
lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from
the provisions of Section 3-55.
    (26) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2016
2011, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
paragraph (26). The permit issued under this paragraph (26)
shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
the State of Illinois.
    (27) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
    (28) Tangible personal property sold to a
public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
transferred to the municipality without any further
consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
the development of the municipal convention hall. This
exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
    (29) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
(Source: P.A. 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-538, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876,
eff. 8-21-08; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
96-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff.
7-2-10.)
 
    Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
changing Section 2-5 as follows:
 
    (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
    Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
from the tax imposed by this Act:
    (1) Farm chemicals.
    (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
tender is separately stated.
    Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
such equipment.
    Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 2-70.
    (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
    (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
used, and including that manufactured on special order or
purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
    (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
of the second division that is a self contained motor vehicle
designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat,
or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section
2-70.
    (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
located in Illinois.
    (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
    (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
county fair.
    (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
number issued by the Department.
    (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
than a limited liability company, that is organized and
operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
by the enterprise.
    (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
55 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
limited liability company is organized and operated
exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
identification number issued by the Department.
    (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
executed or in effect at the time of purchase by interstate
carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
    (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
    (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers of
tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
    (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
other person, whether the materials used in the process are
owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
purchaser.
    (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
    (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the seller
is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
purchaser.
    (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading
showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
outside Illinois.
    (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
United States of America, or the government of any foreign
country, and bullion.
    (19) Until July 1 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
    (21) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
    (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for consumption,
shipment, or storage in the conduct of its business as an air
common carrier, for a flight destined for or returning from a
location or locations outside the United States without regard
to previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
    (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
    (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
it is afloat upon that bordering river.
    (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
this State.
    (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
in this State to a resident of another state that does not
allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
this state following the filing of an intent to title the
vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
rate imposed under this Act.
    (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
conditions are met:
        (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
    the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
    the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
    return to service, completion of the maintenance record
    entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
    for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
        (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
    State after the sale of the aircraft; and
        (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
    and provides to the Department a signed and dated
    certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
    the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
    item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
    name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
    location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
    the address of the primary physical location of the
    aircraft, and other information that the Department may
    reasonably require.
    For purposes of this item (25-7):
    "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
    "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
Administration to an address located in this State.
    This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 2-70.
    (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
for direct agricultural production.
    (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
(27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
    (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
this Act.
    (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
    (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
who reside within the declared disaster area.
    (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
line extensions, water distribution and purification
facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
    (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
"game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic game
hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code or
at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
the provisions of Section 2-70.
    (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
or institution organized and operated exclusively for
educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
    (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
another individual or entity that sold the property for the
purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
    (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
    (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
the Nursing Home Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in
the MR/DD Community Care Act.
    (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
active tax exemption identification number by the Department
under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
provisions of Section 2-70.
    (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
Section 2-70.
    (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2016
2011, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
(ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
the State of Illinois.
    (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
    (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
(i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
    (41) Tangible personal property sold to a
public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
transferred to the municipality without any further
consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
the development of the municipal convention hall. This
exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
(Source: P.A. 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-233, eff. 8-16-07; 95-304,
eff. 8-20-07; 95-538, eff. 1-1-08; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08;
95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff.
7-1-10; 96-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000,
eff. 7-2-10.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.