Bill Status of SB 2131   94th General Assembly

Short Description:  UTILITIES-LOCAL TAX AUDITS

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
5 ILCS 140/7from Ch. 116, par. 207
35 ILCS 636/5-53 new
35 ILCS 645/5-10 new
65 ILCS 5/8-11-2.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, the Electricity Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Law, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Authorizes municipalities that impose certain taxes or fees on or collected by public utilities to conduct audits of those utilities to determine the accuracy of the taxes or fees paid to the municipality. Sets forth procedures under which a municipality may collect information from a public utility that is necessary to perform an audit. Sets forth procedures concerning the audit findings, liability for errors, penalties, confidentiality, and exemptions. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt information provided by a public utility to a municipality in the course of an audit from the Act's inspection requirements. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  10/19/2005SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
  10/19/2005SenateFirst Reading
  10/19/2005SenateReferred to Rules
  1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die

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