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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Personal Property Replacement Tax
5Reform Task Force is hereby created; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the
7following 13 members:
8        (1) the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his
9    or her designee;
10        (2) the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
11    or his or her designee;
12        (3) the Senate President or his or her designee;
13        (4) the Senate Minority Leader or his or her designee;
14        (5) the Director of Revenue or his or her designee;
15        (6) a representative of a statewide organization
16    representing municipalities, appointed by the Governor;
17        (7) a representative of a statewide association
18    representing taxpayers, appointed by the Governor;
19        (8) a representative of a statewide association
20    representing manufacturers, appointed by the Governor;
21        (9) a representative of a statewide chamber of
22    commerce, appointed by the Governor;
23        (10) a representative of a statewide association
24    representing retail merchants, appointed by the Governor;

 

 

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1        (11) a representative of a county, appointed by the
2    Governor;
3        (12) a representative of a statewide association
4    representing school boards, appointed by the Governor;
5        (13) a representative of a park district, appointed by
6    the Governor; and
7        (14) a representative of township government,
8    appointed by the Governor; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall select a
10chairperson from among themselves; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at the call of the
12chair or any 8 members; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall conduct a study on
14personal property replacement taxes; and be it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall identify the types of
16entities that pay personal property replacement taxes in this
17State and shall study the distribution of personal property
18replacement tax revenue and the ways in which the population
19and businesses have shifted since personal property
20replacement taxes were first introduced; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve

 

 

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1without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their
2reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for
3that purpose; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That the Department of Revenue shall provide
5administrative support to the Task Force; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its findings to
7the General Assembly no later than August 1, 2015; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10presented to the Governor and the Director of Revenue.