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90_SB0266

      35 ILCS 5/211 new
          Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act.   Creates  an  income
      tax  credit, beginning in taxable years beginning on or after
      January 1, 1997 and ending with taxable years  ending  on  or
      before  December  30,  2002,  for employers who pay insurance
      premiums on  policies  to  insure  the  employers'  liability
      under   the   Workers'  Compensation  Act  and  the  Workers'
      Occupational Diseases Act equal to 5% of  the  premiums  that
      the employer paid during the taxable year.  Provides that the
      credit  shall not reduce the employer's tax liability to less
      than zero.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Income  Tax  Act  by  adding
 2    Section 211.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Income Tax  Act  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 211 as follows:
 7        (35 ILCS 5/211 new)
 8        Sec.  211.   Workers' compensation tax credit.  Beginning
 9    with taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1997  and
10    ending  with  taxable  years ending on or before December 30,
11    2002, every employer, including  self-insured  employers  and
12    group  self-insured employers who pay insurance premiums on a
13    policy to insure the employer's liability under the  Workers'
14    Compensation  Act  and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act
15    shall be entitled to a tax credit against the tax imposed  in
16    subsection  (a)  and  (b)  of  Section 201 equal to 5% of the
17    premiums that the employer  paid  during  the  taxable  year.
18    This  credit shall not reduce the employer's tax liability to
19    less than zero.

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