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    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
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5-1006.5 as follows:
 



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    (55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5)


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    Sec. 5-1006.5. Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax

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For Public Safety, Public Facilities, or Transportation.
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    (a) The county board of any county may impose a
tax upon 
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all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible 
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personal
property, other than personal property titled or 
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registered with an agency of
this State's government, at retail 
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in the county on the gross receipts from the
sales made in the 
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course of business to provide revenue to be used exclusively

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for public safety, public facility, or transportation purposes 
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in that county, if a
proposition for the
tax has been submitted 
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to the electors of that county and
approved by a majority of 
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those voting on the question.  If imposed, this tax
shall be 
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imposed only in one-quarter percent increments. By resolution, 
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the
county board may order the proposition to be submitted at 
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any election.
If the tax is imposed for
transportation purposes 
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for expenditures for public highways or as
authorized
under the 
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Illinois Highway Code, the county board must publish notice
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the existence of its long-range highway transportation
plan as 
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required or described in Section 5-301 of the Illinois
Highway 
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Code and must make the plan publicly available prior to

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approval of the ordinance or resolution
imposing the tax. If 
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the tax is imposed for transportation purposes for
expenditures 
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for passenger rail transportation, the county board must 
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publish
notice of the existence of its long-range passenger 
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rail transportation plan
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must make the plan publicly 
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available prior to approval of the ordinance or
resolution 
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imposing the tax. The county clerk shall certify the
question 
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to the proper election authority, who
shall submit the 
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proposition at an election in accordance with the general

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election law.


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        (1) The proposition for public safety purposes shall be 
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    in
substantially the following form:
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        "To pay for public safety purposes, shall (name of 
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    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of 
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    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
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        As additional information on the ballot below the 
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    question shall appear the following:
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        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an 
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    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of 
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    tangible personal property bought at retail."


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        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset 
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    provision at which time the additional sales tax would 
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    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote 
 


 






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    of the county board.  If the county board votes to include a 
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    sunset provision, the proposition for public safety 
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    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
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        "To pay for public safety purposes, shall (name of 
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    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of 
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    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to 
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    exceed (insert number of years)?"
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        As additional information on the ballot below the 
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    question shall appear the following:
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        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an 
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    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of 
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    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed, 
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    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end 
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    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a 
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    vote of the county board."



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        For the purposes of the
paragraph, "public safety 
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    purposes" means
crime prevention, detention, fire 
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    fighting, police, medical, ambulance, or
other emergency 
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    services.


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        Votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".


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        (2) The proposition for transportation purposes shall 
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    be in
substantially
the following form:
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        "To pay for improvements to roads and other 
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    transportation purposes, shall (name of county) be 
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    authorized to impose an increase on its share of local 
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    sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
 


 






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        As additional information on the ballot below the 
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    question shall appear the following:
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        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an 
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    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of 
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    tangible personal property bought at retail."


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        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset 
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    provision at which time the additional sales tax would 
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    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote 
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    of the county board.  If the county board votes to include a 
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    sunset provision, the proposition for transportation 
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    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
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        "To pay for road improvements and other transportation 
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    purposes, shall (name of county) be authorized to impose an 
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    increase on its share of local sales taxes by (insert rate) 
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    for a period not to exceed (insert number of years)?"
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        As additional information on the ballot below the 
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    question shall appear the following:
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        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an 
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    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of 
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    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed, 
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    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end 
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    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a 
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    vote of the county board."



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        For the purposes of this paragraph, transportation 
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    purposes means
construction, maintenance, operation, and 
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    improvement of
public highways, any other purpose for which 
 


 






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    a county may expend funds under
the Illinois Highway Code, 
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    and passenger rail transportation.


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        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

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        (3)  The proposition for public facility purposes shall 
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    be in substantially the following form: 
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        "To pay for public facility purposes, shall (name of

    
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    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of

    
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    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?" 
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        As additional information on the ballot below the

    
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    question shall appear the following: 
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        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an

    
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    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of

    
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    tangible personal property bought at retail." 
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        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset

    
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    provision at which time the additional sales tax would

    
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    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote

    
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    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a

    
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    sunset provision, the proposition for public facility

    
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    purposes shall be in substantially the following form: 
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        "To pay for public facility purposes, shall (name of

    
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    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of

    
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    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to

    
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    exceed (insert number of years)?" 
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        As additional information on the ballot below the

    
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    question shall appear the following: 
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        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an

    
 


 






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    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of

    
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    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,

    
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    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end

    
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    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a

    
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    vote of the county board." 
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        For purposes of this Section, "public facilities 
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    purposes" means the acquisition, development, 
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    construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, 
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    financing, architectural planning, and installation of 
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    capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, 
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    and durable equipment and for the acquisition and 
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    improvement of real property and interest in real property 
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    required, or expected to be required, in connection with 
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    the public facilities, for use by the county for the 
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    furnishing of governmental services to its citizens, 
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    including but not limited to museums and nursing homes. 
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        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". 
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    If a majority of the electors voting on
the proposition 
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vote in favor of it, the county may impose the tax.
 A county 
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may not submit more than one proposition authorized by this 
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Section
to the electors at any one time.

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    This additional tax may not be imposed on the sales of food 
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for human
consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 
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where it is sold (other
than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, 
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and food which has been prepared for
immediate consumption) and 
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prescription and non-prescription medicines, drugs,
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appliances and insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and 
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needles
used by diabetics.  The tax imposed by a county under 
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this Section and
all civil penalties that may be assessed as an 
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incident of the tax shall be
collected and enforced by the 
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Illinois Department of Revenue and deposited
into a special 
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fund created for that purpose.  The certificate
of registration 
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that is issued by the Department to a retailer under the

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Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall permit the retailer to 
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engage in a business
that is taxable without registering 
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separately with the Department under an
ordinance or resolution 
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under this Section.  The Department has full
power to administer 
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and enforce this Section, to collect all taxes and
penalties 
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due under this Section, to dispose of taxes and penalties so

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collected in the manner provided in this Section, and to 
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determine
all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of 
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the erroneous payment of
a tax or penalty under this Section.  
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In the administration of and compliance
with this Section, the 
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Department and persons who are subject to this Section
shall 
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(i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 
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powers, and
duties, (ii) be subject to the same conditions, 
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restrictions, limitations,
penalties, and definitions of 
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terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
procedure as are 
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prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1d, 1e, 1f,
1i, 1j,
1k, 1m, 
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1n,
2 through 2-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in 
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those Sections
other than the
State rate of tax), 2a, 2b, 2c, 3 
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(except provisions
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monthly payments), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e,
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5g, 5h, 5i, 
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5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of 
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the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the 
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Uniform Penalty and
Interest Act as if those provisions were 
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set forth in this Section.

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    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority 
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granted in this
Section may reimburse themselves for their 
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sellers' tax liability by
separately stating the tax as an 
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additional charge, which charge may be stated
in combination, 
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in a single amount, with State tax which sellers are required

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to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such bracketed 
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schedules as the
Department may prescribe.

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    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be 
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made under this
Section to a claimant instead of issuing a 
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credit memorandum, the Department
shall notify the State 
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Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for
the 
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amount specified and to the person named in the notification 
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from the
Department.  The refund shall be paid by the State 
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Treasurer out of the County
Public Safety or Transportation 
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Retailers' Occupation Tax Fund.

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    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), a

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service occupation tax shall
also be imposed at the same rate 
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upon all persons engaged, in the county, in
the business
of 
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making sales of service, who, as an incident to making those 
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sales of
service, transfer tangible personal property within 
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the county
as an
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not be imposed on sales of food for human consumption that is 
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to
be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than 
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alcoholic beverages,
soft drinks, and food prepared for 
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immediate consumption) and prescription and
non-prescription 
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medicines, drugs, medical appliances and insulin, urine

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testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics.
The 
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tax imposed under this subsection and all civil penalties that 
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may be
assessed as an incident thereof shall be collected and 
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enforced by the
Department of Revenue. The Department has
full 
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power to
administer and enforce this subsection; to collect all 
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taxes and penalties
due hereunder; to dispose of taxes and 
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penalties so collected in the manner
hereinafter provided; and 
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to determine all rights to credit memoranda
arising on account 
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of the erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder.
In the 
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administration of, and compliance with this subsection, the

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Department and persons who are subject to this paragraph shall 
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(i) have the
same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, 
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powers, and duties, (ii) be
subject to the same conditions, 
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restrictions, limitations, penalties,
exclusions, exemptions, 
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and definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same
modes
of 
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procedure as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except that the

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reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a 
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place of
business in this State shall mean the county), 2a, 2b, 
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2c, 3 through
3-50 (in respect to all provisions therein other 
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than the State rate of
tax), 4 (except that the reference to 
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jurisdiction to which the tax shall be a debt to
the extent 
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indicated in that Section 8 shall be the county), 9 (except as

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to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 10, 11, 
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12 (except the reference therein to Section 2b of the

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Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any reference 
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to the State
shall mean the county), Section 15, 16,
17, 18, 19 
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and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of
the 
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Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those 
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provisions were
set forth herein.

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    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority 
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granted in
this subsection may reimburse themselves for their 
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serviceman's tax liability
by separately stating the tax as an 
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additional charge, which
charge may be stated in combination, 
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in a single amount, with State tax
that servicemen are 
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authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, in

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accordance with such bracket schedules as the Department may 
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prescribe.

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    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be 
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made under this
subsection to a claimant instead of issuing a 
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credit memorandum, the Department
shall notify the State 
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Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn
for the 
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amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification

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from the Department.  The refund shall be paid by the State 
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Treasurer out
of the County Public Safety or Transportation 
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Retailers' Occupation Fund.

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the county
to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in 
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any business which under
the Constitution of the United States 
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may not be made the subject of taxation
by the State.

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    (c) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State 
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Treasurer, ex
officio,
as trustee, all taxes and penalties 
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collected under this Section to be
deposited into the County 
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Public Safety or Transportation Retailers'
Occupation Tax 
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Fund, which
shall be an unappropriated trust fund held outside 
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of the State treasury.  On
or before the 25th
day of each 
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calendar month, the Department shall prepare and certify to the

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Comptroller the disbursement of stated sums of money
to the 
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counties from which retailers have paid
taxes or penalties to 
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the Department during the second preceding
calendar month.  The 
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amount to be paid to each county, and deposited by the
county 
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into its special fund created for the purposes of this Section, 
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shall
be the amount (not
including credit memoranda) collected 
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under this Section during the second
preceding
calendar month 
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by the Department plus an amount the Department determines is

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necessary to offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a 
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different
taxing body, and not including (i) an amount equal to 
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the amount of refunds
made
during the second preceding calendar 
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month by the Department on behalf of
the county and (ii) any 
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amount that the Department determines is
necessary to offset 
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any amounts that were payable to a different taxing body
but 
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were erroneously paid to the county.  Within 10 days after 
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the counties provided for in
this Section to be given to the 
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Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller
shall cause the 
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orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in accordance

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with directions contained in the certification.

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    In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding 
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paragraph, an
allocation shall be made in March of each year to 
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each county that received
more than $500,000 in disbursements 
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under the preceding paragraph in the
preceding calendar year.  
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The allocation shall be in an amount equal to the
average 
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monthly distribution made to each such county under the 
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preceding
paragraph during the preceding calendar year 
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(excluding the 2 months of
highest receipts).  The distribution 
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made in March of each year subsequent to
the year in which an 
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allocation was made pursuant to this paragraph and the

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preceding paragraph shall be reduced by the amount allocated 
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and disbursed
under this paragraph in the preceding calendar 
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year.  The Department shall
prepare and certify to the 
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Comptroller for disbursement the allocations made in

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accordance with this paragraph.

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    (d) For the purpose of determining the local governmental 
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unit whose tax is
applicable, a retail sale by a producer of 
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coal or another mineral mined in
Illinois is a sale at retail 
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at the place where the coal or other mineral mined
in Illinois 
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is extracted from the earth.  This paragraph does not apply to 
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coal
or another mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the 
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sale is exempt under the United States
Constitution as a sale 
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in interstate or foreign commerce.

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    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize 
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a county to
impose a
tax upon the privilege of engaging in any 
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business that under the Constitution
of the United States may 
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not be made the subject of taxation by this State.

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    (e-5) If a county imposes a tax under this Section, the 
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county board may,
by ordinance, discontinue or lower the rate 
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of the tax.  If the county board
lowers the tax rate or 
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discontinues the tax, a referendum must be
held in accordance 
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with subsection (a) of this Section in order to increase the

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rate of the tax or to reimpose the discontinued tax.

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    (f) Beginning April 1, 1998, the results of any election 
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authorizing a
proposition to impose a tax
under this Section or 
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effecting a change in the rate of tax, or any ordinance

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lowering the rate or discontinuing the tax,
shall be certified

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by the
county clerk and filed with the Illinois Department of 
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Revenue
either (i) on or
before the first day of April, 
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whereupon the Department shall proceed to
administer and 
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enforce the tax as of the first day of July next following
the 
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filing; or (ii)
on or before the first day of October, 
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whereupon the
Department shall proceed to administer and 
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enforce the tax as of the first
day of January next following 
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the filing.

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    (g) When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to 
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decrease the amounts by an amount
necessary to offset any 
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miscalculation of previous disbursements.  The offset
amount 
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shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6 
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months
from the time a miscalculation is discovered.

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    (h) This Section may be cited as the "Special County 
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Occupation Tax
For Public Safety, Public Facilities, or 
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Transportation Law".

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    (i) For purposes of this Section, "public safety" includes, 
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but is not
limited to, crime prevention, detention, fire 
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fighting, police, medical,
ambulance, or other emergency

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services.  The county may share tax proceeds received under this 
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Section for public safety purposes, including proceeds 
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received before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
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the 96th General Assembly,  with any fire protection district 
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located in the county. For the purposes of this Section, 
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"transportation" includes, but
is not limited to, the 
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construction,
maintenance, operation, and improvement of 
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public highways, any other
purpose for which a county may 
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expend funds under the Illinois Highway Code,
and passenger 
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rail transportation. For the purposes of this Section, "public 
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facilities purposes" includes, but is not limited to, the 
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acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, 
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rehabilitation, improvement, financing, architectural 
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planning, and installation of capital facilities consisting of 
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real property required, or expected to be required, in 
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connection with the public facilities, for use by the county 
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for the furnishing of governmental services to its citizens, 
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including but not limited to museums and nursing homes.
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    (j) The Department may promulgate rules to implement this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly only to the extent 
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necessary to apply the existing rules for the Special County 
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Retailers' Occupation Tax for Public Safety to this new purpose 
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for public facilities. 

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(Source: P.A. 94-781, eff. 5-19-06; 95-474, eff. 1-1-08; 
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95-1002, eff. 11-20-08.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.