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90_HB0537

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          Amends the  Illinois  Income  Tax  Act  to  increase  the
      individual  income  tax  rate,  beginning January 1, 1997, to
      3.15% and the corporate rate to 5.04%.  Increases  the  rates
      incrementally  until January 1, 2000, when the rates shall be
      3.55% and 5.68%, respectively. Provides for a tax  credit  of
      10%  of  property  taxes  paid  on  a residence or 5% of rent
      constituting real property taxes  paid  on  rented  property.
      Provides  for  supplemental  returns, additional withholding,
      and increased estimated payments to  reflect  the  additional
      tax  liability  imposed  beginning  January 1, 1997. Provides
      that a portion of  the  tax  collected  attributable  to  the
      portion  of  the  tax rate in excess of 3% for individuals or
      4.8% for corporations shall  be  deposited  into  the  School
      Property  Tax  Relief  Fund.  Amends the State Finance Act to
      create that Fund. The Fund shall be used  to  assist  funding
      school  districts. Amends the Property Tax Code to direct the
      county clerk of each county to reduce the amount of the  levy
      for  education  based  on the amount received from the School
      Property Tax Relief Fund. Amends the School Code  to  require
      each  school  district  to  prepare  a  Public  District Fall
      Enrollment Housing Report and to require the State  Board  of
      Education  to  compute  a  figure representing the "statewide
      dollar-per-student-enrolled" to be used  in  calculating  the
      reduction  in  real  estate  taxes. Provides for disbursement
      from the School Property Tax Relief Fund.  Amends  the  State
      Revenue  Sharing  Act  to  include amounts deposited into the
      School Property Tax Relief Fund as net revenue  realized  for
      purposes  of  the  Local Government Distributive Fund. Amends
      the State Mandates Act to exempt this amendatory Act from any
      reimbursement requirement. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT in relation to taxation.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.   The  State Finance Act is amended by adding
 5    Sections 5.449 and 6z-42 as follows:
 6        (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
 7        Sec. 5.449. The School Property Tax Relief Fund.
 8        (30 ILCS 105/6z-42 new)
 9        Sec. 6z-42. School Property Tax Relief  Fund;  uses.  All
10    moneys  deposited into the School Property Tax Relief Fund, a
11    special fund in the State Treasury which is  hereby  created,
12    shall  be  appropriated  to  provide  for  a reduction in the
13    amount of taxes on real property extended under Division 3 of
14    Article  18  of  Title  6  of  the  Property  Tax  Code   for
15    educational  purposes  as  specified  in  Sections  17-11 and
16    34-54.1  of  the  School  Code  and  for  no  other  purpose.
17    Distributions from the School Property Tax Relief Fund  shall
18    be made under Section 18-19.5 of the School Code.
19        Section  10.  The State Revenue Sharing Act is amended by
20    changing Section 1 as follows:
21        (30 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 611)
22        Sec. 1. Local Government Distributive Fund. Through  June
23    30, 1994, as soon as may be after the first day of each month
24    the  Department  of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an
25    amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax
26    imposed by subsections (a) and (b)  of  Section  201  of  the
27    Illinois   Income   Tax   Act  during  the  preceding  month.
28    Beginning July 1, 1994, and continuing through June 30, 1995,
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 1    as soon as may be after the first  day  of  each  month,  the
 2    Department  of  Revenue  shall  certify  to  the Treasurer an
 3    amount equal to 1/11 of the net revenue realized from the tax
 4    imposed by subsections (a) and (b)  of  Section  201  of  the
 5    Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month. Beginning
 6    July  1,  1995, as soon as may be after the first day of each
 7    month,  the  Department  of  Revenue  shall  certify  to  the
 8    Treasurer an amount equal to 1/10 of the net revenue realized
 9    from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and  (b)  of  Section
10    201  of  the  Illinois  Income  Tax  Act during the preceding
11    month. Net revenue realized for a month shall be  defined  as
12    the  revenue  from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b)
13    of Section 201 of  the  Illinois  Income  Tax  Act  which  is
14    deposited   in   the  General  Revenue  Fund,  the  Education
15    Assistance  Fund,  and  the  Income   Tax   Surcharge   Local
16    Government  Distributive  Fund,  and  the School Property Tax
17    Relief Fund during the month minus the amount paid out of the
18    General Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same month
19    as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment  of  liability  under
20    the  tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of
21    the  Illinois  Income  Tax  Act.   Upon   receipt   of   such
22    certification,  the Treasurer shall transfer from the General
23    Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury,  to  be
24    known as the "Local Government Distributive Fund", the amount
25    shown on such certification.
26        All  amounts  paid into the Local Government Distributive
27    Fund in accordance with this Section and  allocated  pursuant
28    to this Act are appropriated on a continuing basis.
29    (Source: P.A. 88-89.)
30        Section  15.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
31    Section 8.21 as follows:
32        (30 ILCS 805/8.21 new)
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 1        Sec. 8.21. Exemption from reimbursement.  Notwithstanding
 2    Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by  the  State
 3    is  required for the implementation of any mandate created by
 4    this amendatory Act of 1997.
 5        Section 20. The Illinois Income Tax  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing  Sections  201, 208, 502, 701, 710, 803, and 901 and
 7    adding Section 202.5 as follows:
 8        (35 ILCS 5/201) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-201)
 9        Sec. 201.  Tax Imposed.
10        (a)  In general. A tax measured by net income  is  hereby
11    imposed  on  every  individual, corporation, trust and estate
12    for each taxable year ending  after  July  31,  1969  on  the
13    privilege  of earning or receiving income in or as a resident
14    of this State. Such tax shall be in  addition  to  all  other
15    occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any
16    municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof.
17        (b)  Rates.  The  tax  imposed  by subsection (a) of this
18    Section shall be determined as follows:
19             (1)  In the case of an individual, trust or  estate,
20        for taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount
21        equal  to  2  1/2%  of  the taxpayer's net income for the
22        taxable year.
23             (2)  In the case of an individual, trust or  estate,
24        for  taxable  years  beginning  prior to July 1, 1989 and
25        ending after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of
26        (i) 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income  for  the  period
27        prior to July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3,
28        and  (ii)  3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
29        after June 30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
30             (3)  In the case of an individual, trust or  estate,
31        for  taxable  years  beginning  after  June  30, 1989 and
32        ending before January 1, 1997, an amount equal to  3%  of
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 1        the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
 2             (3.5)  In  the  case  of  an  individual,  trust, or
 3        estate, (i) for taxable years beginning before January 1,
 4        1997 and ending after December 31, 1996, an amount  equal
 5        to  the  sum  of  3% of the taxpayer's net income for the
 6        period  before  January  1,  1997,  as  calculated  under
 7        Section 202.5, and 3.15% of the taxpayer's net income for
 8        the period after December 31, 1996  as  calculated  under
 9        Section  202.5;  (ii)  for taxable years beginning before
10        January 1, 1998, and ending after December 31,  1997,  an
11        amount  equal  to  the sum of 3.15% of the taxpayer's net
12        income  for  the  period  before  January  1,  1998,   as
13        calculated   under   Section  202.5,  and  3.30%  of  the
14        taxpayer's net income for the period after  December  31,
15        1997,  as  calculated  under  Section  202.5;  (iii)  for
16        taxable  years  beginning  before  January  1,  1999, and
17        ending after December 31, 1998, an amount  equal  to  the
18        sum  of 3.30% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
19        before January 1, 1999, as calculated under Section 202.5
20        and 3.40% of the taxpayer's net  income  for  the  period
21        after  December  31,  1998  as  calculated  under Section
22        202.5;  and  (iv)  for  taxable  years  beginning  before
23        January 1, 2000, and ending after December 31,  1999,  an
24        amount  equal  to  the sum of 3.40% of the taxpayer's net
25        income  for  the  period  before  January  1,  2000,   as
26        calculated   under   Section  202.5,  and  3.55%  of  the
27        taxpayer's net income for the period after  December  31,
28        1999 as calculated under Section 202.5.
29             (3.6)  In  the  case  of  an  individual,  trust, or
30        estate, for taxable years beginning  after  December  31,
31        1999,  an  amount  equal  to  3.55%  of the taxpayers net
32        income for the taxable year.
33             (4)  (Blank).
34             (5)  (Blank).
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 1             (6)  In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
 2        ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal  to  4%  of
 3        the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
 4             (7)  In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
 5        beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30,
 6        1989,  an  amount  equal  to  the  sum  of  (i) 4% of the
 7        taxpayer's net income for the period  prior  to  July  1,
 8        1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of
 9        the  taxpayer's  net income for the period after June 30,
10        1989, as calculated under Section 202.3.
11             (8)  In the case of a corporation, for taxable years
12        beginning after June 30, 1989, and ending before  January
13        1,  1997,  an  amount equal to 4.8% of the taxpayer's net
14        income for the taxable year.
15             (9)  In the case of a corporation, (i)  for  taxable
16        years  beginning  before January 1, 1997 and ending after
17        December 31, 1996, an amount equal to the sum of 4.8%  of
18        the  taxpayer's  net income for the period before January
19        1, 1997, as calculated under Section 202.5, and 5.04%  of
20        the  taxpayer's  net income for the period after December
21        31, 1996, as calculated under  Section  202.5;  (ii)  for
22        taxable  years  beginning  before  January  1,  1998, and
23        ending after December 31, 1997, an amount  equal  to  the
24        sum  of 5.04% of the taxpayer's net income for the period
25        before January  1,  1998,  as  calculated  under  Section
26        202.5,  and  5.28%  of  the taxpayer's net income for the
27        period after  December  31,  1997,  as  calculated  under
28        Section  202.5;  (iii) for taxable years beginning before
29        January 1, 1999, and ending after December 31,  1998,  an
30        amount  equal  to  the sum of 5.28% of the taxpayer's net
31        income  for  the  period  before  January  1,  1999,   as
32        calculated   under   Section  202.5,  and  5.44%  of  the
33        taxpayer's net income for the period after  December  31,
34        1998,  as  calculated  under  Section 202.5; and (iv) for
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 1        taxable years  beginning  before  January  1,  2000,  and
 2        ending  after  December  31, 1999, an amount equal to the
 3        sum of 5.44% of the taxpayer's net income for the  period
 4        before  January  1,  2000,  as  calculated  under Section
 5        202.5, and 5.68% of the taxpayer's  net  income  for  the
 6        period  after  December  31,  1999,  as  calculated under
 7        Section 202.5.
 8             (10)  In the case  of  a  corporation,  for  taxable
 9        years  beginning after December 31, 1999, an amount equal
10        to 5.68% of the taxpayer's net  income  for  the  taxable
11        year.
12        (c)  Beginning   on  July  1,  1979  and  thereafter,  in
13    addition to such income tax, there is also hereby imposed the
14    Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by  net
15    income   on   every   corporation   (including  Subchapter  S
16    corporations), partnership and trust, for each  taxable  year
17    ending  after  June  30, 1979.  Such taxes are imposed on the
18    privilege of earning or receiving income in or as a  resident
19    of  this State.  The Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
20    Tax shall be  in  addition  to  the  income  tax  imposed  by
21    subsections  (a)  and  (b) of this Section and in addition to
22    all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this State
23    or by any  municipal  corporation  or  political  subdivision
24    thereof.
25        (d)  Additional  Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
26    Tax Rates.  The personal property tax replacement income  tax
27    imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section
28    in  the  case  of  a  corporation,  other than a Subchapter S
29    corporation, shall be an additional amount equal to 2.85%  of
30    such  taxpayer's net income for the taxable year, except that
31    beginning on January 1, 1981, and  thereafter,  the  rate  of
32    2.85%  specified in this subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%,
33    and in the case of a partnership, trust  or  a  Subchapter  S
34    corporation  shall  be  an additional amount equal to 1.5% of
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 1    such taxpayer's net income for the taxable year.
 2        (e)  Investment credit.  A taxpayer shall  be  allowed  a
 3    credit  against  the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income
 4    Tax for investment in qualified property.
 5             (1)  A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit  equal  to
 6        .5%  of the basis of qualified property placed in service
 7        during the taxable year, provided such property is placed
 8        in service on or after July  1,  1984.   There  shall  be
 9        allowed an additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of
10        qualified  property  placed in service during the taxable
11        year, provided such property is placed in service  on  or
12        after  July  1,  1986, and the taxpayer's base employment
13        within Illinois has increased by  1%  or  more  over  the
14        preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's employment
15        records  filed with the Illinois Department of Employment
16        Security.  Taxpayers who are new  to  Illinois  shall  be
17        deemed  to  have met the 1% growth in base employment for
18        the first year in which they file employment records with
19        the Illinois  Department  of  Employment  Security.   The
20        provisions  added  to  this Section by Public Act 85-1200
21        (and restored by Public Act 87-895) shall be construed as
22        declaratory of existing law and not as a  new  enactment.
23        If,  in  any year, the increase in base employment within
24        Illinois over the preceding year is  less  than  1%,  the
25        additional  credit  shall  be  limited to that percentage
26        times a fraction, the numerator of which is .5%  and  the
27        denominator  of  which  is  1%, but shall not exceed .5%.
28        The investment credit shall not be allowed to the  extent
29        that  it  would  reduce a taxpayer's liability in any tax
30        year  below  zero,  nor  may  any  credit  for  qualified
31        property be allowed for any year other than the  year  in
32        which the property was placed in service in Illinois. For
33        tax years ending on or after December 31, 1987, and on or
34        before December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for
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 1        the  tax year in which the property is placed in service,
 2        or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability
 3        for that year, whether it exceeds the original  liability
 4        or  the  liability  as  later amended, such excess may be
 5        carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5
 6        taxable years following the excess credit  years  if  the
 7        taxpayer  (i)  makes investments which cause the creation
 8        of a  minimum  of  2,000  full-time  equivalent  jobs  in
 9        Illinois,   (ii)   is   located  in  an  enterprise  zone
10        established pursuant to the Illinois Enterprise Zone  Act
11        and  (iii) is certified by the Department of Commerce and
12        Community Affairs  as  complying  with  the  requirements
13        specified  in  clause  (i) and (ii) by July 1, 1986.  The
14        Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall notify
15        the Department of  Revenue  of  all  such  certifications
16        immediately.  For  tax  years  ending  after December 31,
17        1988, the credit shall be allowed for  the  tax  year  in
18        which  the  property  is  placed  in  service, or, if the
19        amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability  for  that
20        year,  whether  it  exceeds the original liability or the
21        liability as later amended, such excess  may  be  carried
22        forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable
23        years following the excess credit years. The credit shall
24        be  applied  to  the  earliest  year for which there is a
25        liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
26        that is available to offset a liability,  earlier  credit
27        shall be applied first.
28             (2)  The  term  "qualified  property" means property
29        which:
30                  (A)  is  tangible,   whether   new   or   used,
31             including  buildings  and  structural  components of
32             buildings and signs that are real property, but  not
33             including land or improvements to real property that
34             are not a structural component of a building such as
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 1             landscaping,   sewer   lines,  local  access  roads,
 2             fencing, parking lots, and other appurtenances;
 3                  (B)  is depreciable pursuant to Section 167  of
 4             the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  except  that  "3-year
 5             property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that
 6             Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this
 7             subsection (e);
 8                  (C)  is  acquired  by  purchase  as  defined in
 9             Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
10                  (D)  is used in Illinois by a taxpayer  who  is
11             primarily  engaged  in  manufacturing,  or in mining
12             coal or fluorite, or in retailing; and
13                  (E)  has not previously been used  in  Illinois
14             in  such  a  manner  and  by  such a person as would
15             qualify for the credit provided by  this  subsection
16             (e) or subsection (f).
17             (3)  For    purposes   of   this   subsection   (e),
18        "manufacturing" means the material staging and production
19        of tangible  personal  property  by  procedures  commonly
20        regarded  as  manufacturing,  processing, fabrication, or
21        assembling which changes some existing material into  new
22        shapes, new qualities, or new combinations.  For purposes
23        of  this  subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the
24        same meaning as the term "mining" in  Section  613(c)  of
25        the   Internal   Revenue  Code.   For  purposes  of  this
26        subsection (e), the term "retailing" means  the  sale  of
27        tangible   personal  property  or  services  rendered  in
28        conjunction with the sale of tangible consumer  goods  or
29        commodities.
30             (4)  The  basis  of  qualified property shall be the
31        basis used to  compute  the  depreciation  deduction  for
32        federal income tax purposes.
33             (5)  If the basis of the property for federal income
34        tax  depreciation purposes is increased after it has been
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 1        placed in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount
 2        of such increase  shall  be  deemed  property  placed  in
 3        service on the date of such increase in basis.
 4             (6)  The  term  "placed  in  service" shall have the
 5        same meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal  Revenue
 6        Code.
 7             (7)  If during any taxable year, any property ceases
 8        to  be  qualified  property  in the hands of the taxpayer
 9        within 48 months after being placed in  service,  or  the
10        situs of any qualified property is moved outside Illinois
11        within  48  months  after  being  placed  in service, the
12        Personal Property Tax Replacement  Income  Tax  for  such
13        taxable  year shall be increased.  Such increase shall be
14        determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which
15        would have been allowed for the year in which credit  for
16        such  property was originally allowed by eliminating such
17        property from such computation and, (ii) subtracting such
18        recomputed credit from the amount  of  credit  previously
19        allowed.  For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph  (7), a
20        reduction of the basis of  qualified  property  resulting
21        from  a  redetermination  of  the purchase price shall be
22        deemed a disposition of qualified property to the  extent
23        of such reduction.
24             (8)  Unless  the  investment  credit  is extended by
25        law, the basis of qualified property  shall  not  include
26        costs  incurred after December 31, 2003, except for costs
27        incurred pursuant to a binding contract entered  into  on
28        or before December 31, 2003.
29        (f)  Investment credit; Enterprise Zone.
30             (1)  A  taxpayer  shall  be allowed a credit against
31        the tax imposed  by  subsections  (a)  and  (b)  of  this
32        Section  for  investment  in  qualified property which is
33        placed in service in an Enterprise Zone created  pursuant
34        to the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. For partners and for
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 1        shareholders of Subchapter S corporations, there shall be
 2        allowed   a  credit  under  this  subsection  (f)  to  be
 3        determined in accordance with the determination of income
 4        and distributive share of income under Sections  702  and
 5        704  and  Subchapter  S of the Internal Revenue Code. The
 6        credit shall be .5% of the basis for such property.   The
 7        credit  shall  be  available  only in the taxable year in
 8        which the property is placed in service in the Enterprise
 9        Zone and shall not be allowed to the extent that it would
10        reduce a taxpayer's liability  for  the  tax  imposed  by
11        subsections  (a)  and  (b) of this Section to below zero.
12        For tax years ending on or after December 31,  1985,  the
13        credit  shall  be  allowed  for the tax year in which the
14        property is placed in service, or, if the amount  of  the
15        credit  exceeds  the tax liability for that year, whether
16        it exceeds the original liability  or  the  liability  as
17        later  amended,  such  excess  may be carried forward and
18        applied to the tax  liability  of  the  5  taxable  years
19        following  the  excess  credit  year. The credit shall be
20        applied to  the  earliest  year  for  which  there  is  a
21        liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year
22        that  is  available  to  offset  a  liability, the credit
23        accruing first in time shall be applied first.
24             (2)  The  term  qualified  property  means  property
25        which:
26                  (A)  is  tangible,   whether   new   or   used,
27             including  buildings  and  structural  components of
28             buildings;
29                  (B)  is depreciable pursuant to Section 167  of
30             the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  except  that  "3-year
31             property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that
32             Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this
33             subsection (f);
34                  (C)  is  acquired  by  purchase  as  defined in
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 1             Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code;
 2                  (D)  is used in  the  Enterprise  Zone  by  the
 3             taxpayer; and
 4                  (E)  has  not  been previously used in Illinois
 5             in such a manner and  by  such  a  person  as  would
 6             qualify  for  the credit provided by this subsection
 7             (f) or subsection (e).
 8             (3)  The basis of qualified property  shall  be  the
 9        basis  used  to  compute  the  depreciation deduction for
10        federal income tax purposes.
11             (4)  If the basis of the property for federal income
12        tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has  been
13        placed in service in the Enterprise Zone by the taxpayer,
14        the  amount  of  such  increase  shall be deemed property
15        placed in service on the date of such increase in basis.
16             (5)  The term "placed in  service"  shall  have  the
17        same  meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue
18        Code.
19             (6)  If during any taxable year, any property ceases
20        to be qualified property in the  hands  of  the  taxpayer
21        within  48  months  after being placed in service, or the
22        situs of any qualified  property  is  moved  outside  the
23        Enterprise  Zone  within  48 months after being placed in
24        service, the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of
25        this Section for such taxable year  shall  be  increased.
26        Such  increase shall be determined by (i) recomputing the
27        investment credit which would have been allowed  for  the
28        year  in  which  credit  for such property was originally
29        allowed  by   eliminating   such   property   from   such
30        computation,  and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit
31        from the amount of credit previously  allowed.   For  the
32        purposes  of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis
33        of qualified property resulting from a redetermination of
34        the purchase price  shall  be  deemed  a  disposition  of
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 1        qualified property to the extent of such reduction.
 2             (g)  Jobs  Tax  Credit;  Enterprise Zone and Foreign
 3    Trade Zone or Sub-Zone.
 4             (1)  A taxpayer conducting a trade or business in an
 5        enterprise zone or a High Impact Business  designated  by
 6        the   Department   of   Commerce  and  Community  Affairs
 7        conducting a trade or business in a federally  designated
 8        Foreign  Trade Zone or Sub-Zone shall be allowed a credit
 9        against the tax imposed by subsections  (a)  and  (b)  of
10        this  Section in the amount of $500 per eligible employee
11        hired to work in the zone during the taxable year.
12             (2)  To qualify for the credit:
13                  (A)  the taxpayer must hire 5 or more  eligible
14             employees to work in an enterprise zone or federally
15             designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone during the
16             taxable year;
17                  (B)  the taxpayer's total employment within the
18             enterprise  zone  or  federally  designated  Foreign
19             Trade  Zone  or  Sub-Zone must increase by 5 or more
20             full-time employees beyond  the  total  employed  in
21             that  zone  at  the end of the previous tax year for
22             which a jobs  tax  credit  under  this  Section  was
23             taken,  or beyond the total employed by the taxpayer
24             as of December 31, 1985, whichever is later; and
25                  (C)  the eligible employees  must  be  employed
26             180 consecutive days in order to be deemed hired for
27             purposes of this subsection.
28             (3)  An  "eligible  employee"  means an employee who
29        is:
30                  (A)  Certified by the  Department  of  Commerce
31             and  Community  Affairs  as  "eligible for services"
32             pursuant to regulations  promulgated  in  accordance
33             with  Title  II of the Job Training Partnership Act,
34             Training Services for the Disadvantaged or Title III
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 1             of the Job Training Partnership Act, Employment  and
 2             Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers Program.
 3                  (B)  Hired   after   the   enterprise  zone  or
 4             federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or  Sub-Zone
 5             was  designated or the trade or business was located
 6             in that zone, whichever is later.
 7                  (C)  Employed in the enterprise zone or Foreign
 8             Trade Zone or Sub-Zone. An employee is  employed  in
 9             an  enterprise  zone or federally designated Foreign
10             Trade Zone or Sub-Zone if his services are  rendered
11             there  or  it  is  the  base  of  operations for the
12             services performed.
13                  (D)  A full-time employee working  30  or  more
14             hours per week.
15             (4)  For  tax  years ending on or after December 31,
16        1985 and prior to December 31, 1988, the credit shall  be
17        allowed  for the tax year in which the eligible employees
18        are hired.  For tax years ending on or after December 31,
19        1988, the credit  shall  be  allowed  for  the  tax  year
20        immediately  following the tax year in which the eligible
21        employees are hired.  If the amount of the credit exceeds
22        the tax liability for that year, whether it  exceeds  the
23        original  liability  or  the  liability as later amended,
24        such excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax
25        liability of the 5 taxable  years  following  the  excess
26        credit year.  The credit shall be applied to the earliest
27        year  for  which there is a liability. If there is credit
28        from more than one tax year that is available to offset a
29        liability, earlier credit shall be applied first.
30             (5)  The Department of Revenue shall promulgate such
31        rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry
32        out the purposes of this subsection (g).
33             (6)  The credit  shall  be  available  for  eligible
34        employees hired on or after January 1, 1986.
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 1             (h)  Investment credit; High Impact Business.
 2             (1)  Subject to subsection (b) of Section 5.5 of the
 3        Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be allowed
 4        a  credit  against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and
 5        (b) of this Section for investment in qualified  property
 6        which  is  placed  in service by a Department of Commerce
 7        and Community Affairs designated  High  Impact  Business.
 8        The  credit  shall be .5% of the basis for such property.
 9        The credit shall  not  be  available  until  the  minimum
10        investments  in  qualified  property set forth in Section
11        5.5  of  the  Illinois  Enterprise  Zone  Act  have  been
12        satisfied and shall not be allowed to the extent that  it
13        would  reduce  a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed
14        by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero.
15        The credit applicable to such minimum  investments  shall
16        be  taken  in  the  taxable  year  in  which such minimum
17        investments  have  been  completed.    The   credit   for
18        additional investments beyond the minimum investment by a
19        designated  high  impact business shall be available only
20        in the taxable year in which the property  is  placed  in
21        service  and  shall  not be allowed to the extent that it
22        would reduce a taxpayer's liability for the  tax  imposed
23        by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero.
24        For  tax  years ending on or after December 31, 1987, the
25        credit shall be allowed for the tax  year  in  which  the
26        property  is  placed in service, or, if the amount of the
27        credit exceeds the tax liability for that  year,  whether
28        it  exceeds  the  original  liability or the liability as
29        later amended, such excess may  be  carried  forward  and
30        applied  to  the  tax  liability  of  the 5 taxable years
31        following the excess credit year.  The  credit  shall  be
32        applied  to  the  earliest  year  for  which  there  is a
33        liability.  If there is credit from  more  than  one  tax
34        year  that is available to offset a liability, the credit
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 1        accruing first in time shall be applied first.
 2             Changes made in this subdivision  (h)(1)  by  Public
 3        Act 88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and
 4        reflect existing law.
 5             (2)  The  term  qualified  property  means  property
 6        which:
 7                  (A)  is   tangible,   whether   new   or  used,
 8             including buildings  and  structural  components  of
 9             buildings;
10                  (B)  is  depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of
11             the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  except  that  "3-year
12             property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that
13             Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this
14             subsection (h);
15                  (C)  is acquired  by  purchase  as  defined  in
16             Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
17                  (D)  is  not  eligible  for the Enterprise Zone
18             Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this
19             Section.
20             (3)  The basis of qualified property  shall  be  the
21        basis  used  to  compute  the  depreciation deduction for
22        federal income tax purposes.
23             (4)  If the basis of the property for federal income
24        tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has  been
25        placed in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade
26        Zone or Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the
27        amount  of  such increase shall be deemed property placed
28        in service on the date of such increase in basis.
29             (5)  The term "placed in  service"  shall  have  the
30        same  meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue
31        Code.
32             (6)  If during any taxable year ending on or  before
33        December  31,  1996,  any property ceases to be qualified
34        property in the hands of the taxpayer  within  48  months
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 1        after  being  placed  in  service,  or  the  situs of any
 2        qualified property is moved outside  Illinois  within  48
 3        months  after  being  placed  in service, the tax imposed
 4        under subsections (a) and (b) of this  Section  for  such
 5        taxable  year shall be increased.  Such increase shall be
 6        determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which
 7        would have been allowed for the year in which credit  for
 8        such  property was originally allowed by eliminating such
 9        property from such computation, and (ii) subtracting such
10        recomputed credit from the amount  of  credit  previously
11        allowed.   For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph (6), a
12        reduction of the basis of  qualified  property  resulting
13        from  a  redetermination  of  the purchase price shall be
14        deemed a disposition of qualified property to the  extent
15        of such reduction.
16             (7)  Beginning  with tax years ending after December
17        31, 1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for  the  credit  under
18        this   subsection  (h)  and  thereby  is  granted  a  tax
19        abatement and the taxpayer relocates its entire  facility
20        in  violation  of  the  explicit  terms and length of the
21        contract under Section 18-183 of the Property  Tax  Code,
22        the  tax  imposed  under  subsections (a) and (b) of this
23        Section shall be increased for the taxable year in  which
24        the taxpayer relocated its facility by an amount equal to
25        the  amount of credit received by the taxpayer under this
26        subsection (h).
27        (i)  A credit shall be allowed against the tax imposed by
28    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for the  tax  imposed
29    by  subsections  (c)  and  (d)  of this Section.  This credit
30    shall  be  computed  by  multiplying  the  tax   imposed   by
31    subsections  (c)  and  (d) of this Section by a fraction, the
32    numerator of which is base income allocable to  Illinois  and
33    the denominator of which is Illinois base income, and further
34    multiplying   the   product   by  the  tax  rate  imposed  by
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 1    subsections (a) and (b) of this Section.
 2        Any credit earned on or after  December  31,  1986  under
 3    this  subsection  which  is  unused in the year the credit is
 4    computed because it exceeds  the  tax  liability  imposed  by
 5    subsections (a) and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the
 6    original  liability or the liability as later amended) may be
 7    carried forward and applied to the tax liability  imposed  by
 8    subsections  (a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the
 9    excess credit year.  This credit shall be  applied  first  to
10    the  earliest  year for which there is a liability.  If there
11    is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax year
12    that is available to offset a liability the  earliest  credit
13    arising under this subsection shall be applied first.
14        If,  during  any taxable year ending on or after December
15    31, 1986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of  this
16    Section  for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this
17    subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such  tax
18    shall also be reduced.  Such reduction shall be determined by
19    recomputing  the  credit to take into account the reduced tax
20    imposed by subsection (c) and (d).  If  any  portion  of  the
21    reduced  amount  of  credit  has  been carried to a different
22    taxable year, an amended  return  shall  be  filed  for  such
23    taxable year to reduce the amount of credit claimed.
24        (j)  Training  expense  credit.  Beginning with tax years
25    ending on or after December 31, 1986,  a  taxpayer  shall  be
26    allowed  a  credit  against the tax imposed by subsection (a)
27    and (b) under this Section for all amounts paid  or  accrued,
28    on behalf of all persons employed by the taxpayer in Illinois
29    or  Illinois  residents  employed  outside  of  Illinois by a
30    taxpayer,  for  educational   or   vocational   training   in
31    semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled or skilled
32    fields,   which  were  deducted  from  gross  income  in  the
33    computation of taxable income.  The credit  against  the  tax
34    imposed  by  subsections  (a)  and  (b) shall be 1.6% of such
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 1    training expenses.  For  partners  and  for  shareholders  of
 2    subchapter  S  corporations,  there shall be allowed a credit
 3    under this subsection (j) to be determined in accordance with
 4    the determination of income and distributive share of  income
 5    under  Sections  702 and 704 and subchapter S of the Internal
 6    Revenue Code.
 7        Any credit allowed under this subsection which is  unused
 8    in  the  year  the credit is earned may be carried forward to
 9    each of the 5 taxable years following the year for which  the
10    credit is first computed until it is used.  This credit shall
11    be  applied  first  to the earliest year for which there is a
12    liability.  If there is a credit under this  subsection  from
13    more  than  one  tax  year  that  is  available  to  offset a
14    liability the earliest credit arising under  this  subsection
15    shall be applied first.
16        (k)  Research and development credit.
17        Beginning  with  tax  years  ending after July 1, 1990, a
18    taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by
19    subsections (a)  and  (b)  of  this  Section  for  increasing
20    research  activities  in  this  State.   The  credit  allowed
21    against  the  tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be
22    equal to 6 1/2% of the qualifying expenditures for increasing
23    research activities in this State.
24        For   purposes   of    this    subsection,    "qualifying
25    expenditures"  means  the  qualifying expenditures as defined
26    for the federal credit  for  increasing  research  activities
27    which  would  be  allowable  under Section 41 of the Internal
28    Revenue  Code  and  which  are  conducted  in   this   State,
29    "qualifying  expenditures  for increasing research activities
30    in this State" means the excess  of  qualifying  expenditures
31    for  the  taxable  year  in  which  incurred  over qualifying
32    expenditures for the base  period,  "qualifying  expenditures
33    for  the  base  period"  means  the average of the qualifying
34    expenditures for each year in  the  base  period,  and  "base
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 1    period"  means  the 3 taxable years immediately preceding the
 2    taxable year for which the determination is being made.
 3        Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable
 4    year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the
 5    unused credit shown on its  final  completed  return  carried
 6    over  as a credit against the tax liability for the following
 7    5 taxable years or until it has been  fully  used,  whichever
 8    occurs first.
 9        If  an  unused  credit is carried forward to a given year
10    from 2 or more earlier years,  that  credit  arising  in  the
11    earliest year will be applied first against the tax liability
12    for  the  given  year.  If a tax liability for the given year
13    still remains, the credit from the next  earliest  year  will
14    then  be applied, and so on, until all credits have been used
15    or  no  tax  liability  for  the  given  year  remains.   Any
16    remaining unused credit  or  credits  then  will  be  carried
17    forward  to  the next following year in which a tax liability
18    is incurred, except that no credit can be carried forward  to
19    a year which is more than 5 years after the year in which the
20    expense for which the credit is given was incurred.
21        Unless  extended  by  law,  the  credit shall not include
22    costs incurred after December  31,  1999,  except  for  costs
23    incurred  pursuant  to  a binding contract entered into on or
24    before December 31, 1999.
25    (Source: P.A. 88-45; 88-89;  88-141;  88-547,  eff.  6-30-94;
26    88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-519, eff.
27    7-18-96; 89-591, eff. 8-1-96.)
28        (35 ILCS 5/202.5 new)
29        Sec. 202.5.  Net income attributable to the period before
30    January 1, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, as the  case  may  be,
31    and  net income attributable to the period after December 31,
32    1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999, as the case may be.
33        (a)  In general.  With respect to the taxable year  of  a
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 1    taxpayer  beginning  before  January  1, 1997, 1998, 1999, or
 2    2000, as the case may be, and ending after December 31, 1996,
 3    1997, 1998, or 1999, as the case may be, net income  for  the
 4    period   before  January 1, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000, as the
 5    case may be, is the amount that bears the same ratio  to  the
 6    taxpayer's  net  income  for  the  entire taxable year as the
 7    number of days in the year  before  January  1,  1997,  1998,
 8    1999,  or 2000, as the case may be, bears to the total number
 9    of days in that year, and the net income for the period after
10    December 31, 1996, 1997, 1998, or 1999, as the case  may  be,
11    is the amount that bears the same ratio to the taxpayer's net
12    income  for  the entire taxable year as the number of days in
13    the year after December 31, 1996, 1997, 1998, or 1999, as the
14    case may be, bears to the total number of days in  the  year,
15    as the case may be.
16        (b)  Election  to  attribute  income  and deduction items
17    specifically to the respective portions  of  a  taxable  year
18    before  January 1, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000, as the case may
19    be, and after December 31, 1996, 1997, 1998, or 1999, as  the
20    case  may  be.  In the case of a taxpayer with a taxable year
21    beginning before January 1, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000, as the
22    case may be, and ending after December 31, 1996, 1997,  1998,
23    or  1999, as the case may be, the taxpayer may elect, in lieu
24    of the  procedure  established  in  subsection  (a)  of  this
25    Section,  to  determine  net  income on a specific accounting
26    basis for the 2 portions of his taxable year:
27             (i)  from the beginning of the taxable year  through
28        December  31,  1996, 1997, 1998, or 1999, as the case may
29        be, and
30             (ii)  from January 1, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000,  as
31        the case may be, through the end of the taxable year.
32        If  the  taxpayer  elects  specific accounting under this
33    subsection, there shall be taken into  account  in  computing
34    base  income  for  each of the 2 portions of the taxable year
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 1    only those items earned, received, paid, incurred, or accrued
 2    in each respective period.  The standard  exemption  provided
 3    by  Section  204  shall  be  divided  between  the respective
 4    periods in amounts that bear the  same  ratio  to  the  total
 5    exemption  allowable  under  Section  204 (determined without
 6    regard to this Section) as the total number of days  in  each
 7    respective  period  bears  to the total number of days in the
 8    taxable year.  The election provided by this subsection shall
 9    be made in the manner and at the time the Department  may  by
10    forms  or  rules  prescribe, but shall be made not later than
11    the due date  (including  any  extensions  thereof)  for  the
12    filing  of  the  return  for  the  taxable year, and shall be
13    irrevocable.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-18; 87-17.)
15        (35 ILCS 5/208) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-208)
16        Sec. 208. Tax credit for residential real property taxes.
17    For Beginning with tax years ending on or after December  31,
18    1991, but before December 31, 1997, every individual taxpayer
19    shall  be  entitled  to  a  tax  credit  equal  to 5% of real
20    property taxes paid by such taxpayer during the taxable  year
21    on  the  principal  residence of the taxpayer. In the case of
22    multi-unit or multi-use structures and  farm  dwellings,  the
23    taxes  on  the  taxpayer's  principal residence shall be that
24    portion of the total taxes  which  is  attributable  to  such
25    principal residence.
26        Beginning  with tax years ending on or after December 31,
27    1997, every individual taxpayer is entitled to a  tax  credit
28    for  real  property  taxes  paid  upon the principal place of
29    residence of the individual taxpayer in the manner and in the
30    amount as follows:
31             (1)  In the case of property owned by  the  taxpayer
32        and  used  as  the  taxpayer's  principal  residence, the
33        taxpayer is entitled to a tax credit equal to 10% of  the
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 1        first  $3,000  of  of  real  property  taxes  paid by the
 2        taxpayer during the taxable year on that property. In the
 3        case of  multi-unit  or  multi-use  structures  and  farm
 4        dwellings,   the   taxes   on  the  taxpayer's  principal
 5        residence shall be that portion of the total  taxes  that
 6        is attributable to the principal residence.
 7             (2)  In  the case of property rented by the taxpayer
 8        and used  as  the  taxpayer's  principal  residence,  the
 9        taxpayer is entitled to a tax credit, not to exceed $200,
10        equal to 5% of rent constituting real property taxes paid
11        by  the taxpayer during the taxable year on the principal
12        residence  of  the  taxpayer.  "Rent  constituting   real
13        property  taxes  paid  by  the taxpayer" means 17% of the
14        contract rent paid by the taxpayer under a lease for  the
15        taxpayer's  principal  residence,  established  under the
16        procedures and forms that the Director of the  Department
17        of  Revenue shall from time to time adopt and enforce. In
18        the case of multi-unit or multi-use structures  and  farm
19        dwellings,   the   taxes   on  the  taxpayer's  principal
20        residence shall be that portion of the total  taxes  that
21        is attributable to the principal residence.
22        This  Section  is  exempt  from the provisions of Section
23    250.
24    (Source: P.A. 87-17.)
25        (35 ILCS 5/502) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-502)
26        Sec. 502.  Returns and notices.
27        (a)  In general. A  return  with  respect  to  the  taxes
28    imposed  by  this  Act  shall be made by every person for any
29    taxable year:
30             (1)  For which such  person  is  liable  for  a  tax
31        imposed by this Act, or
32             (2)  In  the  case of a resident or in the case of a
33        corporation which is qualified to  do  business  in  this
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 1        State,  for  which  such  person  is  required  to make a
 2        federal income tax return,  regardless  of  whether  such
 3        person  is  liable  for a tax imposed by this Act, unless
 4        such person has an Illinois base income of $1,000 or less
 5        and is either claimed as a dependent on another  person's
 6        tax return under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or is
 7        claimed  as  a  dependent  on another person's tax return
 8        under this Act.
 9        (b)  Fiduciaries and receivers.
10             (1)  Decedents. If an individual  is  deceased,  any
11        return  or  notice required of such individual under this
12        Act shall be made  by  his  executor,  administrator,  or
13        other person charged with the property of such decedent.
14             (2)  Individuals   under   a   disability.   If   an
15        individual  is unable to make a return or notice required
16        under this Act, the return or  notice  required  of  such
17        individual  shall  be  made by his duly authorized agent,
18        guardian, fiduciary or other person charged with the care
19        of the person or property of such individual.
20             (3)  Estates and trusts. Returns or notices required
21        of an estate or a trust shall be made  by  the  fiduciary
22        thereof.
23             (4)  Receivers,    trustees    and   assignees   for
24        corporations. In a case  where  a  receiver,  trustee  in
25        bankruptcy, or assignee, by order of a court of competent
26        jurisdiction,  by  operation  of  law,  or otherwise, has
27        possession of or holds title to all or substantially  all
28        the property or business of a corporation, whether or not
29        such   property  or  business  is  being  operated,  such
30        receiver, trustee, or assignee shall make the returns and
31        notices required of such corporation in the  same  manner
32        and  form  as  corporations  are  required  to  make such
33        returns and notices.
34        (c)  Joint returns by husband and wife.
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 1             (1)  Except as  provided  in  paragraph  (3),  if  a
 2        husband  and  wife file a joint federal income tax return
 3        for a taxable year they shall file a joint  return  under
 4        this  Act  for  such  taxable  year and their liabilities
 5        shall be joint and several, but if the federal income tax
 6        liability of either spouse is determined  on  a  separate
 7        federal  income  tax  return,  they  shall  file separate
 8        returns under this Act.
 9             (2)  If neither spouse is required to file a federal
10        income tax return and either or both are required to file
11        a return under this Act, they may elect to file  separate
12        or  joint  returns  and  pursuant  to such election their
13        liabilities shall be separate or joint and several.
14             (3)  If either husband or wife is a resident and the
15        other is a nonresident, they shall file separate  returns
16        in  this  State  on  such forms as may be required by the
17        Department in which event their tax liabilities shall  be
18        separate; but they may elect to determine their joint net
19        income  and file a joint return as if both were residents
20        and in such case, their liabilities shall  be  joint  and
21        several.
22             (4)  However,  an  innocent spouse shall be relieved
23        of liability for tax (including interest  and  penalties)
24        for  any  taxable  year for which a joint return has been
25        made, upon submission of proof that the Internal  Revenue
26        Service has made a determination under Section 6013(e) of
27        the  Internal  Revenue  Code,  for the same taxable year,
28        which determination relieved the  spouse  from  liability
29        for  federal  income taxes. If there is no federal income
30        tax liability at issue for the  same  taxable  year,  the
31        Department  shall  rely  on  the  provisions  of  Section
32        6013(e)   to  determine  whether  the  person  requesting
33        innocent spouse abatement of tax, penalty,  and  interest
34        is entitled to that relief.
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 1        (d)  Partnerships.  Every  partnership  having  any  base
 2    income  allocable  to  this  State in accordance with section
 3    305(c) shall  retain  information  concerning  all  items  of
 4    income,  gain, loss and deduction; the names and addresses of
 5    all of the partners, or names and addresses of members  of  a
 6    limited  liability  company,  or  other  persons who would be
 7    entitled to share in the base income of  the  partnership  if
 8    distributed;  the  amount  of the distributive share of each;
 9    and such other pertinent information as the Department may by
10    forms or regulations prescribe. The  partnership  shall  make
11    that  information  available to the Department when requested
12    by the Department.
13        (e)  For taxable years ending on or  after  December  31,
14    1985,  and  before  December  31,  1993,  taxpayers  that are
15    corporations (other than Subchapter  S  corporations)  having
16    the  same  taxable  year  and  that  are  members of the same
17    unitary business  group  may  elect  to  be  treated  as  one
18    taxpayer  for purposes of any original return, amended return
19    which includes the same taxpayers of the unitary group  which
20    joined   in   the  election  to  file  the  original  return,
21    extension,  claim  for  refund,  assessment,  collection  and
22    payment and determination of the group's tax liability  under
23    this Act. This subsection (e) does not permit the election to
24    be  made  for  some,  but not all, of the purposes enumerated
25    above. For taxable years ending  on  or  after  December  31,
26    1987,    corporate   members   (other   than   Subchapter   S
27    corporations) of the same unitary business group making  this
28    subsection  (e)  election  are  not required to have the same
29    taxable year.
30        For taxable years ending on or after December  31,  1993,
31    taxpayers  that  are  corporations  (other  than Subchapter S
32    corporations) and that  are  members   of  the  same  unitary
33    business  group shall be treated as one taxpayer for purposes
34    of any original return, amended  return  which  includes  the
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 1    same  taxpayers  of  the unitary group which joined in filing
 2    the original return, extension, claim for refund, assessment,
 3    collection and payment and determination of the  group's  tax
 4    liability under this Act.
 5        (f)  The  Department may promulgate regulations to permit
 6    nonresident individual  partners  of  the  same  partnership,
 7    nonresident Subchapter S corporation shareholders of the same
 8    Subchapter   S   corporation,   and  nonresident  individuals
 9    transacting an insurance business in Illinois under a  Lloyds
10    plan  of operation, and nonresident individual members of the
11    same  limited  liability  company  that  is  treated   as   a
12    partnership  under  Section 1501 (a)(16) of this Act, to file
13    composite  individual  income  tax  returns  reflecting   the
14    composite  income  of  such individuals allocable to Illinois
15    and to make composite individual income  tax  payments.   The
16    Department  may  by  regulation  also  permit  such composite
17    returns to include the income tax owed by Illinois  residents
18    attributable  to their income from partnerships, Subchapter S
19    corporations, insurance businesses organized under  a  Lloyds
20    plan  of  operation,  or limited liability companies that are
21    treated as partnership under Section  1501  (a)(16)  of  this
22    Act,  in which case such Illinois residents will be permitted
23    to claim credits on their individual returns for their shares
24    of the composite tax payments.  This subsection  (f)  applies
25    to taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1987.
26        (g)  The  Department  may  adopt  rules  to authorize the
27    electronic filing of any return required to  be  filed  under
28    this Section.
29        (h)  Supplemental returns for taxable years ending during
30    1997.  If a taxpayer files a return for a taxable year ending
31    during   1997  and  if  that  return  does  not  reflect  the
32    additional liability resulting from the increased rates  that
33    are  effective  under  subsection  (b) of Section 201 between
34    January 1, 1997, and December 31,  1997,  then  the  taxpayer
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 1    must  file  a  supplemental  return  assessing the additional
 2    liability  within  the  time  period   specified   in   rules
 3    promulgated by the Department.
 4    (Source: P.A.  87-879;  87-1246; 88-195; 88-480; 88-669, eff.
 5    11-29-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 6        (35 ILCS 5/701) (from Ch. 120, par. 7-701)
 7        Sec. 701.  Requirement and Amount of Withholding.
 8        (a) In General.
 9        Every  employer  maintaining  an  office  or  transacting
10    business within this State and required under the  provisions
11    of the Internal Revenue Code to withhold a tax on:
12             (1)  compensation  paid in this State (as determined
13        under Section 304 (a) (2) (B) to an individual; or
14             (2)  payments  described  in  subsection  (b)  shall
15        deduct and  withhold  from  such  compensation  for  each
16        payroll  period  (as  defined  in  Section  3401  of  the
17        Internal  Revenue  Code) an amount equal to the amount by
18        which  such   individual's   compensation   exceeds   the
19        proportionate   part   of   this   withholding  exemption
20        (computed as provided in Section 702) attributable to the
21        payroll period for which  such  compensation  is  payable
22        multiplied  by  a  percentage equal to the percentage tax
23        rate  for  individuals  provided  in  subsection  (b)  of
24        Section 201.
25        In addition to any other amounts required to be  withheld
26    under  this  Section, every such employer shall withhold from
27    such compensation for each such payroll period  ending  after
28    June  30, 1997, and on or before December 31, 1997, an amount
29    equal to  .15%  of  the  amount  by  which  the  individual's
30    compensation  exceeds  the  proportionate  part of his or her
31    withholding exemption (computed as provided in  Section  702)
32    attributable to the payroll period for which the compensation
33    is payable.
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 1        (b)  Payment to Residents.
 2        Any  payment  (including compensation) to a resident by a
 3    payor maintaining an office or  transacting  business  within
 4    this  State and on which withholding of tax is required under
 5    the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code shall  be  deemed
 6    to  be  compensation  paid in this State by an employer to an
 7    employee for the purposes of Article 7 and  Section  601  (b)
 8    (1) to the extent such payment is included in the recipient's
 9    base  income  and  not  subjected  to  withholding by another
10    state.
11        (c)  Special Definitions.
12        Withholding  shall  be  considered  required  under   the
13    provisions  of  the  Internal  Revenue Code to the extent the
14    Internal Revenue Code either requires withholding  or  allows
15    for  voluntary  withholding  the  payor  and  recipient  have
16    entered  into such a voluntary withholding agreement. For the
17    purposes  of  Article  7  and  Section  1002  (c)  the   term
18    "employer" includes any payor who is required to withhold tax
19    pursuant to this Section.
20        (d)  Reciprocal Exemption.
21        The  Director may enter into an agreement with the taxing
22    authorities of any state which imposes a tax on  or  measured
23    by  income to provide that compensation paid in such state to
24    residents of this State shall be exempt from  withholding  of
25    such  tax;  in such case, any compensation paid in this State
26    to residents of such state shall be exempt from withholding.
27        (e)  Notwithstanding subsection (a) (2) of this  Section,
28    no  withholding is required on payments for which withholding
29    is required under  Section  3405  or  3406  of  the  Internal
30    Revenue Code of 1954.
31    (Source: P.A. 85-731; 86-1475.)
32        (35 ILCS 5/710) (from Ch. 120, par. 7-710)
33        Sec. 710.  Withholding from lottery winnings.
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 1        (a)  In  General.   Any  person  making  a  payment  to a
 2    resident  or  nonresident  of  winnings  under  the  Illinois
 3    Lottery Law and not required to withhold Illinois income  tax
 4    from such payment under Subsection (b) of Section 701 of this
 5    Act  because those winnings are not subject to Federal income
 6    tax withholding, must withhold Illinois income tax from  such
 7    payment  at  a  rate  equal  to  the  percentage tax rate for
 8    individuals  provided  in  subsection  (b)  of  Section  201,
 9    provided that withholding is not required if such payment  of
10    winnings is less than $1,000.
11        In  addition to any other amounts required to be withheld
12    under this Section, every such person shall withhold from any
13    payment made after June 30, 1997, and on or  before  December
14    31,  1997,  an  amount  equal  to  .15%  of the amount of the
15    payment.
16        (b)  Credit for  taxes  withheld.   Any  amount  withheld
17    under  Subsection  (a) shall be a credit against the Illinois
18    income tax liability of the person to  whom  the  payment  of
19    winnings  was  made for the taxable year in which that person
20    incurred an Illinois income tax  liability  with  respect  to
21    those winnings.
22    (Source: P.A. 85-731.)
23        (35 ILCS 5/803) (from Ch. 120, par. 8-803)
24        Sec. 803.  Payment of Estimated Tax.
25        (a)  Every   taxpayer   other   than  an  estate,  trust,
26    partnership, Subchapter S corporation or farmer  is  required
27    to pay estimated tax for the taxable year, in such amount and
28    with  such  forms  as  the Department shall prescribe, if the
29    amount payable as estimated tax can reasonably be expected to
30    be more than $250 or $400 for corporations.
31        (b)  Estimated tax defined.   The  term  "estimated  tax"
32    means the excess of:
33        (1)  The  amount  which  the taxpayer estimates to be his
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 1    tax under this Act for the taxable year, over
 2        (2)  The amount which he estimates to be the sum  of  any
 3    amounts to be withheld on account of or credited against such
 4    tax.
 5        (c)  Joint  payment.   If  they are eligible to do so for
 6    federal tax purposes, a husband and wife  may  pay  estimated
 7    tax as if they were one taxpayer, in which case the liability
 8    with respect to the estimated tax shall be joint and several.
 9    If  a joint payment is made but the husband and wife elect to
10    determine  their  taxes  under  this  Act   separately,   the
11    estimated  tax  for such year may be treated as the estimated
12    tax of either husband or wife,  or  may  be  divided  between
13    them, as they may elect.
14        (d)  There   shall   be  paid  4  equal  installments  of
15    estimated tax for each taxable year, payable as follows:
16        Required Installment:      Due Date:
17                 1st               April 15
18                 2nd               June 15
19                 3rd               September 15
20                 4th               Individuals: January 15 of the
21                                   following taxable year
22                                   Corporations: December 15
23        (e)  Farmers.  An individual, having  gross  income  from
24    farming  for  the  taxable  year which is at least 2/3 of his
25    total estimated gross income for such year.
26        (f)  Application to short taxable years. The  application
27    of this section to taxable years of less than 12 months shall
28    be   in   accordance   with  regulations  prescribed  by  the
29    Department.
30        (g)  Fiscal years. In the application of this section  to
31    the  case  of a taxable year beginning on any date other than
32    January  1,  there  shall  be  substituted,  for  the  months
33    specified in  subsections  (d)  and  (e),  the  months  which
34    correspond thereto.
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 1        (h)  Installments  paid  in  advance.  Any installment of
 2    estimated tax may be paid before the date prescribed for  its
 3    payment.
 4        (i)  Amended  declarations.  After  June  30,  1997,  the
 5    taxpayer  shall  recompute  and  pay  with  his  or  her next
 6    installment the estimated tax based upon the tax attributable
 7    to the increase in the tax rates provided in this  amendatory
 8    Act of 1997.
 9        The  changes  in this Section made by this amendatory Act
10    of 1985 shall apply to  taxable  years  ending  on  or  after
11    January 1, 1986.
12    (Source: P.A. 86-678.)
13        (35 ILCS 5/901) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-901)
14        Sec. 901.  Collection Authority.
15        (a)  In general.
16        The  Department  shall  collect the taxes imposed by this
17    Act.  The Department shall collect certified past  due  child
18    support   amounts   under   Section   39b52   of   the  Civil
19    Administrative Code  of  Illinois.   Except  as  provided  in
20    subsections  (c)  and  (e)  of  this Section, money collected
21    pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section  201  of  this
22    Act  shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State
23    treasury; money collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d)
24    of Section 201 of this Act shall be paid  into  the  Personal
25    Property  Tax  Replacement  Fund, a special fund in the State
26    Treasury; and money collected  under  Section  39b52  of  the
27    Civil  Administrative Code of Illinois shall be paid into the
28    Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, a special fund  outside
29    the State Treasury.
30        (b)  Local Governmental Distributive Fund.
31        Beginning August 1, 1969, and continuing through June 30,
32    1994,  the  Treasurer  shall  transfer  each  month  from the
33    General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury,
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 1    to be known as the "Local Government Distributive  Fund",  an
 2    amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax
 3    imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
 4    during  the  preceding  month.  Beginning  July  1, 1994, and
 5    continuing  through  June  30,  1995,  the  Treasurer   shall
 6    transfer  each  month  from  the  General Revenue Fund to the
 7    Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/11 of
 8    the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by  subsections
 9    (a)  and  (b) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding
10    month.  Beginning July 1, 1995, the Treasurer shall  transfer
11    each  month  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the Local
12    Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/10  of  the
13    net  revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a)
14    and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act  during
15    the  preceding  month. Net revenue realized for a month shall
16    be defined as the revenue from the tax imposed by subsections
17    (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act which is deposited  in
18    the  General  Revenue  Fund, the Educational Assistance Fund,
19    and the Income Tax Surcharge  Local  Government  Distributive
20    Fund,  and  the  School  Property  Tax Relief Fund during the
21    month minus the amount paid out of the General  Revenue  Fund
22    in  State  warrants  during  that  same  month  as refunds to
23    taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the tax  imposed
24    by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act.
25        (c)  Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund.
26             (1)  Beginning  on  January  1, 1989 and thereafter,
27        the Department shall deposit a percentage of the  amounts
28        collected  pursuant  to  subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2),
29        and (3), of Section 201 of this Act into a  fund  in  the
30        State  treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund.  The
31        Department shall deposit 6% of such  amounts  during  the
32        period  beginning  January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30,
33        1989.  Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each
34        fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the
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 1        Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be  the
 2        Annual   Percentage.   The  Annual  Percentage  shall  be
 3        calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
 4        the  amount  of  refunds  approved  for  payment  by  the
 5        Department during the preceding fiscal year as  a  result
 6        of overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
 7        (b)(1),  (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act plus the
 8        amount of such refunds remaining approved but  unpaid  at
 9        the  end  of  the preceding fiscal year minus any surplus
10        which remains on deposit in the Income Tax Refund Fund at
11        the end of the preceding year, the denominator  of  which
12        shall  be the amounts which will be collected pursuant to
13        subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of  Section  201
14        of  this  Act  during  the  preceding  fiscal  year.  The
15        Director of Revenue shall certify the  Annual  Percentage
16        to the Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal
17        year  immediately  preceding the fiscal year for which is
18        it to be effective.
19             (2)  Beginning on January 1,  1989  and  thereafter,
20        the  Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
21        collected pursuant to subsections (a)  and  (b)(6),  (7),
22        and  (8),  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a
23        fund in the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund
24        Fund.  The Department shall deposit 18% of  such  amounts
25        during the period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on
26        June 30, 1989.  Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and
27        for each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited
28        into  the  Income  Tax  Refund  Fund during a fiscal year
29        shall be the Annual Percentage.   The  Annual  Percentage
30        shall be calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which
31        shall  be  the  amount of refunds approved for payment by
32        the Department during the  preceding  fiscal  year  as  a
33        result  of overpayment of tax liability under subsections
34        (a) and (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section  201
                            -35-               LRB9000545DNmb
 1        of  this  Act  plus  the amount of such refunds remaining
 2        approved but unpaid at the end of  the  preceding  fiscal
 3        year, the denominator of which shall be the amounts which
 4        will be collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6),
 5        (7),  and  (8),  (c)  and  (d) of Section 201 of this Act
 6        during  the  preceding  fiscal  year.   The  Director  of
 7        Revenue  shall  certify  the  Annual  Percentage  to  the
 8        Comptroller on the last business day of the  fiscal  year
 9        immediately  preceding the fiscal year for which it is to
10        be effective.
11        (d)  Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund.
12             (1)  Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the  Income
13        Tax  Refund  Fund  shall  be expended exclusively for the
14        purpose of paying refunds resulting from  overpayment  of
15        tax  liability  under  Section  201  of  this Act and for
16        making transfers pursuant to this subsection (d).
17             (2)  The Director shall  order  payment  of  refunds
18        resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section
19        201  of  this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to
20        the extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201
21        of this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d)
22        have been deposited and retained in the Fund.
23             (3)  On the last business day of each  fiscal  year,
24        the  Director  shall  order  transferred  and  the  State
25        Treasurer  and  State Comptroller shall transfer from the
26        Income Tax Refund  Fund  to  the  Personal  Property  Tax
27        Replacement  Fund an amount, certified by the Director to
28        the Comptroller,  equal  to  the  excess  of  the  amount
29        collected  pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section
30        201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund
31        during  the  fiscal  year  over  the  amount  of  refunds
32        resulting  from  overpayment  of  tax   liability   under
33        subsections  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
34        from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
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 1             (4)  On the last business day of each  fiscal  year,
 2        the  Director  shall  order  transferred  and  the  State
 3        Treasurer  and  State Comptroller shall transfer from the
 4        Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income  Tax
 5        Refund  Fund  an amount, certified by the Director to the
 6        Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount of refunds
 7        resulting  from  overpayment  of  tax   liability   under
 8        subsections  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
 9        from the Income Tax Refund Fund during  the  fiscal  year
10        over the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and
11        (d)  of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income
12        Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
13             (5)  This Act shall constitute  an  irrevocable  and
14        continuing  appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund
15        for the purpose of paying refunds upon the order  of  the
16        Director  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this
17        Section.
18        (e)  Deposits  into the Education Assistance Fund and the
19    Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund.
20        (f)  Deposits into the School Property Tax  Relief  Fund.
21    Beginning  January  1,  1997, and continuing through December
22    31, 1997, of the amounts attributable to the portion  of  the
23    tax  rate  in  excess  of  3%  as to individuals, trusts, and
24    estates, and in excess of 4.8% as to  corporations  collected
25    under  subsections  (a)  and  (b)  of Section 201 of this Act
26    minus  deposits  into  the  Income  Tax  Refund   Fund,   the
27    Department  shall  deposit 48.1% into the School Property Tax
28    Relief Fund in the State treasury. Beginning January 1, 1998,
29    and continuing  through December 31,  1998,  of  the  amounts
30    attributable  to  the portion of the tax rate in excess of 3%
31    as to individuals, trusts, and estates and in excess of  4.8%
32    as to corporations collected under subsections (a) and (b) of
33    Section  201  of  this Act minus deposits into the Income Tax
34    Refund Fund, the Department  shall  deposit  74.2%  into  the
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 1    School  Property  Tax  Relief  Fund  in  the  State treasury.
 2    Beginning January 1, 1999, and  continuing  through  December
 3    31,  1999,  of the amounts attributable to the portion of the
 4    tax rate in excess of  3%  as  to  individuals,  trusts,  and
 5    estates,  and  in excess of 4.8% as to corporations collected
 6    under subsections (a) and (b) of  Section  201  of  this  Act
 7    minus   deposits   into  the  Income  Tax  Refund  Fund,  the
 8    Department shall deposit 81% into  the  School  Property  Tax
 9    Relief Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning January 1, 2000,
10    of the amounts attributable to the portion of the tax rate in
11    excess  of  3% as to individuals, trusts, and estates, and in
12    excess of 4.8% as to corporations collected under subsections
13    (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act  minus  deposits  into
14    the  Income  Tax  Refund  Fund,  the Department shall deposit
15    86.3% into the School Property Tax Relief Fund in  the  State
16    treasury.
17        On July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected
18    pursuant  to  subsections  (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
19    Act, minus deposits into the  Income  Tax  Refund  Fund,  the
20    Department  shall  deposit 7.3% into the Education Assistance
21    Fund in the State Treasury.   Beginning  July  1,  1991,  and
22    continuing through January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected
23    pursuant  to  subsections  (a)  and (b) of Section 201 of the
24    Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the  Income  Tax
25    Refund  Fund,  the  Department  shall  deposit  3.0% into the
26    Income Tax Surcharge Local Government  Distributive  Fund  in
27    the   State   Treasury.    Beginning  February  1,  1993  and
28    continuing through June 30, 1993, of  the  amounts  collected
29    pursuant  to  subsections  (a)  and (b) of Section 201 of the
30    Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the  Income  Tax
31    Refund  Fund,  the  Department  shall  deposit  4.4% into the
32    Income Tax Surcharge Local Government  Distributive  Fund  in
33    the  State  Treasury.  Beginning July 1, 1993, and continuing
34    through  June  30,  1994,  of  the  amounts  collected  under
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 1    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201  of  this  Act,  minus
 2    deposits  into  the  Income  Tax  Refund Fund, the Department
 3    shall deposit 1.475% into  the  Income  Tax  Surcharge  Local
 4    Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-89; 89-6, eff. 12-31-95.)
 6        Section  25.  The  Property Tax Code is amended by adding
 7    Section 18-47 as follows:
 8        (35 ILCS 200/18-47 new)
 9        Sec.   18-47.  Special   calculation   regarding   school
10    districts.
11        In the calculation of that portion of a school district's
12    tax rate attributable to educational purposes and  applicable
13    for  the  1997  levy year and all subsequent years, including
14    the 1997 tax extension of a school district  organized  under
15    Article  34  of  the  School  Code,  the  county  clerk shall
16    determine  an  "initial  educational  rate"  and   a   "final
17    educational   rate"   for   every  levy  year.  The  "initial
18    educational rate" shall be calculated for the sole purpose of
19    being reported by the  county  clerk  to  the  Department  of
20    Revenue  for  purposes  of calculating General State Aid, and
21    shall not  be  extended  against  any  portion  of  equalized
22    assessed  value in the district. The "final educational rate"
23    shall be the educational purposes component included  in  the
24    actual  rate  per cent to be extended for that levy year upon
25    the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of   the   district   as
26    prescribed  above,  excluding  the  assessed valuation in the
27    percentage that has been agreed to by each taxing district on
28    any property or portion thereof upon which  an  abatement  of
29    taxes was made under Section 18-170 of this Code.
30        The "initial educational rate" shall be calculated by the
31    county clerk as the amount levied for educational purposes by
32    the  school  district,  provided  that  this  amount does not
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 1    exceed the maximum education tax authorized to be  levied  by
 2    any   statute  of  this  State,  divided  by  the  district's
 3    equalized assessed valuation as prescribed  above,  excluding
 4    the assessed valuation in the percentage that has been agreed
 5    to by each taxing district of any property or portion thereof
 6    upon  which  an  abatement  of  taxes  was made under Section
 7    18-170 of this Code.
 8        The "final  educational  rate"  shall  be  calculated  by
 9    reducing  the  amount  levied for educational purposes by the
10    school district, provided this amount  does  not  exceed  the
11    maximum  education tax authorized to be levied by any statute
12    of this State, by the "statewide dollar-per-student-enrolled"
13    figure reported to the county clerk for that particular  levy
14    year by the State Board of Education under Section 2-3.120 of
15    the  School  Code  multiplied  by  the  "number  of  students
16    enrolled",  that  number  having  been reported under Section
17    17-11 or Section 34-54.1 of the School  Code  in  the  school
18    district,  and  dividing by the district's equalized assessed
19    valuation  as  prescribed  above,  excluding   the   assessed
20    valuation  in  the percentage that has been agreed to by each
21    taxing district of any property,  or  portion  thereof,  upon
22    which  an abatement of taxes was made under Section 18-170 of
23    this Code. The county clerk  shall  annually  report  to  the
24    State  Board of Education the dollar amount that was deducted
25    from each educational fund levy.
26        Section 30.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
27    Sections  17-11,  and  34-54.1  and  adding Sections 2-3.120,
28    2-3.121, and 18-19.5 as follows:
29        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
30        Sec.   2-3.120.   Statewide   dollar-per-student-enrolled
31    report. On April 1 of each year, the State Board of Education
32    shall compute  the  "statewide  dollar-per-student-enrolled".
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 1    For      purposes      of     this     Section     "statewide
 2    dollar-per-student-enrolled" means the total  moneys  in  the
 3    School  Property  Tax  Relief  Fund  as of December 31 of the
 4    preceding calendar year divided by the total statewide number
 5    of students enrolled  as  certified  by  the  various  school
 6    districts  pursuant  to  Section  2-3.121  of  this Code. The
 7    resulting figure shall serve as  the  amount  the  respective
 8    county  clerks  shall  multiply  by  the  "number of students
 9    enrolled" in  the  various  school  districts  to  achieve  a
10    reduction in taxes on real property extended under Division 3
11    of  Article  18  of  Title  6  of  the  Property Tax Code and
12    Sections 17-11 and 34-54.1 of this Code. This figure shall be
13    reported by the State Board of Education  to  the  respective
14    county clerks no later than April 15 of each year.
15        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.121 new)
16        Sec.  2-3.121.  Public  District  Fall Enrollment Housing
17    Report. The State  Board  of  Education  shall  require  each
18    school  district to submit to the State Board of Education by
19    November 1 of each  year  a  certified  report  entitled  the
20    "Public  District  Fall Enrollment Housing Report". The State
21    Board of Education shall prescribe a form for the report that
22    shall provide for the inclusion of (i) the identification  of
23    the school district, (ii) the number of pupils enrolled as of
24    September  30 of the current school year, (iii) space for the
25    signature and certification of the  report  by  the  district
26    superintendent, and (iv) any additional information the State
27    Board of Education shall require.
28        (105 ILCS 5/17-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-11)
29        Sec.  17-11.   Certificate of tax levy.  The school board
30    of each district shall ascertain,  as  near  as  practicable,
31    annually,  how  much  money must be raised by special tax for
32    transportation purposes if any and for  educational  and  for
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 1    operations  and  maintenance  purposes  for  the next ensuing
 2    year.  In school districts with a  population  of  less  than
 3    500,000,  these  amounts  shall  be certified and returned to
 4    each county clerk on or before the last Tuesday in  December,
 5    annually.  These  amounts  shall  be  accompanied by the most
 6    recently certified "Public District Fall  Enrollment  Housing
 7    Report"  required  under  Section  2-3.121  of this Code. The
 8    certificate shall be signed by the  president  and  clerk  or
 9    secretary, and may be in the following form:
10                       CERTIFICATE OF TAX LEVY
11        We   hereby   certify   that   we   require  the  sum  of
12    ......dollars,  to  be  levied   as   a   special   tax   for
13    transportation  purposes  and the sum of ...... dollars to be
14    levied as a special tax for educational purposes, and the sum
15    ...... dollars to be levied as a special tax  for  operations
16    and  maintenance purposes, and the sum of ...... to be levied
17    as a special tax for a working cash fund,  on  the  equalized
18    assessed  value  of the taxable property of our district, for
19    the year 19.....
20        Signed this ....... day of ..............., 19....
21        A ........... B ............., President
22        C ........... D............., Clerk (Secretary)
23        Dist. No. .........., ............ County
24        A failure by the school board  to  file  the  certificate
25    with  the county clerk in the time required shall not vitiate
26    the assessment.
27    (Source: P.A. 86-13; 86-1334; 87-17.)
28        (105 ILCS 5/18-19.5 new)
29        Sec. 18-19.5.  School  Property  Tax  Relief  Fund.  Upon
30    receipt  of  the Educational Fund reduction amounts certified
31    by the  respective  county  clerks  to  the  State  Board  of
32    Education  under  Section 18-47 of the Property Tax Code, the
33    State Board of Education  shall  make  disbursements  in  the
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 1    certified  amounts  from the School Property Tax Relief Fund,
 2    pursuant to appropriation, to the various school districts.
 3        (105 ILCS 5/34-54.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-54.1)
 4        Sec. 34-54.1.  Tax levies and extensions. The annual  tax
 5    rates  and the several tax levies authorized to be made shall
 6    be: (i) for  each  fiscal  year  through  and  including  the
 7    1995-96  fiscal year,  for a fiscal year commencing September
 8    1 and ending August 31; (ii) for the 1996-97 fiscal year, for
 9    a fiscal year commencing September 1 and ending June 30;  and
10    (iii)  for  each  subsequent  fiscal  year, for a fiscal year
11    commencing July 1 and ending June 30.
12        Notwithstanding any provision in this Article 34  to  the
13    contrary,  by  the  last Tuesday in December of each calendar
14    year, the board of education may levy upon  all  the  taxable
15    property  of  the district or city, the annual taxes required
16    to provide the  necessary  revenue  to  defray  expenditures,
17    charges  and liabilities incurred by the board for the fiscal
18    year beginning in that calendar year. The levy may  be  based
19    upon  the estimated equalized assessed valuation provided the
20    county clerk shall extend for collection only so much thereof
21    as is permitted by law. The total amount of the levy shall be
22    certified to the county clerk who shall extend for collection
23    only so much thereof as is required to provide the  necessary
24    revenue  to  defray  expenditures,  charges  and  liabilities
25    incurred  by  the board as certified by the controller of the
26    board to the county clerk upon the  value,  as  equalized  or
27    assessed  by  the Department of Revenue for the calendar year
28    in which the levy was made. The  total  amount  of  the  levy
29    certified  to  the  county  clerk shall be accompanied by the
30    most recently  certified  "Public  District  Fall  Enrollment
31    Housing  Report" required under Section 2-3.121 of this Code.
32    The county clerk shall thereafter in the succeeding  calendar
33    year extend such remaining amount of the levy as is certified
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 1    by  the  controller of the board to the county clerk upon the
 2    value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of  Revenue
 3    for  such  calendar year. In each year the county clerk shall
 4    extend taxes at a rate sufficient to produce the full  amount
 5    of  the  2  partial  levies  attributable  to  that tax year.
 6    Provided, however, and notwithstanding the provisions of  any
 7    other  law to the contrary: (a) the extension of taxes levied
 8    for fiscal years ending before 1996 for building purposes and
 9    school supervised playground outside school hours and stadia,
10    social center and summer swimming  pool  purposes  which  the
11    county  clerk  shall  make  against  the value of all taxable
12    property of the district or city, as equalized or assessed by
13    the Department of Revenue, shall be at the respective maximum
14    rates at which the board was authorized  to  levy  taxes  for
15    such purposes for the fiscal year which ends in 1995; and (b)
16    notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of this Code, in each
17    calendar year the taxes for  educational  purposes  shall  be
18    extended at a rate certified by the controller as referred to
19    in  this  Section,  which  rate shall not be in excess of the
20    maximum rate for the levy of taxes for educational  purposes,
21    occurring  in  the  fiscal  year which begins in the calendar
22    year of the extension, (whether or  not  actually  levied  at
23    that  rate)  except  for calendar year 1995 in which the rate
24    shall not be in excess of the maximum  rate  which  would  be
25    provided  for  the levy of taxes for educational purposes for
26    the fiscal year which begins in 1995 without regard  to  this
27    amendatory  Act  of  1995.  In calendar year 1995, the county
28    clerk shall extend any special education purposes  tax  which
29    was  levied  as  provided  in  Section 34-53.2 in full in the
30    calendar year following the year in which the levy of such  a
31    tax was made.
32    (Source: P.A. 88-511; 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)
33        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
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 1    becoming law.
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    30 ILCS 105/5.449 new
 4    30 ILCS 105/6z-42 new
 5    30 ILCS 115/1             from Ch. 85, par. 611
 6    30 ILCS 805/8.21 new
 7    35 ILCS 5/201             from Ch. 120, par. 2-201
 8    35 ILCS 5/202.5 new
 9    35 ILCS 5/208             from Ch. 120, par. 2-208
10    35 ILCS 5/502             from Ch. 120, par. 5-502
11    35 ILCS 5/701             from Ch. 120, par. 7-701
12    35 ILCS 5/710             from Ch. 120, par. 7-710
13    35 ILCS 5/803             from Ch. 120, par. 8-803
14    35 ILCS 5/901             from Ch. 120, par. 9-901
15    35 ILCS 200/18-47 new
16    105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new
17    105 ILCS 5/2-3.121 new
18    105 ILCS 5/17-11          from Ch. 122, par. 17-11
19    105 ILCS 5/18-19.5 new
20    105 ILCS 5/34-54.1        from Ch. 122, par. 34-54.1

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