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91_HB1268sam001 LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1268 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1268 by replacing 3 the title with the following: 4 "AN ACT concerning taxation."; and 5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 6 following: 7 "Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing 8 Section 3-5 as follows: 9 (35 ILCS 105/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-5) 10 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible 11 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 12 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation, 13 society, association, foundation, institution, or 14 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is 15 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise 16 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the 17 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the 18 purpose of resale by the enterprise. 19 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 20 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting, 21 operating, or promoting the county fair. -2- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 2 music or dramatic arts organization that establishes, by 3 proof required by the Department by rule, that it has 4 received an exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 5 Revenue Code and that is organized and operated for the 6 presentation of live public performances of musical or 7 theatrical works on a regular basis. 8 (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, 9 by a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 10 institution organized and operated exclusively for 11 charitable, religious, or educational purposes, or by a 12 not-for-profit corporation, society, association, foundation, 13 institution, or organization that has no compensated officers 14 or employees and that is organized and operated primarily for 15 the recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited 16 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this 17 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized 18 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and 19 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for 20 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an 21 active exemption identification number issued by the 22 Department. 23 (5) A passenger car that is a replacement vehicle to the 24 extent that the purchase price of the car is subject to the 25 Replacement Vehicle Tax. 26 (6) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 27 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 28 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 29 the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts 30 production, and including machinery and equipment purchased 31 for lease. 32 (7) Farm chemicals. 33 (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 34 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the -3- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 government of the United States of America, or the government 2 of any foreign country, and bullion. 3 (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored 4 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 5 secondary school located in Illinois. 6 (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor 7 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor 8 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living 9 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with 10 direct walk through to the living quarters from the driver's 11 seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of 12 the van configuration designed for the transportation of not 13 less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in 14 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for 15 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting 16 Occupation and Use Tax Act. 17 (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, 18 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 19 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture 20 or State or federal agricultural programs, including 21 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, 22 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and 23 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of 24 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural 25 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required 26 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle 27 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be 28 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural 29 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or 30 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and 31 equipment under this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender 32 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from 33 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold 34 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the -4- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 selling price of the tender is separately stated. 2 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 3 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 4 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 5 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 6 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 7 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 8 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 9 and other such equipment. 10 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 11 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 12 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 13 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 14 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 15 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 16 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt 17 from the provisions of Section 3-90. 18 (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 19 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 20 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 21 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 22 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 23 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 24 stopovers. 25 (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 26 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption 27 of food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to 28 the extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in 29 fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the 30 employees who participate directly in preparing, serving, 31 hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with 32 respect to which the service charge is imposed. 33 (14) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 34 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, -5- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 2 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 3 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 4 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 5 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 6 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 7 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 8 (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 9 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including 10 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 11 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 12 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased 13 for lease. 14 (16) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 15 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 16 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 17 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 18 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 19 (17) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a 20 unit or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, 21 certified by the user to be used only for the production of 22 ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption as motor fuel 23 or as a component of motor fuel for the personal use of the 24 user, and not subject to sale or resale. 25 (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and 26 equipment used primarily in the process of manufacturing or 27 assembling tangible personal property for wholesale or retail 28 sale or lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by 29 the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the 30 materials used in the process are owned by the manufacturer 31 or some other person, or whether that sale or lease is made 32 apart from or as an incident to the seller's engaging in the 33 service occupation of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, 34 patterns, gauges, or other similar items of no commercial -6- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 value on special order for a particular purchaser. 2 (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or 3 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for 4 that personal property was received by a florist located 5 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois 6 deliver the personal property. 7 (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 8 for direct agricultural production. 9 (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and 10 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club 11 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter 12 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or 13 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 14 racing for prizes. 15 (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 16 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 17 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a 18 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or 19 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would 20 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a 21 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 22 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 23 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is 24 leased in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption 25 or is used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall 26 be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service 27 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market 28 value of the property at the time the non-qualifying use 29 occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an 30 amount (however designated) that purports to reimburse that 31 lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax 32 Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the 33 lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount from 34 the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a -7- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that 2 amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the 3 lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department. 4 (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases 5 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed 6 or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be 7 subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental 8 body that has been issued an active sales tax exemption 9 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 10 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased 11 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or used 12 in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable 13 for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax 14 Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market value of 15 the property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No 16 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however 17 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the 18 tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the 19 case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If 20 a lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, 21 the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that 22 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not 23 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable 24 to pay that amount to the Department. 25 (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 26 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 27 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 28 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 29 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 30 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 31 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 32 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 33 identification number by the Department that assists victims 34 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. -8- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 2 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 3 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 4 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 5 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 6 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 7 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 8 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 9 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 10 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 11 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 12 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 13 the disaster. 14 (26) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory 15 Act of the 91st General Assembly, production related tangible 16 personal property and machinery and equipment, including 17 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 18 including those items manufactured on special order or 19 purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be 20 essential to and used in the integrated process of the 21 production of electricity by an eligible facility owned, 22 operated, or leased by an exempt wholesale generator. 23 "Eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" shall 24 mean "eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" as 25 defined in Section 32 of the Public Utility Holding Company 26 Act of 1935, 15 U.S.C. 79z-5a, in effect as of the date of 27 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. "Machinery" 28 includes mechanical machines and components of those machines 29 that directly contribute to or are directly used in or 30 essential to the process of the production of electricity. 31 "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool separate 32 from machinery but essential to an integrated electricity 33 generation process; including pipes of any kind used in the 34 process of the production of electricity; computers used -9- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 primarily in operating exempt machinery; any subunit or 2 assembly comprising a component of any machinery or 3 auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of machinery, and any 4 parts that require periodic replacement in the course of 5 normal operation; but does not include hand tools. 6 "Production related tangible personal property" means all 7 tangible personal property directly used or consumed in or 8 essential to the process of the production of electricity 9 including, but not limited to, tangible personal property 10 used or consumed in activities such as preproduction material 11 handling, receiving, quality control, inventory control, 12 storage, staging, and piping or lines necessary for the 13 transportation of water, natural gas, steam, and similar 14 items to and from an eligible facility for use in the process 15 of the production of electricity. This paragraph (26) shall 16 apply also to machinery and equipment used in the general 17 maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment. The 18 provisions of this paragraph are exempt from the provisions 19 of Section 3-90. 20 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 21 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 22 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, 23 eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98.) 24 Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by 25 changing Section 3-5 as follows: 26 (35 ILCS 110/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-5) 27 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible 28 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 29 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation, 30 society, association, foundation, institution, or 31 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is 32 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise -10- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the 2 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the 3 purpose of resale by the enterprise. 4 (2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois 5 county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or 6 promoting the county fair. 7 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 8 music or dramatic arts organization that establishes, by 9 proof required by the Department by rule, that it has 10 received an exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 11 Revenue Code and that is organized and operated for the 12 presentation of live public performances of musical or 13 theatrical works on a regular basis. 14 (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 15 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 16 government of the United States of America, or the government 17 of any foreign country, and bullion. 18 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 19 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 20 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for 21 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 22 graphic arts production. 23 (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored 24 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 25 secondary school located in Illinois. 26 (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, 27 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 28 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture 29 or State or federal agricultural programs, including 30 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, 31 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and 32 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of 33 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural 34 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required -11- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle 2 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be 3 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural 4 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or 5 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and 6 equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender 7 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from 8 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold 9 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the 10 selling price of the tender is separately stated. 11 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 12 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 13 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 14 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 15 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 16 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 17 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 18 and other such equipment. 19 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 20 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 21 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 22 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 23 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 24 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 25 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt 26 from the provisions of Section 3-75. 27 (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 28 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 29 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 30 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 31 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 32 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 33 stopovers. 34 (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately -12- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption 2 of food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase 3 of a service from a serviceman, to the extent that the 4 proceeds of the service charge are in fact turned over as 5 tips or as a substitute for tips to the employees who 6 participate directly in preparing, serving, hosting or 7 cleaning up the food or beverage function with respect to 8 which the service charge is imposed. 9 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 10 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 11 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 12 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 13 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 14 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 15 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 16 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 17 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 18 (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery 19 and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both 20 new and used, including that manufactured on special order, 21 certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 22 photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and 23 equipment purchased for lease. 24 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 25 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 26 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 27 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 28 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 29 (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 30 for direct agricultural production. 31 (14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and 32 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club 33 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter 34 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or -13- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 2 racing for prizes. 3 (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 4 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 5 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a 6 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or 7 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would 8 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a 9 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 10 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 11 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased 12 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is 13 used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be 14 liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, 15 as the case may be, based on the fair market value of the 16 property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No 17 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however 18 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the 19 tax imposed by this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may 20 be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor 21 improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the 22 lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that 23 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not 24 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable 25 to pay that amount to the Department. 26 (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases 27 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or 28 in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject 29 to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that 30 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number 31 by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' 32 Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner 33 that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in any 34 other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the -14- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case 2 may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the 3 time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect 4 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that 5 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this 6 Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has 7 not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects 8 any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a 9 legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. 10 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for 11 any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the 12 Department. 13 (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 14 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 15 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 16 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 17 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 18 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 19 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 20 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 21 identification number by the Department that assists victims 22 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 23 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 24 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 25 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 26 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 27 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 28 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 29 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 30 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 31 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 32 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 33 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 34 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after -15- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 the disaster. 2 (19) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory 3 Act of the 91st General Assembly, production related tangible 4 personal property and machinery and equipment, including 5 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 6 including those items manufactured on special order or 7 purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be 8 essential to and used in the integrated process of the 9 production of electricity by an eligible facility owned, 10 operated, or leased by an exempt wholesale generator. 11 "Eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" shall 12 mean "eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" as 13 defined in Section 32 of the Public Utility Holding Company 14 Act of 1935, 15 U.S.C. 79z-5a, in effect as of the date of 15 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. "Machinery" 16 includes mechanical machines and components of those machines 17 that directly contribute to or are directly used in or 18 essential to the process of the production of electricity. 19 "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool separate 20 from machinery but essential to an integrated electricity 21 generation process; including pipes of any kind used in the 22 process of the production of electricity; computers used 23 primarily in operating exempt machinery; any subunit or 24 assembly comprising a component of any machinery or 25 auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of machinery, and any 26 parts that require periodic replacement in the course of 27 normal operation; but does not include hand tools. 28 "Production related tangible personal property" means all 29 tangible personal property directly used or consumed in or 30 essential to the process of the production of electricity 31 including, but not limited to, tangible personal property 32 used or consumed in activities such as preproduction material 33 handling, receiving, quality control, inventory control, 34 storage, staging, and piping or lines necessary for the -16- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 transportation of water, natural gas, steam, and similar 2 items to and from an eligible facility for use in the process 3 of the production of electricity. This paragraph (19) shall 4 apply also to machinery and equipment used in the general 5 maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment. The 6 provisions of this paragraph are exempt from the provisions 7 of Section 3-75. 8 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 9 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 10 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, 11 eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98.) 12 Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by 13 changing Section 3-5 as follows: 14 (35 ILCS 115/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-5) 15 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal 16 property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 17 (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society, 18 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other 19 than a limited liability company, that is organized and 20 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the 21 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal 22 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose 23 of resale by the enterprise. 24 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 25 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting, 26 operating, or promoting the county fair. 27 (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit 28 music or dramatic arts organization that establishes, by 29 proof required by the Department by rule, that it has 30 received an exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the 31 Internal Revenue Code and that is organized and operated for 32 the presentation of live public performances of musical or -17- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 theatrical works on a regular basis. 2 (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 3 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 4 government of the United States of America, or the government 5 of any foreign country, and bullion. 6 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 7 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 8 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for 9 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 10 graphic arts production. 11 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored 12 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 13 secondary school located in Illinois. 14 (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, 15 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 16 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture 17 or State or federal agricultural programs, including 18 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, 19 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and 20 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of 21 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural 22 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required 23 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle 24 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be 25 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural 26 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or 27 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and 28 equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender 29 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from 30 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold 31 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the 32 selling price of the tender is separately stated. 33 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 34 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be -18- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 2 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 3 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 4 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 5 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 6 and other such equipment. 7 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 8 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 9 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 10 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 11 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 12 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 13 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt 14 from the provisions of Section 3-553-75. 15 (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 16 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 17 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 18 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 19 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 20 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 21 stopovers. 22 (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 23 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption 24 of food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the 25 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a 26 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly 27 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or 28 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is 29 imposed. 30 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 31 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 32 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 33 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 34 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any -19- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 2 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 3 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 4 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 5 (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 6 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including 7 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 8 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 9 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased 10 for lease. 11 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 12 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 13 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 14 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 15 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 16 (13) Food for human consumption that is to be consumed 17 off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic 18 beverages, soft drinks and food that has been prepared for 19 immediate consumption) and prescription and non-prescription 20 medicines, drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine 21 testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, 22 for human use, when purchased for use by a person receiving 23 medical assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid 24 Code who resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as 25 defined in the Nursing Home Care Act. 26 (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 27 for direct agricultural production. 28 (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and 29 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club 30 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter 31 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or 32 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 33 racing for prizes. 34 (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for -20- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 2 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor 3 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer 4 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a 5 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 6 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 7 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. 8 (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the 9 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in 10 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body 11 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification 12 number by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' 13 Occupation Tax Act. 14 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 15 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 16 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 17 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 18 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 19 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 20 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 21 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 22 identification number by the Department that assists victims 23 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 24 (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 25 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 26 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 27 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 28 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 29 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 30 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 31 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 32 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 33 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 34 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities -21- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 2 the disaster. 3 (20) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory 4 Act of the 91st General Assembly, production related tangible 5 personal property and machinery and equipment, including 6 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 7 including those items manufactured on special order or 8 purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be 9 essential to and used in the integrated process of the 10 production of electricity by an eligible facility owned, 11 operated, or leased by an exempt wholesale generator. 12 "Eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" shall 13 mean "eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" as 14 defined in Section 32 of the Public Utility Holding Company 15 Act of 1935, 15 U.S.C. 79z-5a, in effect as of the date of 16 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. "Machinery" 17 includes mechanical machines and components of those machines 18 that directly contribute to or are directly used in or 19 essential to the process of the production of electricity. 20 "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool separate 21 from machinery but essential to an integrated electricity 22 generation process; including pipes of any kind used in the 23 process of the production of electricity; computers used 24 primarily in operating exempt machinery; any subunit or 25 assembly comprising a component of any machinery or 26 auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of machinery, and any 27 parts that require periodic replacement in the course of 28 normal operation; but does not include hand tools. 29 "Production related tangible personal property" means all 30 tangible personal property directly used or consumed in or 31 essential to the process of the production of electricity 32 including, but not limited to, tangible personal property 33 used or consumed in activities such as preproduction material 34 handling, receiving, quality control, inventory control, -22- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 storage, staging, and piping or lines necessary for the 2 transportation of water, natural gas, steam, and similar 3 items to and from an eligible facility for use in the process 4 of the production of electricity. This paragraph (20) shall 5 apply also to machinery and equipment used in the general 6 maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment. The 7 provisions of this paragraph are exempt from the provisions 8 of Section 3-55. 9 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 10 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 11 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, 12 eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; revised 2-10-99.) 13 Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended 14 by changing Section 2-5 as follows: 15 (35 ILCS 120/2-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-5) 16 Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from 17 the sale of the following tangible personal property are 18 exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 19 (1) Farm chemicals. 20 (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, 21 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 22 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture 23 or State or federal agricultural programs, including 24 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, 25 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and 26 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of 27 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural 28 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required 29 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle 30 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be 31 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural 32 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or -23- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and 2 equipment under this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender 3 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from 4 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold 5 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed, if the 6 selling price of the tender is separately stated. 7 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 8 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 9 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 10 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 11 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 12 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 13 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 14 and other such equipment. 15 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 16 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 17 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 18 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 19 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 20 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 21 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt 22 from the provisions of Section 2-703-75. 23 (3) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit 24 or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, certified by 25 the user to be used only for the production of ethyl alcohol 26 that will be used for consumption as motor fuel or as a 27 component of motor fuel for the personal use of the user, and 28 not subject to sale or resale. 29 (4) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 30 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 31 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for 32 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 33 graphic arts production. 34 (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor -24- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor 2 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living 3 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with 4 direct walk through access to the living quarters from the 5 driver's seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that 6 is of the van configuration designed for the transportation 7 of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in 8 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for 9 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting 10 Occupation and Use Tax Act. 11 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored 12 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 13 secondary school located in Illinois. 14 (7) Proceeds of that portion of the selling price of a 15 passenger car the sale of which is subject to the Replacement 16 Vehicle Tax. 17 (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair 18 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting 19 the county fair. 20 (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit music or 21 dramatic arts organization that establishes, by proof 22 required by the Department by rule, that it has received an 23 exemption under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue 24 Code and that is organized and operated for the presentation 25 of live public performances of musical or theatrical works on 26 a regular basis. 27 (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society, 28 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other 29 than a limited liability company, that is organized and 30 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the 31 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal 32 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose 33 of resale by the enterprise. 34 (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a -25- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution 2 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, 3 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation, 4 society, association, foundation, institution, or 5 organization that has no compensated officers or employees 6 and that is organized and operated primarily for the 7 recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited 8 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this 9 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized 10 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and 11 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for 12 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an 13 active identification number issued by the Department. 14 (12) Personal property sold to interstate carriers for 15 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce 16 or to lessors under leases of one year or longer executed or 17 in effect at the time of purchase by interstate carriers for 18 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce 19 and equipment operated by a telecommunications provider, 20 licensed as a common carrier by the Federal Communications 21 Commission, which is permanently installed in or affixed to 22 aircraft moving in interstate commerce. 23 (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers 24 of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate 25 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in 26 interstate commerce and equipment operated by a 27 telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by 28 the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently 29 installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate 30 commerce. 31 (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the 32 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the 33 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal 34 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the -26- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some 2 other person, whether the materials used in the process are 3 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether 4 the sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the 5 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing 6 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other 7 similar items of no commercial value on special order for a 8 particular purchaser. 9 (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 10 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of 11 food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the 12 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a 13 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly 14 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or 15 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is 16 imposed. 17 (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the 18 seller is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the 19 purchaser. 20 (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier 21 by rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the 22 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or 23 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of 24 the property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of 25 lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or 26 consignor of the property to a destination outside Illinois, 27 for use outside Illinois. 28 (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 29 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 30 government of the United States of America, or the government 31 of any foreign country, and bullion. 32 (19) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 33 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 34 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular -27- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 2 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 3 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 4 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 5 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 6 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 7 (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 8 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including 9 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 10 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 11 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased 12 for lease. 13 (21) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 14 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 15 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 16 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 17 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 18 (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 19 air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 20 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 21 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 22 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 23 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 24 stopovers. 25 (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is 26 received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but 27 who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property to 28 the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois. 29 (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships, 30 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the 31 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for 32 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is 33 delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or 34 vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river. -28- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 (25) A motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident 2 even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident 3 in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in 4 this State, and if a driveaway decal permit is issued to the 5 motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois 6 Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle 7 registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon 8 returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the 9 driveaway decal permit or having the out-of-state 10 registration plates to be transferred is prima facie evidence 11 that the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State. 12 (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 13 for direct agricultural production. 14 (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and 15 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club 16 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter 17 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or 18 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 19 racing for prizes. 20 (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 21 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 22 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor 23 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer 24 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a 25 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 26 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 27 this Act. 28 (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the 29 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in 30 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body 31 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification 32 number by the Department under Section 1g of this Act. 33 (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 34 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or -29- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 2 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 3 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 4 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 5 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 6 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 7 identification number by the Department that assists victims 8 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 9 (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 10 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 11 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 12 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 13 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 14 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 15 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 16 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 17 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 18 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 19 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 20 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 21 the disaster. 22 (32) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory 23 Act of the 91st General Assembly, production related tangible 24 personal property and machinery and equipment, including 25 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 26 including those items manufactured on special order or 27 purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be 28 essential to and used in the integrated process of the 29 production of electricity by an eligible facility owned, 30 operated, or leased by an exempt wholesale generator. 31 "Eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" shall 32 mean "eligible facility" and "exempt wholesale generator" as 33 defined in Section 32 of the Public Utility Holding Company 34 Act of 1935, 15 U.S.C. 79z-5a, in effect as of the date of -30- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly. "Machinery" 2 includes mechanical machines and components of those machines 3 that directly contribute to or are directly used in or 4 essential to the process of the production of electricity. 5 "Equipment" includes an independent device or tool separate 6 from machinery but essential to an integrated electricity 7 generation process; including pipes of any kind used in the 8 process of the production of electricity; computers used 9 primarily in operating exempt machinery; any subunit or 10 assembly comprising a component of any machinery or 11 auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of machinery, and any 12 parts that require periodic replacement in the course of 13 normal operation; but does not include hand tools. 14 "Production related tangible personal property" means all 15 tangible personal property directly used or consumed in or 16 essential to the process of the production of electricity 17 including, but not limited to, tangible personal property 18 used or consumed in activities such as preproduction material 19 handling, receiving, quality control, inventory control, 20 storage, staging, and piping or lines necessary for the 21 transportation of water, natural gas, steam, and similar 22 items to and from an eligible facility for use in the process 23 of the production of electricity. This paragraph (32) shall 24 apply also to machinery and equipment used in the general 25 maintenance or repair of exempt machinery and equipment. The 26 provisions of this paragraph are exempt from the provisions 27 of Section 2-70. 28 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 29 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 30 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-519, 31 eff. 6-1-98; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 32 revised 2-10-99.) 33 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon -31- LRB9102412PTpkam05 1 becoming law.".