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91_HB2184 LRB9103467PTpk 1 AN ACT concerning taxation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing 5 Section 3-5 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 105/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-5) 7 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible 8 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 9 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation, 10 society, association, foundation, institution, or 11 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is 12 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise 13 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the 14 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the 15 purpose of resale by the enterprise. 16 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 17 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting, 18 operating, or promoting the county fair. 19 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 20 music or dramatic arts organization that establishes, by 21 proof required by the Department by rule, that it has 22 received an exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 23 Revenue Code and that is organized and operated for the 24 presentation of live public performances of musical or 25 theatrical works on a regular basis. 26 (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, 27 by a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 28 institution organized and operated exclusively for 29 charitable, religious, or educational purposes, or by a 30 not-for-profit corporation, society, association, foundation, 31 institution, or organization that has no compensated officers -2- LRB9103467PTpk 1 or employees and that is organized and operated primarily for 2 the recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited 3 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this 4 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized 5 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and 6 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for 7 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an 8 active exemption identification number issued by the 9 Department. 10 (5) A passenger car that is a replacement vehicle to the 11 extent that the purchase price of the car is subject to the 12 Replacement Vehicle Tax. 13 (6) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 14 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 15 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 16 the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts 17 production, and including machinery and equipment purchased 18 for lease. 19 (7) Farm chemicals. 20 (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 21 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 22 government of the United States of America, or the government 23 of any foreign country, and bullion. 24 (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored 25 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 26 secondary school located in Illinois. 27 (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor 28 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor 29 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living 30 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with 31 direct walk through to the living quarters from the driver's 32 seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of 33 the van configuration designed for the transportation of not 34 less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in -3- LRB9103467PTpk 1 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for 2 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting 3 Occupation and Use Tax Act. 4 (11) Farm machinery and equipment purchased for more 5 than $250, both new and used, including that manufactured on 6 special order, certified by the purchaser to be used 7 primarily for production agriculture or State or federal 8 agricultural programs, including individual replacement parts 9 for the machinery and equipment, including machinery and 10 equipment purchased for lease, and including implements of 11 husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the Illinois Vehicle 12 Code, farm machinery and agricultural chemical and fertilizer 13 spreaders, and nurse wagons required to be registered under 14 Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, but excluding 15 other motor vehicles required to be registered under the 16 Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or hoop 17 houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering plants 18 shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under this 19 item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes 20 shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle 21 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor 22 vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the 23 tender is separately stated. 24 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 25 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 26 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 27 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 28 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 29 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 30 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 31 and other such equipment. 32 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 33 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 34 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture -4- LRB9103467PTpk 1 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 2 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 3 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 4 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt 5 from the provisions of Section 3-90. 6 (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 7 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 8 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 9 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 10 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 11 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 12 stopovers. 13 (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 14 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption 15 of food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to 16 the extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in 17 fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the 18 employees who participate directly in preparing, serving, 19 hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with 20 respect to which the service charge is imposed. 21 (14) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 22 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 23 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 24 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 25 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 26 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 27 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 28 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 29 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 30 (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 31 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including 32 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 33 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 34 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased -5- LRB9103467PTpk 1 for lease. 2 (16) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 3 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 4 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 5 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 6 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 7 (17) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a 8 unit or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, 9 certified by the user to be used only for the production of 10 ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption as motor fuel 11 or as a component of motor fuel for the personal use of the 12 user, and not subject to sale or resale. 13 (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and 14 equipment used primarily in the process of manufacturing or 15 assembling tangible personal property for wholesale or retail 16 sale or lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by 17 the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the 18 materials used in the process are owned by the manufacturer 19 or some other person, or whether that sale or lease is made 20 apart from or as an incident to the seller's engaging in the 21 service occupation of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, 22 patterns, gauges, or other similar items of no commercial 23 value on special order for a particular purchaser. 24 (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or 25 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for 26 that personal property was received by a florist located 27 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois 28 deliver the personal property. 29 (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 30 for direct agricultural production. 31 (21) 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 -6- LRB9103467PTpk 1 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 2 racing for prizes. 3 (22) 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 12 leased in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption 13 or is used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall 14 be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service 15 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market 16 value of the property at the time the non-qualifying use 17 occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an 18 amount (however designated) that purports to reimburse that 19 lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax 20 Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the 21 lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount from 22 the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a 23 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that 24 amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the 25 lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department. 26 (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases 27 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed 28 or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be 29 subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental 30 body that has been issued an active sales tax exemption 31 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 32 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased 33 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or used 34 in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable -7- LRB9103467PTpk 1 for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax 2 Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market value of 3 the property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No 4 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however 5 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the 6 tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the 7 case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If 8 a lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, 9 the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that 10 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not 11 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable 12 to pay that amount to the Department. 13 (24) 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 (25) 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 -8- LRB9103467PTpk 1 the disaster. 2 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 3 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 4 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, 5 eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98.) 6 Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by 7 changing Section 3-5 as follows: 8 (35 ILCS 110/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-5) 9 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible 10 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 11 (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation, 12 society, association, foundation, institution, or 13 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is 14 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise 15 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the 16 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the 17 purpose of resale by the enterprise. 18 (2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois 19 county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or 20 promoting the county fair. 21 (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 22 music or dramatic arts organization that establishes, by 23 proof required by the Department by rule, that it has 24 received an exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 25 Revenue Code and that is organized and operated for the 26 presentation of live public performances of musical or 27 theatrical works on a regular basis. 28 (4) 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 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including -9- LRB9103467PTpk 1 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 2 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for 3 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 4 graphic arts production. 5 (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored 6 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 7 secondary school located in Illinois. 8 (7) Farm machinery and equipment purchased for more than 9 $250, both new and used, including that manufactured on 10 special order, certified by the purchaser to be used 11 primarily for production agriculture or State or federal 12 agricultural programs, including individual replacement parts 13 for the machinery and equipment, including machinery and 14 equipment purchased for lease, and including implements of 15 husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the Illinois Vehicle 16 Code, farm machinery and agricultural chemical and fertilizer 17 spreaders, and nurse wagons required to be registered under 18 Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, but excluding 19 other motor vehicles required to be registered under the 20 Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or hoop 21 houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering plants 22 shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under this 23 item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes 24 shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle 25 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor 26 vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the 27 tender is separately stated. 28 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 29 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 30 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 31 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 32 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 33 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 34 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, -10- LRB9103467PTpk 1 and other such equipment. 2 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 3 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 4 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 5 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 6 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 7 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 8 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt 9 from the provisions of Section 3-75. 10 (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 11 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 12 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 13 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 14 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 15 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 16 stopovers. 17 (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 18 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption 19 of food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase 20 of a service from a serviceman, to the extent that the 21 proceeds of the service charge are in fact turned over as 22 tips or as a substitute for tips to the employees who 23 participate directly in preparing, serving, hosting or 24 cleaning up the food or beverage function with respect to 25 which the service charge is imposed. 26 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 27 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 28 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 29 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 30 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 31 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 32 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 33 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 34 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. -11- LRB9103467PTpk 1 (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery 2 and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both 3 new and used, including that manufactured on special order, 4 certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 5 photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and 6 equipment purchased for lease. 7 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 8 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 9 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 10 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 11 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 12 (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 13 for direct agricultural production. 14 (14) 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 (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 21 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 22 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a 23 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or 24 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would 25 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a 26 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 27 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 28 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased 29 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is 30 used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be 31 liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, 32 as the case may be, based on the fair market value of the 33 property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No 34 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however -12- LRB9103467PTpk 1 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the 2 tax imposed by this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may 3 be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor 4 improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the 5 lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that 6 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not 7 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable 8 to pay that amount to the Department. 9 (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases 10 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or 11 in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject 12 to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that 13 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number 14 by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' 15 Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner 16 that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in any 17 other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the 18 tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case 19 may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the 20 time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect 21 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that 22 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this 23 Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has 24 not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects 25 any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a 26 legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. 27 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for 28 any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the 29 Department. 30 (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 31 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 32 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 33 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 34 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a -13- LRB9103467PTpk 1 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 2 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 3 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 4 identification number by the Department that assists victims 5 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 6 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 7 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 8 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 9 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 10 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 11 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 12 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 13 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 14 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 15 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 16 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 17 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 18 the disaster. 19 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 20 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 21 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, 22 eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98.) 23 Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by 24 changing Section 3-5 as follows: 25 (35 ILCS 115/3-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-5) 26 Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal 27 property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 28 (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society, 29 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other 30 than a limited liability company, that is organized and 31 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the 32 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal -14- LRB9103467PTpk 1 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose 2 of resale by the enterprise. 3 (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit 4 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting, 5 operating, or promoting the county fair. 6 (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit 7 music or dramatic arts organization that establishes, by 8 proof required by the Department by rule, that it has 9 received an exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the 10 Internal Revenue Code and that is organized and operated for 11 the presentation of live public performances of musical or 12 theatrical works on a regular basis. 13 (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 14 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 15 government of the United States of America, or the government 16 of any foreign country, and bullion. 17 (5) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 18 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 19 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for 20 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 21 graphic arts production. 22 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored 23 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 24 secondary school located in Illinois. 25 (7) Farm machinery and equipment sold for more than $250 26 , both new and used, including that manufactured on special 27 order, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 28 production agriculture or State or federal agricultural 29 programs, including individual replacement parts for the 30 machinery and equipment, including machinery and equipment 31 purchased for lease, and including implements of husbandry 32 defined in Section 1-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm 33 machinery and agricultural chemical and fertilizer spreaders, 34 and nurse wagons required to be registered under Section -15- LRB9103467PTpk 1 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, but excluding other motor 2 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle 3 Code. Horticultural polyhouses or hoop houses used for 4 propagating, growing, or overwintering plants shall be 5 considered farm machinery and equipment under this item (7). 6 Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes shall 7 include units sold separately from a motor vehicle required 8 to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor vehicle 9 required to be licensed if the selling price of the tender is 10 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 3-553-75. 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 -16- LRB9103467PTpk 1 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption 2 of food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the 3 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a 4 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly 5 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or 6 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is 7 imposed. 8 (10) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 9 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 10 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 11 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 12 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 13 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 14 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 15 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 16 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 17 (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 18 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including 19 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 20 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 21 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased 22 for lease. 23 (12) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 24 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 25 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 26 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 27 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 28 (13) Food for human consumption that is to be consumed 29 off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic 30 beverages, soft drinks and food that has been prepared for 31 immediate consumption) and prescription and non-prescription 32 medicines, drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine 33 testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, 34 for human use, when purchased for use by a person receiving -17- LRB9103467PTpk 1 medical assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid 2 Code who resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as 3 defined in the Nursing Home Care Act. 4 (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 5 for direct agricultural production. 6 (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and 7 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club 8 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter 9 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or 10 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 11 racing for prizes. 12 (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 13 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 14 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor 15 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer 16 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a 17 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 18 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 19 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. 20 (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the 21 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in 22 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body 23 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification 24 number by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' 25 Occupation Tax Act. 26 (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 27 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 28 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 29 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 30 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 31 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 32 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 33 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 34 identification number by the Department that assists victims -18- LRB9103467PTpk 1 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 2 (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 3 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 4 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 5 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 6 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 7 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 8 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 9 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 10 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 11 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 12 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 13 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 14 the disaster. 15 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 16 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 17 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, 18 eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; revised 2-10-99.) 19 Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended 20 by changing Section 2-5 as follows: 21 (35 ILCS 120/2-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-5) 22 Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from 23 the sale of the following tangible personal property are 24 exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 25 (1) Farm chemicals. 26 (2) Farm machinery and equipment sold for more than $250 27 , both new and used, including that manufactured on special 28 order, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 29 production agriculture or State or federal agricultural 30 programs, including individual replacement parts for the 31 machinery and equipment, including machinery and equipment 32 purchased for lease, and including implements of husbandry -19- LRB9103467PTpk 1 defined in Section 1-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm 2 machinery and agricultural chemical and fertilizer spreaders, 3 and nurse wagons required to be registered under Section 4 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, but excluding other motor 5 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle 6 Code. Horticultural polyhouses or hoop houses used for 7 propagating, growing, or overwintering plants shall be 8 considered farm machinery and equipment under this item (2). 9 Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes shall 10 include units sold separately from a motor vehicle required 11 to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor vehicle 12 required to be licensed, if the selling price of the tender 13 is separately stated. 14 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 15 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 16 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 17 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 18 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 19 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 20 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 21 and other such equipment. 22 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 23 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 24 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 25 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 26 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 27 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 28 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt 29 from the provisions of Section 2-703-75. 30 (3) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit 31 or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, certified by 32 the user to be used only for the production of ethyl alcohol 33 that will be used for consumption as motor fuel or as a 34 component of motor fuel for the personal use of the user, and -20- LRB9103467PTpk 1 not subject to sale or resale. 2 (4) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 3 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 4 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for 5 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 6 graphic arts production. 7 (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor 8 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor 9 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living 10 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with 11 direct walk through access to the living quarters from the 12 driver's seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that 13 is of the van configuration designed for the transportation 14 of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in 15 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for 16 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting 17 Occupation and Use Tax Act. 18 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored 19 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 20 secondary school located in Illinois. 21 (7) Proceeds of that portion of the selling price of a 22 passenger car the sale of which is subject to the Replacement 23 Vehicle Tax. 24 (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair 25 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting 26 the county fair. 27 (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit music or 28 dramatic arts organization that establishes, by proof 29 required by the Department by rule, that it has received an 30 exemption under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue 31 Code and that is organized and operated for the presentation 32 of live public performances of musical or theatrical works on 33 a regular basis. 34 (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society, -21- LRB9103467PTpk 1 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other 2 than a limited liability company, that is organized and 3 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the 4 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal 5 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose 6 of resale by the enterprise. 7 (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a 8 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution 9 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, 10 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation, 11 society, association, foundation, institution, or 12 organization that has no compensated officers or employees 13 and that is organized and operated primarily for the 14 recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited 15 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this 16 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized 17 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and 18 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for 19 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an 20 active identification number issued by the Department. 21 (12) Personal property sold to interstate carriers for 22 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce 23 or to lessors under leases of one year or longer executed or 24 in effect at the time of purchase by interstate carriers for 25 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce 26 and equipment operated by a telecommunications provider, 27 licensed as a common carrier by the Federal Communications 28 Commission, which is permanently installed in or affixed to 29 aircraft moving in interstate commerce. 30 (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers 31 of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate 32 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in 33 interstate commerce and equipment operated by a 34 telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by -22- LRB9103467PTpk 1 the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently 2 installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate 3 commerce. 4 (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the 5 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the 6 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal 7 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the 8 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some 9 other person, whether the materials used in the process are 10 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether 11 the sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the 12 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing 13 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other 14 similar items of no commercial value on special order for a 15 particular purchaser. 16 (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 17 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of 18 food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the 19 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a 20 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly 21 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or 22 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is 23 imposed. 24 (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the 25 seller is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the 26 purchaser. 27 (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier 28 by rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the 29 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or 30 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of 31 the property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of 32 lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or 33 consignor of the property to a destination outside Illinois, 34 for use outside Illinois. -23- LRB9103467PTpk 1 (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 2 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 3 government of the United States of America, or the government 4 of any foreign country, and bullion. 5 (19) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 6 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 7 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 8 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 9 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 10 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 11 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 12 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 13 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 14 (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 15 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including 16 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 17 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 18 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased 19 for lease. 20 (21) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 21 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 22 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 23 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 24 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 25 (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 26 air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 27 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 28 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 29 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 30 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 31 stopovers. 32 (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is 33 received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but 34 who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property to -24- LRB9103467PTpk 1 the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois. 2 (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships, 3 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the 4 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for 5 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is 6 delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or 7 vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river. 8 (25) A motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident 9 even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident 10 in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in 11 this State, and if a driveaway decal permit is issued to the 12 motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois 13 Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle 14 registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon 15 returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the 16 driveaway decal permit or having the out-of-state 17 registration plates to be transferred is prima facie evidence 18 that the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State. 19 (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 20 for direct agricultural production. 21 (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and 22 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club 23 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter 24 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or 25 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 26 racing for prizes. 27 (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 28 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 29 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor 30 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer 31 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a 32 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 33 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 34 this Act. -25- LRB9103467PTpk 1 (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the 2 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in 3 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body 4 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification 5 number by the Department under Section 1g of this Act. 6 (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 7 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 8 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 9 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 10 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 11 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 12 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 13 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 14 identification number by the Department that assists victims 15 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 16 (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 17 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 18 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 19 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 20 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 21 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 22 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 23 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 24 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 25 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 26 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 27 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 28 the disaster. 29 (Source: P.A. 89-16, eff. 5-30-95; 89-115, eff. 1-1-96; 30 89-349, eff. 8-17-95; 89-495, eff. 6-24-96; 89-496, eff. 31 6-25-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-519, 32 eff. 6-1-98; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 33 revised 2-10-99.) -26- LRB9103467PTpk 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 2 January 1, 2000.