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91_HB2849

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Use Tax Act by changing Section 3-10.

 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 3-10 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 105/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-10)
 7        Sec. 3-10.  Rates Rate of tax.  Unless otherwise provided
 8    in  this  Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate
 9    of 6.25% of either the  selling  price  or  the  fair  market
10    value,  if  any,  of  the tangible personal property.  In all
11    cases where property functionally used  or  consumed  is  the
12    same  as  the property that was purchased at retail, then the
13    tax is imposed on the selling price of the property.  In  all
14    cases  where  property  functionally  used  or  consumed is a
15    by-product  or  waste  product   that   has   been   refined,
16    manufactured,  or produced from property purchased at retail,
17    then the tax is imposed on  the  lower  of  the  fair  market
18    value, if any, of the specific property so used in this State
19    or  on the selling price of the property purchased at retail.
20    For purposes of this Section "fair market  value"  means  the
21    price  at which property would change hands between a willing
22    buyer  and  a  willing  seller,  neither  being   under   any
23    compulsion   to  buy  or  sell  and  both  having  reasonable
24    knowledge of the relevant facts. The fair market value  shall
25    be  established by Illinois sales by the taxpayer of the same
26    property as that functionally used or consumed, or  if  there
27    are  no  such sales by the taxpayer, then comparable sales or
28    purchases of property of like kind and character in Illinois.
29        With respect to gasohol, the  tax  imposed  by  this  Act
30    applies  to  70%  of  the  proceeds of sales made on or after
31    January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, and to 100% of  the
 
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 1    proceeds of sales made thereafter.
 2        With  respect to food for human consumption that is to be
 3    consumed off the  premises  where  it  is  sold  (other  than
 4    alcoholic  beverages,  soft  drinks,  and  food that has been
 5    prepared for  immediate  consumption)  and  prescription  and
 6    nonprescription   medicines,   drugs,   medical   appliances,
 7    modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering
 8    it  usable  by  a disabled person, and insulin, urine testing
 9    materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
10    use, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For  the  purposes
11    of  this  Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete,
12    finished,   ready-to-use,   non-alcoholic   drink,    whether
13    carbonated  or  not, including but not limited to soda water,
14    cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all
15    other preparations commonly known as soft drinks of  whatever
16    kind  or  description  that  are  contained  in any closed or
17    sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size.
18    "Soft drinks" does not include  coffee,  tea,  non-carbonated
19    water,  infant  formula,  milk or milk products as defined in
20    the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks
21    containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice.
22        Notwithstanding any other provisions of this  Act,  "food
23    for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
24    where  it  is  sold" includes all food sold through a vending
25    machine, except  soft  drinks  and  food  products  that  are
26    dispensed  hot  from  a  vending  machine,  regardless of the
27    location of the vending machine.
28        If the property  that  is  purchased  at  retail  from  a
29    retailer  is  acquired  outside  Illinois  and  used  outside
30    Illinois before being brought to Illinois for use here and is
31    taxable  under this Act, the "selling price" on which the tax
32    is computed shall be reduced by an amount that  represents  a
33    reasonable allowance for depreciation for the period of prior
34    out-of-state use.
 
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 1    (Source:  P.A.  89-359,  eff.  8-17-95;  89-420, eff. 6-1-96;
 2    89-463, eff.  5-31-96;  89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;  90-605,  eff.
 3    6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98.)

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