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91_SB0006sam001 LRB9100929PTpkam03 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 6 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 6 on page 3, by 3 inserting immediately below line 33 the following: 4 "The taxes imposed under this subparagraph 3 shall not be 5 in addition to the tax authorized by subsection (c-5), but 6 rather shall be an alternative method to impose the tax."; 7 and 8 on page 7, by replacing lines 6 through 18 with the 9 following: 10 "(c-5) A municipality may, by ordinance, allow a 11 purchaser for non-residential electrical use (i) to elect to 12 register with the municipality as a self-assessing purchaser 13 in relation to payment of the tax imposed by subparagraph 3, 14 on the privilege of using or consuming electricity, and (ii) 15 to pay the tax imposed by subparagraph 3 directly to the 16 municipality on the basis of the uniform percentage of the 17 gross purchase price of electricity purchased at retail and 18 used in the municipality rather than paying the tax to the 19 purchaser's delivering supplier. The maximum rate of tax for 20 a self-assessing purchaser may not exceed 5% and the minimum 21 rate of tax shall be no less than and, until December 31, 22 2008, the maximum rate of tax shall be no more than, the rate 23 the municipality applied in the last full calendar year prior -2- LRB9100929PTpkam03 1 to the effective date of Section 65 of Public Act 90-561 2 (August 1, 1998) based on the purchase price of the 3 electricity purchased at retail and used in the community as 4 calculated on a monthly basis for each purchaser. The 5 municipality shall establish by ordinance the requirements 6 for (i) the voluntary election, registration, and termination 7 of a self-assessing purchaser, (ii) direct return and payment 8 of the taxes to the municipality by a self-assessing 9 purchaser, and (iii) the rate of tax applied, which shall be 10 the percent of the gross purchase price as provided in this 11 subsection up to but not exceeding 5%. The taxes imposed 12 under this subsection (c-5) shall not be in addition to the 13 tax authorized by subparagraph 3, but rather shall be an 14 alternative method to impose the tax.".