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91_SB1867sam002 LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1867 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1867 by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing 5 Sections 6z-18 and 6z-20 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/6z-18) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-18) 7 Sec. 6z-18. A portion of the money paid into the Local 8 Government Tax Fund from sales of food for human consumption 9 which is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold 10 (other than alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and food which 11 has been prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription 12 and nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances and 13 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes and needles used 14 by diabetics, which occurred in municipalities, shall be 15 distributed to each municipality based upon the sales which 16 occurred in that municipality. The remainder shall be 17 distributed to each county based upon the sales which 18 occurred in the unincorporated area of that county. 19 A portion of the money paid into the Local Government Tax 20 Fund from the 6.25% general use tax rate on the selling price 21 of tangible personal property which is purchased outside 22 Illinois at retail from a retailer and which is titled or -2- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 registered by any agency of this State's government shall be 2 distributed to municipalities as provided in this paragraph. 3 Each municipality shall receive the amount attributable to 4 sales for which Illinois addresses for titling or 5 registration purposes are given as being in such 6 municipality. The remainder of the money paid into the Local 7 Government Tax Fund from such sales shall be distributed to 8 counties. Each county shall receive the amount attributable 9 to sales for which Illinois addresses for titling or 10 registration purposes are given as being located in the 11 unincorporated area of such county. 12 A portion of the money paid into the Local Government Tax 13 Fund from the 6.25% general rate (and, beginning July 1, 2000 14and through December 31, 2000, the 1.25% rate on motor fuel 15 and gasohol) on sales subject to taxation under the 16 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax 17 Act, which occurred in municipalities, shall be distributed 18 to each municipality, based upon the sales which occurred in 19 that municipality. The remainder shall be distributed to each 20 county, based upon the sales which occurred in the 21 unincorporated area of such county. 22 For the purpose of determining allocation to the local 23 government unit, a retail sale by a producer of coal or other 24 mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the place 25 where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is 26 extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to 27 coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the 28 seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that 29 the sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a 30 sale in interstate or foreign commerce. 31 Whenever the Department determines that a refund of money 32 paid into the Local Government Tax Fund should be made to a 33 claimant instead of issuing a credit memorandum, the 34 Department shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall -3- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified, and to 2 the person named, in such notification from the Department. 3 Such refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the 4 Local Government Tax Fund. 5 On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the 6 Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the 7 disbursement of stated sums of money to named municipalities 8 and counties, the municipalities and counties to be those 9 entitled to distribution of taxes or penalties paid to the 10 Department during the second preceding calendar month. The 11 amount to be paid to each municipality or county shall be the 12 amount (not including credit memoranda) collected during the 13 second preceding calendar month by the Department and paid 14 into the Local Government Tax Fund, plus an amount the 15 Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts 16 which were erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and 17 not including an amount equal to the amount of refunds made 18 during the second preceding calendar month by the Department, 19 and not including any amount which the Department determines 20 is necessary to offset any amounts which are payable to a 21 different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the 22 municipality or county. Within 10 days after receipt, by the 23 Comptroller, of the disbursement certification to the 24 municipalities and counties, provided for in this Section to 25 be given to the Comptroller by the Department, the 26 Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the 27 respective amounts in accordance with the directions 28 contained in such certification. 29 When certifying the amount of monthly disbursement to a 30 municipality or county under this Section, the Department 31 shall increase or decrease that amount by an amount necessary 32 to offset any misallocation of previous disbursements. The 33 offset amount shall be the amount erroneously disbursed 34 within the 6 months preceding the time a misallocation is -4- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 discovered. 2 The provisions directing the distributions from the 3 special fund in the State Treasury provided for in this 4 Section shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing 5 appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State 6 Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to make 7 distributions as provided in this Section. 8 In construing any development, redevelopment, annexation, 9 preannexation or other lawful agreement in effect prior to 10 September 1, 1990, which describes or refers to receipts from 11 a county or municipal retailers' occupation tax, use tax or 12 service occupation tax which now cannot be imposed, such 13 description or reference shall be deemed to include the 14 replacement revenue for such abolished taxes, distributed 15 from the Local Government Tax Fund. 16 (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 17 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 18 (30 ILCS 105/6z-20) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-20) 19 Sec. 6z-20. Of the money received from the 6.25% general 20 rate (and, beginning July 1, 2000and through December 31,212000, the 1.25% rate on motor fuel and gasohol) on sales 22 subject to taxation under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act 23 and Service Occupation Tax Act and paid into the County and 24 Mass Transit District Fund, distribution to the Regional 25 Transportation Authority tax fund, created pursuant to 26 Section 4.03 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act, 27 for deposit therein shall be made based upon the retail sales 28 occurring in a county having more than 3,000,000 inhabitants. 29 The remainder shall be distributed to each county having 30 3,000,000 or fewer inhabitants based upon the retail sales 31 occurring in each such county. 32 For the purpose of determining allocation to the local 33 government unit, a retail sale by a producer of coal or other -5- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the place 2 where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is 3 extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to 4 coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the 5 seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that 6 the sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a 7 sale in interstate or foreign commerce. 8 Of the money received from the 6.25% general use tax rate 9 on tangible personal property which is purchased outside 10 Illinois at retail from a retailer and which is titled or 11 registered by any agency of this State's government and paid 12 into the County and Mass Transit District Fund, the amount 13 for which Illinois addresses for titling or registration 14 purposes are given as being in each county having more than 15 3,000,000 inhabitants shall be distributed into the Regional 16 Transportation Authority tax fund, created pursuant to 17 Section 4.03 of the Regional Transportation Authority Act. 18 The remainder of the money paid from such sales shall be 19 distributed to each county based on sales for which Illinois 20 addresses for titling or registration purposes are given as 21 being located in the county. Any money paid into the 22 Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax 23 Replacement Fund from the County and Mass Transit District 24 Fund prior to January 14, 1991, which has not been paid to 25 the Authority prior to that date, shall be transferred to the 26 Regional Transportation Authority tax fund. 27 Whenever the Department determines that a refund of money 28 paid into the County and Mass Transit District Fund should be 29 made to a claimant instead of issuing a credit memorandum, 30 the Department shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall 31 cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified, and to 32 the person named, in such notification from the Department. 33 Such refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the 34 County and Mass Transit District Fund. -6- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the 2 Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the 3 disbursement of stated sums of money to the Regional 4 Transportation Authority and to named counties, the counties 5 to be those entitled to distribution, as hereinabove 6 provided, of taxes or penalties paid to the Department during 7 the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid 8 to the Regional Transportation Authority and each county 9 having 3,000,000 or fewer inhabitants shall be the amount 10 (not including credit memoranda) collected during the second 11 preceding calendar month by the Department and paid into the 12 County and Mass Transit District Fund, plus an amount the 13 Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts 14 which were erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and 15 not including an amount equal to the amount of refunds made 16 during the second preceding calendar month by the Department, 17 and not including any amount which the Department determines 18 is necessary to offset any amounts which were payable to a 19 different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the 20 Regional Transportation Authority or county. Within 10 days 21 after receipt, by the Comptroller, of the disbursement 22 certification to the Regional Transportation Authority and 23 counties, provided for in this Section to be given to the 24 Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller shall cause 25 the orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in 26 accordance with the directions contained in such 27 certification. 28 When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to 29 the Regional Transportation Authority or to a county under 30 this Section, the Department shall increase or decrease that 31 amount by an amount necessary to offset any misallocation of 32 previous disbursements. The offset amount shall be the 33 amount erroneously disbursed within the 6 months preceding 34 the time a misallocation is discovered. -7- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 The provisions directing the distributions from the 2 special fund in the State Treasury provided for in this 3 Section and from the Regional Transportation Authority tax 4 fund created by Section 4.03 of the Regional Transportation 5 Authority Act shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing 6 appropriation of all amounts as provided herein. The State 7 Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to make 8 distributions as provided in this Section. 9 In construing any development, redevelopment, annexation, 10 preannexation or other lawful agreement in effect prior to 11 September 1, 1990, which describes or refers to receipts from 12 a county or municipal retailers' occupation tax, use tax or 13 service occupation tax which now cannot be imposed, such 14 description or reference shall be deemed to include the 15 replacement revenue for such abolished taxes, distributed 16 from the County and Mass Transit District Fund or Local 17 Government Distributive Fund, as the case may be. 18 (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 19 Section 10. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing 20 Section 3-10 as follows: 21 (35 ILCS 105/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-10) 22 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 23 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 24 6.25% of either the selling price or the fair market value, 25 if any, of the tangible personal property. In all cases 26 where property functionally used or consumed is the same as 27 the property that was purchased at retail, then the tax is 28 imposed on the selling price of the property. In all cases 29 where property functionally used or consumed is a by-product 30 or waste product that has been refined, manufactured, or 31 produced from property purchased at retail, then the tax is 32 imposed on the lower of the fair market value, if any, of the -8- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 specific property so used in this State or on the selling 2 price of the property purchased at retail. For purposes of 3 this Section "fair market value" means the price at which 4 property would change hands between a willing buyer and a 5 willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or 6 sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant 7 facts. The fair market value shall be established by Illinois 8 sales by the taxpayer of the same property as that 9 functionally used or consumed, or if there are no such sales 10 by the taxpayer, then comparable sales or purchases of 11 property of like kind and character in Illinois. 12 Beginning on July 1, 2000and through December 31, 2000, 13 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 14 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 15 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 16 The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General 17 Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. 18 With respect to gasohol, the tax imposed by this Act 19 applies to 70% of the proceeds of sales made on or after 20 January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, and to 100% of the 21 proceeds of sales made thereafter. 22 With respect to food for human consumption that is to be 23 consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than 24 alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been 25 prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and 26 nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances, 27 modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering 28 it usable by a disabled person, and insulin, urine testing 29 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human 30 use, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For the purposes 31 of this Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, 32 finished, ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether 33 carbonated or not, including but not limited to soda water, 34 cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all -9- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 other preparations commonly known as soft drinks of whatever 2 kind or description that are contained in any closed or 3 sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size. 4 "Soft drinks" does not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated 5 water, infant formula, milk or milk products as defined in 6 the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks 7 containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. 8 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 9 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 10 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 11 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 12 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 13 location of the vending machine. 14 If the property that is purchased at retail from a 15 retailer is acquired outside Illinois and used outside 16 Illinois before being brought to Illinois for use here and is 17 taxable under this Act, the "selling price" on which the tax 18 is computed shall be reduced by an amount that represents a 19 reasonable allowance for depreciation for the period of prior 20 out-of-state use. 21 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 22 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 23 Section 15. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by 24 changing Section 3-10 as follows: 25 (35 ILCS 110/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-10) 26 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 27 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 28 6.25% of the selling price of tangible personal property 29 transferred as an incident to the sale of service, but, for 30 the purpose of computing this tax, in no event shall the 31 selling price be less than the cost price of the property to 32 the serviceman. -10- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 Beginning on July 1, 2000and through December 31, 2000, 2 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 3 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 4 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 5 The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General 6 Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. 7 With respect to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, 8 the tax imposed by this Act applies to 70% of the selling 9 price of property transferred as an incident to the sale of 10 service on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, 11 and to 100% of the selling price thereafter. 12 At the election of any registered serviceman made for 13 each fiscal year, sales of service in which the aggregate 14 annual cost price of tangible personal property transferred 15 as an incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 16 75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs 17 or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the 18 aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of 19 service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 20 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 21 transferred as an incident to the sale of those services. 22 The tax shall be imposed at the rate of 1% on food 23 prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident 24 to a sale of service subject to this Act or the Service 25 Occupation Tax Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital 26 Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the Child Care 27 Act of 1969. The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1% 28 on food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the 29 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, 30 soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 31 consumption and is not otherwise included in this paragraph) 32 and prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, 33 medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for the 34 purpose of rendering it usable by a disabled person, and -11- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used 2 by diabetics, for human use. For the purposes of this 3 Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished, 4 ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not, 5 including but not limited to soda water, cola, fruit juice, 6 vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations 7 commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description 8 that are contained in any closed or sealed bottle, can, 9 carton, or container, regardless of size. "Soft drinks" does 10 not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated water, infant 11 formula, milk or milk products as defined in the Grade A 12 Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks containing 13 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. 14 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 15 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 16 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 17 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 18 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 19 location of the vending machine. 20 If the property that is acquired from a serviceman is 21 acquired outside Illinois and used outside Illinois before 22 being brought to Illinois for use here and is taxable under 23 this Act, the "selling price" on which the tax is computed 24 shall be reduced by an amount that represents a reasonable 25 allowance for depreciation for the period of prior 26 out-of-state use. 27 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 28 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 29 7-1-00.) 30 Section 20. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by 31 changing Section 3-10 as follows: 32 (35 ILCS 115/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-10) -12- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 Sec. 3-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 2 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 3 6.25% of the "selling price", as defined in Section 2 of the 4 Service Use Tax Act, of the tangible personal property. For 5 the purpose of computing this tax, in no event shall the 6 "selling price" be less than the cost price to the serviceman 7 of the tangible personal property transferred. The selling 8 price of each item of tangible personal property transferred 9 as an incident of a sale of service may be shown as a 10 distinct and separate item on the serviceman's billing to the 11 service customer. If the selling price is not so shown, the 12 selling price of the tangible personal property is deemed to 13 be 50% of the serviceman's entire billing to the service 14 customer. When, however, a serviceman contracts to design, 15 develop, and produce special order machinery or equipment, 16 the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 17 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 18 transferred incident to the completion of the contract. 19 Beginning on July 1, 2000and through December 31, 2000, 20 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 21 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 22 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 23 The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General 24 Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. 25 With respect to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, 26 the tax imposed by this Act shall apply to 70% of the cost 27 price of property transferred as an incident to the sale of 28 service on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, 29 and to 100% of the cost price thereafter. 30 At the election of any registered serviceman made for 31 each fiscal year, sales of service in which the aggregate 32 annual cost price of tangible personal property transferred 33 as an incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 34 75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs -13- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the 2 aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of 3 service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be based on the 4 serviceman's cost price of the tangible personal property 5 transferred incident to the sale of those services. 6 The tax shall be imposed at the rate of 1% on food 7 prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident 8 to a sale of service subject to this Act or the Service 9 Occupation Tax Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital 10 Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the Child Care 11 Act of 1969. The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1% 12 on food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the 13 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, 14 soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 15 consumption and is not otherwise included in this paragraph) 16 and prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, 17 medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for the 18 purpose of rendering it usable by a disabled person, and 19 insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used 20 by diabetics, for human use. For the purposes of this 21 Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished, 22 ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not, 23 including but not limited to soda water, cola, fruit juice, 24 vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations 25 commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description 26 that are contained in any closed or sealed can, carton, or 27 container, regardless of size. "Soft drinks" does not 28 include coffee, tea, non-carbonated water, infant formula, 29 milk or milk products as defined in the Grade A Pasteurized 30 Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks containing 50% or more 31 natural fruit or vegetable juice. 32 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 33 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 34 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending -14- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 2 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 3 location of the vending machine. 4 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 5 91-51, 6-30-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 6 Section 25. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended 7 by changing Sections 2-10 and 2d as follows: 8 (35 ILCS 120/2-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-10) 9 Sec. 2-10. Rate of tax. Unless otherwise provided in 10 this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of 11 6.25% of gross receipts from sales of tangible personal 12 property made in the course of business. 13 Beginning on July 1, 2000and through December 31, 2000, 14 with respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the 15 Motor Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 16 of the Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. 17 The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st General 18 Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. 19 Within 14 days after the effective date of this 20 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, each retailer of 21 motor fuel and gasohol shall cause the following notice to be 22 posted in a prominently visible place on each retail 23 dispensing device that is used to dispense motor fuel or 24 gasohol in the State of Illinois: "As of July 1, 2000, the 25 State of Illinois has eliminated the State's share of sales 26 tax on motor fuel and gasohol through December 31, 2000. The 27 price on this pump should reflect the elimination of the 28 tax." The notice shall be printed in bold print on a sign 29 that is no smaller than 4 inches by 8 inches. The sign shall 30 be clearly visible to customers. Any retailer who fails to 31 post or maintain a required sign through December 31, 2000 is 32 guilty of a petty offense for which the fine shall be $500 -15- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 per day per each retail premises where a violation occurs. 2 With respect to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act, 3 the tax imposed by this Act applies to 70% of the proceeds of 4 sales made on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 5 2003, and to 100% of the proceeds of sales made thereafter. 6 With respect to food for human consumption that is to be 7 consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than 8 alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been 9 prepared for immediate consumption) and prescription and 10 nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances, 11 modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering 12 it usable by a disabled person, and insulin, urine testing 13 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human 14 use, the tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For the purposes 15 of this Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, 16 finished, ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether 17 carbonated or not, including but not limited to soda water, 18 cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all 19 other preparations commonly known as soft drinks of whatever 20 kind or description that are contained in any closed or 21 sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size. 22 "Soft drinks" does not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated 23 water, infant formula, milk or milk products as defined in 24 the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks 25 containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice. 26 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, "food 27 for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 28 where it is sold" includes all food sold through a vending 29 machine, except soft drinks and food products that are 30 dispensed hot from a vending machine, regardless of the 31 location of the vending machine. 32 (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98; 33 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) -16- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 (35 ILCS 120/2d) (from Ch. 120, par. 441d) 2 Sec. 2d. Tax prepayment by motor fuel retailer. Any 3 person engaged in the business of selling motor fuel at 4 retail, as defined in the Motor Fuel Tax Law, and who is not 5 a licensed distributor or supplier, as defined in the Motor 6 Fuel Tax Law, shall prepay to his or her distributor, 7 supplier, or other reseller of motor fuel a portion of the 8 tax imposed by this Act if the distributor, supplier, or 9 other reseller of motor fuel is registered under Section 2a 10 or Section 2c of this Act. The prepayment requirement 11 provided for in this Section does not apply to liquid propane 12 gas. 13 Beginning on July 1, 2000and through December 31, 2000, 14 the Retailers' Occupation Tax paid to the distributor, 15 supplier, or other reseller shall be an amount equal to $0.01 16 per gallon of the motor fuel, except gasohol as defined in17Section 2-10 of this Act which shall be an amount equal to18$0.01 per gallon,purchased from the distributor, supplier, 19 or other reseller. 20 Before July 1, 2000and then beginning on January 1, 200121and thereafter, the Retailers' Occupation Tax paid to the 22 distributor, supplier, or other reseller shall be an amount 23 equal to $0.04 per gallon of the motor fuel, except gasohol 24 as defined in Section 2-10 of this Act which shall be an 25 amount equal to $0.03 per gallon, purchased from the 26 distributor, supplier, or other reseller. 27 Any person engaged in the business of selling motor fuel 28 at retail shall be entitled to a credit against tax due under 29 this Act in an amount equal to the tax paid to the 30 distributor, supplier, or other reseller. 31 Every distributor, supplier, or other reseller registered 32 as provided in Section 2a or Section 2c of this Act shall 33 remit the prepaid tax on all motor fuel that is due from any 34 person engaged in the business of selling at retail motor -17- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 fuel with the returns filed under Section 2f or Section 3 of 2 this Act, but the vendors discount provided in Section 3 3 shall not apply to the amount of prepaid tax that is 4 remitted. Any distributor or supplier who fails to properly 5 collect and remit the tax shall be liable for the tax. For 6 purposes of this Section, the prepaid tax is due on invoiced 7 gallons sold during a month by the 20th day of the following 8 month. 9 (Source: P.A. 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 10 Section 30. The Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by 11 changing Section 13a as follows: 12 (35 ILCS 505/13a) (from Ch. 120, par. 429a) 13 Sec. 13a. (1) A tax is hereby imposed upon the use of 14 motor fuel upon highways of this State by commercial motor 15 vehicles. The tax shall be comprised of 2 parts. Part (a) 16 shall be at the rate established by Section 2 of this Act, as 17 heretofore or hereafter amended. Part (b) shall be at the 18 rate established by subsection (2) of this Section as now or 19 hereafter amended. 20 (2) For calendar years 2000 and before, a rate shall be 21 established by the Department as of January 1 of each year 22 using the average "selling price", as defined in the 23 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, per gallon of motor fuel sold 24 in this State during the previous 12 months and multiplying 25 it by 6 1/4% to determine the cents per gallon rate. For the 26 period beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 27 2000, the Department shall establish a rate using the average 28 "selling price", as defined in the Retailers' Occupation Tax 29 Act, per gallon of motor fuel sold in this State during 30 calendar year 1999 and multiplying it by 1.25% to determine 31 the cents per gallon rate. On January 1, 2001 and on each 32 January 1 thereafter the Department shall establish a rate -18- LRB9113285SMdvam05 1 using the average "selling price", as defined in the 2 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, per gallon of motor fuel sold 3 in this State during the previous 12 months and multiplying 4 it by 1.25% to determine the cents per gallon rate. 5 (Source: P.A. 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.) 6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 7 becoming law.".