House Sponsors: COWLISHAW-KRAUSE-MATHIAS-PERSICO-BASSI, BOST, JONES,JOHN, KLINGLER, KOSEL, LAWFER, LYONS,EILEEN, MITCHELL,BILL, MYERS,RICHARD, O'CONNOR, OSMOND, POE, STEPHENS, WAIT, WINKEL, WINTERS AND ZICKUS. Senate Sponsors: BURZYNSKI-BOMKE Short description: USE TX-DONATE VEHICLES-SCHOOLS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Exempts from the taxes imposed by these Acts personal property purchased through events sponsored by a parent-teacher association affiliated with an elementary or secondary school. Excepts the provisions from the sunset requirements. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Exempts from the taxes imposed by these Acts personal property, including food, purchased through fundraising events for the benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school, a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if the events are sponsored by an entity that consists primarily of volunteers and includes parents of the school children. Provides that the exemption does not apply to fundraising events for the benefit of private home instruction. Excepts the provisions from the sunset requirements. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything. Amends the Use Tax Act, Service Use Tax Act, Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Exempts from the taxes imposed by these Acts a motor vehicle that is donated to an entity that is determined by the Department of Revenue to be organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes. Defines the entities as all tax-supported public schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to public schools and that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial occupation. Effective immediately. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the House concur in S-am 1. Recommends that the bill be further amended as follows: Further amends the Use Tax Act, Service Use Tax Act, Service Occupation Tax Act, and Retailer's Occupation Tax Act. Exempts from the taxes imposed by the Acts personal property sold at certain fundraising events. Provides that the fundraising events must be sponsored by an entity recognized by the school district and must include parents and teachers of the school children. Provides that the exemption does not apply to events for the benefit of private home instruction and to events in which the fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at the event from another individual or entity that sold the property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0637 Last action date: 99-08-20 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status