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92_HB0054 LRB9200969SMdv 1 AN ACT concerning taxes, amending named Acts. 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 Sections 3-5 and 3-50 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 arts 20 or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required 21 by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption 22 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that 23 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of 24 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These 25 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and 26 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and 27 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations, 28 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media 29 arts organizations. 30 (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, 31 by a corporation, society, association, foundation, or -2- LRB9200969SMdv 1 institution organized and operated exclusively for 2 charitable, religious, or educational purposes, or by a 3 not-for-profit corporation, society, association, foundation, 4 institution, or organization that has no compensated officers 5 or employees and that is organized and operated primarily for 6 the recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited 7 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this 8 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized 9 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and 10 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for 11 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an 12 active exemption identification number issued by the 13 Department. 14 (5) A passenger car that is a replacement vehicle to the 15 extent that the purchase price of the car is subject to the 16 Replacement Vehicle Tax. 17 (6) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 18 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 19 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 20 the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts 21 production, and including machinery and equipment purchased 22 for lease. 23 (7) Farm chemicals. 24 (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 25 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 26 government of the United States of America, or the government 27 of any foreign country, and bullion. 28 (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored 29 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 30 secondary school located in Illinois. 31 (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor 32 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor 33 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living 34 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with -3- LRB9200969SMdv 1 direct walk through to the living quarters from the driver's 2 seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of 3 the van configuration designed for the transportation of not 4 less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in 5 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for 6 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting 7 Occupation and Use Tax Act. 8 (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, 9 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 10 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture 11 or State or federal agricultural programs, including 12 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, 13 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and 14 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of 15 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural 16 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required 17 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle 18 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be 19 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural 20 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or 21 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and 22 equipment under this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender 23 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from 24 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold 25 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the 26 selling price of the tender is separately stated. 27 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 28 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 29 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 30 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 31 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 32 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 33 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 34 and other such equipment. -4- LRB9200969SMdv 1 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 2 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 3 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 4 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 5 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 6 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 7 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt 8 from the provisions of Section 3-90. 9 (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 10 air common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 11 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 12 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 13 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 14 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 15 stopovers. 16 (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 17 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption 18 of food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to 19 the extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in 20 fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the 21 employees who participate directly in preparing, serving, 22 hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with 23 respect to which the service charge is imposed. 24 (14) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 25 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 26 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 27 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 28 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 29 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 30 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 31 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 32 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 33 (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 34 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including -5- LRB9200969SMdv 1 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 2 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 3 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased 4 for lease. 5 (16) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 6 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 7 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 8 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to 9 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 10 (17) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a 11 unit or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, 12 certified by the user to be used only for the production of 13 ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption as motor fuel 14 or as a component of motor fuel for the personal use of the 15 user, and not subject to sale or resale. 16 (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and 17 equipment used primarily in the process of manufacturing or 18 assembling tangible personal property for wholesale or retail 19 sale or lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by 20 the manufacturer or by some other person, whether the 21 materials used in the process are owned by the manufacturer 22 or some other person, or whether that sale or lease is made 23 apart from or as an incident to the seller's engaging in the 24 service occupation of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, 25 patterns, gauges, or other similar items of no commercial 26 value on special order for a particular purchaser. 27 Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment exempt 28 under this paragraph (18) includes computers, sensors, 29 software, and related equipment, including these items used 30 in computer-assisted design or computer assisted 31 manufacturing. This paragraph (18) is exempt from the 32 provisions of Section 3-90. 33 (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or 34 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for -6- LRB9200969SMdv 1 that personal property was received by a florist located 2 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois 3 deliver the personal property. 4 (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 5 for direct agricultural production. 6 (21) 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 (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 13 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 14 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a 15 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or 16 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would 17 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a 18 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 19 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 20 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is 21 leased in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption 22 or is used in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall 23 be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service 24 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market 25 value of the property at the time the non-qualifying use 26 occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an 27 amount (however designated) that purports to reimburse that 28 lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax 29 Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the 30 lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount from 31 the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a 32 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that 33 amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the 34 lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department. -7- LRB9200969SMdv 1 (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases 2 the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed 3 or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be 4 subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental 5 body that has been issued an active sales tax exemption 6 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 7 the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased 8 in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or used 9 in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable 10 for the tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax 11 Act, as the case may be, based on the fair market value of 12 the property at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No 13 lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount (however 14 designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for the 15 tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the 16 case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If 17 a lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, 18 the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that 19 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not 20 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable 21 to pay that amount to the Department. 22 (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 23 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 24 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 25 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 26 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 27 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 28 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 29 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 30 identification number by the Department that assists victims 31 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 32 (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 33 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 34 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in -8- LRB9200969SMdv 1 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 2 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 3 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 4 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 5 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention 6 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 7 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 8 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 9 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 10 the disaster. 11 (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds 12 purchased at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or 13 an "exotic game hunting area" as those terms are used in the 14 Wildlife Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through 15 rules adopted by the Department of Natural Resources. This 16 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. 17 (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section 18 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a 19 corporation, limited liability company, society, association, 20 foundation, or institution that is determined by the 21 Department to be organized and operated exclusively for 22 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a 23 corporation, limited liability company, society, association, 24 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively 25 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public 26 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in 27 useful branches of learning by methods common to public 28 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and 29 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported 30 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes 31 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of 32 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to 33 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual, 34 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial -9- LRB9200969SMdv 1 occupation. 2 (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property, 3 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the 4 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary 5 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school 6 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized 7 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers 8 and includes parents and teachers of the school children. 9 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for 10 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the 11 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at 12 the events from another individual or entity that sold the 13 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity 14 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity. 15 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. 16 (29) Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used automatic 17 vending machines that prepare and serve hot food and 18 beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and 19 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is 20 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. 21 (30) Food for human consumption that is to be consumed 22 off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic 23 beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for 24 immediate consumption) and prescription and nonprescription 25 medicines, drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine 26 testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, 27 for human use, when purchased for use by a person receiving 28 medical assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid 29 Code who resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as 30 defined in the Nursing Home Care Act. 31 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97; 32 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-200, eff. 33 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644, 34 eff. 8-20-99; 91-901, eff. 1-1-01.) -10- LRB9200969SMdv 1 (35 ILCS 105/3-50) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-50) 2 Sec. 3-50. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The 3 manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment 4 exemption includes machinery and equipment that replaces 5 machinery and equipment in an existing manufacturing facility 6 as well as machinery and equipment that are for use in an 7 expanded or new manufacturing facility. The machinery and 8 equipment exemption also includes machinery and equipment 9 used in the general maintenance or repair of exempt machinery 10 and equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery 11 and equipment. For the purposes of this exemption, terms have 12 the following meanings: 13 (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of 14 an article of tangible personal property, whether the 15 article is a finished product or an article for use in 16 the process of manufacturing or assembling a different 17 article of tangible personal property, by a procedure 18 commonly regarded as manufacturing, processing, 19 fabricating, or refining that changes some existing 20 material into a material with a different form, use, or 21 name. In relation to a recognized integrated business 22 composed of a series of operations that collectively 23 constitute manufacturing, or individually constitute 24 manufacturing operations, the manufacturing process 25 commences with the first operation or stage of production 26 in the series and does not end until the completion of 27 the final product in the last operation or stage of 28 production in the series. For purposes of this 29 exemption, photoprocessing is a manufacturing process of 30 tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale. 31 (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an 32 article of tangible personal property, whether the 33 article is a finished product or an article for use in 34 the process of manufacturing or assembling a different -11- LRB9200969SMdv 1 article of tangible personal property, by the combination 2 of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded as 3 assembling that results in an article or material of a 4 different form, use, or name. 5 (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or 6 major components of those machines contributing to a 7 manufacturing or assembling process. 8 (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or 9 tool separate from machinery but essential to an 10 integrated manufacturing or assembly process; including 11computers used primarily in operating exempt machinery12and equipment ina computer assisted design, computer 13 assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system contributing to a 14 manufacturing or assembly process; any subunit or 15 assembly comprising a component of any machinery or 16 auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of machinery, 17 such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns, and molds; 18 and any parts that require periodic replacement in the 19 course of normal operation; but does not include hand 20 tools. 21 The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment 22 exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who 23 produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and 24 who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a 25 manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption 26 also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who 27 manufactures those materials into an exempted type of 28 machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses 29 himself or herself in the manufacturing of tangible personal 30 property. This exemption includes the sale of exempted types 31 of machinery or equipment to a purchaser who is not the 32 manufacturer, but who rents or leases the use of the property 33 to a manufacturer. The purchaser of the machinery and 34 equipment who has an active resale registration number shall -12- LRB9200969SMdv 1 furnish that number to the seller at the time of purchase. A 2 user of the machinery, equipment, or tools without an active 3 resale registration number shall prepare a certificate of 4 exemption for each transaction stating facts establishing the 5 exemption for that transaction, and that certificate shall be 6 available to the Department for inspection or audit. The 7 Department shall prescribe the form of the certificate. 8 Informal rulings, opinions, or letters issued by the 9 Department in response to an inquiry or request for an 10 opinion from any person regarding the coverage and 11 applicability of this exemption to specific devices shall be 12 published, maintained as a public record, and made available 13 for public inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, 14 opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or other 15 confidential information, where possible, the Department 16 shall delete that information before publication. Whenever 17 informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of 18 general applicability, the Department shall formulate and 19 adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois 20 Administrative Procedure Act. 21 (Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.) 22 Section 10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended 23 by changing Sections 2-5 and 2-45 as follows: 24 (35 ILCS 120/2-5) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-5) 25 Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from 26 the sale of the following tangible personal property are 27 exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: 28 (1) Farm chemicals. 29 (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, 30 including that manufactured on special order, certified by 31 the purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture 32 or State or federal agricultural programs, including -13- LRB9200969SMdv 1 individual replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, 2 including machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and 3 including implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of 4 the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural 5 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required 6 to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle 7 Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be 8 registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural 9 polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or 10 overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and 11 equipment under this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender 12 tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from 13 a motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold 14 mounted on a motor vehicle required to be licensed, if the 15 selling price of the tender is separately stated. 16 Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision 17 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be 18 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not 19 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, 20 seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, 21 but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, 22 monitors, software, global positioning and mapping systems, 23 and other such equipment. 24 Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, 25 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in 26 the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture 27 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not 28 limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of 29 animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal 30 diets and agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt 31 from the provisions of Section 2-70. 32 (3) Distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit 33 or kit, assembled or installed by the retailer, certified by 34 the user to be used only for the production of ethyl alcohol -14- LRB9200969SMdv 1 that will be used for consumption as motor fuel or as a 2 component of motor fuel for the personal use of the user, and 3 not subject to sale or resale. 4 (4) Graphic arts machinery and equipment, including 5 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, and 6 including that manufactured on special order or purchased for 7 lease, certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for 8 graphic arts production. 9 (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor 10 vehicle of the second division that is a self-contained motor 11 vehicle designed or permanently converted to provide living 12 quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, with 13 direct walk through access to the living quarters from the 14 driver's seat, or a motor vehicle of the second division that 15 is of the van configuration designed for the transportation 16 of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in 17 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for 18 automobile renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting 19 Occupation and Use Tax Act. 20 (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored 21 student organization affiliated with an elementary or 22 secondary school located in Illinois. 23 (7) Proceeds of that portion of the selling price of a 24 passenger car the sale of which is subject to the Replacement 25 Vehicle Tax. 26 (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair 27 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting 28 the county fair. 29 (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or 30 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by 31 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption 32 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that 33 is organized and operated for the presentation or support of 34 arts or cultural programming, activities, or services. These -15- LRB9200969SMdv 1 organizations include, but are not limited to, music and 2 dramatic arts organizations such as symphony orchestras and 3 theatrical groups, arts and cultural service organizations, 4 local arts councils, visual arts organizations, and media 5 arts organizations. 6 (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society, 7 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other 8 than a limited liability company, that is organized and 9 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the 10 benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal 11 property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose 12 of resale by the enterprise. 13 (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a 14 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution 15 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, 16 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation, 17 society, association, foundation, institution, or 18 organization that has no compensated officers or employees 19 and that is organized and operated primarily for the 20 recreation of persons 55 years of age or older. A limited 21 liability company may qualify for the exemption under this 22 paragraph only if the limited liability company is organized 23 and operated exclusively for educational purposes. On and 24 after July 1, 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for 25 this exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an 26 active identification number issued by the Department. 27 (12) Personal property sold to interstate carriers for 28 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce 29 or to lessors under leases of one year or longer executed or 30 in effect at the time of purchase by interstate carriers for 31 hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce 32 and equipment operated by a telecommunications provider, 33 licensed as a common carrier by the Federal Communications 34 Commission, which is permanently installed in or affixed to -16- LRB9200969SMdv 1 aircraft moving in interstate commerce. 2 (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers 3 of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate 4 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in 5 interstate commerce and equipment operated by a 6 telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by 7 the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently 8 installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate 9 commerce. 10 (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the 11 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the 12 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal 13 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the 14 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some 15 other person, whether the materials used in the process are 16 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether 17 the sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the 18 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing 19 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other 20 similar items of no commercial value on special order for a 21 particular purchaser. Machinery and equipment exempt under 22 this paragraph (14) includes computers, sensors, software, 23 and related equipment, including these items used in 24 computer-assisted design or computer assisted manufacturing. 25 This paragraph (14) is exempt from the provisions of Section 26 2-70. 27 (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately 28 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of 29 food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the 30 service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a 31 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly 32 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or 33 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is 34 imposed. -17- LRB9200969SMdv 1 (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the 2 seller is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the 3 purchaser. 4 (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier 5 by rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the 6 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or 7 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of 8 the property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of 9 lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or 10 consignor of the property to a destination outside Illinois, 11 for use outside Illinois. 12 (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or 13 silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the 14 government of the United States of America, or the government 15 of any foreign country, and bullion. 16 (19) Oil field exploration, drilling, and production 17 equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs, rotary rigs, 18 cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular 19 goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps and 20 pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any 21 individual replacement part for oil field exploration, 22 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and 23 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles 24 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 25 (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including 26 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including 27 that manufactured on special order, certified by the 28 purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and 29 including photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased 30 for lease. 31 (21) Coal exploration, mining, offhighway hauling, 32 processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including 33 replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment 34 purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required to -18- LRB9200969SMdv 1 be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. 2 (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an 3 air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for 4 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its 5 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for 6 or returning from a location or locations outside the United 7 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic 8 stopovers. 9 (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is 10 received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but 11 who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property to 12 the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois. 13 (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships, 14 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the 15 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for 16 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is 17 delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or 18 vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river. 19 (25) A motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident 20 even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident 21 in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in 22 this State, and if a driveaway decal permit is issued to the 23 motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois 24 Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle 25 registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon 26 returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the 27 driveaway decal permit or having the out-of-state 28 registration plates to be transferred is prima facie evidence 29 that the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State. 30 (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock 31 for direct agricultural production. 32 (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and 33 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club 34 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter -19- LRB9200969SMdv 1 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or 2 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or 3 racing for prizes. 4 (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for 5 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, 6 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor 7 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer 8 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a 9 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption 10 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of 11 this Act. 12 (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the 13 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in 14 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body 15 that has been issued an active tax exemption identification 16 number by the Department under Section 1g of this Act. 17 (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 18 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 19 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated 20 for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally 21 declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a 22 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to 23 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or 24 institution that has been issued a sales tax exemption 25 identification number by the Department that assists victims 26 of the disaster who reside within the declared disaster area. 27 (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after 28 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or 29 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in 30 the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, 31 including but not limited to municipal roads and streets, 32 access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, 33 water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and 34 purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention -20- LRB9200969SMdv 1 facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a 2 State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering 3 Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities 4 located in the declared disaster area within 6 months after 5 the disaster. 6 (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at 7 a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic 8 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife 9 Code or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted 10 by the Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is 11 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. 12 (33)(32)A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in 13 Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated 14 to a corporation, limited liability company, society, 15 association, foundation, or institution that is determined by 16 the Department to be organized and operated exclusively for 17 educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a 18 corporation, limited liability company, society, association, 19 foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively 20 for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public 21 schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in 22 useful branches of learning by methods common to public 23 schools and that compare favorably in their scope and 24 intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported 25 schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes 26 organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of 27 study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to 28 prepare individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual, 29 technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial 30 occupation. 31 (34)(33)Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property, 32 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the 33 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary 34 school, a group of those schools, or one or more school -21- LRB9200969SMdv 1 districts if the events are sponsored by an entity recognized 2 by the school district that consists primarily of volunteers 3 and includes parents and teachers of the school children. 4 This paragraph does not apply to fundraising events (i) for 5 the benefit of private home instruction or (ii) for which the 6 fundraising entity purchases the personal property sold at 7 the events from another individual or entity that sold the 8 property for the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity 9 and that profits from the sale to the fundraising entity. 10 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. 11 (35)(32)Beginning January 1, 2000, new or used 12 automatic vending machines that prepare and serve hot food 13 and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other items, and 14 replacement parts for these machines. This paragraph is 15 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. 16 (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-519, eff. 6-1-98; 17 90-552, eff. 12-12-97; 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 91-51, eff. 18 6-30-99; 91-200, eff. 7-20-99; 91-439, eff. 8-6-99; 91-533, 19 eff. 8-13-99; 91-637, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644, eff. 8-20-99; 20 revised 9-28-99.) 21 (35 ILCS 120/2-45) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-45) 22 Sec. 2-45. Manufacturing and assembly exemption. The 23 manufacturing and assembly machinery and equipment exemption 24 includes machinery and equipment that replaces machinery and 25 equipment in an existing manufacturing facility as well as 26 machinery and equipment that are for use in an expanded or 27 new manufacturing facility. 28 The machinery and equipment exemption also includes 29 machinery and equipment used in the general maintenance or 30 repair of exempt machinery and equipment or for in-house 31 manufacture of exempt machinery and equipment. For the 32 purposes of this exemption, terms have the following 33 meanings: -22- LRB9200969SMdv 1 (1) "Manufacturing process" means the production of 2 an article of tangible personal property, whether the 3 article is a finished product or an article for use in 4 the process of manufacturing or assembling a different 5 article of tangible personal property, by a procedure 6 commonly regarded as manufacturing, processing, 7 fabricating, or refining that changes some existing 8 material or materials into a material with a different 9 form, use, or name. In relation to a recognized 10 integrated business composed of a series of operations 11 that collectively constitute manufacturing, or 12 individually constitute manufacturing operations, the 13 manufacturing process commences with the first operation 14 or stage of production in the series and does not end 15 until the completion of the final product in the last 16 operation or stage of production in the series. For 17 purposes of this exemption, photoprocessing is a 18 manufacturing process of tangible personal property for 19 wholesale or retail sale. 20 (2) "Assembling process" means the production of an 21 article of tangible personal property, whether the 22 article is a finished product or an article for use in 23 the process of manufacturing or assembling a different 24 article of tangible personal property, by the combination 25 of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded as 26 assembling that results in a material of a different 27 form, use, or name. 28 (3) "Machinery" means major mechanical machines or 29 major components of those machines contributing to a 30 manufacturing or assembling process. 31 (4) "Equipment" includes an independent device or 32 tool separate from machinery but essential to an 33 integrated manufacturing or assembly process; including 34computers used primarily in operating exempt machinery-23- LRB9200969SMdv 1and equipment ina computer assisted design, computer 2 assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system contributing to a 3 manufacturing or assembly process; any subunit or 4 assembly comprising a component of any machinery or 5 auxiliary, adjunct, or attachment parts of machinery, 6 such as tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, patterns, and molds; 7 and any parts that require periodic replacement in the 8 course of normal operation; but does not include hand 9 tools. 10 The manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment 11 exemption includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who 12 produces exempted types of machinery, equipment, or tools and 13 who rents or leases that machinery, equipment, or tools to a 14 manufacturer of tangible personal property. This exemption 15 also includes the sale of materials to a purchaser who 16 manufactures those materials into an exempted type of 17 machinery, equipment, or tools that the purchaser uses 18 himself or herself in the manufacturing of tangible personal 19 property. The purchaser of the machinery and equipment who 20 has an active resale registration number shall furnish that 21 number to the seller at the time of purchase. A purchaser of 22 the machinery, equipment, and tools without an active resale 23 registration number shall furnish to the seller a certificate 24 of exemption for each transaction stating facts establishing 25 the exemption for that transaction, and that certificate 26 shall be available to the Department for inspection or audit. 27 Informal rulings, opinions, or letters issued by the 28 Department in response to an inquiry or request for an 29 opinion from any person regarding the coverage and 30 applicability of this exemption to specific devices shall be 31 published, maintained as a public record, and made available 32 for public inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, 33 opinion, or letter contains trade secrets or other 34 confidential information, where possible, the Department -24- LRB9200969SMdv 1 shall delete that information before publication. Whenever 2 informal rulings, opinions, or letters contain a policy of 3 general applicability, the Department shall formulate and 4 adopt that policy as a rule in accordance with the Illinois 5 Administrative Procedure Act. 6 (Source: P.A. 91-51, eff. 6-30-99.) 7 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 8 Section 8.25 as follows: 9 (30 ILCS 805/8.25 new) 10 Sec. 8.25. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 11 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required 12 for the implementation of any mandate created by this 13 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.