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92_HB0057

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to taxes.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 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
23    registered by any agency of this State's government shall  be
24    distributed  to municipalities as provided in this paragraph.
25    Each municipality shall receive the  amount  attributable  to
26    sales   for   which   Illinois   addresses   for  titling  or
27    registration  purposes   are   given   as   being   in   such
28    municipality.  The remainder of the money paid into the Local
29    Government  Tax  Fund from such sales shall be distributed to
30    counties.  Each county shall receive the amount  attributable
31    to   sales  for  which  Illinois  addresses  for  titling  or
 
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 1    registration purposes are  given  as  being  located  in  the
 2    unincorporated area of such county.
 3        A portion of the money paid into the Local Government Tax
 4    Fund from the 6.25% general rate (and, beginning July 1, 2000
 5    and  through  December 31, 2000, the 1.25% rate on motor fuel
 6    and  gasohol  and,  beginning  again  on  July  1,  2001  and
 7    thereafter, the 1.25% rate on  motor  fuel  and  gasohol)  on
 8    sales subject to taxation under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
 9    Act  and  the  Service  Occupation Tax Act, which occurred in
10    municipalities, shall be distributed  to  each  municipality,
11    based upon the sales which occurred in that municipality. The
12    remainder shall be distributed to each county, based upon the
13    sales  which  occurred  in  the  unincorporated  area of such
14    county.
15        For the purpose of determining allocation  to  the  local
16    government unit, a retail sale by a producer of coal or other
17    mineral  mined  in  Illinois is a sale at retail at the place
18    where  the  coal  or  other  mineral  mined  in  Illinois  is
19    extracted from the earth.  This paragraph does not  apply  to
20    coal  or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
21    seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois  so  that
22    the  sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a
23    sale in interstate or foreign commerce.
24        Whenever the Department determines that a refund of money
25    paid into the Local Government Tax Fund should be made  to  a
26    claimant   instead   of  issuing  a  credit  memorandum,  the
27    Department shall notify  the  State  Comptroller,  who  shall
28    cause  the order to be drawn for the amount specified, and to
29    the person named, in such notification from  the  Department.
30    Such  refund  shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the
31    Local Government Tax Fund.
32        On or before the 25th day of  each  calendar  month,  the
33    Department  shall  prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
34    disbursement of stated sums of money to named  municipalities
 
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 1    and  counties,  the  municipalities  and counties to be those
 2    entitled to distribution of taxes or penalties  paid  to  the
 3    Department  during  the  second preceding calendar month. The
 4    amount to be paid to each municipality or county shall be the
 5    amount (not including credit memoranda) collected during  the
 6    second  preceding  calendar  month by the Department and paid
 7    into the Local  Government  Tax  Fund,  plus  an  amount  the
 8    Department  determines  is  necessary  to  offset any amounts
 9    which were erroneously paid to a different taxing  body,  and
10    not  including  an amount equal to the amount of refunds made
11    during the second preceding calendar month by the Department,
12    and not including any amount which the Department  determines
13    is  necessary  to  offset  any amounts which are payable to a
14    different taxing  body  but  were  erroneously  paid  to  the
15    municipality or county.  Within 10 days after receipt, by the
16    Comptroller,   of   the  disbursement  certification  to  the
17    municipalities and counties,  provided for in this Section to
18    be  given  to  the  Comptroller  by   the   Department,   the
19    Comptroller  shall  cause  the  orders  to  be  drawn for the
20    respective  amounts  in  accordance   with   the   directions
21    contained in such certification.
22        When  certifying  the amount of monthly disbursement to a
23    municipality or county under  this  Section,  the  Department
24    shall increase or decrease that amount by an amount necessary
25    to  offset  any  misallocation of previous disbursements. The
26    offset amount  shall  be  the  amount  erroneously  disbursed
27    within  the  6  months  preceding the time a misallocation is
28    discovered.
29        The  provisions  directing  the  distributions  from  the
30    special fund in the  State  Treasury  provided  for  in  this
31    Section   shall  constitute  an  irrevocable  and  continuing
32    appropriation of all amounts as provided  herein.  The  State
33    Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to make
34    distributions as provided in this Section.
 
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 1        In construing any development, redevelopment, annexation,
 2    preannexation  or  other  lawful agreement in effect prior to
 3    September 1, 1990, which describes or refers to receipts from
 4    a county or municipal retailers' occupation tax, use  tax  or
 5    service  occupation  tax  which  now  cannot be imposed, such
 6    description or reference  shall  be  deemed  to  include  the
 7    replacement  revenue  for  such  abolished taxes, distributed
 8    from the Local Government Tax Fund.
 9    (Source: P.A.  90-491,  eff.  1-1-98;  91-51,  eff.  6-30-99;
10    91-872, eff. 7-1-00.)

11        (30 ILCS 105/6z-20) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-20)
12        Sec.  6z-20. Of the money received from the 6.25% general
13    rate (and, beginning July 1, 2000 and  through  December  31,
14    2000, the 1.25% rate on motor fuel and gasohol and, beginning
15    again on July 1, 2001 and thereafter, the 1.25% rate on motor
16    fuel  and  gasohol)  on  sales  subject to taxation under the
17    Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Service Occupation Tax  Act
18    and  paid  into  the  County  and Mass Transit District Fund,
19    distribution to the  Regional  Transportation  Authority  tax
20    fund,  created  pursuant  to  Section  4.03  of  the Regional
21    Transportation Authority Act, for deposit  therein  shall  be
22    made based upon the retail sales occurring in a county having
23    more  than  3,000,000  inhabitants.  The  remainder  shall be
24    distributed  to  each  county  having  3,000,000   or   fewer
25    inhabitants  based  upon  the  retail sales occurring in each
26    such county.
27        For the purpose of determining allocation  to  the  local
28    government unit, a retail sale by a producer of coal or other
29    mineral  mined  in  Illinois is a sale at retail at the place
30    where  the  coal  or  other  mineral  mined  in  Illinois  is
31    extracted from the earth.  This paragraph does not  apply  to
32    coal  or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
33    seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois  so  that
 
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 1    the  sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a
 2    sale in interstate or foreign commerce.
 3        Of the money received from the 6.25% general use tax rate
 4    on tangible personal  property  which  is  purchased  outside
 5    Illinois  at  retail  from  a retailer and which is titled or
 6    registered by any agency of this State's government and  paid
 7    into  the  County  and Mass Transit District Fund, the amount
 8    for which Illinois  addresses  for  titling  or  registration
 9    purposes  are  given as being in each county having more than
10    3,000,000 inhabitants shall be distributed into the  Regional
11    Transportation   Authority  tax  fund,  created  pursuant  to
12    Section 4.03 of the Regional  Transportation  Authority  Act.
13    The  remainder  of  the  money  paid from such sales shall be
14    distributed to each county based on sales for which  Illinois
15    addresses  for  titling or registration purposes are given as
16    being located  in  the  county.   Any  money  paid  into  the
17    Regional  Transportation  Authority  Occupation  and  Use Tax
18    Replacement Fund from the County and  Mass  Transit  District
19    Fund  prior  to  January 14, 1991, which has not been paid to
20    the Authority prior to that date, shall be transferred to the
21    Regional Transportation Authority tax fund.
22        Whenever the Department determines that a refund of money
23    paid into the County and Mass Transit District Fund should be
24    made to a claimant instead of issuing  a  credit  memorandum,
25    the  Department shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall
26    cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified, and  to
27    the  person  named, in such notification from the Department.
28    Such refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out  of  the
29    County and Mass Transit District Fund.
30        On  or  before  the  25th day of each calendar month, the
31    Department shall prepare and certify to the  Comptroller  the
32    disbursement   of  stated  sums  of  money  to  the  Regional
33    Transportation Authority and to named counties, the  counties
34    to   be   those  entitled  to  distribution,  as  hereinabove
 
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 1    provided, of taxes or penalties paid to the Department during
 2    the second preceding calendar month.  The amount to  be  paid
 3    to  the  Regional  Transportation  Authority  and each county
 4    having 3,000,000 or fewer inhabitants  shall  be  the  amount
 5    (not  including credit memoranda) collected during the second
 6    preceding calendar month by the Department and paid into  the
 7    County  and  Mass  Transit  District Fund, plus an amount the
 8    Department determines is  necessary  to  offset  any  amounts
 9    which  were  erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and
10    not including an amount equal to the amount of  refunds  made
11    during the second preceding calendar month by the Department,
12    and  not including any amount which the Department determines
13    is necessary to offset any amounts which were  payable  to  a
14    different  taxing  body  but  were  erroneously  paid  to the
15    Regional Transportation Authority or county.  Within 10  days
16    after  receipt,  by  the  Comptroller,  of  the  disbursement
17    certification  to  the  Regional Transportation Authority and
18    counties, provided for in this Section to  be  given  to  the
19    Comptroller  by  the  Department, the Comptroller shall cause
20    the  orders  to  be  drawn  for  the  respective  amounts  in
21    accordance   with   the   directions   contained   in    such
22    certification.
23        When  certifying  the amount of a monthly disbursement to
24    the Regional Transportation Authority or to  a  county  under
25    this  Section, the Department shall increase or decrease that
26    amount by an amount necessary to offset any misallocation  of
27    previous  disbursements.   The  offset  amount  shall  be the
28    amount erroneously disbursed within the  6  months  preceding
29    the time a misallocation is discovered.
30        The  provisions  directing  the  distributions  from  the
31    special  fund  in  the  State  Treasury  provided for in this
32    Section and from the Regional  Transportation  Authority  tax
33    fund  created  by Section 4.03 of the Regional Transportation
34    Authority Act shall constitute an irrevocable and  continuing
 
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 1    appropriation  of  all  amounts as provided herein. The State
 2    Treasurer and State Comptroller are hereby authorized to make
 3    distributions as provided in this Section.
 4        In construing any development, redevelopment, annexation,
 5    preannexation or other lawful agreement in  effect  prior  to
 6    September 1, 1990, which describes or refers to receipts from
 7    a  county  or municipal retailers' occupation tax, use tax or
 8    service occupation tax which  now  cannot  be  imposed,  such
 9    description  or  reference  shall  be  deemed  to include the
10    replacement revenue for  such  abolished  taxes,  distributed
11    from  the  County  and  Mass  Transit  District Fund or Local
12    Government Distributive Fund, as the case may be.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.)

14        Section 10.  The Use  Tax  Act  is  amended  by  changing
15    Section 3-10 as follows:

16        (35 ILCS 105/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-10)
17        Sec.  3-10.   Rate  of tax.  Unless otherwise provided in
18    this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the  rate  of
19    6.25%  of  either the selling price or the fair market value,
20    if any, of the tangible  personal  property.   In  all  cases
21    where  property  functionally used or consumed is the same as
22    the property that was purchased at retail, then  the  tax  is
23    imposed  on  the selling price of the property.  In all cases
24    where property functionally used or consumed is a  by-product
25    or  waste  product  that  has  been refined, manufactured, or
26    produced from property purchased at retail, then the  tax  is
27    imposed on the lower of the fair market value, if any, of the
28    specific  property  so  used  in this State or on the selling
29    price of the property purchased at retail.  For  purposes  of
30    this  Section  "fair  market  value" means the price at which
31    property would change hands between a  willing  buyer  and  a
32    willing  seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or
 
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 1    sell and both having reasonable  knowledge  of  the  relevant
 2    facts. The fair market value shall be established by Illinois
 3    sales   by   the  taxpayer  of  the  same  property  as  that
 4    functionally used or consumed, or if there are no such  sales
 5    by  the  taxpayer,  then  comparable  sales  or  purchases of
 6    property of like kind and character in Illinois.
 7        Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31,  2000,
 8    and  beginning  again  on  July  1, 2001 and thereafter, with
 9    respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor
10    Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of  the
11    Use  Tax  Act,  the tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%.  The
12    changes made by this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General
13    Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
14        With  respect  to  gasohol,  the  tax imposed by this Act
15    applies to 70% of the proceeds of  sales  made  on  or  after
16    January  1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003, and to 100% of the
17    proceeds of sales made thereafter.
18        With respect to food for human consumption that is to  be
19    consumed  off  the  premises  where  it  is  sold (other than
20    alcoholic beverages, soft drinks,  and  food  that  has  been
21    prepared  for  immediate  consumption)  and  prescription and
22    nonprescription   medicines,   drugs,   medical   appliances,
23    modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering
24    it usable by a disabled person, and  insulin,  urine  testing
25    materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
26    use,  the  tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For the purposes
27    of this Section, the term "soft drinks" means  any  complete,
28    finished,    ready-to-use,   non-alcoholic   drink,   whether
29    carbonated or not, including but not limited to  soda  water,
30    cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all
31    other  preparations commonly known as soft drinks of whatever
32    kind or description that  are  contained  in  any  closed  or
33    sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size.
34    "Soft  drinks"  does  not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated
 
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 1    water, infant formula, milk or milk products  as  defined  in
 2    the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks
 3    containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice.
 4        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Act, "food
 5    for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
 6    where it is sold" includes all food sold  through  a  vending
 7    machine,  except  soft  drinks  and  food  products  that are
 8    dispensed hot from  a  vending  machine,  regardless  of  the
 9    location of the vending machine.
10        If  the  property  that  is  purchased  at  retail from a
11    retailer  is  acquired  outside  Illinois  and  used  outside
12    Illinois before being brought to Illinois for use here and is
13    taxable under this Act, the "selling price" on which the  tax
14    is  computed  shall be reduced by an amount that represents a
15    reasonable allowance for depreciation for the period of prior
16    out-of-state use.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-605, eff.  6-30-98;  90-606,  eff.  6-30-98;
18    91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.)

19        Section  15.   The  Service  Use  Tax  Act  is amended by
20    changing Section 3-10 as follows:

21        (35 ILCS 110/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-10)
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 the selling  price  of  tangible  personal  property
25    transferred  as  an incident to the sale of service, but, for
26    the purpose of computing this tax,  in  no  event  shall  the
27    selling  price be less than the cost price of the property to
28    the serviceman.
29        Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31,  2000,
30    and  beginning  again  on  July  1, 2001 and thereafter, with
31    respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor
32    Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of  the
 
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 1    Use  Tax  Act,  the  tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. The
 2    changes made by this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General
 3    Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
 4        With  respect  to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act,
 5    the tax imposed by this Act applies to  70%  of  the  selling
 6    price  of  property transferred as an incident to the sale of
 7    service on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003,
 8    and to 100% of the selling price thereafter.
 9        At the election of any  registered  serviceman  made  for
10    each  fiscal  year,  sales  of service in which the aggregate
11    annual cost price of tangible personal  property  transferred
12    as  an  incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or
13    75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
14    or servicemen engaged in  graphic  arts  production,  of  the
15    aggregate  annual  total  gross  receipts  from  all sales of
16    service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be  based  on  the
17    serviceman's  cost  price  of  the tangible personal property
18    transferred as an incident to the sale of those services.
19        The tax shall be imposed  at  the  rate  of  1%  on  food
20    prepared  for  immediate consumption and transferred incident
21    to a sale of service subject  to  this  Act  or  the  Service
22    Occupation  Tax  Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital
23    Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the  Child  Care
24    Act of 1969.  The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1%
25    on  food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
26    premises where it is sold (other  than  alcoholic  beverages,
27    soft  drinks,  and  food that has been prepared for immediate
28    consumption and is not otherwise included in this  paragraph)
29    and   prescription   and  nonprescription  medicines,  drugs,
30    medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for  the
31    purpose  of  rendering  it  usable  by a disabled person, and
32    insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles  used
33    by  diabetics,  for  human  use.  For  the  purposes  of this
34    Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished,
 
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 1    ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not,
 2    including but not limited to soda water, cola,  fruit  juice,
 3    vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations
 4    commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description
 5    that  are  contained  in  any  closed  or sealed bottle, can,
 6    carton, or container, regardless of size.  "Soft drinks" does
 7    not  include  coffee,  tea,  non-carbonated   water,   infant
 8    formula,  milk  or  milk  products  as defined in the Grade A
 9    Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks  containing
10    50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice.
11        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Act, "food
12    for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
13    where it is sold" includes all food sold  through  a  vending
14    machine,  except  soft  drinks  and  food  products  that are
15    dispensed hot from  a  vending  machine,  regardless  of  the
16    location of the vending machine.
17        If  the  property  that  is acquired from a serviceman is
18    acquired outside Illinois and used  outside  Illinois  before
19    being  brought  to Illinois for use here and is taxable under
20    this Act, the "selling price" on which the  tax  is  computed
21    shall  be  reduced  by an amount that represents a reasonable
22    allowance  for  depreciation  for   the   period   of   prior
23    out-of-state use.
24    (Source: P.A.  90-605,  eff.  6-30-98;  90-606, eff. 6-30-98;
25    91-51, eff.  6-30-99;  91-541,  eff.  8-13-99;  91-872,  eff.
26    7-1-00.)

27        Section 20.  The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
28    changing Section 3-10 as follows:

29        (35 ILCS 115/3-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-10)
30        Sec.  3-10.  Rate  of  tax.  Unless otherwise provided in
31    this Section, the tax imposed by this Act is at the  rate  of
32    6.25%  of the "selling price", as defined in Section 2 of the
 
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 1    Service Use Tax Act, of the tangible personal property.   For
 2    the  purpose  of  computing  this  tax, in no event shall the
 3    "selling price" be less than the cost price to the serviceman
 4    of the tangible personal property transferred.   The  selling
 5    price  of each item of tangible personal property transferred
 6    as an incident of a  sale  of  service  may  be  shown  as  a
 7    distinct and separate item on the serviceman's billing to the
 8    service  customer.  If the selling price is not so shown, the
 9    selling price of the tangible personal property is deemed  to
10    be  50%  of  the  serviceman's  entire billing to the service
11    customer.  When, however, a serviceman contracts  to  design,
12    develop,  and  produce  special order machinery or equipment,
13    the  tax  imposed  by  this  Act  shall  be  based   on   the
14    serviceman's  cost  price  of  the tangible personal property
15    transferred incident to the completion of the contract.
16        Beginning on July 1, 2000 and through December 31,  2000,
17    and  beginning  again  on  July  1, 2001 and thereafter, with
18    respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor
19    Fuel Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of  the
20    Use  Tax  Act,  the  tax is imposed at the rate of 1.25%. The
21    changes made by this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General
22    Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
23        With  respect  to gasohol, as defined in the Use Tax Act,
24    the tax imposed by this Act shall apply to 70%  of  the  cost
25    price  of  property transferred as an incident to the sale of
26    service on or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1, 2003,
27    and to 100% of the cost price thereafter.
28        At the election of any  registered  serviceman  made  for
29    each  fiscal  year,  sales  of service in which the aggregate
30    annual cost price of tangible personal  property  transferred
31    as  an  incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or
32    75% in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
33    or servicemen engaged in  graphic  arts  production,  of  the
34    aggregate  annual  total  gross  receipts  from  all sales of
 
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 1    service, the tax imposed by this Act shall be  based  on  the
 2    serviceman's  cost  price  of  the tangible personal property
 3    transferred incident to the sale of those services.
 4        The tax shall be imposed  at  the  rate  of  1%  on  food
 5    prepared  for  immediate consumption and transferred incident
 6    to a sale of service subject  to  this  Act  or  the  Service
 7    Occupation  Tax  Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital
 8    Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the  Child  Care
 9    Act of 1969.  The tax shall also be imposed at the rate of 1%
10    on  food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
11    premises where it is sold (other  than  alcoholic  beverages,
12    soft  drinks,  and  food that has been prepared for immediate
13    consumption and is not otherwise included in this  paragraph)
14    and   prescription   and  nonprescription  medicines,  drugs,
15    medical appliances, modifications to a motor vehicle for  the
16    purpose  of  rendering  it  usable  by a disabled person, and
17    insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles  used
18    by  diabetics,  for  human  use.   For  the  purposes of this
19    Section, the term "soft drinks" means any complete, finished,
20    ready-to-use, non-alcoholic drink, whether carbonated or not,
21    including but not limited to soda water, cola,  fruit  juice,
22    vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all other preparations
23    commonly known as soft drinks of whatever kind or description
24    that  are  contained  in any closed or sealed can, carton, or
25    container,  regardless  of  size.   "Soft  drinks"  does  not
26    include coffee, tea, non-carbonated  water,  infant  formula,
27    milk  or  milk products as defined in the Grade A Pasteurized
28    Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks containing 50% or  more
29    natural fruit or vegetable juice.
30        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Act, "food
31    for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
32    where it is sold" includes all food sold  through  a  vending
33    machine,  except  soft  drinks  and  food  products  that are
34    dispensed hot from  a  vending  machine,  regardless  of  the
 
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 1    location of the vending machine.
 2    (Source:  P.A.  90-605,  eff.  6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98;
 3    91-51, 6-30-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.)

 4        Section 25.  The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended
 5    by changing Sections 2-10 and 2d as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 120/2-10) (from Ch. 120, par. 441-10)
 7        Sec. 2-10. Rate of tax.   Unless  otherwise  provided  in
 8    this  Section,  the tax imposed by this Act is at the rate of
 9    6.25% of gross  receipts  from  sales  of  tangible  personal
10    property made in the course of business.
11        Beginning  on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000,
12    and beginning again on July  1,  2001  and  thereafter,  with
13    respect to motor fuel, as defined in Section 1.1 of the Motor
14    Fuel  Tax Law, and gasohol, as defined in Section 3-40 of the
15    Use Tax Act, the tax is imposed at the  rate  of  1.25%.  The
16    changes  made  by  this  amendatory  Act  of the 92nd General
17    Assembly are exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
18        Within  14  days  after  the  effective  date   of   this
19    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, each retailer of
20    motor fuel and gasohol shall cause the following notice to be
21    posted   in  a  prominently  visible  place  on  each  retail
22    dispensing device that is used  to  dispense  motor  fuel  or
23    gasohol  in  the State of Illinois:  "As of July 1, 2000, the
24    State of Illinois has eliminated the State's share  of  sales
25    tax  on motor fuel and gasohol through December 31, 2000. The
26    price on this pump should  reflect  the  elimination  of  the
27    tax."   The  notice  shall be printed in bold print on a sign
28    that is no smaller than 4 inches by 8 inches.  The sign shall
29    be clearly visible to customers.  Any retailer who  fails  to
30    post or maintain a required sign through December 31, 2000 is
31    guilty  of  a  petty offense for which the fine shall be $500
32    per day per each retail premises where a violation occurs.
 
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 1        With respect to gasohol, as defined in the Use  Tax  Act,
 2    the tax imposed by this Act applies to 70% of the proceeds of
 3    sales  made  on  or after January 1, 1990, and before July 1,
 4    2003, and to 100% of the proceeds of sales made thereafter.
 5        With respect to food for human consumption that is to  be
 6    consumed  off  the  premises  where  it  is  sold (other than
 7    alcoholic beverages, soft drinks,  and  food  that  has  been
 8    prepared  for  immediate  consumption)  and  prescription and
 9    nonprescription   medicines,   drugs,   medical   appliances,
10    modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering
11    it usable by a disabled person, and  insulin,  urine  testing
12    materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
13    use,  the  tax is imposed at the rate of 1%. For the purposes
14    of this Section, the term "soft drinks" means  any  complete,
15    finished,    ready-to-use,   non-alcoholic   drink,   whether
16    carbonated or not, including but not limited to  soda  water,
17    cola, fruit juice, vegetable juice, carbonated water, and all
18    other  preparations commonly known as soft drinks of whatever
19    kind or description that  are  contained  in  any  closed  or
20    sealed bottle, can, carton, or container, regardless of size.
21    "Soft  drinks"  does  not include coffee, tea, non-carbonated
22    water, infant formula, milk or milk products  as  defined  in
23    the Grade A Pasteurized Milk and Milk Products Act, or drinks
24    containing 50% or more natural fruit or vegetable juice.
25        Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Act, "food
26    for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises
27    where it is sold" includes all food sold  through  a  vending
28    machine,  except  soft  drinks  and  food  products  that are
29    dispensed hot from  a  vending  machine,  regardless  of  the
30    location of the vending machine.
31    (Source:  P.A.  90-605,  eff.  6-30-98; 90-606, eff. 6-30-98;
32    91-51, eff. 6-30-99; 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.)

33        (35 ILCS 120/2d) (from Ch. 120, par. 441d)
 
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 1        Sec. 2d.  Tax prepayment  by  motor  fuel  retailer.  Any
 2    person  engaged  in  the  business  of  selling motor fuel at
 3    retail, as defined in the Motor Fuel Tax Law, and who is  not
 4    a  licensed  distributor or supplier, as defined in the Motor
 5    Fuel Tax  Law,  shall  prepay  to  his  or  her  distributor,
 6    supplier,  or  other  reseller of motor fuel a portion of the
 7    tax imposed by this Act  if  the  distributor,  supplier,  or
 8    other  reseller  of motor fuel is registered under Section 2a
 9    or Section  2c  of  this  Act.   The  prepayment  requirement
10    provided for in this Section does not apply to liquid propane
11    gas.
12        Beginning  on July 1, 2000 and through December 31, 2000,
13    the  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  paid  to  the  distributor,
14    supplier, or other reseller shall be an amount equal to $0.01
15    per gallon of the motor fuel, except gasohol  as  defined  in
16    Section  2-10  of  this Act which shall be an amount equal to
17    $0.01 per gallon, purchased from the  distributor,  supplier,
18    or other reseller.
19        Before July 1, 2000 and then beginning on January 1, 2001
20    and   through   June  30,  2001  thereafter,  the  Retailers'
21    Occupation Tax paid to the distributor,  supplier,  or  other
22    reseller  shall be an amount equal to $0.04 per gallon of the
23    motor fuel, except gasohol as defined in Section 2-10 of this
24    Act which shall be an  amount  equal  to  $0.03  per  gallon,
25    purchased from the distributor, supplier, or other reseller.
26        Beginning  again  on  July  1,  2001  and thereafter, the
27    Retailers' Occupation Tax paid to the distributor,  supplier,
28    or  other  reseller  shall  be  an  amount equal to $0.01 per
29    gallon of the motor  fuel  purchased  from  the  distributor,
30    supplier, or other reseller.
31        Any  person engaged in the business of selling motor fuel
32    at retail shall be entitled to a credit against tax due under
33    this  Act  in  an  amount  equal  to  the  tax  paid  to  the
34    distributor, supplier, or other reseller.
 
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 1        Every distributor, supplier, or other reseller registered
 2    as provided in Section 2a or Section 2c  of  this  Act  shall
 3    remit  the prepaid tax on all motor fuel that is due from any
 4    person engaged in the business of  selling  at  retail  motor
 5    fuel  with the returns filed under Section 2f or Section 3 of
 6    this Act, but the vendors  discount  provided  in  Section  3
 7    shall  not  apply  to  the  amount  of  prepaid  tax  that is
 8    remitted. Any distributor or supplier who fails  to  properly
 9    collect  and  remit the tax shall be liable for the tax.  For
10    purposes of this Section, the prepaid tax is due on  invoiced
11    gallons  sold during a month by the 20th day of the following
12    month.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.)

14        Section 30.   The  Motor  Fuel  Tax  Law  is  amended  by
15    changing Section 13a as follows:

16        (35 ILCS 505/13a) (from Ch. 120, par. 429a)
17        Sec.  13a.   (1)  A tax is hereby imposed upon the use of
18    motor fuel upon highways of this State  by  commercial  motor
19    vehicles.  The  tax  shall be comprised of 2 parts.  Part (a)
20    shall be at the rate established by Section 2 of this Act, as
21    heretofore or hereafter amended.  Part (b) shall  be  at  the
22    rate  established by subsection (2) of this Section as now or
23    hereafter amended.
24        (2)  For calendar years  1999  and  before  and  for  the
25    periods  of  January  through  June  of 2000 and 2001, a rate
26    shall be established by the Department as of  January  1   of
27    each  year  using  the average "selling price", as defined in
28    the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, per gallon of  motor  fuel
29    sold  in  this  State  during  the  previous  12  months  and
30    multiplying  it  by  6 1/4% to determine the cents per gallon
31    rate. For the period beginning on July 1,  2000  and  through
32    December  31,  2000,  the  Department  shall establish a rate
 
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 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 calendar year 1999 and multiplying it by
 4    1.25% to determine the cents per gallon rate. For the  period
 5    beginning  on July 1, 2001 and through December 31, 2001, the
 6    Department shall establish a rate using the average  "selling
 7    price",  as defined in the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, per
 8    gallon of motor fuel sold in this State during calendar  year
 9    2000  and  multiplying it by 1.25% to determine the cents per
10    gallon rate.  On January  1,  2002  and  on  each  January  1
11    thereafter  the  Department  shall establish a rate using the
12    average  "selling  price",  as  defined  in  the   Retailers'
13    Occupation  Tax  Act,  per  gallon of motor fuel sold in this
14    State during the previous 12 months  and  multiplying  it  by
15    1.25% to determine the cents per gallon rate.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-872, eff. 7-1-00.)

17        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
18    becoming law.

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