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92_HB3331 LRB9203764NTsbA 1 AN ACT in relation to education funding. 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 adding 5 Section 5.545 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/5.545 new) 7 Sec. 5.545. The Education Property Tax Relief Fund. 8 Section 10. The State Revenue Sharing Act is amended by 9 adding Section 7 as follows: 10 (30 ILCS 115/7 new) 11 Sec. 7. Education Property Tax Relief Fund. There is 12 hereby created the Education Property Tax Relief Fund, a 13 special fund in the State treasury. 14 For purposes of this Section, "Department" means the 15 Department of Revenue and "levy year" has the same meaning as 16 "year" under Section 1-155 of the Property Tax Code. 17 For purposes of this Section, "allocation basis levy 18 year" is the levy year 2 years prior to the distribution 19 year. 20 For purposes of this Section, the "operating tax rate" 21 shall consist of all school district property taxes extended 22 for all purposes, except community college educational 23 purposes for the payment of tuition under Section 6-1 of the 24 Public Community College Act, Bond and Interest, Summer 25 School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational Education 26 Building purposes. 27 By December 1 of each year, beginning December 1, 2001, 28 the Bureau of the Budget shall certify to the Department of 29 Revenue its estimate of the funds that will be available for -2- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 distribution from the Education Property Tax Relief Fund in 2 the next calendar year. 3 The Department shall determine the amount to be 4 distributed to the County Treasurer of each county for each 5 school district subject to the School Code in the county from 6 the Education Property Tax Relief Fund for each calendar 7 year, beginning in 2002. On or before January 1, 2002 and 8 each January 1 thereafter, the Department shall certify to 9 each county clerk the amount to be distributed for each 10 school district in the county that year. The amount shall 11 equal the Bureau of the Budget's estimate of the funds 12 available for the Education Property Tax Relief Fund for the 13 fiscal year in effect at the beginning of the calendar year 14 in which the funds will be distributed multiplied by an 15 allocation factor for each school district. The allocation 16 factor shall equal the amount extended for the operating tax 17 rate of each county's portion of each school district on the 18 classes of property eligible for the School Tax Abatement 19 under Section 18-162 of the Property Tax Code divided by the 20 sum of the total of such extensions for all school districts 21 in the State. The data used in determining this factor shall 22 be the most recent available to the Department submitted by 23 the County Clerk of each county pursuant to Section 18-255 of 24 the Property Tax Code by October 1 prior to the Department's 25 certification to the county clerks under this Section. 26 On February 1, 2002 and on February 1 of each calendar 27 year thereafter, the Department shall certify to the State 28 Comptroller an amount to be paid over to the county treasurer 29 in any county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, which is 30 required by Section 21-30 of the Property Tax Code to send an 31 estimated property tax bill by January 31 annually and an 32 actual tax bill by June 30 annually, equal to 50% of the 33 amount certified by the Department to be distributed to the 34 school districts in that county under this Section. On May -3- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 15, 2002 and on May 15 of each calendar year thereafter, the 2 Department shall certify to the State Comptroller an amount 3 to be paid over to the county treasurer in each county of 4 fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants equal to 50% of the amount 5 certified by the Department to be distributed to the school 6 districts in each such county under this Section. On August 7 15, 2002, and on August 15 of each calendar year thereafter, 8 the Department shall certify to the State Comptroller an 9 amount to be paid over to the county treasurer of each county 10 in the State equal to 50% of the amount certified by the 11 Department to be distributed to the school districts in each 12 county under this Section. The State Comptroller shall pay 13 from the Education Property Tax Relief Fund all amounts 14 certified to the State Comptroller under this Section. 15 The county treasurer shall promptly distribute the funds 16 to each school district based on the amount certified to the 17 county clerk by the Department under this Section. 18 Beginning with the January 1, 2003 certification by the 19 Department to the county clerks under this Section, and each 20 January 1 thereafter, the Department shall recalculate the 21 previous year's allocation factor for each school district 22 using the most recent available extension information 23 supplied under Section 18-255 of the Property Tax Code for 24 property taxes extended for the allocation basis levy year 25 applicable to the previous year's allocation. The current 26 year's allocation shall be adjusted by the difference between 27 this recalculation of the previous year's allocation and the 28 actual allocation and distribution in the previous year. 29 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 30 changing Sections 201, 203, 804, and 901 and by adding 31 Section 202.5 as follows: 32 (35 ILCS 5/201) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-201) -4- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Sec. 201. Tax Imposed. 2 (a) In general. A tax measured by net income is hereby 3 imposed on every individual, corporation, trust and estate 4 for each taxable year ending after July 31, 1969 on the 5 privilege of earning or receiving income in or as a resident 6 of this State. Such tax shall be in addition to all other 7 occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this State or by any 8 municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof. 9 (b) Rates. The tax imposed by subsection (a) of this 10 Section shall be determined as follows, except as adjusted by 11 subsection (d-1): 12 (1) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, 13 for taxable years ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount 14 equal to 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the 15 taxable year. 16 (2) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, 17 for taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and 18 ending after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to the sum of 19 (i) 2 1/2% of the taxpayer's net income for the period 20 prior to July 1, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, 21 and (ii) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period 22 after June 30, 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3. 23 (3) In the case of an individual, trust or estate, 24 for taxable years beginning after June 30, 1989, and 25 ending prior to July 1, 2001, an amount equal to 3% of 26 the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 27 (4) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 28 for taxable years beginning prior to July 1, 2001 and 29 ending after June 30, 2001, an amount equal to the sum of 30 (i) 3% of the taxpayer's net income for the period prior 31 to July 1, 2001, as calculated under Section 202.5, and 32 (ii) 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for the period 33 after June 30, 2001, as calculated under Section 202.5 34(Blank). -5- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (5) In the case of an individual, trust, or estate, 2 for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2001, an 3 amount equal to 3.75% of the taxpayer's net income for 4 the taxable year(Blank). 5 (5) (Blank). 6 (6) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 7 ending prior to July 1, 1989, an amount equal to 4% of 8 the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 9 (7) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 10 beginning prior to July 1, 1989 and ending after June 30, 11 1989, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 4% of the 12 taxpayer's net income for the period prior to July 1, 13 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3, and (ii) 4.8% of 14 the taxpayer's net income for the period after June 30, 15 1989, as calculated under Section 202.3. 16 (8) In the case of a corporation, for taxable years 17 beginning after June 30, 1989, an amount equal to 4.8% of 18 the taxpayer's net income for the taxable year. 19 (c) Beginning on July 1, 1979 and thereafter, in 20 addition to such income tax, there is also hereby imposed the 21 Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax measured by net 22 income on every corporation (including Subchapter S 23 corporations), partnership and trust, for each taxable year 24 ending after June 30, 1979. Such taxes are imposed on the 25 privilege of earning or receiving income in or as a resident 26 of this State. The Personal Property Tax Replacement Income 27 Tax shall be in addition to the income tax imposed by 28 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section and in addition to 29 all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by this State 30 or by any municipal corporation or political subdivision 31 thereof. 32 (d) Additional Personal Property Tax Replacement Income 33 Tax Rates. The personal property tax replacement income tax 34 imposed by this subsection and subsection (c) of this Section -6- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 in the case of a corporation, other than a Subchapter S 2 corporation and except as adjusted by subsection (d-1), shall 3 be an additional amount equal to 2.85% of such taxpayer's net 4 income for the taxable year, except that beginning on January 5 1, 1981, and thereafter, the rate of 2.85% specified in this 6 subsection shall be reduced to 2.5%, and in the case of a 7 partnership, trust or a Subchapter S corporation shall be an 8 additional amount equal to 1.5% of such taxpayer's net income 9 for the taxable year. 10 (d-1) Rate reduction for certain foreign insurers. In 11 the case of a foreign insurer, as defined by Section 35A-5 of 12 the Illinois Insurance Code, whose state or country of 13 domicile imposes on insurers domiciled in Illinois a 14 retaliatory tax (excluding any insurer whose premiums from 15 reinsurance assumed are 50% or more of its total insurance 16 premiums as determined under paragraph (2) of subsection (b) 17 of Section 304, except that for purposes of this 18 determination premiums from reinsurance do not include 19 premiums from inter-affiliate reinsurance arrangements), 20 beginning with taxable years ending on or after December 31, 21 1999, the sum of the rates of tax imposed by subsections (b) 22 and (d) shall be reduced (but not increased) to the rate at 23 which the total amount of tax imposed under this Act, net of 24 all credits allowed under this Act, shall equal (i) the total 25 amount of tax that would be imposed on the foreign insurer's 26 net income allocable to Illinois for the taxable year by such 27 foreign insurer's state or country of domicile if that net 28 income were subject to all income taxes and taxes measured by 29 net income imposed by such foreign insurer's state or country 30 of domicile, net of all credits allowed or (ii) a rate of 31 zero if no such tax is imposed on such income by the foreign 32 insurer's state of domicile. For the purposes of this 33 subsection (d-1), an inter-affiliate includes a mutual 34 insurer under common management. -7- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (1) For the purposes of subsection (d-1), in no 2 event shall the sum of the rates of tax imposed by 3 subsections (b) and (d) be reduced below the rate at 4 which the sum of: 5 (A) the total amount of tax imposed on such 6 foreign insurer under this Act for a taxable year, 7 net of all credits allowed under this Act, plus 8 (B) the privilege tax imposed by Section 409 9 of the Illinois Insurance Code, the fire insurance 10 company tax imposed by Section 12 of the Fire 11 Investigation Act, and the fire department taxes 12 imposed under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois 13 Municipal Code, 14 equals 1.25% of the net taxable premiums written for the 15 taxable year, as described by subsection (1) of Section 16 409 of the Illinois Insurance Code. This paragraph will 17 in no event increase the rates imposed under subsections 18 (b) and (d). 19 (2) Any reduction in the rates of tax imposed by 20 this subsection shall be applied first against the rates 21 imposed by subsection (b) and only after the tax imposed 22 by subsection (a) net of all credits allowed under this 23 Section other than the credit allowed under subsection 24 (i) has been reduced to zero, against the rates imposed 25 by subsection (d). 26 This subsection (d-1) is exempt from the provisions of 27 Section 250. 28 (e) Investment credit. A taxpayer shall be allowed a 29 credit against the Personal Property Tax Replacement Income 30 Tax for investment in qualified property. 31 (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit equal to 32 .5% of the basis of qualified property placed in service 33 during the taxable year, provided such property is placed 34 in service on or after July 1, 1984. There shall be -8- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 allowed an additional credit equal to .5% of the basis of 2 qualified property placed in service during the taxable 3 year, provided such property is placed in service on or 4 after July 1, 1986, and the taxpayer's base employment 5 within Illinois has increased by 1% or more over the 6 preceding year as determined by the taxpayer's employment 7 records filed with the Illinois Department of Employment 8 Security. Taxpayers who are new to Illinois shall be 9 deemed to have met the 1% growth in base employment for 10 the first year in which they file employment records with 11 the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The 12 provisions added to this Section by Public Act 85-1200 13 (and restored by Public Act 87-895) shall be construed as 14 declaratory of existing law and not as a new enactment. 15 If, in any year, the increase in base employment within 16 Illinois over the preceding year is less than 1%, the 17 additional credit shall be limited to that percentage 18 times a fraction, the numerator of which is .5% and the 19 denominator of which is 1%, but shall not exceed .5%. 20 The investment credit shall not be allowed to the extent 21 that it would reduce a taxpayer's liability in any tax 22 year below zero, nor may any credit for qualified 23 property be allowed for any year other than the year in 24 which the property was placed in service in Illinois. For 25 tax years ending on or after December 31, 1987, and on or 26 before December 31, 1988, the credit shall be allowed for 27 the tax year in which the property is placed in service, 28 or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability 29 for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability 30 or the liability as later amended, such excess may be 31 carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 32 taxable years following the excess credit years if the 33 taxpayer (i) makes investments which cause the creation 34 of a minimum of 2,000 full-time equivalent jobs in -9- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Illinois, (ii) is located in an enterprise zone 2 established pursuant to the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act 3 and (iii) is certified by the Department of Commerce and 4 Community Affairs as complying with the requirements 5 specified in clause (i) and (ii) by July 1, 1986. The 6 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs shall notify 7 the Department of Revenue of all such certifications 8 immediately. For tax years ending after December 31, 9 1988, the credit shall be allowed for the tax year in 10 which the property is placed in service, or, if the 11 amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability for that 12 year, whether it exceeds the original liability or the 13 liability as later amended, such excess may be carried 14 forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable 15 years following the excess credit years. The credit shall 16 be applied to the earliest year for which there is a 17 liability. If there is credit from more than one tax year 18 that is available to offset a liability, earlier credit 19 shall be applied first. 20 (2) The term "qualified property" means property 21 which: 22 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, 23 including buildings and structural components of 24 buildings and signs that are real property, but not 25 including land or improvements to real property that 26 are not a structural component of a building such as 27 landscaping, sewer lines, local access roads, 28 fencing, parking lots, and other appurtenances; 29 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of 30 the Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year 31 property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that 32 Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this 33 subsection (e); 34 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in -10- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; 2 (D) is used in Illinois by a taxpayer who is 3 primarily engaged in manufacturing, or in mining 4 coal or fluorite, or in retailing; and 5 (E) has not previously been used in Illinois 6 in such a manner and by such a person as would 7 qualify for the credit provided by this subsection 8 (e) or subsection (f). 9 (3) For purposes of this subsection (e), 10 "manufacturing" means the material staging and production 11 of tangible personal property by procedures commonly 12 regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabrication, or 13 assembling which changes some existing material into new 14 shapes, new qualities, or new combinations. For purposes 15 of this subsection (e) the term "mining" shall have the 16 same meaning as the term "mining" in Section 613(c) of 17 the Internal Revenue Code. For purposes of this 18 subsection (e), the term "retailing" means the sale of 19 tangible personal property or services rendered in 20 conjunction with the sale of tangible consumer goods or 21 commodities. 22 (4) The basis of qualified property shall be the 23 basis used to compute the depreciation deduction for 24 federal income tax purposes. 25 (5) If the basis of the property for federal income 26 tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been 27 placed in service in Illinois by the taxpayer, the amount 28 of such increase shall be deemed property placed in 29 service on the date of such increase in basis. 30 (6) The term "placed in service" shall have the 31 same meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue 32 Code. 33 (7) If during any taxable year, any property ceases 34 to be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer -11- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 within 48 months after being placed in service, or the 2 situs of any qualified property is moved outside Illinois 3 within 48 months after being placed in service, the 4 Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax for such 5 taxable year shall be increased. Such increase shall be 6 determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which 7 would have been allowed for the year in which credit for 8 such property was originally allowed by eliminating such 9 property from such computation and, (ii) subtracting such 10 recomputed credit from the amount of credit previously 11 allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (7), a 12 reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting 13 from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be 14 deemed a disposition of qualified property to the extent 15 of such reduction. 16 (8) Unless the investment credit is extended by 17 law, the basis of qualified property shall not include 18 costs incurred after December 31, 2003, except for costs 19 incurred pursuant to a binding contract entered into on 20 or before December 31, 2003. 21 (9) Each taxable year ending before December 31, 22 2000, a partnership may elect to pass through to its 23 partners the credits to which the partnership is entitled 24 under this subsection (e) for the taxable year. A 25 partner may use the credit allocated to him or her under 26 this paragraph only against the tax imposed in 27 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. If the 28 partnership makes that election, those credits shall be 29 allocated among the partners in the partnership in 30 accordance with the rules set forth in Section 704(b) of 31 the Internal Revenue Code, and the rules promulgated 32 under that Section, and the allocated amount of the 33 credits shall be allowed to the partners for that taxable 34 year. The partnership shall make this election on its -12- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax return for 2 that taxable year. The election to pass through the 3 credits shall be irrevocable. 4 For taxable years ending on or after December 31, 5 2000, a partner that qualifies its partnership for a 6 subtraction under subparagraph (I) of paragraph (2) of 7 subsection (d) of Section 203 or a shareholder that 8 qualifies a Subchapter S corporation for a subtraction 9 under subparagraph (S) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) 10 of Section 203 shall be allowed a credit under this 11 subsection (e) equal to its share of the credit earned 12 under this subsection (e) during the taxable year by the 13 partnership or Subchapter S corporation, determined in 14 accordance with the determination of income and 15 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 16 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. This 17 paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 250. 18 (f) Investment credit; Enterprise Zone. 19 (1) A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against 20 the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of this 21 Section for investment in qualified property which is 22 placed in service in an Enterprise Zone created pursuant 23 to the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. For partners, 24 shareholders of Subchapter S corporations, and owners of 25 limited liability companies, if the liability company is 26 treated as a partnership for purposes of federal and 27 State income taxation, there shall be allowed a credit 28 under this subsection (f) to be determined in accordance 29 with the determination of income and distributive share 30 of income under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of 31 the Internal Revenue Code. The credit shall be .5% of the 32 basis for such property. The credit shall be available 33 only in the taxable year in which the property is placed 34 in service in the Enterprise Zone and shall not be -13- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 allowed to the extent that it would reduce a taxpayer's 2 liability for the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) 3 of this Section to below zero. For tax years ending on or 4 after December 31, 1985, the credit shall be allowed for 5 the tax year in which the property is placed in service, 6 or, if the amount of the credit exceeds the tax liability 7 for that year, whether it exceeds the original liability 8 or the liability as later amended, such excess may be 9 carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the 5 10 taxable years following the excess credit year. The 11 credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which 12 there is a liability. If there is credit from more than 13 one tax year that is available to offset a liability, the 14 credit accruing first in time shall be applied first. 15 (2) The term qualified property means property 16 which: 17 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, 18 including buildings and structural components of 19 buildings; 20 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of 21 the Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year 22 property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that 23 Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this 24 subsection (f); 25 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in 26 Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; 27 (D) is used in the Enterprise Zone by the 28 taxpayer; and 29 (E) has not been previously used in Illinois 30 in such a manner and by such a person as would 31 qualify for the credit provided by this subsection 32 (f) or subsection (e). 33 (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the 34 basis used to compute the depreciation deduction for -14- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 federal income tax purposes. 2 (4) If the basis of the property for federal income 3 tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been 4 placed in service in the Enterprise Zone by the taxpayer, 5 the amount of such increase shall be deemed property 6 placed in service on the date of such increase in basis. 7 (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the 8 same meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue 9 Code. 10 (6) If during any taxable year, any property ceases 11 to be qualified property in the hands of the taxpayer 12 within 48 months after being placed in service, or the 13 situs of any qualified property is moved outside the 14 Enterprise Zone within 48 months after being placed in 15 service, the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of 16 this Section for such taxable year shall be increased. 17 Such increase shall be determined by (i) recomputing the 18 investment credit which would have been allowed for the 19 year in which credit for such property was originally 20 allowed by eliminating such property from such 21 computation, and (ii) subtracting such recomputed credit 22 from the amount of credit previously allowed. For the 23 purposes of this paragraph (6), a reduction of the basis 24 of qualified property resulting from a redetermination of 25 the purchase price shall be deemed a disposition of 26 qualified property to the extent of such reduction. 27 (g) Jobs Tax Credit; Enterprise Zone and Foreign Trade 28 Zone or Sub-Zone. 29 (1) A taxpayer conducting a trade or business in an 30 enterprise zone or a High Impact Business designated by 31 the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs 32 conducting a trade or business in a federally designated 33 Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone shall be allowed a credit 34 against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of -15- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 this Section in the amount of $500 per eligible employee 2 hired to work in the zone during the taxable year. 3 (2) To qualify for the credit: 4 (A) the taxpayer must hire 5 or more eligible 5 employees to work in an enterprise zone or federally 6 designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone during the 7 taxable year; 8 (B) the taxpayer's total employment within the 9 enterprise zone or federally designated Foreign 10 Trade Zone or Sub-Zone must increase by 5 or more 11 full-time employees beyond the total employed in 12 that zone at the end of the previous tax year for 13 which a jobs tax credit under this Section was 14 taken, or beyond the total employed by the taxpayer 15 as of December 31, 1985, whichever is later; and 16 (C) the eligible employees must be employed 17 180 consecutive days in order to be deemed hired for 18 purposes of this subsection. 19 (3) An "eligible employee" means an employee who 20 is: 21 (A) Certified by the Department of Commerce 22 and Community Affairs as "eligible for services" 23 pursuant to regulations promulgated in accordance 24 with Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act, 25 Training Services for the Disadvantaged or Title III 26 of the Job Training Partnership Act, Employment and 27 Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers Program. 28 (B) Hired after the enterprise zone or 29 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone 30 was designated or the trade or business was located 31 in that zone, whichever is later. 32 (C) Employed in the enterprise zone or Foreign 33 Trade Zone or Sub-Zone. An employee is employed in 34 an enterprise zone or federally designated Foreign -16- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Trade Zone or Sub-Zone if his services are rendered 2 there or it is the base of operations for the 3 services performed. 4 (D) A full-time employee working 30 or more 5 hours per week. 6 (4) For tax years ending on or after December 31, 7 1985 and prior to December 31, 1988, the credit shall be 8 allowed for the tax year in which the eligible employees 9 are hired. For tax years ending on or after December 31, 10 1988, the credit shall be allowed for the tax year 11 immediately following the tax year in which the eligible 12 employees are hired. If the amount of the credit exceeds 13 the tax liability for that year, whether it exceeds the 14 original liability or the liability as later amended, 15 such excess may be carried forward and applied to the tax 16 liability of the 5 taxable years following the excess 17 credit year. The credit shall be applied to the earliest 18 year for which there is a liability. If there is credit 19 from more than one tax year that is available to offset a 20 liability, earlier credit shall be applied first. 21 (5) The Department of Revenue shall promulgate such 22 rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry 23 out the purposes of this subsection (g). 24 (6) The credit shall be available for eligible 25 employees hired on or after January 1, 1986. 26 (h) Investment credit; High Impact Business. 27 (1) Subject to subsection (b) of Section 5.5 of the 28 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, a taxpayer shall be allowed 29 a credit against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and 30 (b) of this Section for investment in qualified property 31 which is placed in service by a Department of Commerce 32 and Community Affairs designated High Impact Business. 33 The credit shall be .5% of the basis for such property. 34 The credit shall not be available until the minimum -17- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 investments in qualified property set forth in Section 2 5.5 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act have been 3 satisfied and shall not be allowed to the extent that it 4 would reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed 5 by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. 6 The credit applicable to such minimum investments shall 7 be taken in the taxable year in which such minimum 8 investments have been completed. The credit for 9 additional investments beyond the minimum investment by a 10 designated high impact business shall be available only 11 in the taxable year in which the property is placed in 12 service and shall not be allowed to the extent that it 13 would reduce a taxpayer's liability for the tax imposed 14 by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section to below zero. 15 For tax years ending on or after December 31, 1987, the 16 credit shall be allowed for the tax year in which the 17 property is placed in service, or, if the amount of the 18 credit exceeds the tax liability for that year, whether 19 it exceeds the original liability or the liability as 20 later amended, such excess may be carried forward and 21 applied to the tax liability of the 5 taxable years 22 following the excess credit year. The credit shall be 23 applied to the earliest year for which there is a 24 liability. If there is credit from more than one tax 25 year that is available to offset a liability, the credit 26 accruing first in time shall be applied first. 27 Changes made in this subdivision (h)(1) by Public 28 Act 88-670 restore changes made by Public Act 85-1182 and 29 reflect existing law. 30 (2) The term qualified property means property 31 which: 32 (A) is tangible, whether new or used, 33 including buildings and structural components of 34 buildings; -18- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (B) is depreciable pursuant to Section 167 of 2 the Internal Revenue Code, except that "3-year 3 property" as defined in Section 168(c)(2)(A) of that 4 Code is not eligible for the credit provided by this 5 subsection (h); 6 (C) is acquired by purchase as defined in 7 Section 179(d) of the Internal Revenue Code; and 8 (D) is not eligible for the Enterprise Zone 9 Investment Credit provided by subsection (f) of this 10 Section. 11 (3) The basis of qualified property shall be the 12 basis used to compute the depreciation deduction for 13 federal income tax purposes. 14 (4) If the basis of the property for federal income 15 tax depreciation purposes is increased after it has been 16 placed in service in a federally designated Foreign Trade 17 Zone or Sub-Zone located in Illinois by the taxpayer, the 18 amount of such increase shall be deemed property placed 19 in service on the date of such increase in basis. 20 (5) The term "placed in service" shall have the 21 same meaning as under Section 46 of the Internal Revenue 22 Code. 23 (6) If during any taxable year ending on or before 24 December 31, 1996, any property ceases to be qualified 25 property in the hands of the taxpayer within 48 months 26 after being placed in service, or the situs of any 27 qualified property is moved outside Illinois within 48 28 months after being placed in service, the tax imposed 29 under subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for such 30 taxable year shall be increased. Such increase shall be 31 determined by (i) recomputing the investment credit which 32 would have been allowed for the year in which credit for 33 such property was originally allowed by eliminating such 34 property from such computation, and (ii) subtracting such -19- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 recomputed credit from the amount of credit previously 2 allowed. For the purposes of this paragraph (6), a 3 reduction of the basis of qualified property resulting 4 from a redetermination of the purchase price shall be 5 deemed a disposition of qualified property to the extent 6 of such reduction. 7 (7) Beginning with tax years ending after December 8 31, 1996, if a taxpayer qualifies for the credit under 9 this subsection (h) and thereby is granted a tax 10 abatement and the taxpayer relocates its entire facility 11 in violation of the explicit terms and length of the 12 contract under Section 18-183 of the Property Tax Code, 13 the tax imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of this 14 Section shall be increased for the taxable year in which 15 the taxpayer relocated its facility by an amount equal to 16 the amount of credit received by the taxpayer under this 17 subsection (h). 18 (i) A credit shall be allowed against the tax imposed by 19 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for the tax imposed 20 by subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. This credit 21 shall be computed by multiplying the tax imposed by 22 subsections (c) and (d) of this Section by a fraction, the 23 numerator of which is base income allocable to Illinois and 24 the denominator of which is Illinois base income, and further 25 multiplying the product by the tax rate imposed by 26 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section. 27 Any credit earned on or after December 31, 1986 under 28 this subsection which is unused in the year the credit is 29 computed because it exceeds the tax liability imposed by 30 subsections (a) and (b) for that year (whether it exceeds the 31 original liability or the liability as later amended) may be 32 carried forward and applied to the tax liability imposed by 33 subsections (a) and (b) of the 5 taxable years following the 34 excess credit year. This credit shall be applied first to -20- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 the earliest year for which there is a liability. If there 2 is a credit under this subsection from more than one tax year 3 that is available to offset a liability the earliest credit 4 arising under this subsection shall be applied first. 5 If, during any taxable year ending on or after December 6 31, 1986, the tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of this 7 Section for which a taxpayer has claimed a credit under this 8 subsection (i) is reduced, the amount of credit for such tax 9 shall also be reduced. Such reduction shall be determined by 10 recomputing the credit to take into account the reduced tax 11 imposed by subsection (c) and (d). If any portion of the 12 reduced amount of credit has been carried to a different 13 taxable year, an amended return shall be filed for such 14 taxable year to reduce the amount of credit claimed. 15 (j) Training expense credit. Beginning with tax years 16 ending on or after December 31, 1986, a taxpayer shall be 17 allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsection (a) 18 and (b) under this Section for all amounts paid or accrued, 19 on behalf of all persons employed by the taxpayer in Illinois 20 or Illinois residents employed outside of Illinois by a 21 taxpayer, for educational or vocational training in 22 semi-technical or technical fields or semi-skilled or skilled 23 fields, which were deducted from gross income in the 24 computation of taxable income. The credit against the tax 25 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 1.6% of such 26 training expenses. For partners, shareholders of subchapter 27 S corporations, and owners of limited liability companies, if 28 the liability company is treated as a partnership for 29 purposes of federal and State income taxation, there shall be 30 allowed a credit under this subsection (j) to be determined 31 in accordance with the determination of income and 32 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and 33 subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. 34 Any credit allowed under this subsection which is unused -21- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 in the year the credit is earned may be carried forward to 2 each of the 5 taxable years following the year for which the 3 credit is first computed until it is used. This credit shall 4 be applied first to the earliest year for which there is a 5 liability. If there is a credit under this subsection from 6 more than one tax year that is available to offset a 7 liability the earliest credit arising under this subsection 8 shall be applied first. 9 (k) Research and development credit. 10 Beginning with tax years ending after July 1, 1990, a 11 taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by 12 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for increasing 13 research activities in this State. The credit allowed 14 against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) shall be 15 equal to 6 1/2% of the qualifying expenditures for increasing 16 research activities in this State. For partners, shareholders 17 of subchapter S corporations, and owners of limited liability 18 companies, if the liability company is treated as a 19 partnership for purposes of federal and State income 20 taxation, there shall be allowed a credit under this 21 subsection to be determined in accordance with the 22 determination of income and distributive share of income 23 under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the Internal 24 Revenue Code. 25 For purposes of this subsection, "qualifying 26 expenditures" means the qualifying expenditures as defined 27 for the federal credit for increasing research activities 28 which would be allowable under Section 41 of the Internal 29 Revenue Code and which are conducted in this State, 30 "qualifying expenditures for increasing research activities 31 in this State" means the excess of qualifying expenditures 32 for the taxable year in which incurred over qualifying 33 expenditures for the base period, "qualifying expenditures 34 for the base period" means the average of the qualifying -22- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 expenditures for each year in the base period, and "base 2 period" means the 3 taxable years immediately preceding the 3 taxable year for which the determination is being made. 4 Any credit in excess of the tax liability for the taxable 5 year may be carried forward. A taxpayer may elect to have the 6 unused credit shown on its final completed return carried 7 over as a credit against the tax liability for the following 8 5 taxable years or until it has been fully used, whichever 9 occurs first. 10 If an unused credit is carried forward to a given year 11 from 2 or more earlier years, that credit arising in the 12 earliest year will be applied first against the tax liability 13 for the given year. If a tax liability for the given year 14 still remains, the credit from the next earliest year will 15 then be applied, and so on, until all credits have been used 16 or no tax liability for the given year remains. Any 17 remaining unused credit or credits then will be carried 18 forward to the next following year in which a tax liability 19 is incurred, except that no credit can be carried forward to 20 a year which is more than 5 years after the year in which the 21 expense for which the credit is given was incurred. 22 Unless extended by law, the credit shall not include 23 costs incurred after December 31, 2004, except for costs 24 incurred pursuant to a binding contract entered into on or 25 before December 31, 2004. 26 No inference shall be drawn from this amendatory Act of 27 the 91st General Assembly in construing this Section for 28 taxable years beginning before January 1, 1999. 29 (l) Environmental Remediation Tax Credit. 30 (i) For tax years ending after December 31, 1997 31 and on or before December 31, 2001, a taxpayer shall be 32 allowed a credit against the tax imposed by subsections 33 (a) and (b) of this Section for certain amounts paid for 34 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs, as specified in -23- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 this subsection. For purposes of this Section, 2 "unreimbursed eligible remediation costs" means costs 3 approved by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 4 ("Agency") under Section 58.14 of the Environmental 5 Protection Act that were paid in performing environmental 6 remediation at a site for which a No Further Remediation 7 Letter was issued by the Agency and recorded under 8 Section 58.10 of the Environmental Protection Act. The 9 credit must be claimed for the taxable year in which 10 Agency approval of the eligible remediation costs is 11 granted. The credit is not available to any taxpayer if 12 the taxpayer or any related party caused or contributed 13 to, in any material respect, a release of regulated 14 substances on, in, or under the site that was identified 15 and addressed by the remedial action pursuant to the Site 16 Remediation Program of the Environmental Protection Act. 17 After the Pollution Control Board rules are adopted 18 pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for 19 the administration and enforcement of Section 58.9 of the 20 Environmental Protection Act, determinations as to credit 21 availability for purposes of this Section shall be made 22 consistent with those rules. For purposes of this 23 Section, "taxpayer" includes a person whose tax 24 attributes the taxpayer has succeeded to under Section 25 381 of the Internal Revenue Code and "related party" 26 includes the persons disallowed a deduction for losses by 27 paragraphs (b), (c), and (f)(1) of Section 267 of the 28 Internal Revenue Code by virtue of being a related 29 taxpayer, as well as any of its partners. The credit 30 allowed against the tax imposed by subsections (a) and 31 (b) shall be equal to 25% of the unreimbursed eligible 32 remediation costs in excess of $100,000 per site, except 33 that the $100,000 threshold shall not apply to any site 34 contained in an enterprise zone as determined by the -24- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. The total 2 credit allowed shall not exceed $40,000 per year with a 3 maximum total of $150,000 per site. For partners and 4 shareholders of subchapter S corporations, there shall be 5 allowed a credit under this subsection to be determined 6 in accordance with the determination of income and 7 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 8 andofsubchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code. 9 (ii) A credit allowed under this subsection that is 10 unused in the year the credit is earned may be carried 11 forward to each of the 5 taxable years following the year 12 for which the credit is first earned until it is used. 13 The term "unused credit" does not include any amounts of 14 unreimbursed eligible remediation costs in excess of the 15 maximum credit per site authorized under paragraph (i). 16 This credit shall be applied first to the earliest year 17 for which there is a liability. If there is a credit 18 under this subsection from more than one tax year that is 19 available to offset a liability, the earliest credit 20 arising under this subsection shall be applied first. A 21 credit allowed under this subsection may be sold to a 22 buyer as part of a sale of all or part of the remediation 23 site for which the credit was granted. The purchaser of 24 a remediation site and the tax credit shall succeed to 25 the unused credit and remaining carry-forward period of 26 the seller. To perfect the transfer, the assignor shall 27 record the transfer in the chain of title for the site 28 and provide written notice to the Director of the 29 Illinois Department of Revenue of the assignor's intent 30 to sell the remediation site and the amount of the tax 31 credit to be transferred as a portion of the sale. In no 32 event may a credit be transferred to any taxpayer if the 33 taxpayer or a related party would not be eligible under 34 the provisions of subsection (i). -25- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (iii) For purposes of this Section, the term "site" 2 shall have the same meaning as under Section 58.2 of the 3 Environmental Protection Act. 4 (m) Education expense credit. 5 Beginning with tax years ending after December 31, 1999, 6 a taxpayer who is the custodian of one or more qualifying 7 pupils shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed by 8 subsections (a) and (b) of this Section for qualified 9 education expenses incurred on behalf of the qualifying 10 pupils. The credit shall be equal to 25% of qualified 11 education expenses, but in no event may the total credit 12 under this Section claimed by a family that is the custodian 13 of qualifying pupils exceed $500. In no event shall a credit 14 under this subsection reduce the taxpayer's liability under 15 this Act to less than zero. This subsection is exempt from 16 the provisions of Section 250 of this Act. 17 For purposes of this subsection; 18 "Qualifying pupils" means individuals who (i) are 19 residents of the State of Illinois, (ii) are under the age of 20 21 at the close of the school year for which a credit is 21 sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit 22 is sought were full-time pupils enrolled in a kindergarten 23 through twelfth grade education program at any school, as 24 defined in this subsection. 25 "Qualified education expense" means the amount incurred 26 on behalf of a qualifying pupil in excess of $250 for 27 tuition, book fees, and lab fees at the school in which the 28 pupil is enrolled during the regular school year. 29 "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary or 30 secondary school in Illinois that is in compliance with Title 31 VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and attendance at which 32 satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School 33 Code, except that nothing shall be construed to require a 34 child to attend any particular public or nonpublic school to -26- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 qualify for the credit under this Section. 2 "Custodian" means, with respect to qualifying pupils, an 3 Illinois resident who is a parent, the parents, a legal 4 guardian, or the legal guardians of the qualifying pupils. 5 (Source: P.A. 90-123, eff. 7-21-97; 90-458, eff. 8-17-97; 6 90-605, eff. 6-30-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-717, eff. 7 8-7-98; 90-792, eff. 1-1-99; 91-9, eff. 1-1-00; 91-357, eff. 8 7-29-99; 91-643, eff. 8-20-99; 91-644, eff. 8-20-99; 91-860, 9 eff. 6-22-00; 91-913, eff. 1-1-01; revised 10-24-00.) 10 (35 ILCS 5/202.5 new) 11 Sec. 202.5. Net income attributable to the period prior 12 to July 1, 2001 and net income attributable to the period 13 after June 30, 2001. 14 (a) In general. With respect to the taxable year of a 15 taxpayer beginning prior to July 1, 2001 and ending after 16 June 30, 2001, net income for the period after June 30, 2001 17 shall be that amount which bears the same ratio to the 18 taxpayer's net income for the entire taxable year as the 19 number of days in such year after June 30, 2001 bears to the 20 total number of days in such year, and the net income for the 21 period prior to July 1, 2001 shall be that amount which bears 22 the same ratio to the taxpayer's net income for the entire 23 taxable year as the number of days in such year prior to July 24 1, 2001 bears to the total number of days in such year. 25 (b) Election to attribute income and deduction items 26 specifically to the respective portions of a taxable year 27 prior to July 1, 2001 and after June 30, 2001. In the case of 28 a taxpayer with a taxable year beginning prior to July 1, 29 2001 and ending after June 30, 2001, the taxpayer may elect, 30 in lieu of the procedure established in subsection (a) of 31 this Section, to determine net income on a specific 32 accounting basis for the 2 portions of his taxable year: 33 (i) from the beginning of the taxable year through -27- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 June 30, 2001, and 2 (ii) from July 1, 2001 through the end of the 3 taxable year. 4 If the taxpayer elects specific accounting under this 5 subsection, there shall be taken into account in computing 6 base income for each of the 2 portions of the taxable year 7 only those items earned, received, paid, incurred, or accrued 8 in each such period. The standard exemption provided by 9 Section 204 shall be divided between the respective periods 10 in amounts which bear the same ratio to the total exemption 11 allowable under Section 204 (determined without regard to 12 this Section) as the total number of days in each such period 13 bears to the total number of days in the taxable year. The 14 election provided by this subsection shall be made in such 15 manner and at such time as the Department may by forms or 16 regulations prescribe, but shall be made not later than the 17 due date (including any extensions thereof) for the filing of 18 the return for the taxable year, and shall be irrevocable. 19 (35 ILCS 5/203) (from Ch. 120, par. 2-203) 20 Sec. 203. Base income defined. 21 (a) Individuals. 22 (1) In general. In the case of an individual, base 23 income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's adjusted 24 gross income for the taxable year as modified by 25 paragraph (2). 26 (2) Modifications. The adjusted gross income 27 referred to in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding 28 thereto the sum of the following amounts: 29 (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or 30 accrued to the taxpayer as interest or dividends 31 during the taxable year to the extent excluded from 32 gross income in the computation of adjusted gross 33 income, except stock dividends of qualified public -28- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 utilities described in Section 305(e) of the 2 Internal Revenue Code; 3 (B) An amount equal to the amount of tax 4 imposed by this Act to the extent deducted from 5 gross income in the computation of adjusted gross 6 income for the taxable year; 7 (C) An amount equal to the amount received 8 during the taxable year as a recovery or refund of 9 real property taxes paid with respect to the 10 taxpayer's principal residence under the Revenue Act 11 of 1939 and for which a deduction was previously 12 taken under subparagraph (L) of this paragraph (2) 13 prior to July 1, 1991, the retrospective application 14 date of Article 4 of Public Act 87-17. In the case 15 of multi-unit or multi-use structures and farm 16 dwellings, the taxes on the taxpayer's principal 17 residence shall be that portion of the total taxes 18 for the entire property which is attributable to 19 such principal residence; 20 (D) An amount equal to the amount of the 21 capital gain deduction allowable under the Internal 22 Revenue Code, to the extent deducted from gross 23 income in the computation of adjusted gross income; 24 (D-5) An amount, to the extent not included in 25 adjusted gross income, equal to the amount of money 26 withdrawn by the taxpayer in the taxable year from a 27 medical care savings account and the interest earned 28 on the account in the taxable year of a withdrawal 29 pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 20 of the 30 Medical Care Savings Account Act or subsection (b) 31 of Section 20 of the Medical Care Savings Account 32 Act of 2000; and 33 (D-10) For taxable years ending after December 34 31, 1997, an amount equal to any eligible -29- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 remediation costs that the individual deducted in 2 computing adjusted gross income and for which the 3 individual claims a credit under subsection (l) of 4 Section 201; 5 and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of 6 the following amounts: 7 (E) Any amount included in such total in 8 respect of any compensation (including but not 9 limited to any compensation paid or accrued to a 10 serviceman while a prisoner of war or missing in 11 action) paid to a resident by reason of being on 12 active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States 13 and in respect of any compensation paid or accrued 14 to a resident who as a governmental employee was a 15 prisoner of war or missing in action, and in respect 16 of any compensation paid to a resident in 1971 or 17 thereafter for annual training performed pursuant to 18 Sections 502 and 503, Title 32, United States Code 19 as a member of the Illinois National Guard; 20 (F) An amount equal to all amounts included in 21 such total pursuant to the provisions of Sections 22 402(a), 402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a), 407(a), and 23 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, or included in 24 such total as distributions under the provisions of 25 any retirement or disability plan for employees of 26 any governmental agency or unit, or retirement 27 payments to retired partners, which payments are 28 excluded in computing net earnings from self 29 employment by Section 1402 of the Internal Revenue 30 Code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto; 31 (G) The valuation limitation amount; 32 (H) An amount equal to the amount of any tax 33 imposed by this Act which was refunded to the 34 taxpayer and included in such total for the taxable -30- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 year; 2 (I) An amount equal to all amounts included in 3 such total pursuant to the provisions of Section 111 4 of the Internal Revenue Code as a recovery of items 5 previously deducted from adjusted gross income in 6 the computation of taxable income; 7 (J) An amount equal to those dividends 8 included in such total which were paid by a 9 corporation which conducts business operations in an 10 Enterprise Zone or zones created under the Illinois 11 Enterprise Zone Act, and conducts substantially all 12 of its operations in an Enterprise Zone or zones; 13 (K) An amount equal to those dividends 14 included in such total that were paid by a 15 corporation that conducts business operations in a 16 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone 17 and that is designated a High Impact Business 18 located in Illinois; provided that dividends 19 eligible for the deduction provided in subparagraph 20 (J) of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be 21 eligible for the deduction provided under this 22 subparagraph (K); 23 (L) For taxable years ending after December 24 31, 1983, an amount equal to all social security 25 benefits and railroad retirement benefits included 26 in such total pursuant to Sections 72(r) and 86 of 27 the Internal Revenue Code; 28 (M) With the exception of any amounts 29 subtracted under subparagraph (N), an amount equal 30 to the sum of all amounts disallowed as deductions 31 by (i) Sections 171(a) (2), and 265(2) of the 32 Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as now or hereafter 33 amended, and all amounts of expenses allocable to 34 interest and disallowed as deductions by Section -31- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 265(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as now 2 or hereafter amended; and (ii) for taxable years 3 ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections 4 171(a)(2), 265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the 5 Internal Revenue Code; the provisions of this 6 subparagraph are exempt from the provisions of 7 Section 250; 8 (N) An amount equal to all amounts included in 9 such total which are exempt from taxation by this 10 State either by reason of its statutes or 11 Constitution or by reason of the Constitution, 12 treaties or statutes of the United States; provided 13 that, in the case of any statute of this State that 14 exempts income derived from bonds or other 15 obligations from the tax imposed under this Act, the 16 amount exempted shall be the interest net of bond 17 premium amortization; 18 (O) An amount equal to any contribution made 19 to a job training project established pursuant to 20 the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act; 21 (P) An amount equal to the amount of the 22 deduction used to compute the federal income tax 23 credit for restoration of substantial amounts held 24 under claim of right for the taxable year pursuant 25 to Section 1341 of the Internal Revenue Code of 26 1986; 27 (Q) An amount equal to any amounts included in 28 such total, received by the taxpayer as an 29 acceleration in the payment of life, endowment or 30 annuity benefits in advance of the time they would 31 otherwise be payable as an indemnity for a terminal 32 illness; 33 (R) An amount equal to the amount of any 34 federal or State bonus paid to veterans of the -32- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Persian Gulf War; 2 (S) An amount, to the extent included in 3 adjusted gross income, equal to the amount of a 4 contribution made in the taxable year on behalf of 5 the taxpayer to a medical care savings account 6 established under the Medical Care Savings Account 7 Act or the Medical Care Savings Account Act of 2000 8 to the extent the contribution is accepted by the 9 account administrator as provided in that Act; 10 (T) An amount, to the extent included in 11 adjusted gross income, equal to the amount of 12 interest earned in the taxable year on a medical 13 care savings account established under the Medical 14 Care Savings Account Act or the Medical Care Savings 15 Account Act of 2000 on behalf of the taxpayer, other 16 than interest added pursuant to item (D-5) of this 17 paragraph (2); 18 (U) For one taxable year beginning on or after 19 January 1, 1994, an amount equal to the total amount 20 of tax imposed and paid under subsections (a) and 21 (b) of Section 201 of this Act on grant amounts 22 received by the taxpayer under the Nursing Home 23 Grant Assistance Act during the taxpayer's taxable 24 years 1992 and 1993; 25 (V) Beginning with tax years ending on or 26 after December 31, 1995 and ending with tax years 27 ending on or before December 31, 2004, an amount 28 equal to the amount paid by a taxpayer who is a 29 self-employed taxpayer, a partner of a partnership, 30 or a shareholder in a Subchapter S corporation for 31 health insurance or long-term care insurance for 32 that taxpayer or that taxpayer's spouse or 33 dependents, to the extent that the amount paid for 34 that health insurance or long-term care insurance -33- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 may be deducted under Section 213 of the Internal 2 Revenue Code of 1986, has not been deducted on the 3 federal income tax return of the taxpayer, and does 4 not exceed the taxable income attributable to that 5 taxpayer's income, self-employment income, or 6 Subchapter S corporation income; except that no 7 deduction shall be allowed under this item (V) if 8 the taxpayer is eligible to participate in any 9 health insurance or long-term care insurance plan of 10 an employer of the taxpayer or the taxpayer's 11 spouse. The amount of the health insurance and 12 long-term care insurance subtracted under this item 13 (V) shall be determined by multiplying total health 14 insurance and long-term care insurance premiums paid 15 by the taxpayer times a number that represents the 16 fractional percentage of eligible medical expenses 17 under Section 213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 18 1986 not actually deducted on the taxpayer's federal 19 income tax return; 20 (W) For taxable years beginning on or after 21 January 1, 1998, all amounts included in the 22 taxpayer's federal gross income in the taxable year 23 from amounts converted from a regular IRA to a Roth 24 IRA. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of 25 Section 250;and26 (X) For taxable year 1999 and thereafter, an 27 amount equal to the amount of any (i) distributions, 28 to the extent includible in gross income for federal 29 income tax purposes, made to the taxpayer because of 30 his or her status as a victim of persecution for 31 racial or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any 32 other Axis regime or as an heir of the victim and 33 (ii) items of income, to the extent includible in 34 gross income for federal income tax purposes, -34- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 attributable to, derived from or in any way related 2 to assets stolen from, hidden from, or otherwise 3 lost to a victim of persecution for racial or 4 religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis 5 regime immediately prior to, during, and immediately 6 after World War II, including, but not limited to, 7 interest on the proceeds receivable as insurance 8 under policies issued to a victim of persecution for 9 racial or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any 10 other Axis regime by European insurance companies 11 immediately prior to and during World War II; 12 provided, however, this subtraction from federal 13 adjusted gross income does not apply to assets 14 acquired with such assets or with the proceeds from 15 the sale of such assets; provided, further, this 16 paragraph shall only apply to a taxpayer who was the 17 first recipient of such assets after their recovery 18 and who is a victim of persecution for racial or 19 religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis 20 regime or as an heir of the victim. The amount of 21 and the eligibility for any public assistance, 22 benefit, or similar entitlement is not affected by 23 the inclusion of items (i) and (ii) of this 24 paragraph in gross income for federal income tax 25 purposes. This paragraph is exempt from the 26 provisions of Section 250; and.27 (Y) Beginning with tax years ending on or 28 after December 31, 2001 and ending with tax years 29 ending on or before December 31, 2005, an amount, 30 not to exceed $1,200, equal to 15% of the total 31 amount of rent paid by the taxpayer during the year 32 for the principal place of residence of the 33 taxpayer. 34 (b) Corporations. -35- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (1) In general. In the case of a corporation, base 2 income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable 3 income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2). 4 (2) Modifications. The taxable income referred to 5 in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the 6 sum of the following amounts: 7 (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or 8 accrued to the taxpayer as interest and all 9 distributions received from regulated investment 10 companies during the taxable year to the extent 11 excluded from gross income in the computation of 12 taxable income; 13 (B) An amount equal to the amount of tax 14 imposed by this Act to the extent deducted from 15 gross income in the computation of taxable income 16 for the taxable year; 17 (C) In the case of a regulated investment 18 company, an amount equal to the excess of (i) the 19 net long-term capital gain for the taxable year, 20 over (ii) the amount of the capital gain dividends 21 designated as such in accordance with Section 22 852(b)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code and any 23 amount designated under Section 852(b)(3)(D) of the 24 Internal Revenue Code, attributable to the taxable 25 year (this amendatory Act of 1995 (Public Act 89-89) 26 is declarative of existing law and is not a new 27 enactment); 28 (D) The amount of any net operating loss 29 deduction taken in arriving at taxable income, other 30 than a net operating loss carried forward from a 31 taxable year ending prior to December 31, 1986; 32 (E) For taxable years in which a net operating 33 loss carryback or carryforward from a taxable year 34 ending prior to December 31, 1986 is an element of -36- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 taxable income under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) 2 or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection 3 (e), the amount by which addition modifications 4 other than those provided by this subparagraph (E) 5 exceeded subtraction modifications in such earlier 6 taxable year, with the following limitations applied 7 in the order that they are listed: 8 (i) the addition modification relating to 9 the net operating loss carried back or forward 10 to the taxable year from any taxable year 11 ending prior to December 31, 1986 shall be 12 reduced by the amount of addition modification 13 under this subparagraph (E) which related to 14 that net operating loss and which was taken 15 into account in calculating the base income of 16 an earlier taxable year, and 17 (ii) the addition modification relating 18 to the net operating loss carried back or 19 forward to the taxable year from any taxable 20 year ending prior to December 31, 1986 shall 21 not exceed the amount of such carryback or 22 carryforward; 23 For taxable years in which there is a net 24 operating loss carryback or carryforward from more 25 than one other taxable year ending prior to December 26 31, 1986, the addition modification provided in this 27 subparagraph (E) shall be the sum of the amounts 28 computed independently under the preceding 29 provisions of this subparagraph (E) for each such 30 taxable year; and 31 (E-5) For taxable years ending after December 32 31, 1997, an amount equal to any eligible 33 remediation costs that the corporation deducted in 34 computing adjusted gross income and for which the -37- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 corporation claims a credit under subsection (l) of 2 Section 201; 3 and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of 4 the following amounts: 5 (F) An amount equal to the amount of any tax 6 imposed by this Act which was refunded to the 7 taxpayer and included in such total for the taxable 8 year; 9 (G) An amount equal to any amount included in 10 such total under Section 78 of the Internal Revenue 11 Code; 12 (H) In the case of a regulated investment 13 company, an amount equal to the amount of exempt 14 interest dividends as defined in subsection (b) (5) 15 of Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, paid to 16 shareholders for the taxable year; 17 (I) With the exception of any amounts 18 subtracted under subparagraph (J), an amount equal 19 to the sum of all amounts disallowed as deductions 20 by (i) Sections 171(a) (2), and 265(a)(2) and 21 amounts disallowed as interest expense by Section 22 291(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as now or 23 hereafter amended, and all amounts of expenses 24 allocable to interest and disallowed as deductions 25 by Section 265(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 as now or hereafter amended; and (ii) for taxable 27 years ending on or after August 13, 1999, Sections 28 171(a)(2), 265, 280C, 291(a)(3), and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) 29 of the Internal Revenue Code; the provisions of this 30 subparagraph are exempt from the provisions of 31 Section 250; 32 (J) An amount equal to all amounts included in 33 such total which are exempt from taxation by this 34 State either by reason of its statutes or -38- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Constitution or by reason of the Constitution, 2 treaties or statutes of the United States; provided 3 that, in the case of any statute of this State that 4 exempts income derived from bonds or other 5 obligations from the tax imposed under this Act, the 6 amount exempted shall be the interest net of bond 7 premium amortization; 8 (K) An amount equal to those dividends 9 included in such total which were paid by a 10 corporation which conducts business operations in an 11 Enterprise Zone or zones created under the Illinois 12 Enterprise Zone Act and conducts substantially all 13 of its operations in an Enterprise Zone or zones; 14 (L) An amount equal to those dividends 15 included in such total that were paid by a 16 corporation that conducts business operations in a 17 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone 18 and that is designated a High Impact Business 19 located in Illinois; provided that dividends 20 eligible for the deduction provided in subparagraph 21 (K) of paragraph 2 of this subsection shall not be 22 eligible for the deduction provided under this 23 subparagraph (L); 24 (M) For any taxpayer that is a financial 25 organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of 26 this Act, an amount included in such total as 27 interest income from a loan or loans made by such 28 taxpayer to a borrower, to the extent that such a 29 loan is secured by property which is eligible for 30 the Enterprise Zone Investment Credit. To determine 31 the portion of a loan or loans that is secured by 32 property eligible for a Section 201(f)201(h)33 investment credit to the borrower, the entire 34 principal amount of the loan or loans between the -39- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 taxpayer and the borrower should be divided into the 2 basis of the Section 201(f)201(h)investment credit 3 property which secures the loan or loans, using for 4 this purpose the original basis of such property on 5 the date that it was placed in service in the 6 Enterprise Zone. The subtraction modification 7 available to taxpayer in any year under this 8 subsection shall be that portion of the total 9 interest paid by the borrower with respect to such 10 loan attributable to the eligible property as 11 calculated under the previous sentence; 12 (M-1) For any taxpayer that is a financial 13 organization within the meaning of Section 304(c) of 14 this Act, an amount included in such total as 15 interest income from a loan or loans made by such 16 taxpayer to a borrower, to the extent that such a 17 loan is secured by property which is eligible for 18 the High Impact Business Investment Credit. To 19 determine the portion of a loan or loans that is 20 secured by property eligible for a Section 201(h) 21201(i)investment credit to the borrower, the entire 22 principal amount of the loan or loans between the 23 taxpayer and the borrower should be divided into the 24 basis of the Section 201(h)201(i)investment credit 25 property which secures the loan or loans, using for 26 this purpose the original basis of such property on 27 the date that it was placed in service in a 28 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone 29 located in Illinois. No taxpayer that is eligible 30 for the deduction provided in subparagraph (M) of 31 paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be eligible 32 for the deduction provided under this subparagraph 33 (M-1). The subtraction modification available to 34 taxpayers in any year under this subsection shall be -40- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 that portion of the total interest paid by the 2 borrower with respect to such loan attributable to 3 the eligible property as calculated under the 4 previous sentence; 5 (N) Two times any contribution made during the 6 taxable year to a designated zone organization to 7 the extent that the contribution (i) qualifies as a 8 charitable contribution under subsection (c) of 9 Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code and (ii) 10 must, by its terms, be used for a project approved 11 by the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs 12 under Section 11 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone 13 Act; 14 (O) An amount equal to: (i) 85% for taxable 15 years ending on or before December 31, 1992, or, a 16 percentage equal to the percentage allowable under 17 Section 243(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 18 1986 for taxable years ending after December 31, 19 1992, of the amount by which dividends included in 20 taxable income and received from a corporation that 21 is not created or organized under the laws of the 22 United States or any state or political subdivision 23 thereof, including, for taxable years ending on or 24 after December 31, 1988, dividends received or 25 deemed received or paid or deemed paid under 26 Sections 951 through 964 of the Internal Revenue 27 Code, exceed the amount of the modification provided 28 under subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of this 29 subsection (b) which is related to such dividends; 30 plus (ii) 100% of the amount by which dividends, 31 included in taxable income and received, including, 32 for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 33 1988, dividends received or deemed received or paid 34 or deemed paid under Sections 951 through 964 of the -41- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Internal Revenue Code, from any such corporation 2 specified in clause (i) that would but for the 3 provisions of Section 1504 (b) (3) of the Internal 4 Revenue Code be treated as a member of the 5 affiliated group which includes the dividend 6 recipient, exceed the amount of the modification 7 provided under subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of 8 this subsection (b) which is related to such 9 dividends; 10 (P) An amount equal to any contribution made 11 to a job training project established pursuant to 12 the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act; 13 (Q) An amount equal to the amount of the 14 deduction used to compute the federal income tax 15 credit for restoration of substantial amounts held 16 under claim of right for the taxable year pursuant 17 to Section 1341 of the Internal Revenue Code of 18 1986; 19 (R) In the case of an attorney-in-fact with 20 respect to whom an interinsurer or a reciprocal 21 insurer has made the election under Section 835 of 22 the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 835, an amount 23 equal to the excess, if any, of the amounts paid or 24 incurred by that interinsurer or reciprocal insurer 25 in the taxable year to the attorney-in-fact over the 26 deduction allowed to that interinsurer or reciprocal 27 insurer with respect to the attorney-in-fact under 28 Section 835(b) of the Internal Revenue Code for the 29 taxable year; and 30 (S) For taxable years ending on or after 31 December 31, 1997, in the case of a Subchapter S 32 corporation, an amount equal to all amounts of 33 income allocable to a shareholder subject to the 34 Personal Property Tax Replacement Income Tax imposed -42- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 by subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this 2 Act, including amounts allocable to organizations 3 exempt from federal income tax by reason of Section 4 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. This 5 subparagraph (S) is exempt from the provisions of 6 Section 250. 7 (3) Special rule. For purposes of paragraph (2) 8 (A), "gross income" in the case of a life insurance 9 company, for tax years ending on and after December 31, 10 1994, shall mean the gross investment income for the 11 taxable year. 12 (c) Trusts and estates. 13 (1) In general. In the case of a trust or estate, 14 base income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's 15 taxable income for the taxable year as modified by 16 paragraph (2). 17 (2) Modifications. Subject to the provisions of 18 paragraph (3), the taxable income referred to in 19 paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the sum 20 of the following amounts: 21 (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or 22 accrued to the taxpayer as interest or dividends 23 during the taxable year to the extent excluded from 24 gross income in the computation of taxable income; 25 (B) In the case of (i) an estate, $600; (ii) a 26 trust which, under its governing instrument, is 27 required to distribute all of its income currently, 28 $300; and (iii) any other trust, $100, but in each 29 such case, only to the extent such amount was 30 deducted in the computation of taxable income; 31 (C) An amount equal to the amount of tax 32 imposed by this Act to the extent deducted from 33 gross income in the computation of taxable income 34 for the taxable year; -43- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (D) The amount of any net operating loss 2 deduction taken in arriving at taxable income, other 3 than a net operating loss carried forward from a 4 taxable year ending prior to December 31, 1986; 5 (E) For taxable years in which a net operating 6 loss carryback or carryforward from a taxable year 7 ending prior to December 31, 1986 is an element of 8 taxable income under paragraph (1) of subsection (e) 9 or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection 10 (e), the amount by which addition modifications 11 other than those provided by this subparagraph (E) 12 exceeded subtraction modifications in such taxable 13 year, with the following limitations applied in the 14 order that they are listed: 15 (i) the addition modification relating to 16 the net operating loss carried back or forward 17 to the taxable year from any taxable year 18 ending prior to December 31, 1986 shall be 19 reduced by the amount of addition modification 20 under this subparagraph (E) which related to 21 that net operating loss and which was taken 22 into account in calculating the base income of 23 an earlier taxable year, and 24 (ii) the addition modification relating 25 to the net operating loss carried back or 26 forward to the taxable year from any taxable 27 year ending prior to December 31, 1986 shall 28 not exceed the amount of such carryback or 29 carryforward; 30 For taxable years in which there is a net 31 operating loss carryback or carryforward from more 32 than one other taxable year ending prior to December 33 31, 1986, the addition modification provided in this 34 subparagraph (E) shall be the sum of the amounts -44- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 computed independently under the preceding 2 provisions of this subparagraph (E) for each such 3 taxable year; 4 (F) For taxable years ending on or after 5 January 1, 1989, an amount equal to the tax deducted 6 pursuant to Section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code 7 if the trust or estate is claiming the same tax for 8 purposes of the Illinois foreign tax credit under 9 Section 601 of this Act; 10 (G) An amount equal to the amount of the 11 capital gain deduction allowable under the Internal 12 Revenue Code, to the extent deducted from gross 13 income in the computation of taxable income; and 14 (G-5) For taxable years ending after December 15 31, 1997, an amount equal to any eligible 16 remediation costs that the trust or estate deducted 17 in computing adjusted gross income and for which the 18 trust or estate claims a credit under subsection (l) 19 of Section 201; 20 and by deducting from the total so obtained the sum of 21 the following amounts: 22 (H) An amount equal to all amounts included in 23 such total pursuant to the provisions of Sections 24 402(a), 402(c), 403(a), 403(b), 406(a), 407(a) and 25 408 of the Internal Revenue Code or included in such 26 total as distributions under the provisions of any 27 retirement or disability plan for employees of any 28 governmental agency or unit, or retirement payments 29 to retired partners, which payments are excluded in 30 computing net earnings from self employment by 31 Section 1402 of the Internal Revenue Code and 32 regulations adopted pursuant thereto; 33 (I) The valuation limitation amount; 34 (J) An amount equal to the amount of any tax -45- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 imposed by this Act which was refunded to the 2 taxpayer and included in such total for the taxable 3 year; 4 (K) An amount equal to all amounts included in 5 taxable income as modified by subparagraphs (A), 6 (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) which are exempt 7 from taxation by this State either by reason of its 8 statutes or Constitution or by reason of the 9 Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United 10 States; provided that, in the case of any statute of 11 this State that exempts income derived from bonds or 12 other obligations from the tax imposed under this 13 Act, the amount exempted shall be the interest net 14 of bond premium amortization; 15 (L) With the exception of any amounts 16 subtracted under subparagraph (K), an amount equal 17 to the sum of all amounts disallowed as deductions 18 by (i) Sections 171(a) (2) and 265(a)(2) of the 19 Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter amended, 20 and all amounts of expenses allocable to interest 21 and disallowed as deductions by Section 265(1) of 22 the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as now or 23 hereafter amended; and (ii) for taxable years ending 24 on or after August 13, 1999, Sections 171(a)(2), 25 265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal 26 Revenue Code; the provisions of this subparagraph 27 are exempt from the provisions of Section 250; 28 (M) An amount equal to those dividends 29 included in such total which were paid by a 30 corporation which conducts business operations in an 31 Enterprise Zone or zones created under the Illinois 32 Enterprise Zone Act and conducts substantially all 33 of its operations in an Enterprise Zone or Zones; 34 (N) An amount equal to any contribution made -46- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 to a job training project established pursuant to 2 the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act; 3 (O) An amount equal to those dividends 4 included in such total that were paid by a 5 corporation that conducts business operations in a 6 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone 7 and that is designated a High Impact Business 8 located in Illinois; provided that dividends 9 eligible for the deduction provided in subparagraph 10 (M) of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be 11 eligible for the deduction provided under this 12 subparagraph (O); 13 (P) An amount equal to the amount of the 14 deduction used to compute the federal income tax 15 credit for restoration of substantial amounts held 16 under claim of right for the taxable year pursuant 17 to Section 1341 of the Internal Revenue Code of 18 1986; and 19 (Q) For taxable year 1999 and thereafter, an 20 amount equal to the amount of any (i) distributions, 21 to the extent includible in gross income for federal 22 income tax purposes, made to the taxpayer because of 23 his or her status as a victim of persecution for 24 racial or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any 25 other Axis regime or as an heir of the victim and 26 (ii) items of income, to the extent includible in 27 gross income for federal income tax purposes, 28 attributable to, derived from or in any way related 29 to assets stolen from, hidden from, or otherwise 30 lost to a victim of persecution for racial or 31 religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis 32 regime immediately prior to, during, and immediately 33 after World War II, including, but not limited to, 34 interest on the proceeds receivable as insurance -47- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 under policies issued to a victim of persecution for 2 racial or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any 3 other Axis regime by European insurance companies 4 immediately prior to and during World War II; 5 provided, however, this subtraction from federal 6 adjusted gross income does not apply to assets 7 acquired with such assets or with the proceeds from 8 the sale of such assets; provided, further, this 9 paragraph shall only apply to a taxpayer who was the 10 first recipient of such assets after their recovery 11 and who is a victim of persecution for racial or 12 religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis 13 regime or as an heir of the victim. The amount of 14 and the eligibility for any public assistance, 15 benefit, or similar entitlement is not affected by 16 the inclusion of items (i) and (ii) of this 17 paragraph in gross income for federal income tax 18 purposes. This paragraph is exempt from the 19 provisions of Section 250. 20 (3) Limitation. The amount of any modification 21 otherwise required under this subsection shall, under 22 regulations prescribed by the Department, be adjusted by 23 any amounts included therein which were properly paid, 24 credited, or required to be distributed, or permanently 25 set aside for charitable purposes pursuant to Internal 26 Revenue Code Section 642(c) during the taxable year. 27 (d) Partnerships. 28 (1) In general. In the case of a partnership, base 29 income means an amount equal to the taxpayer's taxable 30 income for the taxable year as modified by paragraph (2). 31 (2) Modifications. The taxable income referred to 32 in paragraph (1) shall be modified by adding thereto the 33 sum of the following amounts: 34 (A) An amount equal to all amounts paid or -48- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 accrued to the taxpayer as interest or dividends 2 during the taxable year to the extent excluded from 3 gross income in the computation of taxable income; 4 (B) An amount equal to the amount of tax 5 imposed by this Act to the extent deducted from 6 gross income for the taxable year; 7 (C) The amount of deductions allowed to the 8 partnership pursuant to Section 707 (c) of the 9 Internal Revenue Code in calculating its taxable 10 income; and 11 (D) An amount equal to the amount of the 12 capital gain deduction allowable under the Internal 13 Revenue Code, to the extent deducted from gross 14 income in the computation of taxable income; 15 and by deducting from the total so obtained the following 16 amounts: 17 (E) The valuation limitation amount; 18 (F) An amount equal to the amount of any tax 19 imposed by this Act which was refunded to the 20 taxpayer and included in such total for the taxable 21 year; 22 (G) An amount equal to all amounts included in 23 taxable income as modified by subparagraphs (A), 24 (B), (C) and (D) which are exempt from taxation by 25 this State either by reason of its statutes or 26 Constitution or by reason of the Constitution, 27 treaties or statutes of the United States; provided 28 that, in the case of any statute of this State that 29 exempts income derived from bonds or other 30 obligations from the tax imposed under this Act, the 31 amount exempted shall be the interest net of bond 32 premium amortization; 33 (H) Any income of the partnership which 34 constitutes personal service income as defined in -49- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Section 1348 (b) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code 2 (as in effect December 31, 1981) or a reasonable 3 allowance for compensation paid or accrued for 4 services rendered by partners to the partnership, 5 whichever is greater; 6 (I) An amount equal to all amounts of income 7 distributable to an entity subject to the Personal 8 Property Tax Replacement Income Tax imposed by 9 subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act 10 including amounts distributable to organizations 11 exempt from federal income tax by reason of Section 12 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; 13 (J) With the exception of any amounts 14 subtracted under subparagraph (G), an amount equal 15 to the sum of all amounts disallowed as deductions 16 by (i) Sections 171(a) (2), and 265(2) of the 17 Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as now or hereafter 18 amended, and all amounts of expenses allocable to 19 interest and disallowed as deductions by Section 20 265(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, as now or 21 hereafter amended; and (ii) for taxable years ending 22 on or after August 13, 1999, Sections 171(a)(2), 23 265, 280C, and 832(b)(5)(B)(i) of the Internal 24 Revenue Code; the provisions of this subparagraph 25 are exempt from the provisions of Section 250; 26 (K) An amount equal to those dividends 27 included in such total which were paid by a 28 corporation which conducts business operations in an 29 Enterprise Zone or zones created under the Illinois 30 Enterprise Zone Act, enacted by the 82nd General 31 Assembly, and which does not conduct such operations 32 other than in an Enterprise Zone or Zones; 33 (L) An amount equal to any contribution made 34 to a job training project established pursuant to -50- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation 2 Redevelopment Act; 3 (M) An amount equal to those dividends 4 included in such total that were paid by a 5 corporation that conducts business operations in a 6 federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone 7 and that is designated a High Impact Business 8 located in Illinois; provided that dividends 9 eligible for the deduction provided in subparagraph 10 (K) of paragraph (2) of this subsection shall not be 11 eligible for the deduction provided under this 12 subparagraph (M); and 13 (N) An amount equal to the amount of the 14 deduction used to compute the federal income tax 15 credit for restoration of substantial amounts held 16 under claim of right for the taxable year pursuant 17 to Section 1341 of the Internal Revenue Code of 18 1986. 19 (e) Gross income; adjusted gross income; taxable income. 20 (1) In general. Subject to the provisions of 21 paragraph (2) and subsection (b) (3), for purposes of 22 this Section and Section 803(e), a taxpayer's gross 23 income, adjusted gross income, or taxable income for the 24 taxable year shall mean the amount of gross income, 25 adjusted gross income or taxable income properly 26 reportable for federal income tax purposes for the 27 taxable year under the provisions of the Internal Revenue 28 Code. Taxable income may be less than zero. However, for 29 taxable years ending on or after December 31, 1986, net 30 operating loss carryforwards from taxable years ending 31 prior to December 31, 1986, may not exceed the sum of 32 federal taxable income for the taxable year before net 33 operating loss deduction, plus the excess of addition 34 modifications over subtraction modifications for the -51- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 taxable year. For taxable years ending prior to December 2 31, 1986, taxable income may never be an amount in excess 3 of the net operating loss for the taxable year as defined 4 in subsections (c) and (d) of Section 172 of the Internal 5 Revenue Code, provided that when taxable income of a 6 corporation (other than a Subchapter S corporation), 7 trust, or estate is less than zero and addition 8 modifications, other than those provided by subparagraph 9 (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) for corporations 10 or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (c) 11 for trusts and estates, exceed subtraction modifications, 12 an addition modification must be made under those 13 subparagraphs for any other taxable year to which the 14 taxable income less than zero (net operating loss) is 15 applied under Section 172 of the Internal Revenue Code or 16 under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of this 17 subsection (e) applied in conjunction with Section 172 of 18 the Internal Revenue Code. 19 (2) Special rule. For purposes of paragraph (1) of 20 this subsection, the taxable income properly reportable 21 for federal income tax purposes shall mean: 22 (A) Certain life insurance companies. In the 23 case of a life insurance company subject to the tax 24 imposed by Section 801 of the Internal Revenue Code, 25 life insurance company taxable income, plus the 26 amount of distribution from pre-1984 policyholder 27 surplus accounts as calculated under Section 815a of 28 the Internal Revenue Code; 29 (B) Certain other insurance companies. In the 30 case of mutual insurance companies subject to the 31 tax imposed by Section 831 of the Internal Revenue 32 Code, insurance company taxable income; 33 (C) Regulated investment companies. In the 34 case of a regulated investment company subject to -52- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 the tax imposed by Section 852 of the Internal 2 Revenue Code, investment company taxable income; 3 (D) Real estate investment trusts. In the 4 case of a real estate investment trust subject to 5 the tax imposed by Section 857 of the Internal 6 Revenue Code, real estate investment trust taxable 7 income; 8 (E) Consolidated corporations. In the case of 9 a corporation which is a member of an affiliated 10 group of corporations filing a consolidated income 11 tax return for the taxable year for federal income 12 tax purposes, taxable income determined as if such 13 corporation had filed a separate return for federal 14 income tax purposes for the taxable year and each 15 preceding taxable year for which it was a member of 16 an affiliated group. For purposes of this 17 subparagraph, the taxpayer's separate taxable income 18 shall be determined as if the election provided by 19 Section 243(b) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code had 20 been in effect for all such years; 21 (F) Cooperatives. In the case of a 22 cooperative corporation or association, the taxable 23 income of such organization determined in accordance 24 with the provisions of Section 1381 through 1388 of 25 the Internal Revenue Code; 26 (G) Subchapter S corporations. In the case 27 of: (i) a Subchapter S corporation for which there 28 is in effect an election for the taxable year under 29 Section 1362 of the Internal Revenue Code, the 30 taxable income of such corporation determined in 31 accordance with Section 1363(b) of the Internal 32 Revenue Code, except that taxable income shall take 33 into account those items which are required by 34 Section 1363(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code to -53- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 be separately stated; and (ii) a Subchapter S 2 corporation for which there is in effect a federal 3 election to opt out of the provisions of the 4 Subchapter S Revision Act of 1982 and have applied 5 instead the prior federal Subchapter S rules as in 6 effect on July 1, 1982, the taxable income of such 7 corporation determined in accordance with the 8 federal Subchapter S rules as in effect on July 1, 9 1982; and 10 (H) Partnerships. In the case of a 11 partnership, taxable income determined in accordance 12 with Section 703 of the Internal Revenue Code, 13 except that taxable income shall take into account 14 those items which are required by Section 703(a)(1) 15 to be separately stated but which would be taken 16 into account by an individual in calculating his 17 taxable income. 18 (f) Valuation limitation amount. 19 (1) In general. The valuation limitation amount 20 referred to in subsections (a) (2) (G), (c) (2) (I) and 21 (d)(2) (E) is an amount equal to: 22 (A) The sum of the pre-August 1, 1969 23 appreciation amounts (to the extent consisting of 24 gain reportable under the provisions of Section 1245 25 or 1250 of the Internal Revenue Code) for all 26 property in respect of which such gain was reported 27 for the taxable year; plus 28 (B) The lesser of (i) the sum of the 29 pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation amounts (to the 30 extent consisting of capital gain) for all property 31 in respect of which such gain was reported for 32 federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, or 33 (ii) the net capital gain for the taxable year, 34 reduced in either case by any amount of such gain -54- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 included in the amount determined under subsection 2 (a) (2) (F) or (c) (2) (H). 3 (2) Pre-August 1, 1969 appreciation amount. 4 (A) If the fair market value of property 5 referred to in paragraph (1) was readily 6 ascertainable on August 1, 1969, the pre-August 1, 7 1969 appreciation amount for such property is the 8 lesser of (i) the excess of such fair market value 9 over the taxpayer's basis (for determining gain) for 10 such property on that date (determined under the 11 Internal Revenue Code as in effect on that date), or 12 (ii) the total gain realized and reportable for 13 federal income tax purposes in respect of the sale, 14 exchange or other disposition of such property. 15 (B) If the fair market value of property 16 referred to in paragraph (1) was not readily 17 ascertainable on August 1, 1969, the pre-August 1, 18 1969 appreciation amount for such property is that 19 amount which bears the same ratio to the total gain 20 reported in respect of the property for federal 21 income tax purposes for the taxable year, as the 22 number of full calendar months in that part of the 23 taxpayer's holding period for the property ending 24 July 31, 1969 bears to the number of full calendar 25 months in the taxpayer's entire holding period for 26 the property. 27 (C) The Department shall prescribe such 28 regulations as may be necessary to carry out the 29 purposes of this paragraph. 30 (g) Double deductions. Unless specifically provided 31 otherwise, nothing in this Section shall permit the same item 32 to be deducted more than once. 33 (h) Legislative intention. Except as expressly provided -55- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 by this Section there shall be no modifications or 2 limitations on the amounts of income, gain, loss or deduction 3 taken into account in determining gross income, adjusted 4 gross income or taxable income for federal income tax 5 purposes for the taxable year, or in the amount of such items 6 entering into the computation of base income and net income 7 under this Act for such taxable year, whether in respect of 8 property values as of August 1, 1969 or otherwise. 9 (Source: P.A. 90-491, eff. 1-1-98; 90-717, eff. 8-7-98; 10 90-770, eff. 8-14-98; 91-192, eff. 7-20-99; 91-205, eff. 11 7-20-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-541, eff. 8-13-99; 91-676, 12 eff. 12-23-99; 91-845, eff. 6-22-00; 91-913, eff. 1-1-01; 13 revised 1-15-01.) 14 (35 ILCS 5/804) (from Ch. 120, par. 8-804) 15 Sec. 804. Failure to Pay Estimated Tax. 16 (a) In general. In case of any underpayment of estimated 17 tax by a taxpayer, except as provided in subsection (d) or 18 (e), the taxpayer shall be liable to a penalty in an amount 19 determined at the rate prescribed by Section 3-3 of the 20 Uniform Penalty and Interest Act upon the amount of the 21 underpayment (determined under subsection (b)) for each 22 required installment. 23 (b) Amount of underpayment. For purposes of subsection 24 (a), the amount of the underpayment shall be the excess of: 25 (1) the amount of the installment which would be 26 required to be paid under subsection (c), over 27 (2) the amount, if any, of the installment paid on 28 or before the last date prescribed for payment. 29 (c) Amount of Required Installments. 30 (1) Amount. 31 (A) In General. Except as provided in 32 paragraph (2), the amount of any required 33 installment shall be 25% of the required annual -56- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 payment. 2 (B) Required Annual Payment. For purposes of 3 subparagraph (A), the term "required annual payment" 4 means the lesser of 5 (i) 90% of the tax shown on the return 6 for the taxable year, or if no return is filed, 7 90% of the tax for such year, or 8 (ii) 100% of the tax shown on the return 9 of the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year 10 if a return showing a liability for tax was 11 filed by the taxpayer for the preceding taxable 12 year and such preceding year was a taxable year 13 of 12 months. 14 (2) Lower Required Installment where Annualized 15 Income Installment is Less Than Amount Determined Under 16 Paragraph (1). 17 (A) In General. In the case of any required 18 installment if a taxpayer establishes that the 19 annualized income installment is less than the 20 amount determined under paragraph (1), 21 (i) the amount of such required 22 installment shall be the annualized income 23 installment, and 24 (ii) any reduction in a required 25 installment resulting from the application of 26 this subparagraph shall be recaptured by 27 increasing the amount of the next required 28 installment determined under paragraph (1) by 29 the amount of such reduction, and by increasing 30 subsequent required installments to the extent 31 that the reduction has not previously been 32 recaptured under this clause. 33 (B) Determination of Annualized Income 34 Installment. In the case of any required -57- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 installment, the annualized income installment is 2 the excess, if any, of 3 (i) an amount equal to the applicable 4 percentage of the tax for the taxable year 5 computed by placing on an annualized basis the 6 net income for months in the taxable year 7 ending before the due date for the installment, 8 over 9 (ii) the aggregate amount of any prior 10 required installments for the taxable year. 11 (C) Applicable Percentage. 12 In the case of the following The applicable 13 required installments: percentage is: 14 1st ............................... 22.5% 15 2nd ............................... 45% 16 3rd ............................... 67.5% 17 4th ............................... 90% 18 (D) Annualized Net Income; Individuals. For 19 individuals, net income shall be placed on an 20 annualized basis by: 21 (i) multiplying by 12, or in the case of 22 a taxable year of less than 12 months, by the 23 number of months in the taxable year, the net 24 income computed without regard to the standard 25 exemption for the months in the taxable year 26 ending before the month in which the 27 installment is required to be paid; 28 (ii) dividing the resulting amount by the 29 number of months in the taxable year ending 30 before the month in which such installment date 31 falls; and 32 (iii) deducting from such amount the 33 standard exemption allowable for the taxable 34 year, such standard exemption being determined -58- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 as of the last date prescribed for payment of 2 the installment. 3 (E) Annualized Net Income; Corporations. For 4 corporations, net income shall be placed on an 5 annualized basis by multiplying by 12 the taxable 6 income 7 (i) for the first 3 months of the taxable 8 year, in the case of the installment required 9 to be paid in the 4th month, 10 (ii) for the first 3 months or for the 11 first 5 months of the taxable year, in the case 12 of the installment required to be paid in the 13 6th month, 14 (iii) for the first 6 months or for the 15 first 8 months of the taxable year, in the case 16 of the installment required to be paid in the 17 9th month, and 18 (iv) for the first 9 months or for the 19 first 11 months of the taxable year, in the 20 case of the installment required to be paid in 21 the 12th month of the taxable year, 22 then dividing the resulting amount by the number of 23 months in the taxable year (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 11 as 24 the case may be). 25 (d) Exceptions. Notwithstanding the provisions of the 26 preceding subsections, the penalty imposed by subsection (a) 27 shall not be imposed if the taxpayer was not required to file 28 an Illinois income tax return for the preceding taxable year, 29 if the taxpayer has underpaid taxes solely because of the 30 increased rate in effect during the period from July 1, 2001 31 through December 2001, or, for individuals, if the taxpayer 32 had no tax liability for the preceding taxable year and such 33 year was a taxable year of 12 months. The penalty imposed by 34 subsection (a) shall also not be imposed on any underpayments -59- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 of estimated tax due before the effective date of this 2 amendatory Act of 1998 which underpayments are solely 3 attributable to the change in apportionment from subsection 4 (a) to subsection (h) of Section 304. The provisions of this 5 amendatory Act of 1998 apply to tax years ending on or after 6 December 31, 1998. 7 (e) The penalty imposed for underpayment of estimated 8 tax by subsection (a) of this Section shall not be imposed to 9 the extent that the Department or his designate determines, 10 pursuant to Section 3-8 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest 11 Act that the penalty should not be imposed. 12 (f) Definition of tax. For purposes of subsections (b) 13 and (c), the term "tax" means the excess of the tax imposed 14 under Article 2 of this Act, over the amounts credited 15 against such tax under Sections 601(b) (3) and (4). 16 (g) Application of Section in case of tax withheld on 17 compensation. For purposes of applying this Section in the 18 case of an individual, tax withheld under Article 7 for the 19 taxable year shall be deemed a payment of estimated tax, and 20 an equal part of such amount shall be deemed paid on each 21 installment date for such taxable year, unless the taxpayer 22 establishes the dates on which all amounts were actually 23 withheld, in which case the amounts so withheld shall be 24 deemed payments of estimated tax on the dates on which such 25 amounts were actually withheld. 26 (g-5) Amounts withheld under the State Salary and 27 Annuity Withholding Act. An individual who has amounts 28 withheld under paragraph (10) of Section 4 of the State 29 Salary and Annuity Withholding Act may elect to have those 30 amounts treated as payments of estimated tax made on the 31 dates on which those amounts are actually withheld. 32 (i) Short taxable year. The application of this Section 33 to taxable years of less than 12 months shall be in 34 accordance with regulations prescribed by the Department. -60- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 The changes in this Section made by Public Act 84-127 2 shall apply to taxable years ending on or after January 1, 3 1986. 4 (Source: P.A. 90-448, eff. 8-16-97; 90-613, eff. 7-9-98.) 5 (35 ILCS 5/901) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-901) 6 Sec. 901. Collection Authority. 7 (a) In general. 8 The Department shall collect the taxes imposed by this 9 Act. The Department shall collect certified past due child 10 support amounts under Section 2505-650 of the Department of 11 Revenue Law (20 ILCS 2505/2505-650). Except as provided in 12 subsections (c) and (e) of this Section, money collected 13 pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this 14 Act shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State 15 treasury; money collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) 16 of Section 201 of this Act shall be paid into the Personal 17 Property Tax Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State 18 Treasury; and money collected under Section 2505-650 of the 19 Department of Revenue Law (20 ILCS 2505/2505-650) shall be 20 paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, a special 21 fund outside the State Treasury, or to the State Disbursement 22 Unit established under Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public 23 Aid Code, as directed by the Department of Public Aid. 24 (b) Local Governmental Distributive Fund. 25 Beginning August 1, 1969, and continuing through June 30, 26 1994, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the 27 General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury, 28 to be known as the "Local Government Distributive Fund", an 29 amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax 30 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act 31 during the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1994, and 32 continuing through June 30, 1995, the Treasurer shall 33 transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the -61- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/11 of 2 the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections 3 (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding 4 month. Beginning July 1, 1995, the Treasurer shall transfer 5 each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local 6 Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/10 of the 7 net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) 8 and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during 9 the preceding month. Net revenue realized for a month shall 10 be defined as the revenue from the tax imposed by subsections 11 (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act which is deposited in 12 the General Revenue Fund, the Educational Assistance Fund and 13 the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund 14 during the month (but not including revenue attributable to 15 the increase in tax rates imposed under this amendatory Act 16 of the 92nd General Assembly) minus the amount paid out of 17 the General Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same 18 month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability 19 under the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 20 201 of this Act. 21 (c) Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund. 22 (1) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, 23 the Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts 24 collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), 25and(3), (4), and (5) of Section 201 of this Act into a 26 fund in the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund 27 Fund. The Department shall deposit 6% of such amounts 28 during the period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on 29 June 30, 1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and 30 for each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited 31 into the Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year 32 shall be the Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999 33 through 2001, the Annual Percentage shall be 7.1%. For 34 all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be -62- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be 2 the amount of refunds approved for payment by the 3 Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result 4 of overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and 5 (b)(1), (2),and(3), (4), and (5) of Section 201 of this 6 Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved 7 but unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, the 8 denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be 9 collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), 10and(3), (4), and (5) of Section 201 of this Act during 11 the preceding fiscal year. The Director of Revenue shall 12 certify the Annual Percentage to the Comptroller on the 13 last business day of the fiscal year immediately 14 preceding the fiscal year for which it is to be 15 effective. 16 (2) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, 17 the Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts 18 collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), 19 and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a 20 fund in the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund 21 Fund. The Department shall deposit 18% of such amounts 22 during the period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on 23 June 30, 1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and 24 for each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited 25 into the Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year 26 shall be the Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999, 27 2000, and 2001, the Annual Percentage shall be 19%. For 28 all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be 29 calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be 30 the amount of refunds approved for payment by the 31 Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result 32 of overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and 33 (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this 34 Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved -63- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 but unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, the 2 denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be 3 collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), 4 and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act during 5 the preceding fiscal year. The Director of Revenue shall 6 certify the Annual Percentage to the Comptroller on the 7 last business day of the fiscal year immediately 8 preceding the fiscal year for which it is to be 9 effective. 10 (3) The Comptroller shall order transferred and the 11 Treasurer shall transfer from the Tobacco Settlement 12 Recovery Fund to the Income Tax Refund Fund (i) 13 $35,000,000 in January, 2001, (ii) $35,000,000 in 14 January, 2002, and (iii) $35,000,000 in January, 2003. 15 (d) Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund. 16 (1) Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the Income 17 Tax Refund Fund shall be expended exclusively for the 18 purpose of paying refunds resulting from overpayment of 19 tax liability under Section 201 of this Act, for paying 20 rebates under Section 208.1 in the event that the amounts 21 in the Homeowners' Tax Relief Fund are insufficient for 22 that purpose, and for making transfers pursuant to this 23 subsection (d). 24 (2) The Director shall order payment of refunds 25 resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section 26 201 of this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to 27 the extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201 28 of this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d) 29 and item (3) of subsection (c) have been deposited and 30 retained in the Fund. 31 (3) As soon as possible after the end of each 32 fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the 33 State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from 34 the Income Tax Refund Fund to the Personal Property Tax -64- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Replacement Fund an amount, certified by the Director to 2 the Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount 3 collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 4 201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund 5 during the fiscal year over the amount of refunds 6 resulting from overpayment of tax liability under 7 subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid 8 from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year. 9 (4) As soon as possible after the end of each 10 fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the 11 State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from 12 the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income 13 Tax Refund Fund an amount, certified by the Director to 14 the Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount of 15 refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under 16 subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid 17 from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year 18 over the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and 19 (d) of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income 20 Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year. 21 (4.5) As soon as possible after the end of fiscal 22 year 1999 and of each fiscal year thereafter, the 23 Director shall order transferred and the State Treasurer 24 and State Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax 25 Refund Fund to the General Revenue Fund any surplus 26 remaining in the Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end of 27 such fiscal year; excluding for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 28 and 2002 amounts attributable to transfers under item (3) 29 of subsection (c) less refunds resulting from the earned 30 income tax credit. 31 (5) This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and 32 continuing appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund 33 for the purpose of paying refunds upon the order of the 34 Director in accordance with the provisions of this -65- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Section. 2 (e) Deposits into the Education Assistance Fund and the 3 Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund. 4 On July 1, 1991, and thereafter until August 1, 2001, of 5 the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of 6 Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax 7 Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 7.3% into the 8 Education Assistance Fund in the State Treasury. On August 9 1, 2001 and thereafter, of the amounts collected pursuant to 10 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus 11 deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department 12 shall deposit 5.84% into the Education Assistance Fund in the 13 State Treasury. 14 Beginning July 1, 1991, and continuing through January 15 31, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections 16 (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, 17 minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the 18 Department shall deposit 3.0% into the Income Tax Surcharge 19 Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. 20 Beginning February 1, 1993 and continuing through June 30, 21 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) 22 and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus 23 deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department 24 shall deposit 4.4% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local 25 Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning 26 July 1, 1993, and continuing through June 30, 1994, of the 27 amounts collected under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 28 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund 29 Fund, the Department shall deposit 1.475% into the Income Tax 30 Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the State 31 Treasury. 32 (f) Deposits into the Education Property Tax Relief 33 Fund. 34 On August 1, 2001 and thereafter, of the amounts -66- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 collected pursuant to subsections (a), (b)(4)(ii), and (b)(5) 2 of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income 3 Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 12.00% into the 4 Education Property Tax Relief Fund. 5 (g) Deposits into the Common School Fund. 6 On August 1, 2001 and thereafter, of the amounts 7 collected pursuant to subsections (a), (b)(4)(ii), and (b)(5) 8 of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income 9 Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 9.33% into the 10 Common School Fund. 11 (Source: P.A. 90-613, eff. 7-9-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 12 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-700, eff. 13 5-11-00; 91-704, eff. 7-1-00; 91-712, eff. 7-1-00; revised 14 6-28-00.) 15 Section 20. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 16 Sections 18-249, 18-255, 20-15, and 21-30 and adding Section 17 18-162 as follows: 18 (35 ILCS 200/18-162 new) 19 Section 18-162. School Tax Abatement. Beginning with 20 taxes levied for 2001 and extended in 2002, after determining 21 the final extension for a parcel or that portion of a parcel 22 that is eligible for the General Homestead Exemption under 23 Section 15-175, or for that parcel or that portion of a 24 parcel or farm improvement that is eligible for assessment as 25 a farm under Sections 10-110 through 10-140, the county clerk 26 shall abate part of that extension for each school district 27 subject to the School Code in which the parcel or portion of 28 a parcel or farm improvement is located. The rate for this 29 abatement shall be calculated by the county clerk by dividing 30 the amount certified by the Department under Section 7 of the 31 State Revenue Sharing Act to be distributed from the 32 Education Property Tax Relief Fund for the county's portion -67- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 of the school district by the equalized assessed valuation 2 used in calculating tax rates under Section 18-45 in the 3 school district in the county of those parcels or portions of 4 parcels or farm improvements eligible for abatement under 5 this Section. 6 (35 ILCS 200/18-249) 7 Sec. 18-249. Miscellaneous provisions. 8 (a) Certification of new property. For the 1994 levy 9 year, the chief county assessment officer shall certify to 10 the county clerk, after all changes by the board of review or 11 board of appeals, as the case may be, the assessed value of 12 new property by taxing district for the 1994 levy year under 13 rules promulgated by the Department. 14 (b) (Blank).School Code. A school district's State aid15shall not be reduced under the computation under subsections165(a) through 5(h) of Part A of Section 18-8 of the School17Code due to the operating tax rate falling from above the18minimum requirement of that Section of the School Code to19below the minimum requirement of that Section of the School20Code due to the operation of this Law.21 (c) Rules. The Department shall make and promulgate 22 reasonable rules relating to the administration of the 23 purposes and provisions of Sections 18-246 through 18-249 as 24 may be necessary or appropriate. 25 (Source: P.A. 89-1, eff. 2-12-95.) 26 (35 ILCS 200/18-255) 27 Sec. 18-255. Abstract of assessments and extensions. 28 Within 30 days of completingWhenthe collector's booksare29completed, the county clerk shall make a complete statement 30 of the assessment and extensions, in conformity to the 31 instructions of the Department. The clerk shall certify the 32 statement to the Department. Beginning with the 2000 levy -68- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 year, the Department shall require the statement to include a 2 separate listing of the extensions subject to abatement 3 pursuant to Section 18-162. If the county clerk is unable to 4 complete the statement for the 2000 levy year prior to 5 September 1, 2001, the county clerk shall provide such 6 separate listing for the 1999 levy year by September 1, 2001. 7 (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 1, p. 1136; P.A. 88-455.) 8 (35 ILCS 200/20-15) 9 Sec. 20-15. Information on bill or separate statement. 10 The amount of tax due and rates shown on the tax bill 11 pursuant to this Section shall be net of any abatement under 12 Section 18-162 of the Property Tax Code. There shall be 13 printed on each bill, or on a separate slip which shall be 14 mailed with the bill: 15 (a) a statement itemizing the rate at which taxes 16 have been extended for each of the taxing districts in 17 the county in whose district the property is located, and 18 in those counties utilizing electronic data processing 19 equipment the dollar amount of tax due from the person 20 assessed allocable to each of those taxing districts, 21 including a separate statement of the dollar amount of 22 tax due which is allocable to a tax levied under the 23 Illinois Local Library Act or to any other tax levied by 24 a municipality or township for public library purposes, 25 (b) a separate statement for each of the taxing 26 districts of the dollar amount of tax due which is 27 allocable to a tax levied under the Illinois Pension Code 28 or to any other tax levied by a municipality or township 29 for public pension or retirement purposes, 30 (c) the total tax rate, 31 (d) the total amount of tax due,and32 (e) the amount by which the total tax and the tax 33 allocable to each taxing district differs from the -69- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 taxpayer's last prior tax bill, and.2 (f) the amount of tax abated under Section 18-162 3 labeled "Your School Tax Refund". 4 The county treasurer shall ensure that only those taxing 5 districts in which a parcel of property is located shall be 6 listed on the bill for that property. 7 In all counties the statement shall also provide: 8 (1) the property index number or other suitable 9 description, 10 (2) the assessment of the property, 11 (3) the equalization factors imposed by the county 12 and by the Department, and 13 (4) the equalized assessment resulting from the 14 application of the equalization factors to the basic 15 assessment. 16 In all counties which do not classify property for 17 purposes of taxation, for property on which a single family 18 residence is situated the statement shall also include a 19 statement to reflect the fair cash value determined for the 20 property. In all counties which classify property for 21 purposes of taxation in accordance with Section 4 of Article 22 IX of the Illinois Constitution, for parcels of residential 23 property in the lowest assessment classification the 24 statement shall also include a statement to reflect the fair 25 cash value determined for the property. 26 In all counties, the statement shall include information 27 that certain taxpayers may be eligible for the Senior 28 Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and 29 Pharmaceutical Assistance Act and that applications are 30 available from the Illinois Department of Revenue. 31 In counties which use the estimated or accelerated 32 billing methods, these statements shall only be provided with 33 the final installment of taxes due, except that the statement 34 under item (f) shall be included with both installments in -70- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 those counties under estimated or accelerated billing 2 methods, the first billing showing the amount deducted from 3 the first installment, and the final billing showing the 4 total tax abated for the levy year under Section 18-162. The 5 provisions of this Section create a mandatory statutory duty. 6 They are not merely directory or discretionary. The failure 7 or neglect of the collector to mail the bill, or the failure 8 of the taxpayer to receive the bill, shall not affect the 9 validity of any tax, or the liability for the payment of any 10 tax. 11 (Source: P.A. 91-699, eff. 1-1-01.) 12 (35 ILCS 200/21-30) 13 Sec. 21-30. Accelerated billing. Except as provided in 14 this Section and Section 21-40, in counties with 3,000,000 or 15 more inhabitants, by January 31 annually, estimated tax bills 16 setting out the first installment of property taxes for the 17 preceding year, payable in that year, shall be prepared and 18 mailed. The first installment of taxes on the estimated tax 19 bills shall be computed at 50% of the total of each tax bill 20 before the abatement of taxes under Section 18-162 for the 21 preceding year, less an estimate of half of the School Tax 22 Abatement for the current year for eligible parcels and 23 portions of parcels and farm improvements based on a rate 24 calculated by the county clerk by dividing 50% of the amount 25 certified by the Department under Section 7 of the State 26 Revenue Sharing Act to be distributed from the Education 27 Property Tax Relief Fund for the county's portion of the 28 school district by the equalized assessed valuation used in 29 calculating tax rates for the preceding year under Section 30 18-45 in the school district in the county of those parcels 31 or portions of parcels or farm improvements eligible for an 32 abatement under this Section. By June 30 annually, actual 33 tax bills shall be prepared and mailed. These bills shall set -71- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 out total taxes due and the amount of estimated taxes billed 2 in the first installment, and shall state the balance of 3 taxes due for that year as represented by the sum derived 4 from subtracting the amount of the first installment from the 5 total taxes due for that year. 6 The county board may provide by ordinance, in counties 7 with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, for taxes to be paid in 4 8 installments. For the levy year for which the ordinance is 9 first effective and each subsequent year, estimated tax bills 10 setting out the first, second, and third installment of taxes 11 for the preceding year, payable in that year, shall be 12 prepared and mailed not later than the date specified by 13 ordinance. Each installment on estimated tax bills shall be 14 computed at 25% of the total of each tax bill for the 15 preceding year. By the date specified in the ordinance, 16 actual tax bills shall be prepared and mailed. These bills 17 shall set out total taxes due and the amount of estimated 18 taxes billed in the first, second, and third installments and 19 shall state the balance of taxes due for that year as 20 represented by the sum derived from subtracting the amount of 21 the estimated installments from the total taxes due for that 22 year. 23 The county board of any county with less than 3,000,000 24 inhabitants may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt an 25 accelerated method of tax billing. The county board may 26 subsequently rescind the ordinance or resolution and revert 27 to the method otherwise provided for in this Code. 28 Taxes levied on homestead property in which a member of 29 the National Guard or reserves of the armed forces of the 30 United States who was called to active duty on or after 31 August 1, 1990, and who has an ownership interest shall not 32 be deemed delinquent and no interest shall accrue or be 33 charged as a penalty on such taxes due and payable in 1991 or 34 1992 until one year after that member returns to civilian -72- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 status. 2 (Source: P.A. 87-17; 87-340; 87-895; 88-455.) 3 Section 30. The School Code is amended by changing 4 Section 18-8.05 as follows: 5 (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05) 6 Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State 7 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the 8 common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years. 9 (A) General Provisions. 10 (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 11 1998-1999 and subsequent school years. The system of general 12 State financial aid provided for in this Section is designed 13 to assure that, through a combination of State financial aid 14 and required local resources, the financial support provided 15 each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a 16 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach 17 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and 18 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of 19 general State financial aid that, when added to Available 20 Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The 21 amount of per pupil general State financial aid for school 22 districts, in general, varies in inverse relation to 23 Available Local Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon 24 each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term 25 is defined in this Section. 26 (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school 27 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils 28 from low income households are eligible to receive 29 supplemental general State financial aid grants as provided 30 pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants 31 provided for school districts under subsection (H) shall be 32 appropriated for distribution to school districts as part of -73- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 the same line item in which the general State financial aid 2 of school districts is appropriated under this Section. 3 (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section, 4 school districts are required to file claims with the State 5 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements: 6 (a) Any school district which fails for any given 7 school year to maintain school as required by law, or to 8 maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for 9 such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. 10 In case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance 11 centers in a school district otherwise operating 12 recognized schools, the claim of the district shall be 13 reduced in the proportion which the Average Daily 14 Attendance in the attendance center or centers bear to 15 the Average Daily Attendance in the school district. A 16 "recognized school" means any public school which meets 17 the standards as established for recognition by the State 18 Board of Education. A school district or attendance 19 center not having recognition status at the end of a 20 school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due 21 upon a legal claim which was filed while it was 22 recognized. 23 (b) School district claims filed under this Section 24 are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as 25 otherwise provided in this Section. 26 (c) If a school district operates a full year 27 school under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to 28 the school district shall be determined by the State 29 Board of Education in accordance with this Section as 30 near as may be applicable. 31 (d) (Blank). 32 (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the 33 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided 34 for in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so -74- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 received for which that board is authorized to make 2 expenditures by law. 3 School districts are not required to exert a minimum 4 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under 5 this Section. 6 (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when 7 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein: 8 (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil 9 attendance in school, averaged as provided for in 10 subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil 11 financial support levels. 12 (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of 13 local financial support, calculated on the basis of 14 Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant 15 to subsection (D). 16 (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement 17 Taxes": Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to 18 "An Act in relation to the abolition of ad valorem 19 personal property tax and the replacement of revenues 20 lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and 21 parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified August 22 14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1). 23 (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per 24 pupil financial support as provided for in subsection 25 (B). 26 (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district 27 property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and 28 Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and 29 Vocational Education Building purposes. 30 (B) Foundation Level. 31 (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the 32 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial 33 support that should be available to provide for the basic 34 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set -75- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to 2 exert a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in 3 combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid 4 provided the district, an aggregate of State and local 5 resources are available to meet the basic education needs of 6 pupils in the district. 7 (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level 8 of support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the 9 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 10 school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. 11 (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and each school year 12 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425 or such 13 greater amount as may be established by law by the General 14 Assembly. 15 (C) Average Daily Attendance. 16 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid 17 pursuant to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance 18 figure shall be utilized. The Average Daily Attendance 19 figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the monthly 20 average of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each 21 school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of 22 pupil attendance for each school district. In compiling the 23 figures for the number of pupils in attendance, school 24 districts and the State Board of Education shall, for 25 purposes of general State aid funding, conform attendance 26 figures to the requirements of subsection (F). 27 (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in 28 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the 29 school year immediately preceding the school year for which 30 general State aid is being calculated, except that a district 31 with a best 3 months Average Daily Attendance figure lower 32 than that of the same Average Daily Attendance for the 33 preceding school year shall be entitled to have its general 34 State aid based upon the best 3 months Average Daily -76- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Attendance figure that is an average of the 3 school years 2 preceding the year for which general State aid is being 3 calculated, if that produces a greater amount. 4 (D) Available Local Resources. 5 (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid 6 pursuant to subsection (E), a representation of Available 7 Local Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and 8 determined in this subsection, shall be utilized. Available 9 Local Resources per pupil shall include a calculated dollar 10 amount representing local school district revenues from local 11 property taxes and from Corporate Personal Property 12 Replacement Taxes, expressed on the basis of pupils in 13 Average Daily Attendance. 14 (2) In determining a school district's revenue from 15 local property taxes, the State Board of Education shall 16 utilize the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable 17 property of each school district as of September 30 of the 18 previous year. The equalized assessed valuation utilized 19 shall be obtained and determined as provided in subsection 20 (G). 21 (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten 22 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be 23 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized 24 assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and 25 divided by the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. 26 For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 27 8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated 28 as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation 29 for the district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the 30 district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school 31 districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax 32 revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed 33 valuation of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by 34 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. -77- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes 2 paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years 3 before the calendar year in which a school year begins, 4 divided by the Average Daily Attendance figure for that 5 district, shall be added to the local property tax revenues 6 per pupil as derived by the application of the immediately 7 preceding paragraph (3). The sum of these per pupil figures 8 for each school district shall constitute Available Local 9 Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the 10 calculation of general State aid. 11 (E) Computation of General State Aid. 12 (1) For each school year, the amount of general State 13 aid allotted to a school district shall be computed by the 14 State Board of Education as provided in this subsection. 15 (2) For any school district for which Available Local 16 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times 17 the Foundation Level, general State aid for that district 18 shall be calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation 19 Level minus Available Local Resources, multiplied by the 20 Average Daily Attendance of the school district. 21 (3) For any school district for which Available Local 22 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product 23 of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product 24 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per 25 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level 26 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear 27 algorithm, the calculated general State aid per pupil shall 28 decline in direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the 29 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local 30 Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation 31 Level, to 0.05 times the Foundation Level for a school 32 district with Available Local Resources equal to the product 33 of 1.75 times the Foundation Level. The allocation of 34 general State aid for school districts subject to this -78- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general State aid per 2 pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of 3 the school district. 4 (4) For any school district for which Available Local 5 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 6 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the 7 school district shall be calculated as the product of $218 8 multiplied by the Average Daily Attendance of the school 9 district. 10 (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a 11 school district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the 12 requirements set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) 13 shall be increased by an amount equal to the general State 14 aid that would have been received by the district for the 15 1998-1999 school year by utilizing the Extension Limitation 16 Equalized Assessed Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) 17 of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the 18 1998-1999 school year. This amount shall be deemed a one 19 time increase, and shall not affect any future general State 20 aid allocations. 21 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance. 22 (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year, 23 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed 24 by the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the 25 school year that began in the preceding calendar year. The 26 attendance information so transmitted shall identify the 27 average daily attendance figures for each month of the school 28 year, except that any days of attendance in August shall be 29 added to the month of September and any days of attendance in 30 June shall be added to the month of May. 31 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of 32 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of 33 not less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under 34 direct supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching -79- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 personnel or volunteer personnel when engaging in 2 non-teaching duties and supervising in those instances 3 specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 4 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in 5 kindergarten and grades 1 through 12. 6 Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited 7 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized 8 school. 9 (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock 10 hours of school shall be subject to the following provisions 11 in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance. 12 (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school 13 for only a part of the school day may be counted on the 14 basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 15 40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment. 16 (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock 17 hours on the opening and closing of the school term, and 18 upon the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a 19 day or days utilized as an institute or teachers' 20 workshop. 21 (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be 22 counted as a day of attendance upon certification by the 23 regional superintendent, and approved by the State 24 Superintendent of Education to the extent that the 25 district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions. 26 (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be 27 counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of 28 the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that 29 day is utilized for an in-service training program for 30 teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of 31 which a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for 32 parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts 33 an in-service training program for teachers which has 34 been approved by the State Superintendent of Education; -80- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 or, in lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in 2 which event each such day may be counted as a day of 3 attendance; and (2) when days in addition to those 4 provided in item (1) are scheduled by a school pursuant 5 to its school improvement plan adopted under Article 34 6 or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted 7 under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or 8 more clock hours are scheduled to occur at regular 9 intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which 10 such sessions occur are utilized for in-service training 11 programs or other staff development activities for 12 teachers, and (iii) a sufficient number of minutes of 13 school work under the direct supervision of teachers are 14 added to the school days between such regularly scheduled 15 sessions to accumulate not less than the number of 16 minutes by which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours 17 fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used for the 18 purposes of this paragraph shall not be considered for 19 computing average daily attendance. Days scheduled for 20 in-service training programs, staff development 21 activities, or parent-teacher conferences may be 22 scheduled separately for different grade levels and 23 different attendance centers of the district. 24 (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of 25 teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by 26 telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of 27 attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more 28 clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day 29 of attendance. 30 (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be 31 counted as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, 32 and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 33 or more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by 34 pupils in kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of -81- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 attendance. 2 (g) For children with disabilities who are below 3 the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock 4 hours because of their disability or immaturity, a 5 session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as 6 1/2 day of attendance; however for such children whose 7 educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock 8 hours may be counted as a full day of attendance. 9 (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for 10 only 1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have 11 more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. 12 However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance 13 in any 5 consecutive school days. When a pupil attends 14 such a kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school 15 day, the pupil shall have the following day as a day 16 absent from school, unless the school district obtains 17 permission in writing from the State Superintendent of 18 Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide for 19 a full day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted 20 the same as attendance by first grade pupils. Only the 21 first year of attendance in one kindergarten shall be 22 counted, except in case of children who entered the 23 kindergarten in their fifth year whose educational 24 development requires a second year of kindergarten as 25 determined under the rules and regulations of the State 26 Board of Education. 27 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data. 28 (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local 29 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State 30 Board of Education shall secure from the Department of 31 Revenue the value as equalized or assessed by the Department 32 of Revenue of all taxable property of every school district, 33 together with (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending 34 taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the -82- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 previous year and (ii) the limiting rate for all school 2 districts subject to property tax extension limitations as 3 imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. 4 This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by 5 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the 6 calculation of Available Local Resources. 7 (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) 8 shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner: 9 (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under 10 this Section, with respect to any part of a school 11 district within a redevelopment project area in respect 12 to which a municipality has adopted tax increment 13 allocation financing pursuant to the Tax Increment 14 Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 15 11-74.4-11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or the 16 Industrial Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 17 11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the 18 current equalized assessed valuation of real property 19 located in any such project area which is attributable to 20 an increase above the total initial equalized assessed 21 valuation of such property shall be used as part of the 22 equalized assessed valuation of the district, until such 23 time as all redevelopment project costs have been paid, 24 as provided in Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment 25 Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of 26 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the 27 equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total 28 initial equalized assessed valuation or the current 29 equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall 30 be used until such time as all redevelopment project 31 costs have been paid. 32 (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation 33 for a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting 34 from the real property value as equalized or assessed by -83- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 the Department of Revenue for the district an amount 2 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes 3 under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% 4 for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 5 12, by 2.30% for a district maintaining grades 6 kindergarten through 8, or by 1.05% for a district 7 maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount 8 computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes 9 under subsection (a) of Section 18-165 of the Property 10 Tax Code by the same percentage rates for district type 11 as specified in this subparagraph (b). 12 (c) The Department of Revenue shall add to the 13 equalized assessed value of all taxable property of each 14 school district situated entirely or partially within a 15 county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants an amount equal 16 to the total amount by which the homestead exemptions 17 allowed under Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the Property 18 Tax Code for real property situated in that school 19 district exceeds the total amount that would have been 20 allowed in that school district as homestead exemptions 21 under those Sections if the maximum reduction under 22 Section 15-170 of the Property Tax Code was $2,500 and 23 the maximum reduction under Section 15-175 of the 24 Property Tax Code was $4,500. The county clerk of any 25 county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall annually 26 calculate and certify to the Department for each school 27 district all homestead exemption amounts required by 28 Public Act 87-894. In a new district which has not had 29 any tax rates yet determined for extension of taxes, a 30 leveled uniform rate shall be computed from the latest 31 amount of the fund taxes extended on the several areas 32 within the new district. 33 (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year 34 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of -84- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local 2 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the 3 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation 4 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3). 5 For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following 6 terms shall have the following meanings: 7 "Budget Year": The school year for which general 8 State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E). 9 "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to 10 calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State 11 aid. 12 "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year 13 immediately preceding the Base Tax Year. 14 "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the 15 equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk 16 in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as 17 calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the 18 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. 19 "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of 20 the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County 21 Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the 22 Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A). 23 "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio, 24 certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is 25 the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is 26 the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension. 27 "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as 28 defined in subsection (A). 29 If a school district is subject to property tax extension 30 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension 31 Limitation Law, and if the Available Local Resources of that 32 school district as calculated pursuant to subsection (D) 33 using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75 34 times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year, the State -85- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Board of Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation 2 Equalized Assessed Valuation of that district. For the 3 1999-2000 school year, the Extension Limitation Equalized 4 Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated by the 5 State Board of Education shall be equal to the product of the 6 district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation and the 7 district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the 2000-2001 8 school year and each school year thereafter, the Extension 9 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district 10 as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal 11 to the product of the last calculated Extension Limitation 12 Equalized Assessed Valuation and the district's Extension 13 Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation Equalized 14 Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated under 15 this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's equalized 16 assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to subsections 17 (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating the 18 district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant to 19 subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed 20 Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the district's 21 Available Local Resources under subsection (D). 22 (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid 23 for the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district 24 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized 25 assessed valuation used in calculating its general State 26 financial aid apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, 27 the State Board of Education shall calculate the Extension 28 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have been 29 used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid. 30 This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed 31 valuation used to calculate general State aid for the 32 1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation 33 Ratio. If the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed 34 Valuation of the school district as calculated under this -86- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 paragraph (4) is less than the district's equalized assessed 2 valuation utilized in calculating the district's 1998-1999 3 general State aid allocation, then for purposes of 4 calculating the district's general State aid pursuant to 5 paragraph (5) of subsection (E), that Extension Limitation 6 Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate 7 the district's Available Local Resources. 8 (5) For school districts having a majority of their 9 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, 10 DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of 11 general State aid allocated to the school district for the 12 1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E), 13 (H), and (J) of this Section is less than the amount of 14 general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 15 school year under these subsections, then the general State 16 aid of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only shall 17 be increased by the difference between these amounts. The 18 total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed 19 $14,000,000. Claims shall be prorated if they exceed 20 $14,000,000. 21 (H) Supplemental General State Aid. 22 (1) In addition to the general State aid a school 23 district is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying 24 school districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction 25 with a district's payments of general State aid, for 26 supplemental general State aid based upon the concentration 27 level of children from low-income households within the 28 school district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for 29 school districts under this subsection shall be appropriated 30 for distribution to school districts as part of the same line 31 item in which the general State financial aid of school 32 districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of 33 this subsection, the term "Low-Income Concentration Level" 34 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most -87- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 recently available federal census divided by the Average 2 Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, the 3 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses 4 in the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school 5 district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more 6 the percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil 7 count of contiguous elementary school districts, whose 8 boundaries are coterminous with the high school district, the 9 high school district's low-income eligible pupil count from 10 the earlier federal census shall be the number used as the 11 low-income eligible pupil count for the high school district, 12 for purposes of this subsection (H). 13 (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this 14 subsection shall be provided as follows: 15 (a) For any school district with a Low Income 16 Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, 17 the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by 18 the low income eligible pupil count. 19 (b) For any school district with a Low Income 20 Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, 21 the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100 22 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count. 23 (c) For any school district with a Low Income 24 Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, 25 the grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500 26 multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count. 27 (d) For any school district with a Low Income 28 Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the 29 1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low 30 income eligible pupil count. 31 (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil 32 amount specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) 33 immediately above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, 34 and $2,000, respectively. -88- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil 2 amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) 3 immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050, 4 respectively. 5 (g) For each school year after the 2000-2001 school 6 year, the per pupil amounts specified in subparagraph (e) 7 immediately above shall be increased by the same 8 percentage as the percentage increase, if any, in the 9 Foundation Level as provided under subsection (B). 10 (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of 11 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for 12 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection 13 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to 14 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting 15 from this grant of supplemental general State aid for the 16 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to 17 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such 18 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and 19 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education. 20 (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of 21 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State 22 aid pursuant to this subsection shall be required to 23 distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section, no 24 less than $261,000,000 in accordance with the following 25 requirements: 26 (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to 27 the attendance centers within the district in proportion 28 to the number of pupils enrolled at each attendance 29 center who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price 30 lunches or breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition 31 Act of 1966 and under the National School Lunch Act 32 during the immediately preceding school year. 33 (b) The distribution of these portions of 34 supplemental and general State aid among attendance -89- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 centers according to these requirements shall not be 2 compensated for or contravened by adjustments of the 3 total of other funds appropriated to any attendance 4 centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding 5 from one or several sources in order to fully implement 6 this provision annually prior to the opening of school. 7 (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the 8 school district a distribution of noncategorical funds 9 and other categorical funds to which an attendance center 10 is entitled under law in order that the general State aid 11 and supplemental general State aid provided by 12 application of this subsection supplements rather than 13 supplants the noncategorical funds and other categorical 14 funds provided by the school district to the attendance 15 centers. 16 (d) Any funds made available under this subsection 17 that by reason of the provisions of this subsection are 18 not required to be allocated and provided to attendance 19 centers may be used and appropriated by the board of the 20 district for any lawful school purpose. 21 (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant 22 to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center 23 at the discretion of the principal and local school 24 council for programs to improve educational opportunities 25 at qualifying schools through the following programs and 26 services: early childhood education, reduced class size 27 or improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment 28 programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, 29 and other educationally beneficial expenditures which 30 supplement the regular and basic programs as determined 31 by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall 32 not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as 33 defined by board rule. 34 (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this -90- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to 2 meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in 3 compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to 4 the State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each 5 year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of 6 local school councils concerning the school expenditure 7 plans developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 8 34-2.3. The State Board shall approve or reject the plan 9 within 60 days after its submission. If the plan is 10 rejected, the district shall give written notice of 11 intent to modify the plan within 15 days of the 12 notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan 13 within 30 days after the date of the written notice of 14 intent to modify. Districts may amend approved plans 15 pursuant to rules promulgated by the State Board of 16 Education. 17 Upon notification by the State Board of Education 18 that the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 19 15 or a modified plan within the time period specified 20 herein, the State aid funds affected by that plan or 21 modified plan shall be withheld by the State Board of 22 Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted. 23 If the district fails to distribute State aid to 24 attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, 25 the plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in 26 addition to the funds otherwise required by this 27 subsection, to those attendance centers which were 28 underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to 29 such underfunding. 30 For purposes of determining compliance with this 31 subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance 32 center funding, each district subject to the provisions 33 of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by 34 December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for -91- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 the prior year in addition to any modification of its 2 current plan. If it is determined that there has been a 3 failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this 4 subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the 5 State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days 6 of receipt of the report, notify the district and any 7 affected local school council. The district shall within 8 45 days of receipt of that notification inform the State 9 Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective 10 action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current 11 plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the 12 following year. Failure to provide the expenditure 13 report or the notification of remedial or corrective 14 action in a timely manner shall result in a withholding 15 of the affected funds. 16 The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules 17 and regulations to implement the provisions of this 18 subsection. No funds shall be released under this 19 subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted 20 a plan that has been approved by the State Board of 21 Education. 22 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts. 23 (1) For a new school district formed by combining 24 property included totally within 2 or more previously 25 existing school districts, for its first year of existence 26 the general State aid and supplemental general State aid 27 calculated under this Section shall be computed for the new 28 district and for the previously existing districts for which 29 property is totally included within the new district. If the 30 computation on the basis of the previously existing districts 31 is greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference 32 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the new 33 district. 34 (2) For a school district which annexes all of the -92- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for 2 the first year during which the change of boundaries 3 attributable to such annexation becomes effective for all 4 purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general 5 State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under 6 this Section shall be computed for the annexing district as 7 constituted after the annexation and for the annexing and 8 each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation; 9 and if the computation on the basis of the annexing and 10 annexed districts as constituted prior to the annexation is 11 greater, a supplementary payment equal to the difference 12 shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of the 13 annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation. 14 (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of 15 the territory of one or more entire other school districts, 16 and for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon 17 the division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of 18 one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts 19 and which together include all of the parts into which such 20 other unit school district or districts are so divided, for 21 the first year during which the change of boundaries 22 attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective 23 for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, 24 as the case may be, the general State aid and supplemental 25 general State aid calculated under this Section shall be 26 computed for each annexing or resulting district as 27 constituted after the annexation or division and for each 28 annexing and annexed district, or for each resulting and 29 divided district, as constituted prior to the annexation or 30 division; and if the aggregate of the general State aid and 31 supplemental general State aid as so computed for the 32 annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the 33 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the 34 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so -93- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the 2 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the 3 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to 4 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among 5 the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such 6 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their 7 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated 8 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the 9 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the 10 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to 11 or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears 12 to the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or 13 divided district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is 14 determined for the school year last ending prior to the date 15 when the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation 16 or division becomes effective for all purposes. The amount 17 of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be 18 allocated to the annexing or resulting districts shall be 19 computed by the State Board of Education on the basis of 20 pupil enrollment and other data which shall be certified to 21 the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide 22 for that purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools 23 for each educational service region in which the annexing and 24 annexed districts, or resulting and divided districts are 25 located. 26 (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this 27 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly 28 provided under this Section. 29 (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection 30 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made 31 pursuant to this Section. 32 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid. 33 (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this 34 Section, the amount of the aggregate general State aid in -94- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 combination with supplemental general State aid under this 2 Section for which each school district is eligible shall be 3 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid 4 entitlement that was received by the district under Section 5 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p) 6 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-98 school year, 7 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in 8 effect. If a school district qualifies to receive a 9 supplementary payment made under this subsection (J), the 10 amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with 11 supplemental general State aid under this Section which that 12 district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be 13 no less than the amount of the aggregate general State aid 14 entitlement that was received by the district under Section 15 18-8 (exclusive of amounts received under subsections 5(p) 16 and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, 17 pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then in 18 effect. 19 (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection 20 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State 21 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under 22 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent 23 school year that in any such school year is less than the 24 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that 25 the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school 26 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation 27 made for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary 28 payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in the 29 aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1). 30 (3) (Blank). 31 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools. 32 In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing 33 board of a public university that operates a laboratory 34 school under this Section or to any alternative school that -95- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 is operated by a regional superintendent of schools, the 2 State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting 3 requirements as it deems necessary. 4 As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a 5 public school which is created and operated by a public 6 university and approved by the State Board of Education. The 7 governing board of a public university which receives funds 8 from the State Board under this subsection (K) may not 9 increase the number of students enrolled in its laboratory 10 school from a single district, if that district is already 11 sending 50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement 12 between the school board of a student's district of residence 13 and the university which operates the laboratory school. A 14 laboratory school may not have more than 1,000 students, 15 excluding students with disabilities in a special education 16 program. 17 As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a 18 public school which is created and operated by a Regional 19 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of 20 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of 21 instruction for which credit is given in regular school 22 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school 23 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational 24 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract 25 with a school district or a public community college district 26 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school 27 serving more than one educational service region may be 28 established by the regional superintendents of schools of the 29 affected educational service regions. An alternative school 30 serving more than one educational service region may be 31 operated under such terms as the regional superintendents of 32 schools of those educational service regions may agree. 33 Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on 34 forms provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an -96- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 annual State aid claim which states the Average Daily 2 Attendance of the school's students by month. The best 3 3 months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed for each 4 school. The general State aid entitlement shall be computed 5 by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the 6 Foundation Level as determined under this Section. The 7 Average Daily Attendance shall be computed and the Average 8 Daily Attendance for the school's most recent 3-year average 9 shall be compared to the most recent Average Daily 10 Attendance, and the greater of the 2 shall be used for the 11 calculation under this subsection (K). 12 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other 13 Requirements. 14 (1) For a school district operating under the financial 15 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the 16 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under 17 this Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, 18 shall be reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the 19 operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority to 20 the State Board of Education, and an amount equal to such 21 reduction shall be paid to the Authority created for such 22 district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in 23 Section 18-11. The remainder of general State school aid for 24 any such district shall be paid in accordance with Article 25 34A when that Article provides for a disposition other than 26 that provided by this Article. 27 (2) (Blank). 28 (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made 29 as provided in Section 18-4.3. 30 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board. 31 The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this 32 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created. 33 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the -97- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 2 The members appointed shall include representatives of 3 education, business, and the general public. One of the 4 members so appointed shall be designated by the Governor at 5 the time the appointment is made as the chairperson of the 6 Board. The initial members of the Board may be appointed any 7 time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. 8 The regular term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 9 years from the third Monday of January of the year in which 10 the term of the member's appointment is to commence, except 11 that of the 5 initial members appointed to serve on the 12 Board, the member who is appointed as the chairperson shall 13 serve for a term that commences on the date of his or her 14 appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002, 15 and the remaining 4 members, by lots drawn at the first 16 meeting of the Board that is held after all 5 members are 17 appointed, shall determine 2 of their number to serve for 18 terms that commence on the date of their respective 19 appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001, 20 and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the 21 date of their respective appointments and expire on the third 22 Monday of January, 2000. All members appointed to serve on 23 the Board shall serve until their respective successors are 24 appointed and confirmed. Vacancies shall be filled in the 25 same manner as original appointments. If a vacancy in 26 membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not in 27 session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment 28 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall 29 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a 30 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If 31 the Senate is not in session when the initial appointments 32 are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of 33 vacancies. 34 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed -98- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 established, and the initial members appointed by the 2 Governor to serve as members of the Board shall take office, 3 on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of 4 the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those initial 5 members are then serving pursuant to appointment and 6 confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments that are 7 made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies. 8 The State Board of Education shall provide such staff 9 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is 10 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board 11 of its responsibilities. 12 For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the 13 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the 14 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as 15 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for 16 the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section 17 and for the supplemental general State aid grant level under 18 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high 19 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended 20 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology 21 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of 22 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. 23 The Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such 24 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd 25 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001. 26 (N) (Blank). 27 (O) References. 28 (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions 29 of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and 30 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer 31 to the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to 32 the extent that those references remain applicable. 33 (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds -99- LRB9203764NTsbA 1 shall be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State 2 aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section. 3 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 7-1-98; incorporates 90-566; 4 90-653, eff. 7-29-98; 90-654, eff. 7-29-98; 90-655, eff. 5 7-30-98; 90-802, eff. 12-15-98; 90-815, eff. 2-11-99; 91-24, 6 eff. 7-1-99; 91-93, eff. 7-9-99; 91-96, eff. 7-9-99; 91-111, 7 eff. 7-14-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; 8 revised 8-27-99.) 9 Section 98. Severability. If any provision of this 10 amendatory Act of of the 92nd General Assembly or its 11 application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, 12 the invalidity of that provision or application does not 13 affect other provisions or applications of this amendatory 14 Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or 15 application. 16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 17 July 1, 2001.