Public Act 097-0188
 
SB1712 EnrolledLRB097 09992 RLJ 50162 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Innovation Development and Economy Act is
amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 470/10)
    Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, the following
words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless a
different meaning clearly appears from the context:
    "Base year" means the calendar year immediately prior to
the calendar year in which the STAR bond district is
established.
    "Commence work" means the manifest commencement of actual
operations on the development site, such as, erecting a
building, general on-site and off-site grading and utility
installations, commencing design and construction
documentation, ordering lead-time materials, excavating the
ground to lay a foundation or a basement, or work of like
description which a reasonable person would recognize as being
done with the intention and purpose to continue work until the
project is completed.
    "County" means the county in which a proposed STAR bond
district is located.
    "De minimus" means an amount less than 15% of the land area
within a STAR bond district.
    "Department of Revenue" means the Department of Revenue of
the State of Illinois.
    "Destination user" means an owner, operator, licensee,
co-developer, subdeveloper, or tenant (i) that operates a
business within a STAR bond district that is a retail store
having at least 150,000 square feet of sales floor area; (ii)
that at the time of opening does not have another Illinois
location within a 70 mile radius; (iii) that has an annual
average of not less than 30% of customers who travel from at
least 75 miles away or from out-of-state, as demonstrated by
data from a comparable existing store or stores, or, if there
is no comparable existing store, as demonstrated by an economic
analysis that shows that the proposed retailer will have an
annual average of not less than 30% of customers who travel
from at least 75 miles away or from out-of-state; and (iv) that
makes an initial capital investment, including project costs
and other direct costs, of not less than $30,000,000 for such
retail store.
    "Destination hotel" means a hotel (as that term is defined
in Section 2 of the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act)
complex having at least 150 guest rooms and which also includes
a venue for entertainment attractions, rides, or other
activities oriented toward the entertainment and amusement of
its guests and other patrons.
    "Developer" means any individual, corporation, trust,
estate, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited
liability company, or other entity. The term does not include a
not-for-profit entity, political subdivision, or other agency
or instrumentality of the State.
    "Director" means the Director of Revenue, who shall consult
with the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in any
approvals or decisions required by the Director under this Act.
    "Economic impact study" means a study conducted by an
independent economist to project the financial benefit of the
proposed STAR bond project to the local, regional, and State
economies, consider the proposed adverse impacts on similar
projects and businesses, as well as municipalities within the
projected market area, and draw conclusions about the net
effect of the proposed STAR bond project on the local,
regional, and State economies. A copy of the economic impact
study shall be provided to the Director for review.
    "Eligible area" means any improved or vacant area that (i)
is contiguous and is not, in the aggregate, less than 250 acres
nor more than 500 acres which must include only parcels of real
property directly and substantially benefited by the proposed
STAR bond district plan, (ii) is adjacent to a federal
interstate highway, (iii) is within one mile of 2 State
highways, (iv) is within one mile of an entertainment user, or
a major or minor league sports stadium or other similar
entertainment venue that had an initial capital investment of
at least $20,000,000, and (v) includes land that was previously
surface or strip mined. The area may be bisected by streets,
highways, roads, alleys, railways, bike paths, streams,
rivers, and other waterways and still be deemed contiguous. In
addition, in order to constitute an eligible area one of the
following requirements must be satisfied and all of which are
subject to the review and approval of the Director as provided
in subsection (d) of Section 15:
        (a) the governing body of the political subdivision
    shall have determined that the area meets the requirements
    of a "blighted area" as defined under the Tax Increment
    Allocation Redevelopment Act; or
        (b) the governing body of the political subdivision
    shall have determined that the area is a blighted area as
    determined under the provisions of Section 11-74.3-5 of the
    Illinois Municipal Code; or
        (c) the governing body of the political subdivision
    shall make the following findings:
            (i) that the vacant portions of the area have
        remained vacant for at least one year, or that any
        building located on a vacant portion of the property
        was demolished within the last year and that the
        building would have qualified under item (ii) of this
        subsection;
            (ii) if portions of the area are currently
        developed, that the use, condition, and character of
        the buildings on the property are not consistent with
        the purposes set forth in Section 5;
            (iii) that the STAR bond district is expected to
        create or retain job opportunities within the
        political subdivision;
            (iv) that the STAR bond district will serve to
        further the development of adjacent areas;
            (v) that without the availability of STAR bonds,
        the projects described in the STAR bond district plan
        would not be possible;
            (vi) that the master developer meets high
        standards of creditworthiness and financial strength
        as demonstrated by one or more of the following: (i)
        corporate debenture ratings of BBB or higher by
        Standard & Poor's Corporation or Baa or higher by
        Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; (ii) a letter from a
        financial institution with assets of $10,000,000 or
        more attesting to the financial strength of the master
        developer; or (iii) specific evidence of equity
        financing for not less than 10% of the estimated total
        STAR bond project costs;
            (vii) that the STAR bond district will strengthen
        the commercial sector of the political subdivision;
            (viii) that the STAR bond district will enhance the
        tax base of the political subdivision; and
            (ix) that the formation of a STAR bond district is
        in the best interest of the political subdivision.
    "Entertainment user" means an owner, operator, licensee,
co-developer, subdeveloper, or tenant that operates a business
within a STAR bond district that has a primary use of providing
a venue for entertainment attractions, rides, or other
activities oriented toward the entertainment and amusement of
its patrons, occupies at least 20 acres of land in the STAR
bond district, and makes an initial capital investment,
including project costs and other direct and indirect costs, of
not less than $25,000,000 for that venue.
    "Feasibility study" means a feasibility study as defined in
subsection (b) of Section 20.
    "Infrastructure" means the public improvements and private
improvements that serve the public purposes set forth in
Section 5 of this Act and that benefit the STAR bond district
or any STAR bond projects, including, but not limited to,
streets, drives and driveways, traffic and directional signs
and signals, parking lots and parking facilities,
interchanges, highways, sidewalks, bridges, underpasses and
overpasses, bike and walking trails, sanitary storm sewers and
lift stations, drainage conduits, channels, levees, canals,
storm water detention and retention facilities, utilities and
utility connections, water mains and extensions, and street and
parking lot lighting and connections.
    "Local sales taxes" means any locally imposed taxes
received by a municipality, county, or other local governmental
entity arising from sales by retailers and servicemen within a
STAR bond district, including business district sales taxes and
STAR bond occupation taxes, and that portion of the net revenue
realized under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax
Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax
Act from transactions at places of business located within a
STAR bond district that is deposited into the Local Government
Tax Fund and the County and Mass Transit District Fund. For the
purpose of this Act, "local sales taxes" does not include (i)
any taxes authorized pursuant to the Local Mass Transit
District Act or , the Metro-East Park and Recreation District
Act, or the Flood Prevention District Act for so long as the
applicable taxing district does not impose a tax on real
property, or (ii) county school facility occupation taxes
imposed pursuant to Section 5-1006.7 of the Counties Code, or
(iii) any taxes authorized under the Flood Prevention District
Act.
    "Local sales tax increment" means, with respect to local
sales taxes administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue,
(i) all of the local sales tax paid by destination users,
destination hotels, and entertainment users that is in excess
of the local sales tax paid by destination users, destination
hotels, and entertainment users for the same month in the base
year, as determined by the Illinois Department of Revenue, (ii)
in the case of a municipality forming a STAR bond district that
is wholly within the corporate boundaries of the municipality
and in the case of a municipality and county forming a STAR
bond district that is only partially within such municipality,
that portion of the local sales tax paid by taxpayers that are
not destination users, destination hotels, or entertainment
users that is in excess of the local sales tax paid by
taxpayers that are not destination users, destination hotels,
or entertainment users for the same month in the base year, as
determined by the Illinois Department of Revenue, and (iii) in
the case of a county in which a STAR bond district is formed
that is wholly within a municipality, that portion of the local
sales tax paid by taxpayers that are not destination users,
destination hotels, or entertainment users that is in excess of
the local sales tax paid by taxpayers that are not destination
users, destination hotels, or entertainment users for the same
month in the base year, as determined by the Illinois
Department of Revenue, but only if the corporate authorities of
the county adopts an ordinance, and files a copy with the
Department within the same time frames as required for STAR
bond occupation taxes under Section 31, that designates the
taxes referenced in this clause (iii) as part of the local
sales tax increment under this Act. "Local sales tax increment"
means, with respect to local sales taxes administered by a
municipality, county, or other unit of local government, that
portion of the local sales tax that is in excess of the local
sales tax for the same month in the base year, as determined by
the respective municipality, county, or other unit of local
government. If any portion of local sales taxes are, at the
time of formation of a STAR bond district, already subject to
tax increment financing under the Tax Increment Allocation
Redevelopment Act, then the local sales tax increment for such
portion shall be frozen at the base year established in
accordance with this Act, and all future incremental increases
shall be included in the "local sales tax increment" under this
Act. Any party otherwise entitled to receipt of incremental
local sales tax revenues through an existing tax increment
financing district shall be entitled to continue to receive
such revenues up to the amount frozen in the base year. Nothing
in this Act shall affect the prior qualification of existing
redevelopment project costs incurred that are eligible for
reimbursement under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment
Act. In such event, prior to approving a STAR bond district,
the political subdivision forming the STAR bond district shall
take such action as is necessary, including amending the
existing tax increment financing district redevelopment plan,
to carry out the provisions of this Act. The Illinois
Department of Revenue shall allocate the local sales tax
increment only if the local sales tax is administered by the
Department.
    "Market study" means a study to determine the ability of
the proposed STAR bond project to gain market share locally and
regionally and to remain profitable past the term of repayment
of STAR bonds.
    "Master developer" means a developer cooperating with a
political subdivision to plan, develop, and implement a STAR
bond project plan for a STAR bond district. Subject to the
limitations of Section 25, the master developer may work with
and transfer certain development rights to other developers for
the purpose of implementing STAR bond project plans and
achieving the purposes of this Act. A master developer for a
STAR bond district shall be appointed by a political
subdivision in the resolution establishing the STAR bond
district, and the master developer must, at the time of
appointment, own or have control of, through purchase
agreements, option contracts, or other means, not less than 50%
of the acreage within the STAR bond district and the master
developer or its affiliate must have ownership or control on
June 1, 2010.
    "Master development agreement" means an agreement between
the master developer and the political subdivision to govern a
STAR bond district and any STAR bond projects.
    "Municipality" means the city, village, or incorporated
town in which a proposed STAR bond district is located.
    "Pledged STAR revenues" means those sales tax and revenues
and other sources of funds pledged to pay debt service on STAR
bonds or to pay project costs pursuant to Section 30.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the following
revenues shall not constitute pledged STAR revenues or be
available to pay principal and interest on STAR bonds: any
State sales tax increment or local sales tax increment from a
retail entity initiating operations in a STAR bond district
while terminating operations at another Illinois location
within 25 miles of the STAR bond district. For purposes of this
paragraph, "terminating operations" means a closing of a retail
operation that is directly related to the opening of the same
operation or like retail entity owned or operated by more than
50% of the original ownership in a STAR bond district within
one year before or after initiating operations in the STAR bond
district, but it does not mean closing an operation for reasons
beyond the control of the retail entity, as documented by the
retail entity, subject to a reasonable finding by the
municipality (or county if such retail operation is not located
within a municipality) in which the terminated operations were
located that the closed location contained inadequate space,
had become economically obsolete, or was no longer a viable
location for the retailer or serviceman.
    "Political subdivision" means a municipality or county
which undertakes to establish a STAR bond district pursuant to
the provisions of this Act.
    "Project costs" means and includes the sum total of all
costs incurred or estimated to be incurred on or following the
date of establishment of a STAR bond district that are
reasonable or necessary to implement a STAR bond district plan
or any STAR bond project plans, or both, including costs
incurred for public improvements and private improvements that
serve the public purposes set forth in Section 5 of this Act.
Such costs include without limitation the following:
        (a) costs of studies, surveys, development of plans and
    specifications, formation, implementation, and
    administration of a STAR bond district, STAR bond district
    plan, any STAR bond projects, or any STAR bond project
    plans, including, but not limited to, staff and
    professional service costs for architectural, engineering,
    legal, financial, planning, or other services, provided
    however that no charges for professional services may be
    based on a percentage of the tax increment collected and no
    contracts for professional services, excluding
    architectural and engineering services, may be entered
    into if the terms of the contract extend beyond a period of
    3 years;
        (b) property assembly costs, including, but not
    limited to, acquisition of land and other real property or
    rights or interests therein, located within the boundaries
    of a STAR bond district, demolition of buildings, site
    preparation, site improvements that serve as an engineered
    barrier addressing ground level or below ground
    environmental contamination, including, but not limited
    to, parking lots and other concrete or asphalt barriers,
    the clearing and grading of land, and importing additional
    soil and fill materials, or removal of soil and fill
    materials from the site;
        (c) subject to paragraph (d), costs of buildings and
    other vertical improvements that are located within the
    boundaries of a STAR bond district and owned by a political
    subdivision or other public entity, including without
    limitation police and fire stations, educational
    facilities, and public restrooms and rest areas;
        (c-1) costs of buildings and other vertical
    improvements that are located within the boundaries of a
    STAR bond district and owned by a destination user or
    destination hotel; except that only 2 destination users in
    a STAR bond district and one destination hotel are eligible
    to include the cost of those vertical improvements as
    project costs;
        (c-5) costs of buildings; rides and attractions, which
    include carousels, slides, roller coasters, displays,
    models, towers, works of art, and similar theme and
    amusement park improvements; and other vertical
    improvements that are located within the boundaries of a
    STAR bond district and owned by an entertainment user;
    except that only one entertainment user in a STAR bond
    district is eligible to include the cost of those vertical
    improvements as project costs;
        (d) costs of the design and construction of
    infrastructure and public works located within the
    boundaries of a STAR bond district that are reasonable or
    necessary to implement a STAR bond district plan or any
    STAR bond project plans, or both, except that project costs
    shall not include the cost of constructing a new municipal
    public building principally used to provide offices,
    storage space, or conference facilities or vehicle
    storage, maintenance, or repair for administrative, public
    safety, or public works personnel and that is not intended
    to replace an existing public building unless the political
    subdivision makes a reasonable determination in a STAR bond
    district plan or any STAR bond project plans, supported by
    information that provides the basis for that
    determination, that the new municipal building is required
    to meet an increase in the need for public safety purposes
    anticipated to result from the implementation of the STAR
    bond district plan or any STAR bond project plans;
        (e) costs of the design and construction of the
    following improvements located outside the boundaries of a
    STAR bond district, provided that the costs are essential
    to further the purpose and development of a STAR bond
    district plan and either (i) part of and connected to
    sewer, water, or utility service lines that physically
    connect to the STAR bond district or (ii) significant
    improvements for adjacent offsite highways, streets,
    roadways, and interchanges that are approved by the
    Illinois Department of Transportation. No other cost of
    infrastructure and public works improvements located
    outside the boundaries of a STAR bond district may be
    deemed project costs;
        (f) costs of job training and retraining projects,
    including the cost of "welfare to work" programs
    implemented by businesses located within a STAR bond
    district;
        (g) financing costs, including, but not limited to, all
    necessary and incidental expenses related to the issuance
    of obligations and which may include payment of interest on
    any obligations issued hereunder including interest
    accruing during the estimated period of construction of any
    improvements in a STAR bond district or any STAR bond
    projects for which such obligations are issued and for not
    exceeding 36 months thereafter and including reasonable
    reserves related thereto;
        (h) to the extent the political subdivision by written
    agreement accepts and approves the same, all or a portion
    of a taxing district's capital costs resulting from a STAR
    bond district or STAR bond projects necessarily incurred or
    to be incurred within a taxing district in furtherance of
    the objectives of a STAR bond district plan or STAR bond
    project plans;
        (i) interest cost incurred by a developer for project
    costs related to the acquisition, formation,
    implementation, development, construction, and
    administration of a STAR bond district, STAR bond district
    plan, STAR bond projects, or any STAR bond project plans
    provided that:
            (i) payment of such costs in any one year may not
        exceed 30% of the annual interest costs incurred by the
        developer with regard to the STAR bond district or any
        STAR bond projects during that year; and
            (ii) the total of such interest payments paid
        pursuant to this Act may not exceed 30% of the total
        cost paid or incurred by the developer for a STAR bond
        district or STAR bond projects, plus project costs,
        excluding any property assembly costs incurred by a
        political subdivision pursuant to this Act;
        (j) costs of common areas located within the boundaries
    of a STAR bond district;
        (k) costs of landscaping and plantings, retaining
    walls and fences, man-made lakes and ponds, shelters,
    benches, lighting, and similar amenities located within
    the boundaries of a STAR bond district;
        (l) costs of mounted building signs, site monument, and
    pylon signs located within the boundaries of a STAR bond
    district; or
        (m) if included in the STAR bond district plan and
    approved in writing by the Director, salaries or a portion
    of salaries for local government employees to the extent
    the same are directly attributable to the work of such
    employees on the establishment and management of a STAR
    bond district or any STAR bond projects.
    Except as specified in items (a) through (m), "project
costs" shall not include:
        (i) the cost of construction of buildings that are
    privately owned or owned by a municipality and leased to a
    developer or retail user for non-entertainment retail
    uses;
        (ii) moving expenses for employees of the businesses
    locating within the STAR bond district;
        (iii) property taxes for property located in the STAR
    bond district;
        (iv) lobbying costs; and
        (v) general overhead or administrative costs of the
    political subdivision that would still have been incurred
    by the political subdivision if the political subdivision
    had not established a STAR bond district.
    "Project development agreement" means any one or more
agreements, including any amendments thereto, between a master
developer and any co-developer or subdeveloper in connection
with a STAR bond project, which project development agreement
may include the political subdivision as a party.
    "Projected market area" means any area within the State in
which a STAR bond district or STAR bond project is projected to
have a significant fiscal or market impact as determined by the
Director.
    "Resolution" means a resolution, order, ordinance, or
other appropriate form of legislative action of a political
subdivision or other applicable public entity approved by a
vote of a majority of a quorum at a meeting of the governing
body of the political subdivision or applicable public entity.
    "STAR bond" means a sales tax and revenue bond, note, or
other obligation payable from pledged STAR revenues and issued
by a political subdivision, the proceeds of which shall be used
only to pay project costs as defined in this Act.
    "STAR bond district" means the specific area declared to be
an eligible area as determined by the political subdivision,
and approved by the Director, in which the political
subdivision may develop one or more STAR bond projects.
    "STAR bond district plan" means the preliminary or
conceptual plan that generally identifies the proposed STAR
bond project areas and identifies in a general manner the
buildings, facilities, and improvements to be constructed or
improved in each STAR bond project area.
    "STAR bond project" means a project within a STAR bond
district which is approved pursuant to Section 20.
    "STAR bond project area" means the geographic area within a
STAR bond district in which there may be one or more STAR bond
projects.
    "STAR bond project plan" means the written plan adopted by
a political subdivision for the development of a STAR bond
project in a STAR bond district; the plan may include, but is
not limited to, (i) project costs incurred prior to the date of
the STAR bond project plan and estimated future STAR bond
project costs, (ii) proposed sources of funds to pay those
costs, (iii) the nature and estimated term of any obligations
to be issued by the political subdivision to pay those costs,
(iv) the most recent equalized assessed valuation of the STAR
bond project area, (v) an estimate of the equalized assessed
valuation of the STAR bond district or applicable project area
after completion of a STAR bond project, (vi) a general
description of the types of any known or proposed developers,
users, or tenants of the STAR bond project or projects included
in the plan, (vii) a general description of the type,
structure, and character of the property or facilities to be
developed or improved, (viii) a description of the general land
uses to apply to the STAR bond project, and (ix) a general
description or an estimate of the type, class, and number of
employees to be employed in the operation of the STAR bond
project.
    "State sales tax" means all of the net revenue realized
under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the
Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act from
transactions at places of business located within a STAR bond
district, excluding that portion of the net revenue realized
under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the
Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act from
transactions at places of business located within a STAR bond
district that is deposited into the Local Government Tax Fund
and the County and Mass Transit District Fund.
    "State sales tax increment" means (i) 100% of that portion
of the State sales tax that is in excess of the State sales tax
for the same month in the base year, as determined by the
Department of Revenue, from transactions at up to 2 destination
users, one destination hotel, and one entertainment user
located within a STAR bond district, which destination users,
destination hotel, and entertainment user shall be designated
by the master developer and approved by the political
subdivision and the Director in conjunction with the applicable
STAR bond project approval, and (ii) 25% of that portion of the
State sales tax that is in excess of the State sales tax for
the same month in the base year, as determined by the
Department of Revenue, from all other transactions within a
STAR bond district. If any portion of State sales taxes are, at
the time of formation of a STAR bond district, already subject
to tax increment financing under the Tax Increment Allocation
Redevelopment Act, then the State sales tax increment for such
portion shall be frozen at the base year established in
accordance with this Act, and all future incremental increases
shall be included in the State sales tax increment under this
Act. Any party otherwise entitled to receipt of incremental
State sales tax revenues through an existing tax increment
financing district shall be entitled to continue to receive
such revenues up to the amount frozen in the base year. Nothing
in this Act shall affect the prior qualification of existing
redevelopment project costs incurred that are eligible for
reimbursement under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment
Act. In such event, prior to approving a STAR bond district,
the political subdivision forming the STAR bond district shall
take such action as is necessary, including amending the
existing tax increment financing district redevelopment plan,
to carry out the provisions of this Act.
    "Substantial change" means a change wherein the proposed
STAR bond project plan differs substantially in size, scope, or
use from the approved STAR bond district plan or STAR bond
project plan.
    "Taxpayer" means an individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, trust, estate, or other entity that
is subject to the Illinois Income Tax Act.
    "Total development costs" means the aggregate public and
private investment in a STAR bond district, including project
costs and other direct and indirect costs related to the
development of the STAR bond district.
    "Traditional retail use" means the operation of a business
that derives at least 90% of its annual gross revenue from
sales at retail, as that phrase is defined by Section 1 of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, but does not include the
operations of destination users, entertainment users,
restaurants, hotels, retail uses within hotels, or any other
non-retail uses.
    "Vacant" means that portion of the land in a proposed STAR
bond district that is not occupied by a building, facility, or
other vertical improvement.
(Source: P.A. 96-939, eff. 6-24-10.)
 
    Section 10. The Flood Prevention District Act is amended by
changing Section 25 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 750/25)
    Sec. 25. Flood prevention retailers' and service
occupation taxes.
    (a) If the Board of Commissioners of a flood prevention
district determines that an emergency situation exists
regarding levee repair or flood prevention, and upon an
ordinance confirming the determination adopted by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the county
board of the county in which the district is situated, the
county may impose a flood prevention retailers' occupation tax
upon all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible
personal property at retail within the territory of the
district to provide revenue to pay the costs of providing
emergency levee repair and flood prevention and to secure the
payment of bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness
issued under this Act for a period not to exceed 25 years or as
required to repay the bonds, notes, and other evidences of
indebtedness issued under this Act. The tax rate shall be 0.25%
of the gross receipts from all taxable sales made in the course
of that business. The tax imposed under this Section and all
civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof
shall be collected and enforced by the State Department of
Revenue. The Department shall have full power to administer and
enforce this Section; to collect all taxes and penalties so
collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine
all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the
erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder.
    In the administration of and compliance with this
subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
subsection (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) are subject to the same
conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
definitions of terms, and (iii) shall employ the same modes of
procedure as are set forth in Sections 1 through 1o, 2 through
2-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in those Sections
other than the State rate of tax), 2a through 2h, 3 (except as
to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a,
5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
all provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act as if
those provisions were set forth in this subsection.
    Persons subject to any tax imposed under this Section may
reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability
hereunder by separately stating the tax as an additional
charge, which charge may be stated in combination in a single
amount with State taxes that sellers are required to collect
under the Use Tax Act, under any bracket schedules the
Department may prescribe.
    If a tax is imposed under this subsection (a), a tax shall
also be imposed under subsection (b) of this Section.
    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), a flood
prevention service occupation tax shall also be imposed upon
all persons engaged within the territory of the district in the
business of making sales of service, who, as an incident to
making the sales of service, transfer tangible personal
property, either in the form of tangible personal property or
in the form of real estate as an incident to a sale of service
to provide revenue to pay the costs of providing emergency
levee repair and flood prevention and to secure the payment of
bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness issued under
this Act for a period not to exceed 25 years or as required to
repay the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness.
The tax rate shall be 0.25% of the selling price of all
tangible personal property transferred.
    The tax imposed under this subsection and all civil
penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this
subsection; to collect all taxes and penalties due hereunder;
to dispose of taxes and penalties collected in the manner
hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to credit
memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or
penalty hereunder.
    In the administration of and compliance with this
subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
subsection shall (i) have the same rights, remedies,
privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) be subject to
the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
procedure as are set forth in Sections 2 (except that the
reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a
place of business in this State means the district), 2a through
2d, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions contained in
those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 4 (except
that the reference to the State shall be to the district), 5,
7, 8 (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax is a debt
to the extent indicated in that Section 8 is the district), 9
(except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties
collected), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section
2b of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any
reference to the State means the district), Section 15, 16, 17,
18, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and all
provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as
if those provisions were set forth herein.
    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
tax as an additional charge, that charge may be stated in
combination in a single amount with State tax that servicemen
are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, under
any bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
    (c) The taxes imposed in subsections (a) and (b) may not be
imposed on personal property titled or registered with an
agency of the State; food for human consumption that is to be
consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than
alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been
prepared for immediate consumption); prescription and
non-prescription medicines, drugs, and medical appliances;
modifications to a motor vehicle for the purpose of rendering
it usable by a disabled person; or insulin, urine testing
materials, and syringes and needles used by diabetics.
    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize
the district to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
any business that under the Constitution of the United States
may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
    (e) The certificate of registration that is issued by the
Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act or a serviceman under the Service Occupation Tax Act
permits the retailer or serviceman to engage in a business that
is taxable without registering separately with the Department
under an ordinance or resolution under this Section.
    (f) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
collected under this Section to be deposited into the Flood
Prevention Occupation Tax Fund, which shall be an
unappropriated trust fund held outside the State treasury.
    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
STAR bond district. The Department shall make this
certification only if the flood prevention district imposes a
tax on real property as provided in the definition of "local
sales taxes" under the Innovation Development and Economy Act.
    On After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue
Fund, on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
disbursement of stated sums of money to the counties from which
retailers or servicemen have paid taxes or penalties to the
Department during the second preceding calendar month. The
amount to be paid to each county is equal to the amount (not
including credit memoranda) collected from the county under
this Section during the second preceding calendar month by the
Department, (i) less 2% of that amount, which shall be
deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund and
shall be used by the Department in administering and enforcing
the provisions of this Section on behalf of the county, (ii)
plus an amount that the Department determines is necessary to
offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different
taxing body; (iii) less an amount equal to the amount of
refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the
Department on behalf of the county; and (iv) less any amount
that the Department determines is necessary to offset any
amounts that were payable to a different taxing body but were
erroneously paid to the county; and (v) less any amounts that
are transferred to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund. When certifying
the amount of a monthly disbursement to a county under this
Section, the Department shall increase or decrease the amounts
by an amount necessary to offset any miscalculation of previous
disbursements within the previous 6 months from the time a
miscalculation is discovered.
    Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller from the
Department of the disbursement certification to the counties
provided for in this Section, the Comptroller shall cause the
orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in accordance
with directions contained in the certification.
    If the Department determines that a refund should be made
under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit
memorandum, then the Department shall notify the Comptroller,
who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified
and to the person named in the notification from the
Department. The refund shall be paid by the Treasurer out of
the Flood Prevention Occupation Tax Fund.
    (g) If a county imposes a tax under this Section, then the
county board shall, by ordinance, discontinue the tax upon the
payment of all indebtedness of the flood prevention district.
The tax shall not be discontinued until all indebtedness of the
District has been paid.
    (h) Any ordinance imposing the tax under this Section, or
any ordinance that discontinues the tax, must be certified by
the county clerk and filed with the Illinois Department of
Revenue either (i) on or before the first day of April,
whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the first day of
July next following the filing; or (ii) on or before the first
day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the
first day of January next following the filing.
    (j) County Flood Prevention Occupation Tax Fund. All
proceeds received by a county from a tax distribution under
this Section must be maintained in a special fund known as the
[name of county] flood prevention occupation tax fund. The
county shall, at the direction of the flood prevention
district, use moneys in the fund to pay the costs of providing
emergency levee repair and flood prevention and to pay bonds,
notes, and other evidences of indebtedness issued under this
Act.
    (k) This Section may be cited as the Flood Prevention
Occupation Tax Law.
(Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08; 95-723, eff. 6-23-08;
96-939, eff. 6-24-10.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.