101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2049

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 120/2-12
55 ILCS 5/5-1006  from Ch. 34, par. 5-1006
55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5
55 ILCS 5/5-1006.7
65 ILCS 5/8-11-1  from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-1
65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.3  from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-1.3
65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.6
65 ILCS 5/8-11-6  from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-6
70 ILCS 750/25
70 ILCS 3610/5.01  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 355.01
70 ILCS 3615/4.03  from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.03

    Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that if a purchaser makes payment over the phone, in writing, or via the Internet, and the property is delivered to a location in this State, then the sale shall be sourced to the location where the property is delivered. Provides that the sale shall be deemed to have occurred at the customer's address if the property is delivered and the delivery location is unknown. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Flood Prevention District Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that a unit of local government may require a retailer to collect and remit certain use and occupation taxes if the retailer qualifies as a "retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" under certain provisions of the Use Tax Act.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 3. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
5changing Section 2-12 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 120/2-12)
7    Sec. 2-12. Location where retailer is deemed to be engaged
8in the business of selling. The purpose of this Section is to
9specify where a retailer is deemed to be engaged in the
10business of selling tangible personal property for the purposes
11of this Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the
12Service Occupation Tax Act, and for the purpose of collecting
13any other local retailers' occupation tax administered by the
14Department. This Section applies only with respect to the
15particular selling activities described in the following
16paragraphs. The provisions of this Section are not intended to,
17and shall not be interpreted to, affect where a retailer is
18deemed to be engaged in the business of selling with respect to
19any activity that is not specifically described in the
20following paragraphs.
21        (1) If a purchaser who is present at the retailer's
22    place of business, having no prior commitment to the
23    retailer, agrees to purchase and makes payment for tangible

 

 

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1    personal property at the retailer's place of business, then
2    the transaction shall be deemed an over-the-counter sale
3    occurring at the retailer's same place of business where
4    the purchaser was present and made payment for that
5    tangible personal property if the retailer regularly
6    stocks the purchased tangible personal property or similar
7    tangible personal property in the quantity, or similar
8    quantity, for sale at the retailer's same place of business
9    and then either (i) the purchaser takes possession of the
10    tangible personal property at the same place of business or
11    (ii) the retailer delivers or arranges for the tangible
12    personal property to be delivered to the purchaser.
13        (2) If a purchaser, having no prior commitment to the
14    retailer, agrees to purchase tangible personal property
15    and makes payment over the phone, in writing, or via the
16    Internet and takes possession of the tangible personal
17    property at the retailer's place of business, then the sale
18    shall be deemed to have occurred at the retailer's place of
19    business where the purchaser takes possession of the
20    property if the retailer regularly stocks the item or
21    similar items in the quantity, or similar quantities,
22    purchased by the purchaser.
23        (2.1) If a purchaser, having no prior commitment to the
24    retailer, agrees to purchase tangible personal property
25    and makes payment over the phone, in writing, or via the
26    Internet and the property is delivered to the purchaser or

 

 

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1    to a third party at a location in this State, then the sale
2    shall be deemed to have occurred at the location where the
3    property is delivered. If such a product is delivered, but
4    the delivery address is unknown, then the sale shall be
5    deemed to have occurred at the customer's address.
6        (3) A retailer is deemed to be engaged in the business
7    of selling food, beverages, or other tangible personal
8    property through a vending machine at the location where
9    the vending machine is located at the time the sale is made
10    if (i) the vending machine is a device operated by coin,
11    currency, credit card, token, coupon or similar device; (2)
12    the food, beverage or other tangible personal property is
13    contained within the vending machine and dispensed from the
14    vending machine; and (3) the purchaser takes possession of
15    the purchased food, beverage or other tangible personal
16    property immediately.
17        (4) Minerals. A producer of coal or other mineral mined
18    in Illinois is deemed to be engaged in the business of
19    selling at the place where the coal or other mineral mined
20    in Illinois is extracted from the earth. With respect to
21    minerals (i) the term "extracted from the earth" means the
22    location at which the coal or other mineral is extracted
23    from the mouth of the mine, and (ii) a "mineral" includes
24    not only coal, but also oil, sand, stone taken from a
25    quarry, gravel and any other thing commonly regarded as a
26    mineral and extracted from the earth. This paragraph does

 

 

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1    not apply to coal or another mineral when it is delivered
2    or shipped by the seller to the purchaser at a point
3    outside Illinois so that the sale is exempt under the
4    United States Constitution as a sale in interstate or
5    foreign commerce.
6        (5) A retailer selling tangible personal property to a
7    nominal lessee or bailee pursuant to a lease with a dollar
8    or other nominal option to purchase is engaged in the
9    business of selling at the location where the property is
10    first delivered to the lessee or bailee for its intended
11    use.
12(Source: P.A. 98-1098, eff. 8-26-14; 99-126, eff. 7-23-15.)
 
13    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
14Sections 5-1006, 5-1006.5, and 5-1006.7 as follows:
 
15    (55 ILCS 5/5-1006)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1006)
16    Sec. 5-1006. Home Rule County Retailers' Occupation Tax
17Law. Any county that is a home rule unit may impose a tax upon
18all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible
19personal property, other than an item of tangible personal
20property titled or registered with an agency of this State's
21government, at retail in the county on the gross receipts from
22such sales made in the county in the course of their business.
23If imposed, this tax shall only be imposed in 1/4% increments.
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1imposed on tangible personal property taxed at the 1% rate
2under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The tax imposed by a
3home rule county pursuant to this Section and all civil
4penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
5collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue.
6Subject to the limitations set forth in this Code, the county
7may require a retailer to collect and remit a tax imposed under
8this Section if the retailer qualifies as a "retailer
9maintaining a place of business in this State" under Section 2
10of the Use Tax Act. The certificate of registration that is
11issued by the Department to a retailer under the Retailers'
12Occupation Tax Act shall permit the retailer to engage in a
13business that is taxable under any ordinance or resolution
14enacted pursuant to this Section without registering
15separately with the Department under such ordinance or
16resolution or under this Section. The Department shall have
17full power to administer and enforce this Section; to collect
18all taxes and penalties due hereunder; to dispose of taxes and
19penalties so collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and
20to determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account
21of the erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the
22administration of, and compliance with, this Section, the
23Department and persons who are subject to this Section shall
24have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers
25and duties, and be subject to the same conditions,
26restrictions, limitations, penalties and definitions of terms,

 

 

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1and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in
2Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 1k, 1m, 1n, 2 through
32-65 (in respect to all provisions therein other than the State
4rate of tax), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k,
55l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the
6Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform
7Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were
8set forth herein.
9    No tax may be imposed by a home rule county pursuant to
10this Section unless the county also imposes a tax at the same
11rate pursuant to Section 5-1007.
12    Persons subject to any tax imposed pursuant to the
13authority granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for
14their seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating
15such tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
16combination, in a single amount, with State tax which sellers
17are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such
18bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe.
19    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
20made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
21credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
22Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
23amount specified and to the person named in the notification
24from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
25Treasurer out of the home rule county retailers' occupation tax
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1    The Department shall forthwith pay over to the State
2Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
3collected hereunder.
4    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
5beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
6of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
7Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
8local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
9Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
10during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
11STAR bond district.
12    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
13on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
14Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
15disbursement of stated sums of money to named counties, the
16counties to be those from which retailers have paid taxes or
17penalties hereunder to the Department during the second
18preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to each county
19shall be the amount (not including credit memoranda) collected
20hereunder during the second preceding calendar month by the
21Department plus an amount the Department determines is
22necessary to offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a
23different taxing body, and not including an amount equal to the
24amount of refunds made during the second preceding calendar
25month by the Department on behalf of such county, and not
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1necessary to offset any amounts which were payable to a
2different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the county,
3and not including any amounts that are transferred to the STAR
4Bonds Revenue Fund, less 1.5% of the remainder, which the
5Department shall transfer into the Tax Compliance and
6Administration Fund. The Department, at the time of each
7monthly disbursement to the counties, shall prepare and certify
8to the State Comptroller the amount to be transferred into the
9Tax Compliance and Administration Fund under this Section.
10Within 10 days after receipt, by the Comptroller, of the
11disbursement certification to the counties and the Tax
12Compliance and Administration Fund provided for in this Section
13to be given to the Comptroller by the Department, the
14Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the
15respective amounts in accordance with the directions contained
16in the certification.
17    In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
18paragraph, an allocation shall be made in March of each year to
19each county that received more than $500,000 in disbursements
20under the preceding paragraph in the preceding calendar year.
21The allocation shall be in an amount equal to the average
22monthly distribution made to each such county under the
23preceding paragraph during the preceding calendar year
24(excluding the 2 months of highest receipts). The distribution
25made in March of each year subsequent to the year in which an
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1preceding paragraph shall be reduced by the amount allocated
2and disbursed under this paragraph in the preceding calendar
3year. The Department shall prepare and certify to the
4Comptroller for disbursement the allocations made in
5accordance with this paragraph.
6    A sale is deemed to have occurred in a county if the
7retailer is engaged in the business of selling tangible
8personal property in that county with respect to that sale, as
9provided in Section 2-12 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
10For the purpose of determining the local governmental unit
11whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of coal or
12other mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the
13place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is
14extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to coal
15or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the seller
16to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the sale
17is exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale in
18interstate or foreign commerce.
19    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a
20county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in any
21business which under the Constitution of the United States may
22not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
23    An ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing a tax
24hereunder or effecting a change in the rate thereof shall be
25adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department
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1shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the
2first day of September next following such adoption and filing.
3Beginning January 1, 1992, an ordinance or resolution imposing
4or discontinuing the tax hereunder or effecting a change in the
5rate thereof shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
6filed with the Department on or before the first day of July,
7whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
8enforce this Section as of the first day of October next
9following such adoption and filing. Beginning January 1, 1993,
10an ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing the tax
11hereunder or effecting a change in the rate thereof shall be
12adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department
13on or before the first day of October, whereupon the Department
14shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the
15first day of January next following such adoption and filing.
16Beginning April 1, 1998, an ordinance or resolution imposing or
17discontinuing the tax hereunder or effecting a change in the
18rate thereof shall either (i) be adopted and a certified copy
19thereof filed with the Department on or before the first day of
20April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
21enforce this Section as of the first day of July next following
22the adoption and filing; or (ii) be adopted and a certified
23copy thereof filed with the Department on or before the first
24day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
25administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of
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1    When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to a
2county under this Section, the Department shall increase or
3decrease such amount by an amount necessary to offset any
4misallocation of previous disbursements. The offset amount
5shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6
6months from the time a misallocation is discovered.
7    This Section shall be known and may be cited as the Home
8Rule County Retailers' Occupation Tax Law.
9(Source: P.A. 99-217, eff. 7-31-15; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17;
10100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; revised 1-9-19.)
 
11    (55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5)
12    Sec. 5-1006.5. Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax
13For Public Safety, Public Facilities, Mental Health, Substance
14Abuse, or Transportation.
15    (a) The county board of any county may impose a tax upon
16all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible
17personal property, other than personal property titled or
18registered with an agency of this State's government, at retail
19in the county on the gross receipts from the sales made in the
20county in the course of business to provide revenue to be used
21exclusively for public safety, public facility, mental health,
22substance abuse, or transportation purposes in that county, if
23a proposition for the tax has been submitted to the electors of
24that county and approved by a majority of those voting on the
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1one-quarter percent increments. By resolution, the county
2board may order the proposition to be submitted at any
3election. If the tax is imposed for transportation purposes for
4expenditures for public highways or as authorized under the
5Illinois Highway Code, the county board must publish notice of
6the existence of its long-range highway transportation plan as
7required or described in Section 5-301 of the Illinois Highway
8Code and must make the plan publicly available prior to
9approval of the ordinance or resolution imposing the tax. If
10the tax is imposed for transportation purposes for expenditures
11for passenger rail transportation, the county board must
12publish notice of the existence of its long-range passenger
13rail transportation plan and must make the plan publicly
14available prior to approval of the ordinance or resolution
15imposing the tax.
16    If a tax is imposed for public facilities purposes, then
17the name of the project may be included in the proposition at
18the discretion of the county board as determined in the
19enabling resolution. For example, the "XXX Nursing Home" or the
20"YYY Museum".
21    The county clerk shall certify the question to the proper
22election authority, who shall submit the proposition at an
23election in accordance with the general election law.
24        (1) The proposition for public safety purposes shall be
25    in substantially the following form:
26        "To pay for public safety purposes, shall (name of

 

 

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1    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
2    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
3        As additional information on the ballot below the
4    question shall appear the following:
5        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
6    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
7    tangible personal property bought at retail."
8        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
9    provision at which time the additional sales tax would
10    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote
11    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
12    sunset provision, the proposition for public safety
13    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
14        "To pay for public safety purposes, shall (name of
15    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
16    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to
17    exceed (insert number of years)?"
18        As additional information on the ballot below the
19    question shall appear the following:
20        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
21    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
22    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
23    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
24    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
25    vote of the county board."
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1    purposes" means crime prevention, detention, fire
2    fighting, police, medical, ambulance, or other emergency
3    services.
4        Votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
5        Beginning on the January 1 or July 1, whichever is
6    first, that occurs not less than 30 days after May 31, 2015
7    (the effective date of Public Act 99-4), Adams County may
8    impose a public safety retailers' occupation tax and
9    service occupation tax at the rate of 0.25%, as provided in
10    the referendum approved by the voters on April 7, 2015,
11    notwithstanding the omission of the additional information
12    that is otherwise required to be printed on the ballot
13    below the question pursuant to this item (1).
14        (2) The proposition for transportation purposes shall
15    be in substantially the following form:
16        "To pay for improvements to roads and other
17    transportation purposes, shall (name of county) be
18    authorized to impose an increase on its share of local
19    sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
20        As additional information on the ballot below the
21    question shall appear the following:
22        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
23    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
24    tangible personal property bought at retail."
25        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
26    provision at which time the additional sales tax would

 

 

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1    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote
2    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
3    sunset provision, the proposition for transportation
4    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
5        "To pay for road improvements and other transportation
6    purposes, shall (name of county) be authorized to impose an
7    increase on its share of local sales taxes by (insert rate)
8    for a period not to exceed (insert number of years)?"
9        As additional information on the ballot below the
10    question shall appear the following:
11        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
12    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
13    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
14    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
15    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
16    vote of the county board."
17        For the purposes of this paragraph, transportation
18    purposes means construction, maintenance, operation, and
19    improvement of public highways, any other purpose for which
20    a county may expend funds under the Illinois Highway Code,
21    and passenger rail transportation.
22        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
23        (3) The proposition for public facilities purposes
24    shall be in substantially the following form:
25        "To pay for public facilities purposes, shall (name of
26    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of

 

 

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1    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
2        As additional information on the ballot below the
3    question shall appear the following:
4        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
5    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
6    tangible personal property bought at retail."
7        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
8    provision at which time the additional sales tax would
9    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote
10    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
11    sunset provision, the proposition for public facilities
12    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
13        "To pay for public facilities purposes, shall (name of
14    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
15    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to
16    exceed (insert number of years)?"
17        As additional information on the ballot below the
18    question shall appear the following:
19        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
20    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
21    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
22    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
23    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
24    vote of the county board."
25        For purposes of this Section, "public facilities
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1    construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
2    financing, architectural planning, and installation of
3    capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures,
4    and durable equipment and for the acquisition and
5    improvement of real property and interest in real property
6    required, or expected to be required, in connection with
7    the public facilities, for use by the county for the
8    furnishing of governmental services to its citizens,
9    including but not limited to museums and nursing homes.
10        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
11        (4) The proposition for mental health purposes shall be
12    in substantially the following form:
13        "To pay for mental health purposes, shall (name of
14    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
15    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
16        As additional information on the ballot below the
17    question shall appear the following:
18        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
19    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
20    tangible personal property bought at retail."
21        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
22    provision at which time the additional sales tax would
23    cease being collected, if not terminated earlier by a vote
24    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
25    sunset provision, the proposition for public facilities
26    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:

 

 

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1        "To pay for mental health purposes, shall (name of
2    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
3    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to
4    exceed (insert number of years)?"
5        As additional information on the ballot below the
6    question shall appear the following:
7        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
8    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
9    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
10    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
11    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
12    vote of the county board."
13        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
14        (5) The proposition for substance abuse purposes shall
15    be in substantially the following form:
16        "To pay for substance abuse purposes, shall (name of
17    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
18    local sales taxes by (insert rate)?"
19        As additional information on the ballot below the
20    question shall appear the following:
21        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
22    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
23    tangible personal property bought at retail."
24        The county board may also opt to establish a sunset
25    provision at which time the additional sales tax would
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1    of the county board. If the county board votes to include a
2    sunset provision, the proposition for public facilities
3    purposes shall be in substantially the following form:
4        "To pay for substance abuse purposes, shall (name of
5    county) be authorized to impose an increase on its share of
6    local sales taxes by (insert rate) for a period not to
7    exceed (insert number of years)?"
8        As additional information on the ballot below the
9    question shall appear the following:
10        "This would mean that a consumer would pay an
11    additional (insert amount) in sales tax for every $100 of
12    tangible personal property bought at retail. If imposed,
13    the additional tax would cease being collected at the end
14    of (insert number of years), if not terminated earlier by a
15    vote of the county board."
16        The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
17    If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition
18vote in favor of it, the county may impose the tax. A county
19may not submit more than one proposition authorized by this
20Section to the electors at any one time.
21    Subject to the limitations set forth in this Code, the
22county may require a retailer to collect and remit a tax
23imposed under this Section if the retailer qualifies as a
24"retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" under
25Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. This additional tax may not be
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1under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The tax imposed by a
2county under this Section and all civil penalties that may be
3assessed as an incident of the tax shall be collected and
4enforced by the Illinois Department of Revenue and deposited
5into a special fund created for that purpose. The certificate
6of registration that is issued by the Department to a retailer
7under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall permit the
8retailer to engage in a business that is taxable without
9registering separately with the Department under an ordinance
10or resolution under this Section. The Department has full power
11to administer and enforce this Section, to collect all taxes
12and penalties due under this Section, to dispose of taxes and
13penalties so collected in the manner provided in this Section,
14and to determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on
15account of the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty under this
16Section. In the administration of and compliance with this
17Section, the Department and persons who are subject to this
18Section shall (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
19immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) be subject to the same
20conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
21definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
22procedure as are prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1d, 1e,
231f, 1i, 1j, 1k, 1m, 1n, 2 through 2-70 (in respect to all
24provisions contained in those Sections other than the State
25rate of tax), 2a, 2b, 2c, 3 (except provisions relating to
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15b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d,
27, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation
3Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act
4as if those provisions were set forth in this Section.
5    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
6granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
7sellers' tax liability by separately stating the tax as an
8additional charge, which charge may be stated in combination,
9in a single amount, with State tax which sellers are required
10to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such bracketed
11schedules as the Department may prescribe.
12    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
13made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
14credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
15Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
16amount specified and to the person named in the notification
17from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
18Treasurer out of the County Public Safety, Public Facilities,
19Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation Retailers'
20Occupation Tax Fund.
21    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), a
22service occupation tax shall also be imposed at the same rate
23upon all persons engaged, in the county, in the business of
24making sales of service, who, as an incident to making those
25sales of service, transfer tangible personal property within
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1not be imposed on tangible personal property taxed at the 1%
2rate under the Service Occupation Tax Act. The tax imposed
3under this subsection and all civil penalties that may be
4assessed as an incident thereof shall be collected and enforced
5by the Department of Revenue. The Department has full power to
6administer and enforce this subsection; to collect all taxes
7and penalties due hereunder; to dispose of taxes and penalties
8so collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to
9determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of
10the erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the
11administration of, and compliance with this subsection, the
12Department and persons who are subject to this paragraph shall
13(i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities,
14powers, and duties, (ii) be subject to the same conditions,
15restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions,
16and definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
17procedure as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except that the
18reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a
19place of business in this State shall mean the county), 2a, 2b,
202c, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions therein other
21than the State rate of tax), 4 (except that the reference to
22the State shall be to the county), 5, 7, 8 (except that the
23jurisdiction to which the tax shall be a debt to the extent
24indicated in that Section 8 shall be the county), 9 (except as
25to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 10, 11,
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1Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any reference
2to the State shall mean the county), Section 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
3and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
4Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those
5provisions were set forth herein.
6    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
7granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
8serviceman's tax liability by separately stating the tax as an
9additional charge, which charge may be stated in combination,
10in a single amount, with State tax that servicemen are
11authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, in
12accordance with such bracket schedules as the Department may
13prescribe.
14    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
15made under this subsection to a claimant instead of issuing a
16credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
17Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
18amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
19from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
20Treasurer out of the County Public Safety, Public Facilities,
21Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation Retailers'
22Occupation Fund.
23    Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize
24the county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
25any business which under the Constitution of the United States
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1    (c) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
2Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
3collected under this Section to be deposited into the County
4Public Safety, Public Facilities, Mental Health, Substance
5Abuse, or Transportation Retailers' Occupation Tax Fund, which
6shall be an unappropriated trust fund held outside of the State
7treasury.
8    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
9beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
10of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
11Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
12local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
13Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
14during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
15STAR bond district.
16    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
17on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
18Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
19disbursement of stated sums of money to the counties from which
20retailers have paid taxes or penalties to the Department during
21the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to
22each county, and deposited by the county into its special fund
23created for the purposes of this Section, shall be the amount
24(not including credit memoranda) collected under this Section
25during the second preceding calendar month by the Department
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1any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different taxing
2body, and not including (i) an amount equal to the amount of
3refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the
4Department on behalf of the county, (ii) any amount that the
5Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that
6were payable to a different taxing body but were erroneously
7paid to the county, (iii) any amounts that are transferred to
8the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund, and (iv) 1.5% of the remainder,
9which shall be transferred into the Tax Compliance and
10Administration Fund. The Department, at the time of each
11monthly disbursement to the counties, shall prepare and certify
12to the State Comptroller the amount to be transferred into the
13Tax Compliance and Administration Fund under this subsection.
14Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller of the
15disbursement certification to the counties and the Tax
16Compliance and Administration Fund provided for in this Section
17to be given to the Comptroller by the Department, the
18Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the
19respective amounts in accordance with directions contained in
20the certification.
21    In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
22paragraph, an allocation shall be made in March of each year to
23each county that received more than $500,000 in disbursements
24under the preceding paragraph in the preceding calendar year.
25The allocation shall be in an amount equal to the average
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1preceding paragraph during the preceding calendar year
2(excluding the 2 months of highest receipts). The distribution
3made in March of each year subsequent to the year in which an
4allocation was made pursuant to this paragraph and the
5preceding paragraph shall be reduced by the amount allocated
6and disbursed under this paragraph in the preceding calendar
7year. The Department shall prepare and certify to the
8Comptroller for disbursement the allocations made in
9accordance with this paragraph.
10    A county may direct, by ordinance, that all or a portion of
11the taxes and penalties collected under the Special County
12Retailers' Occupation Tax For Public Safety, Public
13Facilities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation
14be deposited into the Transportation Development Partnership
15Trust Fund.
16    (d) A sale is deemed to have occurred in a county if the
17retailer is engaged in the business of selling tangible
18personal property in that county with respect to that sale, as
19provided in Section 2-12 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
20For the purpose of determining the local governmental unit
21whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of coal or
22another mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the
23place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is
24extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to coal
25or another mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
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1sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale
2in interstate or foreign commerce.
3    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize
4a county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in any
5business that under the Constitution of the United States may
6not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
7    (e-5) If a county imposes a tax under this Section, the
8county board may, by ordinance, discontinue or lower the rate
9of the tax. If the county board lowers the tax rate or
10discontinues the tax, a referendum must be held in accordance
11with subsection (a) of this Section in order to increase the
12rate of the tax or to reimpose the discontinued tax.
13    (f) Beginning April 1, 1998 and through December 31, 2013,
14the results of any election authorizing a proposition to impose
15a tax under this Section or effecting a change in the rate of
16tax, or any ordinance lowering the rate or discontinuing the
17tax, shall be certified by the county clerk and filed with the
18Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the
19first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
20administer and enforce the tax as of the first day of July next
21following the filing; or (ii) on or before the first day of
22October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer
23and enforce the tax as of the first day of January next
24following the filing.
25    Beginning January 1, 2014, the results of any election
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1effecting an increase in the rate of tax, along with the
2ordinance adopted to impose the tax or increase the rate of the
3tax, or any ordinance adopted to lower the rate or discontinue
4the tax, shall be certified by the county clerk and filed with
5the Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the
6first day of May, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
7administer and enforce the tax as of the first day of July next
8following the adoption and filing; or (ii) on or before the
9first day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
10administer and enforce the tax as of the first day of January
11next following the adoption and filing.
12    (g) When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to
13a county under this Section, the Department shall increase or
14decrease the amounts by an amount necessary to offset any
15miscalculation of previous disbursements. The offset amount
16shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6
17months from the time a miscalculation is discovered.
18    (h) This Section may be cited as the "Special County
19Occupation Tax For Public Safety, Public Facilities, Mental
20Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation Law".
21    (i) For purposes of this Section, "public safety" includes,
22but is not limited to, crime prevention, detention, fire
23fighting, police, medical, ambulance, or other emergency
24services. The county may share tax proceeds received under this
25Section for public safety purposes, including proceeds
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1Act 96-124), with any fire protection district located in the
2county. For the purposes of this Section, "transportation"
3includes, but is not limited to, the construction, maintenance,
4operation, and improvement of public highways, any other
5purpose for which a county may expend funds under the Illinois
6Highway Code, and passenger rail transportation. For the
7purposes of this Section, "public facilities purposes"
8includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition, development,
9construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
10financing, architectural planning, and installation of capital
11facilities consisting of buildings, structures, and durable
12equipment and for the acquisition and improvement of real
13property and interest in real property required, or expected to
14be required, in connection with the public facilities, for use
15by the county for the furnishing of governmental services to
16its citizens, including but not limited to museums and nursing
17homes.
18    (j) The Department may promulgate rules to implement Public
19Act 95-1002 only to the extent necessary to apply the existing
20rules for the Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax for
21Public Safety to this new purpose for public facilities.
22(Source: P.A. 99-4, eff. 5-31-15; 99-217, eff. 7-31-15; 99-642,
23eff. 7-28-16; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18;
24100-1167, eff. 1-4-19; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; revised 1-9-19.)
 
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1    Sec. 5-1006.7. School facility occupation taxes.
2    (a) In any county, a tax shall be imposed upon all persons
3engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property,
4other than personal property titled or registered with an
5agency of this State's government, at retail in the county on
6the gross receipts from the sales made in the county in the
7course of business to provide revenue to be used exclusively
8for school facility purposes if a proposition for the tax has
9been submitted to the electors of that county and approved by a
10majority of those voting on the question as provided in
11subsection (c). The tax under this Section shall be imposed
12only in one-quarter percent increments and may not exceed 1%.
13    Subject to the limitations set forth in this Code, the
14county may require a retailer to collect and remit a tax
15imposed under this Section if the retailer qualifies as a
16"retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" under
17Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
18    This additional tax may not be imposed on tangible personal
19property taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers' Occupation
20Tax Act. The Department of Revenue has full power to administer
21and enforce this subsection, to collect all taxes and penalties
22due under this subsection, to dispose of taxes and penalties so
23collected in the manner provided in this subsection, and to
24determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of
25the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty under this
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1penalties collected under this subsection into a special fund
2created for that purpose.
3    In the administration of and compliance with this
4subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
5subsection (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
6immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) are subject to the same
7conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
8definitions of terms, and (iii) shall employ the same modes of
9procedure as are set forth in Sections 1 through 1o, 2 through
102-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in those Sections
11other than the State rate of tax), 2a through 2h, 3 (except as
12to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a,
135b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d,
147, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation
15Tax Act and all provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest
16Act as if those provisions were set forth in this subsection.
17    The certificate of registration that is issued by the
18Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
19Act permits the retailer to engage in a business that is
20taxable without registering separately with the Department
21under an ordinance or resolution under this subsection.
22    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
23granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
24seller's tax liability by separately stating that tax as an
25additional charge, which may be stated in combination, in a
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1collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to any bracketed
2schedules set forth by the Department.
3    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), then a
4service occupation tax must also be imposed at the same rate
5upon all persons engaged, in the county, in the business of
6making sales of service, who, as an incident to making those
7sales of service, transfer tangible personal property within
8the county as an incident to a sale of service.
9    This tax may not be imposed on tangible personal property
10taxed at the 1% rate under the Service Occupation Tax Act.
11    The tax imposed under this subsection and all civil
12penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
13collected and enforced by the Department and deposited into a
14special fund created for that purpose. The Department has full
15power to administer and enforce this subsection, to collect all
16taxes and penalties due under this subsection, to dispose of
17taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided in this
18subsection, and to determine all rights to credit memoranda
19arising on account of the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty
20under this subsection.
21    In the administration of and compliance with this
22subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
23subsection shall (i) have the same rights, remedies,
24privileges, immunities, powers and duties, (ii) be subject to
25the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and
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1procedure as are set forth in Sections 2 (except that that
2reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a
3place of business in this State means the county), 2a through
42d, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions contained in
5those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 4 (except
6that the reference to the State shall be to the county), 5, 7,
78 (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax is a debt to
8the extent indicated in that Section 8 is the county), 9
9(except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties
10collected), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section
112b of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any
12reference to the State means the county), Section 15, 16, 17,
1318, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and all
14provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as
15if those provisions were set forth herein.
16    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
17granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
18serviceman's tax liability by separately stating the tax as an
19additional charge, which may be stated in combination, in a
20single amount, with State tax that servicemen are authorized to
21collect under the Service Use Tax Act, pursuant to any
22bracketed schedules set forth by the Department.
23    (c) The tax under this Section may not be imposed until the
24question of imposing the tax has been submitted to the electors
25of the county at a regular election and approved by a majority
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1elections held prior to August 23, 2011 (the effective date of
2Public Act 97-542), upon a resolution by the county board or a
3resolution by school district boards that represent at least
451% of the student enrollment within the county, the county
5board must certify the question to the proper election
6authority in accordance with the Election Code.
7    For all regular elections held prior to August 23, 2011
8(the effective date of Public Act 97-542), the election
9authority must submit the question in substantially the
10following form:
11        Shall (name of county) be authorized to impose a
12    retailers' occupation tax and a service occupation tax
13    (commonly referred to as a "sales tax") at a rate of
14    (insert rate) to be used exclusively for school facility
15    purposes?
16The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
17    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
18in the affirmative, then the county may, thereafter, impose the
19tax.
20    For all regular elections held on or after August 23, 2011
21(the effective date of Public Act 97-542), the regional
22superintendent of schools for the county must, upon receipt of
23a resolution or resolutions of school district boards that
24represent more than 50% of the student enrollment within the
25county, certify the question to the proper election authority
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1regular election at which the question lawfully may be
2submitted to the electors, all in accordance with the Election
3Code.
4    For all regular elections held on or after August 23, 2011
5(the effective date of Public Act 97-542), the election
6authority must submit the question in substantially the
7following form:
8        Shall a retailers' occupation tax and a service
9    occupation tax (commonly referred to as a "sales tax") be
10    imposed in (name of county) at a rate of (insert rate) to
11    be used exclusively for school facility purposes?
12The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
13    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
14in the affirmative, then the tax shall be imposed at the rate
15set forth in the question.
16    For the purposes of this subsection (c), "enrollment" means
17the head count of the students residing in the county on the
18last school day of September of each year, which must be
19reported on the Illinois State Board of Education Public School
20Fall Enrollment/Housing Report.
21    (d) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
22Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
23collected under this Section to be deposited into the School
24Facility Occupation Tax Fund, which shall be an unappropriated
25trust fund held outside the State treasury.
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1Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
2disbursement of stated sums of money to the regional
3superintendents of schools in counties from which retailers or
4servicemen have paid taxes or penalties to the Department
5during the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be
6paid to each regional superintendent of schools and disbursed
7to him or her in accordance with Section 3-14.31 of the School
8Code, is equal to the amount (not including credit memoranda)
9collected from the county under this Section during the second
10preceding calendar month by the Department, (i) less 2% of that
11amount, which shall be deposited into the Tax Compliance and
12Administration Fund and shall be used by the Department,
13subject to appropriation, to cover the costs of the Department
14in administering and enforcing the provisions of this Section,
15on behalf of the county, (ii) plus an amount that the
16Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that
17were erroneously paid to a different taxing body; (iii) less an
18amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second
19preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of the
20county; and (iv) less any amount that the Department determines
21is necessary to offset any amounts that were payable to a
22different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the county.
23When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to a
24regional superintendent of schools under this Section, the
25Department shall increase or decrease the amounts by an amount
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1disbursements within the previous 6 months from the time a
2miscalculation is discovered.
3    Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller from the
4Department of the disbursement certification to the regional
5superintendents of the schools provided for in this Section,
6the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the
7respective amounts in accordance with directions contained in
8the certification.
9    If the Department determines that a refund should be made
10under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit
11memorandum, then the Department shall notify the Comptroller,
12who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified
13and to the person named in the notification from the
14Department. The refund shall be paid by the Treasurer out of
15the School Facility Occupation Tax Fund.
16    (e) A sale is deemed to have occurred in a county if the
17retailer is engaged in the business of selling tangible
18personal property in that county with respect to that sale, as
19provided in Section 2-12 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
20For the purposes of determining the local governmental unit
21whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of coal or
22another mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at the
23place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is
24extracted from the earth. This subsection does not apply to
25coal or another mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
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1sale is exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale
2in interstate or foreign commerce.
3    (f) Nothing in this Section may be construed to authorize a
4tax to be imposed upon the privilege of engaging in any
5business that under the Constitution of the United States may
6not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
7    (g) If a county board imposes a tax under this Section
8pursuant to a referendum held before August 23, 2011 (the
9effective date of Public Act 97-542) at a rate below the rate
10set forth in the question approved by a majority of electors of
11that county voting on the question as provided in subsection
12(c), then the county board may, by ordinance, increase the rate
13of the tax up to the rate set forth in the question approved by
14a majority of electors of that county voting on the question as
15provided in subsection (c). If a county board imposes a tax
16under this Section pursuant to a referendum held before August
1723, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-542), then the
18board may, by ordinance, discontinue or reduce the rate of the
19tax. If a tax is imposed under this Section pursuant to a
20referendum held on or after August 23, 2011 (the effective date
21of Public Act 97-542), then the county board may reduce or
22discontinue the tax, but only in accordance with subsection
23(h-5) of this Section. If, however, a school board issues bonds
24that are secured by the proceeds of the tax under this Section,
25then the county board may not reduce the tax rate or
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1would adversely affect the school board's ability to pay the
2principal and interest on those bonds as they become due or
3necessitate the extension of additional property taxes to pay
4the principal and interest on those bonds. If the county board
5reduces the tax rate or discontinues the tax, then a referendum
6must be held in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section
7in order to increase the rate of the tax or to reimpose the
8discontinued tax.
9    Until January 1, 2014, the results of any election that
10imposes, reduces, or discontinues a tax under this Section must
11be certified by the election authority, and any ordinance that
12increases or lowers the rate or discontinues the tax must be
13certified by the county clerk and, in each case, filed with the
14Illinois Department of Revenue either (i) on or before the
15first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
16administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the
17first day of July next following the filing; or (ii) on or
18before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall
19proceed to administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate
20as of the first day of January next following the filing.
21    Beginning January 1, 2014, the results of any election that
22imposes, reduces, or discontinues a tax under this Section must
23be certified by the election authority, and any ordinance that
24increases or lowers the rate or discontinues the tax must be
25certified by the county clerk and, in each case, filed with the
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1first day of May, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
2administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the
3first day of July next following the filing; or (ii) on or
4before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall
5proceed to administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate
6as of the first day of January next following the filing.
7    (h) For purposes of this Section, "school facility
8purposes" means (i) the acquisition, development,
9construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement,
10financing, architectural planning, and installation of capital
11facilities consisting of buildings, structures, and durable
12equipment and for the acquisition and improvement of real
13property and interest in real property required, or expected to
14be required, in connection with the capital facilities and (ii)
15the payment of bonds or other obligations heretofore or
16hereafter issued, including bonds or other obligations
17heretofore or hereafter issued to refund or to continue to
18refund bonds or other obligations issued, for school facility
19purposes, provided that the taxes levied to pay those bonds are
20abated by the amount of the taxes imposed under this Section
21that are used to pay those bonds. "School-facility purposes"
22also includes fire prevention, safety, energy conservation,
23accessibility, school security, and specified repair purposes
24set forth under Section 17-2.11 of the School Code.
25    (h-5) A county board in a county where a tax has been
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1after August 23, 2011 (the effective date of Public Act 97-542)
2may, by ordinance or resolution, submit to the voters of the
3county the question of reducing or discontinuing the tax. In
4the ordinance or resolution, the county board shall certify the
5question to the proper election authority in accordance with
6the Election Code. The election authority must submit the
7question in substantially the following form:
8        Shall the school facility retailers' occupation tax
9    and service occupation tax (commonly referred to as the
10    "school facility sales tax") currently imposed in (name of
11    county) at a rate of (insert rate) be (reduced to (insert
12    rate))(discontinued)?
13If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in
14the affirmative, then, subject to the provisions of subsection
15(g) of this Section, the tax shall be reduced or discontinued
16as set forth in the question.
17    (i) This Section does not apply to Cook County.
18    (j) This Section may be cited as the County School Facility
19Occupation Tax Law.
20(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-217, eff. 7-31-15;
2199-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19.)
 
22    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
23changing Sections 8-11-1, 8-11-1.3, 8-11-1.6, and 8-11-6 as
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1    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-1)
2    Sec. 8-11-1. Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax
3Act. The corporate authorities of a home rule municipality may
4impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the business of
5selling tangible personal property, other than an item of
6tangible personal property titled or registered with an agency
7of this State's government, at retail in the municipality on
8the gross receipts from these sales in the municipality made in
9the course of such business. If imposed, the tax shall only be
10imposed in 1/4% increments. On and after September 1, 1991,
11this additional tax may not be imposed on tangible personal
12property taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers' Occupation
13Tax Act. The tax imposed by a home rule municipality under this
14Section and all civil penalties that may be assessed as an
15incident of the tax shall be collected and enforced by the
16State Department of Revenue. Subject to the limitations set
17forth in this Code, the corporate authorities of the
18municipality may require a retailer to collect and remit a tax
19imposed under this Section if the retailer qualifies as a
20"retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" under
21Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. The certificate of registration
22that is issued by the Department to a retailer under the
23Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall permit the retailer to
24engage in a business that is taxable under any ordinance or
25resolution enacted pursuant to this Section without
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1ordinance or resolution or under this Section. The Department
2shall have full power to administer and enforce this Section;
3to collect all taxes and penalties due hereunder; to dispose of
4taxes and penalties so collected in the manner hereinafter
5provided; and to determine all rights to credit memoranda
6arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or penalty
7hereunder. In the administration of, and compliance with, this
8Section the Department and persons who are subject to this
9Section shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
10immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to the same
11conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and
12definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure,
13as are prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 1k,
141m, 1n, 2 through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions therein
15other than the State rate of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to the
16disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a, 5b,
175c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8,
189, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and
19Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully
20as if those provisions were set forth herein.
21    No tax may be imposed by a home rule municipality under
22this Section unless the municipality also imposes a tax at the
23same rate under Section 8-11-5 of this Act.
24    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
25granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
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1as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
2combination, in a single amount, with State tax which sellers
3are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such
4bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe.
5    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
6made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
7credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
8Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
9amount specified and to the person named in the notification
10from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
11Treasurer out of the home rule municipal retailers' occupation
12tax fund.
13    The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
14Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
15collected hereunder.
16    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
17beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
18of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
19Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
20local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
21Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
22during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
23STAR bond district.
24    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
25on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
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1disbursement of stated sums of money to named municipalities,
2the municipalities to be those from which retailers have paid
3taxes or penalties hereunder to the Department during the
4second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to each
5municipality shall be the amount (not including credit
6memoranda) collected hereunder during the second preceding
7calendar month by the Department plus an amount the Department
8determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were
9erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and not including
10an amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second
11preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of such
12municipality, and not including any amount that the Department
13determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were payable
14to a different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the
15municipality, and not including any amounts that are
16transferred to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund, less 1.5% of the
17remainder, which the Department shall transfer into the Tax
18Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the time
19of each monthly disbursement to the municipalities, shall
20prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be
21transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
22under this Section. Within 10 days after receipt by the
23Comptroller of the disbursement certification to the
24municipalities and the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
25provided for in this Section to be given to the Comptroller by
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1drawn for the respective amounts in accordance with the
2directions contained in the certification.
3    In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
4paragraph and in order to mitigate delays caused by
5distribution procedures, an allocation shall, if requested, be
6made within 10 days after January 14, 1991, and in November of
71991 and each year thereafter, to each municipality that
8received more than $500,000 during the preceding fiscal year,
9(July 1 through June 30) whether collected by the municipality
10or disbursed by the Department as required by this Section.
11Within 10 days after January 14, 1991, participating
12municipalities shall notify the Department in writing of their
13intent to participate. In addition, for the initial
14distribution, participating municipalities shall certify to
15the Department the amounts collected by the municipality for
16each month under its home rule occupation and service
17occupation tax during the period July 1, 1989 through June 30,
181990. The allocation within 10 days after January 14, 1991,
19shall be in an amount equal to the monthly average of these
20amounts, excluding the 2 months of highest receipts. The
21monthly average for the period of July 1, 1990 through June 30,
221991 will be determined as follows: the amounts collected by
23the municipality under its home rule occupation and service
24occupation tax during the period of July 1, 1990 through
25September 30, 1990, plus amounts collected by the Department
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1the 2 months of highest receipts. The monthly average for each
2subsequent period of July 1 through June 30 shall be an amount
3equal to the monthly distribution made to each such
4municipality under the preceding paragraph during this period,
5excluding the 2 months of highest receipts. The distribution
6made in November 1991 and each year thereafter under this
7paragraph and the preceding paragraph shall be reduced by the
8amount allocated and disbursed under this paragraph in the
9preceding period of July 1 through June 30. The Department
10shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller for disbursement
11the allocations made in accordance with this paragraph.
12    A sale is deemed to have occurred in a municipality if the
13retailer is engaged in the business of selling tangible
14personal property in that municipality with respect to that
15sale, as provided in Section 2-12 of the Retailers' Occupation
16Tax Act. For the purpose of determining the local governmental
17unit whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of
18coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at
19the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is
20extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to coal
21or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the seller
22to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the sale
23is exempt under the United States Constitution as a sale in
24interstate or foreign commerce.
25    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a
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1any business which under the Constitution of the United States
2may not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
3    An ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing a tax
4hereunder or effecting a change in the rate thereof shall be
5adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department
6on or before the first day of June, whereupon the Department
7shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the
8first day of September next following the adoption and filing.
9Beginning January 1, 1992, an ordinance or resolution imposing
10or discontinuing the tax hereunder or effecting a change in the
11rate thereof shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
12filed with the Department on or before the first day of July,
13whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
14enforce this Section as of the first day of October next
15following such adoption and filing. Beginning January 1, 1993,
16an ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing the tax
17hereunder or effecting a change in the rate thereof shall be
18adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department
19on or before the first day of October, whereupon the Department
20shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the
21first day of January next following the adoption and filing.
22However, a municipality located in a county with a population
23in excess of 3,000,000 that elected to become a home rule unit
24at the general primary election in 1994 may adopt an ordinance
25or resolution imposing the tax under this Section and file a
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1Department on or before July 1, 1994. The Department shall then
2proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of October 1,
31994. Beginning April 1, 1998, an ordinance or resolution
4imposing or discontinuing the tax hereunder or effecting a
5change in the rate thereof shall either (i) be adopted and a
6certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before
7the first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed
8to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of
9July next following the adoption and filing; or (ii) be adopted
10and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or
11before the first day of October, whereupon the Department shall
12proceed to administer and enforce this Section as of the first
13day of January next following the adoption and filing.
14    When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to a
15municipality under this Section, the Department shall increase
16or decrease the amount by an amount necessary to offset any
17misallocation of previous disbursements. The offset amount
18shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6
19months from the time a misallocation is discovered.
20    Any unobligated balance remaining in the Municipal
21Retailers' Occupation Tax Fund on December 31, 1989, which fund
22was abolished by Public Act 85-1135, and all receipts of
23municipal tax as a result of audits of liability periods prior
24to January 1, 1990, shall be paid into the Local Government Tax
25Fund for distribution as provided by this Section prior to the
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1as a result of an assessment not arising from an audit, for
2liability periods prior to January 1, 1990, shall be paid into
3the Local Government Tax Fund for distribution before July 1,
41990, as provided by this Section prior to the enactment of
5Public Act 85-1135; and on and after July 1, 1990, all such
6receipts shall be distributed as provided in Section 6z-18 of
7the State Finance Act.
8    As used in this Section, "municipal" and "municipality"
9means a city, village or incorporated town, including an
10incorporated town that has superseded a civil township.
11    This Section shall be known and may be cited as the Home
12Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
13(Source: P.A. 99-217, eff. 7-31-15; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17;
14100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; revised 1-9-19.)
 
15    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.3)  (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-1.3)
16    Sec. 8-11-1.3. Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers'
17Occupation Tax Act. The corporate authorities of a non-home
18rule municipality may impose a tax upon all persons engaged in
19the business of selling tangible personal property, other than
20on an item of tangible personal property which is titled and
21registered by an agency of this State's Government, at retail
22in the municipality for expenditure on public infrastructure or
23for property tax relief or both as defined in Section 8-11-1.2
24if approved by referendum as provided in Section 8-11-1.1, of
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1the course of such business. If the tax is approved by
2referendum on or after July 14, 2010 (the effective date of
3Public Act 96-1057), the corporate authorities of a non-home
4rule municipality may, until December 31, 2020, use the
5proceeds of the tax for expenditure on municipal operations, in
6addition to or in lieu of any expenditure on public
7infrastructure or for property tax relief. Subject to the
8limitations set forth in this Code, the corporate authorities
9of the municipality may require a retailer to collect and remit
10a tax imposed under this Section if the retailer qualifies as a
11"retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" under
12Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. The tax imposed may not be more
13than 1% and may be imposed only in 1/4% increments. The tax may
14not be imposed on tangible personal property taxed at the 1%
15rate under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The tax imposed
16by a municipality pursuant to this Section and all civil
17penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
18collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
19certificate of registration which is issued by the Department
20to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall
21permit such retailer to engage in a business which is taxable
22under any ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to this
23Section without registering separately with the Department
24under such ordinance or resolution or under this Section. The
25Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this
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1dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in the manner
2hereinafter provided, and to determine all rights to credit
3memoranda, arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax
4or penalty hereunder. In the administration of, and compliance
5with, this Section, the Department and persons who are subject
6to this Section shall have the same rights, remedies,
7privileges, immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to
8the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and
9definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure,
10as are prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j,
112 through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions therein other than
12the State rate of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to the disposition of
13taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f,
145g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
15and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of
16the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act as fully as if those
17provisions were set forth herein.
18    No municipality may impose a tax under this Section unless
19the municipality also imposes a tax at the same rate under
20Section 8-11-1.4 of this Code.
21    Persons subject to any tax imposed pursuant to the
22authority granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for
23their seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating
24such tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
25combination, in a single amount, with State tax which sellers
26are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such

 

 

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1bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe.
2    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
3made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
4credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
5Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
6amount specified, and to the person named, in such notification
7from the Department. Such refund shall be paid by the State
8Treasurer out of the non-home rule municipal retailers'
9occupation tax fund.
10    The Department shall forthwith pay over to the State
11Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
12collected hereunder.
13    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
14beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
15of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
16Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
17local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
18Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
19during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
20STAR bond district.
21    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
22on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
23Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
24disbursement of stated sums of money to named municipalities,
25the municipalities to be those from which retailers have paid
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1second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to each
2municipality shall be the amount (not including credit
3memoranda) collected hereunder during the second preceding
4calendar month by the Department plus an amount the Department
5determines is necessary to offset any amounts which were
6erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and not including
7an amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second
8preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of such
9municipality, and not including any amount which the Department
10determines is necessary to offset any amounts which were
11payable to a different taxing body but were erroneously paid to
12the municipality, and not including any amounts that are
13transferred to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund, less 1.5% of the
14remainder, which the Department shall transfer into the Tax
15Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the time
16of each monthly disbursement to the municipalities, shall
17prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be
18transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
19under this Section. Within 10 days after receipt, by the
20Comptroller, of the disbursement certification to the
21municipalities and the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
22provided for in this Section to be given to the Comptroller by
23the Department, the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be
24drawn for the respective amounts in accordance with the
25directions contained in such certification.
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1retailer is engaged in the business of selling tangible
2personal property in that municipality with respect to that
3sale, as provided in Section 2-12 of the Retailers' Occupation
4Tax Act. For the purpose of determining the local governmental
5unit whose tax is applicable, a retail sale, by a producer of
6coal or other mineral mined in Illinois, is a sale at retail at
7the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is
8extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to coal
9or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the seller
10to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the sale
11is exempt under the Federal Constitution as a sale in
12interstate or foreign commerce.
13    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a
14municipality to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
15any business which under the constitution of the United States
16may not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
17    When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to a
18municipality under this Section, the Department shall increase
19or decrease such amount by an amount necessary to offset any
20misallocation of previous disbursements. The offset amount
21shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6
22months from the time a misallocation is discovered.
23    The Department of Revenue shall implement Public Act 91-649
24this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly so as to
25collect the tax on and after January 1, 2002.
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1means a city, village or incorporated town, including an
2incorporated town which has superseded a civil township.
3    This Section shall be known and may be cited as the
4"Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax Act".
5(Source: P.A. 99-217, eff. 7-31-15; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17;
6100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; revised 1-9-19.)
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.6)
8    Sec. 8-11-1.6. Non-home rule municipal retailers'
9occupation tax; municipalities between 20,000 and 25,000. The
10corporate authorities of a non-home rule municipality with a
11population of more than 20,000 but less than 25,000 that has,
12prior to January 1, 1987, established a Redevelopment Project
13Area that has been certified as a State Sales Tax Boundary and
14has issued bonds or otherwise incurred indebtedness to pay for
15costs in excess of $5,000,000, which is secured in part by a
16tax increment allocation fund, in accordance with the
17provisions of Division 11-74.4 of this Code may, by passage of
18an ordinance, impose a tax upon all persons engaged in the
19business of selling tangible personal property, other than on
20an item of tangible personal property that is titled and
21registered by an agency of this State's Government, at retail
22in the municipality. This tax may not be imposed on tangible
23personal property taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers'
24Occupation Tax Act. If imposed, the tax shall only be imposed
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1in the municipality in the course of business. Any tax imposed
2by a municipality under this Section and all civil penalties
3that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be collected
4and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. An ordinance
5imposing a tax hereunder or effecting a change in the rate
6thereof shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed
7with the Department on or before the first day of October,
8whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer and
9enforce this Section as of the first day of January next
10following such adoption and filing. The certificate of
11registration that is issued by the Department to a retailer
12under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall permit the
13retailer to engage in a business that is taxable under any
14ordinance or resolution enacted under this Section without
15registering separately with the Department under the ordinance
16or resolution or under this Section. The Department shall have
17full power to administer and enforce this Section, to collect
18all taxes and penalties due hereunder, to dispose of taxes and
19penalties so collected in the manner hereinafter provided, and
20to determine all rights to credit memoranda, arising on account
21of the erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the
22administration of, and compliance with this Section, the
23Department and persons who are subject to this Section shall
24have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities,
25powers, and duties, and be subject to the same conditions,
26restrictions, limitations, penalties, and definitions of

 

 

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1terms, and employ the same modes of procedure, as are
2prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 2
3through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions therein other than
4the State rate of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to the disposition of
5taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f,
65g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
7and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of
8the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act as fully as if those
9provisions were set forth herein.
10    Subject to the limitations set forth in this Code, the
11corporate authorities of the municipality may require a
12retailer to collect and remit a tax imposed under this Section
13if the retailer qualifies as a "retailer maintaining a place of
14business in this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
15    A tax may not be imposed by a municipality under this
16Section unless the municipality also imposes a tax at the same
17rate under Section 8-11-1.7 of this Act.
18    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
19granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
20seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the tax
21as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
22combination, in a single amount, with State tax which sellers
23are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such
24bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe.
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1credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
2Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
3amount specified, and to the person named in the notification
4from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
5Treasurer out of the Non-Home Rule Municipal Retailers'
6Occupation Tax Fund, which is hereby created.
7    The Department shall forthwith pay over to the State
8Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
9collected hereunder.
10    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
11beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
12of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
13Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
14local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
15Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
16during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
17STAR bond district.
18    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
19on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
20Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
21disbursement of stated sums of money to named municipalities,
22the municipalities to be those from which retailers have paid
23taxes or penalties hereunder to the Department during the
24second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to each
25municipality shall be the amount (not including credit
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1calendar month by the Department plus an amount the Department
2determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were
3erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and not including
4an amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second
5preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of the
6municipality, and not including any amount that the Department
7determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were payable
8to a different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the
9municipality, and not including any amounts that are
10transferred to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund, less 1.5% of the
11remainder, which the Department shall transfer into the Tax
12Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the time
13of each monthly disbursement to the municipalities, shall
14prepare and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be
15transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
16under this Section. Within 10 days after receipt by the
17Comptroller of the disbursement certification to the
18municipalities and the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
19provided for in this Section to be given to the Comptroller by
20the Department, the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be
21drawn for the respective amounts in accordance with the
22directions contained in the certification.
23    A sale is deemed to have occurred in a municipality if the
24retailer is engaged in the business of selling tangible
25personal property in that municipality with respect to that
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1Tax Act. For the purpose of determining the local governmental
2unit whose tax is applicable, a retail sale by a producer of
3coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is a sale at retail at
4the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois is
5extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to coal
6or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the seller
7to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the sale
8is exempt under the federal Constitution as a sale in
9interstate or foreign commerce.
10    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a
11municipality to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
12any business which under the constitution of the United States
13may not be made the subject of taxation by this State.
14    When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement to a
15municipality under this Section, the Department shall increase
16or decrease the amount by an amount necessary to offset any
17misallocation of previous disbursements. The offset amount
18shall be the amount erroneously disbursed within the previous 6
19months from the time a misallocation is discovered.
20    As used in this Section, "municipal" and "municipality"
21means a city, village, or incorporated town, including an
22incorporated town that has superseded a civil township.
23(Source: P.A. 99-217, eff. 7-31-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16;
24100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-863, eff.
258-14-18; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; revised 1-9-19.)
 

 

 

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1    (65 ILCS 5/8-11-6)  (from Ch. 24, par. 8-11-6)
2    Sec. 8-11-6. Home Rule Municipal Use Tax Act.
3    (a) The corporate authorities of a home rule municipality
4may impose a tax upon the privilege of using, in such
5municipality, any item of tangible personal property which is
6purchased at retail from a retailer, and which is titled or
7registered at a location within the corporate limits of such
8home rule municipality with an agency of this State's
9government, at a rate which is an increment of 1/4% and based
10on the selling price of such tangible personal property, as
11"selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act. In home rule
12municipalities with less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the tax
13shall be collected by the municipality imposing the tax from
14persons whose Illinois address for titling or registration
15purposes is given as being in such municipality.
16    (b) In home rule municipalities with 2,000,000 or more
17inhabitants, the corporate authorities of the municipality may
18additionally impose a tax beginning July 1, 1991 upon the
19privilege of using in the municipality, any item of tangible
20personal property, other than tangible personal property
21titled or registered with an agency of the State's government,
22that is purchased at retail from a retailer located outside the
23corporate limits of the municipality, at a rate that is an
24increment of 1/4% not to exceed 1% and based on the selling
25price of the tangible personal property, as "selling price" is
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1the purchaser either by the municipality imposing such tax or
2by the Department of Revenue pursuant to an agreement between
3the Department and the municipality.
4    To prevent multiple home rule taxation, the use in a home
5rule municipality of tangible personal property that is
6acquired outside the municipality and caused to be brought into
7the municipality by a person who has already paid a home rule
8municipal tax in another municipality in respect to the sale,
9purchase, or use of that property, shall be exempt to the
10extent of the amount of the tax properly due and paid in the
11other home rule municipality.
12    (c) If a municipality having 2,000,000 or more inhabitants
13imposes the tax authorized by subsection (a), then the tax
14shall be collected by the Illinois Department of Revenue when
15the property is purchased at retail from a retailer in the
16county in which the home rule municipality imposing the tax is
17located, and in all contiguous counties. The tax shall be
18remitted to the State, or an exemption determination must be
19obtained from the Department before the title or certificate of
20registration for the property may be issued. The tax or proof
21of exemption may be transmitted to the Department by way of the
22State agency with which, or State officer with whom, the
23tangible personal property must be titled or registered if the
24Department and that agency or State officer determine that this
25procedure will expedite the processing of applications for
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1    The Department shall have full power to administer and
2enforce this Section to collect all taxes, penalties and
3interest due hereunder, to dispose of taxes, penalties and
4interest so collected in the manner hereinafter provided, and
5determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds arising on
6account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty or interest
7hereunder. In the administration of and compliance with this
8Section the Department and persons who are subject to this
9Section shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
10immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to the same
11conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and
12definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure as
13are prescribed in Sections 2 (except the definition of
14"retailer maintaining a place of business in this State"), 3
15(except provisions pertaining to the State rate of tax, and
16except provisions concerning collection or refunding of the tax
17by retailers), 4, 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the
18Use Tax Act, which are not inconsistent with this Section, as
19fully as if provisions contained in those Sections of the Use
20Tax Act were set forth herein.
21    Whenever the Department determines that a refund shall be
22made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
23credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
24Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
25amount specified, and to the person named, in such notification
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1Treasurer out of the home rule municipal retailers' occupation
2tax fund.
3    The Department shall forthwith pay over to the State
4Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes, penalties and
5interest collected hereunder. On or before the 25th day of each
6calendar month, the Department shall prepare and certify to the
7State Comptroller the disbursement of stated sums of money to
8named municipalities, the municipality in each instance to be
9that municipality from which the Department during the second
10preceding calendar month, collected municipal use tax from any
11person whose Illinois address for titling or registration
12purposes is given as being in such municipality. The amount to
13be paid to each municipality shall be the amount (not including
14credit memoranda) collected hereunder during the second
15preceding calendar month by the Department, and not including
16an amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second
17preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of such
18municipality, less 2% of the balance, which sum shall be
19retained by the State Treasurer to cover the costs incurred by
20the Department in administering and enforcing the provisions of
21this Section. The Department, at the time of each monthly
22disbursement to the municipalities, shall prepare and certify
23to the Comptroller the amount so retained by the State
24Treasurer, which shall be transferred into the Tax Compliance
25and Administration Fund. Within 10 days after receipt by the
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1municipalities provided for in this Section to be given to the
2State Comptroller by the Department, the State Comptroller
3shall cause the orders to be drawn for the respective amounts
4in accordance with the directions contained in that
5certification.
6    Any ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax to be
7collected and enforced by the Department under this Section
8shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the
9Department on or before October 1, whereupon the Department of
10Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section on
11behalf of the municipalities as of January 1 next following
12such adoption and filing. Beginning April 1, 1998, any
13ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax to be collected and
14enforced by the Department under this Section shall either (i)
15be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the
16Department on or before April 1, whereupon the Department of
17Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section on
18behalf of the municipalities as of July 1 next following the
19adoption and filing; or (ii) be adopted and a certified copy
20thereof filed with the Department on or before October 1,
21whereupon the Department of Revenue shall proceed to administer
22and enforce this Section on behalf of the municipalities as of
23January 1 next following the adoption and filing.
24    Nothing in this subsection (c) shall prevent a home rule
25municipality from collecting the tax pursuant to subsection (a)
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1Department of Revenue under this subsection (c).
2    Subject to the limitations set forth in this Code, the
3corporate authorities may require a retailer to collect and
4remit a tax imposed under this Section if the retailer
5qualifies as a "retailer maintaining a place of business in
6this State" under Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
7    (d) Any unobligated balance remaining in the Municipal
8Retailers' Occupation Tax Fund on December 31, 1989, which fund
9was abolished by Public Act 85-1135, and all receipts of
10municipal tax as a result of audits of liability periods prior
11to January 1, 1990, shall be paid into the Local Government Tax
12Fund, for distribution as provided by this Section prior to the
13enactment of Public Act 85-1135. All receipts of municipal tax
14as a result of an assessment not arising from an audit, for
15liability periods prior to January 1, 1990, shall be paid into
16the Local Government Tax Fund for distribution before July 1,
171990, as provided by this Section prior to the enactment of
18Public Act 85-1135, and on and after July 1, 1990, all such
19receipts shall be distributed as provided in Section 6z-18 of
20the State Finance Act.
21    (e) As used in this Section, "Municipal" and "Municipality"
22means a city, village or incorporated town, including an
23incorporated town which has superseded a civil township.
24    (f) This Section shall be known and may be cited as the
25Home Rule Municipal Use Tax Act.
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1    Section 15. The Flood Prevention District Act is amended by
2changing Section 25 as follows:
 
3    (70 ILCS 750/25)
4    Sec. 25. Flood prevention retailers' and service
5occupation taxes.
6    (a) If the Board of Commissioners of a flood prevention
7district determines that an emergency situation exists
8regarding levee repair or flood prevention, and upon an
9ordinance confirming the determination adopted by the
10affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the county
11board of the county in which the district is situated, the
12county may impose a flood prevention retailers' occupation tax
13upon all persons engaged in the business of selling tangible
14personal property at retail within the territory of the
15district to provide revenue to pay the costs of providing
16emergency levee repair and flood prevention and to secure the
17payment of bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness
18issued under this Act for a period not to exceed 25 years or as
19required to repay the bonds, notes, and other evidences of
20indebtedness issued under this Act. Subject to the limitations
21set forth in this Section, the county may require a retailer to
22collect and remit a tax imposed under this Section if the
23retailer qualifies as a "retailer maintaining a place of
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1tax rate shall be 0.25% of the gross receipts from all taxable
2sales made in the district in the course of that business. The
3tax imposed under this Section and all civil penalties that may
4be assessed as an incident thereof shall be collected and
5enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The Department
6shall have full power to administer and enforce this Section;
7to collect all taxes and penalties so collected in the manner
8hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to credit
9memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or
10penalty hereunder.
11    In the administration of and compliance with this
12subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
13subsection (i) have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
14immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) are subject to the same
15conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
16definitions of terms, and (iii) shall employ the same modes of
17procedure as are set forth in Sections 1 through 1o, 2 through
182-70 (in respect to all provisions contained in those Sections
19other than the State rate of tax), 2a through 2h, 3 (except as
20to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a,
215b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9,
2210, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act
23and all provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act as
24if those provisions were set forth in this subsection.
25    A sale is deemed to have occurred in a flood prevention
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1tangible personal property in that flood prevention district
2with respect to that sale, as provided in Section 2-12 of the
3Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
4    Persons subject to any tax imposed under this Section may
5reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability
6hereunder by separately stating the tax as an additional
7charge, which charge may be stated in combination in a single
8amount with State taxes that sellers are required to collect
9under the Use Tax Act, under any bracket schedules the
10Department may prescribe.
11    If a tax is imposed under this subsection (a), a tax shall
12also be imposed under subsection (b) of this Section.
13    (b) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (a), a flood
14prevention service occupation tax shall also be imposed upon
15all persons engaged within the territory of the district in the
16business of making sales of service, who, as an incident to
17making the sales of service, transfer tangible personal
18property, either in the form of tangible personal property or
19in the form of real estate as an incident to a sale of service
20to provide revenue to pay the costs of providing emergency
21levee repair and flood prevention and to secure the payment of
22bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness issued under
23this Act for a period not to exceed 25 years or as required to
24repay the bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness.
25The tax rate shall be 0.25% of the selling price of all
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1    The tax imposed under this subsection and all civil
2penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
3collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
4Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this
5subsection; to collect all taxes and penalties due hereunder;
6to dispose of taxes and penalties collected in the manner
7hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to credit
8memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or
9penalty hereunder.
10    In the administration of and compliance with this
11subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this
12subsection shall (i) have the same rights, remedies,
13privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, (ii) be subject to
14the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, and
15definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of
16procedure as are set forth in Sections 2 (except that the
17reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining a
18place of business in this State means the district), 2a through
192d, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions contained in
20those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 4 (except
21that the reference to the State shall be to the district), 5,
227, 8 (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax is a debt
23to the extent indicated in that Section 8 is the district), 9
24(except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties
25collected), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section
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1reference to the State means the district), Section 15, 16, 17,
218, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and all
3provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as
4if those provisions were set forth herein.
5    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
6granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their
7serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
8tax as an additional charge, that charge may be stated in
9combination in a single amount with State tax that servicemen
10are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, under
11any bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
12    (c) The taxes imposed in subsections (a) and (b) may not be
13imposed on personal property titled or registered with an
14agency of the State or on personal property taxed at the 1%
15rate under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and the Service
16Occupation Tax Act.
17    (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize
18the district to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
19any business that under the Constitution of the United States
20may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
21    (e) The certificate of registration that is issued by the
22Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax
23Act or a serviceman under the Service Occupation Tax Act
24permits the retailer or serviceman to engage in a business that
25is taxable without registering separately with the Department
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1    (f) The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
2Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties
3collected under this Section to be deposited into the Flood
4Prevention Occupation Tax Fund, which shall be an
5unappropriated trust fund held outside the State treasury.
6    On or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
7Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
8disbursement of stated sums of money to the counties from which
9retailers or servicemen have paid taxes or penalties to the
10Department during the second preceding calendar month. The
11amount to be paid to each county is equal to the amount (not
12including credit memoranda) collected from the county under
13this Section during the second preceding calendar month by the
14Department, (i) less 2% of that amount, which shall be
15deposited into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund and
16shall be used by the Department in administering and enforcing
17the provisions of this Section on behalf of the county, (ii)
18plus an amount that the Department determines is necessary to
19offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different
20taxing body; (iii) less an amount equal to the amount of
21refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the
22Department on behalf of the county; and (iv) less any amount
23that the Department determines is necessary to offset any
24amounts that were payable to a different taxing body but were
25erroneously paid to the county. When certifying the amount of a
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1Department shall increase or decrease the amounts by an amount
2necessary to offset any miscalculation of previous
3disbursements within the previous 6 months from the time a
4miscalculation is discovered.
5    Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller from the
6Department of the disbursement certification to the counties
7provided for in this Section, the Comptroller shall cause the
8orders to be drawn for the respective amounts in accordance
9with directions contained in the certification.
10    If the Department determines that a refund should be made
11under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit
12memorandum, then the Department shall notify the Comptroller,
13who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified
14and to the person named in the notification from the
15Department. The refund shall be paid by the Treasurer out of
16the Flood Prevention Occupation Tax Fund.
17    (g) If a county imposes a tax under this Section, then the
18county board shall, by ordinance, discontinue the tax upon the
19payment of all indebtedness of the flood prevention district.
20The tax shall not be discontinued until all indebtedness of the
21District has been paid.
22    (h) Any ordinance imposing the tax under this Section, or
23any ordinance that discontinues the tax, must be certified by
24the county clerk and filed with the Illinois Department of
25Revenue either (i) on or before the first day of April,
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1enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the first day of
2July next following the filing; or (ii) on or before the first
3day of October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
4administer and enforce the tax or change in the rate as of the
5first day of January next following the filing.
6    (j) County Flood Prevention Occupation Tax Fund. All
7proceeds received by a county from a tax distribution under
8this Section must be maintained in a special fund known as the
9[name of county] flood prevention occupation tax fund. The
10county shall, at the direction of the flood prevention
11district, use moneys in the fund to pay the costs of providing
12emergency levee repair and flood prevention and to pay bonds,
13notes, and other evidences of indebtedness issued under this
14Act.
15    (k) This Section may be cited as the Flood Prevention
16Occupation Tax Law.
17(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-217, eff. 7-31-15;
1899-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19.)
 
19    Section 20. The Local Mass Transit District Act is amended
20by changing Section 5.01 as follows:
 
21    (70 ILCS 3610/5.01)   (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 355.01)
22    Sec. 5.01. Metro East Mass Transit District; use and
23occupation taxes.
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1District may, by ordinance adopted with the concurrence of
2two-thirds of the then trustees, impose throughout the District
3any or all of the taxes and fees provided in this Section. All
4taxes and fees imposed under this Section shall be used only
5for public mass transportation systems, and the amount used to
6provide mass transit service to unserved areas of the District
7shall be in the same proportion to the total proceeds as the
8number of persons residing in the unserved areas is to the
9total population of the District. Except as otherwise provided
10in this Act, taxes imposed under this Section and civil
11penalties imposed incident thereto shall be collected and
12enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The Department
13shall have the power to administer and enforce the taxes and to
14determine all rights for refunds for erroneous payments of the
15taxes.
16    (b) The Board may impose a Metro East Mass Transit District
17Retailers' Occupation Tax upon all persons engaged in the
18business of selling tangible personal property at retail in the
19district at a rate of 1/4 of 1%, or as authorized under
20subsection (d-5) of this Section, of the gross receipts from
21the sales made in the course of such business within the
22district. The tax imposed under this Section and all civil
23penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
24collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
25Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this
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1manner hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to
2credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of
3tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of, and
4compliance with, this Section, the Department and persons who
5are subject to this Section shall have the same rights,
6remedies, privileges, immunities, powers and duties, and be
7subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations,
8penalties, exclusions, exemptions and definitions of terms and
9employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in
10Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 2 through 2-65
11(in respect to all provisions therein other than the State rate
12of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to the disposition of taxes and
13penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j,
145k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of
15the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the
16Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those
17provisions were set forth herein.
18    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the Section may
19reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability
20hereunder by separately stating the tax as an additional
21charge, which charge may be stated in combination, in a single
22amount, with State taxes that sellers are required to collect
23under the Use Tax Act, in accordance with such bracket
24schedules as the Department may prescribe.
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1credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
2Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
3amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
4from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
5Treasurer out of the Metro East Mass Transit District tax fund
6established under paragraph (h) of this Section.
7    If a tax is imposed under this subsection (b), a tax shall
8also be imposed under subsections (c) and (d) of this Section.
9    Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section, the
10Board may require a retailer to collect and remit the taxes
11imposed under this Section if the retailer qualifies as a
12"retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" under
13Section 2 of the Use Tax Act. A sale is deemed to have occurred
14in the District if the retailer is engaged in the business of
15selling tangible personal property in the District with respect
16to that sale, as provided in Section 2-12 of the Retailers'
17Occupation Tax Act.
18    For the purpose of determining whether a tax authorized
19under this Section is applicable, a retail sale, by a producer
20of coal or other mineral mined in Illinois, is a sale at retail
21at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois
22is extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to
23coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
24seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the
25sale is exempt under the Federal Constitution as a sale in
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1    No tax shall be imposed or collected under this subsection
2on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of
3another state if that motor vehicle will not be titled in this
4State.
5    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize the
6Metro East Mass Transit District to impose a tax upon the
7privilege of engaging in any business which under the
8Constitution of the United States may not be made the subject
9of taxation by this State.
10    (c) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (b), a Metro
11East Mass Transit District Service Occupation Tax shall also be
12imposed upon all persons engaged, in the district, in the
13business of making sales of service, who, as an incident to
14making those sales of service, transfer tangible personal
15property within the District, either in the form of tangible
16personal property or in the form of real estate as an incident
17to a sale of service. The tax rate shall be 1/4%, or as
18authorized under subsection (d-5) of this Section, of the
19selling price of tangible personal property so transferred
20within the district. The tax imposed under this paragraph and
21all civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof
22shall be collected and enforced by the State Department of
23Revenue. The Department shall have full power to administer and
24enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes and penalties due
25hereunder; to dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in
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1credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of
2tax or penalty hereunder. In the administration of, and
3compliance with this paragraph, the Department and persons who
4are subject to this paragraph shall have the same rights,
5remedies, privileges, immunities, powers and duties, and be
6subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations,
7penalties, exclusions, exemptions and definitions of terms and
8employ the same modes of procedure as are prescribed in
9Sections 1a-1, 2 (except that the reference to State in the
10definition of supplier maintaining a place of business in this
11State shall mean the Authority), 2a, 3 through 3-50 (in respect
12to all provisions therein other than the State rate of tax), 4
13(except that the reference to the State shall be to the
14Authority), 5, 7, 8 (except that the jurisdiction to which the
15tax shall be a debt to the extent indicated in that Section 8
16shall be the District), 9 (except as to the disposition of
17taxes and penalties collected, and except that the returned
18merchandise credit for this tax may not be taken against any
19State tax), 10, 11, 12 (except the reference therein to Section
202b of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act), 13 (except that any
21reference to the State shall mean the District), the first
22paragraph of Section 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of the Service
23Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and
24Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were set forth
25herein.
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1granted in this paragraph may reimburse themselves for their
2serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
3tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
4combination, in a single amount, with State tax that servicemen
5are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, in
6accordance with such bracket schedules as the Department may
7prescribe.
8    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
9made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
10credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
11Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
12amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
13from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
14Treasurer out of the Metro East Mass Transit District tax fund
15established under paragraph (h) of this Section.
16    Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
17the District to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
18any business which under the Constitution of the United States
19may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
20    (d) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (b), a Metro
21East Mass Transit District Use Tax shall also be imposed upon
22the privilege of using, in the district, any item of tangible
23personal property that is purchased outside the district at
24retail from a retailer, and that is titled or registered with
25an agency of this State's government, at a rate of 1/4%, or as
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1selling price of the tangible personal property within the
2District, as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act. The
3tax shall be collected from persons whose Illinois address for
4titling or registration purposes is given as being in the
5District. The tax shall be collected by the Department of
6Revenue for the Metro East Mass Transit District. The tax must
7be paid to the State, or an exemption determination must be
8obtained from the Department of Revenue, before the title or
9certificate of registration for the property may be issued. The
10tax or proof of exemption may be transmitted to the Department
11by way of the State agency with which, or the State officer
12with whom, the tangible personal property must be titled or
13registered if the Department and the State agency or State
14officer determine that this procedure will expedite the
15processing of applications for title or registration.
16    The Department shall have full power to administer and
17enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties and
18interest due hereunder; to dispose of taxes, penalties and
19interest so collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and
20to determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds arising
21on account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty or interest
22hereunder. In the administration of, and compliance with, this
23paragraph, the Department and persons who are subject to this
24paragraph shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
25immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to the same
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1exemptions and definitions of terms and employ the same modes
2of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except the
3definition of "retailer maintaining a place of business in this
4State"), 3 through 3-80 (except provisions pertaining to the
5State rate of tax, and except provisions concerning collection
6or refunding of the tax by retailers), 4, 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15,
719 (except the portions pertaining to claims by retailers and
8except the last paragraph concerning refunds), 20, 21 and 22 of
9the Use Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and
10Interest Act, that are not inconsistent with this paragraph, as
11fully as if those provisions were set forth herein.
12    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
13made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
14credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
15Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
16amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
17from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
18Treasurer out of the Metro East Mass Transit District tax fund
19established under paragraph (h) of this Section.
20    (d-5) (A) The county board of any county participating in
21the Metro East Mass Transit District may authorize, by
22ordinance, a referendum on the question of whether the tax
23rates for the Metro East Mass Transit District Retailers'
24Occupation Tax, the Metro East Mass Transit District Service
25Occupation Tax, and the Metro East Mass Transit District Use
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1Upon adopting the ordinance, the county board shall certify the
2proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit
3the proposition to the voters of the District at the next
4election, in accordance with the general election law.
5    The proposition shall be in substantially the following
6form:
7        Shall the tax rates for the Metro East Mass Transit
8    District Retailers' Occupation Tax, the Metro East Mass
9    Transit District Service Occupation Tax, and the Metro East
10    Mass Transit District Use Tax be increased from 0.25% to
11    0.75%?
12    (B) Two thousand five hundred electors of any Metro East
13Mass Transit District may petition the Chief Judge of the
14Circuit Court, or any judge of that Circuit designated by the
15Chief Judge, in which that District is located to cause to be
16submitted to a vote of the electors the question whether the
17tax rates for the Metro East Mass Transit District Retailers'
18Occupation Tax, the Metro East Mass Transit District Service
19Occupation Tax, and the Metro East Mass Transit District Use
20Tax for the District should be increased from 0.25% to 0.75%.
21    Upon submission of such petition the court shall set a date
22not less than 10 nor more than 30 days thereafter for a hearing
23on the sufficiency thereof. Notice of the filing of such
24petition and of such date shall be given in writing to the
25District and the County Clerk at least 7 days before the date
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1    If such petition is found sufficient, the court shall enter
2an order to submit that proposition at the next election, in
3accordance with general election law.
4    The form of the petition shall be in substantially the
5following form: To the Circuit Court of the County of (name of
6county):
7        We, the undersigned electors of the (name of transit
8    district), respectfully petition your honor to submit to a
9    vote of the electors of (name of transit district) the
10    following proposition:
11        Shall the tax rates for the Metro East Mass Transit
12    District Retailers' Occupation Tax, the Metro East Mass
13    Transit District Service Occupation Tax, and the Metro East
14    Mass Transit District Use Tax be increased from 0.25% to
15    0.75%?
16        Name                Address, with Street and Number.
17..............................................................
18..............................................................
19    (C) The votes shall be recorded as "YES" or "NO". If a
20majority of all votes cast on the proposition are for the
21increase in the tax rates, the Metro East Mass Transit District
22shall begin imposing the increased rates in the District, and
23the Department of Revenue shall begin collecting the increased
24amounts, as provided under this Section. An ordinance imposing
25or discontinuing a tax hereunder or effecting a change in the
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1filed with the Department on or before the first day of
2October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer
3and enforce this Section as of the first day of January next
4following the adoption and filing, or on or before the first
5day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
6administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of July
7next following the adoption and filing.
8    (D) If the voters have approved a referendum under this
9subsection, before November 1, 1994, to increase the tax rate
10under this subsection, the Metro East Mass Transit District
11Board of Trustees may adopt by a majority vote an ordinance at
12any time before January 1, 1995 that excludes from the rate
13increase tangible personal property that is titled or
14registered with an agency of this State's government. The
15ordinance excluding titled or registered tangible personal
16property from the rate increase must be filed with the
17Department at least 15 days before its effective date. At any
18time after adopting an ordinance excluding from the rate
19increase tangible personal property that is titled or
20registered with an agency of this State's government, the Metro
21East Mass Transit District Board of Trustees may adopt an
22ordinance applying the rate increase to that tangible personal
23property. The ordinance shall be adopted, and a certified copy
24of that ordinance shall be filed with the Department, on or
25before October 1, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
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1personal property titled or registered with an agency of this
2State's government as of the following January 1. After
3December 31, 1995, any reimposed rate increase in effect under
4this subsection shall no longer apply to tangible personal
5property titled or registered with an agency of this State's
6government. Beginning January 1, 1996, the Board of Trustees of
7any Metro East Mass Transit District may never reimpose a
8previously excluded tax rate increase on tangible personal
9property titled or registered with an agency of this State's
10government. After July 1, 2004, if the voters have approved a
11referendum under this subsection to increase the tax rate under
12this subsection, the Metro East Mass Transit District Board of
13Trustees may adopt by a majority vote an ordinance that
14excludes from the rate increase tangible personal property that
15is titled or registered with an agency of this State's
16government. The ordinance excluding titled or registered
17tangible personal property from the rate increase shall be
18adopted, and a certified copy of that ordinance shall be filed
19with the Department on or before October 1, whereupon the
20Department shall administer and enforce this exclusion from the
21rate increase as of the following January 1, or on or before
22April 1, whereupon the Department shall administer and enforce
23this exclusion from the rate increase as of the following July
241. The Board of Trustees of any Metro East Mass Transit
25District may never reimpose a previously excluded tax rate
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1with an agency of this State's government.
2    (d-6) If the Board of Trustees of any Metro East Mass
3Transit District has imposed a rate increase under subsection
4(d-5) and filed an ordinance with the Department of Revenue
5excluding titled property from the higher rate, then that Board
6may, by ordinance adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of
7the then trustees, impose throughout the District a fee. The
8fee on the excluded property shall not exceed $20 per retail
9transaction or an amount equal to the amount of tax excluded,
10whichever is less, on tangible personal property that is titled
11or registered with an agency of this State's government.
12Beginning July 1, 2004, the fee shall apply only to titled
13property that is subject to either the Metro East Mass Transit
14District Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Metro East Mass
15Transit District Service Occupation Tax. No fee shall be
16imposed or collected under this subsection on the sale of a
17motor vehicle in this State to a resident of another state if
18that motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
19    (d-7) Until June 30, 2004, if a fee has been imposed under
20subsection (d-6), a fee shall also be imposed upon the
21privilege of using, in the district, any item of tangible
22personal property that is titled or registered with any agency
23of this State's government, in an amount equal to the amount of
24the fee imposed under subsection (d-6).
25    (d-7.1) Beginning July 1, 2004, any fee imposed by the
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1subsection (d-6) and all civil penalties that may be assessed
2as an incident of the fees shall be collected and enforced by
3the State Department of Revenue. Reference to "taxes" in this
4Section shall be construed to apply to the administration,
5payment, and remittance of all fees under this Section. For
6purposes of any fee imposed under subsection (d-6), 4% of the
7fee, penalty, and interest received by the Department in the
8first 12 months that the fee is collected and enforced by the
9Department and 2% of the fee, penalty, and interest following
10the first 12 months shall be deposited into the Tax Compliance
11and Administration Fund and shall be used by the Department,
12subject to appropriation, to cover the costs of the Department.
13No retailers' discount shall apply to any fee imposed under
14subsection (d-6).
15    (d-8) No item of titled property shall be subject to both
16the higher rate approved by referendum, as authorized under
17subsection (d-5), and any fee imposed under subsection (d-6) or
18(d-7).
19    (d-9) (Blank).
20    (d-10) (Blank).
21    (e) A certificate of registration issued by the State
22Department of Revenue to a retailer under the Retailers'
23Occupation Tax Act or under the Service Occupation Tax Act
24shall permit the registrant to engage in a business that is
25taxed under the tax imposed under paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of
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1under the tax. A certificate issued under the Use Tax Act or
2the Service Use Tax Act shall be applicable with regard to any
3tax imposed under paragraph (c) of this Section.
4    (f) (Blank).
5    (g) Any ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax under
6this Section shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
7filed with the Department on or before June 1, whereupon the
8Department of Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce
9this Section on behalf of the Metro East Mass Transit District
10as of September 1 next following such adoption and filing.
11Beginning January 1, 1992, an ordinance or resolution imposing
12or discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a
13certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before
14the first day of July, whereupon the Department shall proceed
15to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of
16October next following such adoption and filing. Beginning
17January 1, 1993, except as provided in subsection (d-5) of this
18Section, an ordinance or resolution imposing or discontinuing
19the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
20filed with the Department on or before the first day of
21October, whereupon the Department shall proceed to administer
22and enforce this Section as of the first day of January next
23following such adoption and filing, or, beginning January 1,
242004, on or before the first day of April, whereupon the
25Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this Section
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1filing.
2    (h) Except as provided in subsection (d-7.1), the State
3Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting any taxes as
4provided in this Section, pay the taxes over to the State
5Treasurer as trustee for the District. The taxes shall be held
6in a trust fund outside the State Treasury.
7    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
8beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
9of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
10Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
11local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
12Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
13during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
14STAR bond district. The Department shall make this
15certification only if the local mass transit district imposes a
16tax on real property as provided in the definition of "local
17sales taxes" under the Innovation Development and Economy Act.
18    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
19on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the State
20Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the
21Comptroller of the State of Illinois the amount to be paid to
22the District, which shall be the amount (not including credit
23memoranda) collected under this Section during the second
24preceding calendar month by the Department plus an amount the
25Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that
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1including any amount equal to the amount of refunds made during
2the second preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf
3of the District, and not including any amount that the
4Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that
5were payable to a different taxing body but were erroneously
6paid to the District, and less any amounts that are transferred
7to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund, less 1.5% of the remainder,
8which the Department shall transfer into the Tax Compliance and
9Administration Fund. The Department, at the time of each
10monthly disbursement to the District, shall prepare and certify
11to the State Comptroller the amount to be transferred into the
12Tax Compliance and Administration Fund under this subsection.
13Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller of the
14certification of the amount to be paid to the District and the
15Tax Compliance and Administration Fund, the Comptroller shall
16cause an order to be drawn for payment for the amount in
17accordance with the direction in the certification.
18(Source: P.A. 99-217, eff. 7-31-15; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17;
19100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
 
20    Section 30. The Regional Transportation Authority Act is
21amended by changing Section 4.03 as follows:
 
22    (70 ILCS 3615/4.03)  (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 704.03)
23    Sec. 4.03. Taxes.
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1the Authority, the Board may by ordinance adopted with the
2concurrence of 12 of the then Directors, impose throughout the
3metropolitan region any or all of the taxes provided in this
4Section. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, taxes
5imposed under this Section and civil penalties imposed incident
6thereto shall be collected and enforced by the State Department
7of Revenue. The Department shall have the power to administer
8and enforce the taxes and to determine all rights for refunds
9for erroneous payments of the taxes. Nothing in Public Act
1095-708 is intended to invalidate any taxes currently imposed by
11the Authority. The increased vote requirements to impose a tax
12shall only apply to actions taken after January 1, 2008 (the
13effective date of Public Act 95-708).
14    (b) The Board may impose a public transportation tax upon
15all persons engaged in the metropolitan region in the business
16of selling at retail motor fuel for operation of motor vehicles
17upon public highways. The tax shall be at a rate not to exceed
185% of the gross receipts from the sales of motor fuel in the
19course of the business. As used in this Act, the term "motor
20fuel" shall have the same meaning as in the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
21The Board may provide for details of the tax. The provisions of
22any tax shall conform, as closely as may be practicable, to the
23provisions of the Municipal Retailers Occupation Tax Act,
24including without limitation, conformity to penalties with
25respect to the tax imposed and as to the powers of the State
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1regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of
2the provisions of the tax imposed, except that reference in the
3Act to any municipality shall refer to the Authority and the
4tax shall be imposed only with regard to receipts from sales of
5motor fuel in the metropolitan region, at rates as limited by
6this Section.
7    (c) In connection with the tax imposed under paragraph (b)
8of this Section the Board may impose a tax upon the privilege
9of using in the metropolitan region motor fuel for the
10operation of a motor vehicle upon public highways, the tax to
11be at a rate not in excess of the rate of tax imposed under
12paragraph (b) of this Section. The Board may provide for
13details of the tax.
14    (d) The Board may impose a motor vehicle parking tax upon
15the privilege of parking motor vehicles at off-street parking
16facilities in the metropolitan region at which a fee is
17charged, and may provide for reasonable classifications in and
18exemptions to the tax, for administration and enforcement
19thereof and for civil penalties and refunds thereunder and may
20provide criminal penalties thereunder, the maximum penalties
21not to exceed the maximum criminal penalties provided in the
22Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. The Authority may collect and
23enforce the tax itself or by contract with any unit of local
24government. The State Department of Revenue shall have no
25responsibility for the collection and enforcement unless the
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1collection and enforcement. As used in this paragraph, the term
2"parking facility" means a parking area or structure having
3parking spaces for more than 2 vehicles at which motor vehicles
4are permitted to park in return for an hourly, daily, or other
5periodic fee, whether publicly or privately owned, but does not
6include parking spaces on a public street, the use of which is
7regulated by parking meters.
8    (e) The Board may impose a Regional Transportation
9Authority Retailers' Occupation Tax upon all persons engaged in
10the business of selling tangible personal property at retail in
11the metropolitan region. In Cook County, the tax rate shall be
121.25% of the gross receipts from sales of tangible personal
13property taxed at the 1% rate under the Retailers' Occupation
14Tax Act, and 1% of the gross receipts from other taxable sales
15made in the course of that business. In DuPage, Kane, Lake,
16McHenry, and Will counties Counties, the tax rate shall be
170.75% of the gross receipts from all taxable sales made in the
18course of that business. The tax imposed under this Section and
19all civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof
20shall be collected and enforced by the State Department of
21Revenue. The Department shall have full power to administer and
22enforce this Section; to collect all taxes and penalties so
23collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to determine
24all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the
25erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder. In the
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1Department and persons who are subject to this Section shall
2have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers
3and duties, and be subject to the same conditions,
4restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions
5and definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of
6procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d,
71e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 2 through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions
8therein other than the State rate of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to
9the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a,
105b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d,
117, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act
12and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as
13fully as if those provisions were set forth herein.
14    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
15granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for their
16seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the tax
17as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in
18combination in a single amount with State taxes that sellers
19are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, under any
20bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
21    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
22made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a
23credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
24Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
25amount specified, and to the person named, in the notification
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1Treasurer out of the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
2established under paragraph (n) of this Section.
3    If a tax is imposed under this subsection (e), a tax shall
4also be imposed under subsections (f) and (g) of this Section.
5    For the purpose of determining whether a tax authorized
6under this Section is applicable, a retail sale by a producer
7of coal or other mineral mined in Illinois, is a sale at retail
8at the place where the coal or other mineral mined in Illinois
9is extracted from the earth. This paragraph does not apply to
10coal or other mineral when it is delivered or shipped by the
11seller to the purchaser at a point outside Illinois so that the
12sale is exempt under the Federal Constitution as a sale in
13interstate or foreign commerce.
14    No tax shall be imposed or collected under this subsection
15on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of
16another state if that motor vehicle will not be titled in this
17State.
18    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize the
19Regional Transportation Authority to impose a tax upon the
20privilege of engaging in any business that under the
21Constitution of the United States may not be made the subject
22of taxation by this State.
23    (f) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a
24Regional Transportation Authority Service Occupation Tax shall
25also be imposed upon all persons engaged, in the metropolitan
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1incident to making the sales of service, transfer tangible
2personal property within the metropolitan region, either in the
3form of tangible personal property or in the form of real
4estate as an incident to a sale of service. In Cook County, the
5tax rate shall be: (1) 1.25% of the serviceman's cost price of
6food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred
7incident to a sale of service subject to the service occupation
8tax by an entity licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, the
9Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health
10Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or
11the MC/DD Act that is located in the metropolitan region; (2)
121.25% of the selling price of tangible personal property taxed
13at the 1% rate under the Service Occupation Tax Act; and (3) 1%
14of the selling price from other taxable sales of tangible
15personal property transferred. In DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry
16and Will counties, Counties the rate shall be 0.75% of the
17selling price of all tangible personal property transferred.
18    The tax imposed under this paragraph and all civil
19penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be
20collected and enforced by the State Department of Revenue. The
21Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this
22paragraph; to collect all taxes and penalties due hereunder; to
23dispose of taxes and penalties collected in the manner
24hereinafter provided; and to determine all rights to credit
25memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or
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1this paragraph, the Department and persons who are subject to
2this paragraph shall have the same rights, remedies,
3privileges, immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to
4the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties,
5exclusions, exemptions and definitions of terms, and employ the
6same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 1a-1, 2,
72a, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions therein other
8than the State rate of tax), 4 (except that the reference to
9the State shall be to the Authority), 5, 7, 8 (except that the
10jurisdiction to which the tax shall be a debt to the extent
11indicated in that Section 8 shall be the Authority), 9 (except
12as to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected, and
13except that the returned merchandise credit for this tax may
14not be taken against any State tax), 10, 11, 12 (except the
15reference therein to Section 2b of the Retailers' Occupation
16Tax Act), 13 (except that any reference to the State shall mean
17the Authority), the first paragraph of Section 15, 16, 17, 18,
1819 and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of
19the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those
20provisions were set forth herein.
21    Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority
22granted in this paragraph may reimburse themselves for their
23serviceman's tax liability hereunder by separately stating the
24tax as an additional charge, that charge may be stated in
25combination in a single amount with State tax that servicemen
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1any bracket schedules the Department may prescribe.
2    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
3made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
4credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
5Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn for the
6amount specified, and to the person named in the notification
7from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
8Treasurer out of the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
9established under paragraph (n) of this Section.
10    Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize
11the Authority to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in
12any business that under the Constitution of the United States
13may not be made the subject of taxation by the State.
14    (g) If a tax has been imposed under paragraph (e), a tax
15shall also be imposed upon the privilege of using in the
16metropolitan region, any item of tangible personal property
17that is purchased outside the metropolitan region at retail
18from a retailer, and that is titled or registered with an
19agency of this State's government. In Cook County, the tax rate
20shall be 1% of the selling price of the tangible personal
21property, as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act. In
22DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties, the tax rate
23shall be 0.75% of the selling price of the tangible personal
24property, as "selling price" is defined in the Use Tax Act. The
25tax shall be collected from persons whose Illinois address for
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1metropolitan region. The tax shall be collected by the
2Department of Revenue for the Regional Transportation
3Authority. The tax must be paid to the State, or an exemption
4determination must be obtained from the Department of Revenue,
5before the title or certificate of registration for the
6property may be issued. The tax or proof of exemption may be
7transmitted to the Department by way of the State agency with
8which, or the State officer with whom, the tangible personal
9property must be titled or registered if the Department and the
10State agency or State officer determine that this procedure
11will expedite the processing of applications for title or
12registration.
13    The Department shall have full power to administer and
14enforce this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties, and
15interest due hereunder; to dispose of taxes, penalties, and
16interest collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and to
17determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds arising on
18account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty, or interest
19hereunder. In the administration of and compliance with this
20paragraph, the Department and persons who are subject to this
21paragraph shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges,
22immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to the same
23conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties, exclusions,
24exemptions and definitions of terms and employ the same modes
25of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except the
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1State"), 3 through 3-80 (except provisions pertaining to the
2State rate of tax, and except provisions concerning collection
3or refunding of the tax by retailers), 4, 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15,
419 (except the portions pertaining to claims by retailers and
5except the last paragraph concerning refunds), 20, 21 and 22 of
6the Use Tax Act, and are not inconsistent with this paragraph,
7as fully as if those provisions were set forth herein.
8    Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be
9made under this paragraph to a claimant instead of issuing a
10credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State
11Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the
12amount specified, and to the person named in the notification
13from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State
14Treasurer out of the Regional Transportation Authority tax fund
15established under paragraph (n) of this Section.
16    (h) The Authority may impose a replacement vehicle tax of
17$50 on any passenger car as defined in Section 1-157 of the
18Illinois Vehicle Code purchased within the metropolitan region
19by or on behalf of an insurance company to replace a passenger
20car of an insured person in settlement of a total loss claim.
21The tax imposed may not become effective before the first day
22of the month following the passage of the ordinance imposing
23the tax and receipt of a certified copy of the ordinance by the
24Department of Revenue. The Department of Revenue shall collect
25the tax for the Authority in accordance with Sections 3-2002
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1    The Department shall immediately pay over to the State
2Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes collected
3hereunder.
4    As soon as possible after the first day of each month,
5beginning January 1, 2011, upon certification of the Department
6of Revenue, the Comptroller shall order transferred, and the
7Treasurer shall transfer, to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund the
8local sales tax increment, as defined in the Innovation
9Development and Economy Act, collected under this Section
10during the second preceding calendar month for sales within a
11STAR bond district.
12    After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund,
13on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the
14Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the
15disbursement of stated sums of money to the Authority. The
16amount to be paid to the Authority shall be the amount
17collected hereunder during the second preceding calendar month
18by the Department, less any amount determined by the Department
19to be necessary for the payment of refunds, and less any
20amounts that are transferred to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund.
21Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller of the
22disbursement certification to the Authority provided for in
23this Section to be given to the Comptroller by the Department,
24the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for that
25amount in accordance with the directions contained in the
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1    (i) The Board may not impose any other taxes except as it
2may from time to time be authorized by law to impose.
3    (j) A certificate of registration issued by the State
4Department of Revenue to a retailer under the Retailers'
5Occupation Tax Act or under the Service Occupation Tax Act
6shall permit the registrant to engage in a business that is
7taxed under the tax imposed under paragraphs (b), (e), (f) or
8(g) of this Section and no additional registration shall be
9required under the tax. A certificate issued under the Use Tax
10Act or the Service Use Tax Act shall be applicable with regard
11to any tax imposed under paragraph (c) of this Section.
12    (k) The provisions of any tax imposed under paragraph (c)
13of this Section shall conform as closely as may be practicable
14to the provisions of the Use Tax Act, including without
15limitation conformity as to penalties with respect to the tax
16imposed and as to the powers of the State Department of Revenue
17to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations relating to the
18administration and enforcement of the provisions of the tax
19imposed. The taxes shall be imposed only on use within the
20metropolitan region and at rates as provided in the paragraph.
21    (l) The Board in imposing any tax as provided in paragraphs
22(b) and (c) of this Section, shall, after seeking the advice of
23the State Department of Revenue, provide means for retailers,
24users or purchasers of motor fuel for purposes other than those
25with regard to which the taxes may be imposed as provided in
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1which provisions may be at variance with the refund provisions
2as applicable under the Municipal Retailers Occupation Tax Act.
3The State Department of Revenue may provide for certificates of
4registration for users or purchasers of motor fuel for purposes
5other than those with regard to which taxes may be imposed as
6provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section to
7facilitate the reporting and nontaxability of the exempt sales
8or uses.
9    (m) Any ordinance imposing or discontinuing any tax under
10this Section shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof
11filed with the Department on or before June 1, whereupon the
12Department of Revenue shall proceed to administer and enforce
13this Section on behalf of the Regional Transportation Authority
14as of September 1 next following such adoption and filing.
15Beginning January 1, 1992, an ordinance or resolution imposing
16or discontinuing the tax hereunder shall be adopted and a
17certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before
18the first day of July, whereupon the Department shall proceed
19to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of
20October next following such adoption and filing. Beginning
21January 1, 1993, an ordinance or resolution imposing,
22increasing, decreasing, or discontinuing the tax hereunder
23shall be adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the
24Department, whereupon the Department shall proceed to
25administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of the
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1adoption and filing. Any ordinance or resolution of the
2Authority imposing a tax under this Section and in effect on
3August 1, 2007 shall remain in full force and effect and shall
4be administered by the Department of Revenue under the terms
5and conditions and rates of tax established by such ordinance
6or resolution until the Department begins administering and
7enforcing an increased tax under this Section as authorized by
8Public Act 95-708. The tax rates authorized by Public Act
995-708 are effective only if imposed by ordinance of the
10Authority.
11    (n) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (n),
12the State Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting any
13taxes as provided in this Section, pay the taxes over to the
14State Treasurer as trustee for the Authority. The taxes shall
15be held in a trust fund outside the State Treasury. On or
16before the 25th day of each calendar month, the State
17Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the
18Comptroller of the State of Illinois and to the Authority (i)
19the amount of taxes collected in each county County other than
20Cook County in the metropolitan region, (ii) the amount of
21taxes collected within the City of Chicago, and (iii) the
22amount collected in that portion of Cook County outside of
23Chicago, each amount less the amount necessary for the payment
24of refunds to taxpayers located in those areas described in
25items (i), (ii), and (iii), and less 1.5% of the remainder,
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1Compliance and Administration Fund. The Department, at the time
2of each monthly disbursement to the Authority, shall prepare
3and certify to the State Comptroller the amount to be
4transferred into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund
5under this subsection. Within 10 days after receipt by the
6Comptroller of the certification of the amounts, the
7Comptroller shall cause an order to be drawn for the transfer
8of the amount certified into the Tax Compliance and
9Administration Fund and the payment of two-thirds of the
10amounts certified in item (i) of this subsection to the
11Authority and one-third of the amounts certified in item (i) of
12this subsection to the respective counties other than Cook
13County and the amount certified in items (ii) and (iii) of this
14subsection to the Authority.
15    In addition to the disbursement required by the preceding
16paragraph, an allocation shall be made in July 1991 and each
17year thereafter to the Regional Transportation Authority. The
18allocation shall be made in an amount equal to the average
19monthly distribution during the preceding calendar year
20(excluding the 2 months of lowest receipts) and the allocation
21shall include the amount of average monthly distribution from
22the Regional Transportation Authority Occupation and Use Tax
23Replacement Fund. The distribution made in July 1992 and each
24year thereafter under this paragraph and the preceding
25paragraph shall be reduced by the amount allocated and
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1The Department of Revenue shall prepare and certify to the
2Comptroller for disbursement the allocations made in
3accordance with this paragraph.
4    (o) Failure to adopt a budget ordinance or otherwise to
5comply with Section 4.01 of this Act or to adopt a Five-year
6Capital Program or otherwise to comply with paragraph (b) of
7Section 2.01 of this Act shall not affect the validity of any
8tax imposed by the Authority otherwise in conformity with law.
9    (p) At no time shall a public transportation tax or motor
10vehicle parking tax authorized under paragraphs (b), (c), and
11(d) of this Section be in effect at the same time as any
12retailers' occupation, use or service occupation tax
13authorized under paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of this Section
14is in effect.
15    Any taxes imposed under the authority provided in
16paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) shall remain in effect only until
17the time as any tax authorized by paragraph paragraphs (e),
18(f), or (g) of this Section are imposed and becomes effective.
19Once any tax authorized by paragraph paragraphs (e), (f), or
20(g) is imposed the Board may not reimpose taxes as authorized
21in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of the Section unless any tax
22authorized by paragraph paragraphs (e), (f), or (g) of this
23Section becomes ineffective by means other than an ordinance of
24the Board.
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1Authority) arising under any tax imposed under paragraph
2paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) of this Section shall not be
3affected by the imposition of a tax under paragraph paragraphs
4(e), (f), or (g) of this Section.
5    (r) Subject to the limitations set forth in this Section,
6the Board may require any retailer that qualifies as a
7"retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" under
8Section 2 of the Use Tax Act to collect and remit the
9retailers' occupation tax, service occupation tax, and use tax
10imposed under this Section. A sale is deemed to have occurred
11in the metropolitan region if the retailer is engaged in the
12business of selling tangible personal property in the
13metropolitan region with respect to that sale, as provided in
14Section 2-12 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
15(Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 99-217, eff. 7-31-15;
1699-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff.
176-4-18; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; revised 1-11-19.)