96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5828

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Mike Bost

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 105/3-5
35 ILCS 120/2-5
625 ILCS 5/3-1001   from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-1001

    Amends the Use Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the motor vehicle privilege tax provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Exempts from these taxes motor vehicles sold to an Illinois resident who is a service member on active duty or returning to Illinois from active duty and who applies for registration in Illinois while on active duty or within one year after leaving active duty.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
5 3-5 as follows:
 
6     (35 ILCS 105/3-5)
7     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-339)
8     Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
9 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
10     (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
11 society, association, foundation, institution, or
12 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
13 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
14 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
15 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
16 purpose of resale by the enterprise.
17     (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
18 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
19 operating, or promoting the county fair.
20     (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
21 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
22 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
23 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is

 

 

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1 organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
2 support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
3 services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
4 music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
5 orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
6 organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
7 and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
8 of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
9 an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
10 tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
11 number issued by the Department.
12     (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
13 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
14 institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
15 religious, or educational purposes, or by a not-for-profit
16 corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
17 organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
18 that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
19 persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
20 may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
21 limited liability company is organized and operated
22 exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
23 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
24 shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
25 identification number issued by the Department.
26     (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a

 

 

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1 replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of
2 the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
3     (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
4 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
5 equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
6 used, and including that manufactured on special order,
7 certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
8 arts production, and including machinery and equipment
9 purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
10 acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
11 acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
12 graphic arts product.
13     (7) Farm chemicals.
14     (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
15 coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
16 United States of America, or the government of any foreign
17 country, and bullion.
18     (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
19 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
20 secondary school located in Illinois.
21     (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
22 of the second division that is a self-contained motor vehicle
23 designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
24 for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
25 through to the living quarters from the driver's seat, or a
26 motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van

 

 

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1 configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
2 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
3 the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
4 as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
5 Act.
6     (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
7 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
8 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
9 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
10 replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
11 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
12 implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
13 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
14 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
15 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
16 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
17 under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
18 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
19 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
20 this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry
21 boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
22 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
23 vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
24 tender is separately stated.
25     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
26 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be

 

 

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1 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
2 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
3 or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
4 limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
5 software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
6 such equipment.
7     Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
8 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
9 computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
10 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
11 to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
12 crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
13 agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
14 provisions of Section 3-90.
15     (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
16 common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
17 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
18 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or
19 returning from a location or locations outside the United
20 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
21 stopovers.
22     (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
23 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
24 food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
25 extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
26 turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the

 

 

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1 employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
2 hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
3 respect to which the service charge is imposed.
4     (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
5 and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
6 rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
7 tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
8 and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
9 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
10 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
11 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
12 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
13     (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
14 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
15 manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
16 used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
17 photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
18     (16) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
19 offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
20 equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
21 including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
22 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
23 Code.
24     (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
25 equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
26 retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the

 

 

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1 production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
2 as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
3 use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
4     (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
5 used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
6 tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
7 lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
8 manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
9 used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
10 person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
11 an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
12 of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
13 other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
14 a particular purchaser.
15     (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
16 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
17 that personal property was received by a florist located
18 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
19 deliver the personal property.
20     (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
21 for direct agricultural production.
22     (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
23 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
24 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
25 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
26 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or

 

 

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1 racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
2 of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
3 (21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
4 claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
5 2008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
6 2000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
7     (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
8 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
9 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
10 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
11 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
12 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
13 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
14 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
15 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
16 manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
17 any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
18 tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
19 case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
20 the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
21 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
22 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
23 Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
24 has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
25 collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
26 a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.

 

 

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1 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
2 reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
3 Department.
4     (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
5 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
6 effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
7 tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
8 issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
9 the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
10 Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
11 qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
12 manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
13 this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
14 on the fair market value of the property at the time the
15 non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
16 to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
17 reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
18 Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
19 paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
20 amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
21 claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
22 that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
23 lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
24     (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
25 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
26 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for

 

 

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1 disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
2 disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
3 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
4 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
5 that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
6 number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
7 who reside within the declared disaster area.
8     (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
9 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
10 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
11 performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
12 but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
13 bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
14 line extensions, water distribution and purification
15 facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
16 sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
17 federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
18 when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
19 declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
20     (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
21 at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
22 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code
23 or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
24 Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
25 the provisions of Section 3-90.
26     (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section

 

 

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1 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
2 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
3 foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
4 to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
5 purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
6 limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
7 or institution organized and operated exclusively for
8 educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
9 private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
10 branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
11 that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
12 course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
13 vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
14 operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
15 than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
16 follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
17 industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
18     (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
19 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
20 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
21 a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
22 the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
23 district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
24 parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
25 does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
26 private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising

 

 

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1 entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
2 another individual or entity that sold the property for the
3 purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
4 from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
5 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
6     (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
7 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
8 serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
9 items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
10 January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
11 for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
12 vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
13 gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
14 coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
15 is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
16     (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
17 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
18 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
19 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
20 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
21 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
22 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
23 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
24 assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
25 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
26 the Nursing Home Care Act.

 

 

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1     (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
2 of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
3 equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
4 in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
5 purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
6 of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
7 lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
8 Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
9 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
10 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
11 manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
12 any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
13 tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
14 case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
15 the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
16 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
17 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
18 Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
19 has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
20 collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
21 a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
22 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
23 reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
24 Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
25 Section 3-90.
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1 of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
2 lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
3 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
4 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
5 governmental body that has been issued an active sales tax
6 exemption identification number by the Department under
7 Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the
8 property is leased in a manner that does not qualify for this
9 exemption or used in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor
10 shall be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the
11 Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair
12 market value of the property at the time the nonqualifying use
13 occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount
14 (however designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for
15 the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
16 case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a
17 lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
18 lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
19 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
20 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
21 pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
22 from the provisions of Section 3-90.
23     (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
24 the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
25 with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
26 are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under

 

 

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1 Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
2 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
3 motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
4 weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
5 to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
6 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
7 primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
8 this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
9 after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
10 motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
11 rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
12 purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
13 purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
14 furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
15 whether for-hire or not.
16     (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
17 used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
18 supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
19 Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
20 corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
21 Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
22 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
23     (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
24 equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
25 upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
26 completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the

 

 

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1 aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
2 the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
3 repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
4 materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
5 supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
6 maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
7 engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
8 such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
9 limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
10 lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
11 films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
12 (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
13 an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
14 Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
15 operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
16 Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
17 by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
18 service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
19 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
20     (36) (35) Tangible personal property purchased by a
21 public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
22 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
23 constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
24 only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
25 transferred to the municipality without any further
26 consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time

 

 

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1 of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
2 retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
3 issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
4 the development of the municipal convention hall. This
5 exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
6 provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
7 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
8     (37) A motor vehicle sold to an Illinois resident who is a
9 service member on active duty or returning to Illinois from
10 active duty and who applies for registration of the motor
11 vehicle in Illinois while on active duty or within one year
12 after leaving active duty. For purposes of this exemption:
13 "active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order
14 of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress
15 of the United States, or an order of the Governor; and "service
16 member" means a member of the armed services or reserve forces
17 of the United States or a member of the Illinois National
18 Guard.
19 (Source: P.A. 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-538, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876,
20 eff. 8-21-08; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-532, eff. 8-14-09;
21 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; revised 9-25-09.)
 
22     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-339)
23     Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
24 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
25     (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,

 

 

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1 society, association, foundation, institution, or
2 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
3 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
4 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
5 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
6 purpose of resale by the enterprise.
7     (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
8 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
9 operating, or promoting the county fair.
10     (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
11 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
12 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
13 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
14 organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
15 support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
16 services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
17 music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
18 orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
19 organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
20 and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
21 of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
22 an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
23 tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
24 number issued by the Department.
25     (4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
26 a corporation, society, association, foundation, or

 

 

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1 institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
2 religious, or educational purposes, or by a not-for-profit
3 corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
4 organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
5 that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
6 persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
7 may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
8 limited liability company is organized and operated
9 exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
10 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
11 shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
12 identification number issued by the Department.
13     (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a
14 replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of
15 the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
16     (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
17 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
18 equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
19 used, and including that manufactured on special order,
20 certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
21 arts production, and including machinery and equipment
22 purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
23 acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
24 acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
25 graphic arts product.
26     (7) Farm chemicals.

 

 

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1     (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
2 coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
3 United States of America, or the government of any foreign
4 country, and bullion.
5     (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
6 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
7 secondary school located in Illinois.
8     (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
9 of the second division that is a self-contained motor vehicle
10 designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
11 for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
12 through to the living quarters from the driver's seat, or a
13 motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
14 configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
15 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
16 the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
17 as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
18 Act.
19     (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
20 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
21 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
22 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
23 replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
24 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
25 implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
26 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural

 

 

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1 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
2 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
3 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
4 under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
5 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
6 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
7 this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry
8 boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
9 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
10 vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
11 tender is separately stated.
12     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
13 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
14 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
15 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
16 or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
17 limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
18 software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
19 such equipment.
20     Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
21 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
22 computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
23 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
24 to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
25 crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
26 agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the

 

 

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1 provisions of Section 3-90.
2     (12) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
3 common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
4 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
5 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or
6 returning from a location or locations outside the United
7 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
8 stopovers.
9     (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
10 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
11 food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the
12 extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
13 turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
14 employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
15 hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
16 respect to which the service charge is imposed.
17     (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
18 and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
19 rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
20 tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
21 and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
22 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
23 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
24 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
25 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
26     (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including

 

 

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1 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
2 manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
3 used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
4 photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
5     (16) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
6 offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
7 equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
8 including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
9 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
10 Code.
11     (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
12 equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
13 retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
14 production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
15 as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
16 use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
17     (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
18 used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
19 tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
20 lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
21 manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
22 used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
23 person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
24 an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
25 of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
26 other similar items of no commercial value on special order for

 

 

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1 a particular purchaser.
2     (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
3 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
4 that personal property was received by a florist located
5 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
6 deliver the personal property.
7     (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
8 for direct agricultural production.
9     (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
10 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
11 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
12 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
13 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
14 racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
15 of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
16 (21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
17 claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
18 2008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
19 2000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
20     (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
21 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
22 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
23 lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
24 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
25 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
26 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption

 

 

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1 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
2 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
3 manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
4 any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
5 tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
6 case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
7 the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
8 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
9 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
10 Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
11 has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
12 collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
13 a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
14 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
15 reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
16 Department.
17     (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
18 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
19 effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
20 tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
21 issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
22 the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
23 Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
24 qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
25 manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
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1 on the fair market value of the property at the time the
2 non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
3 to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
4 reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
5 Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
6 paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
7 amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
8 claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
9 that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
10 lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
11     (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
12 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
13 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
14 disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
15 disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
16 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
17 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
18 that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
19 number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
20 who reside within the declared disaster area.
21     (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
22 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
23 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
24 performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
25 but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
26 bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer

 

 

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1 line extensions, water distribution and purification
2 facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
3 sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
4 federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
5 when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
6 declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
7     (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
8 at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
9 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code
10 or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
11 Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
12 the provisions of Section 3-90.
13     (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
14 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
15 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
16 foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
17 to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
18 purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
19 limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
20 or institution organized and operated exclusively for
21 educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
22 private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
23 branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
24 that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
25 course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
26 vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and

 

 

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1 operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
2 than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
3 follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
4 industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
5     (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
6 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
7 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
8 a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
9 the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
10 district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
11 parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
12 does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
13 private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
14 entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
15 another individual or entity that sold the property for the
16 purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
17 from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
18 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
19     (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
20 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
21 serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
22 items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
23 January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
24 for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
25 vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
26 gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,

 

 

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1 coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
2 is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
3     (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
4 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
5 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
6 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
7 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
8 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
9 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
10 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
11 assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
12 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
13 the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
14 in the MR/DD Community Care Act.
15     (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
16 of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
17 equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
18 in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
19 purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
20 of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
21 lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
22 Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
23 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
24 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
25 manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
26 any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the

 

 

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1 tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
2 case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
3 the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
4 or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
5 purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
6 Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
7 has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
8 collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
9 a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
10 If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
11 reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
12 Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
13 Section 3-90.
14     (32) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
15 of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
16 lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
17 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
18 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
19 governmental body that has been issued an active sales tax
20 exemption identification number by the Department under
21 Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the
22 property is leased in a manner that does not qualify for this
23 exemption or used in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor
24 shall be liable for the tax imposed under this Act or the
25 Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the fair
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1 occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to collect an amount
2 (however designated) that purports to reimburse that lessor for
3 the tax imposed by this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
4 case may be, if the tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a
5 lessor improperly collects any such amount from the lessee, the
6 lessee shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that
7 amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount is not
8 refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is liable to
9 pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is exempt
10 from the provisions of Section 3-90.
11     (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
12 the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
13 with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
14 are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
15 Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
16 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
17 motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
18 weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
19 to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
20 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
21 primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
22 this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
23 after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
24 motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
25 rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
26 purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial

 

 

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1 purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
2 furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
3 whether for-hire or not.
4     (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
5 used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
6 supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
7 Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
8 corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
9 Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
10 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
11     (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
12 equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
13 upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
14 completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
15 aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
16 the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
17 repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
18 materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
19 supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
20 maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
21 engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
22 such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
23 limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
24 lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
25 films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
26 (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate

 

 

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1 an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
2 Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
3 operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
4 Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
5 by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
6 service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
7 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
8     (36) (35) Tangible personal property purchased by a
9 public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
10 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
11 constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
12 only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
13 transferred to the municipality without any further
14 consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
15 of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
16 retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
17 issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
18 the development of the municipal convention hall. This
19 exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
20 provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
21 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
22     (37) A motor vehicle sold to an Illinois resident who is a
23 service member on active duty or returning to Illinois from
24 active duty and who applies for registration of the motor
25 vehicle in Illinois while on active duty or within one year
26 after leaving active duty. For purposes of this exemption:

 

 

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1 "active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order
2 of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress
3 of the United States, or an order of the Governor; and "service
4 member" means a member of the armed services or reserve forces
5 of the United States or a member of the Illinois National
6 Guard.
7 (Source: P.A. 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-538, eff. 1-1-08; 95-876,
8 eff. 8-21-08; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff. 7-1-10;
9 96-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; revised 9-25-09.)
 
10     Section 10. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
11 changing Section 2-5 as follows:
 
12     (35 ILCS 120/2-5)
13     (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 96-339)
14     Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
15 sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
16 from the tax imposed by this Act:
17     (1) Farm chemicals.
18     (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
19 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
20 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
21 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
22 replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
23 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
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1 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
2 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
3 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
4 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
5 under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
6 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
7 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
8 this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
9 shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
10 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
11 vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
12 tender is separately stated.
13     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
14 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
15 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
16 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
17 or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
18 limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
19 software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
20 such equipment.
21     Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
22 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
23 computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
24 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
25 to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
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1 agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
2 provisions of Section 2-70.
3     (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
4 equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
5 retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
6 production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
7 as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
8 use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
9     (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
10 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
11 equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
12 used, and including that manufactured on special order or
13 purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
14 primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
15 chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
16 chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
17 immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
18     (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
19 of the second division that is a self contained motor vehicle
20 designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
21 for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
22 through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat,
23 or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
24 configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
25 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
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1 as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
2 Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section
3 2-70.
4     (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
5 organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
6 located in Illinois.
7     (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
8 selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
9 to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
10     (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
11 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
12 county fair.
13     (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
14 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
15 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
16 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
17 organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
18 support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
19 services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
20 music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
21 orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
22 organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
23 and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
24 of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
25 an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
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1 number issued by the Department.
2     (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
3 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
4 than a limited liability company, that is organized and
5 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
6 of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
7 was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
8 by the enterprise.
9     (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
10 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
11 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
12 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
13 society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
14 that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
15 organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
16 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
17 qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
18 limited liability company is organized and operated
19 exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
20 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
21 shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
22 identification number issued by the Department.
23     (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
24 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
25 commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
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1 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
2 commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
3 provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
4 Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
5 or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
6     (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
7 motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
8 weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
9 commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
10 the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
11 through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
12 of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
13 in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
14 commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
15 the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
16 for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
17 applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
18 purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
19 in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
20 otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
21 paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
22 transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
23 commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
24     (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers of
25 tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
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1 commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
2 provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
3 Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
4 or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
5     (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
6 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
7 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
8 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
9 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
10 other person, whether the materials used in the process are
11 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
12 sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
13 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
14 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
15 items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
16 purchaser.
17     (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
18 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
19 and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
20 charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
21 tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
22 serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
23 with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
24     (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the seller
25 is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
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1     (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
2 rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
3 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
4 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
5 property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading
6 showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
7 of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
8 outside Illinois.
9     (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
10 coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
11 United States of America, or the government of any foreign
12 country, and bullion.
13     (19) Until July 1 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
14 and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
15 rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
16 tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
17 and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
18 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
19 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
20 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
21 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
22     (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
23 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
24 manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
25 used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
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1     (21) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
2 offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
3 equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
4 including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
5 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
6 Code.
7     (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
8 carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for consumption,
9 shipment, or storage in the conduct of its business as an air
10 common carrier, for a flight destined for or returning from a
11 location or locations outside the United States without regard
12 to previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
13     (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
14 by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
15 florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
16 purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
17     (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
18 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
19 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
20 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
21 by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
22 it is afloat upon that bordering river.
23     (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
24 motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
25 the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
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1 and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
2 provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
3 the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
4 transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
5 state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
6 out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
7 facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
8 this State.
9     (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
10 state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
11 a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
12 in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
13 The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
14 in this State to a resident of another state that does not
15 allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
16 to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
17 which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
18 not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
19 Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
20 statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
21 intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
22 is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
23 the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
24 equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
25 his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
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1 residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
2 of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
3 shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
4 this state following the filing of an intent to title the
5 vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
6 titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
7 days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
8 in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
9 distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
10 rate imposed under this Act.
11     (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
12 this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
13 the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
14 conditions are met:
15         (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
16     the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
17     the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
18     return to service, completion of the maintenance record
19     entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
20     for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
21         (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
22     State after the sale of the aircraft; and
23         (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
24     and provides to the Department a signed and dated
25     certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
26     the Department, certifying that the requirements of this

 

 

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1     item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
2     name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
3     location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
4     the address of the primary physical location of the
5     aircraft, and other information that the Department may
6     reasonably require.
7     For purposes of this item (25-7):
8     "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
9 used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
10 Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
11 immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
12     "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
13 with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
14 or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
15 Administration to an address located in this State.
16     This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
17 Section 2-70.
18     (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
19 for direct agricultural production.
20     (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
21 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
22 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
23 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
24 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
25 racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
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1 (27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
2 claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
3 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
4 paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
5 January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
6     (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
7 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
8 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
9 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
10 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
11 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
12 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
13 this Act.
14     (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
15 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
16 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
17 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
18 by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
19     (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
20 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
21 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
22 disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
23 disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
24 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
25 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
26 that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification

 

 

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1 number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
2 who reside within the declared disaster area.
3     (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
4 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
5 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
6 performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
7 but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
8 bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
9 line extensions, water distribution and purification
10 facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
11 sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
12 federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
13 when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
14 declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
15     (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
16 "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic game
17 hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code or
18 at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
19 Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
20 the provisions of Section 2-70.
21     (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
22 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
23 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
24 foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
25 to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
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1 limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
2 or institution organized and operated exclusively for
3 educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
4 private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
5 branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
6 that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
7 course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
8 vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
9 operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
10 than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
11 follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
12 industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
13     (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
14 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
15 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
16 a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
17 the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
18 district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
19 parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
20 does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
21 private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
22 entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
23 another individual or entity that sold the property for the
24 purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
25 from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
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1     (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
2 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
3 serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
4 items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
5 January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
6 for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
7 vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
8 gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
9 coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
10 is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
11     (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
12 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
13 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
14 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
15 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
16 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
17 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
18 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
19 assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
20 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
21 the Nursing Home Care Act.
22     (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
23 communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
24 equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
25 hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
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1 the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
2 active tax exemption identification number by the Department
3 under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
4 provisions of Section 2-70.
5     (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
6 lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
7 longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
8 governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
9 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
10 this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
11 Section 2-70.
12     (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
13 2011, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
14 retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
15 activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
16 in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
17 the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
18 for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
19 (ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
20 manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
21 tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
22 and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
23 Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
24 accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
25 issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
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1 paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
2 shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
3 specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
4 tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
5 taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
6 necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
7 consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
8 the State of Illinois.
9     (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
10 used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
11 supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
12 Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
13 corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
14 Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
15 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
16     (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
17 equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
18 upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
19 completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
20 aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
21 the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
22 repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
23 materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
24 supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
25 maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
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1 such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
2 limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
3 lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
4 films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
5 (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
6 an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
7 Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
8 operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
9 Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
10 by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
11 service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
12 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
13     (41) (40) Tangible personal property sold to a
14 public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
15 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
16 constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
17 only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
18 transferred to the municipality without any further
19 consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
20 of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
21 retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
22 issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
23 the development of the municipal convention hall. This
24 exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
25 provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
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1     (42) A motor vehicle sold to an Illinois resident who is a
2 service member on active duty or returning to Illinois from
3 active duty and who applies for registration of the motor
4 vehicle in Illinois while on active duty or within one year
5 after leaving active duty. For purposes of this exemption:
6 "active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order
7 of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress
8 of the United States, or an order of the Governor; and "service
9 member" means a member of the armed services or reserve forces
10 of the United States or a member of the Illinois National
11 Guard.
12 (Source: P.A. 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-233, eff. 8-16-07; 95-304,
13 eff. 8-20-07; 95-538, eff. 1-1-08; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08;
14 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-532, eff.
15 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
16     (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 96-339)
17     Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
18 sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
19 from the tax imposed by this Act:
20     (1) Farm chemicals.
21     (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
22 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
23 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
24 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
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1 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
2 implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
3 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
4 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
5 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
6 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
7 under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
8 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
9 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
10 this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
11 shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
12 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
13 vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
14 tender is separately stated.
15     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
16 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
17 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
18 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
19 or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
20 limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
21 software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
22 such equipment.
23     Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
24 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
25 computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
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1 to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
2 crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
3 agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
4 provisions of Section 2-70.
5     (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
6 equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
7 retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
8 production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
9 as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
10 use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
11     (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
12 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
13 equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
14 used, and including that manufactured on special order or
15 purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
16 primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
17 chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
18 chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
19 immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
20     (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
21 of the second division that is a self contained motor vehicle
22 designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
23 for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
24 through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat,
25 or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
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1 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
2 the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
3 as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
4 Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section
5 2-70.
6     (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
7 organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
8 located in Illinois.
9     (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
10 selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
11 to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
12     (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
13 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
14 county fair.
15     (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
16 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
17 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
18 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
19 organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
20 support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
21 services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
22 music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
23 orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
24 organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
25 and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
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1 an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
2 tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
3 number issued by the Department.
4     (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
5 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
6 than a limited liability company, that is organized and
7 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit
8 of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
9 was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
10 by the enterprise.
11     (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
12 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
13 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
14 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
15 society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
16 that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
17 organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
18 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
19 qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
20 limited liability company is organized and operated
21 exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
22 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
23 shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
24 identification number issued by the Department.
25     (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
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1 commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
2 executed or in effect at the time of purchase by interstate
3 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
4 commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
5 provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
6 Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
7 or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
8     (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
9 motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
10 weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
11 commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
12 the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
13 through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
14 of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
15 in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
16 commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
17 the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
18 for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
19 applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
20 purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
21 in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
22 otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
23 paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
24 transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
25 commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
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1 tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
2 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
3 commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
4 provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
5 Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
6 or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
7     (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the
8 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
9 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
10 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
11 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
12 other person, whether the materials used in the process are
13 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
14 sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
15 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
16 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
17 items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
18 purchaser.
19     (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
20 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
21 and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
22 charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
23 tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
24 serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
25 with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
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1 is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
2 purchaser.
3     (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
4 rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
5 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
6 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
7 property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading
8 showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
9 of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
10 outside Illinois.
11     (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
12 coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
13 United States of America, or the government of any foreign
14 country, and bullion.
15     (19) Until July 1 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
16 and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
17 rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
18 tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
19 and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
20 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
21 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
22 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
23 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
24     (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
25 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
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1 used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
2 photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
3     (21) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
4 offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
5 equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
6 including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
7 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
8 Code.
9     (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
10 carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for consumption,
11 shipment, or storage in the conduct of its business as an air
12 common carrier, for a flight destined for or returning from a
13 location or locations outside the United States without regard
14 to previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
15     (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
16 by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
17 florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
18 purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
19     (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
20 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
21 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
22 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
23 by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
24 it is afloat upon that bordering river.
25     (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
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1 the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
2 State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
3 and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
4 provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
5 the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
6 transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
7 state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the
8 out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
9 facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
10 this State.
11     (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
12 state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
13 a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
14 in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
15 The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
16 in this State to a resident of another state that does not
17 allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
18 to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
19 which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
20 not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
21 Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
22 statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
23 intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
24 is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
25 the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
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1 his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
2 the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
3 residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
4 of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
5 shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
6 this state following the filing of an intent to title the
7 vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser
8 titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
9 days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
10 in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
11 distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
12 rate imposed under this Act.
13     (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
14 this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
15 the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
16 conditions are met:
17         (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
18     the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
19     the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
20     return to service, completion of the maintenance record
21     entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
22     for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
23         (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
24     State after the sale of the aircraft; and
25         (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
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1     certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
2     the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
3     item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
4     name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
5     location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
6     the address of the primary physical location of the
7     aircraft, and other information that the Department may
8     reasonably require.
9     For purposes of this item (25-7):
10     "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
11 used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
12 Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
13 immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
14     "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
15 with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
16 or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
17 Administration to an address located in this State.
18     This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
19 Section 2-70.
20     (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
21 for direct agricultural production.
22     (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
23 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
24 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
25 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
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1 racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
2 of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
3 (27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
4 claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
5 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
6 paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
7 January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
8     (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
9 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
10 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
11 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
12 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
13 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
14 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
15 this Act.
16     (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
17 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
18 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
19 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
20 by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
21     (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
22 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
23 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
24 disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
25 disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
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1 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
2 that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
3 number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
4 who reside within the declared disaster area.
5     (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
6 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
7 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
8 performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
9 but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
10 bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
11 line extensions, water distribution and purification
12 facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
13 sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
14 federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
15 when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
16 declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
17     (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
18 "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic game
19 hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code or
20 at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
21 Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
22 the provisions of Section 2-70.
23     (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
24 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
25 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
26 foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department

 

 

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1 to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
2 purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
3 limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
4 or institution organized and operated exclusively for
5 educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
6 private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
7 branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
8 that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
9 course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
10 vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
11 operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
12 than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
13 follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
14 industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
15     (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
16 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
17 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
18 a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
19 the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
20 district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
21 parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
22 does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
23 private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
24 entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
25 another individual or entity that sold the property for the
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1 from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
2 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
3     (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
4 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
5 serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
6 items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
7 January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
8 for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
9 vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
10 gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
11 coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
12 is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
13     (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
14 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
15 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
16 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
17 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
18 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
19 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
20 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
21 assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
22 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
23 the Nursing Home Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in
24 the MR/DD Community Care Act.
25     (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
26 communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and

 

 

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1 equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
2 hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
3 under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
4 the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
5 active tax exemption identification number by the Department
6 under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
7 provisions of Section 2-70.
8     (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold to a
9 lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
10 longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
11 governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
12 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
13 this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
14 Section 2-70.
15     (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
16 2011, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
17 retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
18 activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
19 in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
20 the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
21 for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
22 (ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
23 manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
24 tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
25 and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
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1 accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
2 issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
3 Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
4 paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
5 shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
6 specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
7 tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
8 taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
9 necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
10 consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
11 the State of Illinois.
12     (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
13 used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
14 supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
15 Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
16 corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
17 Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
18 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
19     (40) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
20 equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
21 upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
22 completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
23 aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
24 the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
25 repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
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1 supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
2 maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
3 engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
4 such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
5 limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
6 lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
7 films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
8 (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
9 an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
10 Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
11 operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
12 Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
13 by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
14 service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
15 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
16     (41) (40) Tangible personal property sold to a
17 public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
18 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
19 constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
20 only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
21 transferred to the municipality without any further
22 consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
23 of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
24 retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
25 issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
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1 exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
2 provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
3 This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
4     (42) A motor vehicle sold to an Illinois resident who is a
5 service member on active duty or returning to Illinois from
6 active duty and who applies for registration of the motor
7 vehicle in Illinois while on active duty or within one year
8 after leaving active duty. For purposes of this exemption:
9 "active duty" means active duty pursuant to an executive order
10 of the President of the United States, an act of the Congress
11 of the United States, or an order of the Governor; and "service
12 member" means a member of the armed services or reserve forces
13 of the United States or a member of the Illinois National
14 Guard.
15 (Source: P.A. 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-233, eff. 8-16-07; 95-304,
16 eff. 8-20-07; 95-538, eff. 1-1-08; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08;
17 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-116, eff. 7-31-09; 96-339, eff.
18 7-1-10; 96-532, eff. 8-14-09; 96-759, eff. 1-1-10; revised
19 9-25-09.)
 
20     Section 15. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
21 changing Section 3-1001 as follows:
 
22     (625 ILCS 5/3-1001)  (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-1001)
23     Sec. 3-1001. A tax is hereby imposed on the privilege of
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1 1-146 of this Code acquired by gift, transfer, or purchase, and
2 having a year model designation preceding the year of
3 application for title by 5 or fewer years prior to October 1,
4 1985 and 10 or fewer years on and after October 1, 1985 and
5 prior to January 1, 1988. On and after January 1, 1988, the tax
6 shall apply to all motor vehicles without regard to model year.
7 Except that the tax shall not apply
8         (i) if the use of the motor vehicle is otherwise taxed
9     under the Use Tax Act;
10         (ii) if the motor vehicle is bought and used by a
11     governmental agency or a society, association, foundation
12     or institution organized and operated exclusively for
13     charitable, religious or educational purposes;
14         (iii) if the use of the motor vehicle is not subject to
15     the Use Tax Act by reason of subsection (a), (b), (c), (d),
16     (e) or (f) of Section 3-55 of that Act dealing with the
17     prevention of actual or likely multistate taxation;
18         (iv) to implements of husbandry;
19         (v) when a junking certificate is issued pursuant to
20     Section 3-117(a) of this Code;
21         (vi) when a vehicle is subject to the replacement
22     vehicle tax imposed by Section 3-2001 of this Act;
23         (vii) when the transfer is a gift to a beneficiary in
24     the administration of an estate and the beneficiary is a
25     surviving spouse.
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1 Illinois resident who is a service member on active duty or
2 returning to Illinois from active duty and who applies for
3 registration of the motor vehicle in Illinois while on active
4 duty or within one year after leaving active duty. For purposes
5 of this exemption: "active duty" means active duty pursuant to
6 an executive order of the President of the United States, an
7 act of the Congress of the United States, or an order of the
8 Governor; and "service member" means a member of the armed
9 services or reserve forces of the United States or a member of
10 the Illinois National Guard.
11     Prior to January 1, 1988, the rate of tax shall be 5% of
12 the selling price for each purchase of a motor vehicle covered
13 by Section 3-1001 of this Code. Except as hereinafter provided,
14 beginning January 1, 1988, the rate of tax shall be as follows
15 for transactions in which the selling price of the motor
16 vehicle is less than $15,000:
17Number of Years Transpired AfterApplicable Tax
18Model Year of Motor Vehicle
191 or less$390
202290
213215
224165
235115
24690
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1950
21040
3over 1025
4 Except as hereinafter provided, beginning January 1, 1988, the
5 rate of tax shall be as follows for transactions in which the
6 selling price of the motor vehicle is $15,000 or more:
7Selling PriceApplicable Tax
8$15,000 - $19,999$ 750
9$20,000 - $24,999$1,000
10$25,000 - $29,999$1,250
11$30,000 and over$1,500
12 For the following transactions, the tax rate shall be $15 for
13 each motor vehicle acquired in such transaction:
14         (i) when the transferee or purchaser is the spouse,
15     mother, father, brother, sister or child of the transferor;
16         (ii) when the transfer is a gift to a beneficiary in
17     the administration of an estate and the beneficiary is not
18     a surviving spouse;
19         (iii) when a motor vehicle which has once been
20     subjected to the Illinois retailers' occupation tax or use
21     tax is transferred in connection with the organization,
22     reorganization, dissolution or partial liquidation of an
23     incorporated or unincorporated business wherein the
24     beneficial ownership is not changed.
25     A claim that the transaction is taxable under subparagraph
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1 provided by rules of the Department.
2     For a transaction in which a motorcycle, motor driven cycle
3 or moped is acquired the tax rate shall be $25.
4     On and after October 1, 1985, 1/12 of $5,000,000 of the
5 moneys received by the Department of Revenue pursuant to this
6 Section shall be paid each month into the Build Illinois Fund
7 and the remainder into the General Revenue Fund.
8     The tax imposed by this Section shall be abated and no
9 longer imposed when the amount deposited to secure the bonds
10 issued pursuant to the Build Illinois Bond Act is sufficient to
11 provide for the payment of the principal of, and interest and
12 premium, if any, on the bonds, as certified to the State
13 Comptroller and the Director of Revenue by the Director of the
14 Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
15 (Source: P.A. 96-554, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
16     Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
17 changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
18 that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
19 represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
20 not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
21 made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
22 Public Act.