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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The City of Chicago currently imposes an 8%
3 personal property lease transaction tax on certain car rentals
4 within the City and within the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane,
5 Lake, McHenry, and Will; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Under a recent ruling by the City's Department of
7 Revenue, it is presumed that the rental is subject to the
8 City's transaction tax if a suburban car rental company does
9 not maintain written records, including a photocopy of the
10 lessee's driver's license or other residency documentation, or
11 if the lessee resides in Chicago or is staying a local visiting
12 address in the City; this presumption can be rebutted only by a
13 sworn affidavit signed by the lessee and certifying that he or
14 she will not be spending more than 50% of his or her time in
15 Chicago during the rental period; and
 
16     WHEREAS, This practice is a burden on suburban drivers and
17 businesses; and
 
18     WHEREAS, It is wrong for the City of Chicago to attempt to
19 balance its $50.5 million budget gap on the backs of suburban
20 drivers, many of whom may not be using city roads and services;
21 therefore, be it
 

 

 

HR0121 - 2 - LRB096 11669 HLH 22294 r

1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 urge the City of Chicago to cease its attempts to collect this
4 transaction tax on non-city residents in suburban areas; and be
5 it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
7 presented to the Mayor of the City of Chicago and the Director
8 of the Department of Revenue of the City of Chicago.