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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)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-5)
7     Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
8 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
9     (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
10 society, association, foundation, institution, or
11 organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
12 organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
13 for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
14 personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
15 purpose of resale by the enterprise.
16     (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
17 Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
18 operating, or promoting the county fair.
19     (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
20 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
21 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
22 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
23 organized and operated primarily for the presentation or

 

 

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

 

 

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1 the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
2     (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
3 2004, graphic arts machinery and equipment, including repair
4 and replacement parts, both new and used, and including that
5 manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
6 used primarily for graphic arts production, and including
7 machinery and equipment purchased for lease. Equipment
8 includes chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if
9 the chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct
10 and immediate change upon a graphic arts product.
11     (7) Farm chemicals.
12     (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
13 coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
14 United States of America, or the government of any foreign
15 country, and bullion.
16     (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
17 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
18 secondary school located in Illinois.
19     (10) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
20 of the second division that is a self-contained motor vehicle
21 designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
22 for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
23 through to the living quarters from the driver's seat, or a
24 motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
25 configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
26 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of

 

 

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1 the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
2 as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
3 Act.
4     (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
5 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
6 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
7 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
8 replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
9 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
10 implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
11 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
12 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
13 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
14 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
15 under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
16 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
17 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
18 this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry
19 boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
20 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
21 vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
22 tender is separately stated.
23     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
24 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
25 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
26 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
2     (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
3 used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
4 tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
5 lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
6 manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
7 used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
8 person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
9 an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
10 of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
11 other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
12 a particular purchaser.
13     (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
14 purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
15 that personal property was received by a florist located
16 outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
17 deliver the personal property.
18     (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
19 for direct agricultural production.
20     (21) 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 (21) is exempt from the provisions
26 of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
2 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
3 that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
4 number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
5 who reside within the declared disaster area.
6     (25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
7 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
8 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
9 performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
10 but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
11 bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
12 line extensions, water distribution and purification
13 facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
14 sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
15 federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
16 when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
17 declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
18     (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
19 at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
20 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code
21 or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
22 Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
23 the provisions of Section 3-90.
24     (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
25 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
26 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,

 

 

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

 

 

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1 purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
2 from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
3 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
4     (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
5 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
6 serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
7 items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
8 January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
9 for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
10 vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
11 gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
12 coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
13 is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
14     (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
15 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
16 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
17 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
18 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
19 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
20 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
21 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
22 assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
23 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
24 the Nursing Home Care Act.
25     (31) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
26 of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
2 weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
3 to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section
4 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
5 primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
6 this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
7 after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
8 motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
9 rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
10 purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
11 purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
12 furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
13 whether for-hire or not.
14     (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
15 used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
16 supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
17 Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
18 corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
19 Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
20 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
21     (35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
22 equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
23 upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
24 completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
25 aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
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1 repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
2 materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
3 supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
4 maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
5 engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
6 such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
7 limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
8 lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
9 films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
10 (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
11 an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
12 Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
13 operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
14 Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
15 by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
16 service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
17 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
18 (Source: P.A. 94-1002, eff. 7-3-06; 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-538,
19 eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
20     Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
21 Section 3-5 as follows:
 
22     (35 ILCS 110/3-5)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-5)
23     Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
24 personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:

 

 

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

 

 

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1 coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
2 United States of America, or the government of any foreign
3 country, and bullion.
4     (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
5 2004, graphic arts machinery and equipment, including repair
6 and replacement parts, both new and used, and including that
7 manufactured on special order or purchased for lease, certified
8 by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts
9 production. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals acting
10 as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals acting as
11 catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a graphic
12 arts product.
13     (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
14 student organization affiliated with an elementary or
15 secondary school located in Illinois.
16     (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
17 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
18 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
19 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
20 replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
21 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
22 implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
23 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
24 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
25 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
26 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered

 

 

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1 under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
2 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
3 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
4 this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
5 shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
6 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
7 vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
8 tender is separately stated.
9     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
10 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
11 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
12 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
13 or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
14 limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
15 software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
16 such equipment.
17     Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
18 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
19 computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
20 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
21 to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
22 crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
23 agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
24 provisions of Section 3-75.
25     (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
26 common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for

 

 

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1 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
2 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or
3 returning from a location or locations outside the United
4 States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
5 stopovers.
6     (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
7 stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
8 food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase of a
9 service from a serviceman, to the extent that the proceeds of
10 the service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a
11 substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
12 in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
13 beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
14 imposed.
15     (10) 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     (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery
25 and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new
26 and used, including that manufactured on special order,

 

 

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1 certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
2 photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and
3 equipment purchased for lease.
4     (12) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
5 offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
6 equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
7 including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
8 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
9 Code.
10     (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
11 for direct agricultural production.
12     (14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
13 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
14 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
15 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
16 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
17 racing for prizes. This item (14) is exempt from the provisions
18 of Section 3-75, and the exemption provided for under this item
19 (14) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
20 claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after the effective
21 date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly for
22 such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and
23 ending on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th
24 General Assembly.
25     (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
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1 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
2 lessor who leases the equipment, 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 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
6 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
7 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
8 manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
9 any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
10 tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
11 be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
12 the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
13 attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
14 to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
15 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
16 the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
17 from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
18 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
19 is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
20 liable to pay that amount to the Department.
21     (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
22 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
23 effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
24 tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
25 issued an active tax exemption identification number by the
26 Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax

 

 

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1 Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
2 qualify for this exemption or is used in any other non-exempt
3 manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
4 this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the
5 fair market value of the property at the time the
6 non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
7 to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
8 reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
9 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
10 the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
11 from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
12 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
13 is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
14 liable to pay that amount to the Department.
15     (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
16 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
17 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
18 disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
19 disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
20 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
21 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
22 that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
23 number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
24 who reside within the declared disaster area.
25     (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
26 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or

 

 

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1 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
2 performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
3 but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
4 bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
5 line extensions, water distribution and purification
6 facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
7 sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
8 federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
9 when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
10 declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
11     (19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
12 at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic
13 game hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code
14 or at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
15 Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
16 the provisions of Section 3-75.
17     (20) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
18 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
19 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
20 foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
21 to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
22 purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
23 limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
24 or institution organized and operated exclusively for
25 educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
26 private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful

 

 

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1 branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
2 that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
3 course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
4 vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
5 operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
6 than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
7 follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
8 industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
9     (21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
10 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
11 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
12 a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
13 the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
14 district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
15 parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
16 does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
17 private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
18 entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
19 another individual or entity that sold the property for the
20 purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
21 from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
22 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
23     (22) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
24 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
25 serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
26 items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning

 

 

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1 January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
2 for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
3 vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
4 gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
5 coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
6 is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
7     (23) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
8 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
9 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
10 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
11 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
12 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
13 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
14 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
15 assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
16 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
17 the Nursing Home Care Act.
18     (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
19 of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
20 equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
21 in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
22 purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
23 of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
24 lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
25 Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
26 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the

 

 

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1 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
2 manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
3 any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
4 tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
5 be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
6 the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
7 attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
8 to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
9 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
10 the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
11 from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
12 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
13 is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
14 liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
15 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
16     (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
17 of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property purchased by a
18 lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
19 longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
20 otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
21 governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
22 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
23 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a
24 manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
25 any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
26 tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may

 

 

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1 be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
2 the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
3 attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
4 to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
5 Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
6 the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
7 from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
8 refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
9 is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
10 liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
11 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
12     (26) 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 3-75.
19     (27) 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
26 materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable

 

 

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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 (Source: P.A. 94-1002, eff. 7-3-06; 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-538,
17 eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
18     Section 15. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by
19 changing Section 3-5 as follows:
 
20     (35 ILCS 115/3-5)  (from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-5)
21     Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal
22 property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
23     (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
24 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other

 

 

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

 

 

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1 country, and bullion.
2     (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
3 2004, graphic arts machinery and equipment, including repair
4 and replacement parts, both new and used, and including that
5 manufactured on special order or purchased for lease, certified
6 by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts
7 production. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals acting
8 as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals acting as
9 catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a graphic
10 arts product.
11     (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
12 organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school
13 located in Illinois.
14     (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
15 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
16 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
17 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
18 replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
19 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
20 implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
21 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
22 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
23 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
24 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
25 under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
26 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering

 

 

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1 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
2 this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
3 shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
4 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
5 vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
6 tender is separately stated.
7     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
8 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
9 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
10 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
11 or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
12 limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
13 software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
14 such equipment.
15     Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
16 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
17 computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
18 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
19 to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
20 crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
21 agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
22 provisions of Section 3-55.
23     (8) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
24 common carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for
25 consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
26 business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined for or

 

 

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

 

 

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1 offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
2 equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
3 including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
4 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle
5 Code.
6     (13) Beginning January 1, 1992 and through June 30, 2011,
7 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
8 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
9 drinks and food that has been prepared for immediate
10 consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines,
11 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
12 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
13 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
14 assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
15 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
16 the Nursing Home Care Act.
17     (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
18 for direct agricultural production.
19     (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
20 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
21 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
22 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
23 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
24 racing for prizes. This item (15) is exempt from the provisions
25 of Section 3-55, and the exemption provided for under this item
26 (15) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no

 

 

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1 claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
2 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
3 paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
4 January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
5     (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
6 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
7 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
8 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
9 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
10 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
11 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
12 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
13     (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
14 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
15 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
16 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
17 by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
18 Tax Act.
19     (18) 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     (19) 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     (20) 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 3-55.
21     (21) 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     (22) 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
26 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.

 

 

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1     (23) 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 3-55.
11     (24) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
12 of the 92nd General Assembly, computers and communications
13 equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used
14 in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
15 sold to a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one
16 year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the
17 purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax
18 exemption identification number by the Department under
19 Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph
20 is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
21     (25) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act
22 of the 92nd General Assembly, personal property sold to a
23 lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
24 longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
25 governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
26 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the

 

 

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1 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from
2 the provisions of Section 3-55.
3     (26) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
4 2011, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
5 retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
6 activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
7 in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
8 the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
9 for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
10 (ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
11 manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
12 tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
13 and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
14 Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
15 accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
16 issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
17 Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
18 paragraph (26). The permit issued under this paragraph (26)
19 shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
20 specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
21 tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
22 taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
23 necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
24 consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
25 the State of Illinois.
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1 used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
2 supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
3 Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
4 corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
5 Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
6 exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55.
7     (28) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
8 equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
9 upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
10 completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
11 aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
12 the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
13 repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
14 materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
15 supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
16 maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
17 engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
18 such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
19 limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
20 lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
21 films. This exemption applies only to those organizations that
22 (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate
23 an approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
24 Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
25 operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
26 Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated

 

 

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1 by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
2 service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
3 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
4 (Source: P.A. 94-1002, eff. 7-3-06; 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-538,
5 eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
6     Section 20. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended by
7 changing Section 2-5 as follows:
 
8     (35 ILCS 120/2-5)  (from Ch. 120, par. 441-5)
9     Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from the
10 sale of the following tangible personal property are exempt
11 from the tax imposed by this Act:
12     (1) Farm chemicals.
13     (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
14 including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
15 purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
16 State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
17 replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
18 machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
19 implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
20 Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
21 chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
22 be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
23 but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
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1 hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
2 plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
3 this item (2). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
4 shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
5 required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
6 vehicle required to be licensed, if the selling price of the
7 tender is separately stated.
8     Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
9 farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
10 installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
11 limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
12 or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
13 limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
14 software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
15 such equipment.
16     Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
17 sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
18 computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
19 facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
20 to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
21 crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
22 agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
23 provisions of Section 2-70.
24     (3) 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     (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September 1,
5 2004, graphic arts machinery and equipment, including repair
6 and replacement parts, both new and used, and including that
7 manufactured on special order or purchased for lease, certified
8 by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts
9 production. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals acting
10 as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals acting as
11 catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a graphic
12 arts product.
13     (5) A motor vehicle of the first division, a motor vehicle
14 of the second division that is a self contained motor vehicle
15 designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters
16 for recreational, camping, or travel use, with direct walk
17 through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat,
18 or a motor vehicle of the second division that is of the van
19 configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
20 7 nor more than 16 passengers, as defined in Section 1-146 of
21 the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is used for automobile renting,
22 as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
23 Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section
24 2-70.
25     (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student
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1 located in Illinois.
2     (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of the
3 selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is subject
4 to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
5     (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair
6 association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting the
7 county fair.
8     (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or
9 cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
10 the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
11 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
12 organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
13 support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
14 services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
15 music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
16 orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
17 organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
18 and media arts organizations. On and after the effective date
19 of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, however,
20 an entity otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make
21 tax-free purchases unless it has an active identification
22 number issued by the Department.
23     (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society,
24 association, foundation, institution, or organization, other
25 than a limited liability company, that is organized and
26 operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the benefit

 

 

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1 of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal property
2 was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose of resale
3 by the enterprise.
4     (11) Personal property sold to a governmental body, to a
5 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
6 organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious,
7 or educational purposes, or to a not-for-profit corporation,
8 society, association, foundation, institution, or organization
9 that has no compensated officers or employees and that is
10 organized and operated primarily for the recreation of persons
11 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company may
12 qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
13 limited liability company is organized and operated
14 exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
15 1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
16 shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active
17 identification number issued by the Department.
18     (12) Tangible personal property sold to interstate
19 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
20 commerce or to lessors under leases of one year or longer
21 executed or in effect at the time of purchase by interstate
22 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
23 commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
24 provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
25 Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
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1     (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
2 motor vehicles of the second division with a gross vehicle
3 weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject to the
4 commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
5 the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, 2004 and
6 through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of motor vehicles
7 of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle weight rating
8 in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject to the
9 commercial distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of
10 the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
11 for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this exemption
12 applies to repair and replacement parts added after the initial
13 purchase of such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used
14 in a manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption
15 otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this
16 paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the
17 transportation of persons or property in furtherance of any
18 commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire or not.
19     (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or shippers of
20 tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate
21 carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate
22 commerce and equipment operated by a telecommunications
23 provider, licensed as a common carrier by the Federal
24 Communications Commission, which is permanently installed in
25 or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate commerce.
26     (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the

 

 

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1 purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the
2 process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal
3 property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether the
4 sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some
5 other person, whether the materials used in the process are
6 owned by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether the
7 sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
8 seller's engaging in the service occupation of producing
9 machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or other similar
10 items of no commercial value on special order for a particular
11 purchaser.
12     (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
13 stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of food
14 and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the service
15 charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a substitute for
16 tips to the employees who participate directly in preparing,
17 serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function
18 with respect to which the service charge is imposed.
19     (16) Petroleum products sold to a purchaser if the seller
20 is prohibited by federal law from charging tax to the
21 purchaser.
22     (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common carrier by
23 rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the
24 property in Illinois and that transports the property, or
25 shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the
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1 showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor
2 of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use
3 outside Illinois.
4     (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
5 coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
6 United States of America, or the government of any foreign
7 country, and bullion.
8     (19) Until July 1 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
9 and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
10 rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
11 tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
12 and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
13 individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
14 drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
15 equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
16 required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
17     (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
18 repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
19 manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
20 used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
21 photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
22     (21) Until July 1, 2003, coal exploration, mining,
23 offhighway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation
24 equipment, including replacement parts and equipment, and
25 including equipment purchased for lease, but excluding motor
26 vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle

 

 

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1 Code.
2     (22) Fuel and petroleum products sold to or used by an air
3 carrier, certified by the carrier to be used for consumption,
4 shipment, or storage in the conduct of its business as an air
5 common carrier, for a flight destined for or returning from a
6 location or locations outside the United States without regard
7 to previous or subsequent domestic stopovers.
8     (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is received
9 by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but who has a
10 florist located in Illinois deliver the property to the
11 purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois.
12     (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships,
13 barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the
14 transportation of property or the conveyance of persons for
15 hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is delivered
16 by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or vessel while
17 it is afloat upon that bordering river.
18     (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this Section, a
19 motor vehicle sold in this State to a nonresident even though
20 the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this
21 State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State,
22 and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as
23 provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if
24 the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to
25 transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home
26 state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the

 

 

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1 out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is prima
2 facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in
3 this State.
4     (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if the
5 state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow
6 a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold and delivered
7 in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois.
8 The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle
9 in this State to a resident of another state that does not
10 allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal
11 to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in
12 which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall
13 not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this
14 Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a
15 statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her
16 intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser
17 is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of
18 the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount
19 equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in
20 his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to
21 the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of
22 residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy
23 of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this item
24 shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from
25 this state following the filing of an intent to title the
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1 titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30
2 days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act
3 in accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately
4 distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general
5 rate imposed under this Act.
6     (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
7 this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3 of
8 the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the following
9 conditions are met:
10         (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days after
11     the later of either the issuance of the final billing for
12     the sale of the aircraft, or the authorized approval for
13     return to service, completion of the maintenance record
14     entry, and completion of the test flight and ground test
15     for inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
16         (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in this
17     State after the sale of the aircraft; and
18         (3) the seller retains in his or her books and records
19     and provides to the Department a signed and dated
20     certification from the purchaser, on a form prescribed by
21     the Department, certifying that the requirements of this
22     item (25-7) are met. The certificate must also include the
23     name and address of the purchaser, the address of the
24     location where the aircraft is to be titled or registered,
25     the address of the primary physical location of the
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1     reasonably require.
2     For purposes of this item (25-7):
3     "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
4 used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
5 Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
6 immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.
7     "Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
8 with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
9 or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
10 Administration to an address located in this State.
11     This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of
12 Section 2-70.
13     (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
14 for direct agricultural production.
15     (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
16 meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
17 Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
18 Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
19 Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
20 racing for prizes. This item (27) is exempt from the provisions
21 of Section 2-70, and the exemption provided for under this item
22 (27) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
23 claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
24 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
25 paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
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1     (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
2 any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
3 analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor
4 who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer
5 executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
6 hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
7 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
8 this Act.
9     (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the
10 property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
11 effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that
12 has been issued an active tax exemption identification number
13 by the Department under Section 1g of this Act.
14     (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
15 December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
16 before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
17 disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
18 disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
19 manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
20 corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
21 that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
22 number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
23 who reside within the declared disaster area.
24     (31) 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 used in the

 

 

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1 performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
2 but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
3 bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
4 line extensions, water distribution and purification
5 facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
6 sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
7 federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
8 when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
9 declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
10     (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a
11 "game breeding and hunting preserve area" or an "exotic game
12 hunting area" as those terms are used in the Wildlife Code or
13 at a hunting enclosure approved through rules adopted by the
14 Department of Natural Resources. This paragraph is exempt from
15 the provisions of Section 2-70.
16     (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
17 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
18 corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
19 foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
20 to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
21 purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
22 limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
23 or institution organized and operated exclusively for
24 educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
25 private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
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1 that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
2 course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
3 vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
4 operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
5 than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
6 follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
7 industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
8     (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
9 including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
10 benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
11 a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
12 the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
13 district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
14 parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
15 does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
16 private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
17 entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
18 another individual or entity that sold the property for the
19 purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
20 from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
21 exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
22     (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
23 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
24 serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
25 items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
26 January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts

 

 

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1 for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
2 vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
3 gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
4 coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
5 is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70.
6     (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2011,
7 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
8 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
9 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
10 consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
11 drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
12 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
13 use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
14 assistance under Article 5 of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
15 resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
16 the Nursing Home Care Act.
17     (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and
18 communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose and
19 equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of
20 hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases the equipment,
21 under a lease of one year or longer executed or in effect at
22 the time of the purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an
23 active tax exemption identification number by the Department
24 under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the
25 provisions of Section 2-70.
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1 lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one year or
2 longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a
3 governmental body that has been issued an active tax exemption
4 identification number by the Department under Section 1g of
5 this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
6 Section 2-70.
7     (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
8 2011, tangible personal property purchased from an Illinois
9 retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized purchasing
10 activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of the property
11 in Illinois, temporarily store the property in Illinois (i) for
12 the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this State
13 for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this State or
14 (ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, or
15 manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other
16 tangible personal property to be transported outside this State
17 and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The
18 Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in
19 accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
20 issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the
21 Department who is eligible for the exemption under this
22 paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph (38)
23 shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
24 specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
25 tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
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1 necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
2 consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
3 the State of Illinois.
4     (39) 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 2-70.
11     (40) 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
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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 (Source: P.A. 94-1002, eff. 7-3-06; 95-88, eff. 1-1-08; 95-233,
9 eff. 8-16-07; 95-304, eff. 8-20-07; 95-538, eff. 1-1-08;
10 95-707, eff. 1-11-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)