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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Historic Preservation Tax Credit Pilot Program Act.
 
6     Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the
7 context clearly indicates otherwise:
8     (a) "Agency" means the Historic Preservation Agency.
9     (b) "Department" means the Department of Commerce and
10 Economic Opportunity.
11     (c) "Qualified expenditures" means all the costs and
12 expenses defined as qualified rehabilitation expenditures
13 under Section 47 of the federal Internal Revenue Code which
14 were incurred in connection with a qualified historic
15 structure.
16     (d) "Qualified historic structure" means a hotel that is
17 located in the City of Peoria and that is defined as a
18 certified historic structure under Section 47 (c)(3) of the
19 federal Internal Revenue Code.
20     (e) "Qualified rehabilitation plan" means a project that is
21 approved by the Agency as being consistent with the standards
22 in effect on the effective date of this Act for rehabilitation
23 as adopted by the federal Secretary of the Interior.

 

 

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1     (f) "Qualified taxpayer" means the owner of the qualified
2 historic structure or any other person who may qualify for the
3 federal rehabilitation credit allowed by Section 47 of the
4 federal Internal Revenue Code. If the taxpayer is (i) a
5 corporation having an election in effect under Subchapter S of
6 the federal Internal Revenue Code, (ii) a partnership, or (iii)
7 a limited liability company, the credit provided under this Act
8 may be claimed by the shareholders of the corporation, the
9 partners of the partnership, or the members of the limited
10 liability company in the same manner as those shareholders,
11 partners, or members account for their proportionate shares of
12 the income or losses of the corporation, partnership, or
13 limited liability company, or as provided in the by-laws or
14 other executed agreement of the corporation, partnership, or
15 limited liability company. Credits granted to a partnership, a
16 limited liability company taxed as a partnership, or other
17 multiple owners of property shall be passed through to the
18 partners, members, or owners respectively on a pro rata basis
19 or pursuant to an executed agreement among the partners,
20 members, or owners documenting any alternate distribution
21 method.
 
22     Section 15. Allowable credit. To the extent authorized by
23 Section 25 of this Act, for taxable years beginning on or after
24 January 1, 2010 and ending on or before December 31, 2015,
25 there shall be allowed a tax credit against the tax imposed by

 

 

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1 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
2 Tax Act in an amount equal to 25% of qualified expenditures
3 incurred by a qualified taxpayer during the taxable year in the
4 restoration and preservation of a qualified historic structure
5 pursuant to a qualified rehabilitation plan, provided that the
6 total amount of such expenditures (i) must equal $5,000 or
7 more, and (ii) must exceed 50% of the purchase price of the
8 property. If the amount of any tax credit awarded under this
9 Act exceeds the qualified taxpayer's income tax liability for
10 the year in which the qualified rehabilitation plan was placed
11 in service, the excess amount may be carried forward for
12 deduction from the taxpayer's income tax liability in the next
13 succeeding year or years until the total amount of the credit
14 has been used, except that a credit may not be carried forward
15 for deduction after the tenth taxable year after the taxable
16 year in which the qualified rehabilitation plan was placed in
17 service. To obtain a tax credit pursuant to this Act, an
18 application must be made to the Department no later than 6
19 months after the effective date of this Act. The Department, in
20 consultation with the Agency, shall determine the amount of
21 eligible rehabilitation costs and expenses. The Agency shall
22 determine whether the rehabilitation is consistent with the
23 standards of the Secretary of the United States Department of
24 the Interior for rehabilitation. Upon completion and review of
25 the project, the Department shall issue a certificate in the
26 amount of the eligible credits. At the time the certificate is

 

 

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1 issued, an issuance fee up to the maximum amount of 2% of the
2 amount of the credits issued by the certificate may be
3 collected from the applicant to administer the Act. If
4 collected, this issuance fee shall be evenly divided between
5 the Department and the Agency. The taxpayer must attach the
6 certificate to the tax return on which the credits are to be
7 claimed.
 
8     Section 20. Transfer of credits. Any qualified taxpayer,
9 referred to in this Section as the assignor, may sell, assign,
10 convey, or otherwise transfer tax credits allowed and earned
11 under this Act. The taxpayer acquiring the credits, referred to
12 in this Section as the assignee, may use the amount of the
13 acquired credits to offset up to 100% of its income tax
14 liability for either the taxable year in which the qualified
15 rehabilitation plan was first placed into service or the
16 taxable year in which such acquisition was made. Unused credit
17 amounts claimed by the assignee may be carried forward for up
18 to 10 years or carried back for up to 3 years, except that all
19 credits must be claimed within 10 years after the tax year in
20 which the qualified rehabilitation plan was first placed into
21 service and may not be carried back to a tax year prior to the
22 tax year in which the credit was issued. The assignor shall
23 enter into a written agreement with the assignee establishing
24 the terms and conditions of the agreement and shall perfect the
25 transfer by notifying the Department in writing within 90

 

 

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1 calendar days after the effective date of the transfer and
2 shall provide any information as may be required by the
3 Department to administer and carry out the provisions of this
4 Section. If credits that have been transferred are subsequently
5 reduced, adjusted, or recaptured, in whole or in part, by the
6 Department, the Department of Revenue, or any other applicable
7 government agency, only the original qualified taxpayer that
8 was awarded the credits, and not any subsequent assignee of the
9 credits, shall be held liable to repay any amount of such
10 reduction, adjustment, or recapture of the credits.
 
11     Section 25. Pilot program; report. The Department may award
12 no more than an aggregate of $10,000,000 in total tax credits
13 pursuant to one qualified rehabilitation plan for one qualified
14 historic structure. On or before December 31, 2010 and on or
15 before December 31 of each year thereafter through 2016, the
16 Department must submit a report to the General Assembly
17 evaluating the effectiveness of this Act in stimulating
18 economic revitalization in the pilot program area.
 
19     Section 30. Powers. The Department and the Agency shall
20 promulgate rules and regulations for the administration of this
21 Act.
 
22     Section 35. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by
23 adding Section 219 as follows:
 

 

 

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1     (35 ILCS 5/219 new)
2     Sec. 219. Historic preservation credit. For tax years
3 beginning on or after January 1, 2010 and ending on or before
4 December 31, 2015, a taxpayer who qualifies for a credit under
5 the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Pilot Program Act is
6 entitled to a credit against the taxes imposed under
7 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act as provided
8 in that Act. If the taxpayer is a partnership or Subchapter S
9 corporation, the credit shall be allowed to the partners or
10 shareholders in accordance with the determination of income and
11 distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and
12 Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
13     If the amount of any tax credit awarded under this Section
14 exceeds the qualified taxpayer's income tax liability for the
15 year in which the qualified rehabilitation plan was placed in
16 service, the excess amount may be carried forward or back as
17 provided in the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Pilot Program
18 Act.
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.