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SB3643 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3643

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Sue Rezin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 605/605-1025

    Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Defines "cryptocurrency" and "cryptocurrency mining." Modifies "qualifying Illinois Data center" to include data centers engaged in cryptocurrency mining over a 60-month period that may begin no earlier than 60 months prior the effective date of this Act; or data centers engaged in cryptocurrency commencing before the effective date of this Act and ending after the effective date of this Act in the case of a data center. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic
5Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
6is amended by changing Section 605-1025 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 605/605-1025)
8    Sec. 605-1025. Data center investment.
9    (a) The Department shall issue certificates of exemption
10from the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the
11Service Use Tax Act, and the Service Occupation Tax Act, all
12locally-imposed retailers' occupation taxes administered and
13collected by the Department, the Chicago non-titled Use Tax,
14and a credit certification against the taxes imposed under
15subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income
16Tax Act to qualifying Illinois data centers.
17    (b) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
182019, the Department shall award credits against the taxes
19imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the
20Illinois Income Tax Act as provided in Section 229 of the
21Illinois Income Tax Act.
22    (c) For purposes of this Section:
23    "Cryptocurrency" means a type of virtual currency that

 

 

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1utilizes cryptography to secure transactions that are
2digitally recorded on a distributed ledger, such as a
3blockchain.
4    "Cryptocurrency mining" means the process whereby
5computers, also known as nodes or mining rigs, validate
6blockchain transactions for a specific cryptocurrency and, in
7turn, receive a mining reward for their computational efforts.
8        "Data center" means a facility: (1) whose primary
9    services are the storage, management, and processing of
10    digital data and cryptocurrency mining; and (2) that is
11    used to house (i) computer and network systems, including
12    associated components such as servers, network equipment
13    and appliances, telecommunications, and data storage
14    systems, (ii) systems for monitoring and managing
15    infrastructure performance, (iii) Internet-related
16    equipment and services, (iv) data communications
17    connections, (v) environmental controls, (vi) fire
18    protection systems, and (vii) security systems and
19    services.
20        "Qualifying Illinois data center" means a new or
21    existing data center that:
22            (1) is located in the State of Illinois;
23            (2) in the case of an existing data center, made a
24        capital investment of at least $250,000,000
25        collectively by the data center operator and the
26        tenants of the data center over the 60-month period

 

 

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1        immediately prior to January 1, 2020, or in the case of
2        a data center engaged in cryptocurrency mining over a
3        60-month period that may begin no earlier than 60
4        months prior the effective date of this amendatory act
5        of 2022, or committed to make a capital investment of
6        at least $250,000,000 over a 60-month period
7        commencing before January 1, 2020 and ending after
8        January 1, 2020, or commencing before the effective
9        date of this amendatory Act of 2022 and ending after
10        the effective date of this amendatory Act of 2022 in
11        the case of a data center engaged in cryptocurrency;
12        or
13            (3) in the case of a new data center, or an
14        existing data center making an upgrade, makes a
15        capital investment of at least $250,000,000 over a
16        60-month period beginning on or after January 1, 2020;
17        and
18            (4) in the case of both existing and new data
19        centers, results in the creation of at least 20
20        full-time or full-time equivalent new jobs over a
21        period of 60 months by the data center operator and the
22        tenants of the data center, collectively, associated
23        with the operation or maintenance of the data center;
24        those jobs must have a total compensation equal to or
25        greater than 120% of the average wage paid to
26        full-time employees in the county where the data

 

 

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1        center is located, as determined by the U.S. Bureau of
2        Labor Statistics; and
3            (5) within 2 years after being placed in service,
4        certifies to the Department that it is carbon neutral
5        or has attained certification under one or more of the
6        following green building standards:
7                (A) BREEAM for New Construction or BREEAM
8            In-Use;
9                (B) ENERGY STAR;
10                (C) Envision;
11                (D) ISO 50001-energy management;
12                (E) LEED for Building Design and Construction
13            or LEED for Operations and Maintenance;
14                (F) Green Globes for New Construction or Green
15            Globes for Existing Buildings;
16                (G) UL 3223; or
17                (H) an equivalent program approved by the
18            Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
19        "Full-time equivalent job" means a job in which the
20    new employee works for the owner, operator, contractor, or
21    tenant of a data center or for a corporation under
22    contract with the owner, operator or tenant of a data
23    center at a rate of at least 35 hours per week. An owner,
24    operator or tenant who employs labor or services at a
25    specific site or facility under contract with another may
26    declare one full-time, permanent job for every 1,820 man

 

 

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1    hours worked per year under that contract. Vacations, paid
2    holidays, and sick time are included in this computation.
3    Overtime is not considered a part of regular hours.
4        "Qualified tangible personal property" means:
5    electrical systems and equipment; climate control and
6    chilling equipment and systems; mechanical systems and
7    equipment; monitoring and secure systems; emergency
8    generators; hardware; computers; servers; data storage
9    devices; network connectivity equipment; racks; cabinets;
10    telecommunications cabling infrastructure; raised floor
11    systems; peripheral components or systems; software;
12    mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems; battery
13    systems; cooling systems and towers; temperature control
14    systems; other cabling; and other data center
15    infrastructure equipment and systems necessary to operate
16    qualified tangible personal property, including fixtures;
17    and component parts of any of the foregoing, including
18    installation, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and
19    replacement of qualified tangible personal property to
20    generate, transform, transmit, distribute, or manage
21    electricity necessary to operate qualified tangible
22    personal property; and all other tangible personal
23    property that is essential to the operations of a computer
24    data center. "Qualified tangible personal property" also
25    includes building materials physically incorporated in to
26    the qualifying data center.

 

 

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1    To document the exemption allowed under this Section, the
2retailer must obtain from the purchaser a copy of the
3certificate of eligibility issued by the Department.
4    (d) New and existing data centers seeking a certificate of
5exemption for new or existing facilities shall apply to the
6Department in the manner specified by the Department. The
7Department shall determine the duration of the certificate of
8exemption awarded under this Act. The duration of the
9certificate of exemption may not exceed 20 calendar years. The
10Department and any data center seeking the exemption,
11including a data center operator on behalf of itself and its
12tenants, must enter into a memorandum of understanding that at
13a minimum provides:
14        (1) the details for determining the amount of capital
15    investment to be made;
16        (2) the number of new jobs created;
17        (3) the timeline for achieving the capital investment
18    and new job goals;
19        (4) the repayment obligation should those goals not be
20    achieved and any conditions under which repayment by the
21    qualifying data center or data center tenant claiming the
22    exemption will be required;
23        (5) the duration of the exemption; and
24        (6) other provisions as deemed necessary by the
25    Department.
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1Department shall annually report to the Governor and the
2General Assembly on the outcomes and effectiveness of Public
3Act 101-31 that shall include the following:
4        (1) the name of each recipient business;
5        (2) the location of the project;
6        (3) the estimated value of the credit;
7        (4) the number of new jobs and, if applicable,
8    retained jobs pledged as a result of the project; and
9        (5) whether or not the project is located in an
10    underserved area.
11    (f) New and existing data centers seeking a certificate of
12exemption related to the rehabilitation or construction of
13data centers in the State shall require the contractor and all
14subcontractors to comply with the requirements of Section
1530-22 of the Illinois Procurement Code as they apply to
16responsible bidders and to present satisfactory evidence of
17that compliance to the Department.
18    (g) New and existing data centers seeking a certificate of
19exemption for the rehabilitation or construction of data
20centers in the State shall require the contractor to enter
21into a project labor agreement approved by the Department.
22    (h) Any qualifying data center issued a certificate of
23exemption under this Section must annually report to the
24Department the total data center tax benefits that are
25received by the business. Reports are due no later than May 31
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1first report is for the 2019 calendar year and is due no later
2than May 31, 2020.
3    To the extent that a business issued a certificate of
4exemption under this Section has obtained an Enterprise Zone
5Building Materials Exemption Certificate or a High Impact
6Business Building Materials Exemption Certificate, no
7additional reporting for those building materials exemption
8benefits is required under this Section.
9    Failure to file a report under this subsection (h) may
10result in suspension or revocation of the certificate of
11exemption. Factors to be considered in determining whether a
12data center certificate of exemption shall be suspended or
13revoked include, but are not limited to, prior compliance with
14the reporting requirements, cooperation in discontinuing and
15correcting violations, the extent of the violation, and
16whether the violation was willful or inadvertent.
17    (i) The Department shall not issue any new certificates of
18exemption under the provisions of this Section after July 1,
192029. This sunset shall not affect any existing certificates
20of exemption in effect on July 1, 2029.
21    (j) The Department shall adopt rules to implement and
22administer this Section.
23(Source: P.A. 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-604, eff. 12-13-19;
24102-427, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.