Full Text of HB5659 103rd General Assembly
HB5659 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 HB5659 Introduced 2/20/2024, by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 20 ILCS 605/605-1025.1 new | | 35 ILCS 5/241 new | | 35 ILCS 105/3-5 | | 35 ILCS 110/3-5 | | 35 ILCS 115/3-5 | | 35 ILCS 120/2-5 | |
| Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award credits to qualifying microfiber filtration manufacturers against the taxes imposed by the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
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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 Department of Commerce and Economic | 5 | | Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 6 | | is amended by adding Section 605-1025.1 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 605/605-1025.1 new) | 8 | | Sec. 605-1025.1. Microfiber filtration manufacturing | 9 | | investment. | 10 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 11 | | "Full-time equivalent job" means a job in which a new | 12 | | employee works for a microfiber filtration manufacturer, or | 13 | | for a corporation under contract with a microfiber filtration | 14 | | manufacturer, at a microfiber filtration manufacturing center | 15 | | for at least 35 hours per week. A microfiber filtration | 16 | | manufacturer who employs labor or services at a specific site | 17 | | or facility under contract with another may declare one | 18 | | full-time, permanent job for every 1,820 hours worked per year | 19 | | under that contract. Vacations, paid holidays, and sick time | 20 | | are included in this computation. Overtime is not considered a | 21 | | part of regular hours. | 22 | | "Microfiber" means a synthetic fiber that is composed of | 23 | | microplastic, is intentionally embedded into a textile, and is |
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| 1 | | shed from the textile when washed. | 2 | | "Microfiber filter" means a washing machine filter that | 3 | | (i) is capable of reducing by at least 90% the mass of | 4 | | microfibers that would otherwise be emitted by the washing | 5 | | machine as a result of the operation of the washing machine and | 6 | | (ii) has a mesh size of 100 microns or less. | 7 | | "Microplastic" means a plastic piece that is less than 5 | 8 | | millimeters in diameter. | 9 | | "Plastic" has the meaning given to that term in subsection | 10 | | (a) of Sec. 52.5 of the Environmental Protection Act. | 11 | | "Qualifying microfiber filtration manufacturer" means an | 12 | | entity that operates a qualifying microfiber filtration | 13 | | manufacturing center and that: | 14 | | (1) made a capital investment of at least $200,000 in | 15 | | the qualifying microfiber filtration manufacturing center | 16 | | on or after January 1, 2019 and before the effective date | 17 | | of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly; or | 18 | | (2) pledges to make a capital investment of at least | 19 | | $200,000 in the qualifying microfiber filtration | 20 | | manufacturing center on or after the effective date of | 21 | | this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and | 22 | | before January 1, 2029; capital investments made on or | 23 | | after January 1, 2019 and before the effective date of | 24 | | this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly may be | 25 | | combined with capital investments made on or after the | 26 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
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| 1 | | Assembly when determining the total amount of the | 2 | | taxpayer's capital investment under this paragraph (2); | 3 | | and | 4 | | (3) pledges to create at least 5 full-time or | 5 | | full-time equivalent new jobs at the qualifying microfiber | 6 | | filtration manufacturing center over a period of 60 months | 7 | | after the certificate is issued to the manufacturer by the | 8 | | Department; those jobs must have a total compensation | 9 | | equal to or greater than 120% of the average wage paid to | 10 | | full-time employees in the county where the microfiber | 11 | | filtration manufacturing center is located, as determined | 12 | | by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. | 13 | | "Qualifying microfiber filtration manufacturing center" | 14 | | means a facility that is primarily used for the manufacture of | 15 | | microfiber filters and that is located in the State of | 16 | | Illinois. | 17 | | "Qualified tangible personal property" means electrical | 18 | | systems and equipment; hardware; computers; servers; racks; | 19 | | cabinets; telecommunications cabling infrastructure; | 20 | | peripheral components or systems; software; mechanical, | 21 | | electrical, or plumbing systems; battery systems; and other | 22 | | microfiber filtration manufacturing infrastructure equipment | 23 | | and systems necessary to operate qualified tangible personal | 24 | | property, including fixtures; and component parts of any of | 25 | | the foregoing, including parts necessary for installation, | 26 | | maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and replacement of the |
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| 1 | | qualified tangible personal property to generate, transform, | 2 | | transmit, distribute, or manage electricity necessary to | 3 | | operate qualified tangible personal property; and all other | 4 | | tangible personal property that is essential to the operations | 5 | | of a microfiber filtration manufacturer or manufacturing | 6 | | center. "Qualified tangible personal property" also includes | 7 | | building materials physically incorporated into the qualifying | 8 | | microfiber filtration manufacturing center. | 9 | | (b) On and after January 1, 2025, the Department shall | 10 | | issue to qualifying microfiber filtration manufacturers | 11 | | certificates of exemption from the Use Tax Act, the Service | 12 | | Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' | 13 | | Occupation Tax Act, all locally imposed retailers' occupation | 14 | | taxes administered and collected by the Department, and the | 15 | | Chicago non-titled use tax for qualified tangible personal | 16 | | property used in the construction or operation of a qualifying | 17 | | microfiber filtration manufacturing center. To document the | 18 | | exemption allowed under this Section, the retailer or | 19 | | serviceman must obtain from the qualifying microfiber | 20 | | filtration manufacturer a copy of the certificate of exemption | 21 | | issued by the Department. | 22 | | (c) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | 23 | | 2025, the Department shall award credits against the taxes | 24 | | imposed under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the | 25 | | Illinois Income Tax Act as provided in Section 241 of the | 26 | | Illinois Income Tax Act and issue tax credit certificates for |
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| 1 | | those credits. | 2 | | Microfiber filtration manufacturers seeking a certificate | 3 | | of exemption for a qualifying microfiber filtration | 4 | | manufacturing center shall apply to the Department in the | 5 | | manner specified by the Department. The Department shall | 6 | | determine the duration of the certificate of exemption awarded | 7 | | under this Act. The duration of the certificate of exemption | 8 | | may not exceed 20 calendar years. The Department and any | 9 | | microfiber filtration manufacturer seeking an exemption under | 10 | | this Section must enter into a memorandum of understanding | 11 | | that, at a minimum, provides: | 12 | | (1) the details for determining the capital investment | 13 | | to be made; | 14 | | (2) the number of new full-time equivalent jobs | 15 | | created; | 16 | | (3) the timeline for achieving the capital investment | 17 | | and new job goals; | 18 | | (4) the repayment obligation should the job creation | 19 | | and capital investment goals not be achieved and any | 20 | | conditions under which repayment by the qualifying | 21 | | microfiber filtration manufacturer claiming the exemption | 22 | | is required; | 23 | | (5) the duration of the exemption; and | 24 | | (6) any other provisions as deemed necessary by the | 25 | | Department. | 26 | | (e) By July 1, 2025, and by July 1 of each year thereafter, |
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| 1 | | the Department shall deliver to the Governor and the General | 2 | | Assembly a report on the outcomes and effectiveness of this | 3 | | amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which shall | 4 | | include the following: | 5 | | (1) the name of each recipient business; | 6 | | (2) the location of the project; | 7 | | (3) the estimated value of the credit; | 8 | | (4) the number of new full-time equivalent jobs and, | 9 | | if applicable, retained full-time equivalent jobs pledged | 10 | | as a result of the project; and | 11 | | (5) whether the project is located in an underserved | 12 | | area. | 13 | | (f) Microfiber filtration manufacturers seeking a | 14 | | certificate of exemption related to the rehabilitation or | 15 | | construction of microfiber filtration manufacturing centers in | 16 | | the State shall require the contractor and all subcontractors | 17 | | to comply with the requirements of Section 30-22 of the | 18 | | Illinois Procurement Code with respect to that rehabilitation | 19 | | or construction as those requirements apply to responsible | 20 | | bidders and to present satisfactory evidence of that | 21 | | compliance to the Department. | 22 | | (g) Microfiber filtration manufacturers seeking a | 23 | | certificate of exemption for the rehabilitation or | 24 | | construction of microfiber filtration manufacturers and | 25 | | manufacturing centers in the State shall require the | 26 | | contractor to enter into a project labor agreement approved by |
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| 1 | | the Department. | 2 | | (h) Any qualifying microfiber filtration manufacturers and | 3 | | manufacturing center issued a certificate of exemption under | 4 | | this Section must annually report to the Department the total | 5 | | benefits that are received by the business under this Act. | 6 | | Reports under this subsection (h) are due by no later than May | 7 | | 31 of each year and shall cover the previous calendar year. The | 8 | | first report is for the 2025 calendar year and is due no later | 9 | | than May 31, 2026. | 10 | | To the extent that a business issued a certificate of | 11 | | exemption under this Section has obtained an Enterprise Zone | 12 | | Building Materials Exemption Certificate or a High Impact | 13 | | Business Building Materials Exemption Certificate, no | 14 | | additional reporting for those building materials exemption | 15 | | benefits is required under this Section. | 16 | | Failure to file a report under this subsection may result | 17 | | in suspension or revocation of the certificate of exemption. | 18 | | Factors to be considered in determining whether a microfiber | 19 | | filtration manufacturer's certificate of exemption shall be | 20 | | suspended or revoked include, but are not limited to, prior | 21 | | compliance with the reporting requirements, cooperation in | 22 | | discontinuing and correcting violations, the extent of the | 23 | | violation, and whether the violation was willful or | 24 | | inadvertent. | 25 | | (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the | 26 | | Department shall not issue any new certificates of exemption |
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| 1 | | under the provisions of this Section after July 1, 2034. This | 2 | | sunset shall not affect any existing certificates of exemption | 3 | | in effect on July 1, 2034. | 4 | | (j) The Department shall adopt rules to implement and | 5 | | administer this Section. | 6 | | Section 10. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | 7 | | adding Section 241 as follows: | 8 | | (35 ILCS 5/241 new) | 9 | | Sec. 241. Microfiber filtration manufacturer employment | 10 | | tax credit. | 11 | | (a) As used in this Section: | 12 | | "Microfiber" means a synthetic fiber that is composed of | 13 | | microplastic, is intentionally embedded into a textile, and is | 14 | | shed from the textile when washed. | 15 | | "Microfiber filter" means a washing machine filter that | 16 | | (i) is capable of reducing by at least 90% the mass of | 17 | | microfibers that would otherwise be emitted by the washing | 18 | | machine as a result of the operation of the washing machine and | 19 | | (ii) has a mesh size of 100 microns or less. | 20 | | "Microplastic" means a plastic piece that is less than 5 | 21 | | millimeters in diameter. | 22 | | "Plastic" has the meaning given to that term in subsection | 23 | | (a) of Sec. 52.5 of the Environmental Protection Act. | 24 | | (b) A taxpayer who has been awarded a credit by the |
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| 1 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity under Section | 2 | | 605-1025.1 of the Department of Commerce and Economic | 3 | | Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 4 | | is entitled to a credit against the taxes imposed under | 5 | | subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 as provided in that Act. | 6 | | The amount of the credit shall be 20% of the wages paid during | 7 | | the taxable year to each full-time or part-time employee of | 8 | | the microfiber filtration manufacturer who is employed at a | 9 | | microfiber filtration manufacturing center and is primarily | 10 | | engaged in the process of manufacturing microfiber filters in | 11 | | a geographic area that meets any one of the following | 12 | | criteria: | 13 | | (1) the area has a poverty rate of at least 20%, | 14 | | according to the United States Census Bureau American | 15 | | Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; | 16 | | (2) 75% or more of the children in the area | 17 | | participate in the federal free lunch program, according | 18 | | to reported statistics from the State Board of Education; | 19 | | (3) 20% or more of the households in the area receive | 20 | | assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance | 21 | | Program (SNAP), according to data from the U.S. Census | 22 | | Bureau American Community Survey 5-year Estimates; or | 23 | | (4) the area has an average unemployment rate, as | 24 | | determined by the Department of Employment Security, that | 25 | | is more than 120% of the national unemployment average, as | 26 | | determined by the U.S. Department of Labor, for a period |
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| 1 | | of at least 2 consecutive calendar years preceding the | 2 | | date of the application. | 3 | | If the taxpayer is a partnership or a Subchapter S | 4 | | corporation, then the provisions of Section 251 apply. The | 5 | | Department, in cooperation with the Department of Commerce and | 6 | | Economic Opportunity, shall adopt rules to enforce and | 7 | | administer this Section. | 8 | | This Section is exempt from the provisions of Section 250 | 9 | | of this Act. | 10 | | (c) In no event shall a credit under this Section reduce | 11 | | the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. If the amount of | 12 | | the credit exceeds the tax liability for the year, the excess | 13 | | may be carried forward and applied to the tax liability of the | 14 | | 5 taxable years following the excess credit year. The tax | 15 | | credit shall be applied to the earliest year for which there is | 16 | | a tax liability. If there are credits for more than one year | 17 | | that are available to offset a liability, the earlier credit | 18 | | shall be applied first. | 19 | | (d) No credit shall be allowed with respect to any | 20 | | certification for any taxable year ending after the revocation | 21 | | of the certification by the Department of Commerce and | 22 | | Economic Opportunity. Upon receiving notification by the | 23 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity of the | 24 | | revocation of certification, the Department shall notify the | 25 | | taxpayer that no credit is allowed for any taxable year ending | 26 | | after the revocation date, as stated in such notification. If |
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| 1 | | any credit has been allowed with respect to a certification | 2 | | for a taxable year ending after the revocation date, any | 3 | | refund paid to the taxpayer for that taxable year shall, to the | 4 | | extent of that credit allowed, be an erroneous refund within | 5 | | the meaning of Section 912 of this Act. | 6 | | Section 15. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section | 7 | | 3-5 as follows: | 8 | | (35 ILCS 105/3-5) | 9 | | Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible | 10 | | personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: | 11 | | (1) Personal property purchased from a corporation, | 12 | | society, association, foundation, institution, or | 13 | | organization, other than a limited liability company, that is | 14 | | organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise | 15 | | for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the | 16 | | personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the | 17 | | purpose of resale by the enterprise. | 18 | | (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit | 19 | | Illinois county fair association for use in conducting, | 20 | | operating, or promoting the county fair. | 21 | | (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts | 22 | | or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required | 23 | | by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption | 24 | | under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that |
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| 1 | | is organized and operated primarily for the presentation or | 2 | | support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or | 3 | | services. These organizations include, but are not limited to, | 4 | | music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony | 5 | | orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service | 6 | | organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations, | 7 | | and media arts organizations. On and after July 1, 2001 (the | 8 | | effective date of Public Act 92-35), however, an entity | 9 | | otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make tax-free | 10 | | purchases unless it has an active identification number issued | 11 | | by the Department. | 12 | | (4) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, personal | 13 | | property purchased by a governmental body, by a corporation, | 14 | | society, association, foundation, or institution organized and | 15 | | operated exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational | 16 | | purposes, or by a not-for-profit corporation, society, | 17 | | association, foundation, institution, or organization that has | 18 | | no compensated officers or employees and that is organized and | 19 | | operated primarily for the recreation of persons 55 years of | 20 | | age or older. A limited liability company may qualify for the | 21 | | exemption under this paragraph only if the limited liability | 22 | | company is organized and operated exclusively for educational | 23 | | purposes. On and after July 1, 1987, however, no entity | 24 | | otherwise eligible for this exemption shall make tax-free | 25 | | purchases unless it has an active exemption identification | 26 | | number issued by the Department. |
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| 1 | | (5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a | 2 | | replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of | 3 | | the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax. | 4 | | (6) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1, | 5 | | 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and | 6 | | equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new | 7 | | and used, and including that manufactured on special order, | 8 | | certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic | 9 | | arts production, and including machinery and equipment | 10 | | purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals | 11 | | acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals | 12 | | acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon | 13 | | a graphic arts product. Beginning on July 1, 2017, graphic | 14 | | arts machinery and equipment is included in the manufacturing | 15 | | and assembling machinery and equipment exemption under | 16 | | paragraph (18). | 17 | | (7) Farm chemicals. | 18 | | (8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver | 19 | | coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the | 20 | | United States of America, or the government of any foreign | 21 | | country, and bullion. | 22 | | (9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored | 23 | | student organization affiliated with an elementary or | 24 | | secondary school located in Illinois. | 25 | | (10) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile renting, | 26 | | as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax |
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| 1 | | Act. | 2 | | (11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, | 3 | | including that manufactured on special order, certified by the | 4 | | purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or | 5 | | State or federal agricultural programs, including individual | 6 | | replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including | 7 | | machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including | 8 | | implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the | 9 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural | 10 | | chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required | 11 | | to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle | 12 | | Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be | 13 | | registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural | 14 | | polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or | 15 | | overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and | 16 | | equipment under this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender | 17 | | tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from a | 18 | | motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold mounted | 19 | | on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price | 20 | | of the tender is separately stated. | 21 | | Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision | 22 | | farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be | 23 | | installed on farm machinery and equipment , including, but not | 24 | | limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders, | 25 | | or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not | 26 | | limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors, |
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| 1 | | software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other | 2 | | such equipment. | 3 | | Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, | 4 | | sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the | 5 | | computer-assisted operation of production agriculture | 6 | | facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited | 7 | | to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and | 8 | | crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and | 9 | | agricultural chemicals. | 10 | | Beginning on January 1, 2024, farm machinery and equipment | 11 | | also includes electrical power generation equipment used | 12 | | primarily for production agriculture. | 13 | | This item (11) is exempt from the provisions of Section | 14 | | 3-90. | 15 | | (12) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold | 16 | | to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier | 17 | | to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the | 18 | | conduct of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight | 19 | | destined for or returning from a location or locations outside | 20 | | the United States without regard to previous or subsequent | 21 | | domestic stopovers. | 22 | | Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold | 23 | | to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be | 24 | | used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of | 25 | | its business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is | 26 | | engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the |
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| 1 | | United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports | 2 | | at least one individual or package for hire from the city of | 3 | | origination to the city of final destination on the same | 4 | | aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of | 5 | | that aircraft. | 6 | | (13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately | 7 | | stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of | 8 | | food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the | 9 | | extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact | 10 | | turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the | 11 | | employees who participate directly in preparing, serving, | 12 | | hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with | 13 | | respect to which the service charge is imposed. | 14 | | (14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling, | 15 | | and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of | 16 | | rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) | 17 | | pipe and tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, | 18 | | (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow | 19 | | lines, (v) any individual replacement part for oil field | 20 | | exploration, drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) | 21 | | machinery and equipment purchased for lease; but excluding | 22 | | motor vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois | 23 | | Vehicle Code. | 24 | | (15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including | 25 | | repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including | 26 | | that manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser |
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| 1 | | to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and including | 2 | | photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease. | 3 | | (16) Until July 1, 2028, coal and aggregate exploration, | 4 | | mining, off-highway hauling, processing, maintenance, and | 5 | | reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and | 6 | | equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but | 7 | | excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the | 8 | | Illinois Vehicle Code. The changes made to this Section by | 9 | | Public Act 97-767 apply on and after July 1, 2003, but no claim | 10 | | for credit or refund is allowed on or after August 16, 2013 | 11 | | (the effective date of Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid | 12 | | during the period beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August | 13 | | 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-456). | 14 | | (17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and | 15 | | equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the | 16 | | retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the | 17 | | production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption | 18 | | as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal | 19 | | use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale. | 20 | | (18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment | 21 | | used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling | 22 | | tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or | 23 | | lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the | 24 | | manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials | 25 | | used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other | 26 | | person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as |
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| 1 | | an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation | 2 | | of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or | 3 | | other similar items of no commercial value on special order | 4 | | for a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this | 5 | | paragraph (18) includes production related tangible personal | 6 | | property, as defined in Section 3-50, purchased on or after | 7 | | July 1, 2019. The exemption provided by this paragraph (18) | 8 | | does not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the | 9 | | generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) | 10 | | the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for | 11 | | wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers | 12 | | through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of | 13 | | water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to | 14 | | customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions | 15 | | of Public Act 98-583 are declaratory of existing law as to the | 16 | | meaning and scope of this exemption. Beginning on July 1, | 17 | | 2017, the exemption provided by this paragraph (18) includes, | 18 | | but is not limited to, graphic arts machinery and equipment, | 19 | | as defined in paragraph (6) of this Section. | 20 | | (19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or | 21 | | purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for | 22 | | that personal property was received by a florist located | 23 | | outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois | 24 | | deliver the personal property. | 25 | | (20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock | 26 | | for direct agricultural production. |
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| 1 | | (21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and | 2 | | meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club | 3 | | Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter | 4 | | Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or | 5 | | Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or | 6 | | racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the | 7 | | provisions of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for | 8 | | under this item (21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, | 9 | | 1995, but no claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after | 10 | | January 1, 2008 for such taxes paid during the period | 11 | | beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on January 1, 2008. | 12 | | (22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for | 13 | | any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, | 14 | | analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a | 15 | | lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or | 16 | | longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would | 17 | | otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a | 18 | | hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption | 19 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g of | 20 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased | 21 | | in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used | 22 | | in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for | 23 | | the tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as | 24 | | the case may be, based on the fair market value of the property | 25 | | at the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall | 26 | | collect or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) |
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| 1 | | that purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by | 2 | | this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the | 3 | | tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly | 4 | | collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall | 5 | | have a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the | 6 | | lessor. If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee | 7 | | for any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the | 8 | | Department. | 9 | | (23) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases | 10 | | the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or | 11 | | in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to | 12 | | the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has | 13 | | been issued an active sales tax exemption identification | 14 | | number by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' | 15 | | Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that | 16 | | does not qualify for this exemption or used in any other | 17 | | non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax | 18 | | imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case | 19 | | may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the | 20 | | time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or | 21 | | attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that | 22 | | purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this | 23 | | Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax | 24 | | has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly | 25 | | collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall | 26 | | have a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the |
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| 1 | | lessor. If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee | 2 | | for any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the | 3 | | Department. | 4 | | (24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after | 5 | | December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or | 6 | | before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated | 7 | | for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared | 8 | | disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a | 9 | | manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a | 10 | | corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution | 11 | | that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification | 12 | | number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster | 13 | | who reside within the declared disaster area. | 14 | | (25) 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 used in | 17 | | the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, | 18 | | including , but not limited to , municipal roads and streets, | 19 | | access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, | 20 | | water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and | 21 | | purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention | 22 | | facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a | 23 | | State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering | 24 | | Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities located | 25 | | in the declared disaster area within 6 months after the | 26 | | disaster. |
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| 1 | | (26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased | 2 | | at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is | 3 | | used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the | 4 | | provisions of Section 3-90. | 5 | | (27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section | 6 | | 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a | 7 | | corporation, limited liability company, society, association, | 8 | | foundation, or institution that is determined by the | 9 | | Department to be organized and operated exclusively for | 10 | | educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a | 11 | | corporation, limited liability company, society, association, | 12 | | foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively | 13 | | for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public | 14 | | schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in | 15 | | useful branches of learning by methods common to public | 16 | | schools and that compare favorably in their scope and | 17 | | intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported | 18 | | schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes | 19 | | organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of | 20 | | study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare | 21 | | individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual, | 22 | | technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial | 23 | | occupation. | 24 | | (28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property, | 25 | | including food, purchased through fundraising events for the | 26 | | benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school, |
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| 1 | | a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if | 2 | | the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school | 3 | | district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes | 4 | | parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph | 5 | | does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of | 6 | | private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising | 7 | | entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from | 8 | | another individual or entity that sold the property for the | 9 | | purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits | 10 | | from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is | 11 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. | 12 | | (29) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31, | 13 | | 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and | 14 | | serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and | 15 | | other items, and replacement parts for these machines. | 16 | | Beginning January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines | 17 | | and parts for machines used in commercial, coin-operated | 18 | | amusement and vending business if a use or occupation tax is | 19 | | paid on the gross receipts derived from the use of the | 20 | | commercial, coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This | 21 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. | 22 | | (30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016, | 23 | | food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the | 24 | | premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, | 25 | | soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate | 26 | | consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines, |
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| 1 | | drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing | 2 | | materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human | 3 | | use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical | 4 | | assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who | 5 | | resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in | 6 | | the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined | 7 | | in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the | 8 | | Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. | 9 | | (31) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of | 10 | | Public Act 92-227), computers and communications equipment | 11 | | utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used in the | 12 | | diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients | 13 | | purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease | 14 | | of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the | 15 | | lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this | 16 | | Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption | 17 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g of | 18 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased | 19 | | in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used | 20 | | in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for | 21 | | the tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as | 22 | | the case may be, based on the fair market value of the property | 23 | | at the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall | 24 | | collect or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) | 25 | | that purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by | 26 | | this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the |
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| 1 | | tax has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly | 2 | | collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall | 3 | | have a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the | 4 | | lessor. If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee | 5 | | for any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the | 6 | | Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of | 7 | | Section 3-90. | 8 | | (32) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of | 9 | | Public Act 92-227), personal property purchased by a lessor | 10 | | who leases the property, under a lease of one year or longer | 11 | | executed or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be | 12 | | subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body | 13 | | that has been issued an active sales tax exemption | 14 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g of | 15 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased | 16 | | in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or used in | 17 | | any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the | 18 | | tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the | 19 | | case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at | 20 | | the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect | 21 | | or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that | 22 | | purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this | 23 | | Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax | 24 | | has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly | 25 | | collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall | 26 | | have a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the |
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| 1 | | lessor. If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee | 2 | | for any reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the | 3 | | Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of | 4 | | Section 3-90. | 5 | | (33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004, | 6 | | the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division | 7 | | with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that | 8 | | are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under | 9 | | Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on | 10 | | July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State | 11 | | of motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross | 12 | | vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are | 13 | | subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under | 14 | | Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that | 15 | | are primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, | 16 | | 2005, this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts | 17 | | added after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if | 18 | | that motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for | 19 | | the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this | 20 | | Act. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for | 21 | | commercial purposes" means the transportation of persons or | 22 | | property in furtherance of any commercial or industrial | 23 | | enterprise, whether for-hire or not. | 24 | | (34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property | 25 | | used in the construction or maintenance of a community water | 26 | | supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental |
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| 1 | | Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit | 2 | | corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued | 3 | | under Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This | 4 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. | 5 | | (35) Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through | 6 | | December 31, 2029, materials, parts, equipment, components, | 7 | | and furnishings incorporated into or upon an aircraft as part | 8 | | of the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, | 9 | | repair, or maintenance of the aircraft. This exemption | 10 | | includes consumable supplies used in the modification, | 11 | | refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair, and | 12 | | maintenance of aircraft. However, until January 1, 2024, this | 13 | | exemption excludes any materials, parts, equipment, | 14 | | components, and consumable supplies used in the modification, | 15 | | replacement, repair, and maintenance of aircraft engines or | 16 | | power plants, whether such engines or power plants are | 17 | | installed or uninstalled upon any such aircraft. "Consumable | 18 | | supplies" include, but are not limited to, adhesive, tape, | 19 | | sandpaper, general purpose lubricants, cleaning solution, | 20 | | latex gloves, and protective films. | 21 | | Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through December | 22 | | 31, 2023, this exemption applies only to the use of qualifying | 23 | | tangible personal property by persons who modify, refurbish, | 24 | | complete, repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i) | 25 | | hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an | 26 | | approved repair station by the Federal Aviation |
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| 1 | | Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct | 2 | | operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation | 3 | | Regulations. From January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2029, | 4 | | this exemption applies only to the use of qualifying tangible | 5 | | personal property by: (A) persons who modify, refurbish, | 6 | | complete, repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i) | 7 | | hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an | 8 | | approved repair station by the Federal Aviation | 9 | | Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct | 10 | | operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation | 11 | | Regulations; and (B) persons who engage in the modification, | 12 | | replacement, repair, and maintenance of aircraft engines or | 13 | | power plants without regard to whether or not those persons | 14 | | meet the qualifications of item (A). | 15 | | The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a | 16 | | commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air | 17 | | service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part | 18 | | 129 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to | 19 | | this paragraph (35) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of | 20 | | existing law. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the | 21 | | exemption under this paragraph (35) applies continuously from | 22 | | January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2024; however, no claim | 23 | | for credit or refund is allowed for taxes paid as a result of | 24 | | the disallowance of this exemption on or after January 1, 2015 | 25 | | and prior to February 5, 2020 (the effective date of Public Act | 26 | | 101-629). |
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| 1 | | (36) Tangible personal property purchased by a | 2 | | public-facilities corporation, as described in Section | 3 | | 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of | 4 | | constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but | 5 | | only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is | 6 | | transferred to the municipality without any further | 7 | | consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time | 8 | | of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the | 9 | | retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt | 10 | | instruments issued by the public-facilities corporation in | 11 | | connection with the development of the municipal convention | 12 | | hall. This exemption includes existing public-facilities | 13 | | corporations as provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois | 14 | | Municipal Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions | 15 | | of Section 3-90. | 16 | | (37) Beginning January 1, 2017 and through December 31, | 17 | | 2026, menstrual pads, tampons, and menstrual cups. | 18 | | (38) Merchandise that is subject to the Rental Purchase | 19 | | Agreement Occupation and Use Tax. The purchaser must certify | 20 | | that the item is purchased to be rented subject to a | 21 | | rental-purchase rental purchase agreement, as defined in the | 22 | | Rental-Purchase Rental Purchase Agreement Act, and provide | 23 | | proof of registration under the Rental Purchase Agreement | 24 | | Occupation and Use Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from the | 25 | | provisions of Section 3-90. | 26 | | (39) Tangible personal property purchased by a purchaser |
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| 1 | | who is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act by operation of | 2 | | federal law. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of | 3 | | Section 3-90. | 4 | | (40) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 5 | | construction or operation of a data center that has been | 6 | | granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of | 7 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity, whether that tangible | 8 | | personal property is purchased by the owner, operator, or | 9 | | tenant of the data center or by a contractor or subcontractor | 10 | | of the owner, operator, or tenant. Data centers that would | 11 | | have qualified for a certificate of exemption prior to January | 12 | | 1, 2020 had Public Act 101-31 been in effect may apply for and | 13 | | obtain an exemption for subsequent purchases of computer | 14 | | equipment or enabling software purchased or leased to upgrade, | 15 | | supplement, or replace computer equipment or enabling software | 16 | | purchased or leased in the original investment that would have | 17 | | qualified. | 18 | | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | 19 | | grant a certificate of exemption under this item (40) to | 20 | | qualified data centers as defined by Section 605-1025 of the | 21 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 22 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | 23 | | For the purposes of this item (40): | 24 | | "Data center" means a building or a series of | 25 | | buildings rehabilitated or constructed to house working | 26 | | servers in one physical location or multiple sites within |
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| 1 | | the State of Illinois. | 2 | | "Qualified tangible personal property" means: | 3 | | electrical systems and equipment; climate control and | 4 | | chilling equipment and systems; mechanical systems and | 5 | | equipment; monitoring and secure systems; emergency | 6 | | generators; hardware; computers; servers; data storage | 7 | | devices; network connectivity equipment; racks; cabinets; | 8 | | telecommunications cabling infrastructure; raised floor | 9 | | systems; peripheral components or systems; software; | 10 | | mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems; battery | 11 | | systems; cooling systems and towers; temperature control | 12 | | systems; other cabling; and other data center | 13 | | infrastructure equipment and systems necessary to operate | 14 | | qualified tangible personal property, including fixtures; | 15 | | and component parts of any of the foregoing, including | 16 | | installation, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and | 17 | | replacement of qualified tangible personal property to | 18 | | generate, transform, transmit, distribute, or manage | 19 | | electricity necessary to operate qualified tangible | 20 | | personal property; and all other tangible personal | 21 | | property that is essential to the operations of a computer | 22 | | data center. The term "qualified tangible personal | 23 | | property" also includes building materials physically | 24 | | incorporated into in to the qualifying data center. To | 25 | | document the exemption allowed under this Section, the | 26 | | retailer must obtain from the purchaser a copy of the |
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| 1 | | certificate of eligibility issued by the Department of | 2 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity. | 3 | | This item (40) is exempt from the provisions of Section | 4 | | 3-90. | 5 | | (41) Beginning July 1, 2022, breast pumps, breast pump | 6 | | collection and storage supplies, and breast pump kits. This | 7 | | item (41) is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. As | 8 | | used in this item (41): | 9 | | "Breast pump" means an electrically controlled or | 10 | | manually controlled pump device designed or marketed to be | 11 | | used to express milk from a human breast during lactation, | 12 | | including the pump device and any battery, AC adapter, or | 13 | | other power supply unit that is used to power the pump | 14 | | device and is packaged and sold with the pump device at the | 15 | | time of sale. | 16 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" means | 17 | | items of tangible personal property designed or marketed | 18 | | to be used in conjunction with a breast pump to collect | 19 | | milk expressed from a human breast and to store collected | 20 | | milk until it is ready for consumption. | 21 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" | 22 | | includes, but is not limited to: breast shields and breast | 23 | | shield connectors; breast pump tubes and tubing adapters; | 24 | | breast pump valves and membranes; backflow protectors and | 25 | | backflow protector adaptors; bottles and bottle caps | 26 | | specific to the operation of the breast pump; and breast |
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| 1 | | milk storage bags. | 2 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" does not | 3 | | include: (1) bottles and bottle caps not specific to the | 4 | | operation of the breast pump; (2) breast pump travel bags | 5 | | and other similar carrying accessories, including ice | 6 | | packs, labels, and other similar products; (3) breast pump | 7 | | cleaning supplies; (4) nursing bras, bra pads, breast | 8 | | shells, and other similar products; and (5) creams, | 9 | | ointments, and other similar products that relieve | 10 | | breastfeeding-related symptoms or conditions of the | 11 | | breasts or nipples, unless sold as part of a breast pump | 12 | | kit that is pre-packaged by the breast pump manufacturer | 13 | | or distributor. | 14 | | "Breast pump kit" means a kit that: (1) contains no | 15 | | more than a breast pump, breast pump collection and | 16 | | storage supplies, a rechargeable battery for operating the | 17 | | breast pump, a breastmilk cooler, bottle stands, ice | 18 | | packs, and a breast pump carrying case; and (2) is | 19 | | pre-packaged as a breast pump kit by the breast pump | 20 | | manufacturer or distributor. | 21 | | (42) Tangible personal property sold by or on behalf of | 22 | | the State Treasurer pursuant to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed | 23 | | Property Act. This item (42) is exempt from the provisions of | 24 | | Section 3-90. | 25 | | (43) Beginning on January 1, 2024, tangible personal | 26 | | property purchased by an active duty member of the armed |
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| 1 | | forces of the United States who presents valid military | 2 | | identification and purchases the property using a form of | 3 | | payment where the federal government is the payor. The member | 4 | | of the armed forces must complete, at the point of sale, a form | 5 | | prescribed by the Department of Revenue documenting that the | 6 | | transaction is eligible for the exemption under this | 7 | | paragraph. Retailers must keep the form as documentation of | 8 | | the exemption in their records for a period of not less than 6 | 9 | | years. "Armed forces of the United States" means the United | 10 | | States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. | 11 | | This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. | 12 | | (44) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 13 | | construction or operation of a qualifying microfiber | 14 | | filtration manufacturing center that has been granted a | 15 | | certificate of exemption by the Department of Commerce and | 16 | | Economic Opportunity under Section 605-1025.1 of the | 17 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 18 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. As used in this | 19 | | paragraph (44), "qualified tangible personal property" has the | 20 | | meaning given to that term in Section 605-1025.1 of the | 21 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 22 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This paragraph is | 23 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90. | 24 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-700, Article 70, | 25 | | Section 70-5, eff. 4-19-22; 102-700, Article 75, Section 75-5, | 26 | | eff. 4-19-22; 102-1026, eff. 5-27-22; 103-9, Article 5, |
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| 1 | | Section 5-5, eff. 6-7-23; 103-9, Article 15, Section 15-5, | 2 | | eff. 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-384, eff. 1-1-24; | 3 | | revised 12-12-23.) | 4 | | Section 20. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 3-5 as follows: | 6 | | (35 ILCS 110/3-5) | 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 non-profit Illinois | 17 | | county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or | 18 | | promoting the county fair. | 19 | | (3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts | 20 | | or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required | 21 | | by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption | 22 | | under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that | 23 | | is organized and operated primarily for the presentation or | 24 | | support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or |
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| 1 | | services. These organizations include, but are not limited to, | 2 | | music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony | 3 | | orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service | 4 | | organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations, | 5 | | and media arts organizations. On and after July 1, 2001 (the | 6 | | effective date of Public Act 92-35), however, an entity | 7 | | otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make tax-free | 8 | | purchases unless it has an active identification number issued | 9 | | by the Department. | 10 | | (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver | 11 | | coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the | 12 | | United States of America, or the government of any foreign | 13 | | country, and bullion. | 14 | | (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1, | 15 | | 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and | 16 | | equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new | 17 | | and used, and including that manufactured on special order or | 18 | | purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used | 19 | | primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes | 20 | | chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the | 21 | | chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and | 22 | | immediate change upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on | 23 | | July 1, 2017, graphic arts machinery and equipment is included | 24 | | in the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment | 25 | | exemption under Section 2 of this Act. | 26 | | (6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored |
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| 1 | | student organization affiliated with an elementary or | 2 | | secondary school located in Illinois. | 3 | | (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, | 4 | | including that manufactured on special order, certified by the | 5 | | purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or | 6 | | State or federal agricultural programs, including individual | 7 | | replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including | 8 | | machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including | 9 | | implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the | 10 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural | 11 | | chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required | 12 | | to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle | 13 | | Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be | 14 | | registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural | 15 | | polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or | 16 | | overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and | 17 | | equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender | 18 | | tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from a | 19 | | motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold mounted | 20 | | on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price | 21 | | of the tender is separately stated. | 22 | | Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision | 23 | | farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be | 24 | | installed on farm machinery and equipment , including, but not | 25 | | limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders, | 26 | | or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not |
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| 1 | | limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors, | 2 | | software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other | 3 | | such equipment. | 4 | | Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, | 5 | | sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the | 6 | | computer-assisted operation of production agriculture | 7 | | facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited | 8 | | to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and | 9 | | crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and | 10 | | agricultural chemicals. | 11 | | Beginning on January 1, 2024, farm machinery and equipment | 12 | | also includes electrical power generation equipment used | 13 | | primarily for production agriculture. | 14 | | This item (7) is exempt from the provisions of Section | 15 | | 3-75. | 16 | | (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold | 17 | | to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier | 18 | | to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the | 19 | | conduct of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight | 20 | | destined for or returning from a location or locations outside | 21 | | the United States without regard to previous or subsequent | 22 | | domestic stopovers. | 23 | | Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold | 24 | | to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be | 25 | | used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of | 26 | | its business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is |
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| 1 | | engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the | 2 | | United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports | 3 | | at least one individual or package for hire from the city of | 4 | | origination to the city of final destination on the same | 5 | | aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of | 6 | | that aircraft. | 7 | | (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately | 8 | | stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of | 9 | | food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase of a | 10 | | service from a serviceman, to the extent that the proceeds of | 11 | | the service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a | 12 | | substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly | 13 | | in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or | 14 | | beverage function with respect to which the service charge is | 15 | | imposed. | 16 | | (10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling, | 17 | | and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of | 18 | | rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) | 19 | | pipe and tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, | 20 | | (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow | 21 | | lines, (v) any individual replacement part for oil field | 22 | | exploration, drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) | 23 | | machinery and equipment purchased for lease; but excluding | 24 | | motor vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois | 25 | | Vehicle Code. | 26 | | (11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery |
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| 1 | | and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both | 2 | | new and used, including that manufactured on special order, | 3 | | certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for | 4 | | photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and | 5 | | equipment purchased for lease. | 6 | | (12) Until July 1, 2028, coal and aggregate exploration, | 7 | | mining, off-highway hauling, processing, maintenance, and | 8 | | reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and | 9 | | equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but | 10 | | excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the | 11 | | Illinois Vehicle Code. The changes made to this Section by | 12 | | Public Act 97-767 apply on and after July 1, 2003, but no claim | 13 | | for credit or refund is allowed on or after August 16, 2013 | 14 | | (the effective date of Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid | 15 | | during the period beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August | 16 | | 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-456). | 17 | | (13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock | 18 | | for direct agricultural production. | 19 | | (14) 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 (14) is exempt from the | 25 | | provisions of Section 3-75, and the exemption provided for | 26 | | under this item (14) applies for all periods beginning May 30, |
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| 1 | | 1995, but no claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after | 2 | | January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for | 3 | | such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and | 4 | | ending on January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 5 | | 95-88). | 6 | | (15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for | 7 | | any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, | 8 | | analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a | 9 | | lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or | 10 | | longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would | 11 | | otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a | 12 | | hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption | 13 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g of | 14 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased | 15 | | in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used | 16 | | in any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for | 17 | | the tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case | 18 | | may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the | 19 | | time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or | 20 | | attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that | 21 | | purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this | 22 | | Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not | 23 | | been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any | 24 | | such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal | 25 | | right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, | 26 | | however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any |
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| 1 | | reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the | 2 | | Department. | 3 | | (16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases | 4 | | the property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or | 5 | | in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to | 6 | | the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has | 7 | | been issued an active tax exemption identification number by | 8 | | the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation | 9 | | Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not | 10 | | qualify for this exemption or is used in any other non-exempt | 11 | | manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under | 12 | | this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the | 13 | | fair market value of the property at the time the | 14 | | non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt | 15 | | to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to | 16 | | reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the | 17 | | Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid | 18 | | by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount | 19 | | from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a | 20 | | refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that | 21 | | amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor | 22 | | is liable to pay that amount to the Department. | 23 | | (17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after | 24 | | December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or | 25 | | before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated | 26 | | for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared |
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| 1 | | disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a | 2 | | manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a | 3 | | corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution | 4 | | that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification | 5 | | number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster | 6 | | who reside within the declared disaster area. | 7 | | (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after | 8 | | December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or | 9 | | before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in | 10 | | the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, | 11 | | including , but not limited to , municipal roads and streets, | 12 | | access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, | 13 | | water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and | 14 | | purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention | 15 | | facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a | 16 | | State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering | 17 | | Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities located | 18 | | in the declared disaster area within 6 months after the | 19 | | disaster. | 20 | | (19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased | 21 | | at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is | 22 | | used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the | 23 | | provisions of Section 3-75. | 24 | | (20) 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 | 2 | | Department to be organized and operated exclusively for | 3 | | educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a | 4 | | corporation, limited liability company, society, association, | 5 | | foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively | 6 | | for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public | 7 | | schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in | 8 | | useful branches of learning by methods common to public | 9 | | schools and that compare favorably in their scope and | 10 | | intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported | 11 | | schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes | 12 | | organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of | 13 | | study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare | 14 | | individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual, | 15 | | technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial | 16 | | occupation. | 17 | | (21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property, | 18 | | including food, purchased through fundraising events for the | 19 | | benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school, | 20 | | a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if | 21 | | the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school | 22 | | district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes | 23 | | parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph | 24 | | does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of | 25 | | private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising | 26 | | entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from |
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| 1 | | another individual or entity that sold the property for the | 2 | | purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits | 3 | | from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is | 4 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. | 5 | | (22) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31, | 6 | | 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and | 7 | | serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and | 8 | | other items, and replacement parts for these machines. | 9 | | Beginning January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines | 10 | | and parts for machines used in commercial, coin-operated | 11 | | amusement and vending business if a use or occupation tax is | 12 | | paid on the gross receipts derived from the use of the | 13 | | commercial, coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This | 14 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. | 15 | | (23) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016, | 16 | | food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the | 17 | | premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, | 18 | | soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate | 19 | | consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines, | 20 | | drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing | 21 | | materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human | 22 | | use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical | 23 | | assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who | 24 | | resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in | 25 | | the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined | 26 | | in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the |
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| 1 | | Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. | 2 | | (24) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of | 3 | | Public Act 92-227), computers and communications equipment | 4 | | utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used in the | 5 | | diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients | 6 | | purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease | 7 | | of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the | 8 | | lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this | 9 | | Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption | 10 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g of | 11 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased | 12 | | in a manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used | 13 | | in any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for | 14 | | the tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case | 15 | | may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the | 16 | | time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or | 17 | | attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that | 18 | | purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this | 19 | | Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not | 20 | | been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any | 21 | | such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal | 22 | | right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, | 23 | | however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any | 24 | | reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the | 25 | | Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of | 26 | | Section 3-75. |
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| 1 | | (25) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of | 2 | | Public Act 92-227), personal property purchased by a lessor | 3 | | who leases the property, under a lease of one year or longer | 4 | | executed or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be | 5 | | subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body | 6 | | that has been issued an active tax exemption identification | 7 | | number by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' | 8 | | Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that | 9 | | does not qualify for this exemption or is used in any other | 10 | | nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax | 11 | | imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, | 12 | | based on the fair market value of the property at the time the | 13 | | nonqualifying 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 | | Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid | 17 | | by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount | 18 | | from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a | 19 | | refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that | 20 | | amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor | 21 | | is liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph | 22 | | is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. | 23 | | (26) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property | 24 | | used in the construction or maintenance of a community water | 25 | | supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental | 26 | | Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit |
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| 1 | | corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued | 2 | | under Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This | 3 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. | 4 | | (27) Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through | 5 | | December 31, 2029, materials, parts, equipment, components, | 6 | | and furnishings incorporated into or upon an aircraft as part | 7 | | of the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, | 8 | | repair, or maintenance of the aircraft. This exemption | 9 | | includes consumable supplies used in the modification, | 10 | | refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair, and | 11 | | maintenance of aircraft. However, until January 1, 2024, this | 12 | | exemption excludes any materials, parts, equipment, | 13 | | components, and consumable supplies used in the modification, | 14 | | replacement, repair, and maintenance of aircraft engines or | 15 | | power plants, whether such engines or power plants are | 16 | | installed or uninstalled upon any such aircraft. "Consumable | 17 | | supplies" include, but are not limited to, adhesive, tape, | 18 | | sandpaper, general purpose lubricants, cleaning solution, | 19 | | latex gloves, and protective films. | 20 | | Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through December | 21 | | 31, 2023, this exemption applies only to the use of qualifying | 22 | | tangible personal property transferred incident to the | 23 | | modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair, | 24 | | or maintenance of aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air | 25 | | Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved | 26 | | repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii) |
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| 1 | | have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in | 2 | | accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. | 3 | | From January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2029, this exemption | 4 | | applies only to the use of qualifying tangible personal | 5 | | property by: (A) persons who modify, refurbish, complete, | 6 | | repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i) hold an Air | 7 | | Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved | 8 | | repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii) | 9 | | have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in | 10 | | accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations; | 11 | | and (B) persons who engage in the modification, replacement, | 12 | | repair, and maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants | 13 | | without regard to whether or not those persons meet the | 14 | | qualifications of item (A). | 15 | | The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a | 16 | | commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air | 17 | | service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part | 18 | | 129 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to | 19 | | this paragraph (27) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of | 20 | | existing law. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the | 21 | | exemption under this paragraph (27) applies continuously from | 22 | | January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2024; however, no claim | 23 | | for credit or refund is allowed for taxes paid as a result of | 24 | | the disallowance of this exemption on or after January 1, 2015 | 25 | | and prior to February 5, 2020 (the effective date of Public Act | 26 | | 101-629). |
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| 1 | | (28) Tangible personal property purchased by a | 2 | | public-facilities corporation, as described in Section | 3 | | 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of | 4 | | constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but | 5 | | only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is | 6 | | transferred to the municipality without any further | 7 | | consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time | 8 | | of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the | 9 | | retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt | 10 | | instruments issued by the public-facilities corporation in | 11 | | connection with the development of the municipal convention | 12 | | hall. This exemption includes existing public-facilities | 13 | | corporations as provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois | 14 | | Municipal Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions | 15 | | of Section 3-75. | 16 | | (29) Beginning January 1, 2017 and through December 31, | 17 | | 2026, menstrual pads, tampons, and menstrual cups. | 18 | | (30) Tangible personal property transferred to a purchaser | 19 | | who is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act by operation of | 20 | | federal law. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of | 21 | | Section 3-75. | 22 | | (31) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 23 | | construction or operation of a data center that has been | 24 | | granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of | 25 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity, whether that tangible | 26 | | personal property is purchased by the owner, operator, or |
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| 1 | | tenant of the data center or by a contractor or subcontractor | 2 | | of the owner, operator, or tenant. Data centers that would | 3 | | have qualified for a certificate of exemption prior to January | 4 | | 1, 2020 had Public Act 101-31 been in effect, may apply for and | 5 | | obtain an exemption for subsequent purchases of computer | 6 | | equipment or enabling software purchased or leased to upgrade, | 7 | | supplement, or replace computer equipment or enabling software | 8 | | purchased or leased in the original investment that would have | 9 | | qualified. | 10 | | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | 11 | | grant a certificate of exemption under this item (31) to | 12 | | qualified data centers as defined by Section 605-1025 of the | 13 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 14 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | 15 | | For the purposes of this item (31): | 16 | | "Data center" means a building or a series of | 17 | | buildings rehabilitated or constructed to house working | 18 | | servers in one physical location or multiple sites within | 19 | | the State of Illinois. | 20 | | "Qualified tangible personal property" means: | 21 | | electrical systems and equipment; climate control and | 22 | | chilling equipment and systems; mechanical systems and | 23 | | equipment; monitoring and secure systems; emergency | 24 | | generators; hardware; computers; servers; data storage | 25 | | devices; network connectivity equipment; racks; cabinets; | 26 | | telecommunications cabling infrastructure; raised floor |
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| 1 | | systems; peripheral components or systems; software; | 2 | | mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems; battery | 3 | | systems; cooling systems and towers; temperature control | 4 | | systems; other cabling; and other data center | 5 | | infrastructure equipment and systems necessary to operate | 6 | | qualified tangible personal property, including fixtures; | 7 | | and component parts of any of the foregoing, including | 8 | | installation, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and | 9 | | replacement of qualified tangible personal property to | 10 | | generate, transform, transmit, distribute, or manage | 11 | | electricity necessary to operate qualified tangible | 12 | | personal property; and all other tangible personal | 13 | | property that is essential to the operations of a computer | 14 | | data center. The term "qualified tangible personal | 15 | | property" also includes building materials physically | 16 | | incorporated into in to the qualifying data center. To | 17 | | document the exemption allowed under this Section, the | 18 | | retailer must obtain from the purchaser a copy of the | 19 | | certificate of eligibility issued by the Department of | 20 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity. | 21 | | This item (31) is exempt from the provisions of Section | 22 | | 3-75. | 23 | | (32) Beginning July 1, 2022, breast pumps, breast pump | 24 | | collection and storage supplies, and breast pump kits. This | 25 | | item (32) is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. As | 26 | | used in this item (32): |
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| 1 | | "Breast pump" means an electrically controlled or | 2 | | manually controlled pump device designed or marketed to be | 3 | | used to express milk from a human breast during lactation, | 4 | | including the pump device and any battery, AC adapter, or | 5 | | other power supply unit that is used to power the pump | 6 | | device and is packaged and sold with the pump device at the | 7 | | time of sale. | 8 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" means | 9 | | items of tangible personal property designed or marketed | 10 | | to be used in conjunction with a breast pump to collect | 11 | | milk expressed from a human breast and to store collected | 12 | | milk until it is ready for consumption. | 13 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" | 14 | | includes, but is not limited to: breast shields and breast | 15 | | shield connectors; breast pump tubes and tubing adapters; | 16 | | breast pump valves and membranes; backflow protectors and | 17 | | backflow protector adaptors; bottles and bottle caps | 18 | | specific to the operation of the breast pump; and breast | 19 | | milk storage bags. | 20 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" does not | 21 | | include: (1) bottles and bottle caps not specific to the | 22 | | operation of the breast pump; (2) breast pump travel bags | 23 | | and other similar carrying accessories, including ice | 24 | | packs, labels, and other similar products; (3) breast pump | 25 | | cleaning supplies; (4) nursing bras, bra pads, breast | 26 | | shells, and other similar products; and (5) creams, |
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| 1 | | ointments, and other similar products that relieve | 2 | | breastfeeding-related symptoms or conditions of the | 3 | | breasts or nipples, unless sold as part of a breast pump | 4 | | kit that is pre-packaged by the breast pump manufacturer | 5 | | or distributor. | 6 | | "Breast pump kit" means a kit that: (1) contains no | 7 | | more than a breast pump, breast pump collection and | 8 | | storage supplies, a rechargeable battery for operating the | 9 | | breast pump, a breastmilk cooler, bottle stands, ice | 10 | | packs, and a breast pump carrying case; and (2) is | 11 | | pre-packaged as a breast pump kit by the breast pump | 12 | | manufacturer or distributor. | 13 | | (33) Tangible personal property sold by or on behalf of | 14 | | the State Treasurer pursuant to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed | 15 | | Property Act. This item (33) is exempt from the provisions of | 16 | | Section 3-75. | 17 | | (34) Beginning on January 1, 2024, tangible personal | 18 | | property purchased by an active duty member of the armed | 19 | | forces of the United States who presents valid military | 20 | | identification and purchases the property using a form of | 21 | | payment where the federal government is the payor. The member | 22 | | of the armed forces must complete, at the point of sale, a form | 23 | | prescribed by the Department of Revenue documenting that the | 24 | | transaction is eligible for the exemption under this | 25 | | paragraph. Retailers must keep the form as documentation of | 26 | | the exemption in their records for a period of not less than 6 |
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| 1 | | years. "Armed forces of the United States" means the United | 2 | | States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. | 3 | | This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. | 4 | | (35) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 5 | | construction or operation of a qualifying microfiber | 6 | | filtration manufacturing center that has been granted a | 7 | | certificate of exemption by the Department of Commerce and | 8 | | Economic Opportunity under Section 605-1025.1 of the | 9 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 10 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. As used in this | 11 | | paragraph (35), "qualified tangible personal property" has the | 12 | | meaning given to that term in Section 605-1025.1 of the | 13 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 14 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This paragraph is | 15 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-700, Article 70, | 17 | | Section 70-10, eff. 4-19-22; 102-700, Article 75, Section | 18 | | 75-10, eff. 4-19-22; 102-1026, eff. 5-27-22; 103-9, Article 5, | 19 | | Section 5-10, eff. 6-7-23; 103-9, Article 15, Section 15-10, | 20 | | eff. 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-384, eff. 1-1-24; | 21 | | revised 12-12-23.) | 22 | | Section 25. The Service Occupation Tax Act is amended by | 23 | | changing Section 3-5 as follows: | 24 | | (35 ILCS 115/3-5) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. The following tangible personal | 2 | | property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: | 3 | | (1) Personal property sold by a corporation, society, | 4 | | association, foundation, institution, or organization, other | 5 | | than a limited liability company, that is organized and | 6 | | operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for the | 7 | | benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the personal | 8 | | property was not purchased by the enterprise for the purpose | 9 | | of resale by the enterprise. | 10 | | (2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit | 11 | | Illinois county fair association for use in conducting, | 12 | | operating, or promoting the county fair. | 13 | | (3) Personal property purchased by any not-for-profit arts | 14 | | or cultural organization that establishes, by proof required | 15 | | by the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption | 16 | | under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that | 17 | | is organized and operated primarily for the presentation or | 18 | | support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or | 19 | | services. These organizations include, but are not limited to, | 20 | | music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony | 21 | | orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service | 22 | | organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations, | 23 | | and media arts organizations. On and after July 1, 2001 (the | 24 | | effective date of Public Act 92-35), however, an entity | 25 | | otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make tax-free | 26 | | purchases unless it has an active identification number issued |
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| 1 | | by the Department. | 2 | | (4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver | 3 | | coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the | 4 | | United States of America, or the government of any foreign | 5 | | country, and bullion. | 6 | | (5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1, | 7 | | 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and | 8 | | equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new | 9 | | and used, and including that manufactured on special order or | 10 | | purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used | 11 | | primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes | 12 | | chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the | 13 | | chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and | 14 | | immediate change upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on | 15 | | July 1, 2017, graphic arts machinery and equipment is included | 16 | | in the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment | 17 | | exemption under Section 2 of this Act. | 18 | | (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored student | 19 | | organization affiliated with an elementary or secondary school | 20 | | located in Illinois. | 21 | | (7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, | 22 | | including that manufactured on special order, certified by the | 23 | | purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or | 24 | | State or federal agricultural programs, including individual | 25 | | replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including | 26 | | machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including |
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| 1 | | implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the | 2 | | Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural | 3 | | chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required | 4 | | to be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle | 5 | | Code, but excluding other motor vehicles required to be | 6 | | registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural | 7 | | polyhouses or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or | 8 | | overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery and | 9 | | equipment under this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender | 10 | | tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold separately from a | 11 | | motor vehicle required to be licensed and units sold mounted | 12 | | on a motor vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price | 13 | | of the tender is separately stated. | 14 | | Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision | 15 | | farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be | 16 | | installed on farm machinery and equipment , including, but not | 17 | | limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders, | 18 | | or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not | 19 | | limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors, | 20 | | software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other | 21 | | such equipment. | 22 | | Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, | 23 | | sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the | 24 | | computer-assisted operation of production agriculture | 25 | | facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited | 26 | | to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and |
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| 1 | | crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and | 2 | | agricultural chemicals. | 3 | | Beginning on January 1, 2024, farm machinery and equipment | 4 | | also includes electrical power generation equipment used | 5 | | primarily for production agriculture. | 6 | | This item (7) is exempt from the provisions of Section | 7 | | 3-55. | 8 | | (8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold | 9 | | to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier | 10 | | to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the | 11 | | conduct of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight | 12 | | destined for or returning from a location or locations outside | 13 | | the United States without regard to previous or subsequent | 14 | | domestic stopovers. | 15 | | Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold | 16 | | to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be | 17 | | used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of | 18 | | its business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is | 19 | | engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the | 20 | | United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports | 21 | | at least one individual or package for hire from the city of | 22 | | origination to the city of final destination on the same | 23 | | aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of | 24 | | that aircraft. | 25 | | (9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately | 26 | | stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of |
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| 1 | | food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the | 2 | | service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a | 3 | | substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly | 4 | | in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or | 5 | | beverage function with respect to which the service charge is | 6 | | imposed. | 7 | | (10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling, | 8 | | and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of | 9 | | rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) | 10 | | pipe and tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, | 11 | | (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow | 12 | | lines, (v) any individual replacement part for oil field | 13 | | exploration, drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) | 14 | | machinery and equipment purchased for lease; but excluding | 15 | | motor vehicles required to be registered under the Illinois | 16 | | Vehicle Code. | 17 | | (11) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including | 18 | | repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including | 19 | | that manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser | 20 | | to be used primarily for photoprocessing, and including | 21 | | photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease. | 22 | | (12) Until July 1, 2028, coal and aggregate exploration, | 23 | | mining, off-highway hauling, processing, maintenance, and | 24 | | reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and | 25 | | equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but | 26 | | excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Vehicle Code. The changes made to this Section by | 2 | | Public Act 97-767 apply on and after July 1, 2003, but no claim | 3 | | for credit or refund is allowed on or after August 16, 2013 | 4 | | (the effective date of Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid | 5 | | during the period beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August | 6 | | 16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-456). | 7 | | (13) Beginning January 1, 1992 and through June 30, 2016, | 8 | | food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the | 9 | | premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, | 10 | | soft drinks and food that has been prepared for immediate | 11 | | consumption) and prescription and non-prescription 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 V 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, or in a licensed facility as defined | 18 | | in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the | 19 | | Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. | 20 | | (14) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock | 21 | | for direct agricultural production. | 22 | | (15) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and | 23 | | meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club | 24 | | Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter | 25 | | Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or | 26 | | Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or |
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| 1 | | racing for prizes. This item (15) is exempt from the | 2 | | provisions of Section 3-55, and the exemption provided for | 3 | | under this item (15) applies for all periods beginning May 30, | 4 | | 1995, but no claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after | 5 | | January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for | 6 | | such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and | 7 | | ending on January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 8 | | 95-88). | 9 | | (16) Computers and communications equipment utilized for | 10 | | any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis, | 11 | | analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor | 12 | | who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer | 13 | | executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a | 14 | | hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption | 15 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g of | 16 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. | 17 | | (17) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the | 18 | | property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in | 19 | | effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental body that | 20 | | has been issued an active tax exemption identification number | 21 | | by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' | 22 | | Occupation Tax Act. | 23 | | (18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after | 24 | | December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or | 25 | | before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated | 26 | | for disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared |
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| 1 | | disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a | 2 | | manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a | 3 | | corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution | 4 | | that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification | 5 | | number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster | 6 | | who reside within the declared disaster area. | 7 | | (19) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after | 8 | | December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or | 9 | | before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in | 10 | | the performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, | 11 | | including , but not limited to , municipal roads and streets, | 12 | | access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, | 13 | | water and sewer line extensions, water distribution and | 14 | | purification facilities, storm water drainage and retention | 15 | | facilities, and sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a | 16 | | State or federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering | 17 | | Illinois when such repairs are initiated on facilities located | 18 | | in the declared disaster area within 6 months after the | 19 | | disaster. | 20 | | (20) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold at a | 21 | | "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is used | 22 | | in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the | 23 | | provisions of Section 3-55. | 24 | | (21) 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 | 2 | | Department to be organized and operated exclusively for | 3 | | educational purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a | 4 | | corporation, limited liability company, society, association, | 5 | | foundation, or institution organized and operated exclusively | 6 | | for educational purposes" means all tax-supported public | 7 | | schools, private schools that offer systematic instruction in | 8 | | useful branches of learning by methods common to public | 9 | | schools and that compare favorably in their scope and | 10 | | intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported | 11 | | schools, and vocational or technical schools or institutes | 12 | | organized and operated exclusively to provide a course of | 13 | | study of not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare | 14 | | individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual, | 15 | | technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial | 16 | | occupation. | 17 | | (22) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property, | 18 | | including food, purchased through fundraising events for the | 19 | | benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school, | 20 | | a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if | 21 | | the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school | 22 | | district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes | 23 | | parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph | 24 | | does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of | 25 | | private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising | 26 | | entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from |
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| 1 | | another individual or entity that sold the property for the | 2 | | purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits | 3 | | from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is | 4 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. | 5 | | (23) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31, | 6 | | 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and | 7 | | serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and | 8 | | other items, and replacement parts for these machines. | 9 | | Beginning January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines | 10 | | and parts for machines used in commercial, coin-operated | 11 | | amusement and vending business if a use or occupation tax is | 12 | | paid on the gross receipts derived from the use of the | 13 | | commercial, coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This | 14 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. | 15 | | (24) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of | 16 | | Public Act 92-227), computers and communications equipment | 17 | | utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used in the | 18 | | diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients sold to | 19 | | a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or | 20 | | longer executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a | 21 | | hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption | 22 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g of | 23 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt | 24 | | from the provisions of Section 3-55. | 25 | | (25) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of | 26 | | Public Act 92-227), personal property sold to a lessor who |
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| 1 | | leases the property, under a lease of one year or longer | 2 | | 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 | | the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt | 6 | | from the provisions of Section 3-55. | 7 | | (26) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30, | 8 | | 2016, 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) | 12 | | for the purpose of subsequently transporting it outside this | 13 | | State for use or consumption thereafter solely outside this | 14 | | State or (ii) for the purpose of being processed, fabricated, | 15 | | or manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated into other | 16 | | tangible personal property to be transported outside this | 17 | | State and thereafter used or consumed solely outside this | 18 | | State. The Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules | 19 | | adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative | 20 | | Procedure Act, issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing | 21 | | with the Department who is eligible for the exemption under | 22 | | this paragraph (26). The permit issued under this paragraph | 23 | | (26) shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the | 24 | | manner specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to | 25 | | purchase tangible personal property from a retailer exempt | 26 | | from the taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain |
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| 1 | | all 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 | | (27) 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 | 9 | | under Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This | 10 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. | 11 | | (28) Tangible personal property sold to a | 12 | | public-facilities corporation, as described in Section | 13 | | 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of | 14 | | constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but | 15 | | only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is | 16 | | transferred to the municipality without any further | 17 | | consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time | 18 | | of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the | 19 | | retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt | 20 | | instruments issued by the public-facilities corporation in | 21 | | connection with the development of the municipal convention | 22 | | hall. This exemption includes existing public-facilities | 23 | | corporations as provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois | 24 | | Municipal Code. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions | 25 | | of Section 3-55. | 26 | | (29) Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through |
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| 1 | | December 31, 2029, materials, parts, equipment, components, | 2 | | and furnishings incorporated into or upon an aircraft as part | 3 | | of the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, | 4 | | repair, or maintenance of the aircraft. This exemption | 5 | | includes consumable supplies used in the modification, | 6 | | refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair, and | 7 | | maintenance of aircraft. However, until January 1, 2024, this | 8 | | exemption excludes any materials, parts, equipment, | 9 | | components, and consumable supplies used in the modification, | 10 | | replacement, repair, and maintenance of aircraft engines or | 11 | | power plants, whether such engines or power plants are | 12 | | installed or uninstalled upon any such aircraft. "Consumable | 13 | | supplies" include, but are not limited to, adhesive, tape, | 14 | | sandpaper, general purpose lubricants, cleaning solution, | 15 | | latex gloves, and protective films. | 16 | | Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through December | 17 | | 31, 2023, this exemption applies only to the transfer of | 18 | | qualifying tangible personal property incident to the | 19 | | modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair, | 20 | | or maintenance of an aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air | 21 | | Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved | 22 | | repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii) | 23 | | have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in | 24 | | accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. | 25 | | The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a | 26 | | commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air |
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| 1 | | service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part | 2 | | 129 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. From January 1, 2024 | 3 | | through December 31, 2029, this exemption applies only to the | 4 | | use of qualifying tangible personal property by: (A) persons | 5 | | who modify, refurbish, complete, repair, replace, or maintain | 6 | | aircraft and who (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and are | 7 | | empowered to operate an approved repair station by the Federal | 8 | | Aviation Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and | 9 | | (iii) conduct operations in accordance with Part 145 of the | 10 | | Federal Aviation Regulations; and (B) persons who engage in | 11 | | the modification, replacement, repair, and maintenance of | 12 | | aircraft engines or power plants without regard to whether or | 13 | | not those persons meet the qualifications of item (A). | 14 | | The changes made to this paragraph (29) by Public Act | 15 | | 98-534 are declarative of existing law. It is the intent of the | 16 | | General Assembly that the exemption under this paragraph (29) | 17 | | applies continuously from January 1, 2010 through December 31, | 18 | | 2024; however, no claim for credit or refund is allowed for | 19 | | taxes paid as a result of the disallowance of this exemption on | 20 | | or after January 1, 2015 and prior to February 5, 2020 (the | 21 | | effective date of Public Act 101-629). | 22 | | (30) Beginning January 1, 2017 and through December 31, | 23 | | 2026, menstrual pads, tampons, and menstrual cups. | 24 | | (31) Tangible personal property transferred to a purchaser | 25 | | who is exempt from tax by operation of federal law. This | 26 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. |
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| 1 | | (32) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 2 | | construction or operation of a data center that has been | 3 | | granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of | 4 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity, whether that tangible | 5 | | personal property is purchased by the owner, operator, or | 6 | | tenant of the data center or by a contractor or subcontractor | 7 | | of the owner, operator, or tenant. Data centers that would | 8 | | have qualified for a certificate of exemption prior to January | 9 | | 1, 2020 had Public Act 101-31 been in effect, may apply for and | 10 | | obtain an exemption for subsequent purchases of computer | 11 | | equipment or enabling software purchased or leased to upgrade, | 12 | | supplement, or replace computer equipment or enabling software | 13 | | purchased or leased in the original investment that would have | 14 | | qualified. | 15 | | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | 16 | | grant a certificate of exemption under this item (32) to | 17 | | qualified data centers as defined by Section 605-1025 of the | 18 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 19 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. | 20 | | For the purposes of this item (32): | 21 | | "Data center" means a building or a series of | 22 | | buildings rehabilitated or constructed to house working | 23 | | servers in one physical location or multiple sites within | 24 | | the State of Illinois. | 25 | | "Qualified tangible personal property" means: | 26 | | electrical systems and equipment; climate control and |
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| 1 | | chilling equipment and systems; mechanical systems and | 2 | | equipment; monitoring and secure systems; emergency | 3 | | generators; hardware; computers; servers; data storage | 4 | | devices; network connectivity equipment; racks; cabinets; | 5 | | telecommunications cabling infrastructure; raised floor | 6 | | systems; peripheral components or systems; software; | 7 | | mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems; battery | 8 | | systems; cooling systems and towers; temperature control | 9 | | systems; other cabling; and other data center | 10 | | infrastructure equipment and systems necessary to operate | 11 | | qualified tangible personal property, including fixtures; | 12 | | and component parts of any of the foregoing, including | 13 | | installation, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and | 14 | | replacement of qualified tangible personal property to | 15 | | generate, transform, transmit, distribute, or manage | 16 | | electricity necessary to operate qualified tangible | 17 | | personal property; and all other tangible personal | 18 | | property that is essential to the operations of a computer | 19 | | data center. The term "qualified tangible personal | 20 | | property" also includes building materials physically | 21 | | incorporated into in to the qualifying data center. To | 22 | | document the exemption allowed under this Section, the | 23 | | retailer must obtain from the purchaser a copy of the | 24 | | certificate of eligibility issued by the Department of | 25 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity. | 26 | | This item (32) is exempt from the provisions of Section |
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| 1 | | 3-55. | 2 | | (33) Beginning July 1, 2022, breast pumps, breast pump | 3 | | collection and storage supplies, and breast pump kits. This | 4 | | item (33) is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. As | 5 | | used in this item (33): | 6 | | "Breast pump" means an electrically controlled or | 7 | | manually controlled pump device designed or marketed to be | 8 | | used to express milk from a human breast during lactation, | 9 | | including the pump device and any battery, AC adapter, or | 10 | | other power supply unit that is used to power the pump | 11 | | device and is packaged and sold with the pump device at the | 12 | | time of sale. | 13 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" means | 14 | | items of tangible personal property designed or marketed | 15 | | to be used in conjunction with a breast pump to collect | 16 | | milk expressed from a human breast and to store collected | 17 | | milk until it is ready for consumption. | 18 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" | 19 | | includes, but is not limited to: breast shields and breast | 20 | | shield connectors; breast pump tubes and tubing adapters; | 21 | | breast pump valves and membranes; backflow protectors and | 22 | | backflow protector adaptors; bottles and bottle caps | 23 | | specific to the operation of the breast pump; and breast | 24 | | milk storage bags. | 25 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" does not | 26 | | include: (1) bottles and bottle caps not specific to the |
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| 1 | | operation of the breast pump; (2) breast pump travel bags | 2 | | and other similar carrying accessories, including ice | 3 | | packs, labels, and other similar products; (3) breast pump | 4 | | cleaning supplies; (4) nursing bras, bra pads, breast | 5 | | shells, and other similar products; and (5) creams, | 6 | | ointments, and other similar products that relieve | 7 | | breastfeeding-related symptoms or conditions of the | 8 | | breasts or nipples, unless sold as part of a breast pump | 9 | | kit that is pre-packaged by the breast pump manufacturer | 10 | | or distributor. | 11 | | "Breast pump kit" means a kit that: (1) contains no | 12 | | more than a breast pump, breast pump collection and | 13 | | storage supplies, a rechargeable battery for operating the | 14 | | breast pump, a breastmilk cooler, bottle stands, ice | 15 | | packs, and a breast pump carrying case; and (2) is | 16 | | pre-packaged as a breast pump kit by the breast pump | 17 | | manufacturer or distributor. | 18 | | (34) Tangible personal property sold by or on behalf of | 19 | | the State Treasurer pursuant to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed | 20 | | Property Act. This item (34) is exempt from the provisions of | 21 | | Section 3-55. | 22 | | (35) Beginning on January 1, 2024, tangible personal | 23 | | property purchased by an active duty member of the armed | 24 | | forces of the United States who presents valid military | 25 | | identification and purchases the property using a form of | 26 | | payment where the federal government is the payor. The member |
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| 1 | | of the armed forces must complete, at the point of sale, a form | 2 | | prescribed by the Department of Revenue documenting that the | 3 | | transaction is eligible for the exemption under this | 4 | | paragraph. Retailers must keep the form as documentation of | 5 | | the exemption in their records for a period of not less than 6 | 6 | | years. "Armed forces of the United States" means the United | 7 | | States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. | 8 | | This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. | 9 | | (36) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 10 | | construction or operation of a qualifying microfiber | 11 | | filtration manufacturing center that has been granted a | 12 | | certificate of exemption by the Department of Commerce and | 13 | | Economic Opportunity under Section 605-1025.1 of the | 14 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 15 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. As used in this | 16 | | paragraph (36), "qualified tangible personal property" has the | 17 | | meaning given to that term in Section 605-1025.1 of the | 18 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 19 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This paragraph is | 20 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 3-55. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-700, Article 70, | 22 | | Section 70-15, eff. 4-19-22; 102-700, Article 75, Section | 23 | | 75-15, eff. 4-19-22; 102-1026, eff. 5-27-22; 103-9, Article 5, | 24 | | Section 5-15, eff. 6-7-23; 103-9, Article 15, Section 15-15, | 25 | | eff. 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-384, eff. 1-1-24; | 26 | | revised 12-12-23.) |
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| 1 | | Section 30. The Retailers' Occupation Tax Act is amended | 2 | | by changing Section 2-5 as follows: | 3 | | (35 ILCS 120/2-5) | 4 | | Sec. 2-5. Exemptions. Gross receipts from proceeds from | 5 | | the sale of the following tangible personal property are | 6 | | exempt from the tax imposed by this Act: | 7 | | (1) Farm chemicals. | 8 | | (2) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used, | 9 | | including that manufactured on special order, certified by | 10 | | the purchaser to be used primarily for production | 11 | | agriculture or State or federal agricultural programs, | 12 | | including individual replacement parts for the machinery | 13 | | and equipment, including machinery and equipment purchased | 14 | | for lease, and including implements of husbandry defined | 15 | | in Section 1-130 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, farm | 16 | | machinery and agricultural chemical and fertilizer | 17 | | spreaders, and nurse wagons required to be registered | 18 | | under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, but | 19 | | excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered | 20 | | under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses | 21 | | or hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or | 22 | | overwintering plants shall be considered farm machinery | 23 | | and equipment under this item (2). Agricultural chemical | 24 | | tender tanks and dry boxes shall include units sold |
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| 1 | | separately from a motor vehicle required to be licensed | 2 | | and units sold mounted on a motor vehicle required to be | 3 | | licensed, if the selling price of the tender is separately | 4 | | stated. | 5 | | Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision | 6 | | farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be | 7 | | installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but | 8 | | not limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, | 9 | | seeders, or spreaders. Precision farming equipment | 10 | | includes, but is not limited to, soil testing sensors, | 11 | | computers, monitors, software, global positioning and | 12 | | mapping systems, and other such equipment. | 13 | | Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers, | 14 | | sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in | 15 | | the computer-assisted operation of production agriculture | 16 | | facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not | 17 | | limited to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of | 18 | | animal and crop data for the purpose of formulating animal | 19 | | diets and agricultural chemicals. | 20 | | Beginning on January 1, 2024, farm machinery and | 21 | | equipment also includes electrical power generation | 22 | | equipment used primarily for production agriculture. | 23 | | This item (2) is exempt from the provisions of Section | 24 | | 2-70. | 25 | | (3) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and | 26 | | equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed |
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| 1 | | by the retailer, certified by the user to be used only for | 2 | | the production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for | 3 | | consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel | 4 | | for the personal use of the user, and not subject to sale | 5 | | or resale. | 6 | | (4) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again September | 7 | | 1, 2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery | 8 | | and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, | 9 | | both new and used, and including that manufactured on | 10 | | special order or purchased for lease, certified by the | 11 | | purchaser to be used primarily for graphic arts | 12 | | production. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals | 13 | | acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals | 14 | | acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change | 15 | | upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on July 1, 2017, | 16 | | graphic arts machinery and equipment is included in the | 17 | | manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment | 18 | | exemption under paragraph (14). | 19 | | (5) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile | 20 | | renting, as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation | 21 | | and Use Tax Act. This paragraph is exempt from the | 22 | | provisions of Section 2-70. | 23 | | (6) Personal property sold by a teacher-sponsored | 24 | | student organization affiliated with an elementary or | 25 | | secondary school located in Illinois. | 26 | | (7) Until July 1, 2003, proceeds of that portion of |
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| 1 | | the selling price of a passenger car the sale of which is | 2 | | subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax. | 3 | | (8) Personal property sold to an Illinois county fair | 4 | | association for use in conducting, operating, or promoting | 5 | | the county fair. | 6 | | (9) Personal property sold to a not-for-profit arts or | 7 | | cultural organization that establishes, by proof required | 8 | | by the Department by rule, that it has received an | 9 | | exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue | 10 | | Code and that is organized and operated primarily for the | 11 | | presentation or support of arts or cultural programming, | 12 | | activities, or services. These organizations include, but | 13 | | are not limited to, music and dramatic arts organizations | 14 | | such as symphony orchestras and theatrical groups, arts | 15 | | and cultural service organizations, local arts councils, | 16 | | visual arts organizations, and media arts organizations. | 17 | | On and after July 1, 2001 (the effective date of Public Act | 18 | | 92-35), however, an entity otherwise eligible for this | 19 | | exemption shall not make tax-free purchases unless it has | 20 | | an active identification number issued by the Department. | 21 | | (10) Personal property sold by a corporation, society, | 22 | | association, foundation, institution, or organization, | 23 | | other than a limited liability company, that is organized | 24 | | and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise for | 25 | | the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the | 26 | | personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for |
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| 1 | | the purpose of resale by the enterprise. | 2 | | (11) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | 3 | | personal property sold to a governmental body, to a | 4 | | corporation, society, association, foundation, or | 5 | | institution organized and operated exclusively for | 6 | | charitable, religious, or educational purposes, or to a | 7 | | not-for-profit corporation, society, association, | 8 | | foundation, institution, or organization that has no | 9 | | compensated officers or employees and that is organized | 10 | | and operated primarily for the recreation of persons 55 | 11 | | 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 | 16 | | exemption shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an | 17 | | active identification number issued by the Department. | 18 | | (12) (Blank). | 19 | | (12-5) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, | 20 | | 2004, motor vehicles of the second division with a gross | 21 | | vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds that are subject | 22 | | to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section | 23 | | 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July 1, | 24 | | 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of | 25 | | motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross | 26 | | vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that |
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| 1 | | are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed | 2 | | under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and | 3 | | (iii) that are primarily used for commercial purposes. | 4 | | Through June 30, 2005, this exemption applies to repair | 5 | | and replacement parts added after the initial purchase of | 6 | | such a motor vehicle if that motor vehicle is used in a | 7 | | manner that would qualify for the rolling stock exemption | 8 | | otherwise provided for in this Act. For purposes of this | 9 | | paragraph, "used for commercial purposes" means the | 10 | | transportation of persons or property in furtherance of | 11 | | any commercial or industrial enterprise whether for-hire | 12 | | or not. | 13 | | (13) Proceeds from sales to owners, lessors, or | 14 | | shippers of tangible personal property that is utilized by | 15 | | interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock | 16 | | moving in interstate commerce and equipment operated by a | 17 | | telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier | 18 | | by the Federal Communications Commission, which is | 19 | | permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in | 20 | | interstate commerce. | 21 | | (14) Machinery and equipment that will be used by the | 22 | | purchaser, or a lessee of the purchaser, primarily in the | 23 | | process of manufacturing or assembling tangible personal | 24 | | property for wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether | 25 | | the sale or lease is made directly by the manufacturer or | 26 | | by some other person, whether the materials used in the |
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| 1 | | process are owned by the manufacturer or some other | 2 | | person, or whether the sale or lease is made apart from or | 3 | | as an incident to the seller's engaging in the service | 4 | | occupation of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, | 5 | | patterns, gauges, or other similar items of no commercial | 6 | | value on special order for a particular purchaser. The | 7 | | exemption provided by this paragraph (14) does not include | 8 | | machinery and equipment used in (i) the generation of | 9 | | electricity for wholesale or retail sale; (ii) the | 10 | | generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for | 11 | | wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers | 12 | | through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment | 13 | | of water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to | 14 | | customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The | 15 | | provisions of Public Act 98-583 are declaratory of | 16 | | existing law as to the meaning and scope of this | 17 | | exemption. Beginning on July 1, 2017, the exemption | 18 | | provided by this paragraph (14) includes, but is not | 19 | | limited to, graphic arts machinery and equipment, as | 20 | | defined in paragraph (4) of this Section. | 21 | | (15) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately | 22 | | stated on customers' bills for purchase and consumption of | 23 | | food and beverages, to the extent that the proceeds of the | 24 | | service charge are in fact turned over as tips or as a | 25 | | substitute for tips to the employees who participate | 26 | | directly in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the |
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| 1 | | food or beverage function with respect to which the | 2 | | service charge is imposed. | 3 | | (16) Tangible personal property sold to a purchaser if | 4 | | the purchaser is exempt from use tax by operation of | 5 | | federal law. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions | 6 | | of Section 2-70. | 7 | | (17) Tangible personal property sold to a common | 8 | | carrier by rail or motor that receives the physical | 9 | | possession of the property in Illinois and that transports | 10 | | the property, or shares with another common carrier in the | 11 | | transportation of the property, out of Illinois on a | 12 | | standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the | 13 | | property as the shipper or consignor of the property to a | 14 | | destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois. | 15 | | (18) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or | 16 | | silver coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the | 17 | | government of the United States of America, or the | 18 | | government of any foreign country, and bullion. | 19 | | (19) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, | 20 | | drilling, and production equipment, including (i) rigs and | 21 | | parts of rigs, rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover | 22 | | rigs, (ii) pipe and tubular goods, including casing and | 23 | | drill strings, (iii) pumps and pump-jack units, (iv) | 24 | | storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any individual | 25 | | replacement part for oil field exploration, drilling, and | 26 | | production equipment, and (vi) machinery and equipment |
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| 1 | | purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles required | 2 | | to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. | 3 | | (20) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, | 4 | | including repair and replacement parts, both new and used, | 5 | | including that manufactured on special order, certified by | 6 | | the purchaser to be used primarily for photoprocessing, | 7 | | and including photoprocessing machinery and equipment | 8 | | purchased for lease. | 9 | | (21) Until July 1, 2028, coal and aggregate | 10 | | exploration, mining, off-highway hauling, processing, | 11 | | maintenance, and reclamation equipment, including | 12 | | replacement parts and equipment, and including equipment | 13 | | purchased for lease, but excluding motor vehicles required | 14 | | to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code. The | 15 | | changes made to this Section by Public Act 97-767 apply on | 16 | | and after July 1, 2003, but no claim for credit or refund | 17 | | is allowed on or after August 16, 2013 (the effective date | 18 | | of Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid during the | 19 | | period beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August 16, | 20 | | 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-456). | 21 | | (22) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products | 22 | | sold to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier | 23 | | to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the | 24 | | conduct of its business as an air common carrier, for a | 25 | | flight destined for or returning from a location or | 26 | | locations outside the United States without regard to |
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| 1 | | previous or subsequent domestic stopovers. | 2 | | Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products | 3 | | sold to or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier | 4 | | to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the | 5 | | conduct of its business as an air common carrier, for a | 6 | | flight that (i) is engaged in foreign trade or is engaged | 7 | | in trade between the United States and any of its | 8 | | possessions and (ii) transports at least one individual or | 9 | | package for hire from the city of origination to the city | 10 | | of final destination on the same aircraft, without regard | 11 | | to a change in the flight number of that aircraft. | 12 | | (23) A transaction in which the purchase order is | 13 | | received by a florist who is located outside Illinois, but | 14 | | who has a florist located in Illinois deliver the property | 15 | | to the purchaser or the purchaser's donee in Illinois. | 16 | | (24) Fuel consumed or used in the operation of ships, | 17 | | barges, or vessels that are used primarily in or for the | 18 | | transportation of property or the conveyance of persons | 19 | | for hire on rivers bordering on this State if the fuel is | 20 | | delivered by the seller to the purchaser's barge, ship, or | 21 | | vessel while it is afloat upon that bordering river. | 22 | | (25) Except as provided in item (25-5) of this | 23 | | Section, a motor vehicle sold in this State to a | 24 | | nonresident even though the motor vehicle is delivered to | 25 | | the nonresident in this State, if the motor vehicle is not | 26 | | to be titled in this State, and if a drive-away permit is |
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| 1 | | issued to the motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 | 2 | | of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if the nonresident | 3 | | purchaser has vehicle registration plates to transfer to | 4 | | the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home state. | 5 | | The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the | 6 | | out-of-state registration plates to be transferred is | 7 | | prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be | 8 | | titled in this State. | 9 | | (25-5) The exemption under item (25) does not apply if | 10 | | the state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does | 11 | | not allow a reciprocal exemption for a motor vehicle sold | 12 | | and delivered in that state to an Illinois resident but | 13 | | titled in Illinois. The tax collected under this Act on | 14 | | the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of | 15 | | another state that does not allow a reciprocal exemption | 16 | | shall be imposed at a rate equal to the state's rate of tax | 17 | | on taxable property in the state in which the purchaser is | 18 | | a resident, except that the tax shall not exceed the tax | 19 | | that would otherwise be imposed under this Act. At the | 20 | | time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a statement, | 21 | | signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her intent to | 22 | | title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser is a | 23 | | resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of | 24 | | the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount | 25 | | equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property | 26 | | in his or her state of residence and shall submit the |
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| 1 | | statement to the appropriate tax collection agency in his | 2 | | or her state of residence. In addition, the retailer must | 3 | | retain a signed copy of the statement in his or her | 4 | | records. Nothing in this item shall be construed to | 5 | | require the removal of the vehicle from this state | 6 | | following the filing of an intent to title the vehicle in | 7 | | the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser titles | 8 | | the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30 days | 9 | | after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act in | 10 | | accordance with this item (25-5) shall be proportionately | 11 | | distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% | 12 | | general rate imposed under this Act. | 13 | | (25-7) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed | 14 | | under this Act on the sale of an aircraft, as defined in | 15 | | Section 3 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the | 16 | | following conditions are met: | 17 | | (1) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days | 18 | | after the later of either the issuance of the final | 19 | | billing for the sale of the aircraft, or the | 20 | | authorized approval for return to service, completion | 21 | | of the maintenance record entry, and completion of the | 22 | | test flight and ground test for inspection, as | 23 | | required by 14 CFR 91.407; | 24 | | (2) the aircraft is not based or registered in | 25 | | this State after the sale of the aircraft; and | 26 | | (3) the seller retains in his or her books and |
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| 1 | | records and provides to the Department a signed and | 2 | | dated certification from the purchaser, on a form | 3 | | prescribed by the Department, certifying that the | 4 | | requirements of this item (25-7) are met. The | 5 | | certificate must also include the name and address of | 6 | | the purchaser, the address of the location where the | 7 | | aircraft is to be titled or registered, the address of | 8 | | the primary physical location of the aircraft, and | 9 | | other information that the Department may reasonably | 10 | | require. | 11 | | For purposes of this item (25-7): | 12 | | "Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or | 13 | | otherwise used, excluding post-sale customizations as | 14 | | defined in this Section, for 10 or more days in each | 15 | | 12-month period immediately following the date of the sale | 16 | | of the aircraft. | 17 | | "Registered in this State" means an aircraft | 18 | | registered with the Department of Transportation, | 19 | | Aeronautics Division, or titled or registered with the | 20 | | Federal Aviation Administration to an address located in | 21 | | this State. | 22 | | This paragraph (25-7) is exempt from the provisions of | 23 | | Section 2-70. | 24 | | (26) Semen used for artificial insemination of | 25 | | livestock for direct agricultural production. | 26 | | (27) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with |
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| 1 | | and meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse | 2 | | Club Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American | 3 | | Quarter Horse Association, United States Trotting | 4 | | Association, or Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for | 5 | | purposes of breeding or racing for prizes. This item (27) | 6 | | is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70, and the | 7 | | exemption provided for under this item (27) applies for | 8 | | all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no claim for | 9 | | credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1, 2008 | 10 | | (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes | 11 | | paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending | 12 | | on January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act | 13 | | 95-88). | 14 | | (28) Computers and communications equipment utilized | 15 | | for any hospital purpose and equipment used in the | 16 | | diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients | 17 | | sold to a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of | 18 | | one year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the | 19 | | purchase, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax | 20 | | exemption identification number by the Department under | 21 | | Section 1g of this Act. | 22 | | (29) Personal property sold to a lessor who leases the | 23 | | property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or | 24 | | in effect at the time of the purchase, to a governmental | 25 | | body that has been issued an active tax exemption | 26 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g |
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| 1 | | of this Act. | 2 | | (30) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after | 3 | | December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on | 4 | | or before December 31, 2004, personal property that is | 5 | | donated for disaster relief to be used in a State or | 6 | | federally declared disaster area in Illinois or bordering | 7 | | Illinois by a manufacturer or retailer that is registered | 8 | | in this State to a corporation, society, association, | 9 | | foundation, or institution that has been issued a sales | 10 | | tax exemption identification number by the Department that | 11 | | assists victims of the disaster who reside within the | 12 | | declared disaster area. | 13 | | (31) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after | 14 | | December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on | 15 | | or before December 31, 2004, personal property that is | 16 | | used in the performance of infrastructure repairs in this | 17 | | State, including , but not limited to , municipal roads and | 18 | | streets, access roads, bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal | 19 | | systems, water and sewer line extensions, water | 20 | | distribution and purification facilities, storm water | 21 | | drainage and retention facilities, and sewage treatment | 22 | | facilities, resulting from a State or federally declared | 23 | | disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois when such | 24 | | repairs are initiated on facilities located in the | 25 | | declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster. | 26 | | (32) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds sold |
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| 1 | | at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that | 2 | | term is used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is | 3 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 4 | | (33) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in | 5 | | Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is | 6 | | donated to a corporation, limited liability company, | 7 | | society, association, foundation, or institution that is | 8 | | determined by the Department to be organized and operated | 9 | | exclusively for educational purposes. For purposes of this | 10 | | exemption, "a corporation, limited liability company, | 11 | | society, association, foundation, or institution organized | 12 | | and operated exclusively for educational purposes" means | 13 | | all tax-supported public schools, private schools that | 14 | | offer systematic instruction in useful branches of | 15 | | learning by methods common to public schools and that | 16 | | compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the | 17 | | course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and | 18 | | vocational or technical schools or institutes organized | 19 | | and operated exclusively to provide a course of study of | 20 | | not less than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare | 21 | | individuals to follow a trade or to pursue a manual, | 22 | | technical, mechanical, industrial, business, or commercial | 23 | | occupation. | 24 | | (34) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property, | 25 | | including food, purchased through fundraising events for | 26 | | the benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary |
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| 1 | | school, a group of those schools, or one or more school | 2 | | districts if the events are sponsored by an entity | 3 | | recognized by the school district that consists primarily | 4 | | of volunteers and includes parents and teachers of the | 5 | | school children. This paragraph does not apply to | 6 | | fundraising events (i) for the benefit of private home | 7 | | instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising entity | 8 | | purchases the personal property sold at the events from | 9 | | another individual or entity that sold the property for | 10 | | the purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that | 11 | | profits from the sale to the fundraising entity. This | 12 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 13 | | (35) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December | 14 | | 31, 2001, new or used automatic vending machines that | 15 | | prepare and serve hot food and beverages, including | 16 | | coffee, soup, and other items, and replacement parts for | 17 | | these machines. Beginning January 1, 2002 and through June | 18 | | 30, 2003, machines and parts for machines used in | 19 | | commercial, coin-operated amusement and vending business | 20 | | if a use or occupation tax is paid on the gross receipts | 21 | | derived from the use of the commercial, coin-operated | 22 | | amusement and vending machines. This paragraph is exempt | 23 | | from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 24 | | (35-5) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, | 25 | | 2016, food for human consumption that is to be consumed | 26 | | off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic |
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| 1 | | beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been prepared | 2 | | for immediate consumption) and prescription and | 3 | | nonprescription medicines, drugs, medical appliances, and | 4 | | insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles | 5 | | used by diabetics, for human use, when purchased for use | 6 | | by a person receiving medical assistance under Article V | 7 | | of the Illinois Public Aid Code who resides in a licensed | 8 | | long-term care facility, as defined in the Nursing Home | 9 | | Care Act, or a licensed facility as defined in the ID/DD | 10 | | Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Specialized | 11 | | Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. | 12 | | (36) Beginning August 2, 2001, computers and | 13 | | communications equipment utilized for any hospital purpose | 14 | | and equipment used in the diagnosis, analysis, or | 15 | | treatment of hospital patients sold to a lessor who leases | 16 | | the equipment, under a lease of one year or longer | 17 | | executed or in effect at the time of the purchase, to a | 18 | | hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption | 19 | | identification number by the Department under Section 1g | 20 | | of this Act. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions | 21 | | of Section 2-70. | 22 | | (37) Beginning August 2, 2001, personal property sold | 23 | | to a lessor who leases the property, under a lease of one | 24 | | year or longer executed or in effect at the time of the | 25 | | purchase, to a governmental body that has been issued an | 26 | | active tax exemption identification number by the |
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| 1 | | Department under Section 1g of this Act. This paragraph is | 2 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 3 | | (38) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30, | 4 | | 2016, tangible personal property purchased from an | 5 | | Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized | 6 | | purchasing activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt | 7 | | of the property in Illinois, temporarily store the | 8 | | property in Illinois (i) for the purpose of subsequently | 9 | | transporting it outside this State for use or consumption | 10 | | thereafter solely outside this State or (ii) for the | 11 | | purpose of being processed, fabricated, or manufactured | 12 | | into, attached to, or incorporated into other tangible | 13 | | personal property to be transported outside this State and | 14 | | thereafter used or consumed solely outside this State. The | 15 | | Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to rules adopted in | 16 | | accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, | 17 | | issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing with the | 18 | | Department who is eligible for the exemption under this | 19 | | paragraph (38). The permit issued under this paragraph | 20 | | (38) shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the | 21 | | manner specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to | 22 | | purchase tangible personal property from a retailer exempt | 23 | | from the taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall | 24 | | maintain all necessary books and records to substantiate | 25 | | the use and consumption of all such tangible personal | 26 | | property outside of the State of Illinois. |
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| 1 | | (39) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal | 2 | | property used in the construction or maintenance of a | 3 | | community water supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of | 4 | | the Environmental Protection Act, that is operated by a | 5 | | not-for-profit corporation that holds a valid water supply | 6 | | permit issued under Title IV of the Environmental | 7 | | Protection Act. This paragraph is exempt from the | 8 | | provisions of Section 2-70. | 9 | | (40) Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through | 10 | | December 31, 2029, materials, parts, equipment, | 11 | | components, and furnishings incorporated into or upon an | 12 | | aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment, | 13 | | completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the | 14 | | aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used | 15 | | in the modification, refurbishment, completion, | 16 | | replacement, repair, and maintenance of aircraft. However, | 17 | | until January 1, 2024, this exemption excludes any | 18 | | materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable | 19 | | supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, | 20 | | and maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, | 21 | | whether such engines or power plants are installed or | 22 | | uninstalled upon any such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" | 23 | | include, but are not limited to, adhesive, tape, | 24 | | sandpaper, general purpose lubricants, cleaning solution, | 25 | | latex gloves, and protective films. | 26 | | Beginning January 1, 2010 and continuing through |
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| 1 | | December 31, 2023, this exemption applies only to the sale | 2 | | of qualifying tangible personal property to persons who | 3 | | modify, refurbish, complete, replace, or maintain an | 4 | | aircraft and who (i) hold an Air Agency Certificate and | 5 | | are empowered to operate an approved repair station by the | 6 | | Federal Aviation Administration, (ii) have a Class IV | 7 | | Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in accordance with | 8 | | Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The | 9 | | exemption does not include aircraft operated by a | 10 | | commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air | 11 | | service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or | 12 | | Part 129 of the Federal Aviation Regulations. From January | 13 | | 1, 2024 through December 31, 2029, this exemption applies | 14 | | only to the use of qualifying tangible personal property | 15 | | by: (A) persons who modify, refurbish, complete, repair, | 16 | | replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i) hold an Air | 17 | | Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an | 18 | | approved repair station by the Federal Aviation | 19 | | Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) | 20 | | conduct operations in accordance with Part 145 of the | 21 | | Federal Aviation Regulations; and (B) persons who engage | 22 | | in the modification, replacement, repair, and maintenance | 23 | | of aircraft engines or power plants without regard to | 24 | | whether or not those persons meet the qualifications of | 25 | | item (A). | 26 | | The changes made to this paragraph (40) by Public Act |
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| 1 | | 98-534 are declarative of existing law. It is the intent | 2 | | of the General Assembly that the exemption under this | 3 | | paragraph (40) applies continuously from January 1, 2010 | 4 | | through December 31, 2024; however, no claim for credit or | 5 | | refund is allowed for taxes paid as a result of the | 6 | | disallowance of this exemption on or after January 1, 2015 | 7 | | and prior to February 5, 2020 (the effective date of | 8 | | Public Act 101-629). | 9 | | (41) Tangible personal property sold to a | 10 | | public-facilities corporation, as described in Section | 11 | | 11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of | 12 | | constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, | 13 | | but only if the legal title to the municipal convention | 14 | | hall is transferred to the municipality without any | 15 | | further consideration by or on behalf of the municipality | 16 | | at the time of the completion of the municipal convention | 17 | | hall or upon the retirement or redemption of any bonds or | 18 | | other debt instruments issued by the public-facilities | 19 | | corporation in connection with the development of the | 20 | | municipal convention hall. This exemption includes | 21 | | existing public-facilities corporations as provided in | 22 | | Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code. This | 23 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 24 | | (42) Beginning January 1, 2017 and through December | 25 | | 31, 2026, menstrual pads, tampons, and menstrual cups. | 26 | | (43) Merchandise that is subject to the Rental |
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| 1 | | Purchase Agreement Occupation and Use Tax. The purchaser | 2 | | must certify that the item is purchased to be rented | 3 | | subject to a rental-purchase rental purchase agreement, as | 4 | | defined in the Rental-Purchase Rental Purchase Agreement | 5 | | Act, and provide proof of registration under the Rental | 6 | | Purchase Agreement Occupation and Use Tax Act. This | 7 | | paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 8 | | (44) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 9 | | construction or operation of a data center that has been | 10 | | granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of | 11 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity, whether that tangible | 12 | | personal property is purchased by the owner, operator, or | 13 | | tenant of the data center or by a contractor or | 14 | | subcontractor of the owner, operator, or tenant. Data | 15 | | centers that would have qualified for a certificate of | 16 | | exemption prior to January 1, 2020 had Public Act 101-31 | 17 | | been in effect, may apply for and obtain an exemption for | 18 | | subsequent purchases of computer equipment or enabling | 19 | | software purchased or leased to upgrade, supplement, or | 20 | | replace computer equipment or enabling software purchased | 21 | | or leased in the original investment that would have | 22 | | qualified. | 23 | | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | 24 | | shall grant a certificate of exemption under this item | 25 | | (44) to qualified data centers as defined by Section | 26 | | 605-1025 of the Department of Commerce and Economic |
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| 1 | | Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of | 2 | | Illinois. | 3 | | For the purposes of this item (44): | 4 | | "Data center" means a building or a series of | 5 | | buildings rehabilitated or constructed to house | 6 | | working servers in one physical location or multiple | 7 | | sites within the State of Illinois. | 8 | | "Qualified tangible personal property" means: | 9 | | electrical systems and equipment; climate control and | 10 | | chilling equipment and systems; mechanical systems and | 11 | | equipment; monitoring and secure systems; emergency | 12 | | generators; hardware; computers; servers; data storage | 13 | | devices; network connectivity equipment; racks; | 14 | | cabinets; telecommunications cabling infrastructure; | 15 | | raised floor systems; peripheral components or | 16 | | systems; software; mechanical, electrical, or plumbing | 17 | | systems; battery systems; cooling systems and towers; | 18 | | temperature control systems; other cabling; and other | 19 | | data center infrastructure equipment and systems | 20 | | necessary to operate qualified tangible personal | 21 | | property, including fixtures; and component parts of | 22 | | any of the foregoing, including installation, | 23 | | maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and replacement of | 24 | | qualified tangible personal property to generate, | 25 | | transform, transmit, distribute, or manage electricity | 26 | | necessary to operate qualified tangible personal |
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| 1 | | property; and all other tangible personal property | 2 | | that is essential to the operations of a computer data | 3 | | center. The term "qualified tangible personal | 4 | | property" also includes building materials physically | 5 | | incorporated into the qualifying data center. To | 6 | | document the exemption allowed under this Section, the | 7 | | retailer must obtain from the purchaser a copy of the | 8 | | certificate of eligibility issued by the Department of | 9 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity. | 10 | | This item (44) is exempt from the provisions of | 11 | | Section 2-70. | 12 | | (45) Beginning January 1, 2020 and through December | 13 | | 31, 2020, sales of tangible personal property made by a | 14 | | marketplace seller over a marketplace for which tax is due | 15 | | under this Act but for which use tax has been collected and | 16 | | remitted to the Department by a marketplace facilitator | 17 | | under Section 2d of the Use Tax Act are exempt from tax | 18 | | under this Act. A marketplace seller claiming this | 19 | | exemption shall maintain books and records demonstrating | 20 | | that the use tax on such sales has been collected and | 21 | | remitted by a marketplace facilitator. Marketplace sellers | 22 | | that have properly remitted tax under this Act on such | 23 | | sales may file a claim for credit as provided in Section 6 | 24 | | of this Act. No claim is allowed, however, for such taxes | 25 | | for which a credit or refund has been issued to the | 26 | | marketplace facilitator under the Use Tax Act, or for |
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| 1 | | which the marketplace facilitator has filed a claim for | 2 | | credit or refund under the Use Tax Act. | 3 | | (46) Beginning July 1, 2022, breast pumps, breast pump | 4 | | collection and storage supplies, and breast pump kits. | 5 | | This item (46) is exempt from the provisions of Section | 6 | | 2-70. As used in this item (46): | 7 | | "Breast pump" means an electrically controlled or | 8 | | manually controlled pump device designed or marketed to be | 9 | | used to express milk from a human breast during lactation, | 10 | | including the pump device and any battery, AC adapter, or | 11 | | other power supply unit that is used to power the pump | 12 | | device and is packaged and sold with the pump device at the | 13 | | time of sale. | 14 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" means | 15 | | items of tangible personal property designed or marketed | 16 | | to be used in conjunction with a breast pump to collect | 17 | | milk expressed from a human breast and to store collected | 18 | | milk until it is ready for consumption. | 19 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" | 20 | | includes, but is not limited to: breast shields and breast | 21 | | shield connectors; breast pump tubes and tubing adapters; | 22 | | breast pump valves and membranes; backflow protectors and | 23 | | backflow protector adaptors; bottles and bottle caps | 24 | | specific to the operation of the breast pump; and breast | 25 | | milk storage bags. | 26 | | "Breast pump collection and storage supplies" does not |
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| 1 | | include: (1) bottles and bottle caps not specific to the | 2 | | operation of the breast pump; (2) breast pump travel bags | 3 | | and other similar carrying accessories, including ice | 4 | | packs, labels, and other similar products; (3) breast pump | 5 | | cleaning supplies; (4) nursing bras, bra pads, breast | 6 | | shells, and other similar products; and (5) creams, | 7 | | ointments, and other similar products that relieve | 8 | | breastfeeding-related symptoms or conditions of the | 9 | | breasts or nipples, unless sold as part of a breast pump | 10 | | kit that is pre-packaged by the breast pump manufacturer | 11 | | or distributor. | 12 | | "Breast pump kit" means a kit that: (1) contains no | 13 | | more than a breast pump, breast pump collection and | 14 | | storage supplies, a rechargeable battery for operating the | 15 | | breast pump, a breastmilk cooler, bottle stands, ice | 16 | | packs, and a breast pump carrying case; and (2) is | 17 | | pre-packaged as a breast pump kit by the breast pump | 18 | | manufacturer or distributor. | 19 | | (47) Tangible personal property sold by or on behalf | 20 | | of the State Treasurer pursuant to the Revised Uniform | 21 | | Unclaimed Property Act. This item (47) is exempt from the | 22 | | provisions of Section 2-70. | 23 | | (48) Beginning on January 1, 2024, tangible personal | 24 | | property purchased by an active duty member of the armed | 25 | | forces of the United States who presents valid military | 26 | | identification and purchases the property using a form of |
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| 1 | | payment where the federal government is the payor. The | 2 | | member of the armed forces must complete, at the point of | 3 | | sale, a form prescribed by the Department of Revenue | 4 | | documenting that the transaction is eligible for the | 5 | | exemption under this paragraph. Retailers must keep the | 6 | | form as documentation of the exemption in their records | 7 | | for a period of not less than 6 years. "Armed forces of the | 8 | | United States" means the United States Army, Navy, Air | 9 | | Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. This paragraph is | 10 | | exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 11 | | (49) Qualified tangible personal property used in the | 12 | | construction or operation of a qualifying microfiber | 13 | | filtration manufacturing center that has been granted a | 14 | | certificate of exemption by the Department of Commerce and | 15 | | Economic Opportunity under Section 605-1025.1 of the | 16 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the | 17 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. As used in this | 18 | | paragraph (49), "qualified tangible personal property" has | 19 | | the meaning given to that term in Section 605-1025.1 of | 20 | | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of | 21 | | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. This paragraph | 22 | | is exempt from the provisions of Section 2-70. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-634, eff. 8-27-21; | 24 | | 102-700, Article 70, Section 70-20, eff. 4-19-22; 102-700, | 25 | | Article 75, Section 75-20, eff. 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. | 26 | | 5-13-22; 102-1026, eff. 5-27-22; 103-9, Article 5, Section |
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| 1 | | 5-20, eff. 6-7-23; 103-9, Article 15, Section 15-20, eff. | 2 | | 6-7-23; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-384, eff. 1-1-24; revised | 3 | | 12-12-23.) | 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law. |
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