Full Text of HB2950 102nd General Assembly
HB2950 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB2950 Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Bob Morgan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 55 ILCS 5/5-1035.1 | from Ch. 34, par. 5-1035.1 | 605 ILCS 5/2-202 | from Ch. 121, par. 2-202 | 605 ILCS 5/5-701.13 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.13 | 605 ILCS 5/5-801 | from Ch. 121, par. 5-801 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, Will, and McHenry, proceeds from the County Motor Fuel Tax Law may also be used for operating, constructing, improving, and acquiring land for shared-use paths for nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks, and bike paths. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that "highway" includes shared-use paths for nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks, and bike paths. Provides that any county may acquire property for the construction, maintenance or operation of any
shared-use path for nonvehicular public travel, sidewalk, or bike path within the county. Provides that the county board of a county with a population over
500,000 may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to
it
for the construction and maintenance of shared-use paths for nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks, and bike paths. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning transportation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 5-1035.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1035.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1035.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 5-1035.1. County Motor Fuel Tax Law. | 8 | | (a) The county board of the
counties of DuPage, Kane, | 9 | | Lake, Will, and McHenry may, by an ordinance or resolution
| 10 | | adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members | 11 | | elected or
appointed to the county board, impose a tax upon all | 12 | | persons engaged in the
county in the business of selling motor | 13 | | fuel, as now or hereafter defined
in the Motor Fuel Tax Law, at | 14 | | retail for the operation of motor vehicles
upon public | 15 | | highways or for the operation of recreational watercraft upon
| 16 | | waterways. The collection of a tax under this Section based on | 17 | | gallonage of gasoline used for the propulsion of any aircraft | 18 | | is prohibited, and the collection of a tax based on gallonage | 19 | | of special fuel used for the propulsion of any aircraft is | 20 | | prohibited on and after December 1, 2019. Kane County may | 21 | | exempt diesel fuel from the tax imposed pursuant
to this | 22 | | Section. The initial tax rate may not be less than 4 cents per | 23 | | gallon of motor fuel sold at retail within
the county for the |
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| 1 | | purpose of use or consumption and not for the purpose of
resale | 2 | | and may not exceed 8 cents per gallon of motor fuel sold at | 3 | | retail within
the county for the purpose of use or consumption | 4 | | and not for the purpose of
resale. The proceeds from the tax | 5 | | shall be used by the county solely for
the purposes of | 6 | | operating, constructing, and improving public highways , and
| 7 | | waterways , shared-use paths for nonvehicular public travel, | 8 | | sidewalks, and bike paths and acquiring real property and | 9 | | rights-of-way for public
highways , and waterways , shared-use | 10 | | paths for nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks, and bike | 11 | | paths within the county imposing the tax.
| 12 | | (a-5) By June 1, 2020, and by June 1 of each year | 13 | | thereafter, the Department of Revenue shall determine an | 14 | | annual rate increase to take effect on July 1 of that calendar | 15 | | year and continue through June 30 of the next calendar year. | 16 | | Not later than June 1 of each year, the Department of Revenue | 17 | | shall publish on its website the rate that will take effect on | 18 | | July 1 of that calendar year. The rate shall be equal to the | 19 | | rate in effect increased by an amount equal to the percentage | 20 | | increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban | 21 | | Consumers for all items, published by the United States | 22 | | Department of Labor for the 12 months ending in March of each | 23 | | year. The rate shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one | 24 | | cent. Each new rate may not exceed the rate in effect on June | 25 | | 30 of the previous year plus one cent. | 26 | | (b) A tax imposed pursuant to this Section, and all civil |
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| 1 | | penalties that may
be assessed as an incident thereof, shall | 2 | | be administered, collected, and
enforced by the Illinois | 3 | | Department of Revenue in the same manner as the
tax imposed | 4 | | under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, as now or hereafter
| 5 | | amended, insofar as may be practicable; except that in the | 6 | | event of a
conflict with the provisions of this Section, this | 7 | | Section shall control.
The Department of Revenue shall have | 8 | | full power: to administer and enforce
this Section; to collect | 9 | | all taxes and penalties due hereunder; to dispose
of taxes and | 10 | | penalties so collected in the manner hereinafter provided; and
| 11 | | to determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account | 12 | | of the
erroneous payment of tax or penalty hereunder.
| 13 | | (b-5) Persons subject to any tax imposed under the | 14 | | authority granted in this Section may reimburse themselves for | 15 | | their seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating | 16 | | that tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in | 17 | | combination, in a single amount, with State tax which sellers | 18 | | are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such | 19 | | bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe. | 20 | | (c) Whenever the Department determines that a refund shall | 21 | | be made under
this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a | 22 | | credit memorandum, the
Department shall notify the State | 23 | | Comptroller, who shall cause the
order to be drawn for the | 24 | | amount specified, and to the person named,
in the notification | 25 | | from the Department. The refund shall be paid by
the State | 26 | | Treasurer out of the County Option Motor Fuel Tax Fund.
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| 1 | | (d) The Department shall forthwith pay over to the State | 2 | | Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee, all taxes and penalties | 3 | | collected hereunder, which
shall be deposited into the County | 4 | | Option Motor Fuel Tax Fund, a special
fund in the State | 5 | | Treasury which is hereby created. On or before the 25th
day of | 6 | | each calendar month, the Department shall prepare and certify | 7 | | to the
State Comptroller the disbursement of stated sums of | 8 | | money to named
counties for which taxpayers have paid taxes or | 9 | | penalties hereunder to the
Department during the second | 10 | | preceding calendar month. The amount to be
paid to each county | 11 | | shall be the amount (not including credit memoranda)
collected | 12 | | hereunder from retailers within the county during the second
| 13 | | preceding calendar month by the Department, but not including | 14 | | an amount
equal to the amount of refunds made during the second | 15 | | preceding calendar
month by the Department on behalf of the | 16 | | county;
less
2% of the balance, which sum shall be retained by | 17 | | the State Treasurer to cover the costs incurred by the | 18 | | Department in administering and enforcing the provisions of | 19 | | this Section. The Department, at the time of each monthly | 20 | | disbursement to the counties, shall prepare and certify to the | 21 | | Comptroller the amount so retained by the State Treasurer, | 22 | | which shall be transferred into the Tax Compliance and | 23 | | Administration Fund. | 24 | | (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to | 25 | | authorize a county to
impose a tax upon the privilege of | 26 | | engaging in any business which under
the Constitution of the |
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| 1 | | United States may not be made the subject of
taxation by this | 2 | | State.
| 3 | | (f) Until January 1, 2020, an ordinance or resolution | 4 | | imposing a tax hereunder or effecting a
change in the rate | 5 | | thereof shall be effective on the first day of the second
| 6 | | calendar month next following the month in which the ordinance | 7 | | or
resolution is adopted and a certified copy thereof is filed | 8 | | with the
Department of Revenue, whereupon the Department of | 9 | | Revenue shall proceed
to administer and enforce this Section | 10 | | on behalf of the county as of the
effective date of the | 11 | | ordinance or resolution. | 12 | | On and after January 1, 2020, an ordinance or resolution | 13 | | imposing or discontinuing the tax hereunder or effecting a | 14 | | change in the rate thereof shall either: (i) be adopted and a | 15 | | certified copy thereof filed with the Department on or before | 16 | | the first day of April, whereupon the Department shall proceed | 17 | | to administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of | 18 | | July next following the adoption and filing; or (ii) be | 19 | | adopted and a certified copy thereof filed with the Department | 20 | | on or before the first day of October, whereupon the | 21 | | Department shall proceed to administer and enforce this | 22 | | Section as of the first day of January next following the | 23 | | adoption and filing.
| 24 | | (g) This Section shall be known and may be cited as the | 25 | | County Motor Fuel
Tax Law.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-32, eff. 6-28-19; |
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| 1 | | 101-275, eff. 8-9-19; 101-604, eff. 12-13-19.)
| 2 | | Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by | 3 | | changing Sections 2-202, 5-701.13, and 5-801 as follows:
| 4 | | (605 ILCS 5/2-202) (from Ch. 121, par. 2-202)
| 5 | | Sec. 2-202.
Highway-any public way for vehicular travel | 6 | | which has been
laid out in pursuance of any law of this State, | 7 | | or of the Territory of
Illinois, or which has been established | 8 | | by dedication, or used by the
public as a highway for 15 years, | 9 | | or which has been or may be laid out and
connect a subdivision | 10 | | or platted land with a public highway and which has
been | 11 | | dedicated for the use of the owners of the land included in the
| 12 | | subdivision or platted land where there has been an acceptance | 13 | | and use
under such dedication by such owners, and which has not | 14 | | been vacated in
pursuance of law. The term "highway" includes | 15 | | rights of way, bridges,
drainage structures, signs, guard | 16 | | rails, protective structures , shared-use paths for | 17 | | nonvehicular public travel, sidewalks, bike paths, and all
| 18 | | other structures and appurtenances necessary or convenient for | 19 | | vehicular
traffic. A highway in a rural area may be called a | 20 | | "road", while a highway
in a municipal area may be called a | 21 | | "street".
| 22 | | (Source: Laws 1959, p. 196.)
| 23 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-701.13) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-701.13)
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| 1 | | Sec. 5-701.13. Motor fuel tax funds; counties over | 2 | | 500,000. The county
board of any county may also use motor fuel | 3 | | tax
funds allotted to it for placing, erecting, and | 4 | | maintaining signs, or
surface
markings, or both to indicate | 5 | | officially designated bicycle routes along
county
highways. In | 6 | | addition, the county board of a county with a population over
| 7 | | 500,000 may also use motor fuel tax funds allotted to
it
for | 8 | | the construction and maintenance of bicycle routes or paths, | 9 | | shared-use paths for non-vehicular public travel, and | 10 | | sidewalks within the county, including along county highways
| 11 | | or along State highways by agreement with the Department.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 88-502; 88-676, eff. 12-14-94.)
| 13 | | (605 ILCS 5/5-801) (from Ch. 121, par. 5-801)
| 14 | | Sec. 5-801.
Any county, in its name, may acquire the fee | 15 | | simple title, or
such lesser interest as may be desired, to any | 16 | | lands, rights or other
property necessary for the | 17 | | construction, maintenance or operation of any
county highway, | 18 | | township road , or district road , shared-use path for | 19 | | nonvehicular public travel, sidewalk, or bike path within the | 20 | | county or
necessary for the locating, relocating, widening, | 21 | | altering, extending or
straightening thereof, by purchase or | 22 | | gift or, if the compensation or
damages cannot be agreed upon, | 23 | | by the exercise of the right of eminent
domain under the | 24 | | eminent domain laws of this State. The county shall not be
| 25 | | required to furnish bond in any eminent domain proceeding.
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| 1 | | When, in the judgment of the county, it is more practical | 2 | | and economical
to acquire the fee title to inaccessible | 3 | | remnants of tracts of land from
which rights-of-way are being | 4 | | acquired than to pay for damages to property
not taken, the | 5 | | county may do so by purchase but not by eminent domain
| 6 | | proceedings.
| 7 | | When acquiring land for a highway on a new location, and | 8 | | when a parcel
of land one acre or less in area contains a | 9 | | single family residence, which
is in conformance with existing | 10 | | zoning ordinances, and only a part of said
parcel is required | 11 | | for county highway purposes causing the remainder of the
| 12 | | parcel not to conform with the existing zoning ordinances, or | 13 | | when the
location of the right of way line of the proposed | 14 | | highway reduces the
distance from an existing single family | 15 | | residence to the right of way line
to ten feet or less, the | 16 | | acquiring agency shall, if the owner so demands,
take the | 17 | | whole parcel by negotiation or condemnation. The part not | 18 | | needed
for highway purposes may be rented, sold or exchanged | 19 | | by the acquiring
agency.
| 20 | | (Source: Laws 1967, p. 3206.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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