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90_SB0677enr 35 ILCS 200/18-165 Amends the Property Tax Code. Includes in the list of commercial and industrial property that may receive a tax abatement the property of any commercial or industrial firm currently located in the taxing district with the intent of expanding a facility or its number of employees. Provides that the abatement shall not exceed a period of 10 years and an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 for all taxing districts. Increases the aggregate abatement for property of any commercial or industrial firm locating within the taxing district during the immediately preceding year from another state, territory, or county, or newly created during the immediately preceding year from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000. LRB9001431KDcc SB677 Enrolled LRB9001431KDcc 1 AN ACT in relation to taxes, amending named Acts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 5 Section 18-165 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 200/18-165) 7 Sec. 18-165. Abatement of taxes. 8 (a) Any taxing district, upon a majority vote of its 9 governing authority, may, after the determination of the 10 assessed valuation of its property, order the clerk of that 11 county to abate any portion of its taxes on the following 12 types of property: 13 (1) Commercial and industrial. 14 (A) The property of any commercial or 15 industrial firm, including but not limited to the 16 property of any firm that is used for collecting, 17 separating, storing, or processing recyclable 18 materials, locating within the taxing district 19 during the immediately preceding year from another 20 state, territory, or country, or having been newly 21 created within this State during the immediately 22 preceding year, or expanding an existing facility. 23 The abatement shall not exceed a period of 10 years 24 and the aggregate amount of abated taxes for all 25 taxing districts combined shall not exceed 26 $4,000,000$3,000,000; or 27 (B) The property of any commercial or 28 industrial development of at least 500 acres having 29 been created within the taxing district. The 30 abatement shall not exceed a period of 20 years and 31 the aggregate amount of abated taxes for all taxing SB677 Enrolled -2- LRB9001431KDcc 1 districts combined shall not exceed $12,000,000. 2 (C) The property of any commercial or 3 industrial firm currently located in the taxing 4 district that expands a facility or its number of 5 employees. The abatement shall not exceed a period 6 of 10 years and the aggregate amount of abated taxes 7 for all taxing districts combined shall not exceed 8 $4,000,000. The abatement period may be renewed at 9 the option of the taxing districts. 10 (2) Horse racing. Any property in the taxing 11 district which is used for the racing of horses and upon 12 which capital improvements consisting of expansion, 13 improvement or replacement of existing facilities have 14 been made since July 1, 1987. The combined abatements 15 for such property from all taxing districts in any county 16 shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually and shall not exceed 17 a period of 10 years. 18 (3) Auto racing. Any property designed exclusively 19 for the racing of motor vehicleswhich became subject to20property taxation after September 24, 1984 and is located21within a county with 225,000 or more but less than22300,000 inhabitants. Such abatement shall not exceed a 23 period of 10 years. 24 (b) Upon a majority vote of its governing authority, any 25 municipality may, after the determination of the assessed 26 valuation of its property, order the county clerk to abate 27 any portion of its taxes on any property that is located 28 within the corporate limits of the municipality in accordance 29 with Section 8-3-18 of the Illinois Municipal Code. 30 (Source: P.A. 87-17; 87-477; 87-895; 88-389; 88-455; 88-657, 31 eff. 1-1-95; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-561, eff. 1-1-97.) 32 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by adding 33 Section 5-1008.5 as follows: SB677 Enrolled -3- LRB9001431KDcc 1 (55 ILCS 5/5-1008.5 new) 2 Sec. 5-1008.5. Use and occupation taxes. 3 (a) The Rock Island County Board may adopt a resolution 4 that authorizes a referendum on the question of whether the 5 county shall be authorized to impose a retailers' occupation 6 tax, a service occupation tax, and a use tax at a rate of 1/4 7 of 1% on behalf of the economic development activities of 8 Rock Island County and communities located within the county. 9 The county board shall certify the question to the proper 10 election authorities who shall submit the question to the 11 voters of the county at the next regularly scheduled election 12 in accordance with the general election law. The question 13 shall be in substantially the following form: 14 Shall Rock Island County be authorized to impose a 15 retailers' occupation tax, a service occupation tax, and 16 a use tax at the rate of 1/4 of 1% for the sole purpose 17 of economic development activities, including creation 18 and retention of job opportunities, support of affordable 19 housing opportunities, and enhancement of quality of life 20 improvements? 21 Votes shall be recorded as "yes" or "no". If a majority 22 of all votes cast on the proposition are in favor of the 23 proposition, the county is authorized to impose the tax. 24 (b) The county shall impose the retailers' occupation 25 tax upon all persons engaged in the business of selling 26 tangible personal property at retail in the county, at the 27 rate approved by referendum, on the gross receipts from the 28 sales made in the course of those businesses within the 29 county. This additional tax may not be imposed on the sale of 30 food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the 31 premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, 32 soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 33 consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines, 34 drugs, medical appliances and insulin, urine testing SB677 Enrolled -4- LRB9001431KDcc 1 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics. The tax 2 imposed under this Section and all civil penalties that may 3 be assessed as an incident of the tax shall be collected and 4 enforced by the Department of Revenue. The Department has 5 full power to administer and enforce this Section; to collect 6 all taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided 7 in this Section; and to determine all rights to credit 8 memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax 9 or penalty under this Section. In the administration of, and 10 compliance with, this Section, the Department and persons who 11 are subject to this Section shall (i) have the same rights, 12 remedies, privileges, immunities, powers and duties, (ii) be 13 subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, 14 penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and definitions of terms, 15 and (iii) employ the same modes of procedure as are 16 prescribed in Sections 1, 1a, 1a-1, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1i, 1j, 17 1k, 1m, 1n, 2, 2-5, 2-5.5, 2-10 (in respect to all provisions 18 other than the State rate of tax), 2-15 through 2-70, 2a, 2b, 19 2c, 3 (except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties 20 collected and provisions related to quarter monthly 21 payments), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 22 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12, and 13 of the 23 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform 24 Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions 25 were set forth in this subsection. 26 Persons subject to any tax imposed under this subsection 27 may reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability by 28 separately stating the tax as an additional charge, which 29 charge may be stated in combination, in a single amount, with 30 State taxes that sellers are required to collect, in 31 accordance with bracket schedules prescribed by the 32 Department. 33 Whenever the Department determines that a refund should 34 be made under this subsection to a claimant instead of SB677 Enrolled -5- LRB9001431KDcc 1 issuing a credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the 2 State Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn 3 for the amount specified, and to the person named, in the 4 notification from the Department. The refund shall be paid 5 by the State Treasurer out of the tax fund referenced under 6 paragraph (g) of this Section. 7 If a tax is imposed under this subsection (b), a tax 8 shall also be imposed at the same rate under subsections (c) 9 and (d) of this Section. 10 For the purpose of determining whether a tax authorized 11 under this Section is applicable, a retail sale, by a 12 producer of coal or another mineral mined in Illinois, is a 13 sale at retail at the place where the coal or other mineral 14 mined in Illinois is extracted from the earth. This 15 paragraph does not apply to coal or another mineral when it 16 is delivered or shipped by the seller to the purchaser at a 17 point outside Illinois so that the sale is exempt under the 18 federal Constitution as a sale in interstate or foreign 19 commerce. 20 Nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize 21 the county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in 22 any business that under the Constitution of the United States 23 may not be made the subject of taxation by this State. 24 (c) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (b), a 25 service occupation tax shall also be imposed at the same rate 26 upon all persons engaged, in the county, in the business of 27 making sales of service, who, as an incident to making those 28 sales of service, transfer tangible personal property within 29 the county as an incident to a sale of service. This 30 additional tax may not be imposed on the sale of food for 31 human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises 32 where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft 33 drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate 34 consumption) and prescription and non-prescription medicines, SB677 Enrolled -6- LRB9001431KDcc 1 drugs, medical appliances and insulin, urine testing 2 materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics. The tax 3 imposed under this subsection and all civil penalties that 4 may be assessed as an incident of the tax shall be collected 5 and enforced by the Department of Revenue. The Department has 6 full power to administer and enforce this paragraph; to 7 collect all taxes and penalties due under this Section; to 8 dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in the manner 9 provided in this Section; and to determine all rights to 10 credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment 11 of tax or penalty under this Section. In the administration 12 of, and compliance with this paragraph, the Department and 13 persons who are subject to this paragraph shall (i) have the 14 same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and 15 duties, (ii) be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, 16 limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and 17 definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of 18 procedure as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except that the 19 reference to State in the definition of supplier maintaining 20 a place of business in this State shall mean the county), 2a, 21 2b, 3 through 3-55 (in respect to all provisions other than 22 the State rate of tax), 4 (except that the reference to the 23 State shall be to the county), 5, 7, 8 (except that the 24 jurisdiction to which the tax shall be a debt to the extent 25 indicated in that Section 8 shall be the county), 9 (except 26 as to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected, and 27 except that the returned merchandise credit for this tax may 28 not be taken against any State tax), 11, 12 (except the 29 reference to Section 2b of the Retailers' Occupation Tax 30 Act), 13 (except that any reference to the State shall mean 31 the county), 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of the Service 32 Occupation Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the Uniform Penalty and 33 Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were set forth 34 in this subsection. SB677 Enrolled -7- LRB9001431KDcc 1 Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority 2 granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their 3 serviceman's tax liability by separately stating the tax as 4 an additional charge, which charge may be stated in 5 combination, in a single amount, with State tax that 6 servicemen are authorized to collect under the Service Use 7 Tax Act, in accordance with bracket schedules prescribed by 8 the Department. 9 Whenever the Department determines that a refund should 10 be made under this subsection to a claimant instead of 11 issuing a credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the 12 State Comptroller, who shall cause the warrant to be drawn 13 for the amount specified, and to the person named, in the 14 notification from the Department. The refund shall be paid 15 by the State Treasurer out of the tax fund referenced under 16 paragraph (g) of this Section. 17 Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize 18 the county to impose a tax upon the privilege of engaging in 19 any business that under the Constitution of the United States 20 may not be made the subject of taxation by the State. 21 (d) If a tax has been imposed under subsection (b), a 22 use tax shall also be imposed at the same rate upon the 23 privilege of using, in the county, any item of tangible 24 personal property that is purchased outside the county at 25 retail from a retailer, and that is titled or registered at a 26 location within the county with an agency of this State's 27 government. This additional tax may not be imposed on the 28 sale of food for human consumption that is to be consumed off 29 the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic 30 beverages, soft drinks, and food that has been prepared for 31 immediate consumption) and prescription and non-prescription 32 medicines, drugs, medical appliances and insulin, urine 33 testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics. 34 "Selling price" is defined as in the Use Tax Act. The tax SB677 Enrolled -8- LRB9001431KDcc 1 shall be collected from persons whose Illinois address for 2 titling or registration purposes is given as being in the 3 county. The tax shall be collected by the Department of 4 Revenue for the county. The tax must be paid to the State, or 5 an exemption determination must be obtained from the 6 Department of Revenue, before the title or certificate of 7 registration for the property may be issued. The tax or 8 proof of exemption may be transmitted to the Department by 9 way of the State agency with which, or the State officer with 10 whom, the tangible personal property must be titled or 11 registered if the Department and the State agency or State 12 officer determine that this procedure will expedite the 13 processing of applications for title or registration. 14 The Department has full power to administer and enforce 15 this paragraph; to collect all taxes, penalties, and interest 16 due under this Section; to dispose of taxes, penalties, and 17 interest so collected in the manner provided in this Section; 18 and to determine all rights to credit memoranda or refunds 19 arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax, penalty, 20 or interest under this Section. In the administration of, and 21 compliance with, this subsection, the Department and persons 22 who are subject to this paragraph shall (i) have the same 23 rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, 24 (ii) be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, 25 limitations, penalties, exclusions, exemptions, and 26 definitions of terms, and (iii) employ the same modes of 27 procedure as are prescribed in Sections 2 (except the 28 definition of "retailer maintaining a place of business in 29 this State"), 3, 3-5, 3-10, 3-45, 3-55, 3-65, 3-70, 3-85, 3a, 30 4, 6, 7, 8 (except that the jurisdiction to which the tax 31 shall be a debt to the extent indicated in that Section 8 32 shall be the county), 9 (except provisions relating to 33 quarter monthly payments), 10, 11, 12, 12a, 12b, 13, 14, 15, 34 19, 20, 21, and 22 of the Use Tax Act and Section 3-7 of the SB677 Enrolled -9- LRB9001431KDcc 1 Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, that are not inconsistent 2 with this paragraph, as fully as if those provisions were set 3 forth in this subsection. 4 Whenever the Department determines that a refund should 5 be made under this subsection to a claimant instead of 6 issuing a credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the 7 State Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for 8 the amount specified, and to the person named, in the 9 notification from the Department. The refund shall be paid by 10 the State Treasurer out of the tax fund referenced under 11 paragraph (g) of this Section. 12 (e) A certificate of registration issued by the State 13 Department of Revenue to a retailer under the Retailers' 14 Occupation Tax Act or under the Service Occupation Tax Act 15 shall permit the registrant to engage in a business that is 16 taxed under the tax imposed under paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) 17 of this Section and no additional registration shall be 18 required. A certificate issued under the Use Tax Act or the 19 Service Use Tax Act shall be applicable with regard to any 20 tax imposed under paragraph (c) of this Section. 21 (f) The results of any election authorizing a 22 proposition to impose a tax under this Section or effecting a 23 change in the rate of tax shall be certified by the proper 24 election authorities and filed with the Illinois Department 25 on or before the first day of October. In addition, an 26 ordinance imposing, discontinuing, or effecting a change in 27 the rate of tax under this Section shall be adopted and a 28 certified copy of the ordinance filed with the Department on 29 or before the first day of October. After proper receipt of 30 the certifications, the Department shall proceed to 31 administer and enforce this Section as of the first day of 32 January next following the adoption and filing. 33 (g) The Department of Revenue shall, upon collecting any 34 taxes and penalties as provided in this Section, pay the SB677 Enrolled -10- LRB9001431KDcc 1 taxes and penalties over to the State Treasurer as trustee 2 for the county. The taxes and penalties shall be held in a 3 trust fund outside the State Treasury. On or before the 25th 4 day of each calendar month, the Department of Revenue shall 5 prepare and certify to the Comptroller of the State of 6 Illinois the amount to be paid to the county, which shall be 7 the balance in the fund, less any amount determined by the 8 Department to be necessary for the payment of refunds. Within 9 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller of the certification 10 of the amount to be paid to the county, the Comptroller shall 11 cause an order to be drawn for payment for the amount in 12 accordance with the directions contained in the 13 certification. Amounts received from the tax imposed under 14 this Section shall be used only for the economic development 15 activities of the county and communities located within the 16 county. 17 (h) When certifying the amount of a monthly disbursement 18 to the county under this Section, the Department shall 19 increase or decrease the amounts by an amount necessary to 20 offset any miscalculation of previous disbursements. The 21 offset amount shall be the amount erroneously disbursed 22 within the previous 6 months from the time a miscalculation 23 is discovered. 24 (i) This Section may be cited as the Rock Island County 25 Use and Occupation Tax Law. 26 (70 ILCS 510/18.2 rep.) 27 Section 15. The Quad Cities Regional Economic 28 Development Authority Act, approved September 22, 1987, is 29 amended by repealing Section 18.2. SB677 Enrolled -11- LRB9001431KDcc 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.