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91_HB2340

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Income Tax Act  by  changing
 2    Section 209.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Income Tax  Act  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 209 as follows:

 7        (35 ILCS 5/209)
 8        Sec.  209.  Tax  Credit  for "TECH-PREP" youth vocational
 9    programs.
10        (a)  Beginning with tax years ending on or after June 30,
11    1995,    every  taxpayer  who   is   primarily   engaged   in
12    manufacturing  is allowed a credit against the tax imposed by
13    subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 in an amount equal  to
14    20% of the taxpayer's direct payroll expenditures for which a
15    credit  has  not already been claimed under subsection (j) of
16    Section 201 of this Act, in the tax year for which the credit
17    is claimed, for cooperative secondary school youth vocational
18    programs  in  Illinois  which  are  certified  as  qualifying
19    TECH-PREP programs by the State Board of  Education  and  the
20    Department  of  Revenue because the programs prepare students
21    to be technically skilled workers and  meet  the  performance
22    standards   of   business  and  industry  and  the  admission
23    standards of higher education. The credit may also be claimed
24    for personal services rendered to the taxpayer by a TECH-PREP
25    student or instructor (i)  which  would  be  subject  to  the
26    provisions  of  Article  7  of  this  Act  if  the student or
27    instructor was an employee of the taxpayer and (ii) for which
28    no credit under this Section is claimed by another taxpayer.
29        (a-5)  For tax years beginning on  or  after  January  1,
30    1999,    every  taxpayer  is allowed a credit against the tax
31    imposed by subsections (a) and  (b)  of  Section  201  in  an
 
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 1    amount   equal  to  20%  of  the  taxpayer's  direct  payroll
 2    expenditures for which a credit has not already been  claimed
 3    under  subsection  (j) of Section 201 of this Act, in the tax
 4    year  for  which  the  credit  is  claimed,  for  cooperative
 5    secondary school youth vocational programs in Illinois  which
 6    are  certified  as qualifying TECH-PREP programs by the State
 7    Board of Education and the Department of Revenue because  the
 8    programs  prepare  students to be technically skilled workers
 9    and meet the performance standards of business  and  industry
10    and  the  admission standards of higher education. The credit
11    may also be claimed for personal  services  rendered  to  the
12    taxpayer by a TECH-PREP student or instructor (i) which would
13    be  subject to the provisions of Article 7 of this Act if the
14    student or instructor was an employee  of  the  taxpayer  and
15    (ii)  for  which  no  credit under this Section is claimed by
16    another  taxpayer.  This  subsection  is  exempt   from   the
17    provisions of Section 250.
18        (b)  If   the  amount  of  the  credit  exceeds  the  tax
19    liability for the year, the excess may be carried forward and
20    applied to the  tax  liability  of  the  5  2  taxable  years
21    following the excess credit year. The credit shall be applied
22    to  the  earliest year for which there is a tax liability. If
23    there are credits from  more  than  one  tax  year  that  are
24    available  to offset a liability, the earlier credit shall be
25    applied first.
26        (c)  A taxpayer claiming  the  credit  provided  by  this
27    Section  shall maintain and record such information regarding
28    its participation in a qualifying TECH-PREP  program  as  the
29    Department  may  require  by  regulation.  When  claiming the
30    credit provided by this Section, the taxpayer  shall  provide
31    such  information regarding the taxpayer's participation in a
32    qualifying TECH-PREP program as the Department of Revenue may
33    require by regulation.
34        (d)  This Section does not apply to those  programs  with
 
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 1    national  standards  that  have  been  or  in  the future are
 2    approved  by  the  U.S.  Department  of  Labor,   Bureau   of
 3    Apprenticeship  Training  or any federal agency succeeding to
 4    the responsibilities of that Bureau.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-505; 89-399, eff. 8-20-95.)

 6        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 7    becoming law.

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