Bill Text: IL HB1397 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Creates the Baggage Fee Sharing Program and the Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving Fund. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall collect a fee equal to 6.25% of all fees charged and collected in this State by persons operating aircraft for hire or reward for simultaneously transporting tangible personal property. Provides for the disposition of the collected fees. Provides limitations and exceptions to the Baggage Fee Sharing Program. Provides that the Department may adopt rules to implement the program. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1397 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1397-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB1397 Introduced , by Rep. André M. Thapedi - Patrick J. Verschoore - Charles E. Jefferson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/5.786 new
620 ILCS 5/34c new
Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Creates the Baggage Fee Sharing Program and the Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving Fund. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall collect a fee equal to 6.25% of all fees charged and collected in this State by persons operating aircraft for hire or reward for simultaneously transporting tangible personal property. Provides for the disposition of the collected fees. Provides limitations and exceptions to the Baggage Fee Sharing Program. Provides that the Department may adopt rules to implement the program. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning transportation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.786 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.786 new)
Sec. 5.786. The Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving Fund.
Section 10. The Illinois Aeronautics Act is amended by
adding Section 34c as follows:
(620 ILCS 5/34c new)
Sec. 34c. Baggage Fee Sharing Program.
(a) In all air navigation facilities located in this State
that are not owned or controlled by the federal government, the
Department shall collect a fee from any person operating
aircraft for hire or reward in this State who charges and
collects a fee in this State, from any person, for that
traveling person to simultaneously transport tangible personal
property on any civil aircraft operating in the State's
airways, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The shared fee to be collected by the Department
pursuant to this Section shall be equal to the rate of

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6.25% of all fees charged and collected in this State;
(2) All shared fees collected by the Department
pursuant to this Section shall be disbursed within 60 days
after receipt as follows: 2% to the county that the shared
fee was collected for deposit into the General Corporate
Fund; 2% to the Department of Transportation of this State
for administrative expenses related to the implementation
of this Section; 96% to the State Treasurer for deposit
into the Baggage Fee Sharing Resolving Fund;
(3) Within 30 days of the deposit of the shared fees
into the Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving Fund, the Treasurer
shall disburse the shared fees as follows: 40% to the
Department; 25% to the Underground Storage Tank Fund; 15%
to the Office of Business and Workforce Diversity of the
Department of Transportation of this State; 10% to the
Division of Highways of the Department of Transportation of
this State; 10% to the Division of Public and Intermodal
Transportation of the Department of Transportation of this
State. The Treasurer shall deposit all investment earnings
arising from balances in the Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving
Fund into the Fund;
(4) The shared fee to be collected by the Department
pursuant to this Section is limited to those fees actually
collected in air navigation facilities in this State by
operators of aircraft for hire or reward from any person
physically present in this State.

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(b) Fees charged and collected in this State by air
schools, flying clubs, and sport parachutists are exempt from
the provisions of this Section.
(c) The Department may promulgate rules that it finds
appropriate to implement the Baggage Fee Sharing Program
created by this Section.
(d) The Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving Fund is created in
the State Treasury. Funds in the Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving
Fund shall be distributed in accordance with this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.