Bill Text: IL HB1938 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Provides that the multistate exemption includes the return of property of an out-of-State lessor or purchaser to this State for storage, repair, or refurbishment, so long as the property is not used by a lessee or purchaser in this State. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1938 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB1938-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB1938 Introduced , by Rep. Tony McCombie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 105/3-55 from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-55
35 ILCS 110/3-45 from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-45
Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Provides that the multistate exemption includes the return of property of an out-of-State lessor or purchaser to this State for storage, repair, or refurbishment, so long as the property is not used by a lessee or purchaser in this State. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Section
3-55 as follows:
(35 ILCS 105/3-55) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-55)
Sec. 3-55. Multistate exemption. To prevent actual or
likely multistate taxation, the tax imposed by this Act does
not apply to the use of tangible personal property in this
State under the following circumstances:
(a) The use, in this State, of tangible personal property
acquired outside this State by a nonresident individual and
brought into this State by the individual for his or her own
use while temporarily within this State or while passing
through this State.
(b) (Blank).
(c) The use, in this State, by owners, lessors, or
shippers of tangible personal property that is utilized by
interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving
in interstate commerce as long as so used by the interstate
carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a
telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier by
the Federal Communications Commission, which is permanently

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installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in interstate
commerce.
(d) The use, in this State, of tangible personal property
that is acquired outside this State and caused to be brought
into this State by a person who has already paid a tax in
another State in respect to the sale, purchase, or use of that
property, to the extent of the amount of the tax properly due
and paid in the other State.
(e) The temporary storage, in this State, of tangible
personal property that is acquired outside this State and
that, after being brought into this State and stored here
temporarily, is used solely outside this State or is
physically attached to or incorporated into other tangible
personal property that is used solely outside this State, or
is altered by converting, fabricating, manufacturing,
printing, processing, or shaping, and, as altered, is used
solely outside this State.
(e-5) The return of property of an out-of-State lessor or
purchaser to this State for storage, repair, or refurbishment,
so long as the property is not used by a lessee or purchaser in
this State. As used in this subsection (e-5), refurbishment
includes the replacement of component parts as well as
upgrades.
(f) The temporary storage in this State of building
materials and fixtures that are acquired either in this State
or outside this State by an Illinois registered combination

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retailer and construction contractor, and that the purchaser
thereafter uses outside this State by incorporating that
property into real estate located outside this State.
(g) The use or purchase of tangible personal property by a
common carrier by rail or motor that receives the physical
possession of the property in Illinois, and that transports
the property, or shares with another common carrier in the
transportation of the property, out of Illinois on a standard
uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the property as
the shipper or consignor of the property to a destination
outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
(h) Except as provided in subsection (h-1), the use, in
this State, of a motor vehicle that was sold in this State to a
nonresident, even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the
nonresident in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be
titled in this State, and if a drive-away permit is issued to
the motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle
registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon
returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the
drive-away permit or having the out-of-state registration
plates to be transferred shall be prima facie evidence that
the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State.
(h-1) The exemption under subsection (h) does not apply if
the state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not
allow a reciprocal exemption for the use in that state of a

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motor vehicle sold and delivered in that state to an Illinois
resident but titled in Illinois. The tax collected under this
Act on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident
of another state that does not allow a reciprocal exemption
shall be imposed at a rate equal to the state's rate of tax on
taxable property in the state in which the purchaser is a
resident, except that the tax shall not exceed the tax that
would otherwise be imposed under this Act. At the time of the
sale, the purchaser shall execute a statement, signed under
penalty of perjury, of his or her intent to title the vehicle
in the state in which the purchaser is a resident within 30
days after the sale and of the fact of the payment to the State
of Illinois of tax in an amount equivalent to the state's rate
of tax on taxable property in his or her state of residence and
shall submit the statement to the appropriate tax collection
agency in his or her state of residence. In addition, the
retailer must retain a signed copy of the statement in his or
her records. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
require the removal of the vehicle from this state following
the filing of an intent to title the vehicle in the purchaser's
state of residence if the purchaser titles the vehicle in his
or her state of residence within 30 days after the date of
sale. The tax collected under this Act in accordance with this
subsection (h-1) shall be proportionately distributed as if
the tax were collected at the 6.25% general rate imposed under
this Act.

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(h-2) The following exemptions apply with respect to
certain aircraft:
(1) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
this Act on the purchase of an aircraft, as defined in
Section 3 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, if all of the
following conditions are met:
(A) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days
after the later of either the issuance of the final
billing for the purchase of the aircraft or the
authorized approval for return to service, completion
of the maintenance record entry, and completion of the
test flight and ground test for inspection, as
required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;
(B) the aircraft is not based or registered in
this State after the purchase of the aircraft; and
(C) the purchaser provides the Department with a
signed and dated certification, on a form prescribed
by the Department, certifying that the requirements of
this item (1) are met. The certificate must also
include the name and address of the purchaser, the
address of the location where the aircraft is to be
titled or registered, the address of the primary
physical location of the aircraft, and other
information that the Department may reasonably
require.
(2) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under

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this Act on the use of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3
of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that is temporarily
located in this State for the purpose of a prepurchase
evaluation if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) the aircraft is not based or registered in
this State after the prepurchase evaluation; and
(B) the purchaser provides the Department with a
signed and dated certification, on a form prescribed
by the Department, certifying that the requirements of
this item (2) are met. The certificate must also
include the name and address of the purchaser, the
address of the location where the aircraft is to be
titled or registered, the address of the primary
physical location of the aircraft, and other
information that the Department may reasonably
require.
(3) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under
this Act on the use of an aircraft, as defined in Section 3
of the Illinois Aeronautics Act, that is temporarily
located in this State for the purpose of a post-sale
customization if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) the aircraft leaves this State within 15 days
after the authorized approval for return to service,
completion of the maintenance record entry, and
completion of the test flight and ground test for
inspection, as required by 14 C.F.R. 91.407;

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(B) the aircraft is not based or registered in
this State either before or after the post-sale
customization; and
(C) the purchaser provides the Department with a
signed and dated certification, on a form prescribed
by the Department, certifying that the requirements of
this item (3) are met. The certificate must also
include the name and address of the purchaser, the
address of the location where the aircraft is to be
titled or registered, the address of the primary
physical location of the aircraft, and other
information that the Department may reasonably
require.
If tax becomes due under this subsection (h-2) because of
the purchaser's use of the aircraft in this State, the
purchaser shall file a return with the Department and pay the
tax on the fair market value of the aircraft. This return and
payment of the tax must be made no later than 30 days after the
aircraft is used in a taxable manner in this State. The tax is
based on the fair market value of the aircraft on the date that
it is first used in a taxable manner in this State.
For purposes of this subsection (h-2):
"Based in this State" means hangared, stored, or otherwise
used, excluding post-sale customizations as defined in this
Section, for 10 or more days in each 12-month period
immediately following the date of the sale of the aircraft.

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"Post-sale customization" means any improvement,
maintenance, or repair that is performed on an aircraft
following a transfer of ownership of the aircraft.
"Prepurchase evaluation" means an examination of an
aircraft to provide a potential purchaser with information
relevant to the potential purchase.
"Registered in this State" means an aircraft registered
with the Department of Transportation, Aeronautics Division,
or titled or registered with the Federal Aviation
Administration to an address located in this State.
This subsection (h-2) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 3-90.
(i) Beginning July 1, 1999, the use, in this State, of fuel
acquired outside this State and brought into this State in the
fuel supply tanks of locomotives engaged in freight hauling
and passenger service for interstate commerce. This subsection
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
(j) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
2016, the use of tangible personal property purchased from an
Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized
purchasing activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of
the property in Illinois, temporarily store the property in
Illinois (i) for the purpose of subsequently transporting it
outside this State for use or consumption thereafter solely
outside this State or (ii) for the purpose of being processed,
fabricated, or manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated

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into other tangible personal property to be transported
outside this State and thereafter used or consumed solely
outside this State. The Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to
rules adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing
with the Department who is eligible for the exemption under
this subsection (j). The permit issued under this subsection
(j) shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
necessary books and records to substantiate the use and
consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 100-321, eff. 8-24-17.)
Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
Section 3-45 as follows:
(35 ILCS 110/3-45) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-45)
Sec. 3-45. Multistate exemption. To prevent actual or
likely multistate taxation, the tax imposed by this Act does
not apply to the use of tangible personal property in this
State under the following circumstances:
(a) The use, in this State, of property acquired outside
this State by a nonresident individual and brought into this

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State by the individual for his or her own use while
temporarily within this State or while passing through this
State.
(b) The use, in this State, of property that is acquired
outside this State and that is moved into this State for use as
rolling stock moving in interstate commerce.
(c) The use, in this State, of property that is acquired
outside this State and caused to be brought into this State by
a person who has already paid a tax in another state in respect
to the sale, purchase, or use of that property, to the extent
of the amount of the tax properly due and paid in the other
state.
(d) The temporary storage, in this State, of property that
is acquired outside this State and that after being brought
into this State and stored here temporarily, is used solely
outside this State or is physically attached to or
incorporated into other property that is used solely outside
this State, or is altered by converting, fabricating,
manufacturing, printing, processing, or shaping, and, as
altered, is used solely outside this State.
(d-5) The return of property of an out-of-State lessor or
purchaser to this State for storage, repair, or refurbishment,
so long as the property is not used by a lessee or purchaser in
this State. As used in this subsection (d-5), refurbishment
includes the replacement of component parts as well as
upgrades.

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(e) Beginning July 1, 1999, the use, in this State, of fuel
acquired outside this State and brought into this State in the
fuel supply tanks of locomotives engaged in freight hauling
and passenger service for interstate commerce. This subsection
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(f) Beginning on January 1, 2002 and through June 30,
2016, the use of tangible personal property purchased from an
Illinois retailer by a taxpayer engaged in centralized
purchasing activities in Illinois who will, upon receipt of
the property in Illinois, temporarily store the property in
Illinois (i) for the purpose of subsequently transporting it
outside this State for use or consumption thereafter solely
outside this State or (ii) for the purpose of being processed,
fabricated, or manufactured into, attached to, or incorporated
into other tangible personal property to be transported
outside this State and thereafter used or consumed solely
outside this State. The Director of Revenue shall, pursuant to
rules adopted in accordance with the Illinois Administrative
Procedure Act, issue a permit to any taxpayer in good standing
with the Department who is eligible for the exemption under
this subsection (f). The permit issued under this subsection
(f) shall authorize the holder, to the extent and in the manner
specified in the rules adopted under this Act, to purchase
tangible personal property from a retailer exempt from the
taxes imposed by this Act. Taxpayers shall maintain all
necessary books and records to substantiate the use and

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consumption of all such tangible personal property outside of
the State of Illinois.
(Source: P.A. 97-73, eff. 6-30-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.