Bill Text: IL HB2790 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may license and regulate all commercial operations within the municipality's boundaries, whether for profit or not for profit, but may not impose any tax upon its operations except as otherwise authorized by law.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2026-08-27 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte [HB2790 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB2790-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 11-42-10.3 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-42-10.3 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-42-10.3. Commercial operations. The corporate | ||||||
| 8 | authorities of a municipality may license and regulate all | ||||||
| 9 | commercial operations within the municipality's boundaries, | ||||||
| 10 | whether for profit or not for profit, but may not impose any | ||||||
| 11 | tax upon their operations except as otherwise authorized by | ||||||
| 12 | law. | ||||||
| 13 | In this Section, "commercial operations" does not include | ||||||
| 14 | (i) an agritourism operation as defined under Section 232 of | ||||||
| 15 | the Illinois Income Tax Act, (ii) an agricultural property as | ||||||
| 16 | defined under Section 232 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, | ||||||
| 17 | (iii) an agribusiness as defined under Section 205-15 of the | ||||||
| 18 | Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code | ||||||
| 19 | of Illinois, (iv) agritourism activities as defined under | ||||||
| 20 | Section 232 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, (v) agricultural | ||||||
| 21 | experiences as defined under Section 5 of the Agricultural | ||||||
| 22 | Experiences Act, or (v) a pollution control facility as | ||||||
| 23 | defined in Section 3.330 of the Environmental Protection Act. | ||||||