Bill Text: IL HB2961 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative intent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2961 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB2961-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Act is amended by changing Section 5-5 as follows:
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6 | (35 ILCS 636/5-5)
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7 | Sec. 5-5. Legislative intent. The
The General Assembly has | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | authorized the
corporate
authorities of any municipality to | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | impose various fees and taxes on
the privilege of originating | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | or receiving telecommunications, and on
retailers engaged in | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | the business of transmitting such
telecommunications, all of | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | which are remitted by such retailers
directly to the imposing | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | municipality.
To simplify the imposition and collection of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | municipal
telecommunications taxes and to reduce complication | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | and burden,
the General Assembly is repealing
the municipal | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | telecommunications
tax, the municipal tax on the occupation or | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | privilege of transmitting
messages, and the municipal | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | infrastructure maintenance fee, and is enacting
this | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Simplified
Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act which
provides | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | for a single municipally imposed telecommunications tax
which, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | for municipalities with populations of less than 500,000, will
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22 | be collected by the Illinois Department of Revenue, but which, | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | for
municipalities of 500,000 or
more, will continue to be |
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1 | collected by such municipalities. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 92-526, eff. 7-1-02.)
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