Bill Text: IL HJR0123 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requests that the Department of Revenue conduct an audit to ensure that all adult entertainment facilities subject to the Live Adult Entertainment Facility Surcharge located within the State are complying with current law and the Live Adult Entertainment Facility Surcharge Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0123 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0123-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly wishes to
promote | ||||||
| 3 | transparency and ensure that all taxpayers are treated
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| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Illinois Live Adult Entertainment Facility
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| 6 | Surcharge Act was enacted in order to create a funding source | ||||||
| 7 | to
benefit victims of sexual assault through the imposition of | ||||||
| 8 | a
surcharge on adult entertainment facilities; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, There are two methods that are used to collect the
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| 10 | tax on adult entertainment facilities; either a surcharge
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| 11 | imposed upon admissions or a surcharge on the gross receipts; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, The funds collected from the surcharges are
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| 14 | deposited into the Sexual Assault Services and Prevention Fund; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The revenue that was initially estimated at the
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| 17 | time that the Illinois Live Adult Entertainment Facility
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| 18 | Surcharge Act was passed is only half as much as first thought; | ||||||
| 19 | and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, This lack of revenue directly affects the
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| 1 | survivors of sexual assault; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The General Assembly believes in ensuring that the
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| 3 | survivors of sexual assault are protected and aided; therefore, | ||||||
| 4 | be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 6 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
| 7 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we request that the Department of | ||||||
| 8 | Revenue conduct an audit to ensure that all adult entertainment | ||||||
| 9 | facilities subject to the Live Adult Entertainment Facility | ||||||
| 10 | Surcharge located within the State are complying with current | ||||||
| 11 | law and the Live Adult Entertainment Facility Surcharge Act; | ||||||
| 12 | and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be sent
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| 14 | to the Director of Revenue.
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