Bill Text: IL HR0121 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the City of Chicago to cease its attempts to collect the personal property lease transaction tax on non-city residents in suburban areas.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-04-22 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson [HR0121 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HR0121-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago currently imposes an 8%
personal property lease transaction tax on certain car rentals
within the City and within the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane,
Lake, McHenry, and Will; and
WHEREAS, Under a recent ruling by the City's Department of
Revenue, it is presumed that the rental is subject to the
City's transaction tax if a suburban car rental company does
not maintain written records, including a photocopy of the
lessee's driver's license or other residency documentation, or
if the lessee resides in Chicago or is staying a local visiting
address in the City; this presumption can be rebutted only by a
sworn affidavit signed by the lessee and certifying that he or
she will not be spending more than 50% of his or her time in
Chicago during the rental period; and
WHEREAS, This practice is a burden on suburban drivers and
businesses; and
WHEREAS, It is wrong for the City of Chicago to attempt to
balance its $50.5 million budget gap on the backs of suburban
drivers, many of whom may not be using city roads and services;
therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
urge the City of Chicago to cease its attempts to collect this
transaction tax on non-city residents in suburban areas; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
presented to the Mayor of the City of Chicago and the Director
of the Department of Revenue of the City of Chicago.