Bill Text: IL SB1379 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act in relation to an exemption from certain municipal utility taxes with respect to enterprises located in an enterprise zone or a Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone. Extends the availability of the exemption from 2013 to 2017 and reduces the requisite job retention requirement from 1,000 jobs to 750 jobs. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0321 [SB1379 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1379-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Utilities Act in relation to an exemption from certain municipal utility taxes with respect to enterprises located in an enterprise zone or a Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone. Extends the availability of the exemption from 2013 to 2017 and reduces the requisite job retention requirement from 1,000 jobs to 750 jobs. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0321 [SB1379 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1379-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Public Utilities Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 9-222.1 as follows:
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6 | (220 ILCS 5/9-222.1) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 9-222.1)
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7 | Sec. 9-222.1. A business enterprise which is located within | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | an area
designated by a county or municipality as an enterprise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | zone pursuant to
the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or located in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | a federally designated
Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | exempt from the additional charges
added to the business | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | enterprise's utility bills as a pass-on of municipal
and State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | utility taxes under Sections 9-221 and 9-222 of this Act, to
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14 | the extent such charges are exempted by ordinance adopted in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | accordance
with paragraph (e) of Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Municipal Code in the
case of municipal utility taxes, and to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | the extent such
charges are exempted by the percentage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | specified by the Department of
Commerce and Economic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Opportunity in the case of State utility taxes, provided
such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | business enterprise meets the following criteria:
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21 | (1) it (i) makes investments which cause the creation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | of a
minimum of 200 full-time equivalent jobs in Illinois; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | (ii) makes investments
of at least $175,000,000 which cause |
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1 | the creation of a minimum of 150 full-time
equivalent jobs | ||||||
2 | in Illinois; (iii) makes investments that cause the | ||||||
3 | retention of a minimum of 300 full-time equivalent jobs in | ||||||
4 | the manufacturing sector, as defined by the North American | ||||||
5 | Industry Classification System, in an area in Illinois in | ||||||
6 | which the unemployment rate is above 9% and makes an | ||||||
7 | application to the Department within 3 months after the | ||||||
8 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
9 | Assembly and certifies relocation of the 300 full-time | ||||||
10 | equivalent jobs within 48 months after the application; | ||||||
11 | (iv) makes
investments which cause the retention of a | ||||||
12 | minimum of 1,000 full-time jobs
in Illinois; or (v) makes | ||||||
13 | an application to the Department within 2 months after the | ||||||
14 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
15 | Assembly and makes investments that cause the retention of | ||||||
16 | a minimum of 500 full-time equivalent jobs in 2009 and | ||||||
17 | 2010, 675 full-time jobs in Illinois in 2011, 850 full-time | ||||||
18 | jobs in 2012, and 750 1,000 full-time jobs in 2013 through | ||||||
19 | 2017 , in the manufacturing sector as defined by the North | ||||||
20 | American Industry Classification System; and
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21 | (2) it is either (i) located in an Enterprise Zone | ||||||
22 | established
pursuant to the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act or | ||||||
23 | (ii)
located in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone | ||||||
24 | or Sub-Zone and is
designated a High Impact Business by the | ||||||
25 | Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity; and
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26 | (3) it is certified by the Department of Commerce and |
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1 | Economic Opportunity as complying with the requirements | ||||||
2 | specified in clauses (1) and (2)
of this Section.
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3 | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | ||||||
4 | determine the
period during which such exemption from the | ||||||
5 | charges imposed under Section
9-222 is in effect which shall
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6 | not exceed 30 years or the certified term of the enterprise | ||||||
7 | zone,
whichever period is shorter, except that the exemption | ||||||
8 | period for a business enterprise qualifying under item (iii) of | ||||||
9 | clause (1) of this Section shall not exceed 30 years.
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10 | The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall | ||||||
11 | have the power to
promulgate rules and regulations to carry out | ||||||
12 | the provisions of this
Section including procedures for | ||||||
13 | complying with the requirements specified
in clauses (1) and | ||||||
14 | (2) of this Section and procedures
for applying for the | ||||||
15 | exemptions authorized under this Section; to
define the amounts | ||||||
16 | and types of eligible investments which
business enterprises | ||||||
17 | must make in order to receive State utility tax
exemptions | ||||||
18 | pursuant to Sections 9-222 and 9-222.1 of this Act; to approve
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19 | such utility tax exemptions for business enterprises whose | ||||||
20 | investments are
not yet placed in service; and to require that | ||||||
21 | business enterprises granted
tax exemptions repay the exempted | ||||||
22 | tax should the business enterprise fail
to comply with the | ||||||
23 | terms and conditions of the certification. However, no
business | ||||||
24 | enterprise shall be required, as a condition for certification
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25 | under clause (3) of this Section, to attest that its
decision | ||||||
26 | to invest under clause (1) of this Section and
to locate under |
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1 | clause (2) of this Section is predicated
upon the availability | ||||||
2 | of the exemptions authorized by this Section.
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3 | A business enterprise shall be exempt, in whole
or in part, | ||||||
4 | from the pass-on charges of municipal utility taxes imposed
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5 | under Section 9-221, only if it meets the criteria
specified in | ||||||
6 | clauses (1) through (3) of this Section and
the municipality | ||||||
7 | has adopted an ordinance authorizing the
exemption under | ||||||
8 | paragraph (e) of Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal
Code. | ||||||
9 | Upon certification of the business enterprises by the
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10 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the | ||||||
11 | Department of Commerce
and Economic Opportunity shall notify | ||||||
12 | the Department of Revenue of such
certification. The Department | ||||||
13 | of Revenue shall notify the public utilities
of the exemption | ||||||
14 | status of business enterprises from the pass-on charges of
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15 | State and municipal utility taxes. Such exemption status shall | ||||||
16 | be
effective within 3 months after certification of the | ||||||
17 | business enterprise.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 96-716, eff. 8-25-09; 96-865, eff. 1-21-10; | ||||||
19 | 97-818, eff. 7-16-12.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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