Bill Text: IL HB4840 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Provides that the demonstration use or interim use of tangible personal property purchased for resale is exempt for a period of 18 months after the retailer or serviceman purchases the tangible personal property for resale. Provides that, if the period of demonstration use or interim use exceeds 18 months, the retailer or serviceman shall pay tax on the original cost price. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4840 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4840-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4840 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 105/2 from Ch. 120, par. 439.2
35 ILCS 105/3-5
35 ILCS 110/2 from Ch. 120, par. 439.32
35 ILCS 110/3-5
Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Provides that the demonstration use or interim use of tangible personal property purchased for resale is exempt for a period of 18 months after the retailer or serviceman purchases the tangible personal property for resale. Provides that, if the period of demonstration use or interim use exceeds 18 months, the retailer or serviceman shall pay tax on the original cost price. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Use Tax Act is amended by changing Sections
2 and 3-5 as follows:
(35 ILCS 105/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.2)
Sec. 2. Definitions.
"Use" means the exercise by any person of any right or
power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership
of that property, except that it does not include the sale of
such property in any form as tangible personal property in the
regular course of business to the extent that such property is
not first subjected to a use for which it was purchased;
provided , and does not include the use of such property by its
owner for demonstration purposes: Provided that the property
purchased is deemed to be purchased for the purpose of resale,
despite first being used, to the extent to which it is resold
as an ingredient of an intentionally produced product or
by-product of manufacturing. For any item of tangible personal
property purchased for resale before January 1, 2021, "use"
"Use" does not mean the demonstration use or interim use of
such tangible personal property by a retailer before he sells
that tangible personal property. If, however, the period of

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demonstration use or interim use by the retailer of tangible
personal property purchased for resale before January 1, 2021,
other than watercraft or aircraft, extends beyond June 30,
2022, the retailer shall pay on the retailer's original cost
price the tax imposed by this Act, and no credit for that tax
is permitted if the tangible personal property is subsequently
sold by the retailer. For watercraft or aircraft purchased for
resale before January 1, 2021, For watercraft or aircraft, if
the period of demonstration use or interim use by the retailer
exceeds 18 months, the retailer shall pay on the retailer's
retailers' original cost price the tax imposed by this Act, and
no credit for that tax is permitted if the watercraft or
aircraft is subsequently sold by the retailer. "Use" does not
mean the physical incorporation of tangible personal property,
to the extent not first subjected to a use for which it was
purchased, as an ingredient or constituent, into other tangible
personal property (a) which is sold in the regular course of
business or (b) which the person incorporating such ingredient
or constituent therein has undertaken at the time of such
purchase to cause to be transported in interstate commerce to
destinations outside the State of Illinois: Provided that the
property purchased is deemed to be purchased for the purpose of
resale, despite first being used, to the extent to which it is
resold as an ingredient of an intentionally produced product or
by-product of manufacturing.
"Watercraft" means a Class 2, Class 3, or Class 4

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watercraft as defined in Section 3-2 of the Boat Registration
and Safety Act, a personal watercraft, or any boat equipped
with an inboard motor.
"Purchase at retail" means the acquisition of the ownership
of or title to tangible personal property through a sale at
retail.
"Purchaser" means anyone who, through a sale at retail,
acquires the ownership of tangible personal property for a
valuable consideration.
"Sale at retail" means any transfer of the ownership of or
title to tangible personal property to a purchaser, for the
purpose of use, and not for the purpose of resale in any form
as tangible personal property to the extent not first subjected
to a use for which it was purchased, for a valuable
consideration: Provided that the property purchased is deemed
to be purchased for the purpose of resale, despite first being
used, to the extent to which it is resold as an ingredient of
an intentionally produced product or by-product of
manufacturing. For this purpose, slag produced as an incident
to manufacturing pig iron or steel and sold is considered to be
an intentionally produced by-product of manufacturing. "Sale
at retail" includes any such transfer made for resale unless
made in compliance with Section 2c of the Retailers' Occupation
Tax Act, as incorporated by reference into Section 12 of this
Act. Transactions whereby the possession of the property is
transferred but the seller retains the title as security for

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payment of the selling price are sales.
"Sale at retail" shall also be construed to include any
Illinois florist's sales transaction in which the purchase
order is received in Illinois by a florist and the sale is for
use or consumption, but the Illinois florist has a florist in
another state deliver the property to the purchaser or the
purchaser's donee in such other state.
Nonreusable tangible personal property that is used by
persons engaged in the business of operating a restaurant,
cafeteria, or drive-in is a sale for resale when it is
transferred to customers in the ordinary course of business as
part of the sale of food or beverages and is used to deliver,
package, or consume food or beverages, regardless of where
consumption of the food or beverages occurs. Examples of those
items include, but are not limited to nonreusable, paper and
plastic cups, plates, baskets, boxes, sleeves, buckets or other
containers, utensils, straws, placemats, napkins, doggie bags,
and wrapping or packaging materials that are transferred to
customers as part of the sale of food or beverages in the
ordinary course of business.
The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
purchase, use or sale of tangible personal property.
"Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
in money whether received in money or otherwise, including

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cash, credits, property other than as hereinafter provided, and
services, but, prior to January 1, 2020, not including the
value of or credit given for traded-in tangible personal
property where the item that is traded-in is of like kind and
character as that which is being sold; beginning January 1,
2020, "selling price" includes the portion of the value of or
credit given for traded-in motor vehicles of the First Division
as defined in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code of
like kind and character as that which is being sold that
exceeds $10,000. "Selling price" shall be determined without
any deduction on account of the cost of the property sold, the
cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any other
expense whatsoever, but does not include interest or finance
charges which appear as separate items on the bill of sale or
sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by sellers
on account of the seller's tax liability under the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act, or on account of the seller's duty to
collect, from the purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this
Act, or, except as otherwise provided with respect to any
cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit, on account of the
seller's tax liability under any local occupation tax
administered by the Department, or, except as otherwise
provided with respect to any cigarette tax imposed by a home
rule unit on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
purchasers, the tax that is imposed under any local use tax
administered by the Department. Effective December 1, 1985,

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"selling price" shall include charges that are added to prices
by sellers on account of the seller's tax liability under the
Cigarette Tax Act, on account of the seller's duty to collect,
from the purchaser, the tax imposed under the Cigarette Use Tax
Act, and on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
purchaser, any cigarette tax imposed by a home rule unit.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for any motor
vehicle, as defined in Section 1-146 of the Vehicle Code, that
is sold on or after January 1, 2015 for the purpose of leasing
the vehicle for a defined period that is longer than one year
and (1) is a motor vehicle of the second division that: (A) is
a self-contained motor vehicle designed or permanently
converted to provide living quarters for recreational,
camping, or travel use, with direct walk through access to the
living quarters from the driver's seat; (B) is of the van
configuration designed for the transportation of not less than
7 nor more than 16 passengers; or (C) has a gross vehicle
weight rating of 8,000 pounds or less or (2) is a motor vehicle
of the first division, "selling price" or "amount of sale"
means the consideration received by the lessor pursuant to the
lease contract, including amounts due at lease signing and all
monthly or other regular payments charged over the term of the
lease. Also included in the selling price is any amount
received by the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle
that is not calculated at the time the lease is executed,
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charges for excess wear and tear. For sales that occur in
Illinois, with respect to any amount received by the lessor
from the lessee for the leased vehicle that is not calculated
at the time the lease is executed, the lessor who purchased the
motor vehicle does not incur the tax imposed by the Use Tax Act
on those amounts, and the retailer who makes the retail sale of
the motor vehicle to the lessor is not required to collect the
tax imposed by this Act or to pay the tax imposed by the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act on those amounts. However, the
lessor who purchased the motor vehicle assumes the liability
for reporting and paying the tax on those amounts directly to
the Department in the same form (Illinois Retailers' Occupation
Tax, and local retailers' occupation taxes, if applicable) in
which the retailer would have reported and paid such tax if the
retailer had accounted for the tax to the Department. For
amounts received by the lessor from the lessee that are not
calculated at the time the lease is executed, the lessor must
file the return and pay the tax to the Department by the due
date otherwise required by this Act for returns other than
transaction returns. If the retailer is entitled under this Act
to a discount for collecting and remitting the tax imposed
under this Act to the Department with respect to the sale of
the motor vehicle to the lessor, then the right to the discount
provided in this Act shall be transferred to the lessor with
respect to the tax paid by the lessor for any amount received
by the lessor from the lessee for the leased vehicle that is

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not calculated at the time the lease is executed; provided that
the discount is only allowed if the return is timely filed and
for amounts timely paid. The "selling price" of a motor vehicle
that is sold on or after January 1, 2015 for the purpose of
leasing for a defined period of longer than one year shall not
be reduced by the value of or credit given for traded-in
tangible personal property owned by the lessor, nor shall it be
reduced by the value of or credit given for traded-in tangible
personal property owned by the lessee, regardless of whether
the trade-in value thereof is assigned by the lessee to the
lessor. In the case of a motor vehicle that is sold for the
purpose of leasing for a defined period of longer than one
year, the sale occurs at the time of the delivery of the
vehicle, regardless of the due date of any lease payments. A
lessor who incurs a Retailers' Occupation Tax liability on the
sale of a motor vehicle coming off lease may not take a credit
against that liability for the Use Tax the lessor paid upon the
purchase of the motor vehicle (or for any tax the lessor paid
with respect to any amount received by the lessor from the
lessee for the leased vehicle that was not calculated at the
time the lease was executed) if the selling price of the motor
vehicle at the time of purchase was calculated using the
definition of "selling price" as defined in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the
contrary, lessors shall file all returns and make all payments
required under this paragraph to the Department by electronic

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means in the manner and form as required by the Department.
This paragraph does not apply to leases of motor vehicles for
which, at the time the lease is entered into, the term of the
lease is not a defined period, including leases with a defined
initial period with the option to continue the lease on a
month-to-month or other basis beyond the initial defined
period.
The phrase "like kind and character" shall be liberally
construed (including but not limited to any form of motor
vehicle for any form of motor vehicle, or any kind of farm or
agricultural implement for any other kind of farm or
agricultural implement), while not including a kind of item
which, if sold at retail by that retailer, would be exempt from
retailers' occupation tax and use tax as an isolated or
occasional sale.
"Department" means the Department of Revenue.
"Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or
private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed
by order of any court.
"Retailer" means and includes every person engaged in the
business of making sales at retail as defined in this Section.
A person who holds himself or herself out as being engaged
(or who habitually engages) in selling tangible personal
property at retail is a retailer hereunder with respect to such

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sales (and not primarily in a service occupation)
notwithstanding the fact that such person designs and produces
such tangible personal property on special order for the
purchaser and in such a way as to render the property of value
only to such purchaser, if such tangible personal property so
produced on special order serves substantially the same
function as stock or standard items of tangible personal
property that are sold at retail.
A person whose activities are organized and conducted
primarily as a not-for-profit service enterprise, and who
engages in selling tangible personal property at retail
(whether to the public or merely to members and their guests)
is a retailer with respect to such transactions, excepting only
a person organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
religious or educational purposes either (1), to the extent of
sales by such person to its members, students, patients or
inmates of tangible personal property to be used primarily for
the purposes of such person, or (2), to the extent of sales by
such person of tangible personal property which is not sold or
offered for sale by persons organized for profit. The selling
of school books and school supplies by schools at retail to
students is not "primarily for the purposes of" the school
which does such selling. This paragraph does not apply to nor
subject to taxation occasional dinners, social or similar
activities of a person organized and operated exclusively for
charitable, religious or educational purposes, whether or not

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such activities are open to the public.
A person who is the recipient of a grant or contract under
Title VII of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (P.L. 92-258) and
serves meals to participants in the federal Nutrition Program
for the Elderly in return for contributions established in
amount by the individual participant pursuant to a schedule of
suggested fees as provided for in the federal Act is not a
retailer under this Act with respect to such transactions.
Persons who engage in the business of transferring tangible
personal property upon the redemption of trading stamps are
retailers hereunder when engaged in such business.
The isolated or occasional sale of tangible personal
property at retail by a person who does not hold himself out as
being engaged (or who does not habitually engage) in selling
such tangible personal property at retail or a sale through a
bulk vending machine does not make such person a retailer
hereunder. However, any person who is engaged in a business
which is not subject to the tax imposed by the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act because of involving the sale of or a
contract to sell real estate or a construction contract to
improve real estate, but who, in the course of conducting such
business, transfers tangible personal property to users or
consumers in the finished form in which it was purchased, and
which does not become real estate, under any provision of a
construction contract or real estate sale or real estate sales
agreement entered into with some other person arising out of or

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because of such nontaxable business, is a retailer to the
extent of the value of the tangible personal property so
transferred. If, in such transaction, a separate charge is made
for the tangible personal property so transferred, the value of
such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the amount so
separately charged, but not less than the cost of such property
to the transferor; if no separate charge is made, the value of
such property, for the purposes of this Act, is the cost to the
transferor of such tangible personal property.
"Retailer maintaining a place of business in this State",
or any like term, means and includes any of the following
retailers:
(1) A retailer having or maintaining within this State,
directly or by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house,
sales house, warehouse or other place of business, or any
agent or other representative operating within this State
under the authority of the retailer or its subsidiary,
irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
other representative is located here permanently or
temporarily, or whether such retailer or subsidiary is
licensed to do business in this State. However, the
ownership of property that is located at the premises of a
printer with which the retailer has contracted for printing
and that consists of the final printed product, property
that becomes a part of the final printed product, or copy
from which the printed product is produced shall not result

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in the retailer being deemed to have or maintain an office,
distribution house, sales house, warehouse, or other place
of business within this State.
(1.1) A retailer having a contract with a person
located in this State under which the person, for a
commission or other consideration based upon the sale of
tangible personal property by the retailer, directly or
indirectly refers potential customers to the retailer by
providing to the potential customers a promotional code or
other mechanism that allows the retailer to track purchases
referred by such persons. Examples of mechanisms that allow
the retailer to track purchases referred by such persons
include but are not limited to the use of a link on the
person's Internet website, promotional codes distributed
through the person's hand-delivered or mailed material,
and promotional codes distributed by the person through
radio or other broadcast media. The provisions of this
paragraph (1.1) shall apply only if the cumulative gross
receipts from sales of tangible personal property by the
retailer to customers who are referred to the retailer by
all persons in this State under such contracts exceed
$10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on
the last day of March, June, September, and December. A
retailer meeting the requirements of this paragraph (1.1)
shall be presumed to be maintaining a place of business in
this State but may rebut this presumption by submitting

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proof that the referrals or other activities pursued within
this State by such persons were not sufficient to meet the
nexus standards of the United States Constitution during
the preceding 4 quarterly periods.
(1.2) Beginning July 1, 2011, a retailer having a
contract with a person located in this State under which:
(A) the retailer sells the same or substantially
similar line of products as the person located in this
State and does so using an identical or substantially
similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
located in this State; and
(B) the retailer provides a commission or other
consideration to the person located in this State based
upon the sale of tangible personal property by the
retailer.
The provisions of this paragraph (1.2) shall apply only
if the cumulative gross receipts from sales of tangible
personal property by the retailer to customers in this
State under all such contracts exceed $10,000 during the
preceding 4 quarterly periods ending on the last day of
March, June, September, and December.
(2) (Blank).
(3) (Blank).
(4) (Blank).
(5) (Blank).
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(7) (Blank).
(8) (Blank).
(9) Beginning October 1, 2018, a retailer making sales
of tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois
from outside of Illinois if:
(A) the cumulative gross receipts from sales of
tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois
are $100,000 or more; or
(B) the retailer enters into 200 or more separate
transactions for the sale of tangible personal
property to purchasers in Illinois.
The retailer shall determine on a quarterly basis,
ending on the last day of March, June, September, and
December, whether he or she meets the criteria of either
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph (9) for the
preceding 12-month period. If the retailer meets the
threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for a 12-month
period, he or she is considered a retailer maintaining a
place of business in this State and is required to collect
and remit the tax imposed under this Act and file returns
for one year. At the end of that one-year period, the
retailer shall determine whether he or she met the
threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) during the
preceding 12-month period. If the retailer met the criteria
in either subparagraph (A) or (B) for the preceding
12-month period, he or she is considered a retailer

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maintaining a place of business in this State and is
required to collect and remit the tax imposed under this
Act and file returns for the subsequent year. If at the end
of a one-year period a retailer that was required to
collect and remit the tax imposed under this Act determines
that he or she did not meet the threshold in either
subparagraph (A) or (B) during the preceding 12-month
period, the retailer shall subsequently determine on a
quarterly basis, ending on the last day of March, June,
September, and December, whether he or she meets the
threshold of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for the
preceding 12-month period.
Beginning January 1, 2020, neither the gross receipts
from nor the number of separate transactions for sales of
tangible personal property to purchasers in Illinois that a
retailer makes through a marketplace facilitator and for
which the retailer has received a certification from the
marketplace facilitator pursuant to Section 2d of this Act
shall be included for purposes of determining whether he or
she has met the thresholds of this paragraph (9).
(10) Beginning January 1, 2020, a marketplace
facilitator that meets a threshold set forth in subsection
(b) of Section 2d of this Act.
"Bulk vending machine" means a vending machine, containing
unsorted confections, nuts, toys, or other items designed
primarily to be used or played with by children which, when a

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coin or coins of a denomination not larger than $0.50 are
inserted, are dispensed in equal portions, at random and
without selection by the customer.
(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 101-31,
eff. 1-1-20; 101-604, eff. 1-1-20.)
(35 ILCS 105/3-5)
Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
(1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
society, association, foundation, institution, or
organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
purpose of resale by the enterprise.
(2) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit
Illinois county fair association for use in conducting,
operating, or promoting the county fair.
(3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,

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music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
and media arts organizations. On and after July 1, 2001 (the
effective date of Public Act 92-35), however, an entity
otherwise eligible for this exemption shall not make tax-free
purchases unless it has an active identification number issued
by the Department.
(4) Personal property purchased by a governmental body, by
a corporation, society, association, foundation, or
institution organized and operated exclusively for charitable,
religious, or educational purposes, or by a not-for-profit
corporation, society, association, foundation, institution, or
organization that has no compensated officers or employees and
that is organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability company
may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph only if the
limited liability company is organized and operated
exclusively for educational purposes. On and after July 1,
1987, however, no entity otherwise eligible for this exemption
shall make tax-free purchases unless it has an active exemption
identification number issued by the Department.
(5) Until July 1, 2003, a passenger car that is a
replacement vehicle to the extent that the purchase price of
the car is subject to the Replacement Vehicle Tax.
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2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
used, and including that manufactured on special order,
certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for graphic
arts production, and including machinery and equipment
purchased for lease. Equipment includes chemicals or chemicals
acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or chemicals
acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate change upon a
graphic arts product. Beginning on July 1, 2017, graphic arts
machinery and equipment is included in the manufacturing and
assembling machinery and equipment exemption under paragraph
(18).
(7) Farm chemicals.
(8) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
United States of America, or the government of any foreign
country, and bullion.
(9) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
student organization affiliated with an elementary or
secondary school located in Illinois.
(10) A motor vehicle that is used for automobile renting,
as defined in the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax
Act.
(11) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or

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State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including
machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
this item (11). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry
boxes shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
tender is separately stated.
Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
such equipment.
Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the

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computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
facilities, equipment, and activities such as, but not limited
to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
agricultural chemicals. This item (11) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 3-90.
(12) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
for or returning from a location or locations outside the
United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
stopovers.
Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
least one individual or package for hire from the city of
origination to the city of final destination on the same
aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
that aircraft.
(13) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
food and beverages purchased at retail from a retailer, to the

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extent that the proceeds of the service charge are in fact
turned over as tips or as a substitute for tips to the
employees who participate directly in preparing, serving,
hosting or cleaning up the food or beverage function with
respect to which the service charge is imposed.
(14) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(15) Photoprocessing machinery and equipment, including
repair and replacement parts, both new and used, including that
manufactured on special order, certified by the purchaser to be
used primarily for photoprocessing, and including
photoprocessing machinery and equipment purchased for lease.
(16) Until July 1, 2023, coal and aggregate exploration,
mining, off-highway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
Illinois Vehicle Code. The changes made to this Section by
Public Act 97-767 apply on and after July 1, 2003, but no claim

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for credit or refund is allowed on or after August 16, 2013
(the effective date of Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid
during the period beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August
16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-456).
(17) Until July 1, 2003, distillation machinery and
equipment, sold as a unit or kit, assembled or installed by the
retailer, certified by the user to be used only for the
production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for consumption
as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel for the personal
use of the user, and not subject to sale or resale.
(18) Manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
used primarily in the process of manufacturing or assembling
tangible personal property for wholesale or retail sale or
lease, whether that sale or lease is made directly by the
manufacturer or by some other person, whether the materials
used in the process are owned by the manufacturer or some other
person, or whether that sale or lease is made apart from or as
an incident to the seller's engaging in the service occupation
of producing machines, tools, dies, jigs, patterns, gauges, or
other similar items of no commercial value on special order for
a particular purchaser. The exemption provided by this
paragraph (18) includes production related tangible personal
property, as defined in Section 3-50, purchased on or after
July 1, 2019. The exemption provided by this paragraph (18)
does not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the
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the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas for
wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of water for
wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers through
pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of Public Act 98-583
are declaratory of existing law as to the meaning and scope of
this exemption. Beginning on July 1, 2017, the exemption
provided by this paragraph (18) includes, but is not limited
to, graphic arts machinery and equipment, as defined in
paragraph (6) of this Section.
(19) Personal property delivered to a purchaser or
purchaser's donee inside Illinois when the purchase order for
that personal property was received by a florist located
outside Illinois who has a florist located inside Illinois
deliver the personal property.
(20) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
for direct agricultural production.
(21) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
racing for prizes. This item (21) is exempt from the provisions
of Section 3-90, and the exemption provided for under this item
(21) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
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2008 for such taxes paid during the period beginning May 30,
2000 and ending on January 1, 2008.
(22) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
the time the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
Department.
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property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
issued an active sales tax exemption identification number by
the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation
Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
qualify for this exemption or used in any other non-exempt
manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based
on the fair market value of the property at the time the
non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt
to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department.
(24) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution

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that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
who reside within the declared disaster area.
(25) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
line extensions, water distribution and purification
facilities, storm water drainage and retention facilities, and
sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
(26) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
provisions of Section 3-90.
(27) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
limited liability company, society, association, foundation,

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or institution organized and operated exclusively for
educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
industrial, business, or commercial occupation.
(28) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
another individual or entity that sold the property for the
purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
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2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
(30) Beginning January 1, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the
premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
(31) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of
Public Act 92-227), computers and communications equipment
utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used in the
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purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
tax imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the
case may be, based on the fair market value of the property at
the time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect
or attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that
purports to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this
Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax
has not been paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly
collects any such amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have
a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the lessor.
If, however, that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any
reason, the lessor is liable to pay that amount to the
Department. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
Section 3-90.
(32) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of
Public Act 92-227), personal property purchased by a lessor who
leases the property, under a lease of one year or longer
executed or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be
subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body

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that has been issued an active sales tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a
manner that does not qualify for this exemption or used in any
other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax
imposed under this Act or the Service Use Tax Act, as the case
may be, based on the fair market value of the property at the
time the nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
Service Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been
paid by the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such
amount from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to
claim a refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however,
that amount is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the
lessor is liable to pay that amount to the Department. This
paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
(33) On and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30, 2004,
the use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division
with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000 pounds and that
are subject to the commercial distribution fee imposed under
Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Beginning on July
1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the use in this State of
motor vehicles of the second division: (i) with a gross vehicle
weight rating in excess of 8,000 pounds; (ii) that are subject
to the commercial distribution fee imposed under Section

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3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are
primarily used for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005,
this exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for the
rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this Act. For
purposes of this paragraph, the term "used for commercial
purposes" means the transportation of persons or property in
furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise,
whether for-hire or not.
(34) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
(35) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
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maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
lubricants, cleaning solution, latex gloves, and protective
films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
tangible personal property by persons who modify, refurbish,
complete, repair, replace, or maintain aircraft and who (i)
hold an Air Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an
approved repair station by the Federal Aviation
Administration, (ii) have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct
operations in accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation
Regulations. The exemption does not include aircraft operated
by a commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
paragraph (35) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
law.
(36) Tangible personal property purchased by a
public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
transferred to the municipality without any further
consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the

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retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
the development of the municipal convention hall. This
exemption includes existing public-facilities corporations as
provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
(37) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
and menstrual cups.
(38) Merchandise that is subject to the Rental Purchase
Agreement Occupation and Use Tax. The purchaser must certify
that the item is purchased to be rented subject to a rental
purchase agreement, as defined in the Rental Purchase Agreement
Act, and provide proof of registration under the Rental
Purchase Agreement Occupation and Use Tax Act. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-90.
(39) Tangible personal property purchased by a purchaser
who is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act by operation of
federal law. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
Section 3-90.
(40) Qualified tangible personal property used in the
construction or operation of a data center that has been
granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, whether that tangible
personal property is purchased by the owner, operator, or
tenant of the data center or by a contractor or subcontractor
of the owner, operator, or tenant. Data centers that would have

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qualified for a certificate of exemption prior to January 1,
2020 had Public Act 101-31 this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly been in effect, may apply for and obtain an
exemption for subsequent purchases of computer equipment or
enabling software purchased or leased to upgrade, supplement,
or replace computer equipment or enabling software purchased or
leased in the original investment that would have qualified.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall
grant a certificate of exemption under this item (40) to
qualified data centers as defined by Section 605-1025 of the
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
For the purposes of this item (40):
"Data center" means a building or a series of buildings
rehabilitated or constructed to house working servers in
one physical location or multiple sites within the State of
Illinois.
"Qualified tangible personal property" means:
electrical systems and equipment; climate control and
chilling equipment and systems; mechanical systems and
equipment; monitoring and secure systems; emergency
generators; hardware; computers; servers; data storage
devices; network connectivity equipment; racks; cabinets;
telecommunications cabling infrastructure; raised floor
systems; peripheral components or systems; software;
mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems; battery

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systems; cooling systems and towers; temperature control
systems; other cabling; and other data center
infrastructure equipment and systems necessary to operate
qualified tangible personal property, including fixtures;
and component parts of any of the foregoing, including
installation, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and
replacement of qualified tangible personal property to
generate, transform, transmit, distribute, or manage
electricity necessary to operate qualified tangible
personal property; and all other tangible personal
property that is essential to the operations of a computer
data center. The term "qualified tangible personal
property" also includes building materials physically
incorporated in to the qualifying data center. To document
the exemption allowed under this Section, the retailer must
obtain from the purchaser a copy of the certificate of
eligibility issued by the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity.
This item (40) is exempt from the provisions of Section
3-90.
(41) For any item of tangible personal property purchased
for resale on or after January 1, 2021, the demonstration use
or interim use of the tangible personal property by a retailer
is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act for a period of 18
months after the retailer purchases the tangible personal
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interim use by the retailer exceeds 18 months, the retailer
shall pay tax on the retailer's original cost price the tax
imposed by this Act, and no credit for that tax is permitted if
the tangible personal property is subsequently sold by the
retailer. This item (41) is exempt from the provisions of
Section 3-90.
(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 7-6-17; 100-437, eff. 1-1-18;
100-594, eff. 6-29-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1171, eff.
1-4-19; 101-9, eff. 6-5-19; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-81, eff.
7-12-19; revised 9-23-19.)
Section 10. The Service Use Tax Act is amended by changing
Sections 2 and 3-5 as follows:
(35 ILCS 110/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.32)
Sec. 2. Definitions. In this Act:
"Use" means the exercise by any person of any right or
power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership
of that property, but does not include the sale or use for
demonstration by him of that property in any form as tangible
personal property in the regular course of business. "Use" does
not mean the interim use of tangible personal property nor the
physical incorporation of tangible personal property, as an
ingredient or constituent, into other tangible personal
property, (a) which is sold in the regular course of business
or (b) which the person incorporating such ingredient or

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constituent therein has undertaken at the time of such purchase
to cause to be transported in interstate commerce to
destinations outside the State of Illinois. For any item of
tangible personal property purchased tax-free for resale
before January 1, 2021, "use" does not mean the demonstration
use or interim use of such tangible personal property by a
serviceman before he transfers that tangible personal property
incident to a sale of service. If, however, the period of
demonstration use or interim use by the serviceman of tangible
personal property purchased tax-free for resale before January
1, 2021 extends beyond June 30, 2022, the serviceman shall pay
on the serviceman's original cost price the tax imposed by this
Act or the Use Tax Act, and no credit for that tax is permitted
against any Service Occupation Tax liability incurred by the
serviceman if the tangible personal property is subsequently
transferred by the serviceman incident to a sale of service.
"Purchased from a serviceman" means the acquisition of the
ownership of, or title to, tangible personal property through a
sale of service.
"Purchaser" means any person who, through a sale of
service, acquires the ownership of, or title to, any tangible
personal property.
"Cost price" means the consideration paid by the serviceman
for a purchase valued in money, whether paid in money or
otherwise, including cash, credits and services, and shall be
determined without any deduction on account of the supplier's

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cost of the property sold or on account of any other expense
incurred by the supplier. When a serviceman contracts out part
or all of the services required in his sale of service, it
shall be presumed that the cost price to the serviceman of the
property transferred to him or her by his or her subcontractor
is equal to 50% of the subcontractor's charges to the
serviceman in the absence of proof of the consideration paid by
the subcontractor for the purchase of such property.
"Selling price" means the consideration for a sale valued
in money whether received in money or otherwise, including
cash, credits and service, and shall be determined without any
deduction on account of the serviceman's cost of the property
sold, the cost of materials used, labor or service cost or any
other expense whatsoever, but does not include interest or
finance charges which appear as separate items on the bill of
sale or sales contract nor charges that are added to prices by
sellers on account of the seller's duty to collect, from the
purchaser, the tax that is imposed by this Act.
"Department" means the Department of Revenue.
"Person" means any natural individual, firm, partnership,
association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
private corporation, limited liability company, and any
receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative
appointed by order of any court.
"Sale of service" means any transaction except:
(1) a retail sale of tangible personal property taxable

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under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or under the Use
Tax Act.
(2) a sale of tangible personal property for the
purpose of resale made in compliance with Section 2c of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
(3) except as hereinafter provided, a sale or transfer
of tangible personal property as an incident to the
rendering of service for or by any governmental body, or
for or by any corporation, society, association,
foundation or institution organized and operated
exclusively for charitable, religious or educational
purposes or any not-for-profit corporation, society,
association, foundation, institution or organization which
has no compensated officers or employees and which is
organized and operated primarily for the recreation of
persons 55 years of age or older. A limited liability
company may qualify for the exemption under this paragraph
only if the limited liability company is organized and
operated exclusively for educational purposes.
(4) (blank).
(4a) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
as an incident to the rendering of service for owners,
lessors, or shippers of tangible personal property which is
utilized by interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling
stock moving in interstate commerce so long as so used by
interstate carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a

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telecommunications provider, licensed as a common carrier
by the Federal Communications Commission, which is
permanently installed in or affixed to aircraft moving in
interstate commerce.
(4a-5) on and after July 1, 2003 and through June 30,
2004, a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle of the second
division with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 8,000
pounds as an incident to the rendering of service if that
motor vehicle is subject to the commercial distribution fee
imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
Beginning on July 1, 2004 and through June 30, 2005, the
use in this State of motor vehicles of the second division:
(i) with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 8,000
pounds; (ii) that are subject to the commercial
distribution fee imposed under Section 3-815.1 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code; and (iii) that are primarily used
for commercial purposes. Through June 30, 2005, this
exemption applies to repair and replacement parts added
after the initial purchase of such a motor vehicle if that
motor vehicle is used in a manner that would qualify for
the rolling stock exemption otherwise provided for in this
Act. For purposes of this paragraph, "used for commercial
purposes" means the transportation of persons or property
in furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise
whether for-hire or not.
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primarily in the process of the manufacturing or
assembling, either in an existing, an expanded or a new
manufacturing facility, of tangible personal property for
wholesale or retail sale or lease, whether such sale or
lease is made directly by the manufacturer or by some other
person, whether the materials used in the process are owned
by the manufacturer or some other person, or whether such
sale or lease is made apart from or as an incident to the
seller's engaging in a service occupation and the
applicable tax is a Service Use Tax or Service Occupation
Tax, rather than Use Tax or Retailers' Occupation Tax. The
exemption provided by this paragraph (5) includes
production related tangible personal property, as defined
in Section 3-50 of the Use Tax Act, purchased on or after
July 1, 2019. The exemption provided by this paragraph (5)
does not include machinery and equipment used in (i) the
generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial
gas for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the
treatment of water for wholesale or retail sale that is
delivered to customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains.
The provisions of Public Act 98-583 are declaratory of
existing law as to the meaning and scope of this exemption.
The exemption under this paragraph (5) is exempt from the
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(5a) the repairing, reconditioning or remodeling, for
a common carrier by rail, of tangible personal property
which belongs to such carrier for hire, and as to which
such carrier receives the physical possession of the
repaired, reconditioned or remodeled item of tangible
personal property in Illinois, and which such carrier
transports, or shares with another common carrier in the
transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
standard uniform bill of lading showing the person who
repaired, reconditioned or remodeled the property to a
destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
(5b) a sale or transfer of tangible personal property
which is produced by the seller thereof on special order in
such a way as to have made the applicable tax the Service
Occupation Tax or the Service Use Tax, rather than the
Retailers' Occupation Tax or the Use Tax, for an interstate
carrier by rail which receives the physical possession of
such property in Illinois, and which transports such
property, or shares with another common carrier in the
transportation of such property, out of Illinois on a
standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the
property as the shipper or consignor of such property to a
destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois.
(6) until July 1, 2003, a sale or transfer of
distillation machinery and equipment, sold as a unit or kit
and assembled or installed by the retailer, which machinery

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and equipment is certified by the user to be used only for
the production of ethyl alcohol that will be used for
consumption as motor fuel or as a component of motor fuel
for the personal use of such user and not subject to sale
or resale.
(7) at the election of any serviceman not required to
be otherwise registered as a retailer under Section 2a of
the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, made for each fiscal
year sales of service in which the aggregate annual cost
price of tangible personal property transferred as an
incident to the sales of service is less than 35%, or 75%
in the case of servicemen transferring prescription drugs
or servicemen engaged in graphic arts production, of the
aggregate annual total gross receipts from all sales of
service. The purchase of such tangible personal property by
the serviceman shall be subject to tax under the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act and the Use Tax Act. However, if a
primary serviceman who has made the election described in
this paragraph subcontracts service work to a secondary
serviceman who has also made the election described in this
paragraph, the primary serviceman does not incur a Use Tax
liability if the secondary serviceman (i) has paid or will
pay Use Tax on his or her cost price of any tangible
personal property transferred to the primary serviceman
and (ii) certifies that fact in writing to the primary
serviceman.

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Tangible personal property transferred incident to the
completion of a maintenance agreement is exempt from the tax
imposed pursuant to this Act.
Exemption (5) also includes machinery and equipment used in
the general maintenance or repair of such exempt machinery and
equipment or for in-house manufacture of exempt machinery and
equipment. On and after July 1, 2017, exemption (5) also
includes graphic arts machinery and equipment, as defined in
paragraph (5) of Section 3-5. The machinery and equipment
exemption does not include machinery and equipment used in (i)
the generation of electricity for wholesale or retail sale;
(ii) the generation or treatment of natural or artificial gas
for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to customers
through pipes, pipelines, or mains; or (iii) the treatment of
water for wholesale or retail sale that is delivered to
customers through pipes, pipelines, or mains. The provisions of
Public Act 98-583 are declaratory of existing law as to the
meaning and scope of this exemption. For the purposes of
exemption (5), each of these terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) "manufacturing process" shall mean the
production of any article of tangible personal property,
whether such article is a finished product or an article for
use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a different
article of tangible personal property, by procedures commonly
regarded as manufacturing, processing, fabricating, or
refining which changes some existing material or materials into

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a material with a different form, use or name. In relation to a
recognized integrated business composed of a series of
operations which collectively constitute manufacturing, or
individually constitute manufacturing operations, the
manufacturing process shall be deemed to commence with the
first operation or stage of production in the series, and shall
not be deemed to end until the completion of the final product
in the last operation or stage of production in the series; and
further, for purposes of exemption (5), photoprocessing is
deemed to be a manufacturing process of tangible personal
property for wholesale or retail sale; (2) "assembling process"
shall mean the production of any article of tangible personal
property, whether such article is a finished product or an
article for use in the process of manufacturing or assembling a
different article of tangible personal property, by the
combination of existing materials in a manner commonly regarded
as assembling which results in a material of a different form,
use or name; (3) "machinery" shall mean major mechanical
machines or major components of such machines contributing to a
manufacturing or assembling process; and (4) "equipment" shall
include any independent device or tool separate from any
machinery but essential to an integrated manufacturing or
assembly process; including computers used primarily in a
manufacturer's computer assisted design, computer assisted
manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system; or any subunit or assembly
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or attachment parts of machinery, such as tools, dies, jigs,
fixtures, patterns and molds; or any parts which require
periodic replacement in the course of normal operation; but
shall not include hand tools. Equipment includes chemicals or
chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the chemicals or
chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and immediate
change upon a product being manufactured or assembled for
wholesale or retail sale or lease. The purchaser of such
machinery and equipment who has an active resale registration
number shall furnish such number to the seller at the time of
purchase. The purchaser of such machinery and equipment and
tools without an active resale registration number shall
prepare a certificate of exemption stating facts establishing
the exemption, which certificate shall be available to the
Department for inspection or audit. The Department shall
prescribe the form of the certificate.
Any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the
Department in response to an inquiry or request for any opinion
from any person regarding the coverage and applicability of
exemption (5) to specific devices shall be published,
maintained as a public record, and made available for public
inspection and copying. If the informal ruling, opinion or
letter contains trade secrets or other confidential
information, where possible the Department shall delete such
information prior to publication. Whenever such informal
rulings, opinions, or letters contain any policy of general

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applicability, the Department shall formulate and adopt such
policy as a rule in accordance with the provisions of the
Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
On and after July 1, 1987, no entity otherwise eligible
under exemption (3) of this Section shall make tax-free
purchases unless it has an active exemption identification
number issued by the Department.
The purchase, employment and transfer of such tangible
personal property as newsprint and ink for the primary purpose
of conveying news (with or without other information) is not a
purchase, use or sale of service or of tangible personal
property within the meaning of this Act.
"Serviceman" means any person who is engaged in the
occupation of making sales of service.
"Sale at retail" means "sale at retail" as defined in the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
"Supplier" means any person who makes sales of tangible
personal property to servicemen for the purpose of resale as an
incident to a sale of service.
"Serviceman maintaining a place of business in this State",
or any like term, means and includes any serviceman:
(1) having or maintaining within this State, directly
or by a subsidiary, an office, distribution house, sales
house, warehouse or other place of business, or any agent
or other representative operating within this State under
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irrespective of whether such place of business or agent or
other representative is located here permanently or
temporarily, or whether such serviceman or subsidiary is
licensed to do business in this State;
(1.1) having a contract with a person located in this
State under which the person, for a commission or other
consideration based on the sale of service by the
serviceman, directly or indirectly refers potential
customers to the serviceman by providing to the potential
customers a promotional code or other mechanism that allows
the serviceman to track purchases referred by such persons.
Examples of mechanisms that allow the serviceman to track
purchases referred by such persons include but are not
limited to the use of a link on the person's Internet
website, promotional codes distributed through the
person's hand-delivered or mailed material, and
promotional codes distributed by the person through radio
or other broadcast media. The provisions of this paragraph
(1.1) shall apply only if the cumulative gross receipts
from sales of service by the serviceman to customers who
are referred to the serviceman by all persons in this State
under such contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4
quarterly periods ending on the last day of March, June,
September, and December; a serviceman meeting the
requirements of this paragraph (1.1) shall be presumed to
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rebut this presumption by submitting proof that the
referrals or other activities pursued within this State by
such persons were not sufficient to meet the nexus
standards of the United States Constitution during the
preceding 4 quarterly periods;
(1.2) beginning July 1, 2011, having a contract with a
person located in this State under which:
(A) the serviceman sells the same or substantially
similar line of services as the person located in this
State and does so using an identical or substantially
similar name, trade name, or trademark as the person
located in this State; and
(B) the serviceman provides a commission or other
consideration to the person located in this State based
upon the sale of services by the serviceman.
The provisions of this paragraph (1.2) shall apply only if
the cumulative gross receipts from sales of service by the
serviceman to customers in this State under all such
contracts exceed $10,000 during the preceding 4 quarterly
periods ending on the last day of March, June, September,
and December;
(2) soliciting orders for tangible personal property
by means of a telecommunication or television shopping
system (which utilizes toll free numbers) which is intended
by the retailer to be broadcast by cable television or
other means of broadcasting, to consumers located in this

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State;
(3) pursuant to a contract with a broadcaster or
publisher located in this State, soliciting orders for
tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
disseminated primarily to consumers located in this State
and only secondarily to bordering jurisdictions;
(4) soliciting orders for tangible personal property
by mail if the solicitations are substantial and recurring
and if the retailer benefits from any banking, financing,
debt collection, telecommunication, or marketing
activities occurring in this State or benefits from the
location in this State of authorized installation,
servicing, or repair facilities;
(5) being owned or controlled by the same interests
which own or control any retailer engaging in business in
the same or similar line of business in this State;
(6) having a franchisee or licensee operating under its
trade name if the franchisee or licensee is required to
collect the tax under this Section;
(7) pursuant to a contract with a cable television
operator located in this State, soliciting orders for
tangible personal property by means of advertising which is
transmitted or distributed over a cable television system
in this State;
(8) engaging in activities in Illinois, which
activities in the state in which the supply business

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engaging in such activities is located would constitute
maintaining a place of business in that state; or
(9) beginning October 1, 2018, making sales of service
to purchasers in Illinois from outside of Illinois if:
(A) the cumulative gross receipts from sales of
service to purchasers in Illinois are $100,000 or more;
or
(B) the serviceman enters into 200 or more separate
transactions for sales of service to purchasers in
Illinois.
The serviceman shall determine on a quarterly basis,
ending on the last day of March, June, September, and
December, whether he or she meets the criteria of either
subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph (9) for the
preceding 12-month period. If the serviceman meets the
criteria of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for a 12-month
period, he or she is considered a serviceman maintaining a
place of business in this State and is required to collect
and remit the tax imposed under this Act and file returns
for one year. At the end of that one-year period, the
serviceman shall determine whether the serviceman met the
criteria of either subparagraph (A) or (B) during the
preceding 12-month period. If the serviceman met the
criteria in either subparagraph (A) or (B) for the
preceding 12-month period, he or she is considered a
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and is required to collect and remit the tax imposed under
this Act and file returns for the subsequent year. If at
the end of a one-year period a serviceman that was required
to collect and remit the tax imposed under this Act
determines that he or she did not meet the criteria in
either subparagraph (A) or (B) during the preceding
12-month period, the serviceman subsequently shall
determine on a quarterly basis, ending on the last day of
March, June, September, and December, whether he or she
meets the criteria of either subparagraph (A) or (B) for
the preceding 12-month period.
Beginning January 1, 2020, neither the gross receipts
from nor the number of separate transactions for sales of
service to purchasers in Illinois that a serviceman makes
through a marketplace facilitator and for which the
serviceman has received a certification from the
marketplace facilitator pursuant to Section 2d of this Act
shall be included for purposes of determining whether he or
she has met the thresholds of this paragraph (9).
(10) Beginning January 1, 2020, a marketplace
facilitator, as defined in Section 2d of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 7-6-17; 100-321, eff. 8-24-17;
100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-9, Article 10,
Section 10-15, eff. 6-5-19; 101-9, Article 25, Section 25-10,
eff. 6-5-19; 101-604, eff. 12-13-19.)

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(35 ILCS 110/3-5)
Sec. 3-5. Exemptions. Use of the following tangible
personal property is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act:
(1) Personal property purchased from a corporation,
society, association, foundation, institution, or
organization, other than a limited liability company, that is
organized and operated as a not-for-profit service enterprise
for the benefit of persons 65 years of age or older if the
personal property was not purchased by the enterprise for the
purpose of resale by the enterprise.
(2) Personal property purchased by a non-profit Illinois
county fair association for use in conducting, operating, or
promoting the county fair.
(3) Personal property purchased by a not-for-profit arts or
cultural organization that establishes, by proof required by
the Department by rule, that it has received an exemption under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is
organized and operated primarily for the presentation or
support of arts or cultural programming, activities, or
services. These organizations include, but are not limited to,
music and dramatic arts organizations such as symphony
orchestras and theatrical groups, arts and cultural service
organizations, local arts councils, visual arts organizations,
and media arts organizations. On and after July 1, 2001 (the
effective date of Public Act 92-35), however, an entity
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purchases unless it has an active identification number issued
by the Department.
(4) Legal tender, currency, medallions, or gold or silver
coinage issued by the State of Illinois, the government of the
United States of America, or the government of any foreign
country, and bullion.
(5) Until July 1, 2003 and beginning again on September 1,
2004 through August 30, 2014, graphic arts machinery and
equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new and
used, and including that manufactured on special order or
purchased for lease, certified by the purchaser to be used
primarily for graphic arts production. Equipment includes
chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts but only if the
chemicals or chemicals acting as catalysts effect a direct and
immediate change upon a graphic arts product. Beginning on July
1, 2017, graphic arts machinery and equipment is included in
the manufacturing and assembling machinery and equipment
exemption under Section 2 of this Act.
(6) Personal property purchased from a teacher-sponsored
student organization affiliated with an elementary or
secondary school located in Illinois.
(7) Farm machinery and equipment, both new and used,
including that manufactured on special order, certified by the
purchaser to be used primarily for production agriculture or
State or federal agricultural programs, including individual
replacement parts for the machinery and equipment, including

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machinery and equipment purchased for lease, and including
implements of husbandry defined in Section 1-130 of the
Illinois Vehicle Code, farm machinery and agricultural
chemical and fertilizer spreaders, and nurse wagons required to
be registered under Section 3-809 of the Illinois Vehicle Code,
but excluding other motor vehicles required to be registered
under the Illinois Vehicle Code. Horticultural polyhouses or
hoop houses used for propagating, growing, or overwintering
plants shall be considered farm machinery and equipment under
this item (7). Agricultural chemical tender tanks and dry boxes
shall include units sold separately from a motor vehicle
required to be licensed and units sold mounted on a motor
vehicle required to be licensed if the selling price of the
tender is separately stated.
Farm machinery and equipment shall include precision
farming equipment that is installed or purchased to be
installed on farm machinery and equipment including, but not
limited to, tractors, harvesters, sprayers, planters, seeders,
or spreaders. Precision farming equipment includes, but is not
limited to, soil testing sensors, computers, monitors,
software, global positioning and mapping systems, and other
such equipment.
Farm machinery and equipment also includes computers,
sensors, software, and related equipment used primarily in the
computer-assisted operation of production agriculture
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to, the collection, monitoring, and correlation of animal and
crop data for the purpose of formulating animal diets and
agricultural chemicals. This item (7) is exempt from the
provisions of Section 3-75.
(8) Until June 30, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold
to or used by an air common carrier, certified by the carrier
to be used for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct
of its business as an air common carrier, for a flight destined
for or returning from a location or locations outside the
United States without regard to previous or subsequent domestic
stopovers.
Beginning July 1, 2013, fuel and petroleum products sold to
or used by an air carrier, certified by the carrier to be used
for consumption, shipment, or storage in the conduct of its
business as an air common carrier, for a flight that (i) is
engaged in foreign trade or is engaged in trade between the
United States and any of its possessions and (ii) transports at
least one individual or package for hire from the city of
origination to the city of final destination on the same
aircraft, without regard to a change in the flight number of
that aircraft.
(9) Proceeds of mandatory service charges separately
stated on customers' bills for the purchase and consumption of
food and beverages acquired as an incident to the purchase of a
service from a serviceman, to the extent that the proceeds of
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substitute for tips to the employees who participate directly
in preparing, serving, hosting or cleaning up the food or
beverage function with respect to which the service charge is
imposed.
(10) Until July 1, 2003, oil field exploration, drilling,
and production equipment, including (i) rigs and parts of rigs,
rotary rigs, cable tool rigs, and workover rigs, (ii) pipe and
tubular goods, including casing and drill strings, (iii) pumps
and pump-jack units, (iv) storage tanks and flow lines, (v) any
individual replacement part for oil field exploration,
drilling, and production equipment, and (vi) machinery and
equipment purchased for lease; but excluding motor vehicles
required to be registered under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(11) Proceeds from the sale of photoprocessing machinery
and equipment, including repair and replacement parts, both new
and used, including that manufactured on special order,
certified by the purchaser to be used primarily for
photoprocessing, and including photoprocessing machinery and
equipment purchased for lease.
(12) Until July 1, 2023, coal and aggregate exploration,
mining, off-highway hauling, processing, maintenance, and
reclamation equipment, including replacement parts and
equipment, and including equipment purchased for lease, but
excluding motor vehicles required to be registered under the
Illinois Vehicle Code. The changes made to this Section by
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for credit or refund is allowed on or after August 16, 2013
(the effective date of Public Act 98-456) for such taxes paid
during the period beginning July 1, 2003 and ending on August
16, 2013 (the effective date of Public Act 98-456).
(13) Semen used for artificial insemination of livestock
for direct agricultural production.
(14) Horses, or interests in horses, registered with and
meeting the requirements of any of the Arabian Horse Club
Registry of America, Appaloosa Horse Club, American Quarter
Horse Association, United States Trotting Association, or
Jockey Club, as appropriate, used for purposes of breeding or
racing for prizes. This item (14) is exempt from the provisions
of Section 3-75, and the exemption provided for under this item
(14) applies for all periods beginning May 30, 1995, but no
claim for credit or refund is allowed on or after January 1,
2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88) for such taxes
paid during the period beginning May 30, 2000 and ending on
January 1, 2008 (the effective date of Public Act 95-88).
(15) Computers and communications equipment utilized for
any hospital purpose and equipment used in the diagnosis,
analysis, or treatment of hospital patients purchased by a
lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease of one year or
longer executed or in effect at the time the lessor would
otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a
hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the

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Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
any other non-exempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
the non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or
attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
liable to pay that amount to the Department.
(16) Personal property purchased by a lessor who leases the
property, under a lease of one year or longer executed or in
effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be subject to the
tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body that has been
issued an active tax exemption identification number by the
Department under Section 1g of the Retailers' Occupation Tax
Act. If the property is leased in a manner that does not
qualify for this exemption or is used in any other non-exempt
manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax imposed under
this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be, based on the
fair market value of the property at the time the
non-qualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt

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to collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
liable to pay that amount to the Department.
(17) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is donated for
disaster relief to be used in a State or federally declared
disaster area in Illinois or bordering Illinois by a
manufacturer or retailer that is registered in this State to a
corporation, society, association, foundation, or institution
that has been issued a sales tax exemption identification
number by the Department that assists victims of the disaster
who reside within the declared disaster area.
(18) Beginning with taxable years ending on or after
December 31, 1995 and ending with taxable years ending on or
before December 31, 2004, personal property that is used in the
performance of infrastructure repairs in this State, including
but not limited to municipal roads and streets, access roads,
bridges, sidewalks, waste disposal systems, water and sewer
line extensions, water distribution and purification
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sewage treatment facilities, resulting from a State or
federally declared disaster in Illinois or bordering Illinois
when such repairs are initiated on facilities located in the
declared disaster area within 6 months after the disaster.
(19) Beginning July 1, 1999, game or game birds purchased
at a "game breeding and hunting preserve area" as that term is
used in the Wildlife Code. This paragraph is exempt from the
provisions of Section 3-75.
(20) A motor vehicle, as that term is defined in Section
1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, that is donated to a
corporation, limited liability company, society, association,
foundation, or institution that is determined by the Department
to be organized and operated exclusively for educational
purposes. For purposes of this exemption, "a corporation,
limited liability company, society, association, foundation,
or institution organized and operated exclusively for
educational purposes" means all tax-supported public schools,
private schools that offer systematic instruction in useful
branches of learning by methods common to public schools and
that compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the
course of study presented in tax-supported schools, and
vocational or technical schools or institutes organized and
operated exclusively to provide a course of study of not less
than 6 weeks duration and designed to prepare individuals to
follow a trade or to pursue a manual, technical, mechanical,
industrial, business, or commercial occupation.

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(21) Beginning January 1, 2000, personal property,
including food, purchased through fundraising events for the
benefit of a public or private elementary or secondary school,
a group of those schools, or one or more school districts if
the events are sponsored by an entity recognized by the school
district that consists primarily of volunteers and includes
parents and teachers of the school children. This paragraph
does not apply to fundraising events (i) for the benefit of
private home instruction or (ii) for which the fundraising
entity purchases the personal property sold at the events from
another individual or entity that sold the property for the
purpose of resale by the fundraising entity and that profits
from the sale to the fundraising entity. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(22) Beginning January 1, 2000 and through December 31,
2001, new or used automatic vending machines that prepare and
serve hot food and beverages, including coffee, soup, and other
items, and replacement parts for these machines. Beginning
January 1, 2002 and through June 30, 2003, machines and parts
for machines used in commercial, coin-operated amusement and
vending business if a use or occupation tax is paid on the
gross receipts derived from the use of the commercial,
coin-operated amusement and vending machines. This paragraph
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(23) Beginning August 23, 2001 and through June 30, 2016,
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premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, soft
drinks, and food that has been prepared for immediate
consumption) and prescription and nonprescription medicines,
drugs, medical appliances, and insulin, urine testing
materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human
use, when purchased for use by a person receiving medical
assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code who
resides in a licensed long-term care facility, as defined in
the Nursing Home Care Act, or in a licensed facility as defined
in the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the
Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013.
(24) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of
Public Act 92-227), computers and communications equipment
utilized for any hospital purpose and equipment used in the
diagnosis, analysis, or treatment of hospital patients
purchased by a lessor who leases the equipment, under a lease
of one year or longer executed or in effect at the time the
lessor would otherwise be subject to the tax imposed by this
Act, to a hospital that has been issued an active tax exemption
identification number by the Department under Section 1g of the
Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. If the equipment is leased in a
manner that does not qualify for this exemption or is used in
any other nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the
tax imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may
be, based on the fair market value of the property at the time
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attempt to collect an amount (however designated) that purports
to reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount
from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(25) Beginning on August 2, 2001 (the effective date of
Public Act 92-227), personal property purchased by a lessor who
leases the property, under a lease of one year or longer
executed or in effect at the time the lessor would otherwise be
subject to the tax imposed by this Act, to a governmental body
that has been issued an active tax exemption identification
number by the Department under Section 1g of the Retailers'
Occupation Tax Act. If the property is leased in a manner that
does not qualify for this exemption or is used in any other
nonexempt manner, the lessor shall be liable for the tax
imposed under this Act or the Use Tax Act, as the case may be,
based on the fair market value of the property at the time the
nonqualifying use occurs. No lessor shall collect or attempt to
collect an amount (however designated) that purports to
reimburse that lessor for the tax imposed by this Act or the
Use Tax Act, as the case may be, if the tax has not been paid by
the lessor. If a lessor improperly collects any such amount

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from the lessee, the lessee shall have a legal right to claim a
refund of that amount from the lessor. If, however, that amount
is not refunded to the lessee for any reason, the lessor is
liable to pay that amount to the Department. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(26) Beginning January 1, 2008, tangible personal property
used in the construction or maintenance of a community water
supply, as defined under Section 3.145 of the Environmental
Protection Act, that is operated by a not-for-profit
corporation that holds a valid water supply permit issued under
Title IV of the Environmental Protection Act. This paragraph is
exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(27) Beginning January 1, 2010, materials, parts,
equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or
upon an aircraft as part of the modification, refurbishment,
completion, replacement, repair, or maintenance of the
aircraft. This exemption includes consumable supplies used in
the modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement,
repair, and maintenance of aircraft, but excludes any
materials, parts, equipment, components, and consumable
supplies used in the modification, replacement, repair, and
maintenance of aircraft engines or power plants, whether such
engines or power plants are installed or uninstalled upon any
such aircraft. "Consumable supplies" include, but are not
limited to, adhesive, tape, sandpaper, general purpose
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films. This exemption applies only to the use of qualifying
tangible personal property transferred incident to the
modification, refurbishment, completion, replacement, repair,
or maintenance of aircraft by persons who (i) hold an Air
Agency Certificate and are empowered to operate an approved
repair station by the Federal Aviation Administration, (ii)
have a Class IV Rating, and (iii) conduct operations in
accordance with Part 145 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.
The exemption does not include aircraft operated by a
commercial air carrier providing scheduled passenger air
service pursuant to authority issued under Part 121 or Part 129
of the Federal Aviation Regulations. The changes made to this
paragraph (27) by Public Act 98-534 are declarative of existing
law.
(28) Tangible personal property purchased by a
public-facilities corporation, as described in Section
11-65-10 of the Illinois Municipal Code, for purposes of
constructing or furnishing a municipal convention hall, but
only if the legal title to the municipal convention hall is
transferred to the municipality without any further
consideration by or on behalf of the municipality at the time
of the completion of the municipal convention hall or upon the
retirement or redemption of any bonds or other debt instruments
issued by the public-facilities corporation in connection with
the development of the municipal convention hall. This
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provided in Section 11-65-25 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(29) Beginning January 1, 2017, menstrual pads, tampons,
and menstrual cups.
(30) Tangible personal property transferred to a purchaser
who is exempt from the tax imposed by this Act by operation of
federal law. This paragraph is exempt from the provisions of
Section 3-75.
(31) Qualified tangible personal property used in the
construction or operation of a data center that has been
granted a certificate of exemption by the Department of
Commerce and Economic Opportunity, whether that tangible
personal property is purchased by the owner, operator, or
tenant of the data center or by a contractor or subcontractor
of the owner, operator, or tenant. Data centers that would have
qualified for a certificate of exemption prior to January 1,
2020 had this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly been
in effect, may apply for and obtain an exemption for subsequent
purchases of computer equipment or enabling software purchased
or leased to upgrade, supplement, or replace computer equipment
or enabling software purchased or leased in the original
investment that would have qualified.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall
grant a certificate of exemption under this item (31) to
qualified data centers as defined by Section 605-1025 of the
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Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
For the purposes of this item (31):
"Data center" means a building or a series of buildings
rehabilitated or constructed to house working servers in
one physical location or multiple sites within the State of
Illinois.
"Qualified tangible personal property" means:
electrical systems and equipment; climate control and
chilling equipment and systems; mechanical systems and
equipment; monitoring and secure systems; emergency
generators; hardware; computers; servers; data storage
devices; network connectivity equipment; racks; cabinets;
telecommunications cabling infrastructure; raised floor
systems; peripheral components or systems; software;
mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems; battery
systems; cooling systems and towers; temperature control
systems; other cabling; and other data center
infrastructure equipment and systems necessary to operate
qualified tangible personal property, including fixtures;
and component parts of any of the foregoing, including
installation, maintenance, repair, refurbishment, and
replacement of qualified tangible personal property to
generate, transform, transmit, distribute, or manage
electricity necessary to operate qualified tangible
personal property; and all other tangible personal
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data center. The term "qualified tangible personal
property" also includes building materials physically
incorporated in to the qualifying data center. To document
the exemption allowed under this Section, the retailer must
obtain from the purchaser a copy of the certificate of
eligibility issued by the Department of Commerce and
Economic Opportunity.
This item (31) is exempt from the provisions of Section
3-75.
(32) For any item of tangible personal property purchased
tax-free for resale on or after January 1, 2021, the
demonstration use or interim use of the tangible personal
property by a serviceman is exempt from the tax imposed by this
Act or the Use Tax Act for a period of 18 months after the
serviceman purchases the tangible personal property tax-free
for resale. If the period of demonstration use or interim use
by the serviceman exceeds 18 months, the serviceman shall pay
on the serviceman's original cost price the tax imposed by this
Act or the Use Tax Act, and no credit for that tax is permitted
against any Service Occupation Tax liability incurred by the
serviceman if the tangible personal property is subsequently
transferred by the serviceman incident to a sale of service.
This item (32) is exempt from the provisions of Section 3-75.
(Source: P.A. 100-22, eff. 7-6-17; 100-594, eff. 6-29-18;
100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; 101-31, eff. 6-28-19; 101-81, eff.
7-12-19.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.