103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1593 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/901 Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately. LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1593 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/901 35 ILCS 5/901 Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately. LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1593 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/901 35 ILCS 5/901 35 ILCS 5/901 Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately. LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b A BILL FOR SB1593LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 AN ACT concerning revenue. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 5 changing Section 901 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 5/901) 7 Sec. 901. Collection authority. 8 (a) In general. The Department shall collect the taxes 9 imposed by this Act. The Department shall collect certified 10 past due child support amounts under Section 2505-650 of the 11 Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of 12 Illinois. Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (e), 13 (f), (g), and (h) of this Section, money collected pursuant to 14 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act shall be 15 paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State treasury; 16 money collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 17 201 of this Act shall be paid into the Personal Property Tax 18 Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury; and 19 money collected under Section 2505-650 of the Department of 20 Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois shall 21 be paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, a 22 special fund outside the State Treasury, or to the State 23 Disbursement Unit established under Section 10-26 of the 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB1593 Introduced 2/8/2023, by Sen. Linda Holmes SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 5/901 35 ILCS 5/901 35 ILCS 5/901 Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately. LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b A BILL FOR 35 ILCS 5/901 LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 2 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 2 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 2 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 Illinois Public Aid Code, as directed by the Department of 2 Healthcare and Family Services. 3 (b) Local Government Distributive Fund. 4 (1) Beginning August 1, 2017 and continuing through 5 July 31, 2022, the Treasurer shall transfer each month 6 from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government 7 Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of: (i) 6.06% 8 (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax rate 9 prior to 2011 to the 4.95% individual income tax rate 10 after July 1, 2017) of the net revenue realized from the 11 tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of 12 this Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates during the 13 preceding month; (ii) 6.85% (10% of the ratio of the 4.8% 14 corporate income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 7% 15 corporate income tax rate after July 1, 2017) of the net 16 revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) 17 and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations 18 during the preceding month; and (iii) beginning February 19 1, 2022, 6.06% of the net revenue realized from the tax 20 imposed by subsection (p) of Section 201 of this Act upon 21 electing pass-through entities. 22 (2) Beginning August 1, 2022 and continuing through 23 June 30, 2023, the Treasurer shall transfer each month 24 from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government 25 Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of: (i) 6.16% 26 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by SB1593 - 2 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 3 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 3 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 3 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon 2 individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding 3 month; (ii) 6.85% of the net revenue realized from the tax 4 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this 5 Act upon corporations during the preceding month; and 6 (iii) 6.16% of the net revenue realized from the tax 7 imposed by subsection (p) of Section 201 of this Act upon 8 electing pass-through entities. 9 (3) Beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through June 10 30, 2024, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the 11 General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive 12 Fund an amount equal to the sum of: (i) 8.5% of the net 13 revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) 14 and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, 15 trusts, and estates during the preceding month; (ii) 16 9.355% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by 17 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon 18 corporations during the preceding month; and (iii) 8.5% of 19 the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by 20 subsection (p) of Section 201 of this Act upon electing 21 pass-through entities. 22 (4) Beginning July 1, 2024 and continuing through June 23 30, 2025, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the 24 General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive 25 Fund an amount equal to the sum of: (i) 9% of the net 26 revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) SB1593 - 3 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 4 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 4 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 4 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, 2 trusts, and estates during the preceding month; (ii) 9.57% 3 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by 4 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon 5 corporations during the preceding month; and (iii) 9% of 6 the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by 7 subsection (p) of Section 201 of this Act upon electing 8 pass-through entities. 9 (5) Beginning July 1, 2025 and continuing through June 10 30, 2026, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the 11 General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive 12 Fund an amount equal to the sum of: (i) 9.5% of the net 13 revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) 14 and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, 15 trusts, and estates during the preceding month; (ii) 16 9.785% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by 17 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon 18 corporations during the preceding month; and (iii) 9.5% of 19 the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by 20 subsection (p) of Section 201 of this Act upon electing 21 pass-through entities. 22 (6) Beginning on July 1, 2026, the Treasurer shall 23 transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the 24 Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to: (i) 25 10% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed on 26 individuals, trusts, estates, and corporations by SB1593 - 4 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 5 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 5 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 5 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during 2 the preceding month; and (ii) 10% of the net revenue 3 realized from the tax imposed by subsection (p) of Section 4 201 of this Act upon electing pass-through entities. 5 Net revenue realized for a month shall be defined as the 6 revenue from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of 7 Section 201 of this Act which is deposited in the General 8 Revenue Fund, the Education Assistance Fund, the Income Tax 9 Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund, the Fund for the 10 Advancement of Education, and the Commitment to Human Services 11 Fund during the month minus the amount paid out of the General 12 Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same month as 13 refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the 14 tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this 15 Act. 16 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 17 beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 18 100-23), those amounts required under this subsection (b) to 19 be transferred by the Treasurer into the Local Government 20 Distributive Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall be 21 directly deposited into the Local Government Distributive Fund 22 as the revenue is realized from the tax imposed by subsections 23 (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act. 24 (c) Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund. 25 (1) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the 26 Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts SB1593 - 5 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 6 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 6 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 6 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and 2 (3) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in the State 3 treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. Beginning 4 with State fiscal year 1990 and for each fiscal year 5 thereafter, the percentage deposited into the Income Tax 6 Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the Annual 7 Percentage. For fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage 8 shall be 8.75%. For fiscal year 2012, the Annual 9 Percentage shall be 8.75%. For fiscal year 2013, the 10 Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For fiscal year 2014, 11 the Annual Percentage shall be 9.5%. For fiscal year 2015, 12 the Annual Percentage shall be 10%. For fiscal year 2018, 13 the Annual Percentage shall be 9.8%. For fiscal year 2019, 14 the Annual Percentage shall be 9.7%. For fiscal year 2020, 15 the Annual Percentage shall be 9.5%. For fiscal year 2021, 16 the Annual Percentage shall be 9%. For fiscal year 2022, 17 the Annual Percentage shall be 9.25%. For fiscal year 18 2023, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.25%. For all other 19 fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be calculated as 20 a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount of 21 refunds approved for payment by the Department during the 22 preceding fiscal year as a result of overpayment of tax 23 liability under subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) 24 of Section 201 of this Act plus the amount of such refunds 25 remaining approved but unpaid at the end of the preceding 26 fiscal year, minus the amounts transferred into the Income SB1593 - 6 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 7 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 7 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 7 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 Tax Refund Fund from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, 2 and the denominator of which shall be the amounts which 3 will be collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), 4 (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act during the 5 preceding fiscal year; except that in State fiscal year 6 2002, the Annual Percentage shall in no event exceed 7.6%. 7 The Director of Revenue shall certify the Annual 8 Percentage to the Comptroller on the last business day of 9 the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for 10 which it is to be effective. 11 (2) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the 12 Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts 13 collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and 14 (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in 15 the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. 16 Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each fiscal 17 year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the Income 18 Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the Annual 19 Percentage. For fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage 20 shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2012, the Annual 21 Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2013, the 22 Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For fiscal year 2014, the 23 Annual Percentage shall be 13.4%. For fiscal year 2015, 24 the Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For fiscal year 2018, 25 the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 26 2019, the Annual Percentage shall be 15.5%. For fiscal SB1593 - 7 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 8 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 8 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 8 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 year 2020, the Annual Percentage shall be 14.25%. For 2 fiscal year 2021, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For 3 fiscal year 2022, the Annual Percentage shall be 15%. For 4 fiscal year 2023, the Annual Percentage shall be 14.5%. 5 For all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be 6 calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be 7 the amount of refunds approved for payment by the 8 Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of 9 overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and 10 (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this 11 Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved but 12 unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the 13 denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be 14 collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and 15 (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act during the 16 preceding fiscal year; except that in State fiscal year 17 2002, the Annual Percentage shall in no event exceed 23%. 18 The Director of Revenue shall certify the Annual 19 Percentage to the Comptroller on the last business day of 20 the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for 21 which it is to be effective. 22 (3) The Comptroller shall order transferred and the 23 Treasurer shall transfer from the Tobacco Settlement 24 Recovery Fund to the Income Tax Refund Fund (i) 25 $35,000,000 in January, 2001, (ii) $35,000,000 in January, 26 2002, and (iii) $35,000,000 in January, 2003. SB1593 - 8 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 9 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 9 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 9 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 (d) Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund. 2 (1) Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the Income Tax 3 Refund Fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose 4 of paying refunds resulting from overpayment of tax 5 liability under Section 201 of this Act and for making 6 transfers pursuant to this subsection (d), except that in 7 State fiscal years 2022 and 2023, moneys in the Income Tax 8 Refund Fund shall also be used to pay one-time rebate 9 payments as provided under Sections 208.5 and 212.1. 10 (2) The Director shall order payment of refunds 11 resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section 12 201 of this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to the 13 extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201 of 14 this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d) and 15 item (3) of subsection (c) have been deposited and 16 retained in the Fund. 17 (3) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal 18 year, the Director shall order transferred and the State 19 Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the 20 Income Tax Refund Fund to the Personal Property Tax 21 Replacement Fund an amount, certified by the Director to 22 the Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount 23 collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 24 201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund 25 during the fiscal year over the amount of refunds 26 resulting from overpayment of tax liability under SB1593 - 9 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 10 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 10 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 10 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid 2 from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year. 3 (4) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal 4 year, the Director shall order transferred and the State 5 Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the 6 Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income Tax 7 Refund Fund an amount, certified by the Director to the 8 Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount of refunds 9 resulting from overpayment of tax liability under 10 subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid 11 from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year 12 over the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and 13 (d) of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income 14 Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year. 15 (4.5) As soon as possible after the end of fiscal year 16 1999 and of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director 17 shall order transferred and the State Treasurer and State 18 Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax Refund Fund 19 to the General Revenue Fund any surplus remaining in the 20 Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end of such fiscal year; 21 excluding for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 amounts 22 attributable to transfers under item (3) of subsection (c) 23 less refunds resulting from the earned income tax credit, 24 and excluding for fiscal year 2022 amounts attributable to 25 transfers from the General Revenue Fund authorized by 26 Public Act 102-700 this amendatory Act of the 102nd SB1593 - 10 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 11 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 11 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 11 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 General Assembly. 2 (5) This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and 3 continuing appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund 4 for the purposes of (i) paying refunds upon the order of 5 the Director in accordance with the provisions of this 6 Section and (ii) paying one-time rebate payments under 7 Sections 208.5 and 212.1. 8 (e) Deposits into the Education Assistance Fund and the 9 Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund. On 10 July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected 11 pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, 12 minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department 13 shall deposit 7.3% into the Education Assistance Fund in the 14 State Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1991, and continuing through 15 January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to 16 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income 17 Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the 18 Department shall deposit 3.0% into the Income Tax Surcharge 19 Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. 20 Beginning February 1, 1993 and continuing through June 30, 21 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and 22 (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus 23 deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall 24 deposit 4.4% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government 25 Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning July 1, 26 1993, and continuing through June 30, 1994, of the amounts SB1593 - 11 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 12 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 12 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 12 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 collected under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this 2 Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the 3 Department shall deposit 1.475% into the Income Tax Surcharge 4 Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. 5 (f) Deposits into the Fund for the Advancement of 6 Education. Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall 7 deposit the following portions of the revenue realized from 8 the tax imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by 9 subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus 10 deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, into the Fund for the 11 Advancement of Education: 12 (1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February 13 1, 2025, 1/30; and 14 (2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26. 15 If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of 16 Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act, 17 the Department shall not make the deposits required by this 18 subsection (f) on or after the effective date of the 19 reduction. 20 (g) Deposits into the Commitment to Human Services Fund. 21 Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall deposit the 22 following portions of the revenue realized from the tax 23 imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by subsections 24 (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the 25 Income Tax Refund Fund, into the Commitment to Human Services 26 Fund: SB1593 - 12 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 13 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 13 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 13 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b 1 (1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February 2 1, 2025, 1/30; and 3 (2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26. 4 If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of 5 Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act, 6 the Department shall not make the deposits required by this 7 subsection (g) on or after the effective date of the 8 reduction. 9 (h) Deposits into the Tax Compliance and Administration 10 Fund. Beginning on the first day of the first calendar month to 11 occur on or after August 26, 2014 (the effective date of Public 12 Act 98-1098), each month the Department shall pay into the Tax 13 Compliance and Administration Fund, to be used, subject to 14 appropriation, to fund additional auditors and compliance 15 personnel at the Department, an amount equal to 1/12 of 5% of 16 the cash receipts collected during the preceding fiscal year 17 by the Audit Bureau of the Department from the tax imposed by 18 subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 201 of this Act, 19 net of deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund made from those 20 cash receipts. 21 (Source: P.A. 101-8, see Section 99 for effective date; 22 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-636, eff. 23 6-10-20; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-658, 24 eff. 8-27-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-700, eff. 4-19-22; 25 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; revised 8-2-22.) 26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon SB1593 - 13 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593- 14 -LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 14 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 14 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b SB1593 - 14 - LRB103 27369 HLH 53741 b