Illinois 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2736 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/05/2025

                    104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB2736 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 505/1.30 new35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418 Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2025, marine fuel is exempt from the tax imposed under the Act. Provides that "marine fuel" means motor fuel specially formulated to be used in the propulsion of watercraft. Effective immediately. LRB104 09222 LNS 19279 b   A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB2736 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  35 ILCS 505/1.30 new35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418 35 ILCS 505/1.30 new  35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418 Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2025, marine fuel is exempt from the tax imposed under the Act. Provides that "marine fuel" means motor fuel specially formulated to be used in the propulsion of watercraft. Effective immediately.  LRB104 09222 LNS 19279 b     LRB104 09222 LNS 19279 b   A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB2736 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 505/1.30 new35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418 35 ILCS 505/1.30 new  35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418
35 ILCS 505/1.30 new
35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2025, marine fuel is exempt from the tax imposed under the Act. Provides that "marine fuel" means motor fuel specially formulated to be used in the propulsion of watercraft. Effective immediately.
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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 Motor Fuel Tax Law is amended by changing
5  Section 2 and by adding Section 1.30 as follows:
6  (35 ILCS 505/1.30 new)
7  Sec. 1.30. Marine fuel. "Marine fuel" means motor fuel
8  specially formulated to be used in the propulsion of
9  watercraft.
10  (35 ILCS 505/2) (from Ch. 120, par. 418)
11  Sec. 2. A tax is imposed on the privilege of operating
12  motor vehicles upon the public highways and recreational-type
13  watercraft upon the waters of this State.
14  (a) Prior to August 1, 1989, the tax is imposed at the rate
15  of 13 cents per gallon on all motor fuel used in motor vehicles
16  operating on the public highways and recreational type
17  watercraft operating upon the waters of this State. Beginning
18  on August 1, 1989 and until January 1, 1990, the rate of the
19  tax imposed in this paragraph shall be 16 cents per gallon.
20  Beginning January 1, 1990 and until July 1, 2019, the rate of
21  tax imposed in this paragraph, including the tax on compressed
22  natural gas, shall be 19 cents per gallon. Beginning July 1,

 

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 State of Illinois
 2025 and 2026 HB2736 Introduced , by Rep. Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 505/1.30 new35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418 35 ILCS 505/1.30 new  35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418
35 ILCS 505/1.30 new
35 ILCS 505/2 from Ch. 120, par. 418
Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Provides that, on and after July 1, 2025, marine fuel is exempt from the tax imposed under the Act. Provides that "marine fuel" means motor fuel specially formulated to be used in the propulsion of watercraft. Effective immediately.
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1  2019 and until July 1, 2020, the rate of tax imposed in this
2  paragraph shall be 38 cents per gallon. Beginning July 1, 2020
3  and until July 1, 2021, the rate of tax imposed in this
4  paragraph shall be 38.7 cents per gallon. Beginning July 1,
5  2021 and until January 1, 2023, the rate of tax imposed in this
6  paragraph shall be 39.2 cents per gallon. On January 1, 2023,
7  the rate of tax imposed in this paragraph shall be increased by
8  an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the
9  Consumer Price Index for the 12 months ending in September of
10  2022. On July 1, 2023, and on July 1 of each subsequent year,
11  the rate of tax imposed in this paragraph shall be increased by
12  an amount equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the
13  Consumer Price Index for the 12 months ending in March of the
14  year in which the increase takes place. The percentage
15  increase in the Consumer Price Index shall be calculated as
16  follows: (1) calculate the average Consumer Price Index for
17  the full 12 months ending in March of the year in which the
18  increase takes place; (2) calculate the average Consumer Price
19  Index for the full 12 months ending in March of the year
20  immediately preceding the year in which the increase takes
21  place; (3) calculate the percentage increase, if any, in the
22  current-year average determined under item (1) over the
23  preceding-year average determined under item (2). The rate
24  shall be rounded to the nearest one-tenth of one cent.
25  (a-5) Beginning on July 1, 2022 and through December 31,
26  2022, each retailer of motor fuel shall cause the following

 

 

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1  notice to be posted in a prominently visible place on each
2  retail dispensing device that is used to dispense motor fuel
3  in the State of Illinois: "As of July 1, 2022, the State of
4  Illinois has suspended the inflation adjustment to the motor
5  fuel tax through December 31, 2022. The price on this pump
6  should reflect the suspension of the tax increase." The notice
7  shall be printed in bold print on a sign that is no smaller
8  than 4 inches by 8 inches. The sign shall be clearly visible to
9  customers. Any retailer who fails to post or maintain a
10  required sign through December 31, 2022 is guilty of a petty
11  offense for which the fine shall be $500 per day per each
12  retail premises where a violation occurs.
13  (b) Until July 1, 2019, the tax on the privilege of
14  operating motor vehicles which use diesel fuel, liquefied
15  natural gas, or propane shall be the rate according to
16  paragraph (a) plus an additional 2 1/2 cents per gallon.
17  Beginning July 1, 2019, the tax on the privilege of operating
18  motor vehicles which use diesel fuel, liquefied natural gas,
19  or propane shall be the rate according to subsection (a) plus
20  an additional 7.5 cents per gallon. "Diesel fuel" is defined
21  as any product intended for use or offered for sale as a fuel
22  for engines in which the fuel is injected into the combustion
23  chamber and ignited by pressure without electric spark.
24  (c) A tax is imposed upon the privilege of engaging in the
25  business of selling motor fuel as a retailer or reseller on all
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1  highways and recreational type watercraft operating upon the
2  waters of this State: (1) at the rate of 3 cents per gallon on
3  motor fuel owned or possessed by such retailer or reseller at
4  12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1989; and (2) at the rate of 3 cents
5  per gallon on motor fuel owned or possessed by such retailer or
6  reseller at 12:01 A.M. on January 1, 1990.
7  Retailers and resellers who are subject to this additional
8  tax shall be required to inventory such motor fuel and pay this
9  additional tax in a manner prescribed by the Department of
10  Revenue.
11  The tax imposed in this paragraph (c) shall be in addition
12  to all other taxes imposed by the State of Illinois or any unit
13  of local government in this State.
14  (d) Except as provided in Section 2a, the collection of a
15  tax based on gallonage of gasoline used for the propulsion of
16  any aircraft is prohibited on and after October 1, 1979, and
17  the collection of a tax based on gallonage of special fuel used
18  for the propulsion of any aircraft is prohibited on and after
19  December 1, 2019.
20  (d-5) On and after July 1, 2025, marine fuel, as defined in
21  Section 1.30, is exempt from the tax imposed under this Act.
22  (e) The collection of a tax, based on gallonage of all
23  products commonly or commercially known or sold as 1-K
24  kerosene, regardless of its classification or uses, is
25  prohibited (i) on and after July 1, 1992 until December 31,
26  1999, except when the 1-K kerosene is either: (1) delivered

 

 

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1  into bulk storage facilities of a bulk user, or (2) delivered
2  directly into the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles and (ii)
3  on and after January 1, 2000. Beginning on January 1, 2000, the
4  collection of a tax, based on gallonage of all products
5  commonly or commercially known or sold as 1-K kerosene,
6  regardless of its classification or uses, is prohibited except
7  when the 1-K kerosene is delivered directly into a storage
8  tank that is located at a facility that has withdrawal
9  facilities that are readily accessible to and are capable of
10  dispensing 1-K kerosene into the fuel supply tanks of motor
11  vehicles. For purposes of this subsection (e), a facility is
12  considered to have withdrawal facilities that are not "readily
13  accessible to and capable of dispensing 1-K kerosene into the
14  fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles" only if the 1-K kerosene
15  is delivered from: (i) a dispenser hose that is short enough so
16  that it will not reach the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle
17  or (ii) a dispenser that is enclosed by a fence or other
18  physical barrier so that a vehicle cannot pull alongside the
19  dispenser to permit fueling.
20  Any person who sells or uses 1-K kerosene for use in motor
21  vehicles upon which the tax imposed by this Law has not been
22  paid shall be liable for any tax due on the sales or use of 1-K
23  kerosene.
24  As used in this Section, "Consumer Price Index" means the
25  index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
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1  change in prices of goods and services purchased by all urban
2  consumers, United States city average, all items, 1982-84 =
3  100.
4  (Source: P.A. 102-700, eff. 4-19-22; 103-995, eff. 8-9-24.)

 

 

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