35 ILCS 105/3-55 — Illinois Code / Chapter 35 / Act 105 / Section 3-55
Section 3-55
Status: in_force

(35 ILCS 105/3-55) (from Ch. 120, par. 439.3-55) Sec. 3-55. Multistate exemption. To prevent actual or likely multistate taxation, the tax imposed by this Act does not apply to the use of tangible personal property in this State under the following circumstances: (a) The use, in this State, of tangible personal property acquired outside this State by a nonresident individual and brought into this State by the individual for his or her own use while temporarily within this State or while passing through this State. (b) (Blank). (c) The use, in this State, by owners or lessors, lessees, or shippers of tangible personal property that is utilized by interstate carriers for hire for use as rolling stock moving in interstate commerce as long as so used by the interstate carriers for hire, and equipment operated by a 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. (d) The use, in this State, of tangible personal property that is acquired outside this State and caused to be brought into this State by a person who has already paid a tax in another State in respect to the sale, purchase, or use of that property, to the extent of the amount of the tax properly due and paid in the other State. (e) The temporary storage, in this State, of tangible personal property that is acquired outside this State and that, after being brought into this State and stored here temporarily, is used solely outside this State or is physically attached to or incorporated into other tangible personal property that is used solely outside this State, or is altered by converting, fabricating, manufacturing, printing, processing, or shaping, and, as altered, is used solely outside this State. (f) The temporary storage in this State of building materials and fixtures that are acquired either in this State or outside this State by an Illinois registered combination retailer and construction contractor, and that the purchaser thereafter uses outside this State by incorporating that property into real estate located outside this State. (g) The use or purchase of tangible personal property by a common carrier by rail or motor that receives the physical possession of the property in Illinois, and that transports the property, or shares with another common carrier in the transportation of the property, out of Illinois on a standard uniform bill of lading showing the seller of the property as the shipper or consignor of the property to a destination outside Illinois, for use outside Illinois. (h) Except as provided in subsections (h-1) and (h-1.5), the use, in this State, of a motor vehicle that was sold in this State to a nonresident, even though the motor vehicle is delivered to the nonresident in this State, if the motor vehicle is not to be titled in this State, and if a drive-away permit is issued to the motor vehicle as provided in Section 3-603 of the Illinois Vehicle Code or if the nonresident purchaser has vehicle registration plates to transfer to the motor vehicle upon returning to his or her home state. The issuance of the drive-away permit or having the out-of-state registration plates to be transferred shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle will not be titled in this State. (h-1) The exemption under subsection (h) does not apply if the state in which the motor vehicle will be titled does not allow a reciprocal exemption for the use in that state of a motor vehicle sold and delivered in that state to an Illinois resident but titled in Illinois. The tax collected under this Act on the sale of a motor vehicle in this State to a resident of another state that does not allow a reciprocal exemption shall be imposed at a rate equal to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in the state in which the purchaser is a resident, except that the tax shall not exceed the tax that would otherwise be imposed under this Act. At the time of the sale, the purchaser shall execute a statement, signed under penalty of perjury, of his or her intent to title the vehicle in the state in which the purchaser is a resident within 30 days after the sale and of the fact of the payment to the State of Illinois of tax in an amount equivalent to the state's rate of tax on taxable property in his or her state of residence and shall submit the statement to the appropriate tax collection agency in his or her state of residence. In addition, the retailer must retain a signed copy of the statement in his or her records. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the removal of the vehicle from this state following the filing of an intent to title the vehicle in the purchaser's state of residence if the purchaser titles the vehicle in his or her state of residence within 30 days after the date of sale. The tax collected under this Act in accordance with this subsection (h-1) shall be proportionately distributed as if the tax were collected at the 6.25% general rate imposed under this Act. (h-1.5) There is a rebuttable presumption that the exemption under subsection (h) does not apply if the purchaser is a limited liability company and a member of the limited liability company is a resident of Illinois. This presumption may be rebutted by other evidence, such as evidence the motor vehicle is insured for primary use at an address outside of Illinois or evidence that the motor vehicle will be permanently stored or garaged at a physical address outside Illinois. (h-2) The following exemptions apply with respect to certain aircraft: (1) Beginning on July 1, 2007, no tax is imposed under this Act on the purchase of an