Illinois 96th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 3147 — EFFICIENT GREEN IL TAX CREDIT

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 96th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Creates the Efficient and Green Illinois Tax Credit Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to award income tax credits based on 25% of the cost of qualifying expenditures for energy efficient projects, such as solar energy equipment, Energy Star certified heat pumps, lighting retrofit projects, and wind equipment. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules. Provides that the credit may be carried forward for up to 5 taxable years. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.

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What changed in the latest version

40 added · 60 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest version of SB 3147 adds new provisions to promote environmentally sustainable building practices, including the use of green roofs and WaterSense certified products. It clarifies how the costs for clean energy projects are calculated and specifies that taxpayers cannot reduce their tax liability below zero with these credits. These changes are important because they enhance support for eco-friendly initiatives and make the tax credit system more transparent and beneficial for those investing in clean energy.

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*LRB09620025HLH35521b* SB3147 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2010 SB3147 Introduced 2/9/2010, by Sen.
SB3147 Engrossed LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b AN ACT concerning revenue.
James F.
Clayborne, Jr.
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act ILCS 5/219 new Creates the Efficient and Green Illinois Tax Credit Act.
Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to award income tax credits based on 25% of the cost of qualifying expenditures for energy efficient projects, such as solar energy equipment, Energy Star certified heat pumps, lighting retrofit projects, and wind equipment.
Authorizes the Department to adopt rules.
Provides that the credit may be carried forward for up to 5 taxable years.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make automatic sunset provisions.
Effective immediately.mpt from the Act's LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR SB3147 LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b AN ACT concerning revenue.
(A) Solar energy equipment that uses solar radiation as a substitute for traditional energy for water heating, active space heating and cooling, passive heating, day-lighting, generating electricity, distillation, desalinization, or the production of industrial or commercial process heat, as well as SB3147 - 2 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b related devices necessary for collecting, storing, exchanging, conditioning, or converting solar energy to other useful forms of energy.
(A) Solar energy equipment that uses solar radiation as a substitute for traditional energy for water heating, active space heating and cooling, passive heating, day-lighting, generating electricity, distillation, desalinization, or the production of industrial or commercial process heat, as well as SB3147 Engrossed - 2 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b related devices necessary for collecting, storing, exchanging, conditioning, or converting solar energy to other useful forms of energy.
"Cost" means:
(E) Green roofs and other environmentally sustainable landscaping.
(A) In the case of clean energy property owned by the taxpayer, cost is the aggregate funds actually invested and expended by a taxpayer in that taxable year to put into service the clean energy property.
(F) WaterSense certified products for indoor and outdoor non-agricultural water use.
(B) In the case of clean energy property the SB3147 - 3 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b taxpayer leases from another, cost is 8 times the net annual rental rate, which is the annual rental rate paid by the taxpayer less any annual rental rate received by the taxpayer from sub-rentals.
"Cost" means, in the case of clean energy property owned by the taxpayer, the aggregate funds actually invested and SB3147 Engrossed - 3 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b expended by the taxpayer to put into service the clean energy property.
For purposes of this Section, all funds so invested and expended shall be classified as invested and expended in the taxable year during which the property is put into service.
establish forms for applications, notifications, contracts, or any SB3147 - 4 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b other agreements;
establish forms for applications, notifications, contracts, or any SB3147 Engrossed - 4 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b other agreements;
SB3147 - 5 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b Section 35.
SB3147 Engrossed - 5 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b Section 35.
The credit shall be awarded for the taxable year in which the expenditure is made.
The credit shall be awarded for the taxable year in which the project is put into service.
The Department may not approve more than $40,000,000 in credits under this Act in any one taxable year.
Section 80.
SB3147 Engrossed - 6 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b Section 80.
The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by SB3147 - 6 - LRB096 20025 HLH 35521 b adding Section 219 as follows:
The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by adding Section 219 as follows:
If the taxpayer is a partnership or Subchapter S corporation, the credit shall be allowed to the partners or shareholders in accordance with the determination of income and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
If the taxpayer is a partnership or Subchapter S corporation, the credit shall be allowed to the partners or shareholders in accordance with the determination of income and distributive share of income under Sections 702 and 704 and Subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code.
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Action History

  1. Session Sine Die

  2. Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

  3. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook

  4. Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee

  5. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

  6. Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol A. Sente

  7. Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

  8. Referred to Rules Committee

  9. First Reading

  10. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading

  11. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner

  12. Arrived in House

  13. Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000

  14. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 18, 2010

  15. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Clayborne

  16. Second Reading

  17. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Commerce; 009-000-000

  18. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi

  19. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Commerce

  20. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  21. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  22. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 9, 2010

  23. Do Pass as Amended Commerce; 009-000-000

  24. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted

  25. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Commerce

  26. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  27. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

  28. Assigned to Commerce

  29. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

  30. Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale E. Risinger

  31. Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III

  32. Referred to Assignments

  33. First Reading

  34. Filed with Secretary by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

Sponsors

  • Jr. James F. Clayborne · Cosponsor
  • Charles E. Jefferson · Cosponsor
  • Lisa M. Dugan · Cosponsor

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0 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 180 not signed on

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (3)

  • James F. Clayborne, Jr.
  • Charles E. Jefferson
  • Lisa M. Dugan

Not signed on (180)

180 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 53 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 9000
Unaffiliated 43006
Republican 1000
Total 53006
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Noland — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Link — Yea
Maloney — Yea
McCarter — Yea
Meeks — Not Voting
Millner — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Radogno — Yea
Schoenberg — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Steans — Yea
Brady — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Clayborne — Not Voting
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Yea
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Yea
Forby — Yea
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Not Voting
Risinger — Yea
Rutherford — Not Voting
Sandoval — Yea
Lauzen — Not Voting
Luechtefeld — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Not Voting
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Dave Syverson Republican Yea

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Subjects

taxation energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 3147 do?
Creates the Efficient and Green Illinois Tax Credit Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to award income tax credits based on 25% of the cost of qualifying expenditures for energy efficient projects, such as solar energy equipment, Energy Star certified heat pumps, lighting retrofit projects, and wind equipment. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules. Provides that the credit may be carried forward for up to 5 taxable years. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately.
Who sponsors SB 3147?
SB 3147 is sponsored by James F. Clayborne, Jr., Charles E. Jefferson, and Lisa M. Dugan.
What is the current status of SB 3147?
This bill died with 96th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 3147?
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