(A) Tax imposed.
(1) Pursuant to ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2, a tax is imposed upon the privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the village at the following rates, calculated on monthly basis for each purchase:
(a) For the first 2,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.580 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(b) For the next 48,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.381 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(c) For the next 50,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.343 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(d) For the next 400,000 kilowatt- hours used or consumed in a month: 0.333 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(e) For the next 500,000 kilowatt- hours used or consumed in a month: 0.324 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(f) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt- hours used or consumed in a month: 0.304 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(g) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt- hours used or consumed in a month: 0.300 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(h) For the next 5,000,000 kilowatt- hours used or consumed in a month: 0.295 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(i) For the next 10,000,000 kilowatt- hours used or consumed in a month: 0.290 cents per kilowatt-hour; and
(j) For all electricity used or consumed in excess of 20,000,000 kilowatt-hours in a month: 0.285 cents per kilowatt-hour.
(2) The tax is in addition to all taxes, fees and other revenue measures imposed by the village, the state or any other political subdivision of the state.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the tax shall not be imposed if and to the extent that imposition or collection of the tax would violate the Constitution or statutes of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
(4) The tax shall be imposed with respect to the use or consumption of electricity by residential customers beginning with the first bill issued on or after September 1, 1998 and with respect to the use or consumption of electricity by nonresidential customers beginning with the first bill issued to the customers for delivery services in accordance with Section 16-104 of the Public Utilities Act (ILCS Chapter 220, Act 5, § 16-104) or the first bill issued to the customers on or after January 1, 2001, whichever issuance occurs sooner.
(B) Collection of tax.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section regarding the delivery of electricity to resellers, the tax imposed under this chapter shall be collected from purchasers by the person maintaining a place of business in this state who delivers electricity to the purchasers. This tax shall constitute a debt of the purchaser to the person who delivers the electricity to the purchaser and is recoverable at the same time and in the same manner as the original charge for delivering the electricity.
(2) Any tax required to be collected by this chapter, and any tax in fact collected, shall constitute a debt owed to the village by the person delivering the electricity; provided, that the person delivering electricity shall be allowed credit for the tax related to deliveries of electricity, the charges for which are written off as uncollectible, and provided further, that if the charges are thereafter collected, the delivering supplier shall be obligated to remit the tax.
(3) Persons delivering electricity shall collect the tax from the purchaser by adding the tax to the gross charge for delivering the electricity. Persons delivering electricity shall also be authorized to add to the gross charge an amount equal to 3% of the tax they collect to reimburse them for their expenses incurred in keeping records, billing customers, preparing and filing returns, remitting the tax and supplying data to the village upon request. For purposes of this chapter, any partial payment of a billed amount not specifically identified by the purchaser shall be deemed to be for the delivery of electricity.
(C) Definitions. The following definitions shall apply to this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
EXEMPT PURCHASER. The Village of La Grange Park.
PERSON MAINTAINING A PLACE OF BUSINESS IN THIS STATE. Any person having or
maintaining within this state, directly or by a subsidiary or other affiliate, an office, generation facility, distribution facility, transmission facility, sales office or other place of business or any employee, agent or other representative operating within this state under the authority of the person or its subsidiary or other affiliate, irrespective of whether the place of business or agent or other representative is located in this state permanently or temporarily, or whether the person, subsidiary or other affiliate is licensed or qualified to do business in this state.
PURCHASE AT RETAIL. Any acquisition of electricity by a purchaser for purposes of use or consumption and not for resale, but shall not include the use of electricity by a public utility, as defined in ILCS Chapter 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2, directly in the generation, production, transmission, delivery or sale of electricity.
PURCHASER. Any person who uses or consumes, within the corporate limits of the village, electricity acquired in a purchase at retail (other than an “exempt purchaser”).
TAX COLLECTOR. The person delivering electricity to the purchaser.
(D) Tax remittance and return.
(1) Every Tax Collector shall on a monthly basis file a return in a form prescribed by the village. The return and accompanying remittance shall be due on or before the last day of the month following the month during which the tax is collected or is required to be collected under this section.
(2) If the person delivering electricity fails to collect the tax from the purchaser or is excused from collecting the tax under division (E) of this section, then the purchaser shall file a return in a form prescribed by the village and pay the tax directly to the village on or before the last day of the month following the month during which the electricity is used or consumed.
(E) Resales.
(1) Electricity that is delivered to a person in this village shall be considered to be for use and consumption by that person unless the person receiving the electricity has an active resale number issued and furnishes that number to the person who delivers the electricity and certifies to that person that the sale is either entirely or partially nontaxable as a sale for resale.
(2) If a person who receives electricity in the village claims to be an authorized reseller of electricity, that person shall apply to the village for a resale number. The applicant shall state facts showing why it is not liable for the tax imposed by this chapter on any purchases of electricity and shall furnish the additional information as the village may reasonably require.
(3) Upon approval of the application, the village shall assign a resale number to the applicant and shall certify the number to the applicant.
(4) The village may cancel the resale number of any person if the person fails to pay any tax payable under this chapter for electricity used or consumed by the person, or if the number:
(a) Was obtained through mis- representation; or
(b) Is no longer necessary because the person has discontinued making resales.
(5) If a reseller has acquired electricity partly for use or consumption and partly for resale, the reseller shall pay the tax imposed by this chapter directly to the village pursuant to this section on the amount of electricity that the reseller uses or consumes and shall collect the tax pursuant to this section and remit the tax pursuant to this section on the amount of electricity delivered by the reseller to a purchaser.
(6) Any person who delivers electricity to a reseller having an active resale number and complying with all other conditions of this section shall be excused from collecting and remitting the tax on any portion of the electricity delivered to the reseller, provided that the person reports to the village the total amount of electricity delivered to the reseller, and such other information that the village may reasonably require.
(F) Books and records. Every Tax Collector, and every taxpayer required to pay the tax imposed by this section, shall keep accurate books and records of its business or activity, including contemporaneous books and records denoting the transactions that gave rise, or may have given rise, to any tax liability under this chapter. The books and records shall be subject to and available for inspection at all times during business hours of the day.
(G) Credits and refunds. Notwithstanding any other provision in this code, in order to permit sound fiscal planning and budgeting by the village, no person shall be entitled to a refund of, or credit for, a tax imposed under this chapter unless the persons files a claim for refund or credit within one year after the date on which the tax was paid or remitted.
(Ord. 640, passed 6-9-98; Ord. 644, passed 9-8-98)