96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB2935


 
Introduced 2/24/2009, by Rep. Tom Cross
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













35 ILCS 640/15









    Amends the Electricity Excise Tax Law.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning severability.
















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HB2935

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    AN ACT concerning revenue.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Electricity Excise Tax Law is amended by 
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changing Section 15 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 640/15)



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    Sec. 15. 
If any
provision added by this amendatory Act of 
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1997 is held invalid, this entire
amendatory Act of 1997 shall 
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be deemed
invalid, and
and the provisions of Section 1.31, 
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"Severability", of the Statute on
Statutes are hereby expressly 
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declared not applicable to this amendatory Act of
1997; 
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provided,
however (i) that any contracts entered into and 
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performed, transactions
completed, orders issued, services 
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provided, billings rendered, or payments
made
in accordance 
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with the provisions of this amendatory Act of 1997, other than 
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as
provided in clause
(ii) below, prior to the date of the 
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determination of such invalidity, shall
not thereby be rendered 
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invalid; (ii) that no presumption as to the validity or

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invalidity of any contracts, transactions, orders, billings, 
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or payments
pursuant to Article XVIII of the Public Utilities 
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Act shall result from a
determination of invalidity of this 
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amendatory Act of 1997; and (iii) that the
provisions of

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proviso (i) shall not be deemed to preserve the validity of any 
 


 






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executory
contracts or transactions, of any actions to be taken 
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pursuant to orders
issued, or of any services to be performed, 
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billings to be rendered, or
payments
to be made, pursuant to 
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provisions of this amendatory Act of 1997 subsequent to
the 
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date of
determination of such invalidity.
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(Source: P.A. 90-561, eff. 12-16-97.)