Section 35 ILCS 128/1-10 - Tax imposed(a) Beginning August 1, 2012, a tax is imposed upon all persons engaged in the business of operating a cigarette machineThe tax is imposed at the rate of 99 mills per cigarette made or fabricated by a cigarette machine possessed by a cigarette machine operator.(b) If, after July 1, 2012, the General Assembly increases the rate of tax imposed under Section 2 of the Cigarette Tax Act, then the tax imposed under subsection (a) of this Section shall be increased by the same amount beginning on the effective date of the Cigarette Tax increase, but not earlier than August 1, 2012.(c) The tax herein imposed shall be in addition to all other occupation or privilege taxes imposed by the State of Illinois or by any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof.(d) Persons subject to the tax imposed by this Act may reimburse themselves for their tax liability under this Act by separately stating such tax, less any credit the machine operator claims under subsection (b) of Section 1-40 of this Act on tobacco sold to and used by users of a cigarette machine to make or fabricate cigarettes, as an additional charge to users of cigarette machines.(e) If any cigarette machine operator collects an amount (however designated) which purports to reimburse such operator for his or her cigarette machine operators' occupation tax liability under this Act with respect to cigarettes that are not subject to cigarette machine operators' occupation tax under this Act, or if any cigarette machine operator, in collecting an amount (however designated) which purports to reimburse such operator for his or her cigarette machine operators' occupation tax liability measured by cigarettes made or fabricated by a cigarette machine that are subject to tax under this Act, collects more from the customer than the cigarette machine operators' cigarette machine operators' occupation tax liability in the transaction, the customer shall have a legal right to claim a refund of that amount from the cigarette machine operator. However, if such amount is not refunded to the customer for any reason, the cigarette machine operator is liable to pay such amount to the Department.Added by P.A. 097-0688,§ 1-10, eff. 6/14/2012.