65 ILCS 5/8-11-24
The tax imposed by a municipality under this subsection and all civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident of the tax shall be collected and enforced by the Department. The certificate of registration that is issued by the Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act shall permit the retailer to engage in a business that is taxable under any ordinance or resolution enacted under this subsection without registering separately with the Department under that ordinance or resolution or under this subsection.
The Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this subsection; to collect all taxes and penalties due under this subsection; to dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided in this Section and under rules adopted by the Department; and to determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of tax or penalty under this subsection.
In the administration of, and compliance with, this subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this subsection shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties, and be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure, as are prescribed in Sections 1, 2 through 2-65 (in respect to all provisions therein other than the State rate of tax), 2c, 3 (except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5i, 5j, 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11a, 12 and 13 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act and all of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were set forth in this Section.
Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their seller's tax liability hereunder by separately stating that tax as an additional charge, which charge may be stated in combination, in a single amount, with State tax which sellers are required to collect under the Use Tax Act, pursuant to such bracket schedules as the Department may prescribe.
The tax imposed under this subsection and all civil penalties that may be assessed as an incident thereof shall be collected and enforced by the Department. The certificate of registration that is issued by the Department to a retailer under the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or the Service Occupation Tax Act shall permit the registrant to engage in a business that is taxable under any ordinance or resolution enacted pursuant to this subsection without registering separately with the Department under the ordinance or resolution or under this subsection.
The Department shall have full power to administer and enforce this subsection, to collect all taxes and penalties due under this subsection, to dispose of taxes and penalties so collected in the manner provided in this Section and under rules adopted by the Department, and to determine all rights to credit memoranda arising on account of the erroneous payment of a tax or penalty under this subsection.
In the administration of and compliance with this subsection, the Department and persons who are subject to this subsection shall have the same rights, remedies, privileges, immunities, powers and duties, and be subject to the same conditions, restrictions, limitations, penalties and definitions of terms, and employ the same modes of procedure as are set forth in Sections 2, 2c, 3 through 3-50 (in respect to all provisions contained in those Sections other than the State rate of tax), 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 (except as to the disposition of taxes and penalties collected), 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 of the Service Occupation Tax Act and all provisions of the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act, as fully as if those provisions were set forth in this Section.
Persons subject to any tax imposed under the authority granted in this subsection may reimburse themselves for their serviceman's tax liability by separately stating the tax as an additional charge, which may be stated in combination, in a single amount, with State tax that servicemen are authorized to collect under the Service Use Tax Act, pursuant to any bracketed schedules set forth by the Department.
Moneys deposited into the Municipal Grocery Tax Trust Fund under this Section are not subject to appropriation and shall be used as provided in this Section. All deposits into the Municipal Grocery Tax Trust Fund shall be held in the Municipal Grocery Tax Trust Fund by the State Treasurer, ex officio, as trustee separate and apart from all public moneys or funds of this State.
Whenever the Department determines that a refund should be made under this Section to a claimant instead of issuing a credit memorandum, the Department shall notify the State Comptroller, who shall cause the order to be drawn for the amount specified and to the person named in the notification from the Department. The refund shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of the Municipal Grocery Tax Trust Fund.
After the monthly transfer to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund, if any, on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, the Department shall prepare and certify to the Comptroller the disbursement of stated sums of money to named municipalities, the municipalities to be those from which retailers have paid taxes or penalties under this Section to the Department during the second preceding calendar month. The amount to be paid to each municipality shall be the amount (not including credit memoranda) collected under this Section during the second preceding calendar month by the Department plus an amount the Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were erroneously paid to a different taxing body, and not including an amount equal to the amount of refunds made during the second preceding calendar month by the Department on behalf of such municipality, and not including any amount that the Department determines is necessary to offset any amounts that were payable to a different taxing body but were erroneously paid to the municipality, and not including any amounts that are transferred to the STAR Bonds Revenue Fund. Within 10 days after receipt by the Comptroller of the disbursement certification to the municipalities provided for in this Section to be given to the Comptroller by the Department, the Comptroller shall cause the orders to be drawn for the amounts in accordance with the directions contained in the certification.
For purposes of the tax authorized to be imposed under subsection (a), "groceries" has the same meaning as "food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption)", as further defined in Section 2-10 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act.
For purposes of the tax authorized to be imposed under subsection (b), "groceries" has the same meaning as "food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold (other than alcoholic beverages, food consisting of or infused with adult use cannabis, soft drinks, candy, and food that has been prepared for immediate consumption)", as further defined in Section 3-10 of the Service Occupation Tax Act. For purposes of the tax authorized to be imposed under subsection (b), "groceries" also means food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident to a sale of service subject to the Service Occupation Tax Act or the Service Use Tax Act by an entity licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or the Child Care Act of 1969, or an entity that holds a permit issued pursuant to the Life Care Facilities Act.
65 ILCS 5/8-11-24