Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Aeronautics Act. Creates the Baggage Fee Sharing Program and the Baggage Fee Sharing Revolving Fund. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall collect a fee equal to 6.25% of all fees charged and collected in this State by persons operating aircraft for hire or reward for simultaneously transporting tangible personal property. Provides for the disposition of the collected fees. Provides limitations and exceptions to the Baggage Fee Sharing Program. Provides that the Department may adopt rules to implement the program. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1397 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Andre Thapedi [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patrick Verschoore [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Jefferson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thaddeus Jones [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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