§ 70-51. Exceptions.  


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  • No tax is imposed by this article with respect to any transaction in interstate commerce or otherwise to the extent to which such business may not, under the constitution and statutes of the United States, be made the subject of taxation by this state or any political subdivision thereof; nor shall any persons engaged in the business of distributing, supplying, furnishing or selling gas or electricity, or engaged in the business of transmitting messages, be subject to taxation under the provisions of this article for such transactions as are or may become subject to taxation under the provisions of the Municipal Retailers' Occupational Tax Act authorized by section 8-11-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1).

(Code 1979, § 15-31; Ord. No. 83-5, § 2, 6-20-1983)