100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1768

 

Introduced , by Rep. David McSweeney

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/18-185
35 ILCS 200/18-205
35 ILCS 200/18-212
35 ILCS 200/18-213
35 ILCS 200/18-214
35 ILCS 200/18-242 new
30 ILCS 805/8.41 new

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2017 levy year, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law applies to all taxing districts, including home rule units. Provides that, for the 2017 levy year, for taxing districts other than school districts and community college districts, the limiting rate under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law shall be calculated by reducing the district's 2016 aggregate extension by 5%. Provides that, for the 2018 levy year, for taxing districts other than school districts and community college districts, the limiting rate under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law shall be calculated by reducing the district's 2016 aggregate extension by 10%. Provides that, beginning with the 2017 levy year for school districts and community college districts, and beginning with the 2019 levy year for all other taxing districts, the extension limitation is 0%. Preempts home rule. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 18-185, 18-205, 18-212, 18-213, and 18-214 and by
6adding Section 18-242 as follows:
 
7    (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
8    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-521)
9    Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
10be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
11in this Division 5:
12    "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
13All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
14States Department of Labor.
15    "Extension limitation", for levy years prior to 2017, means
16(a) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
17Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the
18levy year or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters under
19Section 18-205.
20    "Extension limitation", beginning in levy year 2017 for
21school districts and community college districts, and
22beginning in levy year 2019 for all other taxing districts,
23means 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters under

 

 

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1Section 18-205. For levy years 2017 and 2018, the limiting rate
2for taxing districts other than school districts and community
3college districts shall not be calculated using an extension
4limitation, but shall be calculated according to the reduction
5provided in the definition of limiting rate in this Section.
6    "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
7inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
8more inhabitants.
9    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
101-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
111991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
12only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
13its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
14contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
15Beginning with the 1995 levy year and through the 2016 levy
16year, "taxing district" includes only each non-home rule taxing
17district subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each
18non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
19the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
20assessed value in an affected county or counties. Beginning
21with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
22taxing district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing
23district" also includes those taxing districts made subject to
24this Law as provided in Section 18-213. Beginning with the 2017
25levy year, "taxing district" has the same meaning provided in
26Section 1-150 and includes home rule units.

 

 

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1    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
2Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
3corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
4purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
5district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
6the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
7obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
8any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
9obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for
10any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
11issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
12before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
13interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
14refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
15referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
16principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
17payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
18credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
19tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
20shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
21local government finds that all other sources for payment are
22insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
23under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
24for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
25October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
26payments due under installment contracts entered into before

 

 

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1October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
2interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
3Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
4initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
5principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
63 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
7exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
8(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
9obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
10referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
11bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
12Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
13the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
14special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
15School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
16amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
17District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
18Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
19of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
20school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
21of providing joint recreational programs for persons with
22disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
23Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for
24temporary relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to
25Sections 2-3.77 and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for
26payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued under the

 

 

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1authority of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
2contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
3Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
4amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
5Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
6first year after a township assumes the rights, powers, duties,
7assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
8responsibilities of a road district abolished under the
9provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.
10    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
11this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
12districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section 18-213
13or this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) means the
14annual corporate extension for the taxing district and those
15special purpose extensions that are made annually for the
16taxing district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a)
17made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal on
18general obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b)
19made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
20general obligation bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (c) made
21for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
22issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
23before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
24interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
25refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that were approved by
26referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or

 

 

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1principal on revenue bonds issued before March 1, 1995 for
2payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
3credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
4tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
5shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
6local government finds that all other sources for payment are
7insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
8under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
9for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
10March 1, 1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made for
11payments due under installment contracts entered into before
12March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of principal and interest
13on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
14District Act to finance construction projects initiated before
15October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for stormwater management purposes
16by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
17Chicago under Section 12 of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
18District Act; (i) made for payments of principal and interest
19on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
20Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
21service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
22(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
23obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum and bonds
24described in subsection (h) of this definition; (j) made for
25payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
26Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made

 

 

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1for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
2Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
3Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for
4payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
5Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section
621.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii)
7issued under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
8District Act for zoological park projects, or (iii) issued
9under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District
10Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to
11Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied annually or
12not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint recreational
13programs for persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the
14Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois
15Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park District for
16recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
17subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the Chicago Park District
18Act; (p) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension fund
19created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the
20extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134
21of the Illinois Pension Code; and (q) made by Ford Heights
22School District 169 under Section 17-9.02 of the School Code.
23    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
24this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
25those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
26(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for

 

 

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1the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
2are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
3purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
4interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
5approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
6interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
7the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
8the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
9to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
10continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
11the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
12district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
13interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
14refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum
15making this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if
16the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
17the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
18district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
19interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
20on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
21taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
22levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
23government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
24interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
25the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
26all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those

 

 

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1payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
2lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
3issued by the commission before the date on which the
4referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
5held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
6under installment contracts entered into before the date on
7which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
8district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
9interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
10Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
11service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
12(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
13obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
14for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
15Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
16for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
17on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
18obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
19required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
20pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
21not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
22on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
23joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
24under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
25of the Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
26firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the

 

 

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1Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
2under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
3and (m) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
4principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
5Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
6    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
7this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
8(e) of Section 18-213 or this amendatory Act of the 100th
9General Assembly means the annual corporate extension for the
10taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
11made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
12purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
13interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
14approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
15interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
16the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for
17any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
18issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
19before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
20made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
21bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
22the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds
23were approved by referendum after the effective date of this
24amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
25interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
26effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of

 

 

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1which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
2unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
3payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
4only after the governing body of the unit of local government
5finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
6make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
7commission lease when the lease payments are for the retirement
8of bonds issued by the commission before the effective date of
9this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;
10(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered
11into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
12(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited
13bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
14Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
15extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of
16this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
17obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
18for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
19Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
20for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
21on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
22obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
23required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
24pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
25not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
26on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing

 

 

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1joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
2under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
3of the Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions
4to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
5Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
6under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
7    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
8portion of the extension for a taxing district for the
9preceding levy year for the 1994 levy year, or for those taxing
10districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section
1118-213, except for those subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
12(e) of Section 18-213, for the levy year in which the
13referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
14held, or for those taxing districts subject to this Law in
15accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section
1618-213 for the 1996 levy year, constituting an extension for
17payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the taxing
18district without referendum, but not including excluded
19non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were first
20subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose extension
21for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal and
22interest on bonds issued by the park district without
23referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
24was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
25constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
26on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but

 

 

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1not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
2extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the
3extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
4payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park
5district without referendum (but not including excluded
6non-referendum bonds). For levy years prior to 2017, a A debt
7service extension base established or increased at any time
8pursuant to any provision of this Law, except Section 18-212,
9shall be increased each year commencing with the later of (i)
10the 2009 levy year or (ii) the first levy year in which this
11Law becomes applicable to the taxing district, by the lesser of
125% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index
13during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year. For
14levy year 2017, for taxing districts other than school
15districts and community college districts, the debt service
16extension base shall be reduced by 5% from the district's 2016
17debt service extension base. For levy year 2018, for taxing
18districts other than school districts and community college
19districts, the debt service extension base shall be reduced by
2010% from the district's 2016 debt service extension base.
21Beginning in levy year 2017 for school districts and community
22college districts, and beginning in levy year 2019 for all
23other taxing districts, the debt service extension base shall
24be increased by 0%. The debt service extension base may be
25established or increased as provided under Section 18-212.
26"Excluded non-referendum bonds" means (i) bonds authorized by

 

 

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1Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
2Park District Act for aquarium and museum projects; (ii) bonds
3issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform
4Act; or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund or to
5continue to refund obligations initially issued pursuant to
6referendum.
7    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
8to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
9unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
10contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
11Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
12district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
13The extension for a special service area is not included in the
14aggregate extension.
15    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
16last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
1718-135, 18-215, and 18-230. An adjustment under Section 18-135
18shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent levy
19years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
20district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
21extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding
22levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
23taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
24last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
25Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
26aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal

 

 

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1to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
2district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
3either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
4rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
5last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
6preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
7subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
8    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
92012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
10District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
11    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
121-155.
13    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
14board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements
15or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
16property that increase the assessed value of that real property
17during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
18issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed
19value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
20of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
21real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any
22portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by
23the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
2417-30, including the assessed value, upon final stabilization
25of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
26property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or

 

 

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1previously exempt military reservation that is intended for
2residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
3or other entity, (iii) in counties that classify in accordance
4with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution, an
5incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from
6a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to
7the first year final board of review market value, and (iv) any
8increase in assessed value due to oil or gas production from an
9oil or gas well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic
10Fracturing Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted
11for during the previous levy year. In addition, the county
12clerk in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more
13shall include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
14school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
15applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
16    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
17organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
18county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
19population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
20    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
21provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
22equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
23municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
24redevelopment project area previously established under the
25Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
26Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial

 

 

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1Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
2established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
3Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
4Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of each
5taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
6redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
7assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
8area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 levy year,
9the recovered tax increment value for a non-home rule taxing
10district that first became subject to this Law for the 1995
11levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
12value was in an affected county or counties shall be increased
13if a municipality terminated the designation of an area in 1993
14as a redevelopment project area previously established under
15the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
16Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
17Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
18established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
19Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
20assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
21real property in the redevelopment project area over and above
22the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
23redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
24municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
25real property from a redevelopment project area established
26under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the

 

 

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1Illinois Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in
2the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
3Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
4means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
5of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
6removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
7initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
8removal from the redevelopment project area.
9    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
10rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
11preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
12plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
13denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
14value of all real property in the territory under the
15jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
16For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
17extension for the last preceding levy year, the highest
18aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years
19shall be used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate.
20The denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
21tax increment value. Notwithstanding any other provision of
22law: (1) for levy year 2017, for taxing districts other than
23school districts and community college districts, "limiting
24rate" means the taxing district's aggregate extension for the
252016 levy year (or, in the case of taxing districts that were
26not subject to this Law in the 2016 levy year, the aggregate

 

 

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1extension that would have applied to that taxing district in
2the 2016 levy year if the district had been subject to this Law
3in that year) reduced by 5%; and (2) for levy year 2018, for
4taxing districts other than school districts and community
5college districts, "limiting rate" means the taxing district's
6aggregate extension for the 2016 levy year (or, in the case of
7taxing districts that were not subject to this Law in the 2016
8levy year, the aggregate extension that would have applied to
9that taxing district in the 2016 levy year if the district had
10been subject to this Law in that year) reduced by 10%. If a new
11rate, a rate decrease, or a limiting rate increase has been
12approved at an election held after March 21, 2006, then (i) the
13otherwise applicable limiting rate shall be increased by the
14amount of the new rate or shall be reduced by the amount of the
15rate decrease, as the case may be, or (ii) in the case of a
16limiting rate increase, the limiting rate shall be equal to the
17rate set forth in the proposition approved by the voters for
18each of the years specified in the proposition, after which the
19limiting rate of the taxing district shall be calculated as
20otherwise provided. In the case of a taxing district that
21obtained referendum approval for an increased limiting rate on
22March 20, 2012, the limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be
23the rate that generates the approximate total amount of taxes
24extendable for that tax year, as set forth in the proposition
25approved by the voters; this rate shall be the final rate
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1funds of the district for tax year 2012.
2(Source: P.A. 98-6, eff. 3-29-13; 98-23, eff. 6-17-13; 99-143,
3eff. 7-27-15.)
 
4    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-521)
5    Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
6be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
7in this Division 5:
8    "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
9All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
10States Department of Labor.
11    "Extension limitation", for levy years prior to 2017, means
12(a) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
13Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the
14levy year or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters under
15Section 18-205.
16    "Extension limitation", beginning in levy year 2017 for
17school districts and community college districts, and
18beginning in levy year 2019 for all other taxing districts,
19means 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters under
20Section 18-205. For levy years 2017 and 2018, the limiting rate
21for taxing districts other than school districts and community
22college districts shall not be calculated using an extension
23limitation, but shall be calculated according to the reduction
24provided in the definition of limiting rate in this Section.
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1inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
2more inhabitants.
3    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
41-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
51991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
6only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
7its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
8contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
9Beginning with the 1995 levy year and through the 2016 levy
10year, "taxing district" includes only each non-home rule taxing
11district subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each
12non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
13the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
14assessed value in an affected county or counties. Beginning
15with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
16taxing district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing
17district" also includes those taxing districts made subject to
18this Law as provided in Section 18-213. Beginning with the 2017
19levy year, "taxing district" has the same meaning provided in
20Section 1-150 and includes home rule units.
21    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
22Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
23corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
24purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
25district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
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1obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
2any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
3obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for
4any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
5issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
6before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
7interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
8refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
9referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
10principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
11payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
12credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
13tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
14shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
15local government finds that all other sources for payment are
16insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
17under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
18for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
19October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
20payments due under installment contracts entered into before
21October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
22interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
23Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
24initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
25principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
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1exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
2(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
3obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
4referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
5bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
6Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
7the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
8special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
9School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
10amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
11District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
12Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
13of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
14school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
15of providing joint recreational programs for persons with
16disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
17Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for
18temporary relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to
19Sections 2-3.77 and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for
20payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued under the
21authority of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
22contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
23Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
24amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
25Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
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1assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
2responsibilities of a road district abolished under the
3provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.
4    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
5this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
6districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section 18-213
7or this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) means the
8annual corporate extension for the taxing district and those
9special purpose extensions that are made annually for the
10taxing district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a)
11made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal on
12general obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b)
13made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
14general obligation bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (c) made
15for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
16issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
17before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
18interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
19refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that were approved by
20referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
21principal on revenue bonds issued before March 1, 1995 for
22payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
23credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
24tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
25shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
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1insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
2under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
3for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
4March 1, 1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made for
5payments due under installment contracts entered into before
6March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of principal and interest
7on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
8District Act to finance construction projects initiated before
9October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for stormwater management purposes
10by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
11Chicago under Section 12 of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
12District Act; (i) made for payments of principal and interest
13on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
14Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
15service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
16(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
17obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum and bonds
18described in subsection (h) of this definition; (j) made for
19payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
20Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made
21for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
22Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
23Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for
24payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
25Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section
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1issued under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
2District Act for zoological park projects, or (iii) issued
3under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District
4Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to
5Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied annually or
6not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint recreational
7programs for persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the
8Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois
9Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park District for
10recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
11subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the Chicago Park District
12Act; (p) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension fund
13created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the
14extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134
15of the Illinois Pension Code; (q) made by Ford Heights School
16District 169 under Section 17-9.02 of the School Code; and (r)
17made for the purpose of making employer contributions to the
18Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago
19under Section 34-53 of the School Code.
20    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
21this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
22those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
23(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
24the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
25are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
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1interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
2approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
3interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
4the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
5the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
6to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
7continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
8the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
9district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
10interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
11refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum
12making this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if
13the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
14the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
15district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
16interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
17on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
18taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
19levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
20government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
21interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
22the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
23all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
24payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
25lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
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1referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
2held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
3under installment contracts entered into before the date on
4which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
5district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
6interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
7Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
8service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
9(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
10obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
11for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
12Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
13for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
14on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
15obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
16required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
17pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
18not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
19on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
20joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
21under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
22of the Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
23firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
24Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
25under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
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1principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
2Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
3    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
4this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
5(e) of Section 18-213 or this amendatory Act of the 100th
6General Assembly means the annual corporate extension for the
7taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
8made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
9purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
10interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
11approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
12interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
13the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for
14any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
15issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
16before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
17made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
18bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
19the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds
20were approved by referendum after the effective date of this
21amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
22interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
23effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of
24which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
25unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
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1only after the governing body of the unit of local government
2finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
3make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
4commission lease when the lease payments are for the retirement
5of bonds issued by the commission before the effective date of
6this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;
7(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered
8into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
9(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited
10bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
11Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
12extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of
13this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
14obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
15for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
16Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
17for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
18on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
19obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
20required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
21pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
22not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
23on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
24joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
25under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
26of the Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions

 

 

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1to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
2Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
3under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
4    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
5portion of the extension for a taxing district for the previous
6levy year for the 1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts
7subject to this Law in accordance with Section 18-213, except
8for those subject to paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section
918-213, for the levy year in which the referendum making this
10Law applicable to the taxing district is held, or for those
11taxing districts subject to this Law in accordance with
12paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213 for the 1996
13levy year, constituting an extension for payment of principal
14and interest on bonds issued by the taxing district without
15referendum, but not including excluded non-referendum bonds.
16For park districts (i) that were first subject to this Law in
171991 or 1995 and (ii) whose extension for the 1994 levy year
18for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by
19the park district without referendum (but not including
20excluded non-referendum bonds) was less than 51% of the amount
21for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for payment of
22principal and interest on bonds issued by the park district
23without referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum
24bonds), "debt service extension base" means an amount equal to
25that portion of the extension for the 1991 levy year
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1on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
2not including excluded non-referendum bonds). For levy years
3prior to 2017, a A debt service extension base established or
4increased at any time pursuant to any provision of this Law,
5except Section 18-212, shall be increased each year commencing
6with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or (ii) the first levy
7year in which this Law becomes applicable to the taxing
8district, by the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the
9Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year
10preceding the levy year. For levy year 2017, for taxing
11districts other than school districts and community college
12districts, the debt service extension base shall be reduced by
135% from the district's 2016 debt service extension base. For
14levy year 2018, for taxing districts other than school
15districts and community college districts, the debt service
16extension base shall be reduced by 10% from the district's 2016
17debt service extension base. Beginning in levy year 2017 for
18school districts and community college districts, and
19beginning in levy year 2019 for all other taxing districts, the
20debt service extension base shall be increased by 0%. The debt
21service extension base may be established or increased as
22provided under Section 18-212. "Excluded non-referendum bonds"
23means (i) bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and issued
24under Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium
25and museum projects; (ii) bonds issued under Section 15 of the
26Local Government Debt Reform Act; or (iii) refunding

 

 

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1obligations issued to refund or to continue to refund
2obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum.
3    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
4to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
5unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
6contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
7Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
8district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
9The extension for a special service area is not included in the
10aggregate extension.
11    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
12last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
1318-135, 18-215, and 18-230. An adjustment under Section 18-135
14shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent levy
15years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
16district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
17extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding
18levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
19taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
20last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
21Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
22aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
23to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
24district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
25either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
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1last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
2preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
3subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
4    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
52012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
6District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
7    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
81-155.
9    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
10board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements
11or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
12property that increase the assessed value of that real property
13during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
14issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed
15value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
16of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
17real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any
18portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by
19the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
2017-30, including the assessed value, upon final stabilization
21of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
22property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or
23previously exempt military reservation that is intended for
24residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
25or other entity, (iii) in counties that classify in accordance
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1incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from
2a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to
3the first year final board of review market value, and (iv) any
4increase in assessed value due to oil or gas production from an
5oil or gas well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic
6Fracturing Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted
7for during the previous levy year. In addition, the county
8clerk in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more
9shall include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
10school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
11applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
12    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
13organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
14county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
15population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
16    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
17provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
18equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
19municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
20redevelopment project area previously established under the
21Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
22Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
23Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
24established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
25Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
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1taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
2redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
3assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
4area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 levy year,
5the recovered tax increment value for a non-home rule taxing
6district that first became subject to this Law for the 1995
7levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
8value was in an affected county or counties shall be increased
9if a municipality terminated the designation of an area in 1993
10as a redevelopment project area previously established under
11the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
12Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
13Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
14established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
15Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
16assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
17real property in the redevelopment project area over and above
18the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
19redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
20municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
21real property from a redevelopment project area established
22under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the
23Illinois Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in
24the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
25Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
26means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value

 

 

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1of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
2removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
3initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
4removal from the redevelopment project area.
5    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
6rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
7preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
8plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
9denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
10value of all real property in the territory under the
11jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
12For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
13extension for the last preceding levy year, the highest
14aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years
15shall be used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate.
16The denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
17tax increment value. Notwithstanding any other provision of
18law: (1) for levy year 2017, for taxing districts other than
19school districts and community college districts, "limiting
20rate" means the taxing district's aggregate extension for the
212016 levy year (or, in the case of taxing districts that were
22not subject to this Law in the 2016 levy year, the aggregate
23extension that would have applied to that taxing district in
24the 2016 levy year if the district had been subject to this Law
25in that year) reduced by 5%; and (2) for levy year 2018, for
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1college districts, "limiting rate" means the taxing district's
2aggregate extension for the 2016 levy year (or, in the case of
3taxing districts that were not subject to this Law in the 2016
4levy year, the aggregate extension that would have applied to
5that taxing district in the 2016 levy year if the district had
6been subject to this Law in that year) reduced by 10%. If a new
7rate, a rate decrease, or a limiting rate increase has been
8approved at an election held after March 21, 2006, then (i) the
9otherwise applicable limiting rate shall be increased by the
10amount of the new rate or shall be reduced by the amount of the
11rate decrease, as the case may be, or (ii) in the case of a
12limiting rate increase, the limiting rate shall be equal to the
13rate set forth in the proposition approved by the voters for
14each of the years specified in the proposition, after which the
15limiting rate of the taxing district shall be calculated as
16otherwise provided. In the case of a taxing district that
17obtained referendum approval for an increased limiting rate on
18March 20, 2012, the limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be
19the rate that generates the approximate total amount of taxes
20extendable for that tax year, as set forth in the proposition
21approved by the voters; this rate shall be the final rate
22applied by the county clerk for the aggregate of all capped
23funds of the district for tax year 2012.
24(Source: P.A. 98-6, eff. 3-29-13; 98-23, eff. 6-17-13; 99-143,
25eff. 7-27-15; 99-521, eff. 6-1-17.)
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 200/18-205)
2    Sec. 18-205. Referendum to increase the extension
3limitation. A taxing district is limited to an extension
4limitation as defined in Section 18-185 of 5% or the percentage
5increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
6calendar year preceding the levy year, whichever is less. A
7taxing district may increase its extension limitation for one
8or more levy years if that taxing district holds a referendum
9before the levy date for the first levy year at which a
10majority of voters voting on the issue approves adoption of a
11higher extension limitation. Referenda shall be conducted at a
12regularly scheduled election in accordance with the Election
13Code. The question shall be presented in substantially the
14following manner for all elections held after March 21, 2006:
15        Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
16    Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
17    number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
18    district and geographic or other common name by which a
19    school or community college district is known and referred
20    to), Illinois, be increased from (extension limitation
21    under Section 18-185) the lesser of 5% or the percentage
22    increase in the Consumer Price Index over the prior levy
23    year to (insert the percentage of the proposed increase)%
24    per year for (insert each levy year for which the increased
25    extension limitation will apply)?
26The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

 

 

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1If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
2adoption of the increase, the increase shall be applicable for
3each levy year specified.
4    The ballot for any question submitted pursuant to this
5Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the
6question submitted, only the following supplemental
7information (which shall be supplied to the election authority
8by the taxing district) in substantially the following form:
9        (1) For the (insert the first levy year for which the
10    increased extension limitation will be applicable) levy
11    year the approximate amount of the additional tax
12    extendable against property containing a single family
13    residence and having a fair market value at the time of the
14    referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $....
15        (2) Based upon an average annual percentage increase
16    (or decrease) in the market value of such property of ...%
17    (insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage
18    increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the
19    time the submission of the question is initiated by the
20    taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized
21    assessed value of the taxable property in the taxing
22    district less (B) the new property included in the
23    equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the
24    additional tax extendable against such property for the ...
25    levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy year
26    is estimated to be $....

 

 

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1    Paragraph (2) shall be included only if the increased
2extension limitation will be applicable for more than one year
3and shall list each levy year for which the increased extension
4limitation will be applicable. The additional tax shown for
5each levy year shall be the approximate dollar amount of the
6increase over the amount of the most recently completed
7extension at the time the submission of the question is
8initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of the
9additional tax extendable shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
10be calculated by multiplying $100,000 (the fair market value of
11the property without regard to any property tax exemptions) by
12(i) the percentage level of assessment prescribed for that
13property by statute, or by ordinance of the county board in
14counties that classify property for purposes of taxation in
15accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
16Constitution; (ii) the most recent final equalization factor
17certified to the county clerk by the Department of Revenue at
18the time the taxing district initiates the submission of the
19proposition to the electors; (iii) the last known aggregate
20extension base of the taxing district at the time the
21submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district;
22and (iv) the difference between the percentage increase
23proposed in the question and (A) the lesser of 5% or the
24percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior
25levy year (or an estimate of the percentage increase for the
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1submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district)
2or (B) 0%, as applicable; and dividing the result by the last
3known equalized assessed value of the taxing district at the
4time the submission of the question is initiated by the taxing
5district. This amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly is
6intended to clarify the existing requirements of this Section,
7and shall not be construed to validate any prior non-compliant
8referendum language. Any notice required to be published in
9connection with the submission of the question shall also
10contain this supplemental information and shall not contain any
11other supplemental information. Any error, miscalculation, or
12inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth on the ballot or
13in the notice that is not deliberate shall not invalidate or
14affect the validity of any proposition approved. Notice of the
15referendum shall be published and posted as otherwise required
16by law, and the submission of the question shall be initiated
17as provided by law.
18(Source: P.A. 97-1087, eff. 8-24-12.)
 
19    (35 ILCS 200/18-212)
20    Sec. 18-212. Referendum on debt service extension base. A
21taxing district may establish or increase its debt service
22extension base if (i) that taxing district holds a referendum
23before the date on which the levy must be filed with the county
24clerk of the county or counties in which the taxing district is
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1approves the establishment of or increase in the debt service
2extension base. A debt service extension base established or
3increased by a referendum held pursuant to this Section after
4February 2, 2010 and prior to the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, shall be
6increased each year, commencing with the first levy year
7beginning after the date of the referendum, by the lesser of 5%
8or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during
9the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year if the
10optional language concerning the annual increase is included in
11the question submitted to the electors of the taxing district.
12Referenda under this Section shall be conducted at a regularly
13scheduled election in accordance with the Election Code. The
14governing body of the taxing district shall certify the
15question to the proper election authorities who shall submit
16the question to the electors of the taxing district in
17substantially the following form:
18    "Shall the debt service extension base under the Property
19    Tax Extension Limitation Law for ... (taxing district name)
20    ... for payment of principal and interest on limited bonds
21    be .... ((established at $ ....) . (or) (increased from $
22    .... to $ ....)) .. for the ..... levy year and all
23    subsequent levy years (optional language: , such debt
24    service extension base to be increased each year by the
25    lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
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1    levy year)?"
2    Votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
3    If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
4establishment of or increase in the debt service extension
5base, the establishment of or increase in the debt service
6extension base shall be applicable for the levy years
7specified.
8(Source: P.A. 96-1202, eff. 7-22-10.)
 
9    (35 ILCS 200/18-213)
10    Sec. 18-213. Referenda on applicability of the Property Tax
11Extension Limitation Law.
12    (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
13district subject to this Law because a majority of its 1990
14equalized assessed value is in a county or counties contiguous
15to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, or because a
16majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in an affected
17county and the taxing district was not subject to this Law
18before the 1995 levy year.
19    (b) Prior to taxable year 2017, the The county board of a
20county that is not subject to this Law may, by ordinance or
21resolution, submit to the voters of the county the question of
22whether to make all non-home rule taxing districts that have
23all or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated
24in the county subject to this Law in the manner set forth in
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1    For purposes of this Section only:
2    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
31-150.
4    "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
5assessed valuation for a taxing district for the immediately
6preceding levy year.
7    (c) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
8submission of the proposition at any election, except a
9consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
10against making the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
11applicable to all non-home rule taxing districts that have all
12or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated in
13the county.
14    The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall
15be in substantially the following form:
16        Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
17    ILCS 200/18-185 through 18-245), which limits annual
18    property tax extension increases, apply to non-home rule
19    taxing districts with all or a portion of their equalized
20    assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
21Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
22    (d) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
23to the electors of the county at the election specified in the
24ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
25jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
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1or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
2shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
3taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election
4specified in the ordinance or resolution.
5    (e) (1) With respect to taxing districts having all of
6    their equalized assessed valuation located in the county,
7    if a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
8    favor of the proposition, then this Law becomes applicable
9    to the taxing district beginning on January 1 of the year
10    following the date of the referendum.
11        (2) With respect to taxing districts that meet all the
12    following conditions this Law shall become applicable to
13    the taxing district beginning on January 1, 1997. The
14    districts to which this paragraph (2) is applicable
15            (A) do not have all of their equalized assessed
16        valuation located in a single county,
17            (B) have equalized assessed valuation in an
18        affected county,
19            (C) meet the condition that each county, other than
20        an affected county, in which any of the equalized
21        assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
22        has held a referendum under this Section at any
23        election, except a consolidated primary election, held
24        prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
25        1997, and
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1        assessed valuation located in one or more counties in
2        each of which the voters have approved a referendum
3        under this Section prior to the effective date of this
4        amendatory Act of 1997. For purposes of this Section,
5        in determining whether a majority of the equalized
6        assessed valuation of the taxing district is located in
7        one or more counties in which the voters have approved
8        a referendum under this Section, the equalized
9        assessed valuation of the taxing district in any
10        affected county shall be included with the equalized
11        assessed value of the taxing district in counties in
12        which the voters have approved the referendum.
13        (3) With respect to taxing districts that do not have
14    all of their equalized assessed valuation located in a
15    single county and to which paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
16    is not applicable, if each county other than an affected
17    county in which any of the equalized assessed valuation of
18    the taxing district is located has held a referendum under
19    this Section at any election, except a consolidated primary
20    election, held in any year and if a majority of the
21    equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
22    located in one or more counties that have each approved a
23    referendum under this Section, then this Law shall become
24    applicable to the taxing district on January 1 of the year
25    following the year in which the last referendum in a county
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1    valuation is held. For the purposes of this Law, the last
2    referendum shall be deemed to be the referendum making this
3    Law applicable to the taxing district. For purposes of this
4    Section, in determining whether a majority of the equalized
5    assessed valuation of the taxing district is located in one
6    or more counties that have approved a referendum under this
7    Section, the equalized assessed valuation of the taxing
8    district in any affected county shall be included with the
9    equalized assessed value of the taxing district in counties
10    that have approved the referendum.
11    (f) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
12Section, the county clerk of the county holding the referendum
13shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
14results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of
15their equalized assessed valuation located in the county, the
16county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
17assessed valuation of any taxing district is located, and the
18Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting a
19multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of Revenue
20shall determine whether the taxing district is subject to this
21Law and, if so, shall notify the taxing district and the county
22clerks of all of the counties in which a portion of the
23equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
24that, beginning the following January 1, the taxing district is
25subject to this Law. For each taxing district subject to
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1of Revenue shall notify the taxing district and the county
2clerks of all of the counties in which a portion of the
3equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
4that, beginning January 1, 1997, the taxing district is subject
5to this Law.
6    (g) Referenda held under this Section shall be conducted in
7accordance with the Election Code.
8(Source: P.A. 89-510, eff. 7-11-96; 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
 
9    (35 ILCS 200/18-214)
10    Sec. 18-214. Referenda on removal of the applicability of
11the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to non-home rule
12taxing districts.
13    (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
14district that is subject to this Law because a majority of its
151990 equalized assessed value is in a county or counties
16contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, or
17because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in
18an affected county and the taxing district was not subject to
19this Law before the 1995 levy year.
20    (b) For purposes of this Section only:
21    "Taxing district" means any non-home rule taxing district
22that became subject to this Law under Section 18-213 of this
23Law.
24    "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
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1preceding levy year.
2    (c) The county board of a county that became subject to
3this Law by a referendum approved by the voters of the county
4under Section 18-213 may, by ordinance or resolution, in the
5manner set forth in this Section, submit to the voters of the
6county the question of whether this Law applies to all non-home
7rule taxing districts that have all or a portion of their
8equalized assessed valuation situated in the county in the
9manner set forth in this Section.
10    (d) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
11submission of the proposition at any election, except a
12consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
13against the continued application of the Property Tax Extension
14Limitation Law to all non-home rule taxing districts that have
15all or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated
16in the county.
17    The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall
18be in substantially the following form:
19        Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
20    ILCS 200/18-185 through 35 ILCS 200/18-245), which limits
21    annual property tax extension increases, apply to non-home
22    rule taxing districts with all or a portion of their
23    equalized assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
24Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
25    (e) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
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1ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
2jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
3the county clerk shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance
4or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
5shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
6taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election
7specified in the ordinance or resolution.
8    (f) With respect to taxing districts having all of their
9equalized assessed valuation located in one county, if a
10majority of the votes cast on the proposition are against the
11proposition, then this Law shall not apply to the taxing
12district beginning on January 1 of the year following the date
13of the referendum.
14    (g) With respect to taxing districts that do not have all
15of their equalized assessed valuation located in a single
16county, if both of the following conditions are met, then this
17Law shall no longer apply to the taxing district beginning on
18January 1 of the year following the date of the referendum.
19        (1) Each county in which the district has any equalized
20    assessed valuation must either, (i) have held a referendum
21    under this Section, (ii) be an affected county, or (iii)
22    have held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
23    voters rejected the proposition at the most recent election
24    at which the question was on the ballot in the county.
25        (2) The majority of the equalized assessed valuation of
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1    valuation in an affected county, is in one or more counties
2    in which the voters rejected the proposition. For purposes
3    of this Section, in determining whether a majority of the
4    equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
5    located in one or more counties in which the voters have
6    rejected the proposition under this Section, the equalized
7    assessed valuation of any taxing district in a county which
8    has held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
9    voters rejected that proposition, at the most recent
10    election at which the question was on the ballot in the
11    county, will be included with the equalized assessed value
12    of the taxing district in counties in which the voters have
13    rejected the referendum held under this Section.
14    (h) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
15Section, the county clerk of the county holding the referendum
16shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
17results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of
18their equalized assessed valuation located in the county, the
19county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
20assessed valuation of any such taxing district is located, and
21the Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting
22a multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of
23Revenue shall determine whether the taxing district is no
24longer subject to this Law and, if the taxing district is no
25longer subject to this Law, the Department of Revenue shall
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1counties in which a portion of the equalized assessed valuation
2of the taxing district is located that, beginning on January 1
3of the year following the date of the last referendum, the
4taxing district is no longer subject to this Law.
5    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
6referendum may be submitted under this Section for taxable year
72017 or thereafter.
8(Source: P.A. 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
 
9    (35 ILCS 200/18-242 new)
10    Sec. 18-242. Home rule. This Division 5 is a limitation,
11under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
12Illinois Constitution, on the power of home rule units to tax.
 
13    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
14Section 8.41 as follows:
 
15    (30 ILCS 805/8.41 new)
16    Sec. 8.41. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
17of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
18implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
19the 100th General Assembly.
 
20    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes
21changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
22that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section

 

 

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1represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
2not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
3made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
4Public Act.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.