Lee A. Daniels

Filed: 2/18/2004

 

 


 
 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1498

2     AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend Senate Bill 1498, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5     "Section 5. The Economic Development Area Tax Increment
6 Allocation Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 620/6)   (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1006)
8     Sec. 6. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
9 equalized assessed value.
10     (a) The municipality shall file a certified copy of any
11 ordinance authorizing tax increment allocation financing for
12 an economic development project area with the county clerk, and
13 the county clerk shall immediately thereafter determine (1) the
14 most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot,
15 block, tract or parcel of real property within the economic
16 development project area from which shall be deducted the
17 homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175,
18 and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the
19 "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
20 property, and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all
21 taxable real property within the economic development project
22 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
23 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
24 real property within such economic development project area,

 

 

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1 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
2 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
3 Code, and shall certify such amount as the "total initial
4 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within
5 the economic development project area.
6     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
7 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in the
8 economic development project area, then in respect to every
9 taxing district containing an economic development project
10 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
11 ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all
12 taxable property within that taxing district for the purpose of
13 computing the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable
14 property within that taxing district, shall in every year that
15 tax increment allocation financing is in effect ascertain the
16 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
17 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
18 current equalized assessed value or the certified "total
19 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
20 in such area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
21 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
22 property in the economic development project area in the same
23 manner as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other
24 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
25 allocating taxes established under this Section shall
26 terminate when the municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving
27 the special tax allocation fund for the economic development
28 project area, terminating the economic development project
29 area, and terminating the use of tax increment allocation
30 financing for the economic development project area. This Act
31 shall not be construed as relieving property owners within an
32 economic development project area from paying a uniform rate of
33 taxes upon the current equalized assessed value of their
34 taxable property as provided in the Property Tax Code.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
2     Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
3 Sections 14-15, 15-10, 15-170, 15-175, and 20-178 and by adding
4 Section 15-176 as follows:
 
5     (35 ILCS 200/14-15)
6     Sec. 14-15. Certificate of error; counties of 3,000,000 or
7 more.
8     (a) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, if,
9 after the assessment is certified pursuant to Section 16-150,
10 but subject to the limitations of subsection (c) of this
11 Section, the county assessor discovers an error or mistake in
12 the assessment, the assessor shall execute a certificate
13 setting forth the nature and cause of the error. The
14 certificate when endorsed by the county assessor, or when
15 endorsed by the county assessor and board of appeals (until the
16 first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review beginning
17 the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) where the
18 certificate is executed for any assessment which was the
19 subject of a complaint filed in the board of appeals (until the
20 first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review beginning
21 the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) for the tax
22 year for which the certificate is issued, may, either be
23 certified according to the procedure authorized by this Section
24 or be presented and received in evidence in any court of
25 competent jurisdiction. Certification is authorized, at the
26 discretion of the county assessor, for: (1) certificates of
27 error allowing homestead exemptions pursuant to Sections
28 15-170, 15-172, and 15-175, and 15-176; (2) certificates of
29 error on residential property of 6 units or less; (3)
30 certificates of error allowing exemption of the property
31 pursuant to Section 14-25; and (4) other certificates of error
32 reducing assessed value by less than $100,000. Any certificate

 

 

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1 of error not certified shall be presented to the court. The
2 county assessor shall develop reasonable procedures for the
3 filing and processing of certificates of error. Prior to the
4 certification or presentation to the court, the county assessor
5 or his or her designee shall execute and include in the
6 certificate of error a statement attesting that all procedural
7 requirements pertaining to the issuance of the certificate of
8 error have been met and that in fact an error exists. When so
9 introduced in evidence such certificate shall become a part of
10 the court records, and shall not be removed from the files
11 except upon the order of the court.
12     Certificates of error that will be presented to the court
13 shall be filed as an objection in the application for judgment
14 and order of sale for the year in relation to which the
15 certificate is made or as an amendment to the objection under
16 subsection (b). Certificates of error that are to be certified
17 according to the procedure authorized by this Section need not
18 be presented to the court as an objection or an amendment under
19 subsection (b). The State's Attorney of the county in which the
20 property is situated shall mail a copy of any final judgment
21 entered by the court regarding any certificate of error to the
22 taxpayer of record for the year in question.
23     Any unpaid taxes after the entry of the final judgment by
24 the court or certification on certificates issued under this
25 Section may be included in a special tax sale, provided that an
26 advertisement is published and a notice is mailed to the person
27 in whose name the taxes were last assessed, in a form and
28 manner substantially similar to the advertisement and notice
29 required under Sections 21-110 and 21-135. The advertisement
30 and sale shall be subject to all provisions of law regulating
31 the annual advertisement and sale of delinquent property, to
32 the extent that those provisions may be made applicable.
33     A certificate of error certified under this Section shall
34 be given effect by the county treasurer, who shall mark the tax

 

 

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1 books and, upon receipt of one of the following certificates
2 from the county assessor or the county assessor and the board
3 of review where the board of review is required to endorse the
4 certificate of error, shall issue refunds to the taxpayer
5 accordingly:
 
6
"CERTIFICATION
7     I, .................., county assessor, hereby certify
8     that the Certificates of Error set out on the attached list
9     have been duly issued to correct an error or mistake in the
10     assessment."
 
11
"CERTIFICATION
12     I, .................., county assessor, and we,
13     ........................................................,
14     members of the board of review, hereby certify that the
15     Certificates of Error set out on the attached list have
16     been duly issued to correct an error or mistake in the
17     assessment and that any certificates of error required to
18     be endorsed by the board of review have been so endorsed."
 
19     The county treasurer has the power to mark the tax books to
20 reflect the issuance of certificates of error certified
21 according to the procedure authorized in this Section for
22 certificates of error issued under Section 14-25 or
23 certificates of error issued to and including 3 years after the
24 date on which the annual judgment and order of sale for that
25 tax year was first entered. The county treasurer has the power
26 to issue refunds to the taxpayer as set forth above until all
27 refunds authorized by this Section have been completed.
28     To the extent that the certificate of error obviates the
29 liability for nonpayment of taxes, certification of a
30 certificate of error according to the procedure authorized in
31 this Section shall operate to vacate any judgment or forfeiture

 

 

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1 as to that year's taxes, and the warrant books and judgment
2 books shall be marked to reflect that the judgment or
3 forfeiture has been vacated.
4     (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Section shall be
5 construed to prohibit the execution, endorsement, issuance,
6 and adjudication of a certificate of error if (i) the annual
7 judgment and order of sale for the tax year in question is
8 reopened for further proceedings upon consent of the county
9 collector and county assessor, represented by the State's
10 Attorney, and (ii) a new final judgment is subsequently entered
11 pursuant to the certificate. This subsection (b) shall be
12 construed as declarative of existing law and not as a new
13 enactment.
14     (c) No certificate of error, other than a certificate to
15 establish an exemption under Section 14-25, shall be executed
16 for any tax year more than 3 years after the date on which the
17 annual judgment and order of sale for that tax year was first
18 entered, except that during calendar years 1999 and 2000 a
19 certificate of error may be executed for any tax year, provided
20 that the error or mistake in the assessment was discovered no
21 more than 3 years after the date on which the annual judgment
22 and order of sale for that tax year was first entered.
23     (d) The time limitation of subsection (c) shall not apply
24 to a certificate of error correcting an assessment to $1, under
25 Section 10-35, on a parcel that a subdivision or planned
26 development has acquired by adverse possession, if during the
27 tax year for which the certificate is executed the subdivision
28 or planned development used the parcel as common area, as
29 defined in Section 10-35, and if application for the
30 certificate of error is made prior to December 1, 1997.
31     (e) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st
32 General Assembly apply to certificates of error issued before,
33 on, and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
34 91st General Assembly.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 90-4, eff. 3-7-97; 90-288, eff. 8-1-97; 90-655,
2 eff. 7-30-98; 91-393, eff. 7-30-99; 91-686, eff. 1-26-00.)
 
3     (35 ILCS 200/15-10)
4     Sec. 15-10. Exempt property; procedures for certification.
5 All property granted an exemption by the Department pursuant to
6 the requirements of Section 15-5 and described in the Sections
7 following Section 15-30 and preceding Section 16-5, to the
8 extent therein limited, is exempt from taxation. In order to
9 maintain that exempt status, the titleholder or the owner of
10 the beneficial interest of any property that is exempt must
11 file with the chief county assessment officer, on or before
12 January 31 of each year (May 31 in the case of property
13 exempted by Section 15-170), an affidavit stating whether there
14 has been any change in the ownership or use of the property or
15 the status of the owner-resident, or that a disabled veteran
16 who qualifies under Section 15-165 owned and used the property
17 as of January 1 of that year. The nature of any change shall be
18 stated in the affidavit. Failure to file an affidavit shall, in
19 the discretion of the assessment officer, constitute cause to
20 terminate the exemption of that property, notwithstanding any
21 other provision of this Code. Owners of 5 or more such exempt
22 parcels within a county may file a single annual affidavit in
23 lieu of an affidavit for each parcel. The assessment officer,
24 upon request, shall furnish an affidavit form to the owners, in
25 which the owner may state whether there has been any change in
26 the ownership or use of the property or status of the owner or
27 resident as of January 1 of that year. The owner of 5 or more
28 exempt parcels shall list all the properties giving the same
29 information for each parcel as required of owners who file
30 individual affidavits.
31     However, titleholders or owners of the beneficial interest
32 in any property exempted under any of the following provisions
33 are not required to submit an annual filing under this Section:

 

 

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1         (1) Section 15-45 (burial grounds) in counties of less
2     than 3,000,000 inhabitants and owned by a not-for-profit
3     organization.
4         (2) Section 15-40.
5         (3) Section 15-50 (United States property).
6     If there is a change in use or ownership, however, notice
7 must be filed pursuant to Section 15-20.
8     An application for homestead exemptions shall be filed as
9 provided in Section 15-170 (senior citizens homestead
10 exemption), Section 15-172 (senior citizens assessment freeze
11 homestead exemption), and Sections Section 15-175 and 15-176
12 (general homestead exemption), respectively.
13 (Source: P.A. 92-333, eff. 8-10-01; 92-729, eff. 7-25-02.)
 
14     (35 ILCS 200/15-170)
15     Sec. 15-170. Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption. An
16 annual homestead exemption limited, except as described here
17 with relation to cooperatives or life care facilities, to a
18 maximum reduction set forth below from the property's value, as
19 equalized or assessed by the Department, is granted for
20 property that is occupied as a residence by a person 65 years
21 of age or older who is liable for paying real estate taxes on
22 the property and is an owner of record of the property or has a
23 legal or equitable interest therein as evidenced by a written
24 instrument, except for a leasehold interest, other than a
25 leasehold interest of land on which a single family residence
26 is located, which is occupied as a residence by a person 65
27 years or older who has an ownership interest therein, legal,
28 equitable or as a lessee, and on which he or she is liable for
29 the payment of property taxes. The maximum reduction shall be
30 $2,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and
31 $2,000 in all other counties. For land improved with an
32 apartment building owned and operated as a cooperative, the
33 maximum reduction from the value of the property, as equalized

 

 

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1 by the Department, shall be multiplied by the number of
2 apartments or units occupied by a person 65 years of age or
3 older who is liable, by contract with the owner or owners of
4 record, for paying property taxes on the property and is an
5 owner of record of a legal or equitable interest in the
6 cooperative apartment building, other than a leasehold
7 interest. For land improved with a life care facility, the
8 maximum reduction from the value of the property, as equalized
9 by the Department, shall be multiplied by the number of
10 apartments or units occupied by persons 65 years of age or
11 older, irrespective of any legal, equitable, or leasehold
12 interest in the facility, who are liable, under a contract with
13 the owner or owners of record of the facility, for paying
14 property taxes on the property. In a cooperative or a life care
15 facility where a homestead exemption has been granted, the
16 cooperative association or the management firm of the
17 cooperative or facility shall credit the savings resulting from
18 that exemption only to the apportioned tax liability of the
19 owner or resident who qualified for the exemption. Any person
20 who willfully refuses to so credit the savings shall be guilty
21 of a Class B misdemeanor. Under this Section and Sections
22 Section 15-175 and 15-176, "life care facility" means a
23 facility as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
24 Act, with which the applicant for the homestead exemption has a
25 life care contract as defined in that Act.
26     When a homestead exemption has been granted under this
27 Section and the person qualifying subsequently becomes a
28 resident of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
29 Act, the exemption shall continue so long as the residence
30 continues to be occupied by the qualifying person's spouse if
31 the spouse is 65 years of age or older, or if the residence
32 remains unoccupied but is still owned by the person qualified
33 for the homestead exemption.
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1 assessment year shall be eligible to apply for the homestead
2 exemption during that assessment year. Application shall be
3 made during the application period in effect for the county of
4 his residence.
5     Beginning with assessment year 2003, for taxes payable in
6 2004, property that is first occupied as a residence after
7 January 1 of any assessment year by a person who is eligible
8 for the senior citizens homestead exemption under this Section
9 must be granted a pro-rata exemption for the assessment year.
10 The amount of the pro-rata exemption is the exemption allowed
11 in the county under this Section divided by 365 and multiplied
12 by the number of days during the assessment year the property
13 is occupied as a residence by a person eligible for the
14 exemption under this Section. The chief county assessment
15 officer must adopt reasonable procedures to establish
16 eligibility for this pro-rata exemption.
17     The assessor or chief county assessment officer may
18 determine the eligibility of a life care facility to receive
19 the benefits provided by this Section, by affidavit,
20 application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
21 reasonable methods in order to insure that the tax savings
22 resulting from the exemption are credited by the management
23 firm to the apportioned tax liability of each qualifying
24 resident. The assessor may request reasonable proof that the
25 management firm has so credited the exemption.
26     The chief county assessment officer of each county with
27 less than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall provide to each person
28 allowed a homestead exemption under this Section a form to
29 designate any other person to receive a duplicate of any notice
30 of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and levied
31 under this Code on the property of the person receiving the
32 exemption. The duplicate notice shall be in addition to the
33 notice required to be provided to the person receiving the
34 exemption, and shall be given in the manner required by this

 

 

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1 Code. The person filing the request for the duplicate notice
2 shall pay a fee of $5 to cover administrative costs to the
3 supervisor of assessments, who shall then file the executed
4 designation with the county collector. Notwithstanding any
5 other provision of this Code to the contrary, the filing of
6 such an executed designation requires the county collector to
7 provide duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A
8 designation may be rescinded by the person who executed such
9 designation at any time, in the manner and form required by the
10 chief county assessment officer.
11     The assessor or chief county assessment officer may
12 determine the eligibility of residential property to receive
13 the homestead exemption provided by this Section by
14 application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
15 reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in
16 accordance with guidelines established by the Department.
17     In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
18 county board may by resolution provide that if a person has
19 been granted a homestead exemption under this Section, the
20 person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption.
21     In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if the
22 assessor or chief county assessment officer requires annual
23 application for verification of eligibility for an exemption
24 once granted under this Section, the application shall be
25 mailed to the taxpayer.
26     The assessor or chief county assessment officer shall
27 notify each person who qualifies for an exemption under this
28 Section that the person may also qualify for deferral of real
29 estate taxes under the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral
30 Act. The notice shall set forth the qualifications needed for
31 deferral of real estate taxes, the address and telephone number
32 of county collector, and a statement that applications for
33 deferral of real estate taxes may be obtained from the county
34 collector.

 

 

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1     Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act,
2 no reimbursement by the State is required for the
3 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-196, eff. 1-1-02; 93-511, eff. 8-11-03.)
 
5     (35 ILCS 200/15-175)
6     Sec. 15-175. General homestead exemption. Except as
7 provided in Section 15-176, homestead property is entitled to
8 an annual homestead exemption limited, except as described here
9 with relation to cooperatives, to a reduction in the equalized
10 assessed value of homestead property equal to the increase in
11 equalized assessed value for the current assessment year above
12 the equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up to
13 the maximum reduction set forth below. If however, the 1977
14 equalized assessed value upon which taxes were paid is
15 subsequently determined by local assessing officials, the
16 Property Tax Appeal Board, or a court to have been excessive,
17 the equalized assessed value which should have been placed on
18 the property for 1977 shall be used to determine the amount of
19 the exemption.
20     Except as provided in Section 15-176, the maximum reduction
21 shall be $4,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants
22 and $3,500 in all other counties.
23     In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if,
24 based on the most recent assessment, the equalized assessed
25 value of the homestead property for the current assessment year
26 is greater than the equalized assessed value of the property
27 for 1977, the owner of the property shall automatically receive
28 the exemption granted under this Section in an amount equal to
29 the increase over the 1977 assessment up to the maximum
30 reduction set forth in this Section.
31     If in any assessment year beginning with the 2000
32 assessment year, homestead property has a pro-rata valuation
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1 valuation, a reduction in equalized assessed valuation equal to
2 the increase in equalized assessed value of the property for
3 the year of the pro-rata valuation above the equalized assessed
4 value of the property for 1977 shall be applied to the property
5 on a proportionate basis for the period the property qualified
6 as homestead property during the assessment year. The maximum
7 proportionate homestead exemption shall not exceed the maximum
8 homestead exemption allowed in the county under this Section
9 divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of days the
10 property qualified as homestead property.
11     "Homestead property" under this Section includes
12 residential property that is occupied by its owner or owners as
13 his or their principal dwelling place, or that is a leasehold
14 interest on which a single family residence is situated, which
15 is occupied as a residence by a person who has an ownership
16 interest therein, legal or equitable or as a lessee, and on
17 which the person is liable for the payment of property taxes.
18 For land improved with an apartment building owned and operated
19 as a cooperative or a building which is a life care facility as
20 defined in Section 15-170 and considered to be a cooperative
21 under Section 15-170, the maximum reduction from the equalized
22 assessed value shall be limited to the increase in the value
23 above the equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up
24 to the maximum reduction set forth above, multiplied by the
25 number of apartments or units occupied by a person or persons
26 who is liable, by contract with the owner or owners of record,
27 for paying property taxes on the property and is an owner of
28 record of a legal or equitable interest in the cooperative
29 apartment building, other than a leasehold interest. For
30 purposes of this Section, the term "life care facility" has the
31 meaning stated in Section 15-170.
32     In a cooperative where a homestead exemption has been
33 granted, the cooperative association or its management firm
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1 the apportioned tax liability of the owner who qualified for
2 the exemption. Any person who willfully refuses to so credit
3 the savings shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
4     Where married persons maintain and reside in separate
5 residences qualifying as homestead property, each residence
6 shall receive 50% of the total reduction in equalized assessed
7 valuation provided by this Section.
8     In counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
9 assessor or chief county assessment officer may determine the
10 eligibility of residential property to receive the homestead
11 exemption by application, visual inspection, questionnaire or
12 other reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in
13 accordance with guidelines established by the Department.
14     In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, in the
15 event of a sale of homestead property the homestead exemption
16 shall remain in effect for the remainder of the assessment year
17 of the sale. The assessor or chief county assessment officer
18 may require the new owner of the property to apply for the
19 homestead exemption for the following assessment year.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-368, eff. 1-1-98; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
21 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-346, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
22     (35 ILCS 200/15-176 new)
23     Sec. 15-176. Alternative general homestead exemption.
24     (a) In counties (i) with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants or
25 (ii) that have elected, by ordinance, to be subject to the
26 provisions of this Section instead of the provisions of Section
27 15-175, for the assessment years as determined under subsection
28 (j), homestead property is entitled to an annual homestead
29 exemption equal to a reduction in the property's equalized
30 assessed value calculated as provided in this Section.
31     (b) As used in this Section:
32         (1) "Assessor" means the supervisor of assessments or
33     the county assessor.

 

 

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1         (2) "Adjusted homestead value" means the lesser of the
2     following values:
3             (A) The property's base homestead value increased
4         by 7% for each tax year after 2002 through and
5         including the current tax year, or, if the property is
6         sold or ownership is otherwise transferred, the
7         property's base homestead value increased by 7% for
8         each tax year after the year of the sale or transfer
9         through and including the current tax year. The
10         increase by 7% each year is an increase by 7% over the
11         prior year.
12             (B) The property's equalized assessed value for
13         the current tax year minus $4,500 in Cook County and
14         $3,500 in all other counties.
15         (3) "Base homestead value".
16             (A) Except as provided in subdivision ((b)(3)(B),
17         "base homestead value" means the equalized assessed
18         value of the property for tax year 2002 prior to
19         exemptions, minus $4,500 in Cook County and $3,500 in
20         all other counties, provided that it was assessed for
21         that year as residential property qualified for any of
22         the homestead exemptions under Sections 15-170 through
23         15-175 of this Code, then in force, and further
24         provided that the property's assessment was not based
25         on a reduced assessed value resulting from a temporary
26         irregularity in the property for that year. Except as
27         provided in subdivision (b)(3)(B), if the property did
28         not have a residential equalized assessed value for tax
29         year 2002, then "base homestead value" means the base
30         homestead value established by the assessor under
31         subsection (c).
32             (B) If the property is sold or ownership is
33         otherwise transferred, "base homestead value" means
34         the equalized assessed value of the property at the

 

 

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1         time of the sale or transfer prior to exemptions, minus
2         $4,500 in Cook County and $3,500 in all other counties,
3         provided that it was assessed as residential property
4         qualified for any of the homestead exemptions under
5         Sections 15-170 through 15-175 of this Code, then in
6         force, and further provided that the property's
7         assessment was not based on a reduced assessed value
8         resulting from a temporary irregularity in the
9         property.
10         (4) "Current tax year" means the tax year for which the
11     exemption under this Section is being applied.
12         (5) "Equalized assessed value" means the property's
13     assessed value as equalized by the Department.
14         (6) "Homestead" or "homestead property" means:
15             (A) Residential property that as of January 1 of
16         the tax year is occupied by its owner or owners as his,
17         her, or their principal dwelling place, or that is a
18         leasehold interest on which a single family residence
19         is situated, that is occupied as a residence by a
20         person who has a legal or equitable interest therein
21         evidenced by a written instrument, as an owner or as a
22         lessee, and on which the person is liable for the
23         payment of property taxes. Residential units in an
24         apartment building owned and operated as a
25         cooperative, or as a life care facility, which are
26         occupied by persons who hold a legal or equitable
27         interest in the cooperative apartment building or life
28         care facility as owners or lessees, and who are liable
29         by contract for the payment of property taxes, shall be
30         included within this definition of homestead property.
31         Residential property containing 6 or fewer dwelling
32         units shall also be included in this definition of
33         homestead property provided that at least one such unit
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1         her, or their principal dwelling place.
2             (B) A homestead includes the dwelling place,
3         appurtenant structures, and so much of the surrounding
4         land constituting the parcel on which the dwelling
5         place is situated as is used for residential purposes.
6         If the assessor has established a specific legal
7         description for a portion of property constituting the
8         homestead, then the homestead shall be limited to the
9         property within that description.
10         (7) "Life care facility" means a facility as defined in
11     Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities Act.
12     (c) If the property did not have a residential equalized
13 assessed value for tax year 2002 as provided in subdivision
14 (b)(3)(A) of this Section, then the assessor shall first
15 determine an initial value for the property by comparison with
16 assessed values for tax year 2002 of other properties having
17 physical and economic characteristics similar to those of the
18 subject property, so that the initial value is uniform in
19 relation to assessed values of those other properties for tax
20 year 2002. The product of the initial value multiplied by the
21 2002 equalization factor for homestead properties in that
22 county, less $4,500 in Cook County and $3,500 in all other
23 counties, is the base homestead value.
24     For any tax year for which the assessor determines or
25 adjusts an initial value and hence a base homestead value under
26 this subsection (c), the initial value shall be subject to
27 review by the same procedures applicable to assessed values
28 established under this Code for that tax year.
29     (d) The base homestead value shall remain constant, except
30 that the assessor may revise it under the following
31 circumstances:
32         (1) If the equalized assessed value of a homestead
33     property for the current tax year is less than the previous
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1     equalized assessed value (provided it is not based on a
2     reduced assessed value resulting from a temporary
3     irregularity in the property) shall become the base
4     homestead value in subsequent tax years.
5         (2) For any year in which new buildings, structures, or
6     other improvements are constructed on the homestead
7     property that would increase its assessed value, the
8     assessor shall adjust the base homestead value as provided
9     in subsection (c) of this Section with due regard to the
10     value added by the new improvements.
11         (3) If the property is sold or ownership is otherwise
12     transferred, the base homestead value of the property shall
13     be adjusted as provided in subdivision (b)(3)(B).
14     (e) The amount of the exemption under this Section is the
15 equalized assessed value of the homestead property for the
16 current tax year, minus the adjusted homestead value, with the
17 following exceptions:
18         (1) The exemption under this Section shall not exceed
19     $25,000 for any taxable year.
20         (2) In the case of homestead property that also
21     qualifies for the exemption under Section 15-172, the
22     property is entitled to the exemption under this Section,
23     limited to the amount of $4,500 in Cook County and $3,500
24     in all other counties.
25     (f) In the case of an apartment building owned and operated
26 as a cooperative, or as a life care facility, that contains
27 residential units that qualify as homestead property under this
28 Section, the maximum cumulative exemption amount attributed to
29 the entire building or facility shall not exceed the sum of the
30 exemptions calculated for each qualified residential unit. The
31 cooperative association, management firm, or other person or
32 entity that manages or controls the cooperative apartment
33 building or life care facility shall credit the exemption
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1 tax liability of the owner or other person responsible for
2 payment of taxes as to that unit. Any person who willfully
3 refuses to so credit the exemption is guilty of a Class B
4 misdemeanor.
5     (g) When married persons maintain separate residences, the
6 exemption provided under this Section shall be claimed by only
7 one such person and for only one residence.
8     (h) In the event of a sale or other transfer in ownership
9 of the homestead property, the exemption under this Section
10 shall remain in effect for the remainder of the tax year in
11 which the sale or transfer occurs, but shall be calculated
12 using the new base homestead value as provided in subdivision
13 (b)(3)(B). The assessor may require the new owner of the
14 property to apply for the exemption in the following year.
15     (i) The assessor may determine whether property qualifies
16 as a homestead under this Section by application, visual
17 inspection, questionnaire, or other reasonable methods. Each
18 year, at the time the assessment books are certified to the
19 county clerk by the board of review, the assessor shall furnish
20 to the county clerk a list of the properties qualified for the
21 homestead exemption under this Section. The list shall note the
22 base homestead value of each property to be used in the
23 calculation of the exemption for the current tax year.
24     (j) The provisions of this Section apply as follows:
25         (1) If the general assessment year for the property is
26     2003, this Section applies for assessment years 2003, 2004,
27     and 2005. Thereafter, the provisions of Section 15-175
28     apply.
29         (2) If the general assessment year for the property is
30     2004, this Section applies for assessment years 2004, 2005,
31     and 2006. Thereafter, the provisions of Section 15-175
32     apply.
33         (3) If the general assessment year for the property is
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1     and 2007. Thereafter, the provisions of Section 15-175
2     apply.
3         (4) In any county other than Cook County, if the
4     general assessment year for the property is 2006, this
5     Section applies for assessment years 2006, 2007, and 2008.
6     Thereafter, the provisions of Section 15-175 apply.
7     (k) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates
8 Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
9 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
 
10     (35 ILCS 200/20-178)
11     Sec. 20-178. Certificate of error; refund; interest. When
12 the county collector makes any refunds due on certificates of
13 error issued under Sections 14-15 through 14-25 that have been
14 either certified or adjudicated, the county collector shall pay
15 the taxpayer interest on the amount of the refund at the rate
16 of 0.5% per month.
17     No interest shall be due under this Section for any time
18 prior to 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory
19 Act of the 91st General Assembly. For certificates of error
20 issued prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
21 the 91st General Assembly, the county collector shall pay the
22 taxpayer interest from 60 days after the effective date of this
23 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly until the date the
24 refund is paid. For certificates of error issued on or after
25 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
26 Assembly, interest shall be paid from 60 days after the
27 certificate of error is issued by the chief county assessment
28 officer to the date the refund is made. To cover the cost of
29 interest, the county collector shall proportionately reduce
30 the distribution of taxes collected for each taxing district in
31 which the property is situated.
32     This Section shall not apply to any certificate of error
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1 15-175, or 15-176.
2 (Source: P.A. 91-393, eff. 7-30-99.)
3     Section 15. The County Economic Development Project Area
4 Property Tax Allocation Act is amended by changing Section 6 as
5 follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 85/6)   (from Ch. 34, par. 7006)
7     Sec. 6. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
8 equalized assessed value.
9     (a) The county shall file a certified copy of any ordinance
10 authorizing property tax allocation financing for an economic
11 development project area with the county clerk, and the county
12 clerk shall immediately thereafter determine (1) the most
13 recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot,
14 block, tract or parcel of real property within the economic
15 development project area from which shall be deducted the
16 homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175,
17 and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the
18 "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
19 property, and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all
20 taxable real property within the economic development project
21 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
22 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
23 real property within such economic development project area,
24 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
25 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
26 Code. Upon receiving written notice from the Department of its
27 approval and certification of such economic development
28 project area, the county clerk shall immediately certify such
29 amount as the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the
30 taxable property within the economic development project area.
31     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
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1 economic development project area, then in respect to every
2 taxing district containing an economic development project
3 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
4 ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all
5 taxable property within that taxing district for the purpose of
6 computing the rate percent of tax to be extended upon taxable
7 property within the taxing district, shall in every year that
8 property tax allocation financing is in effect ascertain the
9 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
10 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
11 current equalized assessed value or the certified "total
12 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
13 in such area. The rate percent of tax determined shall be
14 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
15 property in the economic development project area in the same
16 manner as the rate percent of tax is extended to all other
17 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
18 allocating taxes established under this Section shall
19 terminate when the county adopts an ordinance dissolving the
20 special tax allocation fund for the economic development
21 project area. This Act shall not be construed as relieving
22 property owners within an economic development project area
23 from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the current equalized
24 assessed value of their taxable property as provided in the
25 Property Tax Code.
26 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
27     Section 20. The County Economic Development Project Area
28 Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991 is amended by changing
29 Section 45 as follows:
 
30     (55 ILCS 90/45)   (from Ch. 34, par. 8045)
31     Sec. 45. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
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1     (a) A county that has by ordinance approved an economic
2 development plan, established an economic development project
3 area, and adopted tax increment allocation financing for that
4 area shall file certified copies of the ordinance or ordinances
5 with the county clerk. Upon receiving the ordinance or
6 ordinances, the county clerk shall immediately determine (i)
7 the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each
8 lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the
9 economic development project area from which shall be deducted
10 the homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and
11 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (that value being
12 the "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
13 property) and (ii) the total equalized assessed value of all
14 taxable real property within the economic development project
15 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
16 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
17 real property within the economic development project area,
18 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
19 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
20 Code, and shall certify that amount as the "total initial
21 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within
22 the economic development project area.
23     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
24 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in the
25 economic development project area, then in respect to every
26 taxing district containing an economic development project
27 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
28 ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all
29 taxable property within the taxing district for the purpose of
30 computing the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable
31 property within the taxing district shall, in every year that
32 tax increment allocation financing is in effect, ascertain the
33 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
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1 current equalized assessed value or the certified "total
2 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
3 in the area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
4 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
5 property in the economic development project area in the same
6 manner as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other
7 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
8 extending taxes established under this Section shall terminate
9 when the county adopts an ordinance dissolving the special tax
10 allocation fund for the economic development project area. This
11 Act shall not be construed as relieving property owners within
12 an economic development project area from paying a uniform rate
13 of taxes upon the current equalized assessed value of their
14 taxable property as provided in the Property Tax Code.
15 (Source: P.A. 87-1; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
16     Section 25. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
17 changing Sections 11-74.4-8, 11-74.4-9, and 11-74.6-40 as
18 follows:
 
19     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8)   (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-8)
20     Sec. 11-74.4-8. Tax increment allocation financing. A
21 municipality may not adopt tax increment financing in a
22 redevelopment project area after the effective date of this
23 amendatory Act of 1997 that will encompass an area that is
24 currently included in an enterprise zone created under the
25 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act unless that municipality,
26 pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act,
27 amends the enterprise zone designating ordinance to limit the
28 eligibility for tax abatements as provided in Section 5.4.1 of
29 the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. A municipality, at the time a
30 redevelopment project area is designated, may adopt tax
31 increment allocation financing by passing an ordinance
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1 levies upon taxable real property in such redevelopment project
2 area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner
3 provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 each year after
4 the effective date of the ordinance until redevelopment project
5 costs and all municipal obligations financing redevelopment
6 project costs incurred under this Division have been paid shall
7 be divided as follows:
8     (a) That portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot,
9 block, tract or parcel of real property which is attributable
10 to the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the
11 initial equalized assessed value of each such taxable lot,
12 block, tract or parcel of real property in the redevelopment
13 project area shall be allocated to and when collected shall be
14 paid by the county collector to the respective affected taxing
15 districts in the manner required by law in the absence of the
16 adoption of tax increment allocation financing.
17     (b) Except from a tax levied by a township to retire bonds
18 issued to satisfy court-ordered damages, that portion, if any,
19 of such taxes which is attributable to the increase in the
20 current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot,
21 block, tract or parcel of real property in the redevelopment
22 project area over and above the initial equalized assessed
23 value of each property in the project area shall be allocated
24 to and when collected shall be paid to the municipal treasurer
25 who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called the
26 special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose
27 of paying redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred
28 in the payment thereof. In any county with a population of
29 3,000,000 or more that has adopted a procedure for collecting
30 taxes that provides for one or more of the installments of the
31 taxes to be billed and collected on an estimated basis, the
32 municipal treasurer shall be paid for deposit in the special
33 tax allocation fund of the municipality, from the taxes
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1 redevelopment project area, the difference between the amount
2 actually collected from each taxable lot, block, tract, or
3 parcel of real property within the redevelopment project area
4 and an amount determined by multiplying the rate at which taxes
5 were last extended against the taxable lot, block, track, or
6 parcel of real property in the manner provided in subsection
7 (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 by the initial equalized assessed
8 value of the property divided by the number of installments in
9 which real estate taxes are billed and collected within the
10 county; provided that the payments on or before December 31,
11 1999 to a municipal treasurer shall be made only if each of the
12 following conditions are met:
13         (1) The total equalized assessed value of the
14     redevelopment project area as last determined was not less
15     than 175% of the total initial equalized assessed value.
16         (2) Not more than 50% of the total equalized assessed
17     value of the redevelopment project area as last determined
18     is attributable to a piece of property assigned a single
19     real estate index number.
20         (3) The municipal clerk has certified to the county
21     clerk that the municipality has issued its obligations to
22     which there has been pledged the incremental property taxes
23     of the redevelopment project area or taxes levied and
24     collected on any or all property in the municipality or the
25     full faith and credit of the municipality to pay or secure
26     payment for all or a portion of the redevelopment project
27     costs. The certification shall be filed annually no later
28     than September 1 for the estimated taxes to be distributed
29     in the following year; however, for the year 1992 the
30     certification shall be made at any time on or before March
31     31, 1992.
32         (4) The municipality has not requested that the total
33     initial equalized assessed value of real property be
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1     11-74.4-9.
2     The conditions of paragraphs (1) through (4) do not apply
3 after December 31, 1999 to payments to a municipal treasurer
4 made by a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants that has
5 adopted an estimated billing procedure for collecting taxes. If
6 a county that has adopted the estimated billing procedure makes
7 an erroneous overpayment of tax revenue to the municipal
8 treasurer, then the county may seek a refund of that
9 overpayment. The county shall send the municipal treasurer a
10 notice of liability for the overpayment on or before the
11 mailing date of the next real estate tax bill within the
12 county. The refund shall be limited to the amount of the
13 overpayment.
14     It is the intent of this Division that after the effective
15 date of this amendatory Act of 1988 a municipality's own ad
16 valorem tax arising from levies on taxable real property be
17 included in the determination of incremental revenue in the
18 manner provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9. If the
19 municipality does not extend such a tax, it shall annually
20 deposit in the municipality's Special Tax Increment Fund an
21 amount equal to 10% of the total contributions to the fund from
22 all other taxing districts in that year. The annual 10% deposit
23 required by this paragraph shall be limited to the actual
24 amount of municipally produced incremental tax revenues
25 available to the municipality from taxpayers located in the
26 redevelopment project area in that year if: (a) the plan for
27 the area restricts the use of the property primarily to
28 industrial purposes, (b) the municipality establishing the
29 redevelopment project area is a home-rule community with a 1990
30 population of between 25,000 and 50,000, (c) the municipality
31 is wholly located within a county with a 1990 population of
32 over 750,000 and (d) the redevelopment project area was
33 established by the municipality prior to June 1, 1990. This
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1 on real property. If no such payment is made, any redevelopment
2 project area of the municipality shall be dissolved.
3     If a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
4 financing by ordinance and the County Clerk thereafter
5 certifies the "total initial equalized assessed value as
6 adjusted" of the taxable real property within such
7 redevelopment project area in the manner provided in paragraph
8 (b) of Section 11-74.4-9, each year after the date of the
9 certification of the total initial equalized assessed value as
10 adjusted until redevelopment project costs and all municipal
11 obligations financing redevelopment project costs have been
12 paid the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon
13 the taxable real property in such redevelopment project area by
14 taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner
15 provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 shall be divided
16 as follows:
17         (1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable
18     lot, block, tract or parcel of real property which is
19     attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed
20     value or "current equalized assessed value as adjusted" or
21     the initial equalized assessed value of each such taxable
22     lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property existing at
23     the time tax increment financing was adopted, minus the
24     total current homestead exemptions provided by Sections
25     15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code in
26     the redevelopment project area shall be allocated to and
27     when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the
28     respective affected taxing districts in the manner
29     required by law in the absence of the adoption of tax
30     increment allocation financing.
31         (2) That portion, if any, of such taxes which is
32     attributable to the increase in the current equalized
33     assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or
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1     over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each
2     property existing at the time tax increment financing was
3     adopted, minus the total current homestead exemptions
4     pertaining to each piece of property provided by Sections
5     15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code in
6     the redevelopment project area, shall be allocated to and
7     when collected shall be paid to the municipal Treasurer,
8     who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called the
9     special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the
10     purpose of paying redevelopment project costs and
11     obligations incurred in the payment thereof.
12     The municipality may pledge in the ordinance the funds in
13 and to be deposited in the special tax allocation fund for the
14 payment of such costs and obligations. No part of the current
15 equalized assessed valuation of each property in the
16 redevelopment project area attributable to any increase above
17 the total initial equalized assessed value, or the total
18 initial equalized assessed value as adjusted, of such
19 properties shall be used in calculating the general State
20 school aid formula, provided for in Section 18-8 of the School
21 Code, until such time as all redevelopment project costs have
22 been paid as provided for in this Section.
23     Whenever a municipality issues bonds for the purpose of
24 financing redevelopment project costs, such municipality may
25 provide by ordinance for the appointment of a trustee, which
26 may be any trust company within the State, and for the
27 establishment of such funds or accounts to be maintained by
28 such trustee as the municipality shall deem necessary to
29 provide for the security and payment of the bonds. If such
30 municipality provides for the appointment of a trustee, such
31 trustee shall be considered the assignee of any payments
32 assigned by the municipality pursuant to such ordinance and
33 this Section. Any amounts paid to such trustee as assignee
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1 pursuant to such trust agreement, and shall be held by such
2 trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds,
3 and such holders shall have a lien on and a security interest
4 in such funds or accounts so long as the bonds remain
5 outstanding and unpaid. Upon retirement of the bonds, the
6 trustee shall pay over any excess amounts held to the
7 municipality for deposit in the special tax allocation fund.
8     When such redevelopment projects costs, including without
9 limitation all municipal obligations financing redevelopment
10 project costs incurred under this Division, have been paid, all
11 surplus funds then remaining in the special tax allocation fund
12 shall be distributed by being paid by the municipal treasurer
13 to the Department of Revenue, the municipality and the county
14 collector; first to the Department of Revenue and the
15 municipality in direct proportion to the tax incremental
16 revenue received from the State and the municipality, but not
17 to exceed the total incremental revenue received from the State
18 or the municipality less any annual surplus distribution of
19 incremental revenue previously made; with any remaining funds
20 to be paid to the County Collector who shall immediately
21 thereafter pay said funds to the taxing districts in the
22 redevelopment project area in the same manner and proportion as
23 the most recent distribution by the county collector to the
24 affected districts of real property taxes from real property in
25 the redevelopment project area.
26     Upon the payment of all redevelopment project costs, the
27 retirement of obligations, the distribution of any excess
28 monies pursuant to this Section, and final closing of the books
29 and records of the redevelopment project area, the municipality
30 shall adopt an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation
31 fund for the redevelopment project area and terminating the
32 designation of the redevelopment project area as a
33 redevelopment project area. Title to real or personal property
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1 a result of the redevelopment project and plan shall vest in
2 the municipality when acquired and shall continue to be held by
3 the municipality after the redevelopment project area has been
4 terminated. Municipalities shall notify affected taxing
5 districts prior to November 1 if the redevelopment project area
6 is to be terminated by December 31 of that same year. If a
7 municipality extends estimated dates of completion of a
8 redevelopment project and retirement of obligations to finance
9 a redevelopment project, as allowed by this amendatory Act of
10 1993, that extension shall not extend the property tax
11 increment allocation financing authorized by this Section.
12 Thereafter the rates of the taxing districts shall be extended
13 and taxes levied, collected and distributed in the manner
14 applicable in the absence of the adoption of tax increment
15 allocation financing.
16     Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving
17 property in such redevelopment project areas from being
18 assessed as provided in the Property Tax Code or as relieving
19 owners of such property from paying a uniform rate of taxes, as
20 required by Section 4 of Article 9 of the Illinois
21 Constitution.
22 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-298, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
23     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-9)   (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-9)
24     Sec. 11-74.4-9. Equalized assessed value of property.
25     (a) If a municipality by ordinance provides for tax
26 increment allocation financing pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8,
27 the county clerk immediately thereafter shall determine (1) the
28 most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot,
29 block, tract or parcel of real property within such
30 redevelopment project area from which shall be deducted the
31 homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175,
32 and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the
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1 property, and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all
2 taxable real property within such redevelopment project area by
3 adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
4 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
5 real property within such project area, from which shall be
6 deducted the homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170,
7 and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, and shall
8 certify such amount as the "total initial equalized assessed
9 value" of the taxable real property within such project area.
10     (b) In reference to any municipality which has adopted tax
11 increment financing after January 1, 1978, and in respect to
12 which the county clerk has certified the "total initial
13 equalized assessed value" of the property in the redevelopment
14 area, the municipality may thereafter request the clerk in
15 writing to adjust the initial equalized value of all taxable
16 real property within the redevelopment project area by
17 deducting therefrom the exemptions provided for by Sections
18 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
19 applicable to each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property
20 within such redevelopment project area. The county clerk shall
21 immediately after the written request to adjust the total
22 initial equalized value is received determine the total
23 homestead exemptions in the redevelopment project area
24 provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the
25 Property Tax Code by adding together the homestead exemptions
26 provided by said Sections on each lot, block, tract or parcel
27 of real property within such redevelopment project area and
28 then shall deduct the total of said exemptions from the total
29 initial equalized assessed value. The county clerk shall then
30 promptly certify such amount as the "total initial equalized
31 assessed value as adjusted" of the taxable real property within
32 such redevelopment project area.
33     (c) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
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1 area, then in respect to every taxing district containing a
2 redevelopment project area, the county clerk or any other
3 official required by law to ascertain the amount of the
4 equalized assessed value of all taxable property within such
5 district for the purpose of computing the rate per cent of tax
6 to be extended upon taxable property within such district,
7 shall in every year that tax increment allocation financing is
8 in effect ascertain the amount of value of taxable property in
9 a redevelopment project area by including in such amount the
10 lower of the current equalized assessed value or the certified
11 "total initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real
12 property in such area, except that after he has certified the
13 "total initial equalized assessed value as adjusted" he shall
14 in the year of said certification if tax rates have not been
15 extended and in every year thereafter that tax increment
16 allocation financing is in effect ascertain the amount of value
17 of taxable property in a redevelopment project area by
18 including in such amount the lower of the current equalized
19 assessed value or the certified "total initial equalized
20 assessed value as adjusted" of all taxable real property in
21 such area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
22 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
23 property in the redevelopment project area in the same manner
24 as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other taxable
25 property in the taxing district. The method of extending taxes
26 established under this Section shall terminate when the
27 municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving the special tax
28 allocation fund for the redevelopment project area. This
29 Division shall not be construed as relieving property owners
30 within a redevelopment project area from paying a uniform rate
31 of taxes upon the current equalized assessed value of their
32 taxable property as provided in the Property Tax Code.
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1     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.6-40)
2     Sec. 11-74.6-40. Equalized assessed value determination;
3 property tax extension.
4     (a) If a municipality by ordinance provides for tax
5 increment allocation financing under Section 11-74.6-35, the
6 county clerk immediately thereafter:
7         (1) shall determine the initial equalized assessed
8     value of each parcel of real property in the redevelopment
9     project area, which is the most recently established
10     equalized assessed value of each lot, block, tract or
11     parcel of taxable real property within the redevelopment
12     project area, minus the homestead exemptions provided by
13     Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
14     Code; and
15         (2) shall certify to the municipality the total initial
16     equalized assessed value of all taxable real property
17     within the redevelopment project area.
18     (b) Any municipality that has established a vacant
19 industrial buildings conservation area may, by ordinance
20 passed after the adoption of tax increment allocation
21 financing, provide that the county clerk immediately
22 thereafter shall again determine:
23         (1) the updated initial equalized assessed value of
24     each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property, which is
25     the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of
26     each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property within
27     the vacant industrial buildings conservation area; and
28         (2) the total updated initial equalized assessed value
29     of all taxable real property within the redevelopment
30     project area, which is the total of the updated initial
31     equalized assessed value of all taxable real property
32     within the vacant industrial buildings conservation area.
33     The county clerk shall certify to the municipality the
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1 real property within the industrial buildings conservation
2 area.
3     (c) After the county clerk has certified the total initial
4 equalized assessed value or the total updated initial equalized
5 assessed value of the taxable real property in the area, for
6 each taxing district in which a redevelopment project area is
7 situated, the county clerk or any other official required by
8 law to determine the amount of the equalized assessed value of
9 all taxable property within the district for the purpose of
10 computing the percentage rate of tax to be extended upon
11 taxable property within the district, shall in every year that
12 tax increment allocation financing is in effect determine the
13 total equalized assessed value of taxable property in a
14 redevelopment project area by including in that amount the
15 lower of the current equalized assessed value or the certified
16 total initial equalized assessed value or, if the total of
17 updated equalized assessed value has been certified, the total
18 updated initial equalized assessed value of all taxable real
19 property in the redevelopment project area. After he has
20 certified the total initial equalized assessed value he shall
21 in the year of that certification, if tax rates have not been
22 extended, and in every subsequent year that tax increment
23 allocation financing is in effect, determine the amount of
24 equalized assessed value of taxable property in a redevelopment
25 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
26 current total equalized assessed value or the certified total
27 initial equalized assessed value or, if the total of updated
28 initial equalized assessed values have been certified, the
29 total updated initial equalized assessed value of all taxable
30 real property in the redevelopment project area.
31     (d) The percentage rate of tax determined shall be extended
32 on the current equalized assessed value of all property in the
33 redevelopment project area in the same manner as the rate per
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1 taxing district. The method of extending taxes established
2 under this Section shall terminate when the municipality adopts
3 an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the
4 redevelopment project area. This Law shall not be construed as
5 relieving property owners within a redevelopment project area
6 from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the current equalized
7 assessed value of their taxable property as provided in the
8 Property Tax Code.
9 (Source: P.A. 88-537; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
10     Section 30. The Economic Development Project Area Tax
11 Increment Allocation Act of 1995 is amended by changing Section
12 45 as follows:
 
13     (65 ILCS 110/45)
14     Sec. 45. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
15 equalized assessed value.
16     (a) A municipality that has by ordinance approved an
17 economic development plan, established an economic development
18 project area, and adopted tax increment allocation financing
19 for that area shall file certified copies of the ordinance or
20 ordinances with the county clerk. Upon receiving the ordinance
21 or ordinances, the county clerk shall immediately determine (i)
22 the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each
23 lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the
24 economic development project area from which shall be deducted
25 the homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and
26 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (that value being
27 the "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
28 property) and (ii) the total equalized assessed value of all
29 taxable real property within the economic development project
30 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
31 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
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1 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
2 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
3 Code, and shall certify that amount as the "total initial
4 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within
5 the economic development project area.
6     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
7 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in the
8 economic development project area, then in respect to every
9 taxing district containing an economic development project
10 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
11 ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all
12 taxable property within the taxing district for the purpose of
13 computing the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable
14 property within the taxing district shall, in every year that
15 tax increment allocation financing is in effect, ascertain the
16 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
17 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
18 current equalized assessed value or the certified "total
19 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
20 in the area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
21 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
22 property in the economic development project area in the same
23 manner as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other
24 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
25 extending taxes established under this Section shall terminate
26 when the municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving the
27 special tax allocation fund for the economic development
28 project area. This Act shall not be construed as relieving
29 owners or lessees of property within an economic development
30 project area from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the
31 current equalized assessed value of their taxable property as
32 provided in the Property Tax Code.
33 (Source: P.A. 89-176, eff. 1-1-96.)
1     Section 35. The School Code is amended by changing Section
2 18-8.05 as follows:
 
3     (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
4     Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
5 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
6 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
7 (A) General Provisions.
8     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
9 and subsequent school years. The system of general State
10 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
11 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
12 required local resources, the financial support provided each
13 pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
14 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
15 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
16 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
17 general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
18 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
19 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
20 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
21 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
22 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
23 this Section.
24     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
25 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
26 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
27 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
28 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
29 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
30 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
31 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
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1     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
2 school districts are required to file claims with the State
3 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
4         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
5     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
6     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
7     such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
8     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
9     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
10     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
11     proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
12     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
13     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
14     means any public school which meets the standards as
15     established for recognition by the State Board of
16     Education. A school district or attendance center not
17     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
18     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
19     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
20         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
21     subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
22     otherwise provided in this Section.
23         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
24     under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
25     district shall be determined by the State Board of
26     Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
27     applicable.
28         (d) (Blank).
29     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
30 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
31 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
32 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
33     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
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1 this Section.
2     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
3 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
4         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
5     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
6     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
7     support levels.
8         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
9     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
10     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
11     subsection (D).
12         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
13     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
14     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
15     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
16     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
17     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
18     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
19         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
20     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
21         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
22     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
23     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
24     Education Building purposes.
 
25 (B) Foundation Level.
26     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
27 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
28 support that should be available to provide for the basic
29 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
30 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
31 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
32 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
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1 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
2 district.
3     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
4 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
5 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
6 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
7     (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school
8 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560.
9     (4) For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
10 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,810 or such
11 greater amount as may be established by law by the General
12 Assembly.
 
13 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
14     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
15 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
16 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
17 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
18 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
19 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
20 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
21 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
22 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
23 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
24 (F).
25     (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
26 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
27 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
28 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
29 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
30 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
31 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
32 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
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1 (D) Available Local Resources.
2     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
3 to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
4 Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
5 this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
6 per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
7 local school district revenues from local property taxes and
8 from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
9 on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance.
10     (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
11 property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
12 equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
13 school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
14 equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
15 determined as provided in subsection (G).
16     (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
17 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
18 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
19 valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
20 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
21 districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
22 property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
23 product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
24 district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
25 Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
26 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
27 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
28 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
29 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
30     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
31 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
32 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
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1 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
2 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
3 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
4 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
5 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
6 aid.
 
7 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
8     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
9 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
10 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
11     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
12 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
13 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
14 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
15 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
16 Attendance of the school district.
17     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
18 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
19 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
20 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
21 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
22 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
23 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
24 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
25 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
26 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
27 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
28 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
29 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
30 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
31 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
32 Attendance of the school district.
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1 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
2 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
3 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
4 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
5     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
6 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
7 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
8 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
9 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
10 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
11 Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
12 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
13 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
14 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
15 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
16     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
17 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
18 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
19 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
20 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
21 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
22 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
23 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
24 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
25 (1).
26         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
27     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
28     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
29     to the month of May.
30         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
31     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
32     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
33     in June shall be added to the month of May.

 

 

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1         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
2     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
3     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
4     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
5     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
6     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
7     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
8     Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
9     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
10     multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
11     buildings for each month and added to the monthly
12     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
13     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
14 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
15 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
16 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
17 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
18 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
19 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
20 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
21 12.
22     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
23 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
24 school.
25     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
26 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
27 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
28         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
29     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
30     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
31     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
32     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
33     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
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1     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
2     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
3         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
4     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
5     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
6     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
7         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
8     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
9     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
10     of Education to the extent that the district has been
11     forced to use daily multiple sessions.
12         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
13     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
14     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
15     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
16     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a
17     maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
18     parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
19     an in-service training program for teachers which has been
20     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
21     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
22     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
23     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)
24     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
25     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
26     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
27     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
28     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
29     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
30     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
31     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
32     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
33     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
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1     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
2     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
3     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
4     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
5     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
6     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
7     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
8     different attendance centers of the district.
9         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
10     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
11     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
12     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
13     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
14     attendance.
15         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
16     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
17     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
18     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
19     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
20         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
21     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
22     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
23     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
24     attendance; however for such children whose educational
25     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
26     counted as a full day of attendance.
27         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
28     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
29     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
30     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
31     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
32     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
33     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
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1     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
2     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
3     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
4     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
5     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
6     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
7     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
8     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
9     regulations of the State Board of Education.
 
10 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
11     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
12 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
13 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
14 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
15 all taxable property of every school district, together with
16 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
17 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
18 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
19 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
20 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
21     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
22 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
23 situated entirely or partially within a county with 3,000,000
24 or more inhabitants an amount equal to the total amount by
25 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 of
26 the Property Tax Code for real property located in Cook County
27 and situated in that school district exceeds the total amount
28 that would have been allowed in that school district if the
29 maximum reduction under Section 15-176 was $4,500 in Cook
30 County and $3,500 in all other counties. The county clerk of
31 any county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall annually
32 calculate and certify to the Department of Revenue for each
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1 15-176. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the general
2 homestead exemption for a parcel of property is determined
3 under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code rather than
4 Section 15-175, then the calculation of Available Local
5 Resources shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
6 between the amount of the general homestead exemption allowed
7 for that parcel of property under Section 15-176 of the
8 Property Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed
9 had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of property
10 been determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code.
11     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
12 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
13 calculation of Available Local Resources.
14     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
15 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
16         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
17     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
18     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
19     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
20     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
21     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
22     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
23     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
24     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
25     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
26     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
27     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
28     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
29     valuation of the district, until such time as all
30     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
31     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
32     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
33     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
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1     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
2     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
3     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
4     have been paid.
5         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
6     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
7     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
8     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
9     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
10     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
11     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
12     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
13     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
14     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
15     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
16     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
17     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
18     subparagraph (b).
19     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
20 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
21 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
22 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
23 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
24 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
25     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
26 shall have the following meanings:
27         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
28     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
29         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
30     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
31         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
32     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
33         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
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1     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
2     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
3     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
4         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
5     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
6     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
7     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
8         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
9     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
10     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
11     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
12         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
13     in subsection (A).
14     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
15 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
16 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
17 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
18 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
19 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
20 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
21 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
22 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
23 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
24 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
25 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
26 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
27 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
28 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation
29 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
30 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
31 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
32 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
33 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
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1 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
2 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
3     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
4 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
5 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
6 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
7 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
8 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
9 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
10 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
11 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
12 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
13 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
14 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
15 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
16 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
17 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
18 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
19 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
20 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
21 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
22 Resources.
23     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
24 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
25 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
26 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
27 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
28 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
29 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
30 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
31 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
32 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
33 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
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1 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
2     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
3 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
4 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
5 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
6 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
7 children from low-income households within the school
8 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
9 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
10 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
11 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
12 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
13 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
14 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
15 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
16 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
17 that each school district receives the full amount due for
18 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
19 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
20 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
21 districts on a prorated basis.
22     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
23 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
24 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
25 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
26 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
27 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
28 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
29 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
30 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
31 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
32 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
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1 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
2 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
3 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
4 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
5 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
6 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
7 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
8 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
9 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
10 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
11 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
12 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
13 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
14 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
15 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
16 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
17 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
18 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
19 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
20 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
21 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
22 affected by any other funding.
23     (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
24 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
25 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
26 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
27 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
28 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
29 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
30 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
31 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
32 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
33 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
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1 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
2 of the school district.
3     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
4 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
5 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
6         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
7     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
8     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
9     low income eligible pupil count.
10         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
11     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
12     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
13     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
14         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
15     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
16     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
17     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
18         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
19     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
20     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
21     income eligible pupil count.
22         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
23     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
24     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
25     respectively.
26         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
27     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
28     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
29     respectively.
30     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
31 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
32 school year:
33         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
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1     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
2     eligible pupil count.
3         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
4     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
5     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
6     low income eligible pupil count.
7         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
8     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
9     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
10     the low income eligible pupil count.
11         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
12     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
13     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
14     the low income eligible pupil count.
15         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
16     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
17     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
18     the low income eligible pupil count.
19         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
20     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
21     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
22     eligible pupil count.
23     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
24 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
25 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
26 thereafter:
27         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
28     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
29     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
30     eligible pupil count.
31         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
32     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
33     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
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1     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
2     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
3 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year. For the
4 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
5 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.66. For the
6 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
7 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.33.
8     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
9 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
10 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
11 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
12 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
13 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
14 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
15 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
16 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
17 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
18 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
19 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
20 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
21 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
22 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
23 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
24 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
25 the 2002-2003 school year.
26     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
27 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
28 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
29 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
30 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
31 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
32 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
33 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
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1 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
2     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
3 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
4 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
5 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
6 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
7         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
8     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
9     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
10     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
11     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
12     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
13     immediately preceding school year.
14         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
15     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
16     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
17     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
18     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
19     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
20     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
21     to the opening of school.
22         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
23     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
24     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
25     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
26     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
27     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
28     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
29     by the school district to the attendance centers.
30         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
31     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
32     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
33     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
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1         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
2     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
3     the discretion of the principal and local school council
4     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
5     qualifying schools through the following programs and
6     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
7     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
8     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
9     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
10     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
11     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
12     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
13     by board rule.
14         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
15     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
16     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
17     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
18     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
19     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
20     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
21     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
22     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
23     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
24     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
25     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
26     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
27     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
28     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
29     Board of Education.
30         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
31     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
32     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
33     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
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1     plan or modified plan is submitted.
2         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
3     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
4     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
5     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
6     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
7     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
8     such underfunding.
9         For purposes of determining compliance with this
10     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
11     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
12     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
13     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
14     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
15     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
16     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
17     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
18     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
19     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
20     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
21     receipt of that notification inform the State
22     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
23     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
24     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
25     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
26     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
27     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
28     funds.
29         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
30     regulations to implement the provisions of this
31     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
32     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
33     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
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1 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
2     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
3 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
4 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
5 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
6 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
7 previously existing districts for which property is totally
8 included within the new district. If the computation on the
9 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
10 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
11 the first 4 years of existence of the new district.
12     (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
13 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
14 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
15 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
16 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
17 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
18 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
19 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
20 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
21 computation on the basis of the annexing and annexed districts
22 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
23 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
24 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
25 as constituted upon such annexation.
26     (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the
27 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
28 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
29 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
30 more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which
31 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
32 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
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1 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
2 determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the
3 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
4 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
5 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
6 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
7 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
8 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
9 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
10 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
11 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
12 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
13 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
14 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
15 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
16 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
17 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
18 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
19 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
20 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
21 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
22 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to or
23 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
24 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
25 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
26 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
27 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
28 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
29 difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
30 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
31 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
32 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
33 Education, on forms which it shall provide for that purpose, by
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1 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
2 resulting and divided districts are located.
3     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
4 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
5 provided under this Section.
6     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
7 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
8 pursuant to this Section.
 
9 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
10     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
11 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
12 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
13 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
14 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
15 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
16 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
17 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
18 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
19 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
20 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
21 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
22 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
23 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
24 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
25 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
26 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
27 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
28 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
29     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
30 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
31 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
32 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
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1 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
2 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
3 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
4 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
5 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
6 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
7     (3) (Blank).
 
8 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
9     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
10 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
11 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
12 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
13 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
14 it deems necessary.
15     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
16 school which is created and operated by a public university and
17 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
18 of a public university which receives funds from the State
19 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
20 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
21 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
22 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
23 board of a student's district of residence and the university
24 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
25 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
26 disabilities in a special education program.
27     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
28 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
29 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
30 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
31 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
32 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
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1 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
2 with a school district or a public community college district
3 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
4 more than one educational service region may be established by
5 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
6 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
7 more than one educational service region may be operated under
8 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
9 educational service regions may agree.
10     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
11 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
12 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
13 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
14 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
15 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
16 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
17 determined under this Section.
 
18 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
19     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
20 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
21 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
22 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
23 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
24 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
25 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
26 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
27 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
28 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
29 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
30 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
31 Article.
32     (2) (Blank).
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1 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
2 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
3     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
4 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
5 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
6 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
7 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
8 business, and the general public. One of the members so
9 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
10 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
11 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
12 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
13 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
14 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
15 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
16 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
17 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
18 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
19 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
20 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
21 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
22 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
23 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
24 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
25 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
26 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
27 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
28 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
29 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
30 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
31 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
32 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
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1 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
2 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
3 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
4 vacancies.
5     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
6 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
7 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
8 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
9 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
10 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
11 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
12 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
13     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
14 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
15 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
16 its responsibilities.
17     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
18 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
19 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
20 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
21 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
22 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
23 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
24 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
25 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
26 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
27 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
28 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
29 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
30 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
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1     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
2 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
3 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
4 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
5 extent that those references remain applicable.
6     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
7 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
8 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
9 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
10 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
11 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
12     Section 40. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
13 changing Section 17A-1 as follows:
 
14     (720 ILCS 5/17A-1)   (from Ch. 38, par. 17A-1)
15     Sec. 17A-1. Persons under deportation order; ineligible
16 for benefits. An individual against whom a United States
17 Immigration Judge has issued an order of deportation which has
18 been affirmed by the Board of Immigration Review, as well as an
19 individual who appeals such an order pending appeal, under
20 paragraph 19 of Section 241(a) of the Immigration and
21 Nationality Act relating to persecution of others on account of
22 race, religion, national origin or political opinion under the
23 direction of or in association with the Nazi government of
24 Germany or its allies, shall be ineligible for the following
25 benefits authorized by State law:
26     (a) The homestead exemptions exemption and homestead
27 improvement exemption under Sections 15-170, 15-175, 15-176,
28 and 15-180 of the Property Tax Code.
29     (b) Grants under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
30 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
31     (c) The double income tax exemption conferred upon persons
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1 Tax Act.
2     (d) Grants provided by the Department on Aging.
3     (e) Reductions in vehicle registration fees under Section
4 3-806.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
5     (f) Free fishing and reduced fishing license fees under
6 Sections 20-5 and 20-40 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
7     (g) Tuition free courses for senior citizens under the
8 Senior Citizen Courses Act.
9     (h) Any benefits under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
10 (Source: P.A. 87-895; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
11     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
12 Section 8.28 as follows:
 
13     (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
14     Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
15 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
16 implementation of any mandate created by the General Homestead
17 Exemption under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code.
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".