Full Text of SR1598 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Property taxes are a form of local taxation by | 3 | | taxing bodies such as school districts, municipalities, park | 4 | | districts, library boards, and other such units of local | 5 | | government; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, No property tax dollars are paid to the state | 7 | | government; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, According to the Illinois Department of Revenue, | 9 | | about 62 percent of property tax bills go to funding school | 10 | | districts in Illinois; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Property taxes also fund police and fire | 12 | | protection services, as well as park district programs and | 13 | | local projects; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The state legislature can pass laws freezing | 15 | | property tax rates, but such a one-size-fits-all legislation | 16 | | may unjustly hurt some local communities while leaving some | 17 | | units of government with the excessive surpluses; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, A property tax freeze applies to the total | 19 | | property taxes collected by taxing districts, but does not mean | 20 | | the property taxes paid by an individual homeowner will be |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, A property tax freeze leaves municipalities, | 3 | | school districts, police services, fire protection services, | 4 | | and other local government units without a means to collect | 5 | | additional revenue lost due to the freeze; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, These units of local governments, when facing | 7 | | increasing expenses during a property tax freeze, will be | 8 | | forced to implement cost-cutting measures, such as reducing the | 9 | | teaching staff and police force and eliminating programs; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that by July 1, 2019, each | 13 | | unit of Government that receives property taxes should, during | 14 | | a regularly scheduled or special meeting with proper public | 15 | | notice, conduct a public forum to discuss the specific effects | 16 | | of a permanent property tax freeze or a property tax freeze for | 17 | | one, two, or five years; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That each unit of government should make every | 19 | | effort to fully provide projections of both revenue and | 20 | | expenses with a correlating analysis of services and personnel | 21 | | that would likely be impacted in order for the public to more | 22 | | fully appreciate the effects of a property tax freeze on each |
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