(105 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-3)
Sec. 17-3. Additional levies-Submission to voters. (a) The school board in any district having a population of less than
500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to
increase, for a limited period of not less than 3 nor more than 10 years or
for an unlimited period, the
annual tax rate for educational purposes to be submitted to
the voters of such district at a regular scheduled election as
follows:
(1) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 8, or |
| grades 9 through 12, the maximum rate for educational purposes shall not exceed 3.5% of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue;
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(2) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 12 the
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| maximum rate for educational purposes shall not exceed 4.00% of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue except that if a single elementary district and a secondary district having boundaries that are coterminous form a community unit district on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and the actual combined rate of the elementary district and secondary district prior to the formation of the community unit district is greater than 4.00%, then the maximum rate for educational purposes for such district shall be the following:
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(A) For 2 years following the formation of the
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| community unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the actual combined rate of the previous elementary district and secondary district.
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(B) In each subsequent year, the maximum rate
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| shall be reduced by 0.10% or reduced to 4.00%, whichever reduction is less. The school board may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to increase the reduced rate, not to exceed the maximum rate in clause (A), to be submitted to the voters of the district at a regular scheduled election as provided under this Section. Nothing in this Section shall require that the maximum rate for educational purpose for a district maintaining grades one through 12 be reduced below 4.00%.
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If the resolution of the school board seeks to increase the annual tax rate
for educational purposes for a limited period of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the proposition shall
so state and shall identify the years for which the tax increase is sought.
If
a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in favor
thereof at an election for which the election authorities have given notice
either (i) in accordance with Section 12-5 of the Election Code or (ii) by
publication of a true and legible copy of the specimen ballot label containing
the proposition in the form in which it appeared or will appear on the official
ballot label on the day of the election at least 5 days before the day of the
election in at least one newspaper published in and having a general
circulation in the district, the school board may thereafter, until such
authority is
revoked in like manner, levy annually the tax so authorized; provided that if
the proposition as approved limits the increase in the annual tax rate of the
district for educational purposes to a period of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the district may,
unless such authority is sooner revoked in like manner, levy annually the tax
so authorized for the limited number of years approved by a majority of the
votes cast on
the proposition. Upon expiration of that limited period, the rate at which the
district may annually levy
its tax for educational purposes shall be the rate provided under Section 17-2,
or the rate at which the district last levied its tax for educational purposes
prior to approval of the proposition authorizing the levy of that tax at an
increased rate, whichever is greater.
The school board shall certify the proposition to the proper election
authorities
in accordance with the general election law.
The provisions of this Section concerning notice of the tax rate increase
referendum apply only to consolidated primary elections held prior to January
1, 2002 at which not less than
55% of the voters voting on the tax rate increase proposition voted in favor
of the
tax rate increase proposition.
(b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, if a unit district is being established from an elementary district or districts and a high school district, pursuant to Article 11E of this Code, and the combined rate of the elementary district or districts and the high school district prior to the formation of the unit district is greater than 4.00% for educational purposes, then the maximum rate for educational purposes for the unit district shall be the following:
(1) For the first year following the formation of the
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| new unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 6.40%.
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(2) For the second year after the formation of the
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| new unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 5.80%.
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(3) For the third year after the formation of the new
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| unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 5.20%.
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(4) For the fourth year after the formation of the
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| new unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 4.60%.
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(5) For the fifth year after the formation of the new
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| unit district and thereafter, the maximum rate shall be no greater than 4.00%.
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(Source: P.A. 97-1022, eff. 1-1-13.)
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(105 ILCS 5/17-3.5) Sec. 17-3.5. Maximum-authorized district educational purposes tax rate. If, at any election held prior to March 19, 2004, the voters of a school district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants approved the proposition to increase the educational purposes tax rate of the district and the proposition to increase the rate set forth as the existing maximum-authorized educational purposes tax rate of the district the tax rate most recently extended for educational purposes, then, for the purposes of this Code and the Property Tax Code, the maximum-authorized educational purposes tax rate of the district shall be calculated as follows:
(1) for the first tax year affected by the results of |
| the referendum, the district's tax rates shall be calculated based upon the rates set forth in the proposition; and
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(2) for each tax year thereafter, the district's
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| maximum-authorized educational purposes tax rate approved at the referendum shall be equal to the sum of the district's maximum-authorized educational purposes tax rate immediately preceding the referendum plus the difference between the rates set forth in the proposition submitted to the voters of the district at the referendum.
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Within 10 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the school board of any school district affected by this subsection (a) may, notwithstanding the requirements of any other law to the contrary, amend its certificate of tax levy for any year for which its equalized assessed valuation has not yet been certified by the county clerk. The amended certificate of tax levy shall be filed with the county clerk within the 10-day period after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 93-1059, eff. 12-8-04.)
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(105 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-5)
Sec. 17-5. Increase tax rates for operations and maintenance purposes-Maximum. (a) The school board in any district having a population of less than
500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a proposition to
increase the annual tax rate for operations and maintenance purposes to be
submitted to the voters of the district at a regular scheduled election.
The board shall certify the proposition to the proper election authority
for submission to the elector in accordance with the general election law.
In districts maintaining grades 1 through 8,
or grades 9 through 12, the maximum rate for operations and
maintenance purposes shall not exceed .55%; and in districts maintaining
grades 1 through 12, the maximum rates for operations and
maintenance purposes shall not exceed .75%, except that if a single elementary
district and a secondary district having boundaries that are coterminous
on the effective date of this amendatory Act form a community unit district
as authorized under Section 11-6, the maximum rate for operation
and maintenance purposes for such district shall not exceed 1.10% of the
value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue; and in such
district maintaining grades 1 through 12, funds may, subject to the
provisions of Section 17-5.1 accumulate to not more than 5% of the
equalized assessed valuation of the district. No such accumulation shall
ever be transferred or used for any other purpose. If a majority of the
votes cast on the proposition is in favor thereof, the school board may
thereafter, until such authority is revoked in like manner, levy annually a
tax as authorized.
(b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, if a unit district is being established from an elementary district or districts and a high school district, pursuant to Article 11E of this Code, and the combined rate of the elementary district or districts and the high school district prior to the formation of the unit district is greater than 0.75% for operations and maintenance purposes, then the maximum rate for operations and maintenance purposes for the unit district shall be the following: (1) For the first year following formation of the new |
| unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 1.03%.
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(2) For the second year after formation of the new
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| unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 0.96%.
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(3) For the third year after the formation of the new
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| unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 0.89%.
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(4) For the fourth year after the formation of the
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| new unit district, the maximum rate shall equal the lesser of the actual combined rate of the previous highest elementary district rate and the high school district rate or 0.82%.
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(5) For the fifth year after the formation of the new
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| unit district and thereafter, the maximum rate shall be no greater than 0.75%.
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(Source: P.A. 97-1022, eff. 1-1-13.)
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(105 ILCS 5/17-6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-6.1)
Sec. 17-6.1.
Educational purposes and operations, building and
maintenance purposes concurrent equal increase and decrease in maximum
authorized tax rate.
(a) The school board of any school district having a population of less
than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause to be submitted
to the voters of the school district at a regular scheduled election the
proposition of whether the maximum authorized annual tax rate for either
educational purposes or operations, building and maintenance purposes may
be increased with an equal corresponding tax rate decrease being effected
in the maximum authorized tax rate for the other fund.
(b) The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
Shall the maximum authorized annual tax rate for |
| ....... purposes of School District Number ...., ........ County, Illinois (commonly known as .......) be increased from ....% to ....% and the maximum authorized annual tax rate for ....... purposes be decreased concurrently from ....% to ....%?
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(c) The rate amount of the proposed tax rate decrease must be the same
as the rate amount of the proposed tax rate increase. No maximum tax rate
secured hereunder may exceed the maximum rate specified for the particular
fund in Section 17-3 and 17-5.
(d) The requirements of Section 17-3.4 shall not apply to the
proposition provided for in this Section.
(e) If at the election a majority of the votes cast on the proposition
is in favor thereof, the school board may thereafter annually levy the
taxes as authorized.
(Source: P.A. 86-1318.)
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(105 ILCS 5/17-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-7)
Sec. 17-7.
Payments from tax levied.
Any sum expended or obligations incurred
for the improvement, maintenance, repair or benefit of school buildings and
property, including the cost of interior decorating and the installation,
improvement, repair, replacement and maintenance of building fixtures, for the
rental of buildings and property for school purposes, or for the payment of all
premiums for insurance upon school buildings and school building fixtures or
for the purchase or equipment to be used in the school lunch program shall be
paid from the tax levied for operations and maintenance purposes and the
purchase of school grounds. The board may provide by resolution that the
payment of all salaries of janitors, engineers or other custodial employees and
all costs of fuel, lights, gas, water, telephone service, and custodial
supplies and equipment or the cost of a professional survey of the conditions
of school buildings as provided in Section 2-3.12, or any one or more of the
preceding items shall be paid from the tax levied for operations and
maintenance purposes and the purchase of school grounds in which event such
salaries or specified costs, or both, shall be so paid until the next fiscal
year after the repeal of such resolution. Expenditures for all purposes not
specified in Sections 17-7 or 17-8 or other provisions of this Act shall be
made from the educational fund.
(Source: P.A. 86-1334; 87-984.)
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