Public Act 93-0004

HB2105 Enrolled                      LRB093 04789 NHT 04845 b

    AN ACT in relation to education.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section   5.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
Section 11A-9 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/11A-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 11A-9)
    Sec. 11A-9.  Tax levy.   The  board  of  education  of  a
community  unit  district  may  levy  taxes  for educational,
operations and maintenance and the purchase and  improvements
of  school grounds, pupil transportation, and fire prevention
and safety purposes, respectively, at not exceeding the rates
specified in the petition,  which  rates  may  thereafter  be
increased  or  decreased  in  the  same manner and within the
limits provided by Sections 17-2 through 17-7.  The board  of
education  may  further  levy  taxes  for  other  purposes as
generally permitted by law.
    If the election of the board  of  education  of  the  new
district  occurs  at  the general election or the nonpartisan
election (or the consolidated election beginning in 2003) and
the board of education makes its initial levy  in  that  same
year, the county clerk shall extend such levy notwithstanding
any  other law which requires the adoption of a budget before
the clerk may extend such levy.  In addition,  the  districts
from which the new district is formed, by joint agreement and
with  the  approval  of the regional superintendent, shall be
permitted to amend outstanding levies in  the  same  calendar
year in which the creation of the new district is approved at
the rates specified in the petition.
    If  the  election  of  the  board of education of the new
district does not occur in the same calendar  year  that  the
proposition  to  create  the  new  district  is approved, the
districts from which the new district  is  formed,  by  joint
agreement   and   with   the   approval   of   the   regional
superintendent,  shall  be  permitted  to  levy  in  the same
calendar year in which the creation of the  new  district  is
approved  at the rates specified in the petition.  The county
clerks shall extend any such  levy  notwithstanding  any  law
that  requires  adoption  of a budget before extension of the
levy.
(Source: P.A. 87-10; 87-1215; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.