Public Act 096-1031
 
HB0217 EnrolledLRB096 00195 HLH 10199 b



    AN ACT concerning revenue.

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


 
    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended  by changing 
Section 27-60 as follows:
 



    (35 ILCS 200/27-60)



    Sec. 27-60. Petition for disconnection from special 
service area. 
    (a) Any
territory located within the boundaries of any 
special service area organized
under this Article, other than a 
special service area for weather modification,
may become 
disconnected from the area in the manner provided
in this 
Section.  
    (b) A majority of the resident electors and a majority of

the record owners of land in the territory sought to be 
disconnected from
the area may sign a petition.  The petition 
shall be addressed to the circuit
court and shall contain a 
definite description of the boundaries of the
territory and 
recite as a fact, that as of the date the petition is filed,

the territory was not, is not, and is not intended by the 
corporate authority
which created the special service area to 
be, either benefited or served
by any work or services either 
then existing or then authorized by the special
service area, 
and that the territory constitutes less than 1 1/2% of the

special service area's total equalized assessed valuation.

    (c)  In addition, the corporate authorities of a 
municipality in which a special service area, other than a 
special service area for weather modification, is located may 
file a petition with the circuit court to disconnect territory 
from the special service area.  The petition shall contain a 
definite description of the boundaries of the
territory to be 
disconnected and recite as a fact that, as of the date the 
petition is filed,
the territory was not, is not, and is not 
intended by the corporate authority
that created the special 
service area to be either benefited or served
by any work or 
services either then existing or then authorized by the special

service area. 
(Source: P.A. 83-1245; 88-455.)

 

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