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Public Act 099-0248
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section |
235-20 as follows:
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(60 ILCS 1/235-20)
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Sec. 235-20. General assistance tax.
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(a) The township board may raise money by taxation deemed
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necessary to be expended to provide general assistance in the |
township to
persons needing that assistance as provided in the |
Illinois Public Aid
Code, including persons eligible for |
assistance under the Military Veterans
Assistance Act, where |
that duty is provided by law. The tax for each
fiscal year |
shall not be more than 0.10% of value, or more than an
amount |
approved at a referendum held under this Section, as equalized |
or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, and shall in no case |
exceed the
amount needed in the township for general |
assistance.
The board may decrease
the maximum tax rate by |
ordinance.
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(b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
if the |
board desires to increase the maximum tax rate, it shall
order |
a referendum on that proposition to be held at an election in
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accordance with the general election law. The board shall |
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certify the
proposition to the proper election officials, who |
shall submit the
proposition to the voters at an election in |
accordance with the general
election law. If a majority of the |
votes cast on the proposition is in
favor of the proposition, |
the board may annually levy the tax at a rate
not exceeding the |
higher rate approved by the voters at the election. If,
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however, the board has decreased the maximum tax rate under |
subsection
(a), then it may, at any time after the decrease, |
increase the maximum tax
rate, by ordinance, to a rate less |
than or equal to the maximum tax rate
immediately prior to the |
board's ordinance to decrease the rate.
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(c) If a city, village, or incorporated town having a |
population of
more than 500,000 is located within or partially |
within a township, then
the entire amount of the tax levied by |
the township for the purpose of
providing general assistance |
under this Section on property lying within
that city, village, |
or incorporated town, less the amount allowed for
collecting |
the tax, shall be paid over by the treasurer of the township to
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the treasurer of the city, village, or incorporated town to be |
appropriated
and used by the city, village, or incorporated |
town for the relief and
support of persons needing general |
assistance residing in that portion of
the city, village, or |
incorporated town located within the township in
accordance |
with the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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(d) Any taxes levied for general assistance before or after |
this Section
takes effect may also be used for the payment of |
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warrants issued against
and in anticipation of those taxes and |
accrued interest on those warrants
and may also be used to pay |
the cost of administering that assistance.
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(e) In any township with a population of less than 500,000 |
that receives no
State funding for the general assistance |
program and that has not issued
anticipation warrants or |
otherwise borrowed monies for the administration of
the general |
assistance program during the township's previous 3 fiscal |
years
of operation, a one time transfer of monies from the |
township's general
assistance fund may be made to the general |
township fund pursuant to action
by the township board. This |
transfer may occur only to the
extent that the amount of monies |
remaining in the general assistance fund
after the transfer is |
equal to the greater of (i) the amount of the
township's |
expenditures in the previous fiscal year for general assistance
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or (ii) an amount equal to either 0.10% of the last known total |
equalized
value of
all taxable property in the township, or |
100% of the highest amount levied
for general assistance |
purposes in any of the three previous fiscal years.
The |
transfer shall
be completed no later than one year after the |
effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General |
Assembly.
No township that
has certified a new levy or an |
increase in the levy under this Section
during calendar year |
2002 may transfer monies under this
subsection.
No action on |
the transfer of monies under this subsection shall be taken by
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the township board except at a township board meeting. No
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monies transferred under this subsection shall be considered in |
determining
whether the township qualifies for State funds to |
supplement local funds
for public aid purposes under Section |
12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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(e-5) The township board of Gray Township in White County |
may approve by resolution or ordinance transfers of monies from |
the township's general assistance fund to the general township |
fund no later than one year after the effective date of this |
amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly if: |
(1) the township receives no State funding for the |
general assistance program; |
(2) the township has not issued anticipation warrants |
or otherwise borrowed monies for the administration of the |
general assistance program during the township's previous |
3 fiscal years of operation; |
(3) the amount of monies remaining in the general |
assistance fund after the transfer is equal to the greater |
of (i) the amount of the township's expenditures in the |
previous fiscal year for general assistance or (ii) an |
amount equal to either 0.10% of the last known total |
equalized value of all taxable property in the township, or |
100% of the highest amount levied for general assistance |
purposes in any of the three previous fiscal years; and |
(4) the township that has not certified a new levy or |
an increase in the levy under this Section during calendar |
year 2015.
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