102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1667

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Linda Holmes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/18-15

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certification of the levy by the county clerk may be done electronically.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 18-15 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-15)
7    Sec. 18-15. Filing of levies of taxing districts.
8    (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all
9taxing districts, other than a school district subject to the
10authority of a Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Article
111H of the School Code, shall annually certify to the county
12clerk, on or before the last Tuesday in December, the several
13amounts that they have levied.
14    (a-5) Certification to the county clerk under subsection
15(a) may be submitted electronically.
16    (b) A school district subject to the authority of a
17Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Article 1H of the School
18Code shall file a certificate of tax levy, necessary to effect
19the implementation of the approved financial plan and the
20approval of the Panel, as otherwise provided by this Section,
21except that the certificate must be certified to the county
22clerk on or before the first Tuesday in November.
23    (c) If a school district as specified in subsection (b) of

 

 

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1this Section fails to certify and return the certificate of
2tax levy, necessary to effect the implementation of the
3approved financial plan and the approval of the Financial
4Oversight Panel, to the county clerk on or before the first
5Tuesday in November, then the Financial Oversight Panel for
6the school district shall proceed to adopt, certify, and
7return a certificate of tax levy for the school district to the
8county clerk on or before the last Tuesday in December.
9(Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11.)