093_HB2105enr HB2105 Enrolled LRB093 04789 NHT 04845 b 1 AN ACT in relation to education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Section 11A-9 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/11A-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 11A-9) 7 Sec. 11A-9. Tax levy. The board of education of a 8 community unit district may levy taxes for educational, 9 operations and maintenance and the purchase and improvements 10 of school grounds, pupil transportation, and fire prevention 11 and safety purposes, respectively, at not exceeding the rates 12 specified in the petition, which rates may thereafter be 13 increased or decreased in the same manner and within the 14 limits provided by Sections 17-2 through 17-7. The board of 15 education may further levy taxes for other purposes as 16 generally permitted by law. 17 If the election of the board of education of the new 18 district occurs at the general election or the nonpartisan 19 election (or the consolidated election beginning in 2003) and 20 the board of education makes its initial levy in that same 21 year, the county clerk shall extend such levy notwithstanding 22 any other law which requires the adoption of a budget before 23 the clerk may extend such levy. In addition, the districts 24 from which the new district is formed, by joint agreement and 25 with the approval of the regional superintendent, shall be 26 permitted to amend outstanding levies in the same calendar 27 year in which the creation of the new district is approved at 28 the rates specified in the petition. 29 If the election of the board of education of the new 30 district does not occur in the same calendar year that the 31 proposition to create the new district is approved, the HB2105 Enrolled -2- LRB093 04789 NHT 04845 b 1 districts from which the new district is formed, by joint 2 agreement and with the approval of the regional 3 superintendent, shall be permitted to levy in the same 4 calendar year in which the creation of the new district is 5 approved at the rates specified in the petition. The county 6 clerks shall extend any such levy notwithstanding any law 7 that requires adoption of a budget before extension of the 8 levy. 9 (Source: P.A. 87-10; 87-1215; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.) 10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 11 becoming law.