093_HB3594
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1 AN ACT regarding schools.
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 17-2.2b as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/17-2.2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2b)
7 Sec. 17-2.2b. Tax for primary health care programs. The
8 school board of any district that which prior to the
9 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1982 had contracted
10 for health care services with a non-profit corporation may,
11 by proper resolution after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1982, levy an annual tax, in addition to
13 any other taxes and not subject to the limitations specified
14 elsewhere in this Article, not to exceed .544% upon the value
15 of the taxable property as equalized or assessed by the
16 Department of Revenue, for not more than 4 years, for health
17 care purposes.
18 Such tax may be levied upon condition that there are not
19 sufficient funds available in the operations and maintenance
20 fund of the district to pay the cost of the health care.
21 The revenue raised by such tax shall be used only for
22 maintenance of health care facilities and to provide primary
23 health care to students of such district, including health
24 education, general physical examinations and the treatment of
25 illness and injury.
26 Notice of the passage of a resolution pursuant to this
27 Section shall be given by the Secretary of the board of
28 education, by one publication within 5 days of such passage,
29 in a newspaper having a general circulation within such
30 district. The notice shall contain a clearly understandable
31 summary of the contents of the resolution and statement of
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1 the procedure for submitting the resolution to a referendum.
2 The publication of the resolution shall include a notice of
3 (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition
4 requesting that the question of the adoption of the tax levy
5 be submitted to the voters of the district; (2) the time
6 within which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of
7 the prospective referendum. The district Secretary shall
8 provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.
9 Any taxpayer in such district may, within 30 days after
10 notice has been published, file with the Secretary of the
11 board of education a petition signed by the voters of the
12 district equal to 10% or more of the registered voters of the
13 district requesting the submission to a referendum of the
14 following proposition:
15 "Shall school district No....... be authorized to levy a
16 tax for health care purposes not to exceed .544% as
17 authorized in Section 17-2.2b of the School Code?" The
18 Secretary of the board of education shall certify the
19 proposition to the proper election authorities for submission
20 to the electorate at a regular scheduled election in
21 accordance with the general election law.
22 If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition
23 vote in favor thereof, such tax shall thereafter be
24 authorized; if a majority of the vote is against such
25 proposition, no such tax shall be levied.
26 (Source: P.A. 86-970; 86-1253; 87-767.)