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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5143
Introduced 02/05/04, by Brandon W. Phelps SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes technical changes in the Special Service Area Tax Law.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5143 |
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LRB093 19647 SJM 45388 b |
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| AN ACT concerning taxes.
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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 Property Tax Code is amended by changing |
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| Section 27-5 as follows:
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| (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
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| Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be |
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| cited as the
Special Service Area Tax Law.
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| When used in this Article:
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| "Special service area"
Service Area" means a contiguous |
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| area within a municipality
or county in which special |
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| governmental services are provided in
addition to those |
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| services provided generally throughout the
municipality or |
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| county, the cost of the special services to be paid
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| revenues collected from taxes levied or imposed upon property
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| within that area. Territory shall be considered contiguous for |
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| purposes
of this Article even though certain completely |
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| surrounded portions of the
territory are excluded from the |
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| special service area. A county may create
a special service |
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| area within a municipality or municipalities when the
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| municipality or municipalities consent to the creation of the |
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| special
service area. A municipality may create a special |
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| service area within a
municipality and the unincorporated area |
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| of a county or within another
municipality when the county or |
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| other municipality consents to the creation
of the special |
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| service area.
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| "Special services"
Services" means all forms of services |
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| pertaining to the
government and affairs of the municipality or |
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| county, including
but not limited to weather modification and |
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| improvements permissible under
Article 9 of the Illinois |
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| Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of
water as |
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| described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code |