95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0327


 
Introduced 1/22/2007, by Rep. Chapin Rose
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














60 ILCS 1/135-50









    Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township or road district that is authorized to a levy an annual tax for the purpose of controlling and maintaining cemeteries may increase the amount of that annual levy above the specified 0.10% limitation, but only if the increase is approved by referendum. Provides that a petition to initiate a referendum under that Section must be presented by 50 legal voters or 10% of the legal voters of the township or road district, whichever is less (now, 50 legal voters).
















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HB0327

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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 
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135-50 as follows:
 



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    (60 ILCS 1/135-50)



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    Sec. 135-50. Tax; petition and referendum. 


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    (a) When 50 legal voters or 10% of the legal voters of each 
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township or road district, whichever is less, present a

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petition to the board of managers asking that an annual tax be 
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levied for the
control and maintenance of cemeteries under this 
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Article, the board
shall certify the proposition to the proper 
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election officials, who shall
submit the proposition to the 
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voters at an election in accordance with the
general election 
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law. The proposition shall be in substantially the following

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form: "For the levy of a tax to control and maintain 
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cemeteries" or "Against
the levy of a tax to control and 
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maintain cemeteries".  

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    (b) If a majority of all the votes cast in each township or 
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road district
upon the proposition is for a levy of the tax, 
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the board of managers shall
thereafter annually levy a tax, 
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upon all property taxable by the townships or
road districts, 
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of not more than 0.10% of value, as equalized or assessed by

 


 






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the Department of Revenue, in each township or road district.  

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    (b-5) A township or road district that is authorized to 
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levy an annual tax under subsection (b)  may increase the amount 
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of that annual levy above the limitation specified in 
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subsection (b), but only after submitting the proposition to 
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the voters for approval at an election in accordance with the

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general election law.

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    (c) The tax shall be collected in the same manner as other 
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general
taxes in the townships and road districts and, when 
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collected, shall be
deposited into a separate fund known as the 
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Cemetery Fund.

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    (d) The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes that 
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the townships or
road districts are authorized to levy and 
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collect. 

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    (e) The limitations upon tax rates in subsection (b) are 
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subject to the
provisions of the General Revenue Law of 
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Illinois.

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(Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509; 88-62.)