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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 Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 5-1009.5 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1009.5 new)
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| Sec. 5-1009.5. Tax for county farmland preservation |
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| easement purposes; Kane County. |
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| (a) Whenever a petition signed by 100 taxpayers residing in |
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| Kane County is presented to the county board of Kane County |
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| requesting the submission of a proposition, or if the county |
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| board of Kane County adopts a resolution requesting the |
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| submission of a proposition, of whether or not an annual tax |
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| shall be levied at a rate not to exceed 0.05% of the value, as |
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| equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, on all |
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| taxable property in the county for the purpose of creating and |
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| maintaining a fund for county farmland preservation easement |
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| purposes, that county board shall adopt a resolution for the |
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| submission of the proposition at the next regular election held |
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| in the county. The county board shall certify the resolution |
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| and the proposition to the proper election officials, who shall |
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| submit the proposition at an election in accordance with the |
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| general election law. The foregoing limitations upon tax rates |
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| may be increased or decreased under the referendum provisions |
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| of the General Revenue Law of Illinois. |
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| (b) Upon the adoption of the resolution and the |
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| certification thereof to the county clerk of the county, the |
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| proposition shall be submitted at the next regular election |
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| held in the county. |
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| The proposition shall be in substantially the following |
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| form: |
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| Shall an annual tax of not to exceed 0.05% be levied in |
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| Kane County for county farmland preservation easement |
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| purposes in the county? |
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| Votes shall be recorded as "yes" or "no". |
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| If a majority of the legal voters of the county voting on |
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| the proposition vote in favor thereof, the proposition shall be |
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| deemed adopted. |
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| (c) Upon the adoption of the proposition in accordance with |
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| subsection (b), the county board shall cause an annual tax of |
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| not to exceed 0.05% of value, as equalized or assessed by the |
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| Department of Revenue, of all taxable property of the county to |
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| be levied upon all the taxable property in the county for |
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| county farmland preservation easement purposes. Any tax |
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| imposed under this Section shall be in addition to all other |
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| taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected in the |
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| county and shall be in addition to the maximum of taxes |
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| authorized by law for county purposes. The foregoing |
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| limitations upon tax rates may be increased or decreased |
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| according to the referendum provisions of the General Revenue |
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| Law of Illinois. |
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| (d) The proceeds of the tax authorized under this Section |
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| shall be paid into a separate fund in the county treasury to be |
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| known as the County Farmland Preservation Easement Fund. That |
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| fund may be used by the county board for the purchase of |
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| easements to preserve farmland within the county. The fund |
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| shall be expended in the same manner and subject to the same |
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| requirements as other county expenditures. |
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| (e) If Kane County has authorized a tax for county farmland |
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| preservation easement purposes under the provisions of this |
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| Section, and a petition signed by 100 taxpayers residing in |
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| Kane County is presented to the county board of Kane County |
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| requesting a proposition whether or not the tax for county |
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| farmland preservation easement purposes in the county shall be |
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| discontinued, the county board shall adopt a resolution |
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| providing for the submission of the proposition to the voters |
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| of the county at the next regular election held in accordance |
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| with the general election law. |
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| If a majority of the voters of the county voting upon the |
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| proposition are in favor thereof, then the proposition shall be |
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| deemed adopted and the tax shall be discontinued in the county. |
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| In case any funds remain to the credit of the County Farmland |
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| Preservation Easement Fund after the tax has been discontinued, |
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| those remaining funds shall be paid into the general fund for |
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| county purposes in the county treasury. All previously executed |