95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4322


 
Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



35 ILCS 200/27-55









    Amends the Special Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a special service area district may not be created or enlarged, a tax may not be
levied or imposed nor the rate increased, nor may bonds be issued unless that action is authorized by a petition that is signed by at least 51% of the
electors residing within the special service area and by at least 51% of the
owners of record of the land included within the boundaries of the special
service area (currently, the action may be taken unless a petition objecting to the action is filed). Effective immediately. 
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY


HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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HB4322

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    AN ACT concerning revenue.

 
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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 27-55 as follows:
 



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    (35 ILCS 200/27-55)



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    Sec. 27-55. Authorization Objection petition. Unless If a 
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petition that is signed by at least 51% of the
electors 
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residing within the special service area and by at least 51% of 
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the
owners of record of the land included within the boundaries 
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of the special
service area is filed with the municipal clerk 
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or county clerk, as the case may
be, within 60 days following 
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the final adjournment of the public hearing,
authorizing 
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objecting to the creation of the special service district, the 
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enlargement of
the area, the levy or imposition of a tax or the 
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issuance of bonds for the
provision of special services to the 
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area, or to a proposed increase in the tax
rate, the district 
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shall not be created or enlarged, or the tax shall not be

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levied or imposed nor the rate increased, or no bonds may be 
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issued. The
subject matter of the petition shall not be 
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proposed relative to any
signatories of the petition within the 
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next  2 years.  Each resident of the
special service area 
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registered to vote at the time of the public hearing held
with 
 


 






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regard to the special service area shall be considered an 
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elector.  Each
person in whose name legal title to land included 
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within the boundaries of the
special service area is held 
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according to the records of the county in which
the land is 
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located shall be considered an owner of record.  Owners of 
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record
shall be determined at the time of the public hearing 
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held with regard to a
special service area.  Land owned in the 
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name of a land trust, corporation,
estate or partnership shall 
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be considered to have a single owner of record.

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(Source: P.A. 82-640; 88-455.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.