95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1623


 
Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Carol Ronen
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Sets forth procedures for a petition by the electors of the District requesting the submission of a clean-water-bond referendum. Sets forth requirements for the referendum. Provides that, if a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, then the District shall issue bonds for the purpose of disinfecting sewage and improving the water quality of the Chicago River, Lake Michigan, and other waterways in the District.  Provides that, if the District issues the bonds, then the District may impose a real estate transfer tax on the privilege of transferring: (i) title to real estate with a fair cash value exceeding $1,000,000; (ii) a beneficial interest in real property with a fair cash value exceeding $1,000,000, and (iii) a controlling interest in a real estate entity with a fair cash value exceeding $1,000,000. Provides that all moneys collected from the tax may be used only to repay the principle and interest on the clean water bonds.
















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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 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act 
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is amended  by adding Section 9.6d as follows:
 
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    (70 ILCS 2605/9.6d  new)
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    Sec. 9.6d. Clean water bonds.
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    (a) If a petition signed by a number of electors in the 
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district that is equal to at least 2% of the votes cast for 
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candidates for Governor in the preceding gubernatorial 
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election in the District is presented to the Secretary of the 
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Board requesting the submission of a clean-water-bond 
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referendum to the electors of the District, then the Secretary 
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must certify the question to the proper election authority, 
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which must submit the question at an election in accordance 
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with the Election Code.
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    The election authority must submit the question in 
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substantially the following form:
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        Shall the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District 
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    issue clean water bonds for the purpose of disinfecting 
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    sewage and improving the water quality of the Chicago 
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    River, Lake Michigan, and other waterways in the District 
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    and, for the purposes of repaying the bonds,  have the 
 


 






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    authority to impose a real estate transfer tax on the 
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    transfers of  property in the District that exceed 
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    $1,000,000?
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The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
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    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote 
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in the affirmative, then the District shall issue the bonds for 
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the purposes set forth in the question.
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    (b) If the District issues bonds under subsection (a) of 
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this Section, then the District may impose a real estate 
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transfer tax on the privilege of transferring: (i) title to 
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real estate with a fair cash value exceeding $1,000,000; (ii) a 
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beneficial interest in real property with a fair cash value 
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exceeding $1,000,000; and (iii) a controlling interest in a 
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real estate entity with a fair cash value exceeding $1,000,000, 
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as the terms "beneficial interest", "controlling interest", 
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and "real estate entity" are defined in Article 31 of the 
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Property Tax Code. All moneys collected under this subsection 
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(b) may be used only to repay the principle and interest on 
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bonds issued under this Section.