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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2304
Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. William E. Peterson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/5-1034 |
from Ch. 34, par. 5-1034 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that taxes may be levied to provide "human services" (now, "social services for senior citizens").
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A BILL FOR
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SB2304 |
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LRB095 18456 HLH 44542 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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 5-1034 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1034) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1034)
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| Sec. 5-1034. Tax for provision of human social services for |
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| senior citizens. The county board may annually impose a tax of |
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| not to exceed .025 percent
of the value, as equalized or |
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| assessed by the Department of Revenue, of
all the taxable |
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| property in the county for the purpose of providing human |
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| social
services for senior citizens as described in Sections |
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| 5-1005 and 5-1091.
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| This tax shall not be levied in any county until the |
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| question of its adoption
is submitted to the electors thereof |
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| and approved by a majority of those
voting on the question. |
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| This question may be submitted at an election held
in the |
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| county, after the adoption of a resolution by the County Board |
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| providing
for the submission of the question at a referendum. |
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| The question shall
be certified by the board to the proper |
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| election officials, who shall submit
the question at an |
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| election held in accordance with the general election
law. If a |
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| majority of the votes cast on the question is in favor of the
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