Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 4/11/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2584

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2584, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 27-30 and 27-55 as follows:
 
7     (35 ILCS 200/27-30)
8     Sec. 27-30. Manner of notice. Prior to or within 60 days
9 after the adoption of the ordinance proposing the establishment
10 of a special service area the municipality or county shall fix
11 a time and a place for a public hearing. Notice of the hearing
12 shall be given by publication and mailing, except that notice
13 of a public hearing to propose the establishment of a special
14 service area for weather modification purposes may be given by
15 publication only. Notice by publication shall be given by
16 publication at least once not less than 15 days prior to the

 

 

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1 hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the
2 municipality or county. Notice by mailing shall be given by
3 depositing the notice in the United States mails addressed to
4 the person or persons in whose name the general taxes for the
5 last preceding year were paid on each property lying within the
6 special service area. A notice shall be mailed not less than 10
7 days prior to the time set for the public hearing. In the event
8 taxes for the last preceding year were not paid, the notice
9 shall be sent to the person last listed on the tax rolls prior
10 to that year as the owner of the property. A list of the names
11 and addresses of the individuals and entities to whom the
12 notice by mail was sent shall be made available at the public
13 hearing.
14 (Source: P.A. 82-282; 88-455.)
 
15     (35 ILCS 200/27-55)
16     Sec. 27-55. Objection petition. If a petition signed by at
17 least 51% of the electors residing within the special service
18 area and by at least 51% of the owners of record of the land
19 included within the boundaries of the special service area is
20 filed with the municipal clerk or county clerk, as the case may
21 be, within 60 days following the final adjournment of the
22 public hearing, objecting to the creation of the special
23 service district, the enlargement of the area, the levy or
24 imposition of a tax or the issuance of bonds for the provision
25 of special services to the area, or to a proposed increase in

 

 

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1 the tax rate, the district shall not be created or enlarged, or
2 the tax shall not be levied or imposed nor the rate increased,
3 or no bonds may be issued. The subject matter of the petition
4 shall not be proposed relative to any signatories of the
5 petition within the next 2 years. Each resident of the special
6 service area registered to vote at the time of the public
7 hearing held with regard to the special service area shall be
8 considered an elector. However, if certified documentation or a
9 sworn affidavit is submitted along with an objection petition
10 filed pursuant to this Section evidencing that an individual
11 who is registered to vote has died or has permanently moved
12 from the special service area and is no longer a resident of
13 the special service area, then that individual shall not be
14 counted as an elector for purposes of determining whether or
15 not at least 51% of the electors residing within the special
16 service area have signed the objection petition. Each person in
17 whose name legal title to land included within the boundaries
18 of the special service area is held according to the records of
19 the county in which the land is located shall be considered an
20 owner of record. Owners of record shall be determined at the
21 time of the public hearing held with regard to a special
22 service area. Land owned in the name of a land trust,
23 corporation, estate or partnership shall be considered to have
24 a single owner of record.
25 (Source: P.A. 82-640; 88-455.)".