Human Services Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Mar 04, 2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 544 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 544 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing 
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Section 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 social services for 
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senior citizens. 
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    (a) The county board may annually impose a tax of not to 
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exceed .025 percent
of the value, as equalized or assessed by 
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the Department of Revenue, of
all the taxable property in the 
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county for the purpose of providing social
services for senior 
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citizens as described in Sections 5-1005 and 5-1091.

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    (b)  A county board that has not imposed a tax under 
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subsection (a) may annually impose a tax of not to exceed .025 
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percent
of the value, as equalized or assessed by the 
 


 






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Department of Revenue, of
all the taxable property in the 
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county for the purpose of providing human services.  Prior to 
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the submission of the question of the imposition of a tax for 
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human services purposes under this subsection, the county board 
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shall adopt, by ordinance or resolution, a human services plan 
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providing the specific uses for which the tax revenue may be 
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used. 
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    (c)  Neither tax may This tax shall not be levied in any 
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county until the question of its adoption
is submitted to the 
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electors thereof and approved by a majority of those
voting on 
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the question. This question may be submitted at an election 
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held
in the county, after the adoption of a resolution by the 
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County Board providing
for the submission of the question at a 
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referendum. The question shall
be certified by the board to the 
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proper 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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levy of such tax, it may thereafter be levied in such county 
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for
each succeeding year.

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(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

 

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