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Revenue & Finance Committee
Filed: 4/30/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1555
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1555 by replacing |
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| everything from line 7 on page 2 through line 17 on page 3 with |
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| the following:
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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. However, if certified documentation or a sworn |
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| affidavit is submitted along with an authorization petition |
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| filed pursuant to this Section evidencing that an individual |
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| who is registered to vote has died or has permanently moved |
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| from the special service area and is no longer a resident of |
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| the special service area, then that individual shall not be |
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| counted as an elector for purposes of determining whether or |
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| not at least 51% of the electors residing within the special |
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| service area have signed the authorization petition. Each
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| person in whose name legal title to land included within the |
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| boundaries of the
special service area is held according to the |
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| records of the county in which
the land is located shall be |
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| considered an owner of record. Owners of record
shall be |
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| determined at the time of the public hearing held with regard |
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| to a
special service area. Land owned in the name of a land |
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| trust, corporation,
estate or partnership shall be considered |
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| to have a single owner of record.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-640; 88-455.)".
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