96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1661


 
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














70 ILCS 3305/2c
  from Ch. 121, par. 356c







    Amends the Street Light District Act. Provides that territory shall not be disconnected from a street lighting district if the following criteria are met: (i) the municipality which contains all or part of the street lighting district does not levy a property tax on the taxable property in the territory, (ii) the municipality passes an ordinance permitting the street lighting district to operate and levy a tax, and (iii) the municipality does not collect a franchise fee from an electrical utility. Effective immediately.
















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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 Street Light District Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 2c as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 3305/2c)  (from Ch. 121, par. 356c)



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    Sec. 2c. Disconnection.  Any territory within a street 
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lighting district that is or has
been annexed to a city, 
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village or incorporated town that provides street
lighting 
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within such city, village or incorporated town is, by operation 
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of
law, disconnected from the street lighting district as of 
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the January first
after such territory is annexed to the city, 
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village or incorporated town,
or in case territory has been so 
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annexed prior to the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 
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1959, as of January 1, 1960. If there are any bonds
of the 
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street lighting district outstanding and unpaid at the time 
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such
territory is annexed to the city, village or incorporated 
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town, such
territory shall remain liable for its proportionate 
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share of such bonded
indebtedness and the street lighting 
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district may continue to levy and
extend taxes upon the taxable 
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property in such territory for the purpose of
amortizing such 
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bonds until such time as such bonds are retired. 
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    Territory shall not be disconnected from a street lighting 
 


 






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district if all of the following criteria are met: (i) the 
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municipality which contains all or part of the street lighting 
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district does not levy a property tax on the taxable property 
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in the territory, (ii) the municipality passes an ordinance 
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permitting the street lighting district to operate and levy a 
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tax, and (iii) the municipality does not collect a franchise 
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fee from an electrical utility.

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(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2048.)

 

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