Rep. Jack D. Franks
Filed: 5/26/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2073 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2073 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 
5Section 27-5 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)



7    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be 
8cited as the
the
Special Service Area Tax Law.
9    When used in this Article: 

10    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a 
11municipality
or county in which special governmental services 
12are provided in
addition to those services provided generally 
13throughout the
municipality or county, the cost of the special 
14services to be paid
from revenues collected from taxes levied 
15or imposed upon property
within that area.  Territory shall be 
16considered contiguous for purposes
of this Article even though 
 
 
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1certain completely surrounded portions of the
territory are 
2excluded from the special service area.  A county may create
a 
3special service area within a municipality or municipalities 
4when the
municipality or municipalities consent to the creation 
5of the special
service area. A municipality may create a 
6special service area within a
municipality and the 
7unincorporated area of a county or within another
municipality 
8when the county or other municipality consents to the creation

9of the special service area.

10    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining 
11to the
government and affairs of the municipality or county, 
12including
but not limited to weather modification and 
13improvements permissible under
Article 9 of the Illinois 
14Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of
water as 
15described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code 
16which
may be entered into by the municipality or by the county 
17on behalf of a
county service area.

18(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)".