93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4906

 

Introduced 02/04/04, by Dave Winters

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-34 new
55 ILCS 5/6-34000 new

    Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes any county to levy a tax by referendum at a rate not to exceed .06% of the assessed value of all taxable property within the county for the purpose of purchasing development rights in order to preserve open spaces. Effective immediately.


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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Division
5 6-34 as follows:
 
6     55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-34 new
7
Division 6-34.
8 Tax for Purchasing Development
9
Rights to Preserve Open Spaces

 
10     (55 ILCS 5/6-34000 new)
11     Sec. 6-34000. Tax for purchasing development rights to
12 preserve open spaces. The county board of any county may adopt
13 a resolution calling for the submission of the question of
14 whether the county shall levy a tax at a rate not to exceed
15 .06% of the assessed value of all taxable property within the
16 county for the purpose of purchasing development rights in
17 order to preserve open spaces to the voters of the district in
18 accordance with the general election law. The question must be
19 in substantially the following form:
20         Shall (name of county) be authorized to levy a tax at a
21     rate of (insert rate) of the equalized assessed value of
22     taxable property located within the county for the purpose
23     of purchasing development rights in order to preserve open
24     spaces?
25     The ballot must have printed on it, but not as part of the
26 proposition submitted, the following:
27         The approximate impact of the proposed levy on the
28     owner of a single-family home having a market value of
29     (insert value) would be (insert amount).
30     No other information is required to be included on the
31 ballot.

 

 

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1     The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
2     If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
3 in the affirmative, the county may thereafter levy the tax.
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.