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 1        AN ACT in relation to taxes.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
 5    Section 18-185 as follows:

 6        (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
 7        Sec. 18-185.  Short title; definitions.  This Division  5
 8    may  be  cited  as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 9    As used in this Division 5:
10        "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
11    All Urban Consumers for all items  published  by  the  United
12    States Department of Labor.
13        "Extension  limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or the
14    percentage increase in the Consumer Price  Index  during  the
15    12-month  calendar  year  preceding  the levy year or (b) the
16    rate of increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
17        "Affected county" means a county  of  3,000,000  or  more
18    inhabitants  or  a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000
19    or more inhabitants.
20        "Taxing  district"  has  the  same  meaning  provided  in
21    Section 1-150, except as otherwise provided in this  Section.
22    For  the 1991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district"
23    includes only each non-home rule taxing district  having  the
24    majority  of  its  1990  equalized  assessed value within any
25    county or counties contiguous to a county with  3,000,000  or
26    more inhabitants.  Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing
27    district"  includes  only  each non-home rule taxing district
28    subject to this Law  before  the  1995  levy  year  and  each
29    non-home  rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
30    the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994  equalized
31    assessed  value in an affected county or counties.  Beginning
 
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 1    with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to  a
 2    taxing  district  as  provided  in  Section  18-213,  "taxing
 3    district"  also  includes those taxing districts made subject
 4    to this Law as provided in Section 18-213.
 5        "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which  this
 6    Law  applied  before  the  1995  levy  year  means the annual
 7    corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
 8    purpose extensions that are  made  annually  for  the  taxing
 9    district,  excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
10    the taxing district to pay interest or principal  on  general
11    obligation  bonds  that were approved by referendum; (b) made
12    for any taxing district  to  pay  interest  or  principal  on
13    general  obligation  bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c)
14    made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal  on
15    bonds  issued  to  refund  or  continue to refund those bonds
16    issued before October  1,  1991;  (d)  made  for  any  taxing
17    district  to  pay  interest  or  principal on bonds issued to
18    refund or continue to refund bonds issued  after  October  1,
19    1991  that  were  approved  by  referendum;  (e) made for any
20    taxing district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds
21    issued before October 1, 1991 for payment of which a property
22    tax levy or the full faith and credit of the  unit  of  local
23    government  is  pledged;  however,  a  tax for the payment of
24    interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
25    the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
26    all other sources for payment are insufficient to make  those
27    payments;  (f)  made for payments under a building commission
28    lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
29    issued by the commission before October 1, 1991, to  pay  for
30    the  building  project;  (g)  made  for  payments  due  under
31    installment  contracts  entered  into before October 1, 1991;
32    (h) made for payments of  principal  and  interest  on  bonds
33    issued  under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act
34    to finance construction projects initiated before October  1,
 
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 1    1991;  (i)  made  for  payments  of principal and interest on
 2    limited  bonds,  as  defined  in  Section  3  of  the   Local
 3    Government  Debt  Reform  Act, in an amount not to exceed the
 4    debt service extension base less the  amount  in  items  (b),
 5    (c),  (e),  and  (h)  of  this  definition for non-referendum
 6    obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant  to
 7    referendum;  (j)  made for payments of principal and interest
 8    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
 9    Reform  Act;  and  (k)  made  by  a  school   district   that
10    participates  in  the  Special  Education  District  of  Lake
11    County,  created  by  special education joint agreement under
12    Section 10-22.31 of the  School  Code,  for  payment  of  the
13    school  district's  share  of  the  amounts  required  to  be
14    contributed  by the Special Education District of Lake County
15    to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under Article 7  of
16    the  Illinois Pension Code; the amount of any extension under
17    this item (k) shall be certified by the  school  district  to
18    the county clerk.
19        "Aggregate  extension"  for the taxing districts to which
20    this Law did not apply before  the  1995  levy  year  (except
21    taxing  districts  subject  to  this  Law  in accordance with
22    Section 18-213) means the annual corporate extension for  the
23    taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
24    made  annually  for  the  taxing  district, excluding special
25    purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district  to  pay
26    interest  or  principal on general obligation bonds that were
27    approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing  district  to
28    pay  interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued
29    before March 1, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay
30    interest or principal on bonds issued to refund  or  continue
31    to  refund  those bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made
32    for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
33    issued to refund or continue to  refund  bonds  issued  after
34    March  1, 1995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for
 
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 1    any taxing district to pay interest or principal  on  revenue
 2    bonds  issued  before  March  1,  1995 for payment of which a
 3    property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of
 4    local government is pledged; however, a tax for  the  payment
 5    of  interest  or  principal on those bonds shall be made only
 6    after the governing body of  the  unit  of  local  government
 7    finds  that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
 8    make those payments; (f) made for payments under  a  building
 9    commission   lease  when  the  lease  payments  are  for  the
10    retirement of bonds issued by the commission before March  1,
11    1995  to  pay for the building project; (g) made for payments
12    due under installment contracts entered into before March  1,
13    1995;  (h)  made  for  payments  of principal and interest on
14    bonds  issued  under  the  Metropolitan   Water   Reclamation
15    District  Act  to  finance  construction  projects  initiated
16    before  October  1,  1991; (i) made for payments of principal
17    and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
18    Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to  exceed
19    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
20    (c),   and   (e)   of   this  definition  for  non-referendum
21    obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant  to
22    referendum  and  bonds  described  in  subsection (h) of this
23    definition; (j) made for payments of principal  and  interest
24    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
25    Reform  Act;  (k) made for payments of principal and interest
26    on bonds authorized by Public Act  88-503  and  issued  under
27    Section  20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium or
28    museum projects; (l)  made  for  payments  of  principal  and
29    interest  on  bonds  authorized by Public Act 87-1191 or this
30    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly  and  (i)  issued
31    pursuant  to  Section 21.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
32    District Act, (ii) issued under Section 42 of the Cook County
33    Forest Preserve District Act for zoological park projects, or
34    (iii) issued under Section 44.1 of  the  Cook  County  Forest
 
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 1    Preserve District Act for botanical gardens projects; and (m)
 2    made  pursuant to Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether
 3    levied annually or not.
 4        "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts  to  which
 5    this  Law  applies  in accordance with Section 18-213, except
 6    for those  taxing  districts  subject  to  paragraph  (2)  of
 7    subsection  (e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate
 8    extension for the taxing district and those  special  purpose
 9    extensions  that  are  made annually for the taxing district,
10    excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing
11    district to pay interest or principal on  general  obligation
12    bonds  that  were  approved  by  referendum; (b) made for any
13    taxing district to  pay  interest  or  principal  on  general
14    obligation   bonds  issued  before  the  date  on  which  the
15    referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing  district
16    is  held; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
17    principal on bonds issued to refund  or  continue  to  refund
18    those  bonds  issued  before the date on which the referendum
19    making this Law applicable to the taxing  district  is  held;
20    (d) made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal
21    on  bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued
22    after the date  on  which  the  referendum  making  this  Law
23    applicable  to  the taxing district is held if the bonds were
24    approved by referendum after the date on which the referendum
25    making this Law applicable to the taxing  district  is  held;
26    (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal
27    on  revenue  bonds  issued  before  the  date  on  which  the
28    referendum  making this Law applicable to the taxing district
29    is held for payment of which a property tax levy or the  full
30    faith  and credit of the unit of local government is pledged;
31    however, a tax for the payment of interest  or  principal  on
32    those  bonds  shall  be made only after the governing body of
33    the unit of local government finds that all other sources for
34    payment are insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for
 
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 1    payments under a building commission  lease  when  the  lease
 2    payments  are  for  the  retirement  of  bonds  issued by the
 3    commission before the date on  which  the  referendum  making
 4    this Law applicable to the taxing district is held to pay for
 5    the  building  project;  (g)  made  for  payments  due  under
 6    installment  contracts  entered into before the date on which
 7    the referendum making  this  Law  applicable  to  the  taxing
 8    district  is  held;  (h)  made  for payments of principal and
 9    interest on limited bonds, as defined in  Section  3  of  the
10    Local  Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
11    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
12    (c),  and  (e)  of   this   definition   for   non-referendum
13    obligations,  except obligations initially issued pursuant to
14    referendum; (i) made for payments of principal  and  interest
15    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
16    Reform Act; and (j) made for a qualified airport authority to
17    pay  interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued
18    for the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
19    airport facilities  required  to  be  acquired,  constructed,
20    installed  or  equipped  pursuant  to, contracts entered into
21    before March 1, 1996 (but not  including  any  amendments  to
22    such a contract taking effect on or after that date).
23        "Aggregate  extension"  for all taxing districts to which
24    this  Law  applies  in  accordance  with  paragraph  (2)   of
25    subsection  (e)  of Section 18-213 means the annual corporate
26    extension for the taxing district and those  special  purpose
27    extensions  that  are  made annually for the taxing district,
28    excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing
29    district to pay interest or principal on  general  obligation
30    bonds  that  were  approved  by  referendum; (b) made for any
31    taxing district to  pay  interest  or  principal  on  general
32    obligation  bonds  issued  before  the effective date of this
33    amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for any taxing  district  to
34    pay  interest  or  principal  on  bonds  issued  to refund or
 
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 1    continue to refund those bonds issued  before  the  effective
 2    date  of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d) made for any taxing
 3    district to pay interest or  principal  on  bonds  issued  to
 4    refund or continue to refund bonds issued after the effective
 5    date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1997  if  the bonds were
 6    approved by referendum  after  the  effective  date  of  this
 7    amendatory  Act  of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to
 8    pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before  the
 9    effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of
10    which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
11    unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax  for  the
12    payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
13    only after the governing body of the unit of local government
14    finds  that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
15    make those payments; (f) made for payments under  a  building
16    commission   lease  when  the  lease  payments  are  for  the
17    retirement of bonds  issued  by  the  commission  before  the
18    effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the
19    building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
20    contracts entered into before  the  effective  date  of  this
21    amendatory  Act  of  1997; (h) made for payments of principal
22    and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
23    Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to  exceed
24    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
25    (c),   and   (e)   of   this  definition  for  non-referendum
26    obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant  to
27    referendum;  (i)  made for payments of principal and interest
28    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
29    Reform Act; and (j) made for a qualified airport authority to
30    pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds  issued
31    for the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
32    airport  facilities  required  to  be  acquired, constructed,
33    installed or equipped pursuant  to,  contracts  entered  into
34    before  March  1,  1996  (but not including any amendments to
 
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 1    such a contract taking effect on or after that date).
 2        "Debt service extension base" means an  amount  equal  to
 3    that  portion  of the extension for a taxing district for the
 4    1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this
 5    Law in accordance  with  Section  18-213,  except  for  those
 6    subject to paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213,
 7    for  the  levy  year  in which the referendum making this Law
 8    applicable to the taxing  district  is  held,  or  for  those
 9    taxing  districts  subject  to  this  Law  in accordance with
10    paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of  Section  18-213  for  the
11    1996  levy  year,  constituting  an  extension for payment of
12    principal and interest on bonds issued by the taxing district
13    without referendum, but not including excluded non-referendum
14    bonds.  For park districts (i) that  were  first  subject  to
15    this  Law  in  1991  or 1995 and (ii) whose extension for the
16    1994 levy year for the payment of principal and  interest  on
17    bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but not
18    including excluded non-referendum bonds) was less than 51% of
19    the  amount  for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension
20    for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by  the
21    park  district without referendum (but not including excluded
22    non-referendum bonds), "debt service extension base" means an
23    amount equal to that portion of the extension  for  the  1991
24    levy  year constituting an extension for payment of principal
25    and interest on bonds issued by  the  park  district  without
26    referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds).
27    The  debt  service  extension  base  may  be  established  or
28    increased   as   provided  under  Section  18-212.  "Excluded
29    non-referendum bonds" means (i) bonds  authorized  by  Public
30    Act  88-503  and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park
31    District Act for aquarium and  museum  projects;  (ii)  bonds
32    issued  under  Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform
33    Act; and or (iii) refunding obligations issued to  refund  or
34    to  continue  to refund obligations initially issued pursuant
 
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 1    to  referendum.  The  debt  service  extension  base  may  be
 2    established or increased as provided under Section 18-212.
 3        "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
 4    to, extensions  for  levies  made  on  an  annual  basis  for
 5    unemployment   and   workers'  compensation,  self-insurance,
 6    contributions to pension plans, and extensions made  pursuant
 7    to  Section  6-601  of  the  Illinois Highway Code for a road
 8    district's permanent road fund  whether  levied  annually  or
 9    not.   The  extension  for  a  special  service  area  is not
10    included in the aggregate extension.
11        "Aggregate extension base" means  the  taxing  district's
12    last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
13    18-215 through 18-230.
14        "Levy  year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
15    1-155.
16        "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after  final
17    board   of   review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of  new
18    improvements or additions to  existing  improvements  on  any
19    parcel  of  real property that increase the assessed value of
20    that real property during the levy  year  multiplied  by  the
21    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
22    17-30 and (ii) the  assessed  value,  after  final  board  of
23    review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of real property not
24    exempt from real estate taxation,  which  real  property  was
25    exempt  from  real  estate  taxation  for  any portion of the
26    immediately  preceding   levy   year,   multiplied   by   the
27    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
28    17-30. In addition, the county clerk in a county containing a
29    population of 3,000,000 or more shall  include  in  the  1997
30    recovered  tax  increment  value for any school district, any
31    recovered tax increment value that was applicable to the 1995
32    tax year calculations.
33        "Qualified airport authority" means an airport  authority
34    organized  under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
 
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 1    county bordering on the  State  of  Wisconsin  and  having  a
 2    population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
 3        "Recovered   tax   increment   value"  means,  except  as
 4    otherwise provided in  this  paragraph,  the  amount  of  the
 5    current  year's  equalized  assessed value, in the first year
 6    after a municipality terminates the designation of an area as
 7    a redevelopment project area previously established under the
 8    Tax Increment Allocation  Development  Act  in  the  Illinois
 9    Municipal  Code,  previously established under the Industrial
10    Jobs  Recovery  Law  in  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code,   or
11    previously  established  under  the Economic Development Area
12    Tax Increment Allocation Act, of  each  taxable  lot,  block,
13    tract,  or  parcel  of  real  property  in  the redevelopment
14    project area over and above the  initial  equalized  assessed
15    value of each property in the redevelopment project area. For
16    the  taxes  which  are  extended  for the 1997 levy year, the
17    recovered tax increment value  for  a  non-home  rule  taxing
18    district  that  first became subject to this Law for the 1995
19    levy year because a majority of its 1994  equalized  assessed
20    value  was  in  an  affected  county  or  counties  shall  be
21    increased  if a municipality terminated the designation of an
22    area in 1993  as  a  redevelopment  project  area  previously
23    established  under  the  Tax Increment Allocation Development
24    Act in the Illinois Municipal  Code,  previously  established
25    under  the  Industrial  Jobs  Recovery  Law  in  the Illinois
26    Municipal Code, or previously established under the  Economic
27    Development  Area  Tax Increment Allocation Act, by an amount
28    equal to the 1994 equalized assessed value  of  each  taxable
29    lot,  block,  tract,  or  parcel  of  real  property  in  the
30    redevelopment   project  area  over  and  above  the  initial
31    equalized  assessed   value   of   each   property   in   the
32    redevelopment  project  area.  In  the  first  year  after  a
33    municipality  removes  a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel
34    of  real  property  from   a   redevelopment   project   area
 
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 1    established  under  the  Tax Increment Allocation Development
 2    Act in the  Illinois  Municipal  Code,  the  Industrial  Jobs
 3    Recovery  Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic
 4    Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax
 5    increment value" means  the  amount  of  the  current  year's
 6    equalized  assessed  value of each taxable lot, block, tract,
 7    or parcel of real property  removed  from  the  redevelopment
 8    project  area  over  and above the initial equalized assessed
 9    value  of  that  real  property  before  removal   from   the
10    redevelopment project area.
11        Except  as  otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
12    rate" means a fraction the numerator of  which  is  the  last
13    preceding  aggregate  extension base times an amount equal to
14    one plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and
15    the denominator of which  is  the  current  year's  equalized
16    assessed  value  of  all real property in the territory under
17    the jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy
18    year.   For  those  taxing  districts  that   reduced   their
19    aggregate  extension  for  the  last preceding levy year, the
20    highest aggregate extension in any of the  last  3  preceding
21    levy  years  shall  be  used for the purpose of computing the
22    limiting  rate.   The  denominator  shall  not  include   new
23    property.   The  denominator  shall not include the recovered
24    tax increment value.
25    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff.  7-29-99;  91-478,  eff.  11-1-99;
26    92-547, eff. 6-13-02.)

27        Section 22.  The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act
28    is  amended  by  changing  Sections 42 and 44.1 and by adding
29    Section 21.2 as follows:

30        (70 ILCS 810/21.2 new)
31        Sec. 21.2.  Indebtedness of district;  additional  bonds.
32    For  the  purpose  of making capital improvements to any land
 
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 1    acquired or to be  acquired  by  the  district  and  repairs,
 2    reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  or renovation in connection
 3    with any buildings of the district or  to  acquire  equipment
 4    for  the  district,  the  corporate authorities of the forest
 5    preserve district in which the improvements or buildings  are
 6    maintained may from time to time incur indebtedness and issue
 7    bonds  therefor  in  amounts not exceeding, in the aggregate,
 8    $50,000,000.  The bonds shall bear interest at not more  than
 9    the  maximum  rate  provided  by  law and may mature up to 30
10    years from the date thereof.  A  resolution  authorizing  the
11    issuance  of  bonds  under this Section may be made effective
12    without the submission thereof to the voters of the  district
13    for approval.
14        All  moneys  received  from  the  issuance  of  bonds  as
15    provided for in this Section shall be set apart in a separate
16    fund by the district treasurer and shall be used only for the
17    purposes set forth in this Section.
18        The  corporate  authorities of the district shall provide
19    for the levy of a direct annual  tax  upon  all  the  taxable
20    property in the district, sufficient to pay and discharge the
21    principal  of  the  bonds at maturity and to pay the interest
22    thereon as it falls  due.   This  tax  shall  be  levied  and
23    collected in like manner with the general taxes of the forest
24    preserve  district and shall be in addition to the maximum of
25    all other taxes and tax rates that the district is or may  be
26    authorized to levy.

27        (70 ILCS 810/42) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6445)
28        Sec.  42.  For the purpose of making capital improvements
29    and major repairs in connection with a zoological  park,  the
30    corporate  authorities  of  the  forest  preserve district in
31    which such park is maintained may from time to time incur  an
32    indebtedness  and  issue bonds therefor on or before December
33    31,  1998  in  amounts  not  exceeding   in   the   aggregate
 
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 1    $52,640,000  $27,640,000.  Such  bonds shall bear interest at
 2    not more than the maximum rate provided by law and may mature
 3    up  to  30  years  from  the  date  thereof.   A   resolution
 4    authorizing  the  issuance of bonds under this Section may be
 5    made effective without the submission thereof to  the  voters
 6    of the district for approval.
 7        All  moneys  received  from  the  issuance  of  bonds  as
 8    provided  in  this  Section  shall be set apart in a separate
 9    fund by the district treasurer and shall be used only for the
10    purposes set forth in this Section.
11        The corporate authorities of such district shall  provide
12    for  the  levy  of  a  direct annual tax upon all the taxable
13    property in such district, sufficient to  pay  and  discharge
14    the  principal  of  such  bonds  at  maturity  and to pay the
15    interest thereon as it falls due. This tax  shall  be  levied
16    and  collected  in  like manner with the general taxes of the
17    forest preserve district and shall  be  in  addition  to  the
18    maximum  of  all other taxes and tax rates which the district
19    is or may be authorized to levy.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-449, eff. 6-1-96.)

21        (70 ILCS 810/44.1) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6447.1)
22        Sec.  44.1.   For   the   purpose   of   making   capital
23    improvements   in  connection  with  botanical  gardens,  the
24    corporate authorities of  the  forest  preserve  district  in
25    which  such  gardens are maintained may incur an indebtedness
26    and issue bonds therefor in  amounts  not  exceeding  in  the
27    aggregate  $32,000,000  $7,000,000.  Such  bonds  shall  bear
28    interest  at  not  more than the maximum rate provided by law
29    and shall mature within 20 years from the date  thereof.  The
30    resolution  authorizing  this  issuance  of bonds may be made
31    effective without the submission thereof to the voters of the
32    district for approval.
33        All  moneys  received  from  the  issuance  of  bonds  as
 
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 1    provided in this Section shall be set  apart  in  a  separate
 2    fund by the district treasurer and shall be used only for the
 3    purposes set forth in this Section.
 4        The  corporate authorities of such district shall provide
 5    for the levy of a direct annual  tax  upon  all  the  taxable
 6    property  in  such  district, sufficient to pay and discharge
 7    the principal of such  bonds  at  maturity  and  to  pay  the
 8    interest  thereon  as  it falls due. This tax shall be levied
 9    and collected in like manner with the general  taxes  of  the
10    forest  preserve  district  and  shall  be in addition to the
11    maximum of all other taxes and tax rates which  the  district
12    is or may be authorized to levy.
13    (Source: P.A. 85-1421.)