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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1498

2     AMENDMENT NO. ____. Amend Senate Bill 1498, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5     "Section 5. The Economic Development Area Tax Increment
6 Allocation Act is amended by changing Section 6 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 620/6)   (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 1006)
8     Sec. 6. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
9 equalized assessed value.
10     (a) The municipality shall file a certified copy of any
11 ordinance authorizing tax increment allocation financing for
12 an economic development project area with the county clerk, and
13 the county clerk shall immediately thereafter determine (1) the
14 most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot,
15 block, tract or parcel of real property within the economic
16 development project area from which shall be deducted the
17 homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175,
18 and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the
19 "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
20 property, and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all
21 taxable real property within the economic development project
22 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
23 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
24 real property within such economic development project area,

 

 

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1 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
2 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
3 Code, and shall certify such amount as the "total initial
4 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within
5 the economic development project area.
6     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
7 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in the
8 economic development project area, then in respect to every
9 taxing district containing an economic development project
10 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
11 ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all
12 taxable property within that taxing district for the purpose of
13 computing the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable
14 property within that taxing district, shall in every year that
15 tax increment allocation financing is in effect ascertain the
16 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
17 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
18 current equalized assessed value or the certified "total
19 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
20 in such area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
21 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
22 property in the economic development project area in the same
23 manner as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other
24 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
25 allocating taxes established under this Section shall
26 terminate when the municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving
27 the special tax allocation fund for the economic development
28 project area, terminating the economic development project
29 area, and terminating the use of tax increment allocation
30 financing for the economic development project area. This Act
31 shall not be construed as relieving property owners within an
32 economic development project area from paying a uniform rate of
33 taxes upon the current equalized assessed value of their
34 taxable property as provided in the Property Tax Code.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
2     Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
3 Sections 14-15, 15-10, 15-170, 15-175, and 20-178 and by adding
4 Section 15-176 as follows:
 
5     (35 ILCS 200/14-15)
6     Sec. 14-15. Certificate of error; counties of 3,000,000 or
7 more.
8     (a) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, if,
9 after the assessment is certified pursuant to Section 16-150,
10 but subject to the limitations of subsection (c) of this
11 Section, the county assessor discovers an error or mistake in
12 the assessment, the assessor shall execute a certificate
13 setting forth the nature and cause of the error. The
14 certificate when endorsed by the county assessor, or when
15 endorsed by the county assessor and board of appeals (until the
16 first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review beginning
17 the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) where the
18 certificate is executed for any assessment which was the
19 subject of a complaint filed in the board of appeals (until the
20 first Monday in December 1998 and the board of review beginning
21 the first Monday in December 1998 and thereafter) for the tax
22 year for which the certificate is issued, may, either be
23 certified according to the procedure authorized by this Section
24 or be presented and received in evidence in any court of
25 competent jurisdiction. Certification is authorized, at the
26 discretion of the county assessor, for: (1) certificates of
27 error allowing homestead exemptions pursuant to Sections
28 15-170, 15-172, and 15-175, and 15-176; (2) certificates of
29 error on residential property of 6 units or less; (3)
30 certificates of error allowing exemption of the property
31 pursuant to Section 14-25; and (4) other certificates of error
32 reducing assessed value by less than $100,000. Any certificate

 

 

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1 of error not certified shall be presented to the court. The
2 county assessor shall develop reasonable procedures for the
3 filing and processing of certificates of error. Prior to the
4 certification or presentation to the court, the county assessor
5 or his or her designee shall execute and include in the
6 certificate of error a statement attesting that all procedural
7 requirements pertaining to the issuance of the certificate of
8 error have been met and that in fact an error exists. When so
9 introduced in evidence such certificate shall become a part of
10 the court records, and shall not be removed from the files
11 except upon the order of the court.
12     Certificates of error that will be presented to the court
13 shall be filed as an objection in the application for judgment
14 and order of sale for the year in relation to which the
15 certificate is made or as an amendment to the objection under
16 subsection (b). Certificates of error that are to be certified
17 according to the procedure authorized by this Section need not
18 be presented to the court as an objection or an amendment under
19 subsection (b). The State's Attorney of the county in which the
20 property is situated shall mail a copy of any final judgment
21 entered by the court regarding any certificate of error to the
22 taxpayer of record for the year in question.
23     Any unpaid taxes after the entry of the final judgment by
24 the court or certification on certificates issued under this
25 Section may be included in a special tax sale, provided that an
26 advertisement is published and a notice is mailed to the person
27 in whose name the taxes were last assessed, in a form and
28 manner substantially similar to the advertisement and notice
29 required under Sections 21-110 and 21-135. The advertisement
30 and sale shall be subject to all provisions of law regulating
31 the annual advertisement and sale of delinquent property, to
32 the extent that those provisions may be made applicable.
33     A certificate of error certified under this Section shall
34 be given effect by the county treasurer, who shall mark the tax

 

 

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1 books and, upon receipt of one of the following certificates
2 from the county assessor or the county assessor and the board
3 of review where the board of review is required to endorse the
4 certificate of error, shall issue refunds to the taxpayer
5 accordingly:
 
6
"CERTIFICATION
7     I, .................., county assessor, hereby certify
8     that the Certificates of Error set out on the attached list
9     have been duly issued to correct an error or mistake in the
10     assessment."
 
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"CERTIFICATION
12     I, .................., county assessor, and we,
13     ........................................................,
14     members of the board of review, hereby certify that the
15     Certificates of Error set out on the attached list have
16     been duly issued to correct an error or mistake in the
17     assessment and that any certificates of error required to
18     be endorsed by the board of review have been so endorsed."
 
19     The county treasurer has the power to mark the tax books to
20 reflect the issuance of certificates of error certified
21 according to the procedure authorized in this Section for
22 certificates of error issued under Section 14-25 or
23 certificates of error issued to and including 3 years after the
24 date on which the annual judgment and order of sale for that
25 tax year was first entered. The county treasurer has the power
26 to issue refunds to the taxpayer as set forth above until all
27 refunds authorized by this Section have been completed.
28     To the extent that the certificate of error obviates the
29 liability for nonpayment of taxes, certification of a
30 certificate of error according to the procedure authorized in
31 this Section shall operate to vacate any judgment or forfeiture

 

 

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1 as to that year's taxes, and the warrant books and judgment
2 books shall be marked to reflect that the judgment or
3 forfeiture has been vacated.
4     (b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this Section shall be
5 construed to prohibit the execution, endorsement, issuance,
6 and adjudication of a certificate of error if (i) the annual
7 judgment and order of sale for the tax year in question is
8 reopened for further proceedings upon consent of the county
9 collector and county assessor, represented by the State's
10 Attorney, and (ii) a new final judgment is subsequently entered
11 pursuant to the certificate. This subsection (b) shall be
12 construed as declarative of existing law and not as a new
13 enactment.
14     (c) No certificate of error, other than a certificate to
15 establish an exemption under Section 14-25, shall be executed
16 for any tax year more than 3 years after the date on which the
17 annual judgment and order of sale for that tax year was first
18 entered, except that during calendar years 1999 and 2000 a
19 certificate of error may be executed for any tax year, provided
20 that the error or mistake in the assessment was discovered no
21 more than 3 years after the date on which the annual judgment
22 and order of sale for that tax year was first entered.
23     (d) The time limitation of subsection (c) shall not apply
24 to a certificate of error correcting an assessment to $1, under
25 Section 10-35, on a parcel that a subdivision or planned
26 development has acquired by adverse possession, if during the
27 tax year for which the certificate is executed the subdivision
28 or planned development used the parcel as common area, as
29 defined in Section 10-35, and if application for the
30 certificate of error is made prior to December 1, 1997.
31     (e) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 91st
32 General Assembly apply to certificates of error issued before,
33 on, and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
34 91st General Assembly.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 90-4, eff. 3-7-97; 90-288, eff. 8-1-97; 90-655,
2 eff. 7-30-98; 91-393, eff. 7-30-99; 91-686, eff. 1-26-00.)
 
3     (35 ILCS 200/15-10)
4     Sec. 15-10. Exempt property; procedures for certification.
5 All property granted an exemption by the Department pursuant to
6 the requirements of Section 15-5 and described in the Sections
7 following Section 15-30 and preceding Section 16-5, to the
8 extent therein limited, is exempt from taxation. In order to
9 maintain that exempt status, the titleholder or the owner of
10 the beneficial interest of any property that is exempt must
11 file with the chief county assessment officer, on or before
12 January 31 of each year (May 31 in the case of property
13 exempted by Section 15-170), an affidavit stating whether there
14 has been any change in the ownership or use of the property or
15 the status of the owner-resident, or that a disabled veteran
16 who qualifies under Section 15-165 owned and used the property
17 as of January 1 of that year. The nature of any change shall be
18 stated in the affidavit. Failure to file an affidavit shall, in
19 the discretion of the assessment officer, constitute cause to
20 terminate the exemption of that property, notwithstanding any
21 other provision of this Code. Owners of 5 or more such exempt
22 parcels within a county may file a single annual affidavit in
23 lieu of an affidavit for each parcel. The assessment officer,
24 upon request, shall furnish an affidavit form to the owners, in
25 which the owner may state whether there has been any change in
26 the ownership or use of the property or status of the owner or
27 resident as of January 1 of that year. The owner of 5 or more
28 exempt parcels shall list all the properties giving the same
29 information for each parcel as required of owners who file
30 individual affidavits.
31     However, titleholders or owners of the beneficial interest
32 in any property exempted under any of the following provisions
33 are not required to submit an annual filing under this Section:

 

 

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1         (1) Section 15-45 (burial grounds) in counties of less
2     than 3,000,000 inhabitants and owned by a not-for-profit
3     organization.
4         (2) Section 15-40.
5         (3) Section 15-50 (United States property).
6     If there is a change in use or ownership, however, notice
7 must be filed pursuant to Section 15-20.
8     An application for homestead exemptions shall be filed as
9 provided in Section 15-170 (senior citizens homestead
10 exemption), Section 15-172 (senior citizens assessment freeze
11 homestead exemption), and Sections Section 15-175 and 15-176
12 (general homestead exemption), respectively.
13 (Source: P.A. 92-333, eff. 8-10-01; 92-729, eff. 7-25-02.)
 
14     (35 ILCS 200/15-170)
15     Sec. 15-170. Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption. An
16 annual homestead exemption limited, except as described here
17 with relation to cooperatives or life care facilities, to a
18 maximum reduction set forth below from the property's value, as
19 equalized or assessed by the Department, is granted for
20 property that is occupied as a residence by a person 65 years
21 of age or older who is liable for paying real estate taxes on
22 the property and is an owner of record of the property or has a
23 legal or equitable interest therein as evidenced by a written
24 instrument, except for a leasehold interest, other than a
25 leasehold interest of land on which a single family residence
26 is located, which is occupied as a residence by a person 65
27 years or older who has an ownership interest therein, legal,
28 equitable or as a lessee, and on which he or she is liable for
29 the payment of property taxes. The maximum reduction shall be
30 $2,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and
31 $2,000 in all other counties. For land improved with an
32 apartment building owned and operated as a cooperative, the
33 maximum reduction from the value of the property, as equalized

 

 

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1 by the Department, shall be multiplied by the number of
2 apartments or units occupied by a person 65 years of age or
3 older who is liable, by contract with the owner or owners of
4 record, for paying property taxes on the property and is an
5 owner of record of a legal or equitable interest in the
6 cooperative apartment building, other than a leasehold
7 interest. For land improved with a life care facility, the
8 maximum reduction from the value of the property, as equalized
9 by the Department, shall be multiplied by the number of
10 apartments or units occupied by persons 65 years of age or
11 older, irrespective of any legal, equitable, or leasehold
12 interest in the facility, who are liable, under a contract with
13 the owner or owners of record of the facility, for paying
14 property taxes on the property. In a cooperative or a life care
15 facility where a homestead exemption has been granted, the
16 cooperative association or the management firm of the
17 cooperative or facility shall credit the savings resulting from
18 that exemption only to the apportioned tax liability of the
19 owner or resident who qualified for the exemption. Any person
20 who willfully refuses to so credit the savings shall be guilty
21 of a Class B misdemeanor. Under this Section and Sections
22 Section 15-175 and 15-176, "life care facility" means a
23 facility as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
24 Act, with which the applicant for the homestead exemption has a
25 life care contract as defined in that Act.
26     When a homestead exemption has been granted under this
27 Section and the person qualifying subsequently becomes a
28 resident of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care
29 Act, the exemption shall continue so long as the residence
30 continues to be occupied by the qualifying person's spouse if
31 the spouse is 65 years of age or older, or if the residence
32 remains unoccupied but is still owned by the person qualified
33 for the homestead exemption.
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1 assessment year shall be eligible to apply for the homestead
2 exemption during that assessment year. Application shall be
3 made during the application period in effect for the county of
4 his residence.
5     Beginning with assessment year 2003, for taxes payable in
6 2004, property that is first occupied as a residence after
7 January 1 of any assessment year by a person who is eligible
8 for the senior citizens homestead exemption under this Section
9 must be granted a pro-rata exemption for the assessment year.
10 The amount of the pro-rata exemption is the exemption allowed
11 in the county under this Section divided by 365 and multiplied
12 by the number of days during the assessment year the property
13 is occupied as a residence by a person eligible for the
14 exemption under this Section. The chief county assessment
15 officer must adopt reasonable procedures to establish
16 eligibility for this pro-rata exemption.
17     The assessor or chief county assessment officer may
18 determine the eligibility of a life care facility to receive
19 the benefits provided by this Section, by affidavit,
20 application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
21 reasonable methods in order to insure that the tax savings
22 resulting from the exemption are credited by the management
23 firm to the apportioned tax liability of each qualifying
24 resident. The assessor may request reasonable proof that the
25 management firm has so credited the exemption.
26     The chief county assessment officer of each county with
27 less than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall provide to each person
28 allowed a homestead exemption under this Section a form to
29 designate any other person to receive a duplicate of any notice
30 of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and levied
31 under this Code on the property of the person receiving the
32 exemption. The duplicate notice shall be in addition to the
33 notice required to be provided to the person receiving the
34 exemption, and shall be given in the manner required by this

 

 

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1 Code. The person filing the request for the duplicate notice
2 shall pay a fee of $5 to cover administrative costs to the
3 supervisor of assessments, who shall then file the executed
4 designation with the county collector. Notwithstanding any
5 other provision of this Code to the contrary, the filing of
6 such an executed designation requires the county collector to
7 provide duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A
8 designation may be rescinded by the person who executed such
9 designation at any time, in the manner and form required by the
10 chief county assessment officer.
11     The assessor or chief county assessment officer may
12 determine the eligibility of residential property to receive
13 the homestead exemption provided by this Section by
14 application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
15 reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in
16 accordance with guidelines established by the Department.
17     In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
18 county board may by resolution provide that if a person has
19 been granted a homestead exemption under this Section, the
20 person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption.
21     In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if the
22 assessor or chief county assessment officer requires annual
23 application for verification of eligibility for an exemption
24 once granted under this Section, the application shall be
25 mailed to the taxpayer.
26     The assessor or chief county assessment officer shall
27 notify each person who qualifies for an exemption under this
28 Section that the person may also qualify for deferral of real
29 estate taxes under the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral
30 Act. The notice shall set forth the qualifications needed for
31 deferral of real estate taxes, the address and telephone number
32 of county collector, and a statement that applications for
33 deferral of real estate taxes may be obtained from the county
34 collector.

 

 

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1     Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act,
2 no reimbursement by the State is required for the
3 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-196, eff. 1-1-02; 93-511, eff. 8-11-03.)
 
5     (35 ILCS 200/15-175)
6     Sec. 15-175. General homestead exemption. Except as
7 provided in Section 15-176, homestead property is entitled to
8 an annual homestead exemption limited, except as described here
9 with relation to cooperatives, to a reduction in the equalized
10 assessed value of homestead property equal to the increase in
11 equalized assessed value for the current assessment year above
12 the equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up to
13 the maximum reduction set forth below. If however, the 1977
14 equalized assessed value upon which taxes were paid is
15 subsequently determined by local assessing officials, the
16 Property Tax Appeal Board, or a court to have been excessive,
17 the equalized assessed value which should have been placed on
18 the property for 1977 shall be used to determine the amount of
19 the exemption.
20     Except as provided in Section 15-176, the maximum reduction
21 shall be $4,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants
22 and $3,500 in all other counties.
23     In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if,
24 based on the most recent assessment, the equalized assessed
25 value of the homestead property for the current assessment year
26 is greater than the equalized assessed value of the property
27 for 1977, the owner of the property shall automatically receive
28 the exemption granted under this Section in an amount equal to
29 the increase over the 1977 assessment up to the maximum
30 reduction set forth in this Section.
31     If in any assessment year beginning with the 2000
32 assessment year, homestead property has a pro-rata valuation
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1 valuation, a reduction in equalized assessed valuation equal to
2 the increase in equalized assessed value of the property for
3 the year of the pro-rata valuation above the equalized assessed
4 value of the property for 1977 shall be applied to the property
5 on a proportionate basis for the period the property qualified
6 as homestead property during the assessment year. The maximum
7 proportionate homestead exemption shall not exceed the maximum
8 homestead exemption allowed in the county under this Section
9 divided by 365 and multiplied by the number of days the
10 property qualified as homestead property.
11     "Homestead property" under this Section includes
12 residential property that is occupied by its owner or owners as
13 his or their principal dwelling place, or that is a leasehold
14 interest on which a single family residence is situated, which
15 is occupied as a residence by a person who has an ownership
16 interest therein, legal or equitable or as a lessee, and on
17 which the person is liable for the payment of property taxes.
18 For land improved with an apartment building owned and operated
19 as a cooperative or a building which is a life care facility as
20 defined in Section 15-170 and considered to be a cooperative
21 under Section 15-170, the maximum reduction from the equalized
22 assessed value shall be limited to the increase in the value
23 above the equalized assessed value of the property for 1977, up
24 to the maximum reduction set forth above, multiplied by the
25 number of apartments or units occupied by a person or persons
26 who is liable, by contract with the owner or owners of record,
27 for paying property taxes on the property and is an owner of
28 record of a legal or equitable interest in the cooperative
29 apartment building, other than a leasehold interest. For
30 purposes of this Section, the term "life care facility" has the
31 meaning stated in Section 15-170.
32     In a cooperative where a homestead exemption has been
33 granted, the cooperative association or its management firm
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1 the apportioned tax liability of the owner who qualified for
2 the exemption. Any person who willfully refuses to so credit
3 the savings shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
4     Where married persons maintain and reside in separate
5 residences qualifying as homestead property, each residence
6 shall receive 50% of the total reduction in equalized assessed
7 valuation provided by this Section.
8     In counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
9 assessor or chief county assessment officer may determine the
10 eligibility of residential property to receive the homestead
11 exemption by application, visual inspection, questionnaire or
12 other reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in
13 accordance with guidelines established by the Department.
14     In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, in the
15 event of a sale of homestead property the homestead exemption
16 shall remain in effect for the remainder of the assessment year
17 of the sale. The assessor or chief county assessment officer
18 may require the new owner of the property to apply for the
19 homestead exemption for the following assessment year.
20 (Source: P.A. 90-368, eff. 1-1-98; 90-552, eff. 12-12-97;
21 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-346, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
22     (35 ILCS 200/15-176 new)
23     Sec. 15-176. General homestead exemption in counties with
24 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
25     (a) In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, for the
26 assessment years as determined under subsection (j), homestead
27 property is entitled to an annual homestead exemption equal to
28 a reduction in the property's equalized assessed value
29 calculated as provided in this Section.
30     (b) As used in this Section:
31         (1) "Assessor" means the elected county assessor.
32         (2) "Adjusted homestead value" means the lesser of the
33     following values:

 

 

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1             (A) The property's base homestead value increased
2         by 7% for each tax year after 2002 through and
3         including the current tax year, or, if the property is
4         sold or ownership is otherwise transferred, the
5         property's base homestead value increased by 7% for
6         each tax year after the year of the sale or transfer
7         through and including the current tax year. The
8         increase by 7% each year is an increase by 7% over the
9         prior year.
10             (B) The property's equalized assessed value for
11         the current tax year minus $4,500.
12         (3) "Base homestead value".
13             (A) Except as provided in subdivision ((b)(3)(B),
14         "base homestead value" means the equalized assessed
15         value of the property for tax year 2002 prior to
16         exemptions, minus $4,500, provided that it was
17         assessed for that year as residential property
18         qualified for any of the homestead exemptions under
19         Sections 15-170 through 15-175 of this Code, then in
20         force, and further provided that the property's
21         assessment was not based on a reduced assessed value
22         resulting from a temporary irregularity in the
23         property for that year. Except as provided in
24         subdivision (b)(3)(B), if the property did not have a
25         residential equalized assessed value for tax year
26         2002, then "base homestead value" means the base
27         homestead value established by the assessor under
28         subsection (c).
29             (B) If the property is sold or ownership is
30         otherwise transferred, "base homestead value" means
31         the equalized assessed value of the property at the
32         time of the sale or transfer prior to exemptions, minus
33         $4,500, provided that it was assessed as residential
34         property qualified for any of the homestead exemptions

 

 

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1         under Sections 15-170 through 15-175 of this Code, then
2         in force, and further provided that the property's
3         assessment was not based on a reduced assessed value
4         resulting from a temporary irregularity in the
5         property.
6         (4) "Current tax year" means the tax year for which the
7     exemption under this Section is being applied.
8         (5) "Equalized assessed value" means the property's
9     assessed value as equalized by the Department.
10         (6) "Homestead" or "homestead property" means:
11             (A) Residential property that as of January 1 of
12         the tax year is occupied by its owner or owners as his,
13         her, or their principal dwelling place, or that is a
14         leasehold interest on which a single family residence
15         is situated, that is occupied as a residence by a
16         person who has a legal or equitable interest therein
17         evidenced by a written instrument, as an owner or as a
18         lessee, and on which the person is liable for the
19         payment of property taxes. Residential units in an
20         apartment building owned and operated as a
21         cooperative, or as a life care facility, which are
22         occupied by persons who hold a legal or equitable
23         interest in the cooperative apartment building or life
24         care facility as owners or lessees, and who are liable
25         by contract for the payment of property taxes, shall be
26         included within this definition of homestead property.
27         Residential property containing 6 or fewer dwelling
28         units shall also be included in this definition of
29         homestead property provided that at least one such unit
30         is occupied by the property's owner or owners as his,
31         her, or their principal dwelling place.
32             (B) A homestead includes the dwelling place,
33         appurtenant structures, and so much of the surrounding
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1         place is situated as is used for residential purposes.
2         If the assessor has established a specific legal
3         description for a portion of property constituting the
4         homestead, then the homestead shall be limited to the
5         property within that description.
6         (7) "Life care facility" means a facility as defined in
7     Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities Act.
8     (c) If the property did not have a residential equalized
9 assessed value for tax year 2002 as provided in subdivision
10 (b)(3)(A) of this Section, then the assessor shall first
11 determine an initial value for the property by comparison with
12 assessed values for tax year 2002 of other properties having
13 physical and economic characteristics similar to those of the
14 subject property, so that the initial value is uniform in
15 relation to assessed values of those other properties for tax
16 year 2002. The product of the initial value multiplied by
17 2.4689, less $4,500, is the base homestead value.
18     For any tax year for which the assessor determines or
19 adjusts an initial value and hence a base homestead value under
20 this subsection (c), the initial value shall be subject to
21 review by the same procedures applicable to assessed values
22 established under this Code for that tax year.
23     (d) The base homestead value shall remain constant, except
24 that the assessor may revise it under the following
25 circumstances:
26         (1) If the equalized assessed value of a homestead
27     property for the current tax year is less than the previous
28     base homestead value for that property, then the current
29     equalized assessed value (provided it is not based on a
30     reduced assessed value resulting from a temporary
31     irregularity in the property) shall become the base
32     homestead value in subsequent tax years.
33         (2) For any year in which new buildings, structures, or
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1     property that would increase its assessed value, the
2     assessor shall adjust the base homestead value as provided
3     in subsection (c) of this Section with due regard to the
4     value added by the new improvements.
5         (3) If the property is sold or ownership is otherwise
6     transferred, the base homestead value of the property shall
7     be adjusted as provided in subdivision (b)(3)(B).
8     (e) The amount of the exemption under this Section is the
9 equalized assessed value of the homestead property for the
10 current tax year, minus the adjusted homestead value, with the
11 following exceptions:
12         (1) The exemption under this Section shall not exceed
13     $25,000 for any taxable year.
14         (2) In the case of homestead property that also
15     qualifies for the exemption under Section 15-172, the
16     property is entitled to the exemption under this Section,
17     limited to the amount of $4,500.
18     (f) In the case of an apartment building owned and operated
19 as a cooperative, or as a life care facility, that contains
20 residential units that qualify as homestead property under this
21 Section, the maximum cumulative exemption amount attributed to
22 the entire building or facility shall not exceed the sum of the
23 exemptions calculated for each qualified residential unit. The
24 cooperative association, management firm, or other person or
25 entity that manages or controls the cooperative apartment
26 building or life care facility shall credit the exemption
27 attributable to each residential unit only to the apportioned
28 tax liability of the owner or other person responsible for
29 payment of taxes as to that unit. Any person who willfully
30 refuses to so credit the exemption is guilty of a Class B
31 misdemeanor.
32     (g) When married persons maintain separate residences, the
33 exemption provided under this Section shall be claimed by only
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1     (h) In the event of a sale or other transfer in ownership
2 of the homestead property, the exemption under this Section
3 shall remain in effect for the remainder of the tax year in
4 which the sale or transfer occurs, but shall be calculated
5 using the new base homestead value as provided in subdivision
6 (b)(3)(B). The assessor may require the new owner of the
7 property to apply for the exemption in the following year.
8     (i) The assessor may determine whether property qualifies
9 as a homestead under this Section by application, visual
10 inspection, questionnaire, or other reasonable methods. Each
11 year, at the time the assessment books are certified to the
12 county clerk by the board of review, the assessor shall furnish
13 to the county clerk a list of the properties qualified for the
14 homestead exemption under this Section. The list shall note the
15 base homestead value of each property to be used in the
16 calculation of the exemption for the current tax year.
17     (j) The provisions of this Section apply as follows:
18         (1) If the general assessment year for the property is
19     2003, this Section applies for assessment years 2003, 2004,
20     and 2005. Thereafter, the provisions of Section 15-175
21     apply.
22         (2) If the general assessment year for the property is
23     2004, this Section applies for assessment years 2004, 2005,
24     and 2006. Thereafter, the provisions of Section 15-175
25     apply.
26         (3) If the general assessment year for the property is
27     2005, this Section applies for assessment years 2005, 2006,
28     and 2007. Thereafter, the provisions of Section 15-175
29     apply.
30     (k) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates
31 Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
32 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
 
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1     Sec. 20-178. Certificate of error; refund; interest. When
2 the county collector makes any refunds due on certificates of
3 error issued under Sections 14-15 through 14-25 that have been
4 either certified or adjudicated, the county collector shall pay
5 the taxpayer interest on the amount of the refund at the rate
6 of 0.5% per month.
7     No interest shall be due under this Section for any time
8 prior to 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory
9 Act of the 91st General Assembly. For certificates of error
10 issued prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
11 the 91st General Assembly, the county collector shall pay the
12 taxpayer interest from 60 days after the effective date of this
13 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly until the date the
14 refund is paid. For certificates of error issued on or after
15 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 91st General
16 Assembly, interest shall be paid from 60 days after the
17 certificate of error is issued by the chief county assessment
18 officer to the date the refund is made. To cover the cost of
19 interest, the county collector shall proportionately reduce
20 the distribution of taxes collected for each taxing district in
21 which the property is situated.
22     This Section shall not apply to any certificate of error
23 granting a homestead exemption under Section 15-170, 15-172, or
24 15-175, or 15-176.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-393, eff. 7-30-99.)
26     Section 15. The County Economic Development Project Area
27 Property Tax Allocation Act is amended by changing Section 6 as
28 follows:
 
29     (55 ILCS 85/6)   (from Ch. 34, par. 7006)
30     Sec. 6. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
31 equalized assessed value.
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1 authorizing property tax allocation financing for an economic
2 development project area with the county clerk, and the county
3 clerk shall immediately thereafter determine (1) the most
4 recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot,
5 block, tract or parcel of real property within the economic
6 development project area from which shall be deducted the
7 homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175,
8 and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the
9 "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
10 property, and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all
11 taxable real property within the economic development project
12 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
13 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
14 real property within such economic development project area,
15 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
16 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
17 Code. Upon receiving written notice from the Department of its
18 approval and certification of such economic development
19 project area, the county clerk shall immediately certify such
20 amount as the "total initial equalized assessed value" of the
21 taxable property within the economic development project area.
22     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
23 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in the
24 economic development project area, then in respect to every
25 taxing district containing an economic development project
26 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
27 ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all
28 taxable property within that taxing district for the purpose of
29 computing the rate percent of tax to be extended upon taxable
30 property within the taxing district, shall in every year that
31 property tax allocation financing is in effect ascertain the
32 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
33 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
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1 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
2 in such area. The rate percent of tax determined shall be
3 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
4 property in the economic development project area in the same
5 manner as the rate percent of tax is extended to all other
6 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
7 allocating taxes established under this Section shall
8 terminate when the county adopts an ordinance dissolving the
9 special tax allocation fund for the economic development
10 project area. This Act shall not be construed as relieving
11 property owners within an economic development project area
12 from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the current equalized
13 assessed value of their taxable property as provided in the
14 Property Tax Code.
15 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
16     Section 20. The County Economic Development Project Area
17 Tax Increment Allocation Act of 1991 is amended by changing
18 Section 45 as follows:
 
19     (55 ILCS 90/45)   (from Ch. 34, par. 8045)
20     Sec. 45. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
21 equalized assessed value.
22     (a) A county that has by ordinance approved an economic
23 development plan, established an economic development project
24 area, and adopted tax increment allocation financing for that
25 area shall file certified copies of the ordinance or ordinances
26 with the county clerk. Upon receiving the ordinance or
27 ordinances, the county clerk shall immediately determine (i)
28 the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each
29 lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the
30 economic development project area from which shall be deducted
31 the homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and
32 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (that value being

 

 

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1 the "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
2 property) and (ii) the total equalized assessed value of all
3 taxable real property within the economic development project
4 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
5 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
6 real property within the economic development project area,
7 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
8 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
9 Code, and shall certify that amount as the "total initial
10 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within
11 the economic development project area.
12     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
13 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in the
14 economic development project area, then in respect to every
15 taxing district containing an economic development project
16 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
17 ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all
18 taxable property within the taxing district for the purpose of
19 computing the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable
20 property within the taxing district shall, in every year that
21 tax increment allocation financing is in effect, ascertain the
22 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
23 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
24 current equalized assessed value or the certified "total
25 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
26 in the area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
27 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
28 property in the economic development project area in the same
29 manner as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other
30 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
31 extending taxes established under this Section shall terminate
32 when the county adopts an ordinance dissolving the special tax
33 allocation fund for the economic development project area. This
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1 an economic development project area from paying a uniform rate
2 of taxes upon the current equalized assessed value of their
3 taxable property as provided in the Property Tax Code.
4 (Source: P.A. 87-1; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
5     Section 25. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6 changing Sections 11-74.4-8, 11-74.4-9, and 11-74.6-40 as
7 follows:
 
8     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8)   (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-8)
9     Sec. 11-74.4-8. Tax increment allocation financing. A
10 municipality may not adopt tax increment financing in a
11 redevelopment project area after the effective date of this
12 amendatory Act of 1997 that will encompass an area that is
13 currently included in an enterprise zone created under the
14 Illinois Enterprise Zone Act unless that municipality,
15 pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act,
16 amends the enterprise zone designating ordinance to limit the
17 eligibility for tax abatements as provided in Section 5.4.1 of
18 the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. A municipality, at the time a
19 redevelopment project area is designated, may adopt tax
20 increment allocation financing by passing an ordinance
21 providing that the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the
22 levies upon taxable real property in such redevelopment project
23 area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner
24 provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 each year after
25 the effective date of the ordinance until redevelopment project
26 costs and all municipal obligations financing redevelopment
27 project costs incurred under this Division have been paid shall
28 be divided as follows:
29     (a) That portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot,
30 block, tract or parcel of real property which is attributable
31 to the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the
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1 block, tract or parcel of real property in the redevelopment
2 project area shall be allocated to and when collected shall be
3 paid by the county collector to the respective affected taxing
4 districts in the manner required by law in the absence of the
5 adoption of tax increment allocation financing.
6     (b) Except from a tax levied by a township to retire bonds
7 issued to satisfy court-ordered damages, that portion, if any,
8 of such taxes which is attributable to the increase in the
9 current equalized assessed valuation of each taxable lot,
10 block, tract or parcel of real property in the redevelopment
11 project area over and above the initial equalized assessed
12 value of each property in the project area shall be allocated
13 to and when collected shall be paid to the municipal treasurer
14 who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called the
15 special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose
16 of paying redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred
17 in the payment thereof. In any county with a population of
18 3,000,000 or more that has adopted a procedure for collecting
19 taxes that provides for one or more of the installments of the
20 taxes to be billed and collected on an estimated basis, the
21 municipal treasurer shall be paid for deposit in the special
22 tax allocation fund of the municipality, from the taxes
23 collected from estimated bills issued for property in the
24 redevelopment project area, the difference between the amount
25 actually collected from each taxable lot, block, tract, or
26 parcel of real property within the redevelopment project area
27 and an amount determined by multiplying the rate at which taxes
28 were last extended against the taxable lot, block, track, or
29 parcel of real property in the manner provided in subsection
30 (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 by the initial equalized assessed
31 value of the property divided by the number of installments in
32 which real estate taxes are billed and collected within the
33 county; provided that the payments on or before December 31,
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1 following conditions are met:
2         (1) The total equalized assessed value of the
3     redevelopment project area as last determined was not less
4     than 175% of the total initial equalized assessed value.
5         (2) Not more than 50% of the total equalized assessed
6     value of the redevelopment project area as last determined
7     is attributable to a piece of property assigned a single
8     real estate index number.
9         (3) The municipal clerk has certified to the county
10     clerk that the municipality has issued its obligations to
11     which there has been pledged the incremental property taxes
12     of the redevelopment project area or taxes levied and
13     collected on any or all property in the municipality or the
14     full faith and credit of the municipality to pay or secure
15     payment for all or a portion of the redevelopment project
16     costs. The certification shall be filed annually no later
17     than September 1 for the estimated taxes to be distributed
18     in the following year; however, for the year 1992 the
19     certification shall be made at any time on or before March
20     31, 1992.
21         (4) The municipality has not requested that the total
22     initial equalized assessed value of real property be
23     adjusted as provided in subsection (b) of Section
24     11-74.4-9.
25     The conditions of paragraphs (1) through (4) do not apply
26 after December 31, 1999 to payments to a municipal treasurer
27 made by a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants that has
28 adopted an estimated billing procedure for collecting taxes. If
29 a county that has adopted the estimated billing procedure makes
30 an erroneous overpayment of tax revenue to the municipal
31 treasurer, then the county may seek a refund of that
32 overpayment. The county shall send the municipal treasurer a
33 notice of liability for the overpayment on or before the
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1 county. The refund shall be limited to the amount of the
2 overpayment.
3     It is the intent of this Division that after the effective
4 date of this amendatory Act of 1988 a municipality's own ad
5 valorem tax arising from levies on taxable real property be
6 included in the determination of incremental revenue in the
7 manner provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9. If the
8 municipality does not extend such a tax, it shall annually
9 deposit in the municipality's Special Tax Increment Fund an
10 amount equal to 10% of the total contributions to the fund from
11 all other taxing districts in that year. The annual 10% deposit
12 required by this paragraph shall be limited to the actual
13 amount of municipally produced incremental tax revenues
14 available to the municipality from taxpayers located in the
15 redevelopment project area in that year if: (a) the plan for
16 the area restricts the use of the property primarily to
17 industrial purposes, (b) the municipality establishing the
18 redevelopment project area is a home-rule community with a 1990
19 population of between 25,000 and 50,000, (c) the municipality
20 is wholly located within a county with a 1990 population of
21 over 750,000 and (d) the redevelopment project area was
22 established by the municipality prior to June 1, 1990. This
23 payment shall be in lieu of a contribution of ad valorem taxes
24 on real property. If no such payment is made, any redevelopment
25 project area of the municipality shall be dissolved.
26     If a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
27 financing by ordinance and the County Clerk thereafter
28 certifies the "total initial equalized assessed value as
29 adjusted" of the taxable real property within such
30 redevelopment project area in the manner provided in paragraph
31 (b) of Section 11-74.4-9, each year after the date of the
32 certification of the total initial equalized assessed value as
33 adjusted until redevelopment project costs and all municipal
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1 paid the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon
2 the taxable real property in such redevelopment project area by
3 taxing districts and tax rates determined in the manner
4 provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 shall be divided
5 as follows:
6         (1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each taxable
7     lot, block, tract or parcel of real property which is
8     attributable to the lower of the current equalized assessed
9     value or "current equalized assessed value as adjusted" or
10     the initial equalized assessed value of each such taxable
11     lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property existing at
12     the time tax increment financing was adopted, minus the
13     total current homestead exemptions provided by Sections
14     15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code in
15     the redevelopment project area shall be allocated to and
16     when collected shall be paid by the county collector to the
17     respective affected taxing districts in the manner
18     required by law in the absence of the adoption of tax
19     increment allocation financing.
20         (2) That portion, if any, of such taxes which is
21     attributable to the increase in the current equalized
22     assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or
23     parcel of real property in the redevelopment project area,
24     over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each
25     property existing at the time tax increment financing was
26     adopted, minus the total current homestead exemptions
27     pertaining to each piece of property provided by Sections
28     15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code in
29     the redevelopment project area, shall be allocated to and
30     when collected shall be paid to the municipal Treasurer,
31     who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called the
32     special tax allocation fund of the municipality for the
33     purpose of paying redevelopment project costs and
34     obligations incurred in the payment thereof.

 

 

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1     The municipality may pledge in the ordinance the funds in
2 and to be deposited in the special tax allocation fund for the
3 payment of such costs and obligations. No part of the current
4 equalized assessed valuation of each property in the
5 redevelopment project area attributable to any increase above
6 the total initial equalized assessed value, or the total
7 initial equalized assessed value as adjusted, of such
8 properties shall be used in calculating the general State
9 school aid formula, provided for in Section 18-8 of the School
10 Code, until such time as all redevelopment project costs have
11 been paid as provided for in this Section.
12     Whenever a municipality issues bonds for the purpose of
13 financing redevelopment project costs, such municipality may
14 provide by ordinance for the appointment of a trustee, which
15 may be any trust company within the State, and for the
16 establishment of such funds or accounts to be maintained by
17 such trustee as the municipality shall deem necessary to
18 provide for the security and payment of the bonds. If such
19 municipality provides for the appointment of a trustee, such
20 trustee shall be considered the assignee of any payments
21 assigned by the municipality pursuant to such ordinance and
22 this Section. Any amounts paid to such trustee as assignee
23 shall be deposited in the funds or accounts established
24 pursuant to such trust agreement, and shall be held by such
25 trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds,
26 and such holders shall have a lien on and a security interest
27 in such funds or accounts so long as the bonds remain
28 outstanding and unpaid. Upon retirement of the bonds, the
29 trustee shall pay over any excess amounts held to the
30 municipality for deposit in the special tax allocation fund.
31     When such redevelopment projects costs, including without
32 limitation all municipal obligations financing redevelopment
33 project costs incurred under this Division, have been paid, all
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1 shall be distributed by being paid by the municipal treasurer
2 to the Department of Revenue, the municipality and the county
3 collector; first to the Department of Revenue and the
4 municipality in direct proportion to the tax incremental
5 revenue received from the State and the municipality, but not
6 to exceed the total incremental revenue received from the State
7 or the municipality less any annual surplus distribution of
8 incremental revenue previously made; with any remaining funds
9 to be paid to the County Collector who shall immediately
10 thereafter pay said funds to the taxing districts in the
11 redevelopment project area in the same manner and proportion as
12 the most recent distribution by the county collector to the
13 affected districts of real property taxes from real property in
14 the redevelopment project area.
15     Upon the payment of all redevelopment project costs, the
16 retirement of obligations, the distribution of any excess
17 monies pursuant to this Section, and final closing of the books
18 and records of the redevelopment project area, the municipality
19 shall adopt an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation
20 fund for the redevelopment project area and terminating the
21 designation of the redevelopment project area as a
22 redevelopment project area. Title to real or personal property
23 and public improvements acquired by or for the municipality as
24 a result of the redevelopment project and plan shall vest in
25 the municipality when acquired and shall continue to be held by
26 the municipality after the redevelopment project area has been
27 terminated. Municipalities shall notify affected taxing
28 districts prior to November 1 if the redevelopment project area
29 is to be terminated by December 31 of that same year. If a
30 municipality extends estimated dates of completion of a
31 redevelopment project and retirement of obligations to finance
32 a redevelopment project, as allowed by this amendatory Act of
33 1993, that extension shall not extend the property tax
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1 Thereafter the rates of the taxing districts shall be extended
2 and taxes levied, collected and distributed in the manner
3 applicable in the absence of the adoption of tax increment
4 allocation financing.
5     Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving
6 property in such redevelopment project areas from being
7 assessed as provided in the Property Tax Code or as relieving
8 owners of such property from paying a uniform rate of taxes, as
9 required by Section 4 of Article 9 of the Illinois
10 Constitution.
11 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 93-298, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
12     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-9)   (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-9)
13     Sec. 11-74.4-9. Equalized assessed value of property.
14     (a) If a municipality by ordinance provides for tax
15 increment allocation financing pursuant to Section 11-74.4-8,
16 the county clerk immediately thereafter shall determine (1) the
17 most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each lot,
18 block, tract or parcel of real property within such
19 redevelopment project area from which shall be deducted the
20 homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175,
21 and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, which value shall be the
22 "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
23 property, and (2) the total equalized assessed value of all
24 taxable real property within such redevelopment project area by
25 adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
26 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
27 real property within such project area, from which shall be
28 deducted the homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170,
29 and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code, and shall
30 certify such amount as the "total initial equalized assessed
31 value" of the taxable real property within such project area.
32     (b) In reference to any municipality which has adopted tax
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1 which the county clerk has certified the "total initial
2 equalized assessed value" of the property in the redevelopment
3 area, the municipality may thereafter request the clerk in
4 writing to adjust the initial equalized value of all taxable
5 real property within the redevelopment project area by
6 deducting therefrom the exemptions provided for by Sections
7 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
8 applicable to each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property
9 within such redevelopment project area. The county clerk shall
10 immediately after the written request to adjust the total
11 initial equalized value is received determine the total
12 homestead exemptions in the redevelopment project area
13 provided by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the
14 Property Tax Code by adding together the homestead exemptions
15 provided by said Sections on each lot, block, tract or parcel
16 of real property within such redevelopment project area and
17 then shall deduct the total of said exemptions from the total
18 initial equalized assessed value. The county clerk shall then
19 promptly certify such amount as the "total initial equalized
20 assessed value as adjusted" of the taxable real property within
21 such redevelopment project area.
22     (c) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
23 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in such
24 area, then in respect to every taxing district containing a
25 redevelopment project area, the county clerk or any other
26 official required by law to ascertain the amount of the
27 equalized assessed value of all taxable property within such
28 district for the purpose of computing the rate per cent of tax
29 to be extended upon taxable property within such district,
30 shall in every year that tax increment allocation financing is
31 in effect ascertain the amount of value of taxable property in
32 a redevelopment project area by including in such amount the
33 lower of the current equalized assessed value or the certified
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1 property in such area, except that after he has certified the
2 "total initial equalized assessed value as adjusted" he shall
3 in the year of said certification if tax rates have not been
4 extended and in every year thereafter that tax increment
5 allocation financing is in effect ascertain the amount of value
6 of taxable property in a redevelopment project area by
7 including in such amount the lower of the current equalized
8 assessed value or the certified "total initial equalized
9 assessed value as adjusted" of all taxable real property in
10 such area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
11 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
12 property in the redevelopment project area in the same manner
13 as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other taxable
14 property in the taxing district. The method of extending taxes
15 established under this Section shall terminate when the
16 municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving the special tax
17 allocation fund for the redevelopment project area. This
18 Division shall not be construed as relieving property owners
19 within a redevelopment project area from paying a uniform rate
20 of taxes upon the current equalized assessed value of their
21 taxable property as provided in the Property Tax Code.
22 (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
 
23     (65 ILCS 5/11-74.6-40)
24     Sec. 11-74.6-40. Equalized assessed value determination;
25 property tax extension.
26     (a) If a municipality by ordinance provides for tax
27 increment allocation financing under Section 11-74.6-35, the
28 county clerk immediately thereafter:
29         (1) shall determine the initial equalized assessed
30     value of each parcel of real property in the redevelopment
31     project area, which is the most recently established
32     equalized assessed value of each lot, block, tract or
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1     project area, minus the homestead exemptions provided by
2     Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
3     Code; and
4         (2) shall certify to the municipality the total initial
5     equalized assessed value of all taxable real property
6     within the redevelopment project area.
7     (b) Any municipality that has established a vacant
8 industrial buildings conservation area may, by ordinance
9 passed after the adoption of tax increment allocation
10 financing, provide that the county clerk immediately
11 thereafter shall again determine:
12         (1) the updated initial equalized assessed value of
13     each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property, which is
14     the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of
15     each lot, block, tract or parcel of real property within
16     the vacant industrial buildings conservation area; and
17         (2) the total updated initial equalized assessed value
18     of all taxable real property within the redevelopment
19     project area, which is the total of the updated initial
20     equalized assessed value of all taxable real property
21     within the vacant industrial buildings conservation area.
22     The county clerk shall certify to the municipality the
23 total updated initial equalized assessed value of all taxable
24 real property within the industrial buildings conservation
25 area.
26     (c) After the county clerk has certified the total initial
27 equalized assessed value or the total updated initial equalized
28 assessed value of the taxable real property in the area, for
29 each taxing district in which a redevelopment project area is
30 situated, the county clerk or any other official required by
31 law to determine the amount of the equalized assessed value of
32 all taxable property within the district for the purpose of
33 computing the percentage rate of tax to be extended upon
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1 tax increment allocation financing is in effect determine the
2 total equalized assessed value of taxable property in a
3 redevelopment project area by including in that amount the
4 lower of the current equalized assessed value or the certified
5 total initial equalized assessed value or, if the total of
6 updated equalized assessed value has been certified, the total
7 updated initial equalized assessed value of all taxable real
8 property in the redevelopment project area. After he has
9 certified the total initial equalized assessed value he shall
10 in the year of that certification, if tax rates have not been
11 extended, and in every subsequent year that tax increment
12 allocation financing is in effect, determine the amount of
13 equalized assessed value of taxable property in a redevelopment
14 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
15 current total equalized assessed value or the certified total
16 initial equalized assessed value or, if the total of updated
17 initial equalized assessed values have been certified, the
18 total updated initial equalized assessed value of all taxable
19 real property in the redevelopment project area.
20     (d) The percentage rate of tax determined shall be extended
21 on the current equalized assessed value of all property in the
22 redevelopment project area in the same manner as the rate per
23 cent of tax is extended to all other taxable property in the
24 taxing district. The method of extending taxes established
25 under this Section shall terminate when the municipality adopts
26 an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for the
27 redevelopment project area. This Law shall not be construed as
28 relieving property owners within a redevelopment project area
29 from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the current equalized
30 assessed value of their taxable property as provided in the
31 Property Tax Code.
32 (Source: P.A. 88-537; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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1 Increment Allocation Act of 1995 is amended by changing Section
2 45 as follows:
 
3     (65 ILCS 110/45)
4     Sec. 45. Filing with county clerk; certification of initial
5 equalized assessed value.
6     (a) A municipality that has by ordinance approved an
7 economic development plan, established an economic development
8 project area, and adopted tax increment allocation financing
9 for that area shall file certified copies of the ordinance or
10 ordinances with the county clerk. Upon receiving the ordinance
11 or ordinances, the county clerk shall immediately determine (i)
12 the most recently ascertained equalized assessed value of each
13 lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property within the
14 economic development project area from which shall be deducted
15 the homestead exemptions provided by Sections 15-170, and
16 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (that value being
17 the "initial equalized assessed value" of each such piece of
18 property) and (ii) the total equalized assessed value of all
19 taxable real property within the economic development project
20 area by adding together the most recently ascertained equalized
21 assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
22 real property within the economic development project area,
23 from which shall be deducted the homestead exemptions provided
24 by Sections 15-170, and 15-175, and 15-176 of the Property Tax
25 Code, and shall certify that amount as the "total initial
26 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property within
27 the economic development project area.
28     (b) After the county clerk has certified the "total initial
29 equalized assessed value" of the taxable real property in the
30 economic development project area, then in respect to every
31 taxing district containing an economic development project
32 area, the county clerk or any other official required by law to
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1 taxable property within the taxing district for the purpose of
2 computing the rate per cent of tax to be extended upon taxable
3 property within the taxing district shall, in every year that
4 tax increment allocation financing is in effect, ascertain the
5 amount of value of taxable property in an economic development
6 project area by including in that amount the lower of the
7 current equalized assessed value or the certified "total
8 initial equalized assessed value" of all taxable real property
9 in the area. The rate per cent of tax determined shall be
10 extended to the current equalized assessed value of all
11 property in the economic development project area in the same
12 manner as the rate per cent of tax is extended to all other
13 taxable property in the taxing district. The method of
14 extending taxes established under this Section shall terminate
15 when the municipality adopts an ordinance dissolving the
16 special tax allocation fund for the economic development
17 project area. This Act shall not be construed as relieving
18 owners or lessees of property within an economic development
19 project area from paying a uniform rate of taxes upon the
20 current equalized assessed value of their taxable property as
21 provided in the Property Tax Code.
22 (Source: P.A. 89-176, eff. 1-1-96.)
23     Section 35. The School Code is amended by changing Section
24 18-8.05 as follows:
 
25     (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
26     Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
27 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
28 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
29 (A) General Provisions.
30     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
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1 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
2 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
3 required local resources, the financial support provided each
4 pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
5 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
6 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
7 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
8 general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
9 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
10 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
11 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
12 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
13 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
14 this Section.
15     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
16 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
17 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
18 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
19 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
20 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
21 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
22 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
23 appropriated under this Section.
24     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
25 school districts are required to file claims with the State
26 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
27         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
28     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
29     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
30     such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
31     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
32     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
33     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
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1     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
2     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
3     means any public school which meets the standards as
4     established for recognition by the State Board of
5     Education. A school district or attendance center not
6     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
7     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
8     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
9         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
10     subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
11     otherwise provided in this Section.
12         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
13     under Section 10-19.1, the general State aid to the school
14     district shall be determined by the State Board of
15     Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
16     applicable.
17         (d) (Blank).
18     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
19 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
20 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
21 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
22     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
23 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
24 this Section.
25     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
26 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
27         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
28     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
29     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
30     support levels.
31         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
32     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
33     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
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1         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
2     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
3     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
4     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
5     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
6     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
7     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
8         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
9     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
10         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
11     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
12     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
13     Education Building purposes.
 
14 (B) Foundation Level.
15     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
16 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
17 support that should be available to provide for the basic
18 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
19 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
20 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
21 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
22 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
23 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
24 district.
25     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
26 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
27 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
28 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
29     (3) For the 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school
30 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560.
31     (4) For the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
32 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,810 or such
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1 Assembly.
 
2 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
3     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
4 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
5 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
6 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
7 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
8 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
9 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
10 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
11 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
12 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
13 (F).
14     (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
15 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
16 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
17 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
18 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
19 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
20 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
21 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
22 general State aid is being calculated.
 
23 (D) Available Local Resources.
24     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
25 to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
26 Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
27 this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
28 per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
29 local school district revenues from local property taxes and
30 from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
31 on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance.
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1 property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
2 equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
3 school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
4 equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
5 determined as provided in subsection (G).
6     (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
7 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
8 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
9 valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
10 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
11 districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
12 property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
13 product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
14 district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
15 Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
16 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
17 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
18 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
19 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
20     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
21 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
22 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
23 Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall be
24 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
25 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
26 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
27 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
28 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
29 aid.
 
30 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
31     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
32 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
33 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.

 

 

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1     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
2 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
3 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
4 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
5 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
6 Attendance of the school district.
7     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
8 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
9 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
10 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
11 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
12 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
13 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
14 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
15 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
16 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
17 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
18 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
19 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
20 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
21 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
22 Attendance of the school district.
23     (4) For any school district for which Available Local
24 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
25 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
26 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
27 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
28     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
29 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
30 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
31 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
32 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
33 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
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1 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
2 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
3 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
4 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
5     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
6 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
7 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
8 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
9 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
10 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
11 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
12 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
13 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
14 (1).
15         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
16     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
17     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
18     to the month of May.
19         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
20     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
21     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
22     in June shall be added to the month of May.
23         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
24     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
25     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
26     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
27     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
28     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
29     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
30     Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
31     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
32     multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
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1     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
2     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
3 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
4 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
5 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
6 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
7 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
8 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
9 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
10 12.
11     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
12 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
13 school.
14     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
15 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
16 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
17         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
18     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
19     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
20     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
21     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
22     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
23     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
24     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
25     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
26         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
27     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
28     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
29     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
30         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
31     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
32     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
33     of Education to the extent that the district has been
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1         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
2     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
3     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
4     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
5     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a
6     maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
7     parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
8     an in-service training program for teachers which has been
9     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
10     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
11     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
12     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)
13     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
14     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
15     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
16     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
17     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
18     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
19     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
20     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
21     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
22     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
23     between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate
24     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
25     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
26     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
27     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
28     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
29     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
30     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
31     different attendance centers of the district.
32         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
33     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
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1     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
2     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
3     attendance.
4         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
5     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
6     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
7     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
8     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
9         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
10     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
11     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
12     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
13     attendance; however for such children whose educational
14     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
15     counted as a full day of attendance.
16         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
17     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
18     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
19     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
20     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
21     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
22     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
23     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
24     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
25     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
26     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
27     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
28     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
29     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
30     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
31     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
32     regulations of the State Board of Education.
 
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1     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
2 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
3 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
4 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
5 all taxable property of every school district, together with
6 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
7 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
8 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
9 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
10 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
11     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
12 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
13 situated entirely or partially within a county with 3,000,000
14 or more inhabitants an amount equal to the total amount by
15 which the homestead exemption allowed under Section 15-176 of
16 the Property Tax Code for real property located in Cook County
17 and situated in that school district exceeds the total amount
18 that would have been allowed in that school district if the
19 maximum reduction under Section 15-176 was $4,500. The county
20 clerk of any county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall
21 annually calculate and certify to the Department of Revenue for
22 each school district all homestead exemption amounts under
23 Section 15-176. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the
24 general homestead exemption for a parcel of property is
25 determined under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code rather
26 than Section 15-175, then the calculation of Available Local
27 Resources shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
28 between the amount of the general homestead exemption allowed
29 for that parcel of property under Section 15-176 of the
30 Property Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed
31 had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of property
32 been determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code.
33     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
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1 calculation of Available Local Resources.
2     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
3 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
4         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
5     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
6     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
7     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
8     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
9     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
10     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
11     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
12     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
13     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
14     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
15     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
16     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
17     valuation of the district, until such time as all
18     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
19     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
20     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
21     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
22     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
23     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
24     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
25     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
26     have been paid.
27         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
28     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
29     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
30     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
31     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
32     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
33     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
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1     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
2     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
3     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
4     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
5     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
6     subparagraph (b).
7     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
8 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
9 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
10 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
11 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
12 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
13     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
14 shall have the following meanings:
15         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
16     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
17         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
18     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
19         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
20     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
21         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
22     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
23     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
24     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
25     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
26         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
27     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
28     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
29     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
30         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
31     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
32     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
33     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
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1     in subsection (A).
2     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
3 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
4 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
5 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
6 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
7 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
8 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
9 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
10 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
11 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
12 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
13 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
14 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
15 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
16 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation
17 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
18 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
19 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
20 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
21 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
22 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
23 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
24 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
25     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
26 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
27 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
28 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
29 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
30 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
31 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
32 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
33 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
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1 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
2 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
3 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
4 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
5 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
6 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
7 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
8 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
9 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
10 Resources.
11     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
12 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
13 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
14 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
15 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
16 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
17 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
18 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
19 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
20 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
21 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
22 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
23 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
24     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
25 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
26 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
27 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
28 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
29 children from low-income households within the school
30 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
31 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
32 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
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1 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
2 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
3 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
4 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
5 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
6 that each school district receives the full amount due for
7 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
8 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
9 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
10 districts on a prorated basis.
11     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
12 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
13 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
14 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
15 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
16 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
17 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
18 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
19 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
20 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
21 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
22 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
23 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
24 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
25 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
26 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
27 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
28 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
29 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
30 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
31 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
32 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
33 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
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1 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
2 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
3 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
4 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
5 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
6 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
7 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
8 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
9 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
10 affected by any other funding.
11     (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
12 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
13 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
14 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
15 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
16 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
17 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
18 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
19 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
20 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
21 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
22 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
23 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
24 of the school district.
25     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
26 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
27 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
28         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
29     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
30     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
31     low income eligible pupil count.
32         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
33     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
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1     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
2         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
3     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
4     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
5     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
6         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
7     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
8     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
9     income eligible pupil count.
10         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
11     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
12     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
13     respectively.
14         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
15     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
16     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
17     respectively.
18     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
19 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
20 school year:
21         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
22     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
23     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
24     eligible pupil count.
25         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
26     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
27     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
28     low income eligible pupil count.
29         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
30     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
31     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
32     the low income eligible pupil count.
33         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
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1     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
2     the low income eligible pupil count.
3         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
4     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
5     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
6     the low income eligible pupil count.
7         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
8     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
9     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
10     eligible pupil count.
11     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
12 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
13 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
14 thereafter:
15         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
16     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
17     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
18     eligible pupil count.
19         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
20     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
21     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
22     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
23     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
24     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
25 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year. For the
26 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
27 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.66. For the
28 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
29 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.33.
30     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
31 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
32 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
33 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
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1 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
2 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
3 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
4 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
5 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
6 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
7 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
8 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
9 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
10 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
11 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
12 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
13 the 2002-2003 school year.
14     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
15 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
16 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
17 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
18 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
19 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
20 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
21 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
22 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
23 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
24     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
25 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
26 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
27 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
28 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
29         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
30     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
31     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
32     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
33     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
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1     immediately preceding school year.
2         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
3     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
4     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
5     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
6     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
7     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
8     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
9     to the opening of school.
10         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
11     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
12     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
13     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
14     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
15     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
16     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
17     by the school district to the attendance centers.
18         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
19     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
20     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
21     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
22     for any lawful school purpose.
23         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
24     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
25     the discretion of the principal and local school council
26     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
27     qualifying schools through the following programs and
28     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
29     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
30     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
31     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
32     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
33     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
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1     by board rule.
2         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
3     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
4     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
5     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
6     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
7     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
8     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
9     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
10     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
11     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
12     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
13     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
14     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
15     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
16     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
17     Board of Education.
18         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
19     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
20     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
21     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
22     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
23     plan or modified plan is submitted.
24         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
25     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
26     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
27     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
28     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
29     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
30     such underfunding.
31         For purposes of determining compliance with this
32     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
33     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
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1     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
2     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
3     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
4     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
5     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
6     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
7     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
8     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
9     receipt of that notification inform the State
10     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
11     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
12     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
13     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
14     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
15     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
16     funds.
17         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
18     regulations to implement the provisions of this
19     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
20     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
21     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
22     Education.
 
23 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
24     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
25 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
26 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
27 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
28 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
29 previously existing districts for which property is totally
30 included within the new district. If the computation on the
31 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
32 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
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1     (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
2 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
3 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
4 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
5 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
6 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
7 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
8 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
9 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
10 computation on the basis of the annexing and annexed districts
11 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
12 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
13 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
14 as constituted upon such annexation.
15     (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the
16 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
17 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
18 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
19 more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which
20 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
21 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
22 during which the change of boundaries attributable to such
23 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
24 determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the
25 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
26 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
27 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
28 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
29 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
30 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
31 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
32 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
33 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
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1 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
2 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
3 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
4 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
5 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
6 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
7 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
8 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
9 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
10 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to or
11 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
12 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
13 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
14 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
15 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
16 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
17 difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
18 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
19 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
20 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
21 Education, on forms which it shall provide for that purpose, by
22 the regional superintendent of schools for each educational
23 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
24 resulting and divided districts are located.
25     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
26 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
27 provided under this Section.
28     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
29 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
30 pursuant to this Section.
 
31 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
32     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
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1 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
2 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
3 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
4 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
5 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
6 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
7 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
8 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
9 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
10 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
11 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
12 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
13 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
14 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
15 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
16 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
17 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
18     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
19 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
20 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
21 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
22 school year that in any such school year is less than the
23 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
24 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
25 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
26 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
27 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
28 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
29     (3) (Blank).
 
30 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
31     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
32 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
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1 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
2 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
3 it deems necessary.
4     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
5 school which is created and operated by a public university and
6 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
7 of a public university which receives funds from the State
8 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
9 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
10 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
11 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
12 board of a student's district of residence and the university
13 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
14 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
15 disabilities in a special education program.
16     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
17 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
18 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
19 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
20 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
21 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
22 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
23 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
24 with a school district or a public community college district
25 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
26 more than one educational service region may be established by
27 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
28 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
29 more than one educational service region may be operated under
30 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
31 educational service regions may agree.
32     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
33 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
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1 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
2 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
3 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
4 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
5 determined under this Section.
 
6 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
7     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
8 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
9 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
10 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
11 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
12 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
13 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
14 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
15 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
16 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
17 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
18 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
19 Article.
20     (2) (Blank).
21     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
22 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
23 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
24     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
25 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
26 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
27 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
28 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
29 business, and the general public. One of the members so
30 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
31 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
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1 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
2 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
3 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
4 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
5 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
6 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
7 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
8 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
9 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
10 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
11 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
12 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
13 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
14 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
15 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
16 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
17 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
18 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
19 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
20 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
21 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
22 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
23 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
24 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
25 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
26 vacancies.
27     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
28 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
29 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
30 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
31 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
32 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
33 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
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1     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
2 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
3 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
4 its responsibilities.
5     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
6 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
7 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
8 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
9 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
10 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
11 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
12 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
13 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
14 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
15 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
16 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
17 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
18 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
19 (N) (Blank).
 
20 (O) References.
21     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
22 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
23 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
24 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
25 extent that those references remain applicable.
26     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
27 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
28 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
29 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
30 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
31 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
1     Section 40. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by
2 changing Section 17A-1 as follows:
 
3     (720 ILCS 5/17A-1)   (from Ch. 38, par. 17A-1)
4     Sec. 17A-1. Persons under deportation order; ineligible
5 for benefits. An individual against whom a United States
6 Immigration Judge has issued an order of deportation which has
7 been affirmed by the Board of Immigration Review, as well as an
8 individual who appeals such an order pending appeal, under
9 paragraph 19 of Section 241(a) of the Immigration and
10 Nationality Act relating to persecution of others on account of
11 race, religion, national origin or political opinion under the
12 direction of or in association with the Nazi government of
13 Germany or its allies, shall be ineligible for the following
14 benefits authorized by State law:
15     (a) The homestead exemptions exemption and homestead
16 improvement exemption under Sections 15-170, 15-175, 15-176,
17 and 15-180 of the Property Tax Code.
18     (b) Grants under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
19 Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act.
20     (c) The double income tax exemption conferred upon persons
21 65 years of age or older by Section 204 of the Illinois Income
22 Tax Act.
23     (d) Grants provided by the Department on Aging.
24     (e) Reductions in vehicle registration fees under Section
25 3-806.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
26     (f) Free fishing and reduced fishing license fees under
27 Sections 20-5 and 20-40 of the Fish and Aquatic Life Code.
28     (g) Tuition free courses for senior citizens under the
29 Senior Citizen Courses Act.
30     (h) Any benefits under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
31 (Source: P.A. 87-895; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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1 Section 8.28 as follows:
 
2     (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
3     Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
4 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
5 implementation of any mandate created by the General Homestead
6 Exemption under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code.
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.".