94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3651

 

Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. James H. Meyer - Joe Dunn - Sandra M. Pihos

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
60 ILCS 1/30-20
605 ILCS 5/6-620 new

    Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Validates township road district tax levies after 1980 that were authorized by the electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years 1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that were not re-authorized within 5 years due to certain Public Acts that repealed the 5-year limitation for levy approvals. Provides that certain petition requirements do not apply to these tax levy authorizations. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning highways.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section
5 30-20 as follows:
 
6     (60 ILCS 1/30-20)
7     Sec. 30-20. Powers of electors at annual township meeting.
8     (a) The electors present at the annual township meeting
9 have the powers enumerated in this Article 30. An elector is a
10 person registered to vote within the township no less than 28
11 days before the date of the annual meeting.
12     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, except
13 as provided in Section 6-620 of the Illinois Highway Code,
14 before establishing or increasing any township tax rate that
15 may be established or increased by the electors at the annual
16 township meeting, a petition containing the signatures of not
17 less than 10% of the registered voters of the township must be
18 presented to the township clerk authorizing that action.
19     (c) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1983 (Public Act
20 83-281) shall be construed to alter existing tax rates.
21 (Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
22     Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding
23 Section 6-620 as follows:
 
24     (605 ILCS 5/6-620 new)
25     Sec. 6-620. Validation of certain levies.
26     (a) Any road district tax that was authorized by the
27 electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years
28 1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that
29 was not re-authorized within 5 years after it was authorized
30 due to Public Acts 81-779, 81-821, and 81-1509, which repealed

 

 

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1 the 5-year limitation, is hereby validated for all tax levy
2 years subsequent to 1980 only to the extent that the authority
3 to tax did not automatically expire after 1980.
4     (b) Any road district tax that was levied prior to 1980
5 shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of
6 Section 30-20 of the Township Code if that tax was or is:
7         (i) re-authorized by the electors at an annual or
8     special town meeting after the year 1980; and
9         (ii) levied at least once during the 3-year period
10     preceding the reauthorization.
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.