97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB0170

 

Introduced 1/18/2011, by Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/18-185
105 ILCS 5/17-2.4a new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that, through January 1, 2014, the school board of any district with a population of less than 500,000 that participates in a joint agreement for an area vocational education center may levy an annual property tax not to exceed: 0.02% for districts maintaining only grades 9 through 12 and 0.04% for districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 12. Provides that those amounts may be increased by referendum to 0.40% and 0.80% respectively. Contains provisions concerning notice and public hearings. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code to exempt those extensions from the definition of "aggregate extension". 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 revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 18-185 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
7    Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
8be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
9in this Division 5:
10    "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
11All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
12States Department of Labor.
13    "Extension limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or the
14percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the
1512-month calendar year preceding the levy year or (b) the rate
16of increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
17    "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
18inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
19more inhabitants.
20    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
211-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
221991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
23only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of

 

 

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1its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
2contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
3Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing district" includes
4only each non-home rule taxing district subject to this Law
5before the 1995 levy year and each non-home rule taxing
6district not subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year
7having the majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value in an
8affected county or counties. Beginning with the levy year in
9which this Law becomes applicable to a taxing district as
10provided in Section 18-213, "taxing district" also includes
11those taxing districts made subject to this Law as provided in
12Section 18-213.
13    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
14Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
15corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
16purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
17district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
18the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
19obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
20any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
21obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for
22any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
23issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
24before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
25interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
26refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by

 

 

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1referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
2principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
3payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
4credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
5tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
6shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
7local government finds that all other sources for payment are
8insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
9under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
10for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
11October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
12payments due under installment contracts entered into before
13October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
14interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
15Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
16initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
17principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
183 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
19exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
20(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
21obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
22referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
23bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
24Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
25the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
26special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the

 

 

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1School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
2amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
3District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
4Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
5of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
6school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
7of providing joint recreational programs for the handicapped
8under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
9of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for temporary
10relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to Sections 2-3.77
11and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for payment of
12principal and interest on any bonds issued under the authority
13of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; and (o) made for
14contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
15Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
16amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
17Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made by a school district
18participating in a joint agreement for an area vocational
19education center for area vocational education purposes.
20    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
21this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
22districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section
2318-213) means the annual corporate extension for the taxing
24district and those special purpose extensions that are made
25annually for the taxing district, excluding special purpose
26extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay interest or

 

 

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1principal on general obligation bonds that were approved by
2referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
3principal on general obligation bonds issued before March 1,
41995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
5principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund those
6bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing
7district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund
8or continue to refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that
9were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing district
10to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before
11March 1, 1995 for payment of which a property tax levy or the
12full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
13pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
14principal on those bonds shall be made only after the governing
15body of the unit of local government finds that all other
16sources for payment are insufficient to make those payments;
17(f) made for payments under a building commission lease when
18the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds issued by
19the commission before March 1, 1995 to pay for the building
20project; (g) made for payments due under installment contracts
21entered into before March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of
22principal and interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan
23Water Reclamation District Act to finance construction
24projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for
25stormwater management purposes by the Metropolitan Water
26Reclamation District of Greater Chicago under Section 12 of the

 

 

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1Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act; (i) made for
2payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined
3in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an
4amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less the
5amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for
6non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially
7issued pursuant to referendum and bonds described in subsection
8(h) of this definition; (j) made for payments of principal and
9interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local
10Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made for payments of principal
11and interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and
12issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for
13aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for payments of principal
14and interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 87-1191 or
1593-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section 21.2 of the Cook
16County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii) issued under Section
1742 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act for
18zoological park projects, or (iii) issued under Section 44.1 of
19the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act for botanical
20gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to Section 34-53.5 of the
21School Code, whether levied annually or not; (n) made to fund
22expenses of providing joint recreational programs for the
23handicapped under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
24Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (o) made by
25the Chicago Park District for recreational programs for the
26handicapped under subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the Chicago

 

 

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1Park District Act; (p) made for contributions to a
2firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
3Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
4under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
5and (q) made by Ford Heights School District 169 under Section
617-9.02 of the School Code; and (r) made by a school district
7participating in a joint agreement for an area vocational
8education center for area vocational education purposes.
9    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
10this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
11those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
12(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
13the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
14are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
15purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
16interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
17approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
18interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
19the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
20the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
21to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
22continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
23the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
24district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
25interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
26refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum

 

 

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1making this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if
2the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
3the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
4district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
5interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
6on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
7taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
8levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
9government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
10interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
11the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
12all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
13payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
14lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
15issued by the commission before the date on which the
16referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
17held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
18under installment contracts entered into before the date on
19which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
20district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
21interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
22Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
23service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
24(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
25obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
26for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under

 

 

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1Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
2for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
3on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
4obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
5required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
6pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
7not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
8on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
9joint recreational programs for the handicapped under Section
105-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the
11Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
12firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
13Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
14under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
15and (m) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
16principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
17Section 19-3.10 of the School Code; and (n) made by a school
18district participating in a joint agreement for an area
19vocational education center for area vocational education
20purposes.
21    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
22this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
23(e) of Section 18-213 means the annual corporate extension for
24the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
25are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
26purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay

 

 

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1interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
2approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
3interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
4the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for
5any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
6issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
7before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
8made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
9bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
10the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds
11were approved by referendum after the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
13interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
14effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of
15which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
16unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
17payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
18only after the governing body of the unit of local government
19finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
20make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
21commission lease when the lease payments are for the retirement
22of bonds issued by the commission before the effective date of
23this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;
24(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered
25into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
26(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited

 

 

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1bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
2Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
3extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of
4this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
5obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
6for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
7Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
8for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
9on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
10obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
11required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
12pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
13not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
14on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
15joint recreational programs for the handicapped under Section
165-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the
17Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions to a
18firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
19Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
20under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
21and (m) made by a school district participating in a joint
22agreement for an area vocational education center for area
23vocational education purposes.
24    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
25portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 1994
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1accordance with Section 18-213, except for those subject to
2paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, for the levy
3year in which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
4taxing district is held, or for those taxing districts subject
5to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
6of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year, constituting an
7extension for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued
8by the taxing district without referendum, but not including
9excluded non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were
10first subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose
11extension for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal
12and interest on bonds issued by the park district without
13referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
14was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
15constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
16on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
17not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
18extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the
19extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
20payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park
21district without referendum (but not including excluded
22non-referendum bonds). A debt service extension base
23established or increased at any time pursuant to any provision
24of this Law, except Section 18-212, shall be increased each
25year commencing with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or
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1to the taxing district, by the lesser of 5% or the percentage
2increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
3calendar year preceding the levy year. The debt service
4extension base may be established or increased as provided
5under Section 18-212. "Excluded non-referendum bonds" means
6(i) bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and issued under
7Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium and
8museum projects; (ii) bonds issued under Section 15 of the
9Local Government Debt Reform Act; or (iii) refunding
10obligations issued to refund or to continue to refund
11obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum.
12    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
13to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
14unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
15contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
16Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
17district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
18The extension for a special service area is not included in the
19aggregate extension.
20    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
21last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
2218-135, 18-215, and 18-230. An adjustment under Section 18-135
23shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent levy
24years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
25district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
26extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding

 

 

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1levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
2taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
3last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
4Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
5aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
6to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
7district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
8either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
9rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
10last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
11preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
12subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
13    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
141-155.
15    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
16board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements
17or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
18property that increase the assessed value of that real property
19during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
20issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed
21value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
22of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
23real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any
24portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by
25the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
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1of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
2property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or
3previously exempt military reservation that is intended for
4residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
5or other entity, and (iii) in counties that classify in
6accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
7Constitution, an incentive property's additional assessed
8value resulting from a scheduled increase in the level of
9assessment as applied to the first year final board of review
10market value. In addition, the county clerk in a county
11containing a population of 3,000,000 or more shall include in
12the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any school district,
13any recovered tax increment value that was applicable to the
141995 tax year calculations.
15    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
16organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
17county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
18population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
19    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
20provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
21equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
22municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
23redevelopment project area previously established under the
24Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
25Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
26Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously

 

 

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1established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
2Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
3Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of each
4taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
5redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
6assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
7area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 levy year,
8the recovered tax increment value for a non-home rule taxing
9district that first became subject to this Law for the 1995
10levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
11value was in an affected county or counties shall be increased
12if a municipality terminated the designation of an area in 1993
13as a redevelopment project area previously established under
14the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
15Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
16Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
17established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
18Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
19assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
20real property in the redevelopment project area over and above
21the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
22redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
23municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
24real property from a redevelopment project area established
25under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the
26Illinois Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in

 

 

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1the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
2Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
3means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
4of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
5removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
6initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
7removal from the redevelopment project area.
8    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
9rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
10preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
11plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
12denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
13value of all real property in the territory under the
14jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
15For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
16extension for the last preceding levy year, the highest
17aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years
18shall be used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate.
19The denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
20tax increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a
21limiting rate increase has been approved at an election held
22after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable
23limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of the new rate
24or shall be reduced by the amount of the rate decrease, as the
25case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting rate increase,
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1proposition approved by the voters for each of the years
2specified in the proposition, after which the limiting rate of
3the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise provided.
4(Source: P.A. 95-90, eff. 1-1-08; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-404,
5eff. 1-1-08; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-501, eff. 8-14-09;
696-517, eff. 8-14-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 96-1202, eff.
77-22-10.)
 
8    Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section
917-2.4a as follows:
 
10    (105 ILCS 5/17-2.4a new)
11    Sec. 17-2.4a. Tax for area vocational education programs.
12    (a) The school board of any district participating in a
13joint agreement for an area vocational education center, as
14described in Section 10-22.20a of this Code, and having a
15population of less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper
16resolution and upon condition that there are insufficient funds
17available in the education fund of the district to pay the cost
18of the area vocational education center, levy an annual tax
19upon the value of the taxable property within its territory, as
20equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, for area
21vocational education purposes, including the purposes
22authorized by Section 10-22.20a, as follows:
23        (1) for districts maintaining only grades 9 through 12:
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1        (2) for districts maintaining only grades kindergarten
2    through 12: 0.04%.
3    No school board may vote on a resolution under this
4subsection (a) until 2 public hearings regarding the proposed
5resolution are held at the vocational education center. Notice
6of the public hearings shall be given by the school board of
7each district that participates in the joint agreement by (i)
8posting the notice at the last regularly scheduled meeting of
9the school board to occur prior to the public hearing and (ii)
10publishing notice of the public hearing in a newspaper of
11general circulation published within the school district. If
12there is no newspaper of general circulation published within
13the school district, then notice shall be published in a
14newspaper of general circulation published within the county in
15which the school district is located. If there is no newspaper
16of general circulation published within the school district and
17the school district is located in more than one county, then
18notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation
19published in each county in which any part of the school
20district is located. The notice shall appear not more than 14
21days nor less than 7 days prior to the date of the public
22hearing. The notice shall not be placed in the portion of the
23newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements
24appear. The notice shall appear before each public hearing.
25    The revenue raised by the tax imposed under this Section
26shall be used only for area vocational education center

 

 

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1purposes, including the construction and maintenance of area
2vocational center education facilities. Upon proper resolution
3of the school board, the district shall distribute the funds
4for area vocational center education purposes to the area
5vocational center within 60 days after receipt.
6    (b) If the school board of any district that has levied a
7tax authorized by this Section withdraws from the joint
8agreement for area vocational education purposes, that
9district shall no longer be allowed to levy an annual tax for
10area vocational education purposes, except as specified in
11subsection (c) of this Section.
12    (c) The tax rate limits specified in subsection (a) of this
13Section may be increased to 0.40% by districts maintaining only
14grades 9 through 12 and to 0.80% by districts maintaining
15grades kindergarten through 12, upon the approval of a
16proposition submitted at a regularly scheduled election. The
17proposition may be initiated by resolution and shall be
18certified by the secretary to the proper election authorities
19for submission in accordance with the general election law. If
20a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in favor
21thereof, then the school board may annually levy the tax as
22authorized until such authority is revoked.
23    When the school boards of 2 or more districts enter into a
24joint agreement for area vocational education programs under
25Section 10-22.20a, their agreement may provide, or be amended
26to provide, that the question of the levy of the tax authorized

 

 

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1by this Section shall be certified to the proper election
2authorities for submission to the voters of each of the
3participating districts in accordance with the general
4election law at the same election and that the approval of the
5levy by a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition
6in the area comprising the participating districts, considered
7as a whole, shall be deemed to authorize the levy in each
8participating district without regard to the passage or failure
9of the proposition in any district considered separately.
10However, any district may withdraw from the joint agreement by
11reason of the failure of the electors of that district to
12approve the proposed levy.
13    Any tax imposed under this Section is in addition to all
14other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected by a
15school board of any district participating in a joint agreement
16for an area vocational education center, and shall not be
17included within any limitation of rate contained in this Code
18or any other law.
19    (d) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2014.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.