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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
5Sections 18-185, 18-205, 18-212, 18-213, and 18-214 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", for levy years prior to 2015, means
14(a) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
15Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the
16levy year or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters under
17Section 18-205.
18    "Extension limitation", beginning in levy year 2015, means
190% or the rate of increase approved by the voters under Section
2018-205.
21    "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
22inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
23more inhabitants.

 

 

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1    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
21-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
31991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
4only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
5its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
6contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
7Beginning with the 1995 levy year and through the 2014 levy
8year, "taxing district" includes only each non-home rule taxing
9district subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each
10non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
11the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
12assessed value in an affected county or counties. Beginning
13with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
14taxing district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing
15district" also includes those taxing districts made subject to
16this Law as provided in Section 18-213. Beginning with the 2015
17levy year, "taxing district" has the same meaning provided in
18Section 1-150, but does not include home rule units.
19    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
20Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
21corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
22purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
23district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
24the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
25obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
26any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general

 

 

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1obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for
2any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
3issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
4before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
5interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
6refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
7referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
8principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
9payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
10credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
11tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
12shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
13local government finds that all other sources for payment are
14insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
15under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
16for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
17October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
18payments due under installment contracts entered into before
19October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
20interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
21Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
22initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
23principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
243 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
25exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
26(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum

 

 

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1obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
2referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
3bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
4Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
5the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
6special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
7School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
8amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
9District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
10Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
11of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
12school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
13of providing joint recreational programs for the handicapped
14under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
15of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for temporary
16relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to Sections 2-3.77
17and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for payment of
18principal and interest on any bonds issued under the authority
19of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
20contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
21Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
22amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
23Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
24first year after a township assumes the rights, powers, duties,
25assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
26responsibilities of a road district abolished under the

 

 

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1provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.
2    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
3this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
4districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section 18-213
5or this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly) means the
6annual corporate extension for the taxing district and those
7special purpose extensions that are made annually for the
8taxing district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a)
9made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal on
10general obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b)
11made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
12general obligation bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (c) made
13for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
14issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
15before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
16interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
17refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that were approved by
18referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
19principal on revenue bonds issued before March 1, 1995 for
20payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
21credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
22tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
23shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
24local government finds that all other sources for payment are
25insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
26under a building commission lease when the lease payments are

 

 

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1for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
2March 1, 1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made for
3payments due under installment contracts entered into before
4March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of principal and interest
5on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
6District Act to finance construction projects initiated before
7October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for stormwater management purposes
8by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
9Chicago under Section 12 of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
10District Act; (i) made for payments of principal and interest
11on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
12Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
13service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
14(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
15obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum and bonds
16described in subsection (h) of this definition; (j) made for
17payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
18Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made
19for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
20Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
21Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for
22payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
23Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section
2421.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii)
25issued under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
26District Act for zoological park projects, or (iii) issued

 

 

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1under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District
2Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to
3Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied annually or
4not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint recreational
5programs for the handicapped under Section 5-8 of the Park
6District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal
7Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park District for recreational
8programs for the handicapped under subsection (c) of Section
97.06 of the Chicago Park District Act; (p) made for
10contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
11Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
12amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
13Illinois Pension Code; and (q) made by Ford Heights School
14District 169 under Section 17-9.02 of the School Code.
15    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
16this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
17those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
18(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
19the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
20are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
21purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
22interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
23approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
24interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
25the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
26the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district

 

 

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

 

 

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1interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
2Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
3service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
4(e) of this 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; (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 for the taxing district to pay interest or
22principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
23Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
24    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
25this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
26(e) of Section 18-213 or this amendatory Act of the 99th

 

 

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

 

 

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1this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;
2(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered
3into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
4(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited
5bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
6Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
7extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of
8this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
9obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
10for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
11Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
12for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
13on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
14obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
15required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
16pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
17not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
18on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
19joint recreational programs for the handicapped under Section
205-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the
21Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions to a
22firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
23Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
24under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
25    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
26portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 1994

 

 

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1levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this Law in
2accordance with Section 18-213, except for those subject to
3paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, for the levy
4year in which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
5taxing district is held, or for those taxing districts subject
6to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
7of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year, constituting an
8extension for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued
9by the taxing district without referendum, but not including
10excluded non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were
11first subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose
12extension for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal
13and interest on bonds issued by the park district without
14referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
15was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
16constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
17on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
18not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
19extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the
20extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
21payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park
22district without referendum (but not including excluded
23non-referendum bonds). A debt service extension base
24established or increased at any time pursuant to any provision
25of this Law, except Section 18-212, shall be increased each
26year commencing with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or

 

 

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1(ii) the first levy year in which this Law becomes applicable
2to the taxing district, by (A) for levy years prior to the 2015
3levy year, the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the
4Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year
5preceding the levy year or (B) beginning with the 2015 levy
6year, 0%. The debt service extension base may be established or
7increased as provided under Section 18-212. "Excluded
8non-referendum bonds" means (i) bonds authorized by Public Act
988-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park
10District Act for aquarium and museum projects; (ii) bonds
11issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform
12Act; or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund or to
13continue to refund obligations initially issued pursuant to
14referendum.
15    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
16to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
17unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
18contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
19Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
20district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
21The extension for a special service area is not included in the
22aggregate extension.
23    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
24last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
2518-135, 18-215, and 18-230. An adjustment under Section 18-135
26shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent levy

 

 

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1years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
2district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
3extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding
4levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
5taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
6last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
7Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
8aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
9to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
10district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
11either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
12rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
13last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
14preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
15subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
16    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
172012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
18District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
19    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
201-155.
21    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
22board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements
23or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
24property that increase the assessed value of that real property
25during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
26issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed

 

 

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1value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
2of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
3real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any
4portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by
5the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
617-30, including the assessed value, upon final stabilization
7of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
8property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or
9previously exempt military reservation that is intended for
10residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
11or other entity, (iii) in counties that classify in accordance
12with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution, an
13incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from
14a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to
15the first year final board of review market value, and (iv) any
16increase in assessed value due to oil or gas production from an
17oil or gas well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic
18Fracturing Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted
19for during the previous levy year. In addition, the county
20clerk in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more
21shall include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
22school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
23applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
24    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
25organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
26county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a

 

 

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1population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
2    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
3provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
4equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
5municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
6redevelopment project area previously established under the
7Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
8Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
9Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
10established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
11Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
12Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of each
13taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
14redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
15assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
16area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 levy year,
17the recovered tax increment value for a non-home rule taxing
18district that first became subject to this Law for the 1995
19levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
20value was in an affected county or counties shall be increased
21if a municipality terminated the designation of an area in 1993
22as a redevelopment project area previously established under
23the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
24Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
25Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
26established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment

 

 

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1Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
2assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
3real property in the redevelopment project area over and above
4the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
5redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
6municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
7real property from a redevelopment project area established
8under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the
9Illinois Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in
10the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
11Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
12means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
13of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
14removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
15initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
16removal from the redevelopment project area.
17    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
18rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
19preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
20plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
21denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
22value of all real property in the territory under the
23jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
24For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
25extension for the last preceding levy year, the highest
26aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years

 

 

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1shall be used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate.
2The denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
3tax increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a
4limiting rate increase has been approved at an election held
5after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable
6limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of the new rate
7or shall be reduced by the amount of the rate decrease, as the
8case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting rate increase,
9the limiting rate shall be equal to the rate set forth in the
10proposition approved by the voters for each of the years
11specified in the proposition, after which the limiting rate of
12the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise provided.
13In the case of a taxing district that obtained referendum
14approval for an increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the
15limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that
16generates the approximate total amount of taxes extendable for
17that tax year, as set forth in the proposition approved by the
18voters; this rate shall be the final rate applied by the county
19clerk for the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for
20tax year 2012.
21(Source: P.A. 97-611, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1154, eff. 1-25-13; 98-6,
22eff. 3-29-13; 98-23, eff. 6-17-13.)
 
23    (35 ILCS 200/18-205)
24    Sec. 18-205. Referendum to increase the extension
25limitation. A taxing district is limited to an extension

 

 

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1limitation as defined in Section 18-185 of 5% or the percentage
2increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
3calendar year preceding the levy year, whichever is less. A
4taxing district may increase its extension limitation for one
5or more levy years if that taxing district holds a referendum
6before the levy date for the first levy year at which a
7majority of voters voting on the issue approves adoption of a
8higher extension limitation. Referenda shall be conducted at a
9regularly scheduled election in accordance with the Election
10Code. The question shall be presented in substantially the
11following manner for all elections held after March 21, 2006:
12        Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
13    Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
14    number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
15    district and geographic or other common name by which a
16    school or community college district is known and referred
17    to), Illinois, be increased from (extension limitation
18    under Section 18-185) the lesser of 5% or the percentage
19    increase in the Consumer Price Index over the prior levy
20    year to (insert the percentage of the proposed increase)%
21    per year for (insert each levy year for which the increased
22    extension limitation will apply)?
23The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
24If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
25adoption of the increase, the increase shall be applicable for
26each levy year specified.

 

 

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1    The ballot for any question submitted pursuant to this
2Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the
3question submitted, only the following supplemental
4information (which shall be supplied to the election authority
5by the taxing district) in substantially the following form:
6        (1) For the (insert the first levy year for which the
7    increased extension limitation will be applicable) levy
8    year the approximate amount of the additional tax
9    extendable against property containing a single family
10    residence and having a fair market value at the time of the
11    referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $....
12        (2) Based upon an average annual percentage increase
13    (or decrease) in the market value of such property of ...%
14    (insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage
15    increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the
16    time the submission of the question is initiated by the
17    taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized
18    assessed value of the taxable property in the taxing
19    district less (B) the new property included in the
20    equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the
21    additional tax extendable against such property for the ...
22    levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy year
23    is estimated to be $....
24    Paragraph (2) shall be included only if the increased
25extension limitation will be applicable for more than one year
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1limitation will be applicable. The additional tax shown for
2each levy year shall be the approximate dollar amount of the
3increase over the amount of the most recently completed
4extension at the time the submission of the question is
5initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of the
6additional tax extendable shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
7be calculated by multiplying $100,000 (the fair market value of
8the property without regard to any property tax exemptions) by
9(i) the percentage level of assessment prescribed for that
10property by statute, or by ordinance of the county board in
11counties that classify property for purposes of taxation in
12accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
13Constitution; (ii) the most recent final equalization factor
14certified to the county clerk by the Department of Revenue at
15the time the taxing district initiates the submission of the
16proposition to the electors; (iii) the last known aggregate
17extension base of the taxing district at the time the
18submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district;
19and (iv) the difference between the percentage increase
20proposed in the question and (A) the lesser of 5% or the
21percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior
22levy year (or an estimate of the percentage increase for the
23prior levy year if the increase is unavailable at the time the
24submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district)
25or (B) 0%, as applicable; and dividing the result by the last
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1time the submission of the question is initiated by the taxing
2district. This amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly is
3intended to clarify the existing requirements of this Section,
4and shall not be construed to validate any prior non-compliant
5referendum language. Any notice required to be published in
6connection with the submission of the question shall also
7contain this supplemental information and shall not contain any
8other supplemental information. Any error, miscalculation, or
9inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth on the ballot or
10in the notice that is not deliberate shall not invalidate or
11affect the validity of any proposition approved. Notice of the
12referendum shall be published and posted as otherwise required
13by law, and the submission of the question shall be initiated
14as provided by law.
15(Source: P.A. 97-1087, eff. 8-24-12.)
 
16    (35 ILCS 200/18-212)
17    Sec. 18-212. Referendum on debt service extension base. A
18taxing district may establish or increase its debt service
19extension base if (i) that taxing district holds a referendum
20before the date on which the levy must be filed with the county
21clerk of the county or counties in which the taxing district is
22situated and (ii) a majority of voters voting on the issue
23approves the establishment of or increase in the debt service
24extension base. A debt service extension base established or
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1February 2, 2010 and prior to the effective date of this
2amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, shall be increased
3each year, commencing with the first levy year beginning after
4the date of the referendum, by the lesser of 5% or the
5percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the
612-month calendar year preceding the levy year if the optional
7language concerning the annual increase is included in the
8question submitted to the electors of the taxing district.
9Referenda under this Section shall be conducted at a regularly
10scheduled election in accordance with the Election Code. The
11governing body of the taxing district shall certify the
12question to the proper election authorities who shall submit
13the question to the electors of the taxing district in
14substantially the following form:
15    "Shall the debt service extension base under the Property
16    Tax Extension Limitation Law for ... (taxing district name)
17    ... for payment of principal and interest on limited bonds
18    be .... ((established at $ ....) . (or) (increased from $
19    .... to $ ....)) .. for the ..... levy year and all
20    subsequent levy years (optional language: , such debt
21    service extension base to be increased each year by the
22    lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
23    Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the
24    levy year)?"
25    Votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
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1establishment of or increase in the debt service extension
2base, the establishment of or increase in the debt service
3extension base shall be applicable for the levy years
4specified.
5(Source: P.A. 96-1202, eff. 7-22-10.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-213)
7    Sec. 18-213. Referenda on applicability of the Property Tax
8Extension Limitation Law.
9    (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
10district subject to this Law because a majority of its 1990
11equalized assessed value is in a county or counties contiguous
12to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, or because a
13majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in an affected
14county and the taxing district was not subject to this Law
15before the 1995 levy year.
16    (b) Prior to taxable year 2015, the The county board of a
17county that is not subject to this Law may, by ordinance or
18resolution, submit to the voters of the county the question of
19whether to make all non-home rule taxing districts that have
20all or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated
21in the county subject to this Law in the manner set forth in
22this Section.
23    For purposes of this Section only:
24    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
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1    "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
2assessed valuation for a taxing district for the immediately
3preceding levy year.
4    (c) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
5submission of the proposition at any election, except a
6consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
7against making the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
8applicable to all non-home rule taxing districts that have all
9or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated in
10the county.
11    The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall
12be in substantially the following form:
13        Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
14    ILCS 200/18-185 through 18-245), which limits annual
15    property tax extension increases, apply to non-home rule
16    taxing districts with all or a portion of their equalized
17    assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
18Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
19    (d) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
20to the electors of the county at the election specified in the
21ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
22jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
23the county clerk shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance
24or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
25shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
26taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election

 

 

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1specified in the ordinance or resolution.
2    (e) (1) With respect to taxing districts having all of
3    their equalized assessed valuation located in the county,
4    if a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
5    favor of the proposition, then this Law becomes applicable
6    to the taxing district beginning on January 1 of the year
7    following the date of the referendum.
8        (2) With respect to taxing districts that meet all the
9    following conditions this Law shall become applicable to
10    the taxing district beginning on January 1, 1997. The
11    districts to which this paragraph (2) is applicable
12            (A) do not have all of their equalized assessed
13        valuation located in a single county,
14            (B) have equalized assessed valuation in an
15        affected county,
16            (C) meet the condition that each county, other than
17        an affected county, in which any of the equalized
18        assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
19        has held a referendum under this Section at any
20        election, except a consolidated primary election, held
21        prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22        1997, and
23            (D) have a majority of the district's equalized
24        assessed valuation located in one or more counties in
25        each of which the voters have approved a referendum
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1        amendatory Act of 1997. For purposes of this Section,
2        in determining whether a majority of the equalized
3        assessed valuation of the taxing district is located in
4        one or more counties in which the voters have approved
5        a referendum under this Section, the equalized
6        assessed valuation of the taxing district in any
7        affected county shall be included with the equalized
8        assessed value of the taxing district in counties in
9        which the voters have approved the referendum.
10        (3) With respect to taxing districts that do not have
11    all of their equalized assessed valuation located in a
12    single county and to which paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
13    is not applicable, if each county other than an affected
14    county in which any of the equalized assessed valuation of
15    the taxing district is located has held a referendum under
16    this Section at any election, except a consolidated primary
17    election, held in any year and if a majority of the
18    equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
19    located in one or more counties that have each approved a
20    referendum under this Section, then this Law shall become
21    applicable to the taxing district on January 1 of the year
22    following the year in which the last referendum in a county
23    in which the taxing district has any equalized assessed
24    valuation is held. For the purposes of this Law, the last
25    referendum shall be deemed to be the referendum making this
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1    Section, in determining whether a majority of the equalized
2    assessed valuation of the taxing district is located in one
3    or more counties that have approved a referendum under this
4    Section, the equalized assessed valuation of the taxing
5    district in any affected county shall be included with the
6    equalized assessed value of the taxing district in counties
7    that have approved the referendum.
8    (f) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
9Section, the county clerk of the county holding the referendum
10shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
11results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of
12their equalized assessed valuation located in the county, the
13county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
14assessed valuation of any taxing district is located, and the
15Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting a
16multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of Revenue
17shall determine whether the taxing district is subject to this
18Law and, if so, shall notify the taxing district and the county
19clerks of all of the counties in which a portion of the
20equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
21that, beginning the following January 1, the taxing district is
22subject to this Law. For each taxing district subject to
23paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of this Section, the Department
24of Revenue shall notify the taxing district and the county
25clerks of all of the counties in which a portion of the
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1that, beginning January 1, 1997, the taxing district is subject
2to this Law.
3    (g) Referenda held under this Section shall be conducted in
4accordance with the Election Code.
5(Source: P.A. 89-510, eff. 7-11-96; 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-214)
7    Sec. 18-214. Referenda on removal of the applicability of
8the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to non-home rule
9taxing districts.
10    (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
11district that is subject to this Law because a majority of its
121990 equalized assessed value is in a county or counties
13contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, or
14because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in
15an affected county and the taxing district was not subject to
16this Law before the 1995 levy year.
17    (b) For purposes of this Section only:
18    "Taxing district" means any non-home rule taxing district
19that became subject to this Law under Section 18-213 of this
20Law.
21    "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
22assessed valuation for a taxing district for the immediately
23preceding levy year.
24    (c) The county board of a county that became subject to
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1under Section 18-213 may, by ordinance or resolution, in the
2manner set forth in this Section, submit to the voters of the
3county the question of whether this Law applies to all non-home
4rule taxing districts that have all or a portion of their
5equalized assessed valuation situated in the county in the
6manner set forth in this Section.
7    (d) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
8submission of the proposition at any election, except a
9consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
10against the continued application of the Property Tax Extension
11Limitation Law to all non-home rule taxing districts that have
12all or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated
13in the county.
14    The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall
15be in substantially the following form:
16        Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
17    ILCS 200/18-185 through 35 ILCS 200/18-245), which limits
18    annual property tax extension increases, apply to non-home
19    rule taxing districts with all or a portion of their
20    equalized assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
21Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
22    (e) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
23to the electors of the county at the election specified in the
24ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
25jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
26the county clerk shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance

 

 

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1or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
2shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
3taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election
4specified in the ordinance or resolution.
5    (f) With respect to taxing districts having all of their
6equalized assessed valuation located in one county, if a
7majority of the votes cast on the proposition are against the
8proposition, then this Law shall not apply to the taxing
9district beginning on January 1 of the year following the date
10of the referendum.
11    (g) With respect to taxing districts that do not have all
12of their equalized assessed valuation located in a single
13county, if both of the following conditions are met, then this
14Law shall no longer apply to the taxing district beginning on
15January 1 of the year following the date of the referendum.
16        (1) Each county in which the district has any equalized
17    assessed valuation must either, (i) have held a referendum
18    under this Section, (ii) be an affected county, or (iii)
19    have held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
20    voters rejected the proposition at the most recent election
21    at which the question was on the ballot in the county.
22        (2) The majority of the equalized assessed valuation of
23    the taxing district, other than any equalized assessed
24    valuation in an affected county, is in one or more counties
25    in which the voters rejected the proposition. For purposes
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1    equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
2    located in one or more counties in which the voters have
3    rejected the proposition under this Section, the equalized
4    assessed valuation of any taxing district in a county which
5    has held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
6    voters rejected that proposition, at the most recent
7    election at which the question was on the ballot in the
8    county, will be included with the equalized assessed value
9    of the taxing district in counties in which the voters have
10    rejected the referendum held under this Section.
11    (h) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
12Section, the county clerk of the county holding the referendum
13shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
14results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of
15their equalized assessed valuation located in the county, the
16county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
17assessed valuation of any such taxing district is located, and
18the Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting
19a multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of
20Revenue shall determine whether the taxing district is no
21longer subject to this Law and, if the taxing district is no
22longer subject to this Law, the Department of Revenue shall
23notify the taxing district and the county clerks of all of the
24counties in which a portion of the equalized assessed valuation
25of the taxing district is located that, beginning on January 1
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1taxing district is no longer subject to this Law.
2    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
3referendum may be submitted under this Section for taxable year
42016 or thereafter.
5(Source: P.A. 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
 
6    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
7Section 8.39 as follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 805/8.39 new)
9    Sec. 8.39. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
10of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
11implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
12the 99th General Assembly.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.