HB0925 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0925

Introduced 2/2/2005, by Rep. Robert W. Churchill

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 805/9.2 new

Amends the State Mandates Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2007, no school district is required to implement or continue complying with any service mandate, tax exemption mandate, or personnel mandate, unless the cost of implementing or continuing to comply with the mandate is wholly recovered by the school district from federal, State, or other external aid. This applies (i) regardless of when the mandate was imposed, (ii) regardless of whether the mandate was previously exempted from the State reimbursement requirements of the Act, and (iii) notwithstanding any other provision of the Act or any other law to the contrary.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning mandates on schools.

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

Section 5. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 9.2 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/9.2 new)

Sec. 9.2. Unfunded mandates on school districts.

(a) On and after January 1, 2007, no school district is required to implement or continue complying with any service mandate, tax exemption mandate, or personnel mandate, unless the cost of implementing or continuing to comply with the mandate is wholly recovered by the school district from federal, State, or other external aid.

(b) This Section applies (i) regardless of when the mandate was imposed, (ii) regardless of whether the mandate was previously exempted from the State reimbursement requirements of this Act, and (iii) notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary.