Full Text of HB3695 99th General Assembly
HB3695eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 34-53 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-53) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-53)
| 7 | | Sec. 34-53. Tax levies; Purpose; Rates. For the purpose of
| 8 | | establishing and supporting free schools for not fewer than 9 | 9 | | months in
each year and defraying their expenses the board may | 10 | | levy annually, upon all taxable
property of such district for | 11 | | educational purposes a tax for
the fiscal years 1996 and each | 12 | | succeeding fiscal year at a rate of not to exceed the sum of | 13 | | (i) 2.81% 3.07% (or such other rate as may be set
by law
| 14 | | independent of the rate difference described in (ii) below) and | 15 | | (ii) the
difference between .50% and the rate per cent of taxes | 16 | | extended for a
School Finance Authority organized under Article | 17 | | 34A of the School Code,
for the calendar year in which the | 18 | | applicable fiscal year of the board
begins as determined by the | 19 | | county clerk and certified to the board
pursuant to Section | 20 | | 18-110 of the Property Tax Code, of the value as
equalized or | 21 | | assessed by the Department of Revenue for the year in which
| 22 | | such levy is made.
| 23 | | For fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year, for |
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| 1 | | the purpose of
making an employer contribution to the Public | 2 | | School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago, the | 3 | | board shall levy annually, upon all taxable
property located | 4 | | within the district, a tax at the rate of 0.26%. The proceeds | 5 | | from this additional tax shall be paid directly to the Pension | 6 | | Fund. The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act | 7 | | of the 99th General Assembly: (1) do not authorize an increase | 8 | | in the district's maximum aggregate extension or limiting rate | 9 | | under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law; and (2) | 10 | | constitute a continuation of the existing total maximum rate | 11 | | under this Section and are not a new rate for the purposes of | 12 | | the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. | 13 | | Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1995
shall in
any way | 14 | | impair or restrict the levy or extension of taxes pursuant to | 15 | | any
tax levies for any purposes of the board lawfully made | 16 | | prior to the
adoption of this amendatory Act of 1995.
| 17 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code and in
| 18 | | addition to any other methods provided for increasing the tax | 19 | | rate
the board may, by proper resolution, cause a
proposition | 20 | | to increase the annual tax rate for educational purposes to
be | 21 | | submitted to the voters of such district at any general or | 22 | | special
election. The maximum rate for educational purposes | 23 | | shall not exceed
4.00%. The election called for such purpose | 24 | | shall be governed by
Article 9 of this Act. If at such election | 25 | | a majority of the votes cast
on the proposition is in favor | 26 | | thereof, the Board of Education may
thereafter until such |
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| 1 | | authority is revoked in a like manner, levy
annually the tax so | 2 | | authorized.
| 3 | | For purposes of this Article, educational purposes for | 4 | | fiscal years
beginning in 1995 and each subsequent year shall | 5 | | also include, but not be
limited to, in addition to those | 6 | | purposes authorized before this amendatory Act
of 1995, | 7 | | constructing, acquiring, leasing (other than from the Public | 8 | | Building
Commission of Chicago), operating, maintaining, | 9 | | improving, repairing, and
renovating land, buildings, | 10 | | furnishings, and equipment for school houses and
buildings, and | 11 | | related incidental expenses, and
provision of special | 12 | | education, furnishing free textbooks and
instructional aids | 13 | | and school supplies, establishing, equipping, maintaining,
and | 14 | | operating supervised playgrounds under the control of the | 15 | | board, school
extracurricular activities, and stadia, social | 16 | | center, and summer swimming pool
programs open to the public in | 17 | | connection with any public school; making an
employer | 18 | | contribution to the Public School Teachers' Pension and | 19 | | Retirement
Fund as required by Section 17-129 of the Illinois | 20 | | Pension Code; and providing
an agricultural science school, | 21 | | including site development and improvements,
maintenance | 22 | | repairs, and supplies. Educational purposes also includes | 23 | | student
transportation expenses.
| 24 | | All collections of all taxes levied for fiscal years ending | 25 | | before 1996 under
this
Section or under Sections 34-53.2, | 26 | | 34-53.3, 34-58, 34-60, or 34-62 of this
Article as in effect |
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| 1 | | prior to this amendatory Act of 1995 may be used for any
| 2 | | educational purposes as defined by this amendatory Act of 1995 | 3 | | and need not be
used for the particular purposes for which they | 4 | | were levied.
The levy and extension of taxes pursuant to this | 5 | | Section as amended by this
amendatory Act of 1995 shall not | 6 | | constitute a new or increased tax rate within
the meaning of | 7 | | the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law or the One-year
| 8 | | Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
| 9 | | The rate at which taxes may be levied for the fiscal year | 10 | | beginning
September
1, 1996, for educational purposes shall be | 11 | | the full rate authorized by this
Section for such taxes for | 12 | | fiscal years ending after 1995.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 88-511; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-15, eff. | 14 | | 5-30-95.)
| 15 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 | | becoming law.
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