093_SB1949ham002
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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1949
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1949 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 17-2A as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/17-2A) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2A)
7 Sec. 17-2A. Interfund Transfers. The school board of any
8 district having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants
9 may, by proper resolution following a public hearing set by
10 the school board or the president of the school board (that
11 is preceded (i) by at least one published notice over the
12 name of the clerk or secretary of the board, occurring at
13 least 7 days and not more than 30 days prior to the hearing,
14 in a newspaper of general circulation within the school
15 district and (ii) by posted notice over the name of the clerk
16 or secretary of the board, at least 48 hours before the
17 hearing, at the principal office of the school board or at
18 the building where the hearing is to be held if a principal
19 office does not exist, with both notices setting forth the
20 time, date, place, and subject matter of the hearing),
21 transfer money from (1) the Educational Fund to the
22 Operations and Maintenance Fund or the Transportation Fund,
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1 (2) the Operations and Maintenance Fund to the Educational
2 Fund or the Transportation Fund, or (3) the Transportation
3 Fund to the Educational Fund or the Operations and
4 Maintenance Fund of said district, provided such transfer is
5 made solely for the purpose of meeting one-time,
6 non-recurring expenses. Any other permanent interfund
7 transfers authorized by any provision or judicial
8 interpretation of this Code for which the transferee fund is
9 not precisely and specifically set forth in the provision of
10 this Code authorizing such transfer shall be made to the fund
11 of the school district most in need of the funds being
12 transferred, as determined by resolution of the school board.
13 It is the intention of the General Assembly in enacting
14 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly to relieve
15 school districts of the administrative burdens that impede
16 efficiency and accompany single-program funding. This Section
17 does not relieve any district of its obligation to provide
18 services required by law.
19 (Source: P.A. 92-127, eff. 1-1-02; 92-722, eff. 7-25-02.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.".