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1 | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Park District Aquarium and Museum Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 1290/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 327)
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7 | Sec. 2. Maintenance tax - Limitations - Levy and | ||||||
8 | collection. Each
board of park commissioners, having control of | ||||||
9 | a public park or parks
within which there shall be maintained | ||||||
10 | any aquarium or any museum or
museums of art, industry, science | ||||||
11 | or natural or other history under the
provisions of this Act, | ||||||
12 | is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions
of Section 4 of | ||||||
13 | this Act, to levy annually a tax not to exceed .03 per
cent in | ||||||
14 | park districts of less than 500,000 population and in districts
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15 | of over 500,000 population not to exceed .15 percent of the | ||||||
16 | full, fair
cash value, as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||
17 | Department
of Revenue of taxable property embraced in said | ||||||
18 | district,
according to the valuation of the same as made for | ||||||
19 | the purpose of State
and county taxation by the general | ||||||
20 | assessment last preceding the time
when such tax hereby | ||||||
21 | authorized shall be levied: Such tax to be for the
purpose of | ||||||
22 | establishing, acquiring, completing, erecting, enlarging,
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23 | ornamenting, building, rebuilding, rehabilitating, improving, |
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1 | operating,
maintaining and caring for such aquarium and museum | ||||||
2 | or museums and the
buildings and grounds thereof; and the | ||||||
3 | proceeds of such additional tax
shall be kept as a separate | ||||||
4 | fund. Said tax shall be in addition to all
other taxes which | ||||||
5 | such board of park commissioners is now or hereafter
may be | ||||||
6 | authorized to levy on the aggregate valuation of all taxable
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7 | property within the park district. Said tax shall be levied and
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8 | collected in like manner as the general taxes for such parks | ||||||
9 | and shall
not be included within any limitation of rate for | ||||||
10 | general park purposes
as now or hereafter provided by law but | ||||||
11 | shall be excluded therefrom and
be in addition thereto and in | ||||||
12 | excess thereof. Provided, further, that
the foregoing | ||||||
13 | limitations upon tax rates, insofar as they are applicable
to | ||||||
14 | park districts of less than 500,000 population, may be further
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15 | increased or decreased according to the referendum provisions | ||||||
16 | of the
General Revenue Law of Illinois.
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17 | Whenever the board of park commissioners of a park district | ||||||
18 | of less
than 500,000 population adopts a resolution that it | ||||||
19 | shall levy and collect
a tax for the purposes specified in this | ||||||
20 | Section in excess of .03 percent
but not to exceed .15
.07 | ||||||
21 | percent of the value of taxable property in the
district, the | ||||||
22 | board shall cause the resolution to be
published at least once | ||||||
23 | in a newspaper of general circulation
within the district. If | ||||||
24 | there is no such newspaper, the resolution shall
be posted in | ||||||
25 | at least 3 public places within the district. The
publication | ||||||
26 | or posting of the resolution shall include a notice of (1) the
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1 | specific number of electors required to sign a petition | ||||||
2 | requesting that the
question of the adoption of the resolution | ||||||
3 | be submitted to the electors of the
district; (2) the time | ||||||
4 | within which the petition must be filed;
and (3) the date of | ||||||
5 | the prospective referendum.
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6 | The secretary of the park district shall provide a petition | ||||||
7 | form to any
individual requesting one.
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8 | Any taxpayer in such district may, within 30 days after the | ||||||
9 | first
publication or posting of the resolution, file with the | ||||||
10 | secretary of the
park district a petition signed by not less | ||||||
11 | than 10 percent or 1,500,
whichever is lesser, of the electors | ||||||
12 | of the district requesting that the
following question be | ||||||
13 | submitted to the electors of the district:
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14 | "Shall the .... Park District be authorized to levy an
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15 | annual tax in excess of .... but not to exceed .... as | ||||||
16 | authorized in
Section 2 of "An Act concerning aquariums and | ||||||
17 | museums in public parks" for
the purpose of establishing, | ||||||
18 | acquiring, completing, erecting, enlarging,
ornamenting, | ||||||
19 | building, rebuilding, rehabilitating, improving, operating,
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20 | maintaining and caring for such aquariums and museum or museums | ||||||
21 | and the
buildings and grounds thereof?" The secretary of the | ||||||
22 | park district shall
certify the proposition to the proper | ||||||
23 | election authorities for submission
to the electorate at a | ||||||
24 | regular scheduled election in accordance with the
general | ||||||
25 | election law. If a majority of the electors voting on the
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26 | proposition vote in favor thereof, such increased tax shall |
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1 | thereafter be
authorized; if a majority of the vote is against | ||||||
2 | such proposition, the
previous maximum rate shall remain in | ||||||
3 | effect until changed by law.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 86-329.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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