Full Text of SB2487 95th General Assembly
SB2487sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Gary Forby
Filed: 4/3/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2487
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2487 as follows:
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| on page 1, line 5, after "11E-50,", by inserting "11E-60,"; and
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| on page 7, lines 22 and 23, by replacing "the petition is | 5 |
| approved by either the regional superintendent of schools or" | 6 |
| with " a final decision is issued by the petition is approved by | 7 |
| either the regional superintendent of schools or "; and
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| on page 14, immediately below line 8, by inserting the | 9 |
| following:
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| "(105 ILCS 5/11E-60) | 11 |
| Sec. 11E-60. Ballots. | 12 |
| (a) Separate ballots shall be used for the election in each | 13 |
| affected district. If the petition requests the submission of a | 14 |
| proposition for the issuance of bonds, then that question shall |
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| be submitted to the voters at the referendum on a separate | 2 |
| ballot. | 3 |
| (b) Ballots for all reorganization propositions submitted | 4 |
| under the provisions of this Article must be in substantially | 5 |
| the following form: | 6 |
| (1) Ballot for high school - unit conversion or unit to | 7 |
| dual conversion:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT | 9 |
| Shall (here identify the districts to be dissolved by | 10 |
| name and number) be dissolved and new school districts be | 11 |
| established as follows: a new (here specify elementary, | 12 |
| high school, or unit) district formed from all of the | 13 |
| territory included within (here identify the existing | 14 |
| school district by name and number), with the authority to | 15 |
| levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify | 16 |
| the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new school | 17 |
| district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the | 18 |
| specifications related to the Property Tax Extension | 19 |
| Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this | 20 |
| Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the school | 21 |
| district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by | 22 |
| the Department of Revenue, and a new (here repeat the | 23 |
| information for each new school district)? |
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| The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or | 2 |
| "No". | 3 |
| (2) Ballot for combined school district formation: | 4 |
| OFFICIAL BALLOT | 5 |
| Shall a combined (here insert elementary, high, or | 6 |
| unit) school district, with the authority to levy taxes at | 7 |
| the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for various | 8 |
| purposes the new unit district is authorized to levy and, | 9 |
| if applicable, the specifications related to the Property | 10 |
| Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section | 11 |
| 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property | 12 |
| of the district at the value thereof, as equalized or | 13 |
| assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established? | 14 |
| The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or | 15 |
| "No".
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| (3) Ballot for unit district formation (other than a | 17 |
| partial elementary unit district formation): | 18 |
| OFFICIAL BALLOT | 19 |
| Shall a unit district, with the authority to levy taxes |
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| at the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for | 2 |
| various purposes the new unit district is authorized to | 3 |
| levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the | 4 |
| Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with | 5 |
| Section 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable | 6 |
| property of the district at the value thereof, as equalized | 7 |
| or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established? | 8 |
| The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or | 9 |
| "No".
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| (4) Ballot for a combined high school - unit district | 11 |
| formation: | 12 |
| OFFICIAL BALLOT | 13 |
| Shall a combined high school - unit district formed | 14 |
| from all of the territory included within (here identify | 15 |
| existing school districts by name and number), serving the | 16 |
| territory included within (here identify existing school | 17 |
| district by name and number) only for high school purposes, | 18 |
| with the authority to levy taxes for various purposes as | 19 |
| follows: (here specify the maximum tax rates for various | 20 |
| purposes the new combined high school - unit district is | 21 |
| authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications | 22 |
| related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in |
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| accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 11E-95 of this | 2 |
| Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the | 3 |
| district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by | 4 |
| the Department of Revenue, be established? | 5 |
| The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or | 6 |
| "No".
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| (5) Ballot for an optional elementary unit district | 8 |
| formation: | 9 |
| OFFICIAL BALLOT | 10 |
| Shall an optional elementary unit district, with the | 11 |
| authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify the | 12 |
| maximum tax rates for various purposes the new optional | 13 |
| elementary unit district is authorized to levy and, if | 14 |
| applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax | 15 |
| Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections | 16 |
| 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code), each upon all of the | 17 |
| taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as | 18 |
| equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be | 19 |
| established? | 20 |
| The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or | 21 |
| "No".
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| (6) Ballot for multi-unit conversion:
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| OFFICIAL BALLOT
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| Shall (here identify the districts to be dissolved by | 4 |
| name and number) be dissolved and new school districts | 5 |
| established as follows: a new elementary district formed | 6 |
| from all of the territory included within (here identify | 7 |
| the existing school district by name and number), with the | 8 |
| authority to levy taxes for various purposes as follows: | 9 |
| (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes | 10 |
| the new school district is authorized to levy and, if | 11 |
| applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax | 12 |
| Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section | 13 |
| 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property | 14 |
| of the school district at the value thereof, as equalized | 15 |
| or assessed by the Department of Revenue, (here repeat the | 16 |
| information for each new elementary school district), and a | 17 |
| new combined high school - unit district formed from all of | 18 |
| the territory included within (here identify the existing | 19 |
| school district by name and number), with the authority to | 20 |
| levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify | 21 |
| the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new combined | 22 |
| high school - unit district is authorized to levy and, if | 23 |
| applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax |
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| Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections | 2 |
| 11E-80 and 11E-90 of this Code), each upon all of the | 3 |
| taxable property of the school district at the value | 4 |
| thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of | 5 |
| Revenue? | 6 |
| The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or | 7 |
| "No".
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| (7) Ballot for an elementary school district to | 9 |
| dissolve and join an optional elementary unit district: | 10 |
| OFFICIAL BALLOT | 11 |
| Shall (here identify the elementary district by name | 12 |
| and number)
be dissolved and join (here identify the | 13 |
| optional elementary unit district by name and number), with | 14 |
| the authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify | 15 |
| the maximum tax rates for various purposes the optional | 16 |
| elementary unit district is authorized to levy and, if | 17 |
| applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax | 18 |
| Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections | 19 |
| 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code), each upon all of the | 20 |
| taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as | 21 |
| equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue and | 22 |
| shall (here identify the elementary district by name and |
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| number), prior to dissolution, issue funding bonds | 2 |
| pursuant to Sections 19-8 and 19-9 of the School Code to | 3 |
| liquidate any operational deficit or debt incurred or | 4 |
| accumulated since the date of the election in which the | 5 |
| proposition to form (here identify the optional elementary | 6 |
| unit district by name and number) passed? | 7 |
| The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or | 8 |
| "No".
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)".
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