Full Text of HB0363 97th General Assembly
HB0363eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning elections.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 18-190 as follows:
| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/18-190)
| 7 | | Sec. 18-190. Direct referendum; new rate or increased | 8 | | limiting rate. | 9 | | (a) If a new rate
is authorized by statute to be imposed | 10 | | without referendum or
is subject to a backdoor referendum, as | 11 | | defined in Section 28-2 of the Election
Code, the governing | 12 | | body of the affected taxing district before levying the new
| 13 | | rate shall submit the new rate to direct
referendum under the | 14 | | provisions of this Section and of Article 28 of the Election | 15 | | Code. Notwithstanding the provisions, requirements, or | 16 | | limitations of any other law, any tax levied for the 2005 levy | 17 | | year and all subsequent levy years by any taxing district | 18 | | subject to this Law may be extended at a rate exceeding the | 19 | | rate established for that tax by referendum or statute, | 20 | | provided that the rate does not exceed the statutory ceiling | 21 | | above which the tax is not authorized to be further increased | 22 | | either by referendum or in any other manner. Notwithstanding | 23 | | the provisions, requirements, or limitations of any other law, |
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| 1 | | all taxing districts subject to this Law shall follow the | 2 | | provisions of this Section whenever seeking referenda approval | 3 | | after March 21, 2006 to (i) levy a new tax rate authorized by | 4 | | statute or (ii) increase the limiting rate applicable to the | 5 | | taxing district. All taxing districts subject to this Law are | 6 | | authorized to seek referendum approval of each proposition | 7 | | described and set forth in this Section. | 8 | | The proposition seeking to obtain referendum approval to | 9 | | levy a new tax rate as authorized in clause (i) shall be in | 10 | | substantially the following form: | 11 | | Shall ... (insert legal name, number, if any, and | 12 | | county or counties of taxing district and geographic or | 13 | | other common name by which a school or community college | 14 | | district is known and referred to), Illinois, be authorized | 15 | | to levy a new tax for ... purposes and have an additional | 16 | | tax of ...% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable | 17 | | property therein extended for such purposes? | 18 | | The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | 19 | | The proposition seeking to obtain referendum approval to | 20 | | increase the limiting rate as authorized in clause (ii) shall | 21 | | be in substantially the following form: | 22 | | Shall the limiting rate under the Property Tax | 23 | | Extension Limitation Law for ... (insert legal name, | 24 | | number, if any, and county or counties of taxing district | 25 | | and geographic or other common name by which a school or | 26 | | community college district is known and referred to), |
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| 1 | | Illinois, be increased by an additional amount equal to | 2 | | ...% above the limiting rate for the purpose of...(insert | 3 | | purpose) for levy year ... (insert the most recent levy | 4 | | year for which the limiting rate of the taxing district is | 5 | | known at the time the submission of the proposition is | 6 | | initiated by the taxing district) and be equal to ...% of | 7 | | the equalized assessed value of the taxable property | 8 | | therein for levy year(s) (insert each levy year for which | 9 | | the increase will be applicable,
which years must be | 10 | | consecutive and may not exceed 4)? | 11 | | The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | 12 | | The ballot for any proposition submitted pursuant to this | 13 | | Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the | 14 | | proposition submitted, only the following supplemental | 15 | | information (which shall be supplied to the election authority | 16 | | by the taxing district) in substantially the following form: | 17 | | (1) The approximate amount of taxes extendable at the | 18 | | most recently extended
limiting rate is $..., and the | 19 | | approximate amount of taxes extendable if the
proposition | 20 | | is approved is $.... | 21 | | (2) For the ... (insert the first levy year for which | 22 | | the new rate or increased
limiting rate will be applicable) | 23 | | levy year the approximate amount of the additional tax
| 24 | | extendable against property containing a single family | 25 | | residence and having a fair market
value at the time of the | 26 | | referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $.... |
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| 1 | | (3) Based upon an average annual percentage increase | 2 | | (or decrease) in the market
value of such property of %... | 3 | | (insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage
| 4 | | increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the | 5 | | time the submission of the
proposition is initiated by the | 6 | | taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized | 7 | | assessed
value of the taxable property in the taxing | 8 | | district less (B) the new property included in the
| 9 | | equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the | 10 | | additional tax extendable against
such property for the ... | 11 | | levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy
year | 12 | | is estimated to be $
.... | 13 | | (4) If the proposition is approved, the aggregate | 14 | | extension for ... (insert each levy year for which the | 15 | | increase will apply) will be determined by the limiting | 16 | | rate set forth in the proposition, rather than the | 17 | | otherwise applicable limiting rate calculated under the | 18 | | provisions of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law | 19 | | (commonly known as the Property Tax Cap Law). | 20 | | The approximate amount of taxes extendable shown in paragraph | 21 | | (1) shall be computed upon the last known equalized assessed | 22 | | value of taxable property in the taxing district (at the time | 23 | | the submission of the proposition is initiated by the taxing | 24 | | district). The calculation of the additional tax extendable, as | 25 | | required under paragraph (2), shall include the equalization | 26 | | factor issued by the Department for the first levy year for |
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| 1 | | which the new rate or increased
limiting rate will be | 2 | | applicable. Paragraph (3) shall be included only if the | 3 | | increased limiting rate will be applicable for more than one | 4 | | levy year and shall list each levy year for which the increased | 5 | | limiting rate will be applicable. The additional tax shown for | 6 | | each levy year shall be the approximate dollar amount of the | 7 | | increase over the amount of the most recently completed | 8 | | extension at the time the submission of the proposition is | 9 | | initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of the | 10 | | additional taxes extendable shall be calculated (i) without | 11 | | regard to any property tax exemptions and (ii) based upon the | 12 | | percentage level of assessment prescribed for such property by | 13 | | statute or by ordinance of the county board in counties which | 14 | | classify property for purposes of taxation in accordance with | 15 | | Section 4 of Article IX of the Constitution. Paragraph (4) | 16 | | shall be included if the proposition concerns a limiting rate | 17 | | increase but shall not be included if the proposition concerns | 18 | | a new rate. Any notice required to be published in connection | 19 | | with the submission of the proposition shall also contain this | 20 | | supplemental information and shall not contain any other | 21 | | supplemental information regarding the proposition. Any error, | 22 | | miscalculation, or inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth | 23 | | on the ballot and in the notice that is not deliberate shall | 24 | | not invalidate or affect the validity of any proposition | 25 | | approved. Notice of the referendum shall be published and | 26 | | posted as otherwise required by law, and the submission of the |
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| 1 | | proposition shall be initiated as provided by law. | 2 | | If a majority of all ballots cast on the proposition are in | 3 | | favor of the proposition, the following provisions shall be | 4 | | applicable to the extension of taxes for the taxing district: | 5 | | (A) a new tax rate shall be first effective for the | 6 | | levy year in which the new rate is approved; | 7 | | (B) if the proposition provides for a new tax rate, the | 8 | | taxing district is authorized to levy a tax after the | 9 | | canvass of the results of the referendum by the election | 10 | | authority for the purposes for which the tax is authorized; | 11 | | (C) a limiting rate increase shall be first effective | 12 | | for the levy year in which the limiting rate increase is | 13 | | approved, provided that the taxing district may elect to | 14 | | have a limiting rate increase be effective for the levy | 15 | | year prior to the levy year in which the limiting rate | 16 | | increase is approved unless the extension of taxes for the | 17 | | prior levy year occurs 30 days or less after the canvass of | 18 | | the results of the referendum by the election authority in | 19 | | any county in which the taxing district is located; | 20 | | (D) in order for the limiting rate increase to be first | 21 | | effective for the levy year prior to the levy year of the | 22 | | referendum, the taxing district must certify its election | 23 | | to have the limiting rate increase be effective for the | 24 | | prior levy year to the clerk of each county in which the | 25 | | taxing district is located not more than 2 days after the | 26 | | date the results of the referendum are canvassed by the |
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| 1 | | election authority; and | 2 | | (E) if the proposition provides for a limiting rate | 3 | | increase, the increase may be effective regardless of | 4 | | whether the proposition is approved before or after the | 5 | | taxing district adopts or files its levy for any levy year.
| 6 | | Rates
required to extend taxes on levies subject to a | 7 | | backdoor referendum in each
year there is a levy are not new | 8 | | rates or rate increases under this Section if
a
levy has been | 9 | | made for the fund in one or more of the preceding 3 levy
years. | 10 | | Changes made by this amendatory Act of 1997 to this Section in
| 11 | | reference to rates required to extend taxes on levies subject | 12 | | to a backdoor
referendum in each year there is a levy are | 13 | | declarative of existing law and not
a new enactment. | 14 | | (b) Whenever other applicable law authorizes a taxing | 15 | | district
subject to the
limitation
with respect to its | 16 | | aggregate extension provided for in this Law to issue bonds
or | 17 | | other obligations either without referendum or subject to | 18 | | backdoor
referendum, the taxing district may elect for each | 19 | | separate bond issuance to
submit the question of the issuance | 20 | | of the bonds or obligations directly to the
voters of the | 21 | | taxing district, and if the referendum passes the taxing
| 22 | | district is not required to comply with any backdoor referendum
| 23 | | procedures or requirements set forth in the other applicable | 24 | | law. The
direct referendum shall be initiated by ordinance or | 25 | | resolution of the
governing body of the taxing district, and | 26 | | the question shall be certified
to the proper election |
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| 1 | | authorities in accordance with the provisions of the
Election | 2 | | Code.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 96-764, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law. |
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