Full Text of SB3252 97th General Assembly
SB3252 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB3252 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/17-3 | from Ch. 122, par. 17-3 | 105 ILCS 5/17-5 | from Ch. 122, par. 17-5 |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that no elementary or high school district established pursuant to the Conversion and Formation of School Districts Article may levy taxes for educational purposes at a rate greater than 2.0% of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue or for operations and maintenance purposes at a rate greater than 0.375% of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue. Provides that in districts maintaining grades 1 through 8 or grades 9 through 12, the maximum rate for educational purposes shall not exceed 3.5% of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for taxes levied for 2013 or prior years, shall not exceed 3.2% for taxes levied for 2014, shall not exceed 2.9% for taxes levied for 2015, shall not exceed 2.6% for taxes levied for 2016, shall not exceed 2.3% for taxes levied for 2017, and shall not exceed 2.0% for taxes levied for 2018 or thereafter (now, the maximum rate is 3.5%). Provides that in districts maintaining grades 1 through 8 or grades 9 through 12, the maximum rate for operations and maintenance purposes shall not exceed 0.55% for taxes levied for 2013 or prior years, shall not exceed 0.475% for taxes levied for 2014, shall not exceed 0.45% for taxes levied for 2015, shall not exceed 0.425% for taxes levied for 2016, shall not exceed 0.40% for taxes levied for 2017, and shall not exceed 0.375% for taxes levied for 2018 or thereafter (now, the maximum rate is 0.55%).
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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 Sections | 5 | | 17-3 and 17-5 and as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-3)
| 7 | | Sec. 17-3. Additional levies-Submission to voters. | 8 | | (a) The school board in any district having a population of | 9 | | less than
500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause | 10 | | a proposition to
increase, for a limited period of not less | 11 | | than 3 nor more than 10 years or
for an unlimited period, the
| 12 | | annual tax rate for educational purposes to be submitted to
the | 13 | | voters of such district at a regular scheduled election as
| 14 | | follows:
| 15 | | (1) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 8, or | 16 | | grades 9 through
12, the maximum rate for educational | 17 | | purposes shall not exceed 3.5% of the
value as equalized or | 18 | | assessed by the Department of Revenue for taxes levied for | 19 | | 2013 or prior years, shall not exceed 3.2% for taxes levied | 20 | | for 2014, shall not exceed 2.9% for taxes levied for 2015, | 21 | | shall not exceed 2.6% for taxes levied for 2016, shall not | 22 | | exceed 2.3% for taxes levied for 2017, and shall not exceed | 23 | | 2.0% for taxes levied for 2018 or thereafter ;
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| 1 | | (2) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 12 the | 2 | | maximum rate
for educational purposes shall not exceed | 3 | | 4.00% of the value as equalized or assessed by the | 4 | | Department of Revenue except that if a single
elementary | 5 | | district and a secondary district having boundaries that | 6 | | are
coterminous form a community
unit district
on or after | 7 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | 8 | | General Assembly and the actual combined rate of the | 9 | | elementary district and secondary district prior to the | 10 | | formation of the community unit district is greater than | 11 | | 4.00%, then the maximum rate for educational
purposes
for | 12 | | such district shall be the following:
| 13 | | (A) For 2 years following the formation of the | 14 | | community unit district, the maximum rate shall equal | 15 | | the actual combined rate of the previous elementary | 16 | | district and secondary district.
| 17 | | (B) In each subsequent year, the maximum rate shall | 18 | | be reduced by 0.10% or reduced to 4.00%, whichever | 19 | | reduction is less. The school board may, by proper | 20 | | resolution, cause a proposition to increase the | 21 | | reduced rate, not to exceed the maximum rate in clause | 22 | | (A), to be submitted to the voters of the district at a | 23 | | regular scheduled election as provided under this | 24 | | Section. Nothing in this Section shall require that the | 25 | | maximum rate for educational purpose for a district | 26 | | maintaining grades one through 12 be reduced below |
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| 1 | | 4.00%.
| 2 | | If the resolution of the school board seeks to increase the | 3 | | annual tax rate
for educational purposes for a limited period | 4 | | of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the proposition | 5 | | shall
so state and shall identify the years for which the tax | 6 | | increase is sought.
| 7 | | If
a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in | 8 | | favor
thereof at an election for which the election authorities | 9 | | have given notice
either (i) in accordance with Section 12-5 of | 10 | | the Election Code or (ii) by
publication of a true and legible | 11 | | copy of the specimen ballot label containing
the proposition in | 12 | | the form in which it appeared or will appear on the official
| 13 | | ballot label on the day of the election at least 5 days before | 14 | | the day of the
election in at least one newspaper published in | 15 | | and having a general
circulation in the district, the school | 16 | | board may thereafter, until such
authority is
revoked in like | 17 | | manner, levy annually the tax so authorized; provided that if
| 18 | | the proposition as approved limits the increase in the annual | 19 | | tax rate of the
district for educational purposes to a period | 20 | | of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the district may,
| 21 | | unless such authority is sooner revoked in like manner, levy | 22 | | annually the tax
so authorized for the limited number of years | 23 | | approved by a majority of the
votes cast on
the proposition. | 24 | | Upon expiration of that limited period, the rate at which the
| 25 | | district may annually levy
its tax for educational purposes | 26 | | shall be the rate provided under Section 17-2,
or the rate at |
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| 1 | | which the district last levied its tax for educational purposes
| 2 | | prior to approval of the proposition authorizing the levy of | 3 | | that tax at an
increased rate, whichever is greater.
| 4 | | The school board shall certify the proposition to the | 5 | | proper election
authorities
in accordance with the general | 6 | | election law.
| 7 | | The provisions of this Section concerning notice of the tax | 8 | | rate increase
referendum apply only to consolidated primary | 9 | | elections held prior to January
1, 2002 at which not less than
| 10 | | 55% of the voters voting on the tax rate increase proposition | 11 | | voted in favor
of the
tax rate increase proposition.
| 12 | | (b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 13 | | of the 97th General Assembly, no elementary or high school | 14 | | district established pursuant to Article 11E of this Code may | 15 | | levy taxes for educational purposes at a rate greater than 2.0% | 16 | | of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of | 17 | | Revenue. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 94-52, eff. 6-17-05.)
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-5)
| 20 | | Sec. 17-5. Increase tax rates for operations and | 21 | | maintenance purposes-
Maximum. | 22 | | (a) The school board in any district having a population of | 23 | | less than
500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause | 24 | | a proposition to
increase the annual tax rate for operations | 25 | | and maintenance purposes to be
submitted to the voters of the |
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| 1 | | district at a regular scheduled election.
The board shall | 2 | | certify the proposition to the proper election authority
for | 3 | | submission to the elector in accordance with the general | 4 | | election law.
In districts maintaining grades 1 through 8,
or | 5 | | grades 9 through 12, the maximum rate for operations and
| 6 | | maintenance purposes shall not exceed .55% for taxes levied for | 7 | | 2013 or prior years, shall not exceed 0.475% for taxes levied | 8 | | for 2014, shall not exceed 0.45% for taxes levied for 2015, | 9 | | shall not exceed 0.425% for taxes levied for 2016, shall not | 10 | | exceed 0.40% for taxes levied for 2017, and shall not exceed | 11 | | 0.375% for taxes levied for 2018 or thereafter ; and in | 12 | | districts maintaining
grades 1 through 12, the maximum rates | 13 | | for operations and
maintenance purposes shall not exceed .75%, | 14 | | except that if a single elementary
district and a secondary | 15 | | district having boundaries that are coterminous
on the | 16 | | effective date of this amendatory Act form a community unit | 17 | | district
as authorized under Section 11-6, the maximum rate for | 18 | | operation
and maintenance purposes for such district shall not | 19 | | exceed 1.10% of the
value as equalized or assessed by the | 20 | | Department of Revenue; and in such
district maintaining grades | 21 | | 1 through 12, funds may, subject to the
provisions of Section | 22 | | 17-5.1 accumulate to not more than 5% of the
equalized assessed | 23 | | valuation of the district. No such accumulation shall
ever be | 24 | | transferred or used for any other purpose. If a majority of the
| 25 | | votes cast on the proposition is in favor thereof, the school | 26 | | board may
thereafter, until such authority is revoked in like |
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| 1 | | manner, levy annually a
tax as authorized.
| 2 | | (b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | 3 | | of the 97th General Assembly, no elementary or high school | 4 | | district established pursuant to Article 11E of this Code may | 5 | | levy taxes for operations and maintenance purposes at a rate | 6 | | greater than 0.375% of the value as equalized or assessed by | 7 | | the Department of Revenue. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1334.)
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