Full Text of SB1252 99th General Assembly
SB1252 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB1252 Introduced 2/17/2015, by Sen. Dale A. Righter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Township Code. Deletes the requirement that a township board must make a one-time transfer of monies from the township's general assistance fund to the general township fund within one year of August 21, 2007. Provides that no township that has certified a new general assistance levy or an increase in the levy in the previous calendar year (rather than during 2002) may transfer monies from the general assistance fund. Effective immediately
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 235-20 as follows:
| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/235-20)
| 7 | | Sec. 235-20. General assistance tax.
| 8 | | (a) The township board may raise money by taxation deemed
| 9 | | necessary to be expended to provide general assistance in the | 10 | | township to
persons needing that assistance as provided in the | 11 | | Illinois Public Aid
Code, including persons eligible for | 12 | | assistance under the Military Veterans
Assistance Act, where | 13 | | that duty is provided by law. The tax for each
fiscal year | 14 | | shall not be more than 0.10% of value, or more than an
amount | 15 | | approved at a referendum held under this Section, as equalized | 16 | | or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, and shall in no case | 17 | | exceed the
amount needed in the township for general | 18 | | assistance.
The board may decrease
the maximum tax rate by | 19 | | ordinance.
| 20 | | (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
if the | 21 | | board desires to increase the maximum tax rate, it shall
order | 22 | | a referendum on that proposition to be held at an election in
| 23 | | accordance with the general election law. The board shall |
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| 1 | | certify the
proposition to the proper election officials, who | 2 | | shall submit the
proposition to the voters at an election in | 3 | | accordance with the general
election law. If a majority of the | 4 | | votes cast on the proposition is in
favor of the proposition, | 5 | | the board may annually levy the tax at a rate
not exceeding the | 6 | | higher rate approved by the voters at the election. If,
| 7 | | however, the board has decreased the maximum tax rate under | 8 | | subsection
(a), then it may, at any time after the decrease, | 9 | | increase the maximum tax
rate, by ordinance, to a rate less | 10 | | than or equal to the maximum tax rate
immediately prior to the | 11 | | board's ordinance to decrease the rate.
| 12 | | (c) If a city, village, or incorporated town having a | 13 | | population of
more than 500,000 is located within or partially | 14 | | within a township, then
the entire amount of the tax levied by | 15 | | the township for the purpose of
providing general assistance | 16 | | under this Section on property lying within
that city, village, | 17 | | or incorporated town, less the amount allowed for
collecting | 18 | | the tax, shall be paid over by the treasurer of the township to
| 19 | | the treasurer of the city, village, or incorporated town to be | 20 | | appropriated
and used by the city, village, or incorporated | 21 | | town for the relief and
support of persons needing general | 22 | | assistance residing in that portion of
the city, village, or | 23 | | incorporated town located within the township in
accordance | 24 | | with the Illinois Public Aid Code.
| 25 | | (d) Any taxes levied for general assistance before or after | 26 | | this Section
takes effect may also be used for the payment of |
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| 1 | | warrants issued against
and in anticipation of those taxes and | 2 | | accrued interest on those warrants
and may also be used to pay | 3 | | the cost of administering that assistance.
| 4 | | (e) In any township with a population of less than 500,000 | 5 | | that receives no
State funding for the general assistance | 6 | | program and that has not issued
anticipation warrants or | 7 | | otherwise borrowed monies for the administration of
the general | 8 | | assistance program during the township's previous 3 fiscal | 9 | | years
of operation, a one time transfer of monies from the | 10 | | township's general
assistance fund may be made to the general | 11 | | township fund pursuant to action
by the township board. This | 12 | | transfer may occur only to the
extent that the amount of monies | 13 | | remaining in the general assistance fund
after the transfer is | 14 | | equal to the greater of (i) the amount of the
township's | 15 | | expenditures in the previous fiscal year for general assistance
| 16 | | or (ii) an amount equal to either 0.10% of the last known total | 17 | | equalized
value of
all taxable property in the township, or | 18 | | 100% of the highest amount levied
for general assistance | 19 | | purposes in any of the three previous fiscal years.
The | 20 | | transfer shall
be completed no later than one year after the | 21 | | effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General | 22 | | Assembly.
No township that
has certified a new levy or an | 23 | | increase in the levy under this Section
during the previous | 24 | | calendar year 2002 may transfer monies under this
subsection.
| 25 | | No action on the transfer of monies under this subsection shall | 26 | | be taken by
the township board except at a township board |
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| 1 | | meeting. No
monies transferred under this subsection shall be | 2 | | considered in determining
whether the township qualifies for | 3 | | State funds to supplement local funds
for public aid purposes | 4 | | under Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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