Full Text of HB1558 94th General Assembly
HB1558 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1558
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/17-3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 17-3 |
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Amends the School Code. For school districts having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants, increases the maximum tax rate for certain recently formed community unit school districts. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 17-3 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-3)
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| Sec. 17-3. Additional levies-Submission to voters. The | 8 |
| school board in any district having a population of less than
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| 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause a | 10 |
| proposition to
increase, for a limited period of not less than | 11 |
| 3 nor more than 10 years or
for an unlimited period, the
annual | 12 |
| tax rate for educational purposes to be submitted to
the voters | 13 |
| of such district at a regular scheduled election as
follows:
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| (1) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 8, or | 15 |
| grades 9 through
12, the maximum rate for educational | 16 |
| purposes shall not exceed 3.5% of the
value as equalized or | 17 |
| assessed by the Department of Revenue;
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| (2) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 12 the | 19 |
| maximum rate
for educational purposes shall not exceed | 20 |
| 4.00% of the value as equalized or assessed by the | 21 |
| Department of Revenue , except that if a single
elementary | 22 |
| district and a secondary district having boundaries that | 23 |
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coterminous on the effective date of this amendatory | 24 |
| Act form a community
unit district under Section 11-6
on or | 25 |
| after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | 26 |
| General Assembly and the actual combined rate of the | 27 |
| elementary district and secondary district prior to the | 28 |
| formation of the community unit district is greater than | 29 |
| 4.00% , then the maximum rate for educational
education
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| purposes
for such district shall be the following:
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| not exceed 6.00%
of the value as equalized or assessed by | 32 |
| the Department of Revenue .
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| (A) For 2 years following the formation of the | 2 |
| community unit district, the maximum rate shall equal | 3 |
| the actual combined rate of the previous elementary | 4 |
| district and secondary district.
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| (B) In each subsequent year, the maximum rate shall | 6 |
| be reduced by 0.10% or reduced to 4.00%, whichever | 7 |
| reduction is less. The school board may, by proper | 8 |
| resolution, cause a proposition to increase the | 9 |
| reduced rate, not to exceed the maximum rate in clause | 10 |
| (A), to be submitted to the voters of the district at a | 11 |
| regular scheduled election as provided under this | 12 |
| Section. Nothing in this Section shall require that the | 13 |
| maximum rate for educational purpose for a district | 14 |
| maintaining grades one through 12 be reduced below | 15 |
| 4.00%.
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| If the resolution of the school board seeks to increase the | 17 |
| annual tax rate
for educational purposes for a limited period | 18 |
| of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the proposition | 19 |
| shall
so state and shall identify the years for which the tax | 20 |
| increase is sought.
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| If
a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in | 22 |
| favor
thereof at an election for which the election authorities | 23 |
| have given notice
either (i) in accordance with Section 12-5 of | 24 |
| the Election Code or (ii) by
publication of a true and legible | 25 |
| copy of the specimen ballot label containing
the proposition in | 26 |
| the form in which it appeared or will appear on the official
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| ballot label on the day of the election at least 5 days before | 28 |
| the day of the
election in at least one newspaper published in | 29 |
| and having a general
circulation in the district, the school | 30 |
| board may thereafter, until such
authority is
revoked in like | 31 |
| manner, levy annually the tax so authorized; provided that if
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| the proposition as approved limits the increase in the annual | 33 |
| tax rate of the
district for educational purposes to a period | 34 |
| of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the district may,
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| unless such authority is sooner revoked in like manner, levy | 36 |
| annually the tax
so authorized for the limited number of years |
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| approved by a majority of the
votes cast on
the proposition. | 2 |
| Upon expiration of that limited period, the rate at which the
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| district may annually levy
its tax for educational purposes | 4 |
| shall be the rate provided under Section 17-2,
or the rate at | 5 |
| which the district last levied its tax for educational purposes
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| prior to approval of the proposition authorizing the levy of | 7 |
| that tax at an
increased rate, whichever is greater.
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| The school board shall certify the proposition to the | 9 |
| proper election
authorities
in accordance with the general | 10 |
| election law.
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| The provisions of this Section concerning notice of the tax | 12 |
| rate increase
referendum apply only to consolidated primary | 13 |
| elections held prior to January
1, 2002 at which not less than
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| 55% of the voters voting on the tax rate increase proposition | 15 |
| voted in favor
of the
tax rate increase proposition.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-6, eff. 6-7-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.
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