Full Text of HB0279 94th General Assembly
HB0279eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 Park District Aquarium and Museum Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1290/2) (from Ch. 105, par. 327)
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| Sec. 2. Maintenance tax - Limitations - Levy and | 8 |
| collection. Each
board of park commissioners, having control of | 9 |
| a public park or parks
within which there shall be maintained | 10 |
| any aquarium or any museum or
museums of art, industry, science | 11 |
| or natural or other history under the
provisions of this Act, | 12 |
| is hereby authorized, subject to the provisions
of Section 4 of | 13 |
| this Act, to levy annually a tax not to exceed .03 per
cent in | 14 |
| park districts of less than 500,000 population and in districts
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| of over 500,000 population not to exceed .15 percent of the | 16 |
| full, fair
cash value, as equalized or assessed by the | 17 |
| Department
of Revenue of taxable property embraced in said | 18 |
| district,
according to the valuation of the same as made for | 19 |
| the purpose of State
and county taxation by the general | 20 |
| assessment last preceding the time
when such tax hereby | 21 |
| authorized shall be levied: Such tax to be for the
purpose of | 22 |
| establishing, acquiring, completing, erecting, enlarging,
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| ornamenting, building, rebuilding, rehabilitating, improving, | 24 |
| operating,
maintaining and caring for such aquarium and museum | 25 |
| or museums and the
buildings and grounds thereof; and the | 26 |
| proceeds of such additional tax
shall be kept as a separate | 27 |
| fund. Said tax shall be in addition to all
other taxes which | 28 |
| such board of park commissioners is now or hereafter
may be | 29 |
| authorized to levy on the aggregate valuation of all taxable
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| property within the park district. Said tax shall be levied and
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| collected in like manner as the general taxes for such parks | 32 |
| and shall
not be included within any limitation of rate for |
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| general park purposes
as now or hereafter provided by law but | 2 |
| shall be excluded therefrom and
be in addition thereto and in | 3 |
| excess thereof. Provided, further, that
the foregoing | 4 |
| limitations upon tax rates, insofar as they are applicable
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| park districts of less than 500,000 population, may be further
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| increased or decreased according to the referendum provisions | 7 |
| of the
General Revenue Law of Illinois.
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| Whenever the board of park commissioners of a park district | 9 |
| of less
than 500,000 population adopts a resolution that it | 10 |
| shall levy and collect
a tax for the purposes specified in this | 11 |
| Section in excess of .03 percent
but not to exceed .15
.07 | 12 |
| percent of the value of taxable property in the
district, the | 13 |
| board shall cause the resolution to be
published at least once | 14 |
| in a newspaper of general circulation
within the district. If | 15 |
| there is no such newspaper, the resolution shall
be posted in | 16 |
| at least 3 public places within the district. The
publication | 17 |
| or posting of the resolution shall include a notice of (1) the
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| specific number of electors required to sign a petition | 19 |
| requesting that the
question of the adoption of the resolution | 20 |
| be submitted to the electors of the
district; (2) the time | 21 |
| within which the petition must be filed;
and (3) the date of | 22 |
| the prospective referendum.
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| The secretary of the park district shall provide a petition | 24 |
| form to any
individual requesting one.
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| Any taxpayer in such district may, within 30 days after the | 26 |
| first
publication or posting of the resolution, file with the | 27 |
| secretary of the
park district a petition signed by not less | 28 |
| than 10 percent or 1,500,
whichever is lesser, of the electors | 29 |
| of the district requesting that the
following question be | 30 |
| submitted to the electors of the district:
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| "Shall the .... Park District be authorized to levy an
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| annual tax in excess of .... but not to exceed .... as | 33 |
| authorized in
Section 2 of "An Act concerning aquariums and | 34 |
| museums in public parks" for
the purpose of establishing, | 35 |
| acquiring, completing, erecting, enlarging,
ornamenting, | 36 |
| building, rebuilding, rehabilitating, improving, operating,
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| maintaining and caring for such aquariums and museum or museums | 2 |
| and the
buildings and grounds thereof?" The secretary of the | 3 |
| park district shall
certify the proposition to the proper | 4 |
| election authorities for submission
to the electorate at a | 5 |
| regular scheduled election in accordance with the
general | 6 |
| election law. If a majority of the electors voting on the
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| proposition vote in favor thereof, such increased tax shall | 8 |
| thereafter be
authorized; if a majority of the vote is against | 9 |
| such proposition, the
previous maximum rate shall remain in | 10 |
| effect until changed by law.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-329.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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