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90_HB1554
35 ILCS 200/18-185
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the
Property Tax Code. In the definition of aggregate extension
for certain taxing districts that were not subject to this
law before the 1995 levy year, includes in the exclusion for
payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act bonds issued to
finance flood control projects and those made for payments
for principal and interest on bonds issued to refund or
continue to refund bonds issued to finance the construction
or flood control projects.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing Section
2 18-185.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
6 Section 18-185 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
8 Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Section and
9 Sections 18-190 through 18-245 may be cited as the Property
10 Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used in Sections 18-190
11 through 18-245:
12 "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
13 All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
14 States Department of Labor.
15 "Extension limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or the
16 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the
17 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year or (b) the
18 rate of increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
19 "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
20 inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000
21 or more inhabitants.
22 "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in
23 Section 1-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
24 For the 1991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district"
25 includes only each non-home rule taxing district having the
26 majority of its 1990 equalized assessed value within any
27 county or counties contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or
28 more inhabitants. Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing
29 district" includes only each non-home rule taxing district
30 subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each
31 non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
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1 the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
2 assessed value in an affected county or counties. Beginning
3 with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
4 taxing district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing
5 district" also includes those taxing districts made subject
6 to this Law as provided in Section 18-213.
7 "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
8 Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
9 corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
10 purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
11 district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
12 the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
13 obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made
14 for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
15 general obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c)
16 made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
17 bonds issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds
18 issued before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing
19 district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to
20 refund or continue to refund bonds issued after October 1,
21 1991 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for any
22 taxing district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds
23 issued before October 1, 1991 for payment of which a property
24 tax levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
25 government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
26 interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
27 the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
28 all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
29 payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
30 lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
31 issued by the commission before October 1, 1991, to pay for
32 the building project; (g) made for payments due under
33 installment contracts entered into before October 1, 1991;
34 (h) made for payments of principal and interest on bonds
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1 issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act
2 to finance construction projects initiated before October 1,
3 1991; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on
4 limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
5 Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the
6 debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
7 (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
8 obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
9 referendum; and (j) made for payments of principal and
10 interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local
11 Government Debt Reform Act.
12 "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
13 this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except
14 taxing districts subject to this Law in accordance with
15 Section 18-213) means the annual corporate extension for the
16 taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
17 made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
18 purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
19 interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
20 approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to
21 pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued
22 before March 1, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay
23 interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue
24 to refund those bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made
25 for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
26 issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
27 March 1, 1995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for
28 any taxing district to pay interest or principal on revenue
29 bonds issued before March 1, 1995 for payment of which a
30 property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of
31 local government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment
32 of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only
33 after the governing body of the unit of local government
34 finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
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1 make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
2 commission lease when the lease payments are for the
3 retirement of bonds issued by the commission before March 1,
4 1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments
5 due under installment contracts entered into before March 1,
6 1995; (h) made for payments of principal and interest on
7 bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
8 District Act to finance construction projects initiated
9 before October 1, 1991, or to finance flood control projects
10 and made for payments of principal and interest on bonds
11 issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued to
12 finance such construction projects or such flood control
13 projects; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on
14 limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
15 Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the
16 debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
17 (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
18 obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
19 referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest
20 on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
21 Reform Act; (k) made for payments of principal and interest
22 on bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and issued under
23 Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium or
24 museum projects; and (l) made for payments of principal and
25 interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 87-1191 and issued
26 under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District
27 Act for zoological park projects.
28 "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
29 this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213 means the
30 annual corporate extension for the taxing district and those
31 special purpose extensions that are made annually for the
32 taxing district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a)
33 made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal on
34 general obligation bonds that were approved by referendum;
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1 (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal
2 on general obligation bonds issued before the date on which
3 the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
4 district is held; (c) made for any taxing district to pay
5 interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue
6 to refund those bonds issued before the date on which the
7 referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district
8 is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
9 principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund
10 bonds issued after the date on which the referendum making
11 this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if the
12 bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which the
13 referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district
14 is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
15 principal on revenue bonds issued before the date on which
16 the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
17 district is held for payment of which a property tax levy or
18 the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
19 pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
20 principal on those bonds shall be made only after the
21 governing body of the unit of local government finds that all
22 other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
23 payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
24 lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
25 issued by the commission before the date on which the
26 referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district
27 is held to pay for the building project; (g) made for
28 payments due under installment contracts entered into before
29 the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable
30 to the taxing district is held; (h) made for payments of
31 principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in
32 Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an
33 amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less the
34 amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for
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1 non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially
2 issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made for payments of
3 principal and interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of
4 the Local Government Debt Reform Act; and (j) made for a
5 qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal on
6 general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
7 obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
8 required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
9 pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
10 not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
11 on or after that date).
12 "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to
13 that portion of the extension for a taxing district for the
14 1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this
15 Law in accordance with Section 18-213 for the levy year in
16 which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
17 district is held, constituting an extension for payment of
18 principal and interest on bonds issued by the taxing district
19 without referendum, but not including (i) bonds authorized by
20 Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
21 Park District Act for aquarium and museum projects; (ii)
22 bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
23 Reform Act; or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund
24 or to continue to refund obligations initially issued
25 pursuant to referendum. The debt service extension base may
26 be established or increased as provided under Section 18-212.
27 "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
28 to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
29 unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
30 contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant
31 to Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
32 district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or
33 not. The extension for a special service area is not
34 included in the aggregate extension.
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1 "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
2 last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
3 18-215 through 18-230.
4 "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
5 1-155.
6 "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
7 board of review or board of appeals action, of new
8 improvements or additions to existing improvements on any
9 parcel of real property that increase the assessed value of
10 that real property during the levy year multiplied by the
11 equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
12 17-30 and (ii) the assessed value, after final board of
13 review or board of appeals action, of real property not
14 exempt from real estate taxation, which real property was
15 exempt from real estate taxation for any portion of the
16 immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by the
17 equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
18 17-30.
19 "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
20 organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
21 county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
22 population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
23 "Recovered tax increment value" means the amount of the
24 current year's equalized assessed value, in the first year
25 after a municipality terminates the designation of an area as
26 a redevelopment project area previously established under the
27 Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
28 Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
29 Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or
30 previously established under the Economic Development Area
31 Tax Increment Allocation Act, of each taxable lot, block,
32 tract, or parcel of real property in the redevelopment
33 project area over and above the initial equalized assessed
34 value of each property in the redevelopment project area.
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1 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
2 rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
3 preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to
4 one plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and
5 the denominator of which is the current year's equalized
6 assessed value of all real property in the territory under
7 the jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy
8 year. For those taxing districts that reduced their
9 aggregate extension for the last preceding levy year, the
10 highest aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding
11 levy years shall be used for the purpose of computing the
12 limiting rate. The denominator shall not include new
13 property. The denominator shall not include the recovered
14 tax increment value.
15 (Source: P.A. 88-455; 89-1, eff. 2-12-95; 89-138, eff.
16 7-14-95; 89-385, eff. 8-18-95; 89-436, eff. 1-1-96; 89-449,
17 eff. 6-1-96; 89-510, eff. 7-11-96.)