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      35 ILCS 200/18-185
          Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law  in  the
      Property  Tax  Code.    Provides  that  the county clerk in a
      county with a population of 3,000,000 or more  shall  include
      in  the  1997  calculation  of  new  property  for any school
      district in the county the recovered tax increment  value  in
      that district for the 1995 tax year.  Effective immediately.
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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; (j) made for payments of principal  and  interest
10    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
11    Reform   Act;   and  (k)  made  by  a  school  district  that
12    participates  in  the  Special  Education  District  of  Lake
13    County, created by special education  joint  agreement  under
14    Section  10-22.31  of  the  School  Code,  for payment of the
15    school  district's  share  of  the  amounts  required  to  be
16    contributed by the Special Education District of Lake  County
17    to  the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under Article 7 of
18    the Illinois Pension Code; the amount of any extension  under
19    this  item  (k)  shall be certified by the school district to
20    the county clerk.
21        "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts  to  which
22    this  Law  did  not  apply  before the 1995 levy year (except
23    taxing districts subject  to  this  Law  in  accordance  with
24    Section  18-213) means the annual corporate extension for the
25    taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
26    made annually for  the  taxing  district,  excluding  special
27    purpose  extensions:  (a) made for the taxing district to pay
28    interest or principal on general obligation bonds  that  were
29    approved  by  referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to
30    pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds  issued
31    before March 1, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay
32    interest  or  principal on bonds issued to refund or continue
33    to refund those bonds issued before March 1, 1995;  (d)  made
34    for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
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 1    issued  to  refund  or  continue to refund bonds issued after
 2    March 1, 1995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made  for
 3    any  taxing  district to pay interest or principal on revenue
 4    bonds issued before March 1, 1995  for  payment  of  which  a
 5    property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of
 6    local  government  is pledged; however, a tax for the payment
 7    of interest or principal on those bonds shall  be  made  only
 8    after  the  governing  body  of  the unit of local government
 9    finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient  to
10    make  those  payments; (f) made for payments under a building
11    commission  lease  when  the  lease  payments  are  for   the
12    retirement  of bonds issued by the commission before March 1,
13    1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made  for  payments
14    due  under installment contracts entered into before March 1,
15    1995; (h) made for payments  of  principal  and  interest  on
16    bonds   issued   under  the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation
17    District  Act  to  finance  construction  projects  initiated
18    before October 1, 1991; (i) made for  payments  of  principal
19    and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
20    Local  Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
21    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
22    (c),  and  (e)  of   this   definition   for   non-referendum
23    obligations,  except obligations initially issued pursuant to
24    referendum and bonds described  in  subsection  (h)  of  this
25    definition;  (j)  made for payments of principal and interest
26    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
27    Reform Act; (k) made for payments of principal  and  interest
28    on  bonds  authorized  by  Public Act 88-503 and issued under
29    Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium  or
30    museum  projects;  and (l) made for payments of principal and
31    interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 87-1191 and issued
32    under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve  District
33    Act for zoological park projects.
34        "Aggregate  extension"  for all taxing districts to which
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 1    this Law applies in accordance with  Section  18-213,  except
 2    for  those  taxing  districts  subject  to  paragraph  (2) of
 3    subsection (e) of Section 18-213, means the annual  corporate
 4    extension  for  the taxing district and those special purpose
 5    extensions that are made annually for  the  taxing  district,
 6    excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing
 7    district  to  pay interest or principal on general obligation
 8    bonds that were approved by  referendum;  (b)  made  for  any
 9    taxing  district  to  pay  interest  or  principal on general
10    obligation  bonds  issued  before  the  date  on  which   the
11    referendum  making this Law applicable to the taxing district
12    is held; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest  or
13    principal  on  bonds  issued  to refund or continue to refund
14    those bonds issued before the date on  which  the  referendum
15    making  this  Law  applicable to the taxing district is held;
16    (d) made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal
17    on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds  issued
18    after  the  date  on  which  the  referendum  making this Law
19    applicable to the taxing district is held if the  bonds  were
20    approved by referendum after the date on which the referendum
21    making  this  Law  applicable to the taxing district is held;
22    (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal
23    on  revenue  bonds  issued  before  the  date  on  which  the
24    referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing  district
25    is  held for payment of which a property tax levy or the full
26    faith and credit of the unit of local government is  pledged;
27    however,  a  tax  for the payment of interest or principal on
28    those bonds shall be made only after the  governing  body  of
29    the unit of local government finds that all other sources for
30    payment are insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for
31    payments  under  a  building  commission lease when the lease
32    payments are for  the  retirement  of  bonds  issued  by  the
33    commission  before  the  date  on which the referendum making
34    this Law applicable to the taxing district is held to pay for
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 1    the  building  project;  (g)  made  for  payments  due  under
 2    installment contracts entered into before the date  on  which
 3    the  referendum  making  this  Law  applicable  to the taxing
 4    district is held; (h) made  for  payments  of  principal  and
 5    interest  on  limited  bonds,  as defined in Section 3 of the
 6    Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to  exceed
 7    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
 8    (c),   and   (e)   of   this  definition  for  non-referendum
 9    obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant  to
10    referendum;  (i)  made for payments of principal and interest
11    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
12    Reform Act; and (j) made for a qualified airport authority to
13    pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds  issued
14    for the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
15    airport  facilities  required  to  be  acquired, constructed,
16    installed or equipped pursuant  to,  contracts  entered  into
17    before  March  1,  1996  (but not including any amendments to
18    such a contract taking effect on or after that date).
19        "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts  to  which
20    this   Law  applies  in  accordance  with  paragraph  (2)  of
21    subsection (e) of Section 18-213 means the  annual  corporate
22    extension  for  the taxing district and those special purpose
23    extensions that are made annually for  the  taxing  district,
24    excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing
25    district  to  pay interest or principal on general obligation
26    bonds that were approved by  referendum;  (b)  made  for  any
27    taxing  district  to  pay  interest  or  principal on general
28    obligation bonds issued before the  effective  date  of  this
29    amendatory  Act  of 1997; (c) made for any taxing district to
30    pay interest or  principal  on  bonds  issued  to  refund  or
31    continue  to  refund  those bonds issued before the effective
32    date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d) made for any  taxing
33    district  to  pay  interest  or  principal on bonds issued to
34    refund or continue to refund bonds issued after the effective
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 1    date of this  amendatory  Act  of  1997  if  the  bonds  were
 2    approved  by  referendum  after  the  effective  date of this
 3    amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing  district  to
 4    pay  interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
 5    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment  of
 6    which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
 7    unit  of  local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
 8    payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
 9    only after the governing body of the unit of local government
10    finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient  to
11    make  those  payments; (f) made for payments under a building
12    commission  lease  when  the  lease  payments  are  for   the
13    retirement  of  bonds  issued  by  the  commission before the
14    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for  the
15    building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
16    contracts  entered  into  before  the  effective date of this
17    amendatory Act of 1997; (h) made for  payments  of  principal
18    and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
19    Local  Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
20    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
21    (c),  and  (e)  of   this   definition   for   non-referendum
22    obligations,  except obligations initially issued pursuant to
23    referendum; (i) made for payments of principal  and  interest
24    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
25    Reform Act; and (j) made for a qualified airport authority to
26    pay  interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued
27    for the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
28    airport facilities  required  to  be  acquired,  constructed,
29    installed  or  equipped  pursuant  to, contracts entered into
30    before March 1, 1996 (but not  including  any  amendments  to
31    such a contract taking effect on or after that date).
32        "Debt  service  extension  base" means an amount equal to
33    that portion of the extension for a taxing district  for  the
34    1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this
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 1    Law  in  accordance  with  Section  18-213,  except for those
 2    subject to paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213,
 3    for the levy year in which the  referendum  making  this  Law
 4    applicable  to  the  taxing  district  is  held, or for those
 5    taxing districts subject  to  this  Law  in  accordance  with
 6    paragraph  (2)  of  subsection  (e) of Section 18-213 for the
 7    1996 levy year, constituting  an  extension  for  payment  of
 8    principal and interest on bonds issued by the taxing district
 9    without referendum, but not including (i) bonds authorized by
10    Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
11    Park  District  Act  for  aquarium  and museum projects; (ii)
12    bonds issued under Section 15 of the  Local  Government  Debt
13    Reform  Act;  or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund
14    or  to  continue  to  refund  obligations  initially   issued
15    pursuant  to referendum.  The debt service extension base may
16    be established or increased as provided under Section 18-212.
17        "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
18    to, extensions  for  levies  made  on  an  annual  basis  for
19    unemployment   and   workers'  compensation,  self-insurance,
20    contributions to pension plans, and extensions made  pursuant
21    to  Section  6-601  of  the  Illinois Highway Code for a road
22    district's permanent road fund  whether  levied  annually  or
23    not.   The  extension  for  a  special  service  area  is not
24    included in the aggregate extension.
25        "Aggregate extension base" means  the  taxing  district's
26    last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
27    18-215 through 18-230.
28        "Levy  year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
29    1-155.
30        "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after  final
31    board   of   review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of  new
32    improvements or additions to  existing  improvements  on  any
33    parcel  of  real property that increase the assessed value of
34    that real property during the levy  year  multiplied  by  the
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 1    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
 2    17-30 and (ii) the  assessed  value,  after  final  board  of
 3    review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of real property not
 4    exempt from real estate taxation,  which  real  property  was
 5    exempt  from  real  estate  taxation  for  any portion of the
 6    immediately  preceding   levy   year,   multiplied   by   the
 7    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
 8    17-30. In addition, the county clerk in a county containing a
 9    population of 3,000,000 or more shall  include  in  the  1997
10    recovered  tax  increment  value for any school district, any
11    recovered tax increment value that was applicable to the 1995
12    tax year calculations.
13        "Qualified airport authority" means an airport  authority
14    organized  under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
15    county bordering on the  State  of  Wisconsin  and  having  a
16    population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
17        "Recovered  tax  increment value" means the amount of the
18    current year's equalized assessed value, in  the  first  year
19    after a municipality terminates the designation of an area as
20    a redevelopment project area previously established under the
21    Tax  Increment  Allocation  Development  Act  in the Illinois
22    Municipal Code, previously established under  the  Industrial
23    Jobs   Recovery  Law  in  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code,  or
24    previously established under the  Economic  Development  Area
25    Tax  Increment  Allocation  Act,  of each taxable lot, block,
26    tract, or  parcel  of  real  property  in  the  redevelopment
27    project  area  over  and above the initial equalized assessed
28    value of each property in the redevelopment project area.
29        Except as otherwise provided in this  Section,  "limiting
30    rate"  means  a  fraction  the numerator of which is the last
31    preceding aggregate extension base times an amount  equal  to
32    one plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and
33    the  denominator  of  which  is  the current year's equalized
34    assessed value of all real property in  the  territory  under
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 1    the jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy
 2    year.    For   those  taxing  districts  that  reduced  their
 3    aggregate extension for the last  preceding  levy  year,  the
 4    highest  aggregate  extension  in any of the last 3 preceding
 5    levy years shall be used for the  purpose  of  computing  the
 6    limiting   rate.   The  denominator  shall  not  include  new
 7    property.  The denominator shall not  include  the  recovered
 8    tax increment value.
 9    (Source:  P.A.  89-1,  eff.  2-12-95;  89-138,  eff. 7-14-95;
10    89-385, eff.  8-18-95;  89-436,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-449,  eff.
11    6-1-96;  89-510,  eff.  7-11-96; 89-718, eff. 3-7-97; 90-485,
12    eff. 1-1-98; 90-511, eff. 8-22-97; revised 10-24-97.)
13        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
14    becoming law.

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