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90_SB1873
70 ILCS 835/2 from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6802
Amends the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act.
Provides that a forest preserve district located in a county
with a population in excess of 140,000 but less than 200,000
and contiguous to the Mississippi River may levy an annual
tax for construction and maintenance of the park and
buildings thereon at a rate not to exceed .02% (now .01%).
Effective immediately.
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SDS/bill0065/lom
1 AN ACT to amend the Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act
2 by changing Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act is
6 amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 835/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6802)
8 Sec. 2. For the purpose of constructing and maintaining
9 and caring for any such zoological park and the buildings and
10 grounds thereof and of securing and displaying zoological
11 collections thereon the corporate authorities of any forest
12 preserve district containing a population of 150,000 or more
13 but less than 3,000,000 are authorized to levy annually a tax
14 of not to exceed .0058% of value as equalized or assessed by
15 the Department of Revenue, upon all the taxable property in
16 the district; provided however, in a forest preserve district
17 located in a county with a population in excess of
18 140,000150,000 but less than 200,000 and contiguous to the
19 Mississippi River, the annual tax may be at a rate not to
20 exceed .02%.01%. This tax shall be levied and collected in
21 the same manneras the general taxes of the forest preserve
22 district and shall be inaddition to the maximum of all other
23 taxes and tax rates which thedistrict is now or may hereafter
24 be authorized to levy upon theaggregate valuation of all
25 taxable property within the district andshall be exclusive of
26 and in addition to the maximum amount and rate oftaxes the
27 district is now or may hereafter be authorized to levy for
28 general purposes under Section 13 of "An Act to provide for
29 the creation and management of forest preserve districts and
30 repealing certain Acts therein named", approved June 27,
31 1913, as amended, or under any otherlaw which may limit the
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1 amount of tax which the district may levy forgeneral
2 purposes. The proceeds of the tax herein authorized shall be
3 kept as a separate fund.
4 (Source: P.A. 85-1352.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.