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92_HB1270sam001 LRB9203257SMdvam02 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1270 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1270 by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 School District Validation (2001) Act. 6 Section 5. Taxing validation. All taxes levied before 7 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General 8 Assembly by any school district for the purpose of providing 9 funds for the payment of the principal of and interest on 10 bonds issued by that school district for the purpose of 11 implementing equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in 12 litigation involving school desegregation and refunding bonds 13 issued before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 14 the 92nd General Assembly to refund those bonds are hereby 15 validated, ratified, and confirmed as valid taxes lawfully 16 levied and fully authorized to be extended for collection 17 against all taxable property in the school district without 18 limitation as to rate or amount, notwithstanding that this 19 levy and extension of unlimited ad valorem taxes was not 20 authorized in accordance with law. 21 Section 10. Bonding validation. All bonds issued before -2- LRB9203257SMdvam02 1 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General 2 Assembly by any school district for the purpose of funding 3 the costs of equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in 4 litigation involving school desegregation and all refunding 5 bonds issued before the effective date of this amendatory Act 6 of the 92nd General Assembly to refund those bonds are hereby 7 validated, ratified, and confirmed as lawful, valid, and 8 binding general obligations of that school district, 9 notwithstanding that the bonds and refunding bonds were not 10 approved by referendum or otherwise authorized and issued in 11 accordance with law. 12 Section 15. Validation of actions of school district and 13 school board. All actions taken before the effective date of 14 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly by any 15 school district and its board of education to authorize and 16 issue bonds and refunding bonds for the purpose of 17 implementing equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in 18 litigation involving school desegregation and to levy and 19 extend unlimited ad valorem taxes for the payment of the 20 principal of and interest on bonds and refunding bonds issued 21 for the purpose of implementing equitable remedies ordered by 22 a federal court in litigation involving school desegregation 23 are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed as valid and 24 lawful acts of that school district and board of education 25 undertaken in accordance with law, notwithstanding that the 26 bonds or refunding bonds were not approved by referendum or 27 otherwise authorized and issued in accordance with law and 28 notwithstanding that the unlimited ad valorem taxes were not 29 levied and authorized to be extended in accordance with law. 30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 31 becoming law.".