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 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
 
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 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.".

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