Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

Filed: 3/8/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 170

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 170 on page 4, by
3replacing lines 18 and 19 with "pursuant to the provisions of
4Section 17-2.4a of the School Code"; and
 
5on page 7, by replacing lines 7 and 8 with "pursuant to the
6provisions of Section 17-2.4a of the School Code"; and
 
7on page 9, by replacing lines 18 through 20 with "district
8pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-2.4a of the School
9Code"; and
 
10on page 11, by replacing lines 21 through 23 with "and (m) made
11by a school district pursuant to the provisions of Section
1217-2.4a of the School Code"; and
 
13by replacing everything from line 8 on page 18 through line 19
14on page 21 with the following:
 

 

 

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1    "Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section
217-2.4a as follows:
 
3    (105 ILCS 5/17-2.4a new)
4    Sec. 17-2.4a. Tax for area vocational education programs.
5    (a) The school board of any district participating in a
6joint agreement for an area vocational education center,
7pursuant to Section 10-22.20a of this Code or the
8Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, and having a population of
9less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, levy
10an annual tax upon the value of the taxable property within its
11territory, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
12Revenue, for area vocational education purposes, including but
13not limited to the purposes authorized by Section 10-22.20a, at
14a rate of up to 0.04% for a period of 4 tax years following the
15effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
16Assembly.
17    (b) Prior to the levy of taxes under this Section for the
18first time, the school board of each district desiring to make
19such a levy shall hold 2 public hearings regarding the proposed
20levy at the vocational education center. Notice of the public
21hearings shall be given by the school board by (i) posting the
22notice at the last regularly scheduled meeting of the school
23board to occur prior to the public hearing and (ii) publishing
24notice of the public hearing in conformity with the Notice by

 

 

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1Publication Act. If there is no newspaper of general
2circulation published within the school district and the school
3district is located in more than one county, then notice shall
4be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in
5each county in which any part of the school district is
6located. The notice shall appear not more than 14 days nor less
7than 7 days prior to the date of the public hearing. The notice
8shall not be placed in the portion of the newspaper where legal
9notices and classified advertisements appear. The notice shall
10appear before each public hearing.
11    (c) The tax rate limit specified in subsection (a) of this
12Section may be increased to up to a maximum of 0.08% upon the
13approval of a proposition submitted at a regularly scheduled
14election. The proposition may be initiated by resolution and
15shall be certified by the secretary of the school board to the
16proper election authorities for submission in accordance with
17the general election law. If a majority of votes cast on the
18proposition is in favor thereof, then the school board may
19annually levy the tax as authorized until such authority is
20revoked.
21    (d) Any revenue raised by the tax imposed under this
22Section, including interest earnings thereon, shall be used
23only for area vocational education center purposes, including
24but not limited to the purposes authorized by Section
2510-22.20a, as well as the construction and maintenance of area
26vocational center facilities. The district shall distribute

 

 

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1the funds for area vocational center education purposes to the
2area vocational center within 60 days after receipt, provided
3that, if the receipts exceed the school districts' liabilities
4to the area vocational center, the district may retain such
5excess for application to its liability for area vocational
6center expenses in subsequent periods.
7    (e) If the school board of any district that has levied a
8tax authorized by this Section withdraws from the joint
9agreement for area vocational education purposes, that
10district shall no longer be authorized to levy an annual tax
11for area vocational education purposes. Any proceeds from the
12taxes authorized by this Section, including interest earnings
13thereon that remain in the school district treasury upon
14withdrawal from the area vocational center and after paying any
15liabilities owed such area vocational center shall be used to
16abate taxes in the ensuing tax cycle or cycles.
17    (f) Any tax imposed under this Section is in addition to
18all other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected by
19a school board of any district participating in a joint
20agreement for an area vocational education center, and shall
21not be included within any limitation of rate contained in this
22Code or any other law.
23    (g) Subsection (a) of this Section becomes inoperative at
24the end of 4 tax years after the effective date of this
25amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly; provided that any
26taxes levied prior to subsection (a) of this Section becoming

 

 

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1inoperative shall remain valid until collected as otherwise
2provided by law.".