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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1867
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Dan Kotowski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that, in any 12-month period, a home rule county may not increase the rates of county occupation taxes by more than a 1/2% increment without referendum approval. Provides that, if a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in the affirmative, then the rate of each of those taxes is the rate approved by the electors. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1867 |
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LRB096 11286 RLJ 21713 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 5-1008.3 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1008.3 new) |
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| Sec. 5-1008.3. Limitation on rate increases of use and |
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| occupation taxes in home rule counties. In any 12-month period, |
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| a county may not increase the rate of the tax imposed under |
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| Sections 5-1006 and 5-1007 by more than a 1/2% increment unless |
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| the question of increasing the tax rate has been submitted to |
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| the electors of the county at a regular election and approved |
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| by a majority of the electors voting on the question. The board |
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| must certify the question to the proper election authority, |
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| which must submit the question at an election in accordance |
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| with the Election Code. |
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| The election authority must submit the question in |
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| substantially the following form: |
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| Shall the rate of the county occupation taxes in (name |
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| of county) be increased from a rate of (current rate)% to a |
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| rate of (proposed rate)%? |
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| The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No". |
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| If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote |