100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5283
 
Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


  
35 ILCS 200/27-5
    Amends the Property Tax Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Special Service Area Tax Law.



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A BILL FOR
 


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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:

 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 
5Section 27-5 as follows:
 



6    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)



7    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be 
8cited as the the
Special Service Area Tax Law.

9    When used in this Article: 

10    "Services contract" means an agreement between a service 
11provider agency and a municipality or county for the purpose of 
12providing special services in and for a special service area. 
13    "Service provider agency" means an entity that enters into 
14a services contract with a municipality or county for the 
15purpose of providing special services in and for a special 
16service area. 
17    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a 
18municipality
or county in which special governmental services 
19are provided in
addition to those services provided generally 
20throughout the
municipality or county, the cost of the special 
21services to be paid
from revenues collected from taxes levied 
22or imposed upon property
within that area.  Territory shall be 
23considered contiguous for purposes
of this Article even though 
 
 
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1certain completely surrounded portions of the
territory are 
2excluded from the special service area.  A county may create
a 
3special service area within a municipality or municipalities 
4when the
municipality or municipalities consent to the creation 
5of the special
service area. A municipality may create a 
6special service area within a
municipality and the 
7unincorporated area of a county or within another
municipality 
8when the county or other municipality consents to the creation

9of the special service area.

10    "Special service area commission" means a local board 
11established by the corporate authorities of a municipality or 
12county for the purpose of managing a particular special service 
13area. 
14    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining 
15to the
government and affairs of the municipality or county, 
16including
but not limited to weather modification and 
17improvements permissible under
Article 9 of the Illinois 
18Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of
water as 
19described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code 
20which
may be entered into by the municipality or by the county 
21on behalf of a
county service area.

22(Source: P.A. 99-930, eff. 1-20-17.)