SB0170 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0170

Introduced 1/30/2019, by Sen. Napoleon Harris, III

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

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Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Financially Distressed Cities Fund. Amends the State Revenue Sharing Act and the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the Treasurer shall monthly transfer to the Financially Distressed Cities Fund an amount certified by the Department of Revenue equal to: (1) the amount that would have been distributed under the State Revenue Sharing Act to all financially distressed cities if the Treasurer had transferred to the Local Government Distributive Fund a sum calculated using 0.10% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act upon individuals, trusts, estates, and corporations during the preceding month; and (2) subtracting the amount distributed to all financially distressed cities from the Local Government Distributive Fund. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall monthly allocate an amount from the Financially Distressed Cities Fund that shall be paid to each financially distressed city. Amends the Financially Distressed City Law of the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes the law applicable to both home rule and non-home rule municipalities. Provides that a State agency or unit of local government may also render technical assistance to a municipality's Financial Advisory Authority as the Authority may request. Provides that the State shall not reduce revenues or impose additional costs affecting a financially distressed city affecting the municipality unless it is consistent with the Financial Plan and Budget in effect. Provides that State mandates enacted while a municipality is designated as a financially distressed city that would cause the municipality to incur costs are not valid or enforceable during the period when the municipality is under the financially distressed city designation. Effective January 1, 2020.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.891 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/5.891 new)

Sec. 5.891. The Financially Distressed Cities Fund.

Section 10. The State Revenue Sharing Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(30 ILCS 115/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 612)

Sec. 2. Allocation and Disbursement.

(a) As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the Department of Revenue shall allocate among the several municipalities and counties of this State the amount available in the Local Government Distributive Fund and in the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund, determined as provided in Sections 1 and 1a above. Except as provided in Sections 13 and 13.1 of this Act, the Department shall then certify such allocations to the State Comptroller, who shall pay over to the several municipalities and counties the respective amounts allocated to them. The amount of such Funds allocable to each such municipality and county shall be in proportion to the number of individual residents of such municipality or county to the total population of the State, determined in each case on the basis of the latest census of the State, municipality or county conducted by the Federal government and certified by the Secretary of State and for annexations to municipalities, the latest Federal, State or municipal census of the annexed area which has been certified by the Department of Revenue. Allocations to the City of Chicago under this Section are subject to Section 6 of the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act. For the purpose of this Section, the number of individual residents of a county shall be reduced by the number of individuals residing therein in municipalities, but the number of individual residents of the State, county and municipality shall reflect the latest census of any of them. The amounts transferred into the Local Government Distributive Fund pursuant to Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, each as now or hereafter amended, pursuant to the amendments of such Sections by Public Act 85-1135, shall be distributed as provided in said Sections.

(a-5) The Department of Revenue shall allocate, as soon as may be practicable after the first day of each month, among each financially distressed city, as that term is defined in Section 8-12-3 of the Illinois Municipal Code, funds transferred to the Financially Distressed Cities Fund under subsection (b-5) of Section 905 of the Illinois Income Tax Act. The Department shall then certify the allocations to the State Comptroller, who shall pay over to each financially distressed city the respective amounts allocated to it. The amount of funds allocable to each financially distressed city shall be in proportion to the number of individual residents of the financially distressed city to the total population of all financially distressed cities combined, determined in each case on the basis of the latest census of the State, municipality, or county conducted by the Federal government and certified by the Secretary of State and for annexations to municipalities, the latest Federal, State, or municipal census of the annexed area which has been certified by the Department of Revenue.

(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that allocations made under this Section shall be made in a fair and equitable manner. Accordingly, the clerk of any municipality to which territory has been annexed, or from which territory has been disconnected, shall notify the Department of Revenue in writing of that annexation or disconnection and shall (1) state the number of residents within the territory that was annexed or disconnected, based on the last census conducted by the federal, State, or municipal government and certified by the Illinois Secretary of State, and (2) furnish therewith a certified copy of the plat of annexation or, in the case of disconnection, the ordinance, final judgment, or resolution of disconnection together with an accurate depiction of the territory disconnected. The county in which the annexed or disconnected territory is located shall verify that the number of residents stated on the written notice that is to be sent to the Department of Revenue is true and accurate. The verified statement of the county shall accompany the written notice. However, if the county does not respond to the municipality's request for verification within 30 days, this verification requirement shall be waived. The written notice shall be provided to the Department of Revenue (1) within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly for disconnections occurring after January 1, 2007 and before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly or (2) within 30 days after the annexation or disconnection for annexations or disconnections occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. For purposes of this Section, a disconnection or annexation through court order is deemed to be effective 30 days after the entry of a final judgment order, unless stayed pending appeal. Thereafter, the monthly allocation made to the municipality and to any other municipality or county affected by the annexation or disconnection shall be adjusted in accordance with this Section to reflect the change in residency of the residents of the territory that was annexed or disconnected. The adjustment shall be made no later than 30 days after the Department of Revenue's receipt of the written notice of annexation or disconnection described in this Section.

(Source: P.A. 96-1040, eff. 7-14-10.)

Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by changing Section 901 as follows:

(35 ILCS 5/901) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-901)

Sec. 901. Collection authority.

(a) In general. The Department shall collect the taxes imposed by this Act. The Department shall collect certified past due child support amounts under Section 2505-650 of the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), and (h) of this Section, money collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State treasury; money collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act shall be paid into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury; and money collected under Section 2505-650 of the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, a special fund outside the State Treasury, or to the State Disbursement Unit established under Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, as directed by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

(b) Local Government Distributive Fund. Beginning August 1, 1969, and continuing through June 30, 1994, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury, to be known as the "Local Government Distributive Fund", an amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1994, and continuing through June 30, 1995, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/11 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1995 and continuing through January 31, 2011, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the net of (i) 1/10 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month (ii) minus, beginning July 1, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004, $6,666,666, and beginning July 1, 2004, zero. Beginning February 1, 2011, and continuing through January 31, 2015, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of (i) 6% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 5% individual income tax rate after 2010) of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding month and (ii) 6.86% (10% of the ratio of the 4.8% corporate income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 7% corporate income tax rate after 2010) of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the preceding month. Beginning February 1, 2015 and continuing through July 31, 2017, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of (i) 8% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 3.75% individual income tax rate after 2014) of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding month and (ii) 9.14% (10% of the ratio of the 4.8% corporate income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 5.25% corporate income tax rate after 2014) of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the preceding month. Beginning August 1, 2017, the Treasurer shall transfer each month from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to the sum of (i) 6.06% (10% of the ratio of the 3% individual income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 4.95% individual income tax rate after July 1, 2017) of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding month and (ii) 6.85% (10% of the ratio of the 4.8% corporate income tax rate prior to 2011 to the 7% corporate income tax rate after July 1, 2017) of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the preceding month. Net revenue realized for a month shall be defined as the revenue from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act which is deposited in the General Revenue Fund, the Education Assistance Fund, the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund, the Fund for the Advancement of Education, and the Commitment to Human Services Fund during the month minus the amount paid out of the General Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning on July 6, 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 100-23), those amounts required under this subsection (b) to be transferred by the Treasurer into the Local Government Distributive Fund from the General Revenue Fund shall be directly deposited into the Local Government Distributive Fund as the revenue is realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act.

For State fiscal year 2018 only, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues realized during State fiscal year 2018 shall be reduced by 10%.

For State fiscal year 2019 only, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the total amount of revenue and deposits under this Section attributable to revenues realized during State fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced by 5%.

(b-5) Financially Distressed Cities Fund. The Department of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an amount equal to:

(1) the amount that would have been distributed under subsection (a) of Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing Act to all financially distressed cities, as that term is defined in Section 8-12-3 of the Illinois Municipal Code, if the Treasurer had transferred under subsection (b) to the Local Government Distributive Fund a sum calculated using (i) 0.10% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon individuals, trusts, and estates during the preceding month and (ii) 0.10% of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act upon corporations during the preceding month; and

(2) subtracting from the amount calculated under paragraph (1) the amount distributed to all financially distressed cities under subsection (a) of Section 2 of the State Revenue Sharing Act during the current month.

Upon receipt of the certification, the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the Financially Distressed Cities Fund the amount shown on the certification.

(c) Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund.

(1) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. The Department shall deposit 6% of such amounts during the period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30, 1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999 through 2001, the Annual Percentage shall be 7.1%. For fiscal year 2003, the Annual Percentage shall be 8%. For fiscal year 2004, the Annual Percentage shall be 11.7%. Upon the effective date of Public Act 93-839 (July 30, 2004), the Annual Percentage shall be 10% for fiscal year 2005. For fiscal year 2006, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For fiscal year 2007, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For fiscal year 2008, the Annual Percentage shall be 7.75%. For fiscal year 2009, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For fiscal year 2010, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage shall be 8.75%. For fiscal year 2012, the Annual Percentage shall be 8.75%. For fiscal year 2013, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.75%. For fiscal year 2014, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.5%. For fiscal year 2015, the Annual Percentage shall be 10%. For fiscal year 2018, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.8%. For fiscal year 2019, the Annual Percentage shall be 9.7%. For all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount of refunds approved for payment by the Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved but unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, minus the amounts transferred into the Income Tax Refund Fund from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund, and the denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding fiscal year; except that in State fiscal year 2002, the Annual Percentage shall in no event exceed 7.6%. The Director of Revenue shall certify the Annual Percentage to the Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which it is to be effective.

(2) Beginning on January 1, 1989 and thereafter, the Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a fund in the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund. The Department shall deposit 18% of such amounts during the period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on June 30, 1989. Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the Annual Percentage. For fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001, the Annual Percentage shall be 19%. For fiscal year 2003, the Annual Percentage shall be 27%. For fiscal year 2004, the Annual Percentage shall be 32%. Upon the effective date of Public Act 93-839 (July 30, 2004), the Annual Percentage shall be 24% for fiscal year 2005. For fiscal year 2006, the Annual Percentage shall be 20%. For fiscal year 2007, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2008, the Annual Percentage shall be 15.5%. For fiscal year 2009, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2010, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2011, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2012, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2013, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For fiscal year 2014, the Annual Percentage shall be 13.4%. For fiscal year 2015, the Annual Percentage shall be 14%. For fiscal year 2018, the Annual Percentage shall be 17.5%. For fiscal year 2019, the Annual Percentage shall be 15.5%. For all other fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall be calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount of refunds approved for payment by the Department during the preceding fiscal year as a result of overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act plus the amount of such refunds remaining approved but unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and the denominator of which shall be the amounts which will be collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act during the preceding fiscal year; except that in State fiscal year 2002, the Annual Percentage shall in no event exceed 23%. The Director of Revenue shall certify the Annual Percentage to the Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year for which it is to be effective.

(3) The Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the Income Tax Refund Fund (i) $35,000,000 in January, 2001, (ii) $35,000,000 in January, 2002, and (iii) $35,000,000 in January, 2003.

(d) Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund.

(1) Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the Income Tax Refund Fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose of paying refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section 201 of this Act and for making transfers pursuant to this subsection (d).

(2) The Director shall order payment of refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section 201 of this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to the extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201 of this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d) and item (3) of subsection (c) have been deposited and retained in the Fund.

(3) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax Refund Fund to the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund an amount, certified by the Director to the Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year over the amount of refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.

(4) As soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income Tax Refund Fund an amount, certified by the Director to the Comptroller, equal to the excess of the amount of refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year over the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.

(4.5) As soon as possible after the end of fiscal year 1999 and of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall order transferred and the State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax Refund Fund to the General Revenue Fund any surplus remaining in the Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end of such fiscal year; excluding for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 amounts attributable to transfers under item (3) of subsection (c) less refunds resulting from the earned income tax credit.

(5) This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund for the purpose of paying refunds upon the order of the Director in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

(e) Deposits into the Education Assistance Fund and the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund. On July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 7.3% into the Education Assistance Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1991, and continuing through January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 3.0% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning February 1, 1993 and continuing through June 30, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 4.4% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1993, and continuing through June 30, 1994, of the amounts collected under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 1.475% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.

(f) Deposits into the Fund for the Advancement of Education. Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall deposit the following portions of the revenue realized from the tax imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, into the Fund for the Advancement of Education:

(1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February 1, 2025, 1/30; and

(2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.

If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act, the Department shall not make the deposits required by this subsection (f) on or after the effective date of the reduction.

(g) Deposits into the Commitment to Human Services Fund. Beginning February 1, 2015, the Department shall deposit the following portions of the revenue realized from the tax imposed upon individuals, trusts, and estates by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, into the Commitment to Human Services Fund:

(1) beginning February 1, 2015, and prior to February 1, 2025, 1/30; and

(2) beginning February 1, 2025, 1/26.

If the rate of tax imposed by subsection (a) and (b) of Section 201 is reduced pursuant to Section 201.5 of this Act, the Department shall not make the deposits required by this subsection (g) on or after the effective date of the reduction.

(h) Deposits into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund. Beginning on the first day of the first calendar month to occur on or after August 26, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-1098), each month the Department shall pay into the Tax Compliance and Administration Fund, to be used, subject to appropriation, to fund additional auditors and compliance personnel at the Department, an amount equal to 1/12 of 5% of the cash receipts collected during the preceding fiscal year by the Audit Bureau of the Department from the tax imposed by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 201 of this Act, net of deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund made from those cash receipts.

(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 100-22, eff. 7-6-17; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 100-621, eff. 7-20-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 100-1171, eff. 1-4-19; revised 1-8-19.)

Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by changing Sections 8-12-3, 8-12-4, 8-12-10, 8-12-18, and 8-12-24 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/8-12-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-3)

Sec. 8-12-3. As used in this Division:

(1) "Authority" means the "(Name of Financially Distressed City) Financial Advisory Authority".

(2) "Financially distressed city" means any municipality which: is a home rule unit and which (i) is a home rule unit certified by the Department of Revenue as being in the highest 5% of all home rule municipalities in terms of the aggregate of the rate per cent of all taxes levied pursuant to statute or ordinance upon all taxable property of the municipality and as being in the lowest 5% of all home rule municipalities in terms of per capita tax yield, or is a non-home rule unit certified by the Department of Revenue as being in the highest 5% of all non-home rule municipalities in terms of the aggregate of the rate per cent of all taxes levied pursuant to statute or ordinance upon all taxable property of the municipality and as being in the lowest 5% of all non-home rule municipalities in terms of per capita tax yield; and (ii) is designated by joint resolution of the General Assembly as a financially distressed city.

(3) "Home rule municipality" means a municipality which is a home rule unit as provided in Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.

(4) "Budget" means an annual appropriation ordinance or annual budget as described in Division 2 of Article 8, as from time to time in effect in the financially distressed city.

(5) "Chairperson" means the chairperson of the Authority appointed pursuant to Section 8-12-7.

(6) "Financial Plan" means the financially distressed city's financial plan as developed pursuant to Section 8-12-15, as from time to time in effect.

(7) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the financially distressed city.

(8) "Obligations" means bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the Illinois Finance Authority in connection with the provision of financial aid to a financially distressed city pursuant to this Division and applicable provisions of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(65 ILCS 5/8-12-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-4)

Sec. 8-12-4. In order to receive assistance as provided in this Division, a home rule municipality shall first, by ordinance passed by its corporate authorities, request (i) that the Department of Revenue certify that it is in the highest 5% of all home rule or non-home rule municipalities, respectively, in terms of the aggregate of the rate per cent of all taxes levied pursuant to statute or ordinance upon all taxable property of the municipality and in the lowest 5% of all home rule or non-home rule municipalities, respectively, in terms of per capita tax yield, and (ii) that the General Assembly by joint resolution designate it as a financially distressed city. A home rule municipality which is so certified and designated as a financially distressed city and which desires to receive assistance as provided in this Division shall, by ordinance passed by its corporate authorities, request that a financial advisory authority be appointed for the city and that the city receive assistance as provided in this Division, and shall file a certified copy of that ordinance with the Governor, with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and with the Secretary of the Senate. Upon the filing of the certified copies of that ordinance as required by this Section this Division and all of its provisions shall then and thereafter be applicable to the financially distressed city, shall govern and control its financial accounting, budgeting and taxing procedures and practices, and, subject to the limitations of subsection (a) of Section 8-12-22, shall remain in full force and effect with respect thereto until such time as the financial advisory authority established under Section 8-12-5 is abolished as provided in subsection (c) of Section 8-12-22.

(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

(65 ILCS 5/8-12-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-10)

Sec. 8-12-10. Any State agency or unit of local government, within its respective function, may render such services and technical assistance to the Authority as the Authority may request. Upon the Authority's request any such agency or unit of local government may transfer to the Authority such officers and employees as the Authority and any such agency or unit of local government deem necessary to carry out the Authority's functions and duties. Officers and employees so transferred shall not lose or forfeit their employment status or rights.

(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

(65 ILCS 5/8-12-18) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-18)

Sec. 8-12-18. (a) The financially distressed city shall meet its debt service obligations as they become due. No other expenditure shall be made by the city unless it is consistent with the Financial Plan and Budget in effect. The State shall not reduce revenues or impose additional costs affecting the city unless it is consistent with the Financial Plan and Budget in effect.

(b) State mandates enacted while a city is designated as a financially distressed city that would cause the city to incur additional costs are not valid or enforceable against the city during the period when the city is under the financially distressed city designation.

(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

(65 ILCS 5/8-12-24) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-12-24)

Sec. 8-12-24. A city home rule unit which is a financially distressed city to which this Division is applicable as provided in Section 8-12-4 may not employ financial or fiscal accounting or budgetary procedures or systems, nor place into effect any Financial Plan or Budget, nor enter into any contract or make any expenditure, nor otherwise conduct its financial and fiscal affairs or take other action in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Division, until such time as the powers and responsibilities of the Authority are terminated as provided in Section 8-12-22. This Section is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units which are financially distressed cities to which this Division is applicable as provided in Section 8-12-4 of powers and functions exercised by the State.

(Source: P.A. 86-1211.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.