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| | HB4785 Engrossed | | LRB102 24667 AWJ 33906 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 22 as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 810/22) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6425)
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| 7 | | Sec. 22.
All general taxes levied by the board of any |
| 8 | | forest
preserve district shall be levied by general categories |
| 9 | | after the first Monday in October and by the first Monday in |
| 10 | | December by March 28
annually for all fiscal
years in the same |
| 11 | | manner as taxes are levied for city and village
purposes.
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| 12 | | The board may in each fiscal year levy taxes for general |
| 13 | | corporate
purposes at a rate not exceeding .06% of the value of |
| 14 | | the taxable
property therein, as equalized or assessed by the |
| 15 | | Department of Revenue.
In addition, the board may levy taxes |
| 16 | | for
constructing, restoring, reconditioning and reconstructing |
| 17 | | improvements
and for the development of the forests and lands |
| 18 | | of such district, the
amount of which tax each fiscal year |
| 19 | | shall be extended at a rate not in
excess of .021% of the value |
| 20 | | of the taxable property therein.
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| 21 | | All such taxes and rates are exclusive of the taxes |
| 22 | | required for the
payment of the principal of and interest on |
| 23 | | bonds, and exclusive of
taxes levied for employees' annuity |