093_HB2190

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 1        AN ACT relating to schools.

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

 4        Section   5.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
 5    Section 11A-9 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/11A-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 11A-9)
 7        Sec. 11A-9.  Tax levy.   The  board  of  education  of  a
 8    community  unit  district  may  levy  taxes  for educational,
 9    operations and maintenance and the purchase and  improvements
10    of  school grounds, pupil transportation, and fire prevention
11    and safety purposes, respectively, at not exceeding the rates
12    specified in the petition,  which  rates  may  thereafter  be
13    increased  or  decreased  in  the  same manner and within the
14    limits provided by Sections 17-2 through 17-7.  The board  of
15    education  may  further  levy  taxes  for  other  purposes as
16    generally permitted by law.
17        If the election of the board  of  education  of  the  new
18    district  occurs  at  the general election or the nonpartisan
19    election (or the consolidated election beginning in 2003) and
20    the board of education makes its initial levy  in  that  same
21    year, the county clerk shall extend such levy notwithstanding
22    any  other law which requires the adoption of a budget before
23    the clerk may extend such levy.
24        If the election of the board  of  education  of  the  new
25    district  does  not  occur in the same calendar year that the
26    proposition to create  the  new  district  is  approved,  the
27    districts  from  which  the  new district is formed, by joint
28    agreement   and   with   the   approval   of   the   regional
29    superintendent, shall  be  permitted  to  levy  in  the  same
30    calendar  year  in  which the creation of the new district is
31    approved at the rates specified in the petition.  The  county
 
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 1    clerks  shall  extend  any  such levy notwithstanding any law
 2    that requires adoption of a budget before  extension  of  the
 3    levy.
 4    (Source: P.A. 87-10; 87-1215; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)

 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.