093_HB3679eng HB3679 Engrossed LRB093 08329 MKM 08548 b 1 AN ACT concerning park districts. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing 5 Sections 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 5-3a as follows: 6 (70 ILCS 1205/5-1) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-1) 7 Sec. 5-1. Each Park District has the power to levy and 8 collect taxes on all the taxable property in the district for 9 all corporate purposes. The commissioners may accumulate 10 funds for the purposes of building repairs and improvements 11 and may annually levy taxes for such purposes in excess of 12 current requirements for its other purposes but subject to 13 the tax rate limitation as herein provided. 14 All general taxes proposed by the board to be levied upon 15 the taxable property within the district shall be levied by 16 ordinance. A certified copy of such levy ordinance shall be 17 filed with the county clerk of the county in which the same 18 is to be collected not later than the last Tuesday in 19 December in each year. The county clerk shall extend such 20 tax; provided, the aggregate amount of taxes levied for any 21 one year, exclusive of the amount levied for the payment of 22 the principal and interest on bonded indebtedness of the 23 district and taxes authorized by special referenda shall not 24 exceed the rate of .10%, or the rate limitation in effect on 25 July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of the value, as 26 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue. 27 Any funds on hand at the end of the fiscal year that are 28 not pledged for or allocated to a particular purpose may, by 29 action of the board of commissioners, be transferred to a 30 capital improvement fund and accumulated therein, but the 31 total amount accumulated in the fund may not exceed 1.5% of HB3679 Engrossed -2- LRB093 08329 MKM 08548 b 1 the aggregate assessed valuation of all taxable property in 2 the park district. 3 The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may beincreased4ordecreased under the referendum provisions of the General 5 Revenue Law of the State of Illinois. 6 (Source: P.A. 91-294, eff. 7-29-99.) 7 (70 ILCS 1205/5-2) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-2) 8 Sec. 5-2. Any park district may levy and collect 9 annually, a tax of not to exceed .12% of the value, as 10 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all 11 taxable property in such district for the purpose of 12 planning, establishing and maintaining recreational programs, 13 such programs to include playgrounds, community and 14 recreational centers, which tax shall be levied and collected 15 in like manner as the general taxes for such district. Such 16 tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law 17 to be levied and collected in such district and shall not be 18 included within any limitation of rate contained in this Code 19 or any other law, but shall be excluded therefrom and be in 20 addition thereto and in excess thereof. 21 The proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section shall 22 be paid to the treasurer of such district and kept in a fund 23 to be known as the recreational program fund. Such fund shall 24 be used for the planning, establishing and maintaining 25 recreational programs carried on by such district. 26 No such tax in excess of .075% shall be levied in any 27 such district, until the question of levying such tax has 28 first been submitted to the voters of such district at an 29 election held in such district and has been approved by a 30 majority of such voters voting thereon. The board shall 31 certify such proposition to the proper election officials, 32 who shall submit such proposition to the voters of the 33 district regardless of whether or not a petition, signed by HB3679 Engrossed -3- LRB093 08329 MKM 08548 b 1 electors of the district, requesting the submission thereof 2 has been filed with the board. Notice of such referendum 3 shall be given and such referendum shall be conducted in the 4 manner provided by the general election law. 5 The proposition shall be in substantially the following 6 form: 7 ------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Shall the.... Park District 9 be authorized and empowered to 10 levy and collect a tax of.... YES 11 per cent for the purpose of 12 recreational programs (and, 13 optionally, insert specific ---------------------------- 14 purposes or programs as 15 determined by the park district 16 board) as provided in Section NO 17 5-2 of "The Park District Code"? 18 ------------------------------------------------------------- 19 If a majority of the voters of such district voting 20 thereon shall vote for the levy and collection of the tax, 21 such district is authorized and empowered to levy and collect 22 such tax annually thereafter. Any tax previously authorized 23 by referendum for recreation and community centers under "An 24 Act to amend Section 8 of An Act to provide for the creation 25 of Pleasure Driveway and Park Districts, approved June 19, 26 1893, as amended and to add Sections 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d 27 thereto", approved February 27, 1935, as amended, shall 28 continue to be levied and shall be treated as having been 29 authorized under this Section. 30 The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may beincreased31ordecreased under the referendum provisions of the General 32 Revenue Law of the State of Illinois. 33 (Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.) HB3679 Engrossed -4- LRB093 08329 MKM 08548 b 1 (70 ILCS 1205/5-3) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-3) 2 Sec. 5-3. Any park district may levy and collect annually 3 an additional tax of not to exceed .25% of the value as 4 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of all 5 taxable property in such district for all corporate purposes, 6 which tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the 7 general taxes for such district. Such tax shall be in 8 addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied 9 and collected by such district and shall not be included 10 within any limitation of rate contained in this code or any 11 other law, but shall be excluded therefrom and be in addition 12 thereto and in excess thereof. 13 No such tax shall be levied in any such district until 14 the question of levying such tax has first been submitted to 15 the voters of such district at an election held in such 16 district, and has been approved by a majority of such voters 17 voting thereon. Notice of the referendum shall be given and 18 such election shall be conducted in the manner provided by 19 the general election law. 20 The proposition shall be in substantially the following 21 form: 22 ------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Shall.... Park District 24 be authorized to levy and YES 25 collect an additional tax of 26 not to exceed .25% for all 27 corporate purposes (and, 28 optionally, insert specific ------------------------- 29 purposes or programs as 30 determined by the park 31 district board) as provided NO 32 in Section 5-3 of "The Park 33 District Code"? 34 ------------------------------------------------------------- HB3679 Engrossed -5- LRB093 08329 MKM 08548 b 1 If a majority of the voters of such district voting 2 thereon shall vote for the levy and collection of the tax, 3 such district shall be authorized and empowered to levy and 4 collect such tax. 5 (Source: P.A. 85-1209.) 6 (70 ILCS 1205/5-3a) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-3a) 7 Sec. 5-3a. Any park district may levy and collect 8 annually an additional tax of not to exceed 0.25% of the 9 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue 10 of all taxable property in such district for the purpose of 11 planning, establishing and maintaining recreational programs 12 carried on by such district, which tax shall be levied and 13 collected in like manner as the general taxes for such 14 district. Such tax shall be in addition to all other taxes 15 authorized by law to be levied and collected by such district 16 and shall not be included within any limitation of rate 17 contained in this Code or any other law, but shall be 18 excluded therefrom in addition thereto and in excess thereof. 19 No such tax shall be levied in any such district, nor the 20 rate of such tax be increased, until the question of levying 21 or increasing such tax has first been submitted to the voters 22 of such district at an election held in such district, and 23 has been approved by a majority of such voters voting 24 thereon. Notice of referendum shall be given and such 25 referendum shall be conducted in the manner provided by the 26 general election law. 27 The proposition shall be in substantially the following 28 form: HB3679 Engrossed -6- LRB093 08329 MKM 08548 b 1 ------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Shall....... Park District be 3 authorized to levy and collect 4 an additional tax of (insert YES 5 percentage)% for the purpose 6 of recreational programs (and, -------------------------- 7 optionally insert specific 8 purposes or programs as determined NO 9 by the park district board) as 10 provided in "The Park District 11 Code"? 12 ------------------------------------------------------------- 13 (Source: P.A. 82-419.) 14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 15 becoming law.