093_HB3679ham002
LRB093 08329 MKM 13221 a
1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3679
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3679 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by
5 changing 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
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1 district and taxes authorized by special referenda shall not
2 exceed the rate of .10%, or the rate limitation in effect on
3 July 1, 1967, whichever is greater, of the value, as
4 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
5 Any funds on hand at the end of the fiscal year that are
6 not pledged for or allocated to a particular purpose may, by
7 action of the board of commissioners, be transferred to a
8 capital improvement fund and accumulated therein, but the
9 total amount accumulated in the fund may not exceed 1.5% of
10 the aggregate assessed valuation of all taxable property in
11 the park district.
12 The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased
13 or decreased under the referendum provisions of the General
14 Revenue Law of the State of Illinois.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-294, eff. 7-29-99.)
16 (70 ILCS 1205/5-2) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-2)
17 Sec. 5-2. Any park district may levy and collect
18 annually, a tax of not to exceed .12% of the value, as
19 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all
20 taxable property in such district for the purpose of
21 planning, establishing and maintaining recreational programs,
22 such programs to include playgrounds, community and
23 recreational centers, which tax shall be levied and collected
24 in like manner as the general taxes for such district. Such
25 tax shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized by law
26 to be levied and collected in such district and shall not be
27 included within any limitation of rate contained in this Code
28 or any other law, but shall be excluded therefrom and be in
29 addition thereto and in excess thereof.
30 The proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section shall
31 be paid to the treasurer of such district and kept in a fund
32 to be known as the recreational program fund. Such fund shall
33 be used for the planning, establishing and maintaining
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1 recreational programs carried on by such district.
2 No such tax in excess of .075% shall be levied in any
3 such district, until the question of levying such tax has
4 first been submitted to the voters of such district at an
5 election held in such district and has been approved by a
6 majority of such voters voting thereon. The board shall
7 certify such proposition to the proper election officials,
8 who shall submit such proposition to the voters of the
9 district regardless of whether or not a petition, signed by
10 electors of the district, requesting the submission thereof
11 has been filed with the board. Notice of such referendum
12 shall be given and such referendum shall be conducted in the
13 manner provided by the general election law.
14 The proposition shall be in substantially the following
15 form:
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17 Shall the.... Park District be authorized
18 and empowered to levy and collect a tax of.... YES
19 per cent for the purpose of recreational
20 programs (and, optionally, insert specific -----------------
21 purposes or programs as
22 determined by the park district board) NO
23 as provided in Section 5-2 of "The
24 Park District Code"?
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26 If a majority of the voters of such district voting
27 thereon shall vote for the levy and collection of the tax,
28 such district is authorized and empowered to levy and collect
29 such tax annually thereafter. Any tax previously authorized
30 by referendum for recreation and community centers under "An
31 Act to amend Section 8 of An Act to provide for the creation
32 of Pleasure Driveway and Park Districts, approved June 19,
33 1893, as amended and to add Sections 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d
34 thereto", approved February 27, 1935, as amended, shall
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1 continue to be levied and shall be treated as having been
2 authorized under this Section.
3 The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased
4 or decreased under the referendum provisions of the General
5 Revenue Law of the State of Illinois.
6 (Source: P.A. 81-1489; 81-1509.)
7 (70 ILCS 1205/5-3) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-3)
8 Sec. 5-3. Any park district may levy and collect annually
9 an additional tax of not to exceed .25% of the value as
10 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of all
11 taxable property in such district for all corporate purposes,
12 which tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the
13 general taxes for such district. Such tax shall be in
14 addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied
15 and collected by such district and shall not be included
16 within any limitation of rate contained in this code or any
17 other law, but shall be excluded therefrom and be in addition
18 thereto and in excess thereof.
19 No such tax shall be levied in any such district until
20 the question of levying such tax has first been submitted to
21 the voters of such district at an election held in such
22 district, and has been approved by a majority of such voters
23 voting thereon. Notice of the referendum shall be given and
24 such election shall be conducted in the manner provided by
25 the general election law.
26 The proposition shall be in substantially the following
27 form:
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29 Shall.... Park District
30 be authorized to levy and YES
31 collect an additional tax of
32 not to exceed .25% for all
33 corporate purposes (and,
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1 optionally, insert specific -------------------------
2 purposes or programs as
3 determined by the park
4 district board) as provided NO
5 in Section 5-3 of
6 "The Park District Code"?
7 District Code"?
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9 If a majority of the voters of such district voting
10 thereon shall vote for the levy and collection of the tax,
11 such district shall be authorized and empowered to levy and
12 collect such tax.
13 (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
14 (70 ILCS 1205/5-3a) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-3a)
15 Sec. 5-3a. Any park district may levy and collect
16 annually an additional tax of not to exceed 0.25% of the
17 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue
18 of all taxable property in such district for the purpose of
19 planning, establishing and maintaining recreational programs
20 carried on by such district, which tax shall be levied and
21 collected in like manner as the general taxes for such
22 district. Such tax shall be in addition to all other taxes
23 authorized by law to be levied and collected by such district
24 and shall not be included within any limitation of rate
25 contained in this Code or any other law, but shall be
26 excluded therefrom in addition thereto and in excess thereof.
27 No such tax shall be levied in any such district, nor the
28 rate of such tax be increased, until the question of levying
29 or increasing such tax has first been submitted to the voters
30 of such district at an election held in such district, and
31 has been approved by a majority of such voters voting
32 thereon. Notice of referendum shall be given and such
33 referendum shall be conducted in the manner provided by the
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1 general election law.
2 The proposition shall be in substantially the following
3 form:
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5 Shall....... Park District be authorized
6 to levy and collect an additional tax of YES
7 (insert percentage)% for the purpose
8 of recreational programs (and, optionally,-------------------
9 insert specific purposes or
10 programs as determined by the park NO
11 district board) as provided in
12 "The Park District Code"?
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14 (Source: P.A. 82-419.)
15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16 becoming law.".