HB3651 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3651

Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. James H. Meyer - Joe Dunn - Sandra M. Pihos

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

60 ILCS 1/30-20
605 ILCS 5/6-620 new

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Validates township road district tax levies after 1980 that were authorized by the electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years 1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that were not re-authorized within 5 years due to certain Public Acts that repealed the 5-year limitation for levy approvals. Provides that certain petition requirements do not apply to these tax levy authorizations. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning highways.

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

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section 30-20 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/30-20)

Sec. 30-20. Powers of electors at annual township meeting.

(a) The electors present at the annual township meeting have the powers enumerated in this Article 30. An elector is a person registered to vote within the township no less than 28 days before the date of the annual meeting.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, except as provided in Section 6-620 of the Illinois Highway Code, before establishing or increasing any township tax rate that may be established or increased by the electors at the annual township meeting, a petition containing the signatures of not less than 10% of the registered voters of the township must be presented to the township clerk authorizing that action.

(c) Nothing in this amendatory Act of 1983 (Public Act 83-281) shall be construed to alter existing tax rates.

(Source: P.A. 88-62; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)

Section 10. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by adding Section 6-620 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/6-620 new)

Sec. 6-620. Validation of certain levies.

(a) Any road district tax that was authorized by the electors at an annual or special town meeting during the years 1975 through 1979 for a period not exceeding 5 years, but that was not re-authorized within 5 years after it was authorized due to Public Acts 81-779, 81-821, and 81-1509, which repealed the 5-year limitation, is hereby validated for all tax levy years subsequent to 1980 only to the extent that the authority to tax did not automatically expire after 1980.

(b) Any road district tax that was levied prior to 1980 shall not be subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of Section 30-20 of the Township Code if that tax was or is:

(i) re-authorized by the electors at an annual or special town meeting after the year 1980; and

(ii) levied at least once during the 3-year period preceding the reauthorization.

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