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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1753
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/17-2.2c |
from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2c |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that in addition to the purpose of leasing educational facilities or computer technology, a school board, by proper resolution, may levy an annual tax for the purpose of leasing transportation vehicles. Effective immediately.
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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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A BILL FOR
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SB1753 |
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LRB094 10880 RAS 41426 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 17-2.2c as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/17-2.2c) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2c)
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| Sec. 17-2.2c. Tax for leasing educational facilities,
or
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| computer technology,
or transportation vehicles or any |
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| combination thereof
both, and for temporary relocation expense |
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| purposes. The school board of
any district, by proper |
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| resolution, may levy an annual tax, in
addition to any other |
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| taxes and not subject to the limitations specified
elsewhere in |
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| this Article, not to exceed .05% upon the value of the taxable
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| property as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, |
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| for the purpose
of leasing educational facilities,
or computer |
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| technology, or transportation vehicles or any combination |
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| thereof
both, and, in order
to repay the State all moneys |
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| distributed to it for temporary relocation
expenses of the |
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| district, may levy an annual tax not to exceed .05% upon the
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| value of the taxable property as equalized or assessed by the |
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| Department of
Revenue for a period not to exceed 7 years for |
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| the purpose of providing for the
repayment of moneys |
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| distributed for temporary relocation expenses of the school
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| district pursuant to Section 2-3.77.
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| The tax rate limit specified by this Section with respect |
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| to an annual
tax levied for the purpose of leasing educational |
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| facilities,
or computer
technology, or transportation vehicles |
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| or any combination thereof
both may be
increased to .10% upon |
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| the approval of a proposition to effect such
increase by a |
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| majority of the electors voting on that proposition at a
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| regular scheduled election. Such proposition may be initiated |
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| by
resolution of the school board and shall be certified by the |
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| secretary to
the proper election authorities for submission in |
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| accordance with the
general election law.
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| The district is authorized to pledge any tax levied |
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| pursuant to this
Section for the purpose of leasing educational |
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| facilities,
or computer
technology, or transportation vehicles |
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| or any combination thereof
both to secure the payment of any |
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| lease, lease-purchase
agreement, or installment purchase |
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| agreement entered into by the district for
such purpose.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "leasing of educational |
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| facilities,
or
computer technology, or transportation vehicles |
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| or any combination thereof
both" includes any payment with |
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| respect to a lease,
lease-purchase agreement, or installment |
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| purchase agreement to acquire or use
buildings, rooms, grounds, |
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| and appurtenances to be used by the district for the
use of |
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| schools or for school administration purposes,
and all
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| equipment, fixtures, renovations, and improvements to existing |
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| facilities of
the district necessary to accommodate computers, |
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| as well as computer hardware
and software, and vehicles for |
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| school-related transportation, including buses.
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| Any school district may abolish or abate its fund for |
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| leasing educational
facilities,
or computer technology, or |
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| transportation vehicles or any combination thereof
both and for |
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| temporary relocation
expense purposes upon the adoption
of a |
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| resolution so providing and upon a determination by the school |
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| board that
the moneys in the fund are no longer needed for |
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| leasing educational facilities,
or computer technology, or |
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| transportation vehicles or any combination thereof
both or for |
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| temporary relocation expense
purposes. The resolution shall |
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| direct the
transfer of any balance in the fund to another |
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| school district fund or funds
immediately upon the resolution |
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| taking effect. Thereafter, any outstanding
taxes of the school |
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| district levied pursuant to this Section shall be
collected and |
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| paid into the fund or funds as directed by the school board.
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| Nothing in this Section shall prevent a school district that |
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| has abolished or
abated the fund from again creating a fund for |
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| leasing educational facilities
and for temporary relocation |