Date	Chamber	Action
12/3/2014	House	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

55 ILCS 5/5-1009.5 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will county may levy an annual tax for farmland preservation easement and green redevelopment purposes. Provides that the tax may not exceed 0.05% of the equalized assessed value of taxable property in the county. Provides that the tax must be approved by referendum and that it may be discontinued by referendum. Provides that a referendum to levy or discontinue the tax may be initiated by a petition signed by a number of electors equal to at least 0.5% of the total number of votes cast in the county during the last preceding gubernatorial election. Provides that the proceeds of the tax shall be paid into two separate funds, the county farmland preservation easement fund and the green redevelopment fund. Sets forth the ways in which the proceeds of the funds shall be used.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
1/30/2013	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael W. Tryon
1/30/2013	House	First Reading
1/30/2013	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/13/2013	House	Assigned to Counties & Townships Committee
3/20/2013	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
3/22/2013	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
12/3/2014	House	Session Sine Die

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