98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5317

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/27-5

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Special Service Area Tax Law.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 27-5 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
7    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
8cited as the the Special Service Area Tax Law.
9    When used in this Article:
10    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a
11municipality or county in which special governmental services
12are provided in addition to those services provided generally
13throughout the municipality or county, the cost of the special
14services to be paid from revenues collected from taxes levied
15or imposed upon property within that area. Territory shall be
16considered contiguous for purposes of this Article even though
17certain completely surrounded portions of the territory are
18excluded from the special service area. A county may create a
19special service area within a municipality or municipalities
20when the municipality or municipalities consent to the creation
21of the special service area. A municipality may create a
22special service area within a municipality and the
23unincorporated area of a county or within another municipality

 

 

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1when the county or other municipality consents to the creation
2of the special service area.
3    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
4to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
5including but not limited to weather modification and
6improvements permissible under Article 9 of the Illinois
7Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of water as
8described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code
9which may be entered into by the municipality or by the county
10on behalf of a county service area.
11(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)