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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Forest Preserve Zoological Parks Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (70 ILCS 835/2) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6802)
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| 7 | Sec. 2. Zoological park; tax.
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| 8 | (a) For the purpose of constructing and maintaining and | ||||||
| 9 | caring
for any such zoological park and the buildings and | ||||||
| 10 | grounds thereof and
of securing and displaying zoological | ||||||
| 11 | collections thereon the corporate
authorities of any forest | ||||||
| 12 | preserve district containing a population of
150,000 or more | ||||||
| 13 | but less than 3,000,000 are authorized to levy annually
a tax | ||||||
| 14 | of not to exceed .0058% of value as equalized or assessed by | ||||||
| 15 | the
Department of Revenue, upon all the taxable property in the | ||||||
| 16 | district. ;
provided however, in
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| 17 | (b) In a forest preserve district located in a county with | ||||||
| 18 | a
population in excess of 140,000 but less than 200,000 and
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| 19 | contiguous to the
Mississippi River, however, the annual tax | ||||||
| 20 | may be at a rate not to exceed 0.06%
.01%.
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| 21 | (c) This tax shall be levied and collected in the same | ||||||
| 22 | manner
as the general taxes of the forest preserve district and | ||||||
| 23 | shall be in
addition to the maximum of all other taxes and tax | ||||||
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| 1 | rates which the
district is now or may hereafter be authorized | ||||||
| 2 | to levy upon the
aggregate valuation of all taxable property | ||||||
| 3 | within the district and
shall be exclusive of and in addition | ||||||
| 4 | to the maximum amount and rate of
taxes the district is now or | ||||||
| 5 | may hereafter be authorized to levy for
general purposes under | ||||||
| 6 | Section 13 of the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act
"An | ||||||
| 7 | Act to provide for the creation
and management of forest | ||||||
| 8 | preserve districts and repealing certain Acts
therein named", | ||||||
| 9 | approved June 27, 1913, as amended, or under any other
law | ||||||
| 10 | which may limit the amount of tax which the district may levy | ||||||
| 11 | for
general purposes. The proceeds of the tax herein authorized | ||||||
| 12 | shall be kept
as a separate fund.
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| 13 | (d) A tax in excess of 0.01% may not be levied under | ||||||
| 14 | subsection (b) until the question of levying the tax has been | ||||||
| 15 | submitted to the electors of the forest preserve district at a | ||||||
| 16 | regular election and approved by a majority of the electors | ||||||
| 17 | voting on the question. The District must certify the question | ||||||
| 18 | to the proper election authority, which must submit the | ||||||
| 19 | question at an election in accordance with the Election Code.
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| 20 | The election authority must submit the question in | ||||||
| 21 | substantially the following form:
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| 22 | Shall the corporate
authority of the forest preserve | ||||||
| 23 | district be authorized to levy a tax at the rate of 0.06% | ||||||
| 24 | for the purpose of constructing and maintaining and caring
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| 25 | for any such zoological park and the buildings and grounds | ||||||
| 26 | thereof and
of securing and displaying zoological | ||||||
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| 1 | collections thereon?
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| 2 | The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or | ||||||
| 3 | "No".
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| 4 | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote | ||||||
| 5 | in the affirmative, the county may thereafter levy the tax.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 92-548, eff. 6-24-02.)
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