Sen. Gary Forby

Filed: 4/3/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2487

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2487 as follows:
 
3 on page 1, line 5, after "11E-50,", by inserting "11E-60,"; and
 
4 on page 7, lines 22 and 23, by replacing "the petition is
5 approved by either the regional superintendent of schools or"
6 with "a final decision is issued by the petition is approved by
7 either the regional superintendent of schools or"; and
 
8 on page 14, immediately below line 8, by inserting the
9 following:
 
10     "(105 ILCS 5/11E-60)
11     Sec. 11E-60. Ballots.
12     (a) Separate ballots shall be used for the election in each
13 affected district. If the petition requests the submission of a
14 proposition for the issuance of bonds, then that question shall

 

 

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1 be submitted to the voters at the referendum on a separate
2 ballot.
3     (b) Ballots for all reorganization propositions submitted
4 under the provisions of this Article must be in substantially
5 the following form:
6         (1) Ballot for high school - unit conversion or unit to
7     dual conversion:
 
8         OFFICIAL BALLOT
 
9         Shall (here identify the districts to be dissolved by
10     name and number) be dissolved and new school districts be
11     established as follows: a new (here specify elementary,
12     high school, or unit) district formed from all of the
13     territory included within (here identify the existing
14     school district by name and number), with the authority to
15     levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify
16     the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new school
17     district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the
18     specifications related to the Property Tax Extension
19     Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this
20     Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the school
21     district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by
22     the Department of Revenue, and a new (here repeat the
23     information for each new school district)?
 

 

 

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1         The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or
2     "No".
 
3         (2) Ballot for combined school district formation:
 
4         OFFICIAL BALLOT
 
5         Shall a combined (here insert elementary, high, or
6     unit) school district, with the authority to levy taxes at
7     the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for various
8     purposes the new unit district is authorized to levy and,
9     if applicable, the specifications related to the Property
10     Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section
11     11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property
12     of the district at the value thereof, as equalized or
13     assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established?
 
14         The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or
15     "No".
 
16         (3) Ballot for unit district formation (other than a
17     partial elementary unit district formation):
 
18         OFFICIAL BALLOT
 
19         Shall a unit district, with the authority to levy taxes

 

 

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1     at the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for
2     various purposes the new unit district is authorized to
3     levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the
4     Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with
5     Section 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable
6     property of the district at the value thereof, as equalized
7     or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established?
 
8         The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or
9     "No".
 
10         (4) Ballot for a combined high school - unit district
11     formation:
 
12         OFFICIAL BALLOT
 
13         Shall a combined high school - unit district formed
14     from all of the territory included within (here identify
15     existing school districts by name and number), serving the
16     territory included within (here identify existing school
17     district by name and number) only for high school purposes,
18     with the authority to levy taxes for various purposes as
19     follows: (here specify the maximum tax rates for various
20     purposes the new combined high school - unit district is
21     authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications
22     related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in

 

 

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1     accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 11E-95 of this
2     Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the
3     district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by
4     the Department of Revenue, be established?
 
5         The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or
6     "No".
 
7         (5) Ballot for an optional elementary unit district
8     formation:
 
9         OFFICIAL BALLOT
 
10         Shall an optional elementary unit district, with the
11     authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify the
12     maximum tax rates for various purposes the new optional
13     elementary unit district is authorized to levy and, if
14     applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax
15     Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections
16     11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code), each upon all of the
17     taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as
18     equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be
19     established?
 
20         The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or
21     "No".
 

 

 

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1         (6) Ballot for multi-unit conversion:
 
2         OFFICIAL BALLOT
 
3         Shall (here identify the districts to be dissolved by
4     name and number) be dissolved and new school districts
5     established as follows: a new elementary district formed
6     from all of the territory included within (here identify
7     the existing school district by name and number), with the
8     authority to levy taxes for various purposes as follows:
9     (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes
10     the new school district is authorized to levy and, if
11     applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax
12     Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section
13     11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property
14     of the school district at the value thereof, as equalized
15     or assessed by the Department of Revenue, (here repeat the
16     information for each new elementary school district), and a
17     new combined high school - unit district formed from all of
18     the territory included within (here identify the existing
19     school district by name and number), with the authority to
20     levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify
21     the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new combined
22     high school - unit district is authorized to levy and, if
23     applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax

 

 

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1     Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections
2     11E-80 and 11E-90 of this Code), each upon all of the
3     taxable property of the school district at the value
4     thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
5     Revenue?
 
6         The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or
7     "No".
 
8         (7) Ballot for an elementary school district to
9     dissolve and join an optional elementary unit district:
 
10         OFFICIAL BALLOT
 
11         Shall (here identify the elementary district by name
12     and number) be dissolved and join (here identify the
13     optional elementary unit district by name and number), with
14     the authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify
15     the maximum tax rates for various purposes the optional
16     elementary unit district is authorized to levy and, if
17     applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax
18     Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections
19     11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code), each upon all of the
20     taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as
21     equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue and
22     shall (here identify the elementary district by name and

 

 

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1     number), prior to dissolution, issue funding bonds
2     pursuant to Sections 19-8 and 19-9 of the School Code to
3     liquidate any operational deficit or debt incurred or
4     accumulated since the date of the election in which the
5     proposition to form (here identify the optional elementary
6     unit district by name and number) passed?
 
7         The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or
8     "No".
9 (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)".