Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 5/15/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 809

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 809 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 3. The Local Government Property Transfer Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 605/1)  (from Ch. 30, par. 156)
7     Sec. 1. When used in this Act:
8     (a) The term "transferor municipality" shall mean a
9 municipal corporation transferring real estate or any interest
10 therein, under the provisions of this Act.
11     (b) The term "transferee municipality" shall mean a
12 municipal corporation or 2 or more school districts operating a
13 cooperative or joint educational program pursuant to Section
14 10-22.31 of the School Code receiving a transfer of real estate
15 or any interest therein under provisions of this Act.
16     (c) The term "municipality" whether used by itself or in

 

 

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1 conjunction with other words, as in (a) or (b) above, shall
2 mean and include any municipal corporation or political
3 subdivision organized and existing under the laws of the State
4 of Illinois and including, but without limitation, any city,
5 village, or incorporated town, whether organized under a
6 special charter or under the General Act, or whether operating
7 under the commission or managerial form of government, county,
8 school districts, trustees of schools, boards of education, 2
9 or more school districts operating a cooperative or joint
10 educational program pursuant to Section 10-22.31 of the School
11 Code, sanitary district or sanitary district trustees, forest
12 preserve district or forest preserve district commissioner,
13 park district or park commissioners, airport authority and
14 township.
15     (d) The term "restriction" shall mean any condition,
16 limitation, qualification, reversion, possibility of
17 reversion, covenant, agreement or restraint of whatever kind or
18 nature, the effect of which is to restrict the use or ownership
19 of real estate by a municipality as defined in (c) above.
20     (e) The term "corporate authorities" shall mean the members
21 of the legislative body of any municipality as defined in (c)
22 above.
23     (f) The term "held" or any form thereof, when used in
24 reference to the interest of a municipality in real estate
25 shall be taken and construed to refer to and include all of the
26 right, title and interest of such municipality of whatever kind

 

 

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1 or nature, in and to such real estate.
2     (g) Each of the terms above defined and the terms contained
3 in the definition of each of said terms shall be taken and
4 construed to include the plural form thereof.
5     (h) The term "Local Improvement Act" shall mean an Act of
6 the General Assembly of the State of Illinois entitled "An Act
7 concerning local improvements," approved June 14, 1897, and the
8 amendments thereto.
9     (i) The term "State of Illinois" shall mean the State of
10 Illinois or any department, commission, board or other agency
11 of the State.
12 (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
 
13     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
14 10-22.31 as follows:
 
15     (105 ILCS 5/10-22.31)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.31)
16     Sec. 10-22.31. Special education.
17     (a) To enter into joint agreements with other school boards
18 to provide the needed special educational facilities and to
19 employ a director and other professional workers as defined in
20 Section 14-1.10 and to establish facilities as defined in
21 Section 14-1.08 for the types of children described in Sections
22 14-1.02 and 14-1.03a through 14-1.07. The director (who may be
23 employed under a multi-year contract as provided in subsection
24 (c) of this Section) and other professional workers may be

 

 

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1 employed by one district, which shall be reimbursed on a
2 mutually agreed basis by other districts that are parties to
3 the joint agreement. Such agreements may provide that one
4 district may supply professional workers for a joint program
5 conducted in another district. Such agreement shall provide
6 that any full-time professional worker school psychologist who
7 is employed by a joint agreement program and spends over 50% of
8 his or her time in one school district shall not be required to
9 work a different teaching schedule than the other professional
10 worker school psychologists in that district. Such agreement
11 shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for
12 administration, staff, programs, financing, housing,
13 transportation, an advisory body, and the method or methods to
14 be employed for disposing of property upon the withdrawal of a
15 school district or dissolution of the joint agreement and shall
16 specify procedures for the withdrawal of districts from the
17 joint agreement as long as these procedures are consistent with
18 subsection (g) of this Section. Except as otherwise provided in
19 Section 10-22.31.1, the withdrawal of districts from the joint
20 agreement shall be by petition to the regional board of school
21 trustees. Such agreement may be amended at any time, provided
22 that no later than 6 months after the effective date of this
23 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, all existing
24 agreements shall be amended to be consistent with this
25 amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. as provided in the
26 joint agreement or, if the joint agreement does not so provide,

 

 

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1 then such agreement may be amended at any time upon the
2 adoption of concurring resolutions by the school boards of all
3 member districts. A fully executed copy of any such agreement
4 or amendment entered into on or after January 1, 1989 shall be
5 filed with the State Board of Education. Such petitions for
6 withdrawal shall be made to the regional board of school
7 trustees of all counties having jurisdiction over one or more
8 of the districts in the joint agreement. Upon receipt of a
9 petition for withdrawal, the regional boards of school trustees
10 having jurisdiction over the cooperating districts shall
11 publish notice of and conduct a joint hearing on the issue as
12 provided in Section 7-6. No such petition may be considered,
13 however, unless in compliance with Section 7-8. If approved by
14 a 2/3 vote of all trustees of those regional boards, at a joint
15 meeting, the withdrawal takes effect as provided in Section 7-9
16 of this Act.
17     (b) To either (1) designate an administrative district to
18 act as fiscal and legal agent for the districts that are
19 parties to the joint agreement, or (2) designate a governing
20 board composed of one member of the school board of each
21 cooperating district and designated by such boards to act in
22 accordance with the joint agreement. No such governing board
23 may levy taxes and no such governing board may incur any
24 indebtedness except within an annual budget for the joint
25 agreement approved by the governing board and by the boards of
26 at least a majority of the cooperating school districts or a

 

 

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1 number of districts greater than a majority if required by the
2 joint agreement. The governing board may appoint an executive
3 board of at least 7 members to administer the joint agreement
4 in accordance with its terms. However, if 7 or more school
5 districts are parties to a joint agreement that does not have
6 an administrative district: (i) at least a majority of the
7 members appointed by the governing board to the executive board
8 shall be members of the school boards of the cooperating
9 districts; or (ii) if the governing board wishes to appoint
10 members who are not school board members, they shall be
11 superintendents from the cooperating districts.
12     (c) To employ a full-time director of special education of
13 the a joint agreement program under a one-year or multi-year
14 contract. No such contract can be offered or accepted for less
15 than one year. or more than 3 years, except for a person
16 serving as a director of a special education joint agreement
17 for the first time in Illinois. In such a case, the initial
18 contract shall be for a 2 year period. Such contract may be
19 discontinued at any time by mutual agreement of the contracting
20 parties, or may be extended for an additional one-year or
21 multi-year period 3 years at the end of any year.
22     The contract year is July 1 through the following June
23 30th, unless the contract specifically provides otherwise.
24 Notice of intent not to renew a contract when given by a
25 controlling board or administrative district must be in writing
26 stating the specific reason therefor. Notice of intent not to

 

 

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1 renew the contract must be given by the controlling board or
2 the administrative district at least 90 days before the
3 contract expires. Failure to do so will automatically extend
4 the contract for one additional year.
5     By accepting the terms of the multi-year contract, the
6 director of a special education joint agreement waives all
7 rights granted under Sections 24-11 through 24-16 for the
8 duration of his or her employment as a director of a special
9 education joint agreement.
10     (d) To designate a district that is a party to the joint
11 agreement as the issuer of bonds or notes for the purposes and
12 in the manner provided in this Section. It is not necessary for
13 such district to also be the administrative district for the
14 joint agreement, nor is it necessary for the same district to
15 be designated as the issuer of all series of bonds or notes
16 issued hereunder. Any district so designated may, from time to
17 time, borrow money and, in evidence of its obligation to repay
18 the borrowing, issue its negotiable bonds or notes for the
19 purpose of acquiring, constructing, altering, repairing,
20 enlarging and equipping any building or portion thereof,
21 together with any land or interest therein, necessary to
22 provide special educational facilities and services as defined
23 in Section 14-1.08. Title in and to any such facilities shall
24 be held in accordance with the joint agreement.
25     Any such bonds or notes shall be authorized by a resolution
26 of the board of education of the issuing district. The

 

 

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1 resolution may contain such covenants as may be deemed
2 necessary or advisable by the district to assure the payment of
3 the bonds or notes. The resolution shall be effective
4 immediately upon its adoption.
5     Prior to the issuance of such bonds or notes, each school
6 district that is a party to the joint agreement shall agree,
7 whether by amendment to the joint agreement or by resolution of
8 the board of education, to be jointly and severally liable for
9 the payment of the bonds and notes. The bonds or notes shall be
10 payable solely and only from the payments made pursuant to such
11 agreement.
12     Neither the bonds or notes nor the obligation to pay the
13 bonds or notes under any joint agreement shall constitute an
14 indebtedness of any district, including the issuing district,
15 within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory
16 limitation.
17     As long as any bonds or notes are outstanding and unpaid,
18 the agreement by a district to pay the bonds and notes shall be
19 irrevocable notwithstanding the district's withdrawal from
20 membership in the joint special education program.
21     (e) If a district whose employees are on strike was, prior
22 to the strike, sending students with disabilities to special
23 educational facilities and services in another district or
24 cooperative, the district affected by the strike shall continue
25 to send such students during the strike and shall be eligible
26 to receive appropriate State reimbursement.

 

 

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1     (f) With respect to those joint agreements that have a
2 governing board composed of one member of the school board of
3 each cooperating district and designated by those boards to act
4 in accordance with the joint agreement, the governing board
5 shall have, in addition to its other powers under this Section,
6 the authority to issue bonds or notes for the purposes and in
7 the manner provided in this subsection. The governing board of
8 the joint agreement may from time to time borrow money and, in
9 evidence of its obligation to repay the borrowing, issue its
10 negotiable bonds or notes for the purpose of acquiring,
11 constructing, altering, repairing, enlarging and equipping any
12 building or portion thereof, together with any land or interest
13 therein, necessary to provide special educational facilities
14 and services as defined in Section 14-1.08 and including also
15 facilities for activities of administration and educational
16 support personnel employees. Title in and to any such
17 facilities shall be held in accordance with the joint
18 agreement.
19     Any such bonds or notes shall be authorized by a resolution
20 of the governing board. The resolution may contain such
21 covenants as may be deemed necessary or advisable by the
22 governing board to assure the payment of the bonds or notes and
23 interest accruing thereon. The resolution shall be effective
24 immediately upon its adoption.
25     Each school district that is a party to the joint agreement
26 shall be automatically liable, by virtue of its membership in

 

 

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1 the joint agreement, for its proportionate share of the
2 principal amount of the bonds and notes plus interest accruing
3 thereon, as provided in the resolution. Subject to the joint
4 and several liability hereinafter provided for, the resolution
5 may provide for different payment schedules for different
6 districts except that the aggregate amount of scheduled
7 payments for each district shall be equal to its proportionate
8 share of the debt service in the bonds or notes based upon the
9 fraction that its equalized assessed valuation bears to the
10 total equalized assessed valuation of all the district members
11 of the joint agreement as adjusted in the manner hereinafter
12 provided. In computing that fraction the most recent available
13 equalized assessed valuation at the time of the issuance of the
14 bonds and notes shall be used, and the equalized assessed
15 valuation of any district maintaining grades K to 12 shall be
16 doubled in both the numerator and denominator of the fraction
17 used for all of the districts that are members of the joint
18 agreement. In case of default in payment by any member, each
19 school district that is a party to the joint agreement shall
20 automatically be jointly and severally liable for the amount of
21 any deficiency. The bonds or notes and interest thereon shall
22 be payable solely and only from the funds made available
23 pursuant to the procedures set forth in this subsection. No
24 project authorized under this subsection may require an annual
25 contribution for bond payments from any member district in
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1 or assessed by the Department of Revenue in the case of
2 districts maintaining grades K-8 or 9-12 and 0.30% of the value
3 of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the Department
4 of Revenue in the case of districts maintaining grades K-12.
5 This limitation on taxing authority is expressly applicable to
6 taxing authority provided under Section 17-9 and other
7 applicable Sections of this Act. Nothing contained in this
8 subsection shall be construed as an exception to the property
9 tax limitations contained in Section 17-2, 17-2.2a, 17-5, or
10 any other applicable Section of this Act.
11     Neither the bonds or notes nor the obligation to pay the
12 bonds or notes under any joint agreement shall constitute an
13 indebtedness of any district within the meaning of any
14 constitutional or statutory limitation.
15     As long as any bonds or notes are outstanding and unpaid,
16 the obligation of a district to pay its proportionate share of
17 the principal of and interest on the bonds and notes as
18 required in this Section shall be a general obligation of the
19 district payable from any and all sources of revenue designated
20 for that purpose by the board of education of the district and
21 shall be irrevocable notwithstanding the district's withdrawal
22 from membership in the joint special education program.
23     (g) A member district wishing to withdraw from a joint
24 agreement must obtain from its school board a written
25 resolution approving the withdrawal. The withdrawing district
26 must then present a written petition for withdrawal from the

 

 

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1 joint agreement to the other member districts within such
2 timelines designated by the joint agreement. Upon approval by
3 school board written resolution of all of the remaining member
4 districts, the petitioning member district shall be withdrawn
5 from the joint agreement effective the following July 1 and
6 shall notify the State Board of Education of the approved
7 withdrawal in writing. If the petitioning district has not
8 received the approval of all of the remaining member districts,
9 then the withdrawing district may present a petition for
10 withdrawal to the State Board of Education and shall be given
11 the opportunity to present documents and testimony to the State
12 Board of Education in support of its petition.
13     A dissolution of a joint agreement comprised of 3 or more
14 school boards may be accomplished by filing a joint petition
15 with the State Board of Education by not less than two-thirds
16 of the member school districts after adoption of a written
17 resolution to that effect by the school board of each of the
18 districts seeking the dissolution. The State Board of Education
19 shall conduct a hearing on the petition.
20     A withdrawal or dissolution shall take effect on July 1
21 following the final decision of the State Board of Education or
22 a court of competent jurisdiction upon review.
23     The State Board of Education shall take such action in
24 approving or disapproving a district withdrawal or joint
25 agreement dissolution as the State Board deems in the best
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1 as a whole in the provision of special education services for
2 students with disabilities; provided that the State Board of
3 Education may approve the petition for withdrawal only if it
4 has already approved or concurrently does approve the
5 district's comprehensive plan required by Section 14-4.01 of
6 this Code. The State Board of Education may adopt rules
7 governing the processes for withdrawal and dissolution
8 required by this Section.
9     A hearing pursuant to this Section does not constitute a
10 contested case, as that term is defined in the Illinois
11 Administrative Procedures Act, and, consequently, State Board
12 of Education rules for contested cases do not apply. The
13 decision of the State Board of Education shall be deemed to be
14 an administrative decision, as defined in Section 3-101 of the
15 Code of Civil Procedure, and any party appearing at the hearing
16 who is adversely affected by the administrative decision may
17 file a complaint for judicial review in accordance with the
18 Administrative Review Law. The commencement of an action for
19 judicial review shall operate as a stay of enforcement, and no
20 further proceedings shall be had until final disposition of the
21 review by a court of competent jurisdiction. With respect to
22 any right is has pursuant to this Section, the State Board of
23 Education may delegate such right to the State Superintendent
24 of Education.
25     (h) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act
26 of the 96th General Assembly apply to withdrawals from or

 

 

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1 dissolutions of special education joint agreements initiated
2 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
3 General Assembly.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-613, eff. 8-9-96;
5 89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-103, eff. 7-11-97; 90-515, eff.
6 8-22-97; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/10-22.31.1 rep.)
8     Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing Section
9 10-22.31.1.
 
10     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
11 2009.".