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1 AN ACT in relation to education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 11A-9 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/11A-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 11A-9)
7 Sec. 11A-9. Tax levy. The board of education of a
8 community unit district may levy taxes for educational,
9 operations and maintenance and the purchase and improvements
10 of school grounds, pupil transportation, and fire prevention
11 and safety purposes, respectively, at not exceeding the rates
12 specified in the petition, which rates may thereafter be
13 increased or decreased in the same manner and within the
14 limits provided by Sections 17-2 through 17-7. The board of
15 education may further levy taxes for other purposes as
16 generally permitted by law.
17 If the election of the board of education of the new
18 district occurs at the general election or the nonpartisan
19 election (or the consolidated election beginning in 2003) and
20 the board of education makes its initial levy in that same
21 year, the county clerk shall extend such levy notwithstanding
22 any other law which requires the adoption of a budget before
23 the clerk may extend such levy. In addition, the districts
24 from which the new district is formed, by joint agreement and
25 with the approval of the regional superintendent, shall be
26 permitted to amend outstanding levies in the same calendar
27 year in which the creation of the new district is approved at
28 the rates specified in the petition.
29 If the election of the board of education of the new
30 district does not occur in the same calendar year that the
31 proposition to create the new district is approved, the
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1 districts from which the new district is formed, by joint
2 agreement and with the approval of the regional
3 superintendent, shall be permitted to levy in the same
4 calendar year in which the creation of the new district is
5 approved at the rates specified in the petition. The county
6 clerks shall extend any such levy notwithstanding any law
7 that requires adoption of a budget before extension of the
8 levy.
9 (Source: P.A. 87-10; 87-1215; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)
10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11 becoming law.