Full Text of SB3342 98th General Assembly
SB3342 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 SB3342 Introduced 2/14/2014, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 410/13 | from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7114 |
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Amends the Conservation District Act. Provides that a district may annually levy a tax of 0.025% for the purposes of educational programming, equipment, supplies, and funding for research projects in association with endangered Illinois species and the preservation of historic sites. Provides that a district may not levy annual taxes, in the aggregate, in excess of 0.125% (currently, 0.1%).
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Conservation District Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 13 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 410/13) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7114)
| 7 | | Sec. 13.
The fiscal year of each district shall commence | 8 | | April 1 and
extend through the following March 31. | 9 | | The board shall, within the first quarter of each fiscal | 10 | | year,
adopt a combined annual budget and appropriation
| 11 | | ordinance as provided in the Illinois Municipal Budget Law.
In | 12 | | a district located entirely within a county with a population | 13 | | of less than 750,000 that is contiguous to a county with a | 14 | | population of more than
2,000,000, the district's combined | 15 | | annual budget and appropriation ordinance
shall not be | 16 | | considered to be adopted until it is also adopted by resolution | 17 | | of
the county
board of the county in which the district is | 18 | | located.
| 19 | | Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a district may | 20 | | annually
levy taxes upon all the taxable property therein at | 21 | | the value thereof,
as equalized or assessed by the Department | 22 | | of Revenue, to be extended at
not more than the rates and for | 23 | | the purposes specified hereinafter:
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| 1 | | (1) 0.025% for the general purposes of the district, | 2 | | including
acquisition and development of real property | 3 | | which may be in excess of
current requirements and allowed | 4 | | to accumulate from year to year, and for
any purposes | 5 | | specified by the district; however, no tax may be extended
| 6 | | at a rate that will result in accumulation of any amount | 7 | | representing
more than 0.075% of the equalized assessed | 8 | | valuation of the district.
| 9 | | (2) 0.075% for acquisition of real property, which may | 10 | | be in excess
of current requirements and allowed to | 11 | | accumulate from year to year, and for
any purposes | 12 | | specified by the district; however, no tax may be extended
| 13 | | at a rate that will result in accumulation of any amount | 14 | | representing
more than 0.25% of the equalized assessed | 15 | | valuation of the district.
| 16 | | (3) 0.1%, in lieu of the two rates specified in (1) and | 17 | | (2) above, for
the general purposes of the district, | 18 | | including the acquisition,
development, operation and | 19 | | maintenance of real property which may be in
excess of | 20 | | current requirements and allowed to accumulate from year to | 21 | | year,
and for any purposes specified by the district; | 22 | | however, no tax may be
extended at a rate that will result | 23 | | in accumulation of any amount representing
more than 0.325% | 24 | | of the equalized assessed valuation of the district.
| 25 | | (4) 0.025%, in addition to the rates specified in | 26 | | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) above, for the provision of |
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| 1 | | staff, educational programming, equipment, supplies, | 2 | | maintenance of facilities and equipment, and funding for | 3 | | research and recovery projects associated with: (a) | 4 | | endangered, threatened, and protected species, as defined | 5 | | by State and federal law, of flora and fauna native to the | 6 | | State; and (b) the preservation of historic sites or other | 7 | | areas of educational or scientific interest. | 8 | | Except as provided in some other Act, a district may not | 9 | | levy annual
taxes, for all its purposes in the aggregate, in | 10 | | excess of 0.125% 0.1% of the
value, as equalized or assessed | 11 | | by the Department of Revenue, of the
taxable property therein.
| 12 | | After the adoption of the combined budget and appropriation | 13 | | ordinance
and within the second quarter of each fiscal year, | 14 | | the board shall ascertain
the total amount of the | 15 | | appropriations legally made which are to be
provided for from | 16 | | tax levies for the current year. Then, by an ordinance
| 17 | | specifying in detail the purposes for which such appropriations | 18 | | have
been made and the amounts appropriated for such purposes, | 19 | | the board
shall levy not to exceed the total amount so | 20 | | ascertained upon all the
property subject to taxation within | 21 | | the district as the same is assessed
and equalized for state | 22 | | and county purposes for the current year. A
certified copy of | 23 | | such ordinance shall be filed on or before the first
Tuesday in | 24 | | October with the clerk of each county wherein the district or
| 25 | | any part thereof is located.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05.)
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