SB3521 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3521

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Linda Holmes

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

35 ILCS 200/27-60

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality that establishes a special service area may petition the circuit court to disconnect territory from the special service area. Effective immediately.

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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning revenue.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing Section 27-60 as follows:

(35 ILCS 200/27-60)

Sec. 27-60. Petition for disconnection from special service area.

(a) Any territory located within the boundaries of any special service area organized under this Article, other than a special service area for weather modification, may become disconnected from the area in the manner provided in this Section.

(b) A majority of the resident electors and a majority of the record owners of land in the territory sought to be disconnected from the area may sign a petition. The petition shall be addressed to the circuit court and shall contain a definite description of the boundaries of the territory and recite as a fact, that as of the date the petition is filed, the territory was not, is not, and is not intended by the corporate authority which created the special service area to be, either benefited or served by any work or services either then existing or then authorized by the special service area, and that the territory constitutes less than 1 1/2% of the special service area's total equalized assessed valuation.

(c) In addition, the corporate authorities of a municipality in which a special service area, other than a special service area for weather modification, is located may file a petition with the circuit court to disconnect territory from the special service area. The petition shall contain a definite description of the boundaries of the territory to be disconnected and recite as a fact that, as of the date the petition is filed, the territory was not, is not, and is not intended by the corporate authority that created the special service area to be either benefited or served by any work or services either then existing or then authorized by the special service area.

(Source: P.A. 83-1245; 88-455.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.