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90_SB0435enr

      35 ILCS 200/18-185
      70 ILCS 2605/11.10        from Ch. 42, par. 331.10
          Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation  District  Act.
      Allows  signatures  on contracts or purchase orders involving
      amounts in excess of $10,000 to be  executed  electronically.
      Amends  the  Property  Tax  Extension  Limitation  Law in the
      Property Tax Code.  In the definition of aggregate  extension
      applicable  to  those taxing districts not subject to the Law
      before the 1995 levy year (except for those taxing  districts
      subject  to the law in accordance with Section 18-213 of this
      Act), provides that the amount made for payments of principal
      and interest on bonds issued  under  the  Metropolitan  Water
      Reclamation  District  Act  to  finance  certain construction
      projects shall not be deducted in determining  the  exclusion
      for payments of principal and interest on limited bonds in an
      amount  not  to  exceed  the  debt service extension base but
      rather shall be included with obligations issued pursuant  to
      referendum.
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 1        AN  ACT  in relation to special districts, amending named
 2    Acts.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 10.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
 6    Section 18-185 as follows:
 7        (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
 8        Sec. 18-185.  Short title; definitions.  This Section and
 9    Sections  18-190  through 18-245 may be cited as the Property
10    Tax Extension Limitation Law.  As  used  in  Sections  18-190
11    through 18-245:
12        "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
13    All  Urban  Consumers  for  all items published by the United
14    States Department of Labor.
15        "Extension limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or  the
16    percentage  increase  in  the Consumer Price Index during the
17    12-month calendar year preceding the levy  year  or  (b)  the
18    rate of increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
19        "Affected  county"  means  a  county of 3,000,000 or more
20    inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county  of  3,000,000
21    or more inhabitants.
22        "Taxing  district"  has  the  same  meaning  provided  in
23    Section  1-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
24    For the 1991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing  district"
25    includes  only  each non-home rule taxing district having the
26    majority of its 1990  equalized  assessed  value  within  any
27    county  or  counties contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or
28    more inhabitants.  Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing
29    district" includes only each non-home  rule  taxing  district
30    subject  to  this  Law  before  the  1995  levy year and each
31    non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law  before
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 1    the  1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
 2    assessed value in an affected county or counties.   Beginning
 3    with  the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
 4    taxing  district  as  provided  in  Section  18-213,  "taxing
 5    district" also includes those taxing districts  made  subject
 6    to this Law as provided in Section 18-213.
 7        "Aggregate  extension" for taxing districts to which this
 8    Law applied before  the  1995  levy  year  means  the  annual
 9    corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
10    purpose  extensions  that  are  made  annually for the taxing
11    district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made  for
12    the  taxing  district to pay interest or principal on general
13    obligation bonds that were approved by referendum;  (b)  made
14    for  any  taxing  district  to  pay  interest or principal on
15    general obligation bonds issued before October 1,  1991;  (c)
16    made  for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
17    bonds issued to refund or  continue  to  refund  those  bonds
18    issued  before  October  1,  1991;  (d)  made  for any taxing
19    district to pay interest or  principal  on  bonds  issued  to
20    refund  or  continue  to refund bonds issued after October 1,
21    1991 that were approved  by  referendum;  (e)  made  for  any
22    taxing district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds
23    issued before October 1, 1991 for payment of which a property
24    tax  levy  or  the full faith and credit of the unit of local
25    government is pledged; however, a  tax  for  the  payment  of
26    interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
27    the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
28    all  other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
29    payments; (f) made for payments under a  building  commission
30    lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
31    issued  by  the commission before October 1, 1991, to pay for
32    the  building  project;  (g)  made  for  payments  due  under
33    installment contracts entered into before  October  1,  1991;
34    (h)  made  for  payments  of  principal and interest on bonds
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 1    issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District  Act
 2    to  finance construction projects initiated before October 1,
 3    1991; (i) made for payments  of  principal  and  interest  on
 4    limited   bonds,  as  defined  in  Section  3  of  the  Local
 5    Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not  to  exceed  the
 6    debt  service  extension  base  less the amount in items (b),
 7    (c), (e) of this definition for  non-referendum  obligations,
 8    except  obligations  initially issued pursuant to referendum;
 9    and (j) made for payments of principal and interest on  bonds
10    issued  under  Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform
11    Act.
12        "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts  to  which
13    this  Law  did  not  apply  before the 1995 levy year (except
14    taxing districts subject  to  this  Law  in  accordance  with
15    Section  18-213) means the annual corporate extension for the
16    taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
17    made annually for  the  taxing  district,  excluding  special
18    purpose  extensions:  (a) made for the taxing district to pay
19    interest or principal on general obligation bonds  that  were
20    approved  by  referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to
21    pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds  issued
22    before March 1, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay
23    interest  or  principal on bonds issued to refund or continue
24    to refund those bonds issued before March 1, 1995;  (d)  made
25    for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
26    issued  to  refund  or  continue to refund bonds issued after
27    March 1, 1995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made  for
28    any  taxing  district to pay interest or principal on revenue
29    bonds issued before March 1, 1995  for  payment  of  which  a
30    property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of
31    local  government  is pledged; however, a tax for the payment
32    of interest or principal on those bonds shall  be  made  only
33    after  the  governing  body  of  the unit of local government
34    finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient  to
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 1    make  those  payments; (f) made for payments under a building
 2    commission  lease  when  the  lease  payments  are  for   the
 3    retirement  of bonds issued by the commission before March 1,
 4    1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made  for  payments
 5    due  under installment contracts entered into before March 1,
 6    1995; (h) made for payments  of  principal  and  interest  on
 7    bonds   issued   under  the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation
 8    District  Act  to  finance  construction  projects  initiated
 9    before October 1, 1991; (i) made for  payments  of  principal
10    and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
11    Local  Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
12    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
13    (c), and (e), and (h) of this definition  for  non-referendum
14    obligations,  except obligations initially issued pursuant to
15    referendum and bonds described  in  subsection  (h)  of  this
16    definition;  (j)  made for payments of principal and interest
17    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
18    Reform Act; (k) made for payments of principal  and  interest
19    on  bonds  authorized  by  Public Act 88-503 and issued under
20    Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium  or
21    museum  projects;  and (l) made for payments of principal and
22    interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 87-1191 and issued
23    under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve  District
24    Act for zoological park projects.
25        "Aggregate  extension"  for all taxing districts to which
26    this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213 means  the
27    annual  corporate extension for the taxing district and those
28    special purpose extensions that are  made  annually  for  the
29    taxing  district,  excluding  special purpose extensions: (a)
30    made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal  on
31    general  obligation  bonds  that were approved by referendum;
32    (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal
33    on general obligation bonds issued before the date  on  which
34    the  referendum  making  this  Law  applicable  to the taxing
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 1    district is held; (c) made for any  taxing  district  to  pay
 2    interest  or  principal on bonds issued to refund or continue
 3    to refund those bonds issued before the  date  on  which  the
 4    referendum  making this Law applicable to the taxing district
 5    is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay interest  or
 6    principal  on  bonds  issued  to refund or continue to refund
 7    bonds issued after the date on which  the  referendum  making
 8    this  Law  applicable  to  the taxing district is held if the
 9    bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which the
10    referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing  district
11    is  held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
12    principal on revenue bonds issued before the  date  on  which
13    the  referendum  making  this  Law  applicable  to the taxing
14    district is held for payment of which a property tax levy  or
15    the  full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
16    pledged; however, a  tax  for  the  payment  of  interest  or
17    principal  on  those  bonds  shall  be  made  only  after the
18    governing body of the unit of local government finds that all
19    other sources for payment  are  insufficient  to  make  those
20    payments;  (f)  made for payments under a building commission
21    lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
22    issued by  the  commission  before  the  date  on  which  the
23    referendum  making this Law applicable to the taxing district
24    is held to  pay  for  the  building  project;  (g)  made  for
25    payments  due under installment contracts entered into before
26    the date on which the referendum making this  Law  applicable
27    to  the  taxing  district  is  held; (h) made for payments of
28    principal and  interest  on  limited  bonds,  as  defined  in
29    Section  3  of  the  Local  Government Debt Reform Act, in an
30    amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less the
31    amount in items (b), (c), and  (e)  of  this  definition  for
32    non-referendum   obligations,  except  obligations  initially
33    issued pursuant to  referendum;  (i)  made  for  payments  of
34    principal  and  interest  on bonds issued under Section 15 of
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 1    the Local Government Debt Reform Act;  and  (j)  made  for  a
 2    qualified  airport  authority to pay interest or principal on
 3    general obligation bonds issued for  the  purpose  of  paying
 4    obligations   due  under,  or  financing  airport  facilities
 5    required to be acquired, constructed, installed  or  equipped
 6    pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
 7    not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
 8    on or after that date).
 9        "Debt  service  extension  base" means an amount equal to
10    that portion of the extension for a taxing district  for  the
11    1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this
12    Law  in  accordance  with Section 18-213 for the levy year in
13    which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
14    district is held, constituting an extension  for  payment  of
15    principal and interest on bonds issued by the taxing district
16    without referendum, but not including (i) bonds authorized by
17    Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
18    Park  District  Act  for  aquarium  and museum projects; (ii)
19    bonds issued under Section 15 of the  Local  Government  Debt
20    Reform  Act;  or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund
21    or  to  continue  to  refund  obligations  initially   issued
22    pursuant  to referendum.  The debt service extension base may
23    be established or increased as provided under Section 18-212.
24        "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
25    to, extensions  for  levies  made  on  an  annual  basis  for
26    unemployment   and   workers'  compensation,  self-insurance,
27    contributions to pension plans, and extensions made  pursuant
28    to  Section  6-601  of  the  Illinois Highway Code for a road
29    district's permanent road fund  whether  levied  annually  or
30    not.   The  extension  for  a  special  service  area  is not
31    included in the aggregate extension.
32        "Aggregate extension base" means  the  taxing  district's
33    last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
34    18-215 through 18-230.
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 1        "Levy  year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
 2    1-155.
 3        "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after  final
 4    board   of   review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of  new
 5    improvements or additions to  existing  improvements  on  any
 6    parcel  of  real property that increase the assessed value of
 7    that real property during the levy  year  multiplied  by  the
 8    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
 9    17-30 and (ii) the  assessed  value,  after  final  board  of
10    review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of real property not
11    exempt from real estate taxation,  which  real  property  was
12    exempt  from  real  estate  taxation  for  any portion of the
13    immediately  preceding   levy   year,   multiplied   by   the
14    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
15    17-30.
16        "Qualified airport authority" means an airport  authority
17    organized  under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
18    county bordering on the  State  of  Wisconsin  and  having  a
19    population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
20        "Recovered  tax  increment value" means the amount of the
21    current year's equalized assessed value, in  the  first  year
22    after a municipality terminates the designation of an area as
23    a redevelopment project area previously established under the
24    Tax  Increment  Allocation  Development  Act  in the Illinois
25    Municipal Code, previously established under  the  Industrial
26    Jobs   Recovery  Law  in  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code,  or
27    previously established under the  Economic  Development  Area
28    Tax  Increment  Allocation  Act,  of each taxable lot, block,
29    tract, or  parcel  of  real  property  in  the  redevelopment
30    project  area  over  and above the initial equalized assessed
31    value of each property in the redevelopment project area.
32        Except as otherwise provided in this  Section,  "limiting
33    rate"  means  a  fraction  the numerator of which is the last
34    preceding aggregate extension base times an amount  equal  to
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 1    one plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and
 2    the  denominator  of  which  is  the current year's equalized
 3    assessed value of all real property in  the  territory  under
 4    the jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy
 5    year.    For   those  taxing  districts  that  reduced  their
 6    aggregate extension for the last  preceding  levy  year,  the
 7    highest  aggregate  extension  in any of the last 3 preceding
 8    levy years shall be used for the  purpose  of  computing  the
 9    limiting   rate.   The  denominator  shall  not  include  new
10    property.  The denominator shall not  include  the  recovered
11    tax increment value.
12    (Source:  P.A.  88-455;  89-1,  eff.  2-12-95;  89-138,  eff.
13    7-14-95;  89-385,  eff. 8-18-95; 89-436, eff. 1-1-96; 89-449,
14    eff. 6-1-96; 89-510, eff. 7-11-96.)

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