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      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  5.   The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
 6    Act is amended by changing Section 11.10 as follows:
 7        (70 ILCS 2605/11.10) (from Ch. 42, par. 331.10)
 8        Sec. 11.10.  Every contract or purchase  order  involving
 9    amounts in excess of $10,000 shall be signed by the president
10    or   other   duly   authorized   officer   of  the  board  of
11    commissioners, by the general superintendent,  by  the  clerk
12    and  by the purchasing agent. The signatures on the contracts
13    or purchase orders may be executed electronically.  Each  bid
14    with  the  name  of the bidder shall be entered upon a record
15    which shall be open to public inspection in the office of the
16    purchasing agent. After the award is made, the bids shall  be
17    entered   in   the   official   records   of   the  board  of
18    commissioners.
19        All purchase orders or  contracts  involving  amounts  of
20    $10,000  or  less  shall be let by the purchasing agent. They
21    shall be signed by the purchasing agent and  the  clerk.  All
22    records  pertaining  to  such  awards shall be open to public
23    inspection for a period of at least one  year  subsequent  to
24    the date of the award.
25        An  official  copy  of  each  awarded  purchase  order or
26    contract together with  all  necessary  attachments  thereto,
27    including  assignments  and written consent of the purchasing
28    agent shall  be  retained  by  the  purchasing  agent  in  an
29    appropriate  file  open to the public for such period of time
30    after termination of contract during which action against the
31    municipality might ensue under applicable laws of limitation.
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 1    Certified copies of  all  completed  contracts  and  purchase
 2    orders  shall  be filed with the clerk. After the appropriate
 3    period, purchase orders, contracts  and  attachments  in  the
 4    clerk's  possession  may  be  destroyed  by  direction of the
 5    purchasing agent.
 6        The provisions of this Act are not  applicable  to  joint
 7    purchases of personal property, supplies and services made by
 8    governmental units in accordance with Sections 1 through 5 of
 9    "An  Act  authorizing  certain governmental units to purchase
10    personal property, supplies and services  jointly,"  approved
11    August 15, 1961.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-835.)
13        Section 10.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
14    Section 18-185 as follows:
15        (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
16        Sec. 18-185.  Short title; definitions.  This Section and
17    Sections  18-190  through 18-245 may be cited as the Property
18    Tax Extension Limitation Law.  As  used  in  Sections  18-190
19    through 18-245:
20        "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
21    All  Urban  Consumers  for  all items published by the United
22    States Department of Labor.
23        "Extension limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or  the
24    percentage  increase  in  the Consumer Price Index during the
25    12-month calendar year preceding the levy  year  or  (b)  the
26    rate of increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
27        "Affected  county"  means  a  county of 3,000,000 or more
28    inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county  of  3,000,000
29    or more inhabitants.
30        "Taxing  district"  has  the  same  meaning  provided  in
31    Section  1-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section.
32    For the 1991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing  district"
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 1    includes  only  each non-home rule taxing district having the
 2    majority of its 1990  equalized  assessed  value  within  any
 3    county  or  counties contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or
 4    more inhabitants.  Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing
 5    district" includes only each non-home  rule  taxing  district
 6    subject  to  this  Law  before  the  1995  levy year and each
 7    non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law  before
 8    the  1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
 9    assessed value in an affected county or counties.   Beginning
10    with  the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
11    taxing  district  as  provided  in  Section  18-213,  "taxing
12    district" also includes those taxing districts  made  subject
13    to this Law as provided in Section 18-213.
14        "Aggregate  extension" for taxing districts to which this
15    Law applied before  the  1995  levy  year  means  the  annual
16    corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
17    purpose  extensions  that  are  made  annually for the taxing
18    district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made  for
19    the  taxing  district to pay interest or principal on general
20    obligation bonds that were approved by referendum;  (b)  made
21    for  any  taxing  district  to  pay  interest or principal on
22    general obligation bonds issued before October 1,  1991;  (c)
23    made  for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
24    bonds issued to refund or  continue  to  refund  those  bonds
25    issued  before  October  1,  1991;  (d)  made  for any taxing
26    district to pay interest or  principal  on  bonds  issued  to
27    refund  or  continue  to refund bonds issued after October 1,
28    1991 that were approved  by  referendum;  (e)  made  for  any
29    taxing district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds
30    issued before October 1, 1991 for payment of which a property
31    tax  levy  or  the full faith and credit of the unit of local
32    government is pledged; however, a  tax  for  the  payment  of
33    interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
34    the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
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 1    all  other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
 2    payments; (f) made for payments under a  building  commission
 3    lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
 4    issued  by  the commission before October 1, 1991, to pay for
 5    the  building  project;  (g)  made  for  payments  due  under
 6    installment contracts entered into before  October  1,  1991;
 7    (h)  made  for  payments  of  principal and interest on bonds
 8    issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District  Act
 9    to  finance construction projects initiated before October 1,
10    1991; (i) made for payments  of  principal  and  interest  on
11    limited   bonds,  as  defined  in  Section  3  of  the  Local
12    Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not  to  exceed  the
13    debt  service  extension  base  less the amount in items (b),
14    (c), (e) of this definition for  non-referendum  obligations,
15    except  obligations  initially issued pursuant to referendum;
16    and (j) made for payments of principal and interest on  bonds
17    issued  under  Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform
18    Act.
19        "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts  to  which
20    this  Law  did  not  apply  before the 1995 levy year (except
21    taxing districts subject  to  this  Law  in  accordance  with
22    Section  18-213) means the annual corporate extension for the
23    taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
24    made annually for  the  taxing  district,  excluding  special
25    purpose  extensions:  (a) made for the taxing district to pay
26    interest or principal on general obligation bonds  that  were
27    approved  by  referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to
28    pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds  issued
29    before March 1, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay
30    interest  or  principal on bonds issued to refund or continue
31    to refund those bonds issued before March 1, 1995;  (d)  made
32    for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
33    issued  to  refund  or  continue to refund bonds issued after
34    March 1, 1995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made  for
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 1    any  taxing  district to pay interest or principal on revenue
 2    bonds issued before March 1, 1995  for  payment  of  which  a
 3    property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of
 4    local  government  is pledged; however, a tax for the payment
 5    of interest or principal on those bonds shall  be  made  only
 6    after  the  governing  body  of  the unit of local government
 7    finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient  to
 8    make  those  payments; (f) made for payments under a building
 9    commission  lease  when  the  lease  payments  are  for   the
10    retirement  of bonds issued by the commission before March 1,
11    1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made  for  payments
12    due  under installment contracts entered into before March 1,
13    1995; (h) made for payments  of  principal  and  interest  on
14    bonds   issued   under  the  Metropolitan  Water  Reclamation
15    District  Act  to  finance  construction  projects  initiated
16    before October 1, 1991; (i) made for  payments  of  principal
17    and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
18    Local  Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
19    the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
20    (c), and (e), and (h) of this definition  for  non-referendum
21    obligations,  except obligations initially issued pursuant to
22    referendum and bonds described  in  subsection  (h)  of  this
23    definition;  (j)  made for payments of principal and interest
24    on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
25    Reform Act; (k) made for payments of principal  and  interest
26    on  bonds  authorized  by  Public Act 88-503 and issued under
27    Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium  or
28    museum  projects;  and (l) made for payments of principal and
29    interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 87-1191 and issued
30    under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve  District
31    Act for zoological park projects.
32        "Aggregate  extension"  for all taxing districts to which
33    this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213 means  the
34    annual  corporate extension for the taxing district and those
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 1    special purpose extensions that are  made  annually  for  the
 2    taxing  district,  excluding  special purpose extensions: (a)
 3    made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal  on
 4    general  obligation  bonds  that were approved by referendum;
 5    (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal
 6    on general obligation bonds issued before the date  on  which
 7    the  referendum  making  this  Law  applicable  to the taxing
 8    district is held; (c) made for any  taxing  district  to  pay
 9    interest  or  principal on bonds issued to refund or continue
10    to refund those bonds issued before the  date  on  which  the
11    referendum  making this Law applicable to the taxing district
12    is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay interest  or
13    principal  on  bonds  issued  to refund or continue to refund
14    bonds issued after the date on which  the  referendum  making
15    this  Law  applicable  to  the taxing district is held if the
16    bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which the
17    referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing  district
18    is  held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
19    principal on revenue bonds issued before the  date  on  which
20    the  referendum  making  this  Law  applicable  to the taxing
21    district is held for payment of which a property tax levy  or
22    the  full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
23    pledged; however, a  tax  for  the  payment  of  interest  or
24    principal  on  those  bonds  shall  be  made  only  after the
25    governing body of the unit of local government finds that all
26    other sources for payment  are  insufficient  to  make  those
27    payments;  (f)  made for payments under a building commission
28    lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
29    issued by  the  commission  before  the  date  on  which  the
30    referendum  making this Law applicable to the taxing district
31    is held to  pay  for  the  building  project;  (g)  made  for
32    payments  due under installment contracts entered into before
33    the date on which the referendum making this  Law  applicable
34    to  the  taxing  district  is  held; (h) made for payments of
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 1    principal and  interest  on  limited  bonds,  as  defined  in
 2    Section  3  of  the  Local  Government Debt Reform Act, in an
 3    amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less the
 4    amount in items (b), (c), and  (e)  of  this  definition  for
 5    non-referendum   obligations,  except  obligations  initially
 6    issued pursuant to  referendum;  (i)  made  for  payments  of
 7    principal  and  interest  on bonds issued under Section 15 of
 8    the Local Government Debt Reform Act;  and  (j)  made  for  a
 9    qualified  airport  authority to pay interest or principal on
10    general obligation bonds issued for  the  purpose  of  paying
11    obligations   due  under,  or  financing  airport  facilities
12    required to be acquired, constructed, installed  or  equipped
13    pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
14    not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
15    on or after that date).
16        "Debt  service  extension  base" means an amount equal to
17    that portion of the extension for a taxing district  for  the
18    1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this
19    Law  in  accordance  with Section 18-213 for the levy year in
20    which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
21    district is held, constituting an extension  for  payment  of
22    principal and interest on bonds issued by the taxing district
23    without referendum, but not including (i) bonds authorized by
24    Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
25    Park  District  Act  for  aquarium  and museum projects; (ii)
26    bonds issued under Section 15 of the  Local  Government  Debt
27    Reform  Act;  or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund
28    or  to  continue  to  refund  obligations  initially   issued
29    pursuant  to referendum.  The debt service extension base may
30    be established or increased as provided under Section 18-212.
31        "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
32    to, extensions  for  levies  made  on  an  annual  basis  for
33    unemployment   and   workers'  compensation,  self-insurance,
34    contributions to pension plans, and extensions made  pursuant
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 1    to  Section  6-601  of  the  Illinois Highway Code for a road
 2    district's permanent road fund  whether  levied  annually  or
 3    not.   The  extension  for  a  special  service  area  is not
 4    included in the aggregate extension.
 5        "Aggregate extension base" means  the  taxing  district's
 6    last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
 7    18-215 through 18-230.
 8        "Levy  year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
 9    1-155.
10        "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after  final
11    board   of   review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of  new
12    improvements or additions to  existing  improvements  on  any
13    parcel  of  real property that increase the assessed value of
14    that real property during the levy  year  multiplied  by  the
15    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
16    17-30 and (ii) the  assessed  value,  after  final  board  of
17    review  or  board  of  appeals  action,  of real property not
18    exempt from real estate taxation,  which  real  property  was
19    exempt  from  real  estate  taxation  for  any portion of the
20    immediately  preceding   levy   year,   multiplied   by   the
21    equalization  factor  issued  by the Department under Section
22    17-30.
23        "Qualified airport authority" means an airport  authority
24    organized  under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
25    county bordering on the  State  of  Wisconsin  and  having  a
26    population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
27        "Recovered  tax  increment value" means the amount of the
28    current year's equalized assessed value, in  the  first  year
29    after a municipality terminates the designation of an area as
30    a redevelopment project area previously established under the
31    Tax  Increment  Allocation  Development  Act  in the Illinois
32    Municipal Code, previously established under  the  Industrial
33    Jobs   Recovery  Law  in  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code,  or
34    previously established under the  Economic  Development  Area
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 1    Tax  Increment  Allocation  Act,  of each taxable lot, block,
 2    tract, or  parcel  of  real  property  in  the  redevelopment
 3    project  area  over  and above the initial equalized assessed
 4    value of each property in the redevelopment project area.
 5        Except as otherwise provided in this  Section,  "limiting
 6    rate"  means  a  fraction  the numerator of which is the last
 7    preceding aggregate extension base times an amount  equal  to
 8    one plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and
 9    the  denominator  of  which  is  the current year's equalized
10    assessed value of all real property in  the  territory  under
11    the jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy
12    year.    For   those  taxing  districts  that  reduced  their
13    aggregate extension for the last  preceding  levy  year,  the
14    highest  aggregate  extension  in any of the last 3 preceding
15    levy years shall be used for the  purpose  of  computing  the
16    limiting   rate.   The  denominator  shall  not  include  new
17    property.  The denominator shall not  include  the  recovered
18    tax increment value.
19    (Source:  P.A.  88-455;  89-1,  eff.  2-12-95;  89-138,  eff.
20    7-14-95;  89-385,  eff. 8-18-95; 89-436, eff. 1-1-96; 89-449,
21    eff. 6-1-96; 89-510, eff. 7-11-96.)

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