[ Search ] [ Legislation ] [ Bill Summary ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
| [ Introduced ] | [ Engrossed ] | [ Enrolled ] |
| [ House Amendment 001 ] |
90_SB1210sam001
LRB9006655MWpcam
1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1210
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1210 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by changing
5 Section 27-55."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
9 Section 27-55 as follows:
10 (35 ILCS 200/27-55)
11 Sec. 27-55. Objection petition. If a petition signed by
12 at least 51% of the electors residing within the special
13 service area and by at least 51% of the owners of record of
14 the land included within the boundaries of the special
15 service area is filed with the municipal clerk or county
16 clerk, as the case may be, within 60 days following the final
17 adjournment of the public hearing, objecting to the creation
18 of the special service district, the enlargement of the area,
19 the levy or imposition of a tax or the issuance of bonds for
20 the provision of special services to the area, or to a
-2- LRB9006655MWpcam
1 proposed increase in the tax rate, the district shall not be
2 created or enlarged, or the tax shall not be levied or
3 imposed nor the rate increased, or no bonds may be issued.
4 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a signature on
5 the petition may not be revoked after the petition has been
6 filed unless the revocation is in writing, signed by the
7 person whose signature appears on the petition, and
8 subscribed and sworn to before a notary public. The subject
9 matter of the petition shall not be proposed relative to any
10 signatories of the petition within the next 2 years. Each
11 resident of the special service area registered to vote at
12 the time of the public hearing held with regard to the
13 special service area shall be considered an elector. Each
14 person in whose name legal title to land included within the
15 boundaries of the special service area is held according to
16 the records of the county in which the land is located shall
17 be considered an owner of record. Owners of record shall be
18 determined at the time of the public hearing held with regard
19 to a special service area. Land owned in the name of a land
20 trust, corporation, estate or partnership shall be considered
21 to have a single owner of record.
22 (Source: P.A. 82-640; 88-455.)
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.".