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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1296
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1296 on page 1,
3 line 5, after "15-66", by inserting "and changing Section
4 18-101.25"; and
5 on page 1, immediately below line 12, by inserting the
6 following:
7 "(35 ILCS 200/18-101.25)
8 (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2003)
9 Sec. 18-101.25. Intent to adopt an aggregate levy;
10 hearing required. Upon making the estimate as provided in
11 Section 18-101.15, the corporate authority shall hold a
12 hearing on its intent to adopt an aggregate levy. Except as
13 otherwise provided in this Section, hearings shall be held
14 according to the following schedule.
15 (1) First Monday in December: Park districts and
16 municipalities.
17 (2) First Tuesday in December: Townships, road
18 districts, and all school districts except high school
19 districts.
20 (3) First Wednesday in December: High school
21 districts and libraries.
22 (4) First Thursday in December: Counties and forest
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1 preserve districts.
2 (5) First Friday in December: All other taxing
3 districts.
4 All hearings shall be open to the public. The corporate
5 authority of the taxing district shall explain the reasons
6 for the levy and any proposed increase and shall permit
7 persons desiring to be heard an opportunity to present
8 testimony within such reasonable time limits as it shall
9 determine. The hearing shall not coincide with the hearing
10 on the proposed budget. The corporate authority may,
11 however, conduct any other business of the taxing district on
12 the same day. Failure of a taxing district to convene or
13 complete a public hearing on the day prescribed in this
14 Section due to good cause unrelated to inadvertence,
15 including, but not limited to, physical perils such as
16 natural disasters or acts of God, shall not constitute a
17 failure to hold a public hearing under this Division 2.1. In
18 this event, a taxing district may either hold a separate
19 public hearing on its proposed tax levy, or place the hearing
20 on its proposed tax levy on the agenda of the taxing
21 district's next scheduled meeting. In either case, a taxing
22 district shall give notice of the hearing pursuant to
23 Sections 2.02, 2.03, and 2.04 of the Open Meetings Act.
24 For the purpose of permitting the issuance of warrants or
25 notes in anticipation of the taxes to be levied, a taxing
26 district may hold (on any date prior to the first week in
27 December) a hearing on its intent to adopt an aggregate levy.
28 If the estimate of the aggregate levy is more than the amount
29 extended or estimated to be extended, plus any amount abated
30 by the corporate authority prior to the extension, upon the
31 final aggregate levy of the preceding year, exclusive of
32 election costs, notice of this hearing shall be given in the
33 same manner as provided in this Division 2.1. This earlier
34 hearing shall be in addition to, and not instead of, the
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1 mandatory December hearing, but may be conducted in
2 conjunction with a regular meeting of the taxing district.
3 Any taxing district with a fiscal year beginning on
4 December 1 or any taxing district that is required to adopt a
5 levy ordinance by the first Tuesday in December, for which
6 the hearing day requirement of this Section would conflict
7 with the adoption of its tax levy or and annual appropriation
8 ordinance, or both, may hold a public hearing on its proposed
9 tax levy prior to and instead of the day prescribed in this
10 Section. This public hearing shall be restricted to the
11 proposed tax levy, and no other business of the taxing
12 district shall be discussed or transacted. Notice of the
13 hearing shall be given as provided in Section 18-101.35 of
14 this Division 2.1.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-523, eff. 1-1-00.)".