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Public Act 92-0381

HB1270 Enrolled                                LRB9203257SMdv

    AN ACT in relation to taxes.

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

    Section  1.   Short  title.  This Act may be cited as the
School District Validation (2001) Act.

    Section 5.  Taxing validation.  All taxes  levied  before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly  by any school district for the purpose of providing
funds for the payment of the principal  of  and  interest  on
bonds  issued  by  that  school  district  for the purpose of
implementing equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in
litigation involving school desegregation and refunding bonds
issued before the effective date of this  amendatory  Act  of
the  92nd  General  Assembly to refund those bonds are hereby
validated, ratified, and confirmed as  valid  taxes  lawfully
levied  and  fully  authorized  to be extended for collection
against all taxable property in the school  district  without
limitation  as  to  rate or amount, notwithstanding that this
levy and extension of unlimited  ad  valorem  taxes  was  not
authorized in accordance with law.

    Section 10.  Bonding validation.  All bonds issued before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly  by  any  school district for the purpose of funding
the costs of equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in
litigation involving school desegregation and  all  refunding
bonds issued before the effective date of this amendatory Act
of the 92nd General Assembly to refund those bonds are hereby
validated,  ratified,  and  confirmed  as  lawful, valid, and
binding  general  obligations  of   that   school   district,
notwithstanding  that  the bonds and refunding bonds were not
approved by referendum or otherwise authorized and issued  in
accordance with law.

    Section 15.  Validation of actions of school district and
school board.  All actions taken before the effective date of
this  amendatory  Act  of  the  92nd  General Assembly by any
school district and its board of education to  authorize  and
issue   bonds   and   refunding  bonds  for  the  purpose  of
implementing equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in
litigation involving school desegregation  and  to  levy  and
extend  unlimited  ad  valorem  taxes  for the payment of the
principal of and interest on bonds and refunding bonds issued
for the purpose of implementing equitable remedies ordered by
a federal court in litigation involving school  desegregation
are  hereby  ratified,  validated, and confirmed as valid and
lawful acts of that school district and  board  of  education
undertaken  in  accordance with law, notwithstanding that the
bonds or refunding bonds were not approved by  referendum  or
otherwise  authorized  and  issued in accordance with law and
notwithstanding that the unlimited ad valorem taxes were  not
levied and authorized to be extended in accordance with law.

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 25, 2001.
    Approved August 16, 2001.

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