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Public Act 92-0718
HB3812 Enrolled LRB9214376BDpr
AN ACT concerning townships.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 235-20 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/235-20)
Sec. 235-20. General assistance tax.
(a) The township board may raise money by taxation
deemed necessary to be expended to provide general assistance
in the township to persons needing that assistance as
provided in the Illinois Public Aid Code, including persons
eligible for assistance under the Military Veterans
Assistance Act, where that duty is provided by law. The tax
for each fiscal year shall not be more than 0.10% of value,
or more than an amount approved at a referendum held under
this Section, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue, and shall in no case exceed the amount needed in the
township for general assistance.
(b) If the board desires to increase the maximum tax
rate, it shall order a referendum on that proposition to be
held at an election in accordance with the general election
law. The board shall certify the proposition to the proper
election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the
voters at an election in accordance with the general election
law. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is
in favor of the proposition, the board may annually levy the
tax at a rate not exceeding the higher rate approved by the
voters at the election.
(c) If a city, village, or incorporated town having a
population of more than 500,000 is located within or
partially within a township, then the entire amount of the
tax levied by the township for the purpose of providing
general assistance under this Section on property lying
within that city, village, or incorporated town, less the
amount allowed for collecting the tax, shall be paid over by
the treasurer of the township to the treasurer of the city,
village, or incorporated town to be appropriated and used by
the city, village, or incorporated town for the relief and
support of persons needing general assistance residing in
that portion of the city, village, or incorporated town
located within the township in accordance with the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(d) Any taxes levied for general assistance before or
after this Section takes effect may also be used for the
payment of warrants issued against and in anticipation of
those taxes and accrued interest on those warrants and may
also be used to pay the cost of administering that
assistance.
(e) In any township with a population of less than
500,000 that receives no State funding for the general
assistance program and that has not issued anticipation
warrants or otherwise borrowed monies for the administration
of the general assistance program during the township's
previous 3 fiscal years of operation, a one time transfer of
monies from the township's general assistance fund may be
made to the general township fund pursuant to action by the
township board. This transfer may occur only to the extent
that the amount of monies remaining in the general assistance
fund after the transfer is equal to the greater of (i) the
amount of the township's expenditures in the previous fiscal
year for general assistance or (ii) an amount equal to either
0.10% of the last known total equalized value of all taxable
property in the township, or 100% of the highest amount
levied for general assistance purposes in any of the three
previous fiscal years. The transfer shall be completed no
later than one year after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly the end of fiscal
year 1992. No township that has certified a new levy or an
increase in the levy under this Section during calendar year
2002 1990 may transfer monies under this subsection. No
action on the transfer of monies under this subsection shall
be taken by the township board except at a township board
meeting. No monies transferred under this subsection shall be
considered in determining whether the township qualifies for
State funds to supplement local funds for public aid purposes
under Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
(Source: P.A. 86-1379; 86-1480; 87-14; 87-895; 88-62.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 15, 2002.
Approved July 25, 2002.
Effective July 25, 2002.
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