100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3675

 

Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Prohibits public employees and labor organizations from collectively bargaining on certain specified matters. Provides that governing authorities of counties, municipalities, and units of local government, including school districts, may by ordinance or resolution prohibit those activities from collective bargaining. Allows the registered voters of counties, municipalities, and units of local government to petition to have the question of whether those activities should be prohibited from collective bargaining certified and presented to the election authority. Makes similar changes in the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2017 levy year, the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law applies to all taxing districts, including home rule units and school districts. Provides that, beginning with the 2017 levy year, the extension limitation under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law is 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Preempts home rule. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Excludes from the scope of the Act units of local government and school districts. Excludes from the scope of the term "public works" any public works constructed by a unit of local government or school district. Amends various other Acts to make related changes. Contains legislative findings.


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4
ARTICLE 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.

 
5    Section 1-1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6Local Government Taxpayer Protection Act.
 
7    Section 1-5. Legislative intent. As of the effective date
8of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, Illinois
9taxpayers are paying the second highest median property taxes
10in the United States. While property taxes are a critical
11source of revenue for units of local government, school
12districts, and other local governmental entities, the high
13property tax burden hinders economic growth. The General
14Assembly finds that freezing property tax extensions until
15voters, acting by referendum, approve an increase in the tax
16extension will return control of local tax and spending policy
17to voters and, as property values begin to grow, reduce
18property tax rates.
19    To ensure that units of local government, school districts,
20and other governmental entities that depend upon property tax
21revenue are able to continue providing critical services to
22their residents notwithstanding this property tax freeze, the

 

 

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1General Assembly further finds that it is necessary to reduce
2the State-imposed mandates on local governments that have
3increased the cost of providing these services. These mandates
4include the following:
5        (1) According to the United States Census Bureau's 2012
6    report on state and local government finance, employee
7    wages and benefits are the largest operational expense of
8    local governments in Illinois. Although the Illinois
9    Public Labor Relations Act and the Illinois Educational
10    Labor Relations Act are intended to afford local
11    governments with discretion over their budgets, employee
12    costs remain a significant expense. The changes made by
13    this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly to the
14    Illinois Public Labor Relations Act and the Illinois
15    Educational Labor Relations Act are intended to empower
16    local governments to contain these costs.
17        (2) Despite critical infrastructure and capital needs,
18    the cost of capital projects is often higher for local
19    governments than for the private sector. In particular,
20    labor costs are higher due to the State's mandated
21    prevailing wage, which often exceeds the wage required for
22    federally funded projects and the wage that actually
23    prevails in the market, and the use of project labor
24    agreements.
25    The purpose of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
26Assembly is to alleviate the property tax burden. To offset the

 

 

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1property tax freeze, it is necessary to reduce labor and
2capital costs incurred by units of local government, school
3districts, and other local governmental entities as a result of
4State mandates.
 
5
ARTICLE 5. AMENDATORY PROVISIONS

 
6    Section 5-5. The Illinois Public Labor Relations Act is
7amended by changing Section 4 and by adding Section 4.5 as
8follows:
 
9    (5 ILCS 315/4)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1604)
 
10    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
11which has been held unconstitutional)
12    Sec. 4. Management Rights.
13    (a) Employers shall not be required to bargain over matters
14of inherent managerial policy, which shall include such areas
15of discretion or policy as the functions of the employer,
16standards of services, its overall budget, the organizational
17structure and selection of new employees, examination
18techniques and direction of employees. Employers, however,
19shall be required to bargain collectively with regard to policy
20matters directly affecting wages, hours and terms and
21conditions of employment as well as the impact thereon upon
22request by employee representatives.

 

 

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1    To preserve the rights of employers and exclusive
2representatives which have established collective bargaining
3relationships or negotiated collective bargaining agreements
4prior to the effective date of this Act, employers shall be
5required to bargain collectively with regard to any matter
6concerning wages, hours or conditions of employment about which
7they have bargained for and agreed to in a collective
8bargaining agreement prior to the effective date of this Act.
9    The chief judge of the judicial circuit that employs a
10public employee who is a court reporter, as defined in the
11Court Reporters Act, has the authority to hire, appoint,
12promote, evaluate, discipline, and discharge court reporters
13within that judicial circuit.
14    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
15shall be construed to intrude upon the judicial functions of
16any court. This amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
17applies only to nonjudicial administrative matters relating to
18the collective bargaining rights of court reporters.
19    (b) In any unit of local government or school district to
20which this subsection applies, as provided in Section 4.5 of
21this Act, public employees or a labor organization may not
22bargain collectively on:
23        (1) the decision of the employer to contract with a
24    third party for any services, the process for bidding on
25    such a contract, the identity of the provider of such
26    services, or the effect of any such contract on bargaining

 

 

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1    unit members, provided that this subsection does not limit
2    the ability of employees or a labor organization to bid on
3    any such contract;
4        (2) any pay increase, either through changes to the pay
5    schedule or as a result of accumulated years of service, in
6    excess of the amount specified by ordinance or resolution
7    of the governing authority of the public employer;
8        (3) the provision of any health insurance, including
9    the payment of premiums, the extent of coverage, or the
10    identity of the insurer;
11        (4) the use of employee time for business of the labor
12    organization, other than reasonable time provided to an
13    employee to attend a grievance hearing when his or her
14    rights are substantially affected by the hearing or his or
15    her testimony is needed for the determination of any
16    substantial factual question;
17        (5) required levels of staffing for departments,
18    divisions, shifts, stations, or assignments; or
19        (6) procedures, processes, forms, and criteria for
20    personnel evaluations, or the use of evaluations or
21    seniority in assignments, promotions, layoffs, and
22    reductions-in-force.
23    (c) Any agreement, understanding, or practice, whether
24written or oral, and whether express or implied, between any
25labor organization and any public employer made in violation of
26this Section is hereby declared to be unlawful, null and void,

 

 

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1and of no legal effect.
2(Source: P.A. 94-98, eff. 7-1-05.)
 
3    (5 ILCS 315/4.5 new)
4    Sec. 4.5. Adoption of limitations on subjects of collective
5bargaining.
6    (a) The county board or board of county commissioners of a
7county may by ordinance elect to apply the limitations under
8subsection (b) of Section 4 to bargaining with that county and
9with any other public employer whose boundaries are entirely
10within that county.
11    (b) The corporate authorities of a municipality may by
12ordinance elect to apply the limitations under subsection (b)
13of Section 4 to bargaining with that municipality and with any
14other public employer whose boundaries are entirely within that
15municipality.
16    (c) The governing authority of a unit of local government
17or school district, including a county or municipality, may by
18ordinance or resolution elect to apply the limitations under
19subsection (b) of Section 4 to bargaining with that unit of
20local government or school district.
21    (d) If a petition, signed by a number of registered voters
22equal in number to at least 5% of the total number of
23registered voters in a county or municipality, asking to apply
24the limitations under subsection (b) of Section 4 to collective
25bargaining in that county or municipality is presented to the

 

 

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1clerk of that county or municipality, the clerk shall certify
2the question of whether to apply such limitations in that
3county or municipality to the proper election authority, who
4shall submit the question at the next election in accordance
5with the general election law.
6    The question of whether to apply the limitations under
7subsection (b) of Section 4 shall be presented in substantially
8the following form:
9        Shall each unit of local government and school district
10    located within (legal name of the county or municipality)
11    be free to determine certain matters without negotiating
12    with employee unions, such as the use of service providers,
13    the decision to provide health benefits, caps on total
14    payroll, employees' use of government time for union
15    matters, required staffing levels, evaluation procedures,
16    and, in the case of schools, curriculum?
17    The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority
18of voters voting on the question are in favor of applying such
19limitations, subsection (b) of Section 4 shall apply to
20bargaining with that county or municipality and with any other
21public employer whose boundaries are entirely within that
22county or municipality.
23    (e) If a petition, signed by a number of registered voters
24equal in number to at least 5% of the total number of
25registered voters in a unit of local government or school
26district, asking to apply the limitations under subsection (b)

 

 

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1of Section 4 to collective bargaining with that unit of local
2government or school district is presented to the clerk of that
3unit of local government or school district, the clerk shall
4certify the question of whether to apply such limitations to
5that unit of local government or school district to the proper
6election authority, who shall submit the question at the next
7election in accordance with the general election law.
8    The question of whether to apply the limitations under
9subsection (b) of Section 4 shall be presented in substantially
10the following form:
11        Shall (the legal name of the unit of local government
12    or school district) be free to determine certain matters
13    without negotiating with employee unions, such as the use
14    of service providers, the decision to provide health
15    benefits, caps on total payroll, employees' use of
16    government time for union matters, required staffing
17    levels, evaluation procedures, and, in the case of schools,
18    curriculum?
19    The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority
20of voters voting on the question are in favor of applying such
21limitations, subsection (b) of Section 4 shall apply to
22bargaining with that unit of local government or school
23district.
 
24    Section 5-10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
25Sections 18-185, 18-205, 18-213, and 18-214 and by adding

 

 

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1Section 18-242 as follows:
 
2    (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
3    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-521)
4    Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
5be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
6in this Division 5:
7    "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
8All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
9States Department of Labor.
10    "Extension limitation", for levy years prior to 2017, means
11(a) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
12Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the
13levy year or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters under
14Section 18-205.
15    "Extension limitation", beginning in levy year 2017, means
160% or the rate of increase approved by the voters under Section
1718-205.
18    "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
19inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
20more inhabitants.
21    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
221-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
231991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
24only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
25its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties

 

 

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1contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
2Beginning with the 1995 levy year and through the 2016 levy
3year, "taxing district" includes only each non-home rule taxing
4district subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each
5non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
6the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
7assessed value in an affected county or counties. Beginning
8with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
9taxing district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing
10district" also includes those taxing districts made subject to
11this Law as provided in Section 18-213. Beginning with the 2017
12levy year, "taxing district" means each unit of local
13government, school district, or community college district in
14the State with the power to levy taxes, including, but not
15limited to, home rule units and taxing districts that were not
16subject to this Law prior to the effective date of this
17amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
18    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
19Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
20corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
21purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
22district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
23the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
24obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
25any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
26obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for

 

 

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1any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
2issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
3before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
4interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
5refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
6referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
7principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
8payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
9credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
10tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
11shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
12local government finds that all other sources for payment are
13insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
14under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
15for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
16October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
17payments due under installment contracts entered into before
18October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
19interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
20Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
21initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
22principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
233 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
24exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
25(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
26obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to

 

 

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1referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
2bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
3Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
4the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
5special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
6School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
7amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
8District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
9Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
10of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
11school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
12of providing joint recreational programs for persons with
13disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
14Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for
15temporary relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to
16Sections 2-3.77 and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for
17payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued under the
18authority of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
19contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
20Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
21amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
22Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
23first year after a township assumes the rights, powers, duties,
24assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
25responsibilities of a road district abolished under the
26provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.

 

 

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1    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
2this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
3districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section 18-213
4or this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) means the
5annual corporate extension for the taxing district and those
6special purpose extensions that are made annually for the
7taxing district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a)
8made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal on
9general obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b)
10made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
11general obligation bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (c) made
12for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
13issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
14before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
15interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
16refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that were approved by
17referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
18principal on revenue bonds issued before March 1, 1995 for
19payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
20credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
21tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
22shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
23local government finds that all other sources for payment are
24insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
25under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
26for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before

 

 

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1March 1, 1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made for
2payments due under installment contracts entered into before
3March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of principal and interest
4on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
5District Act to finance construction projects initiated before
6October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for stormwater management purposes
7by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
8Chicago under Section 12 of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
9District Act; (i) made for payments of principal and interest
10on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
11Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
12service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
13(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
14obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum and bonds
15described in subsection (h) of this definition; (j) made for
16payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
17Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made
18for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
19Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
20Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for
21payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
22Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section
2321.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii)
24issued under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
25District Act for zoological park projects, or (iii) issued
26under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District

 

 

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1Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to
2Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied annually or
3not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint recreational
4programs for persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the
5Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois
6Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park District for
7recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
8subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the Chicago Park District
9Act; (p) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension fund
10created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the
11extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134
12of the Illinois Pension Code; and (q) made by Ford Heights
13School District 169 under Section 17-9.02 of the School Code.
14    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
15this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
16those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
17(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
18the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
19are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
20purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
21interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
22approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
23interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
24the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
25the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
26to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or

 

 

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1continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
2the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
3district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
4interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
5refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum
6making this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if
7the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
8the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
9district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
10interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
11on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
12taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
13levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
14government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
15interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
16the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
17all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
18payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
19lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
20issued by the commission before the date on which the
21referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
22held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
23under installment contracts entered into before the date on
24which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
25district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
26interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local

 

 

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1Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
2service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
3(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
4obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
5for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
6Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
7for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
8on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
9obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
10required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
11pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
12not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
13on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
14joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
15under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
16of the Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
17firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
18Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
19under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
20and (m) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
21principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
22Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
23    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
24this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
25(e) of Section 18-213 or this amendatory Act of the 100th
26General Assembly means the annual corporate extension for the

 

 

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1taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
2made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
3purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
4interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
5approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
6interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
7the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for
8any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
9issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
10before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
11made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
12bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
13the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds
14were approved by referendum after the effective date of this
15amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
16interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
17effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of
18which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
19unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
20payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
21only after the governing body of the unit of local government
22finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
23make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
24commission lease when the lease payments are for the retirement
25of bonds issued by the commission before the effective date of
26this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;

 

 

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1(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered
2into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
3(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited
4bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
5Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
6extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of
7this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
8obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
9for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
10Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
11for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
12on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
13obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
14required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
15pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
16not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
17on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
18joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
19under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
20of the Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions
21to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
22Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
23under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
24    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
25portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 1994
26levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this Law in

 

 

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1accordance with Section 18-213, except for those subject to
2paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, for the levy
3year in which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
4taxing district is held, or for those taxing districts subject
5to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
6of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year, constituting an
7extension for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued
8by the taxing district without referendum, but not including
9excluded non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were
10first subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose
11extension for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal
12and interest on bonds issued by the park district without
13referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
14was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
15constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
16on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
17not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
18extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the
19extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
20payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park
21district without referendum (but not including excluded
22non-referendum bonds). A debt service extension base
23established or increased at any time pursuant to any provision
24of this Law, except Section 18-212, shall be increased each
25year commencing with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or
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1to the taxing district, by the lesser of 5% or the percentage
2increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
3calendar year preceding the levy year. The debt service
4extension base may be established or increased as provided
5under Section 18-212. "Excluded non-referendum bonds" means
6(i) bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and issued under
7Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium and
8museum projects; (ii) bonds issued under Section 15 of the
9Local Government Debt Reform Act; or (iii) refunding
10obligations issued to refund or to continue to refund
11obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum.
12    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
13to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
14unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
15contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
16Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
17district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
18The extension for a special service area is not included in the
19aggregate extension.
20    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
21last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
2218-135, 18-215, and 18-230. An adjustment under Section 18-135
23shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent levy
24years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
25district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
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1levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
2taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
3last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
4Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
5aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
6to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
7district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
8either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
9rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
10last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
11preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
12subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
13    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
142012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
15District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
16    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
171-155.
18    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
19board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements
20or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
21property that increase the assessed value of that real property
22during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
23issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed
24value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
25of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
26real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any

 

 

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1portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by
2the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
317-30, including the assessed value, upon final stabilization
4of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
5property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or
6previously exempt military reservation that is intended for
7residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
8or other entity, (iii) in counties that classify in accordance
9with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution, an
10incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from
11a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to
12the first year final board of review market value, and (iv) any
13increase in assessed value due to oil or gas production from an
14oil or gas well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic
15Fracturing Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted
16for during the previous levy year. In addition, the county
17clerk in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more
18shall include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
19school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
20applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
21    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
22organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
23county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
24population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
25    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
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1equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
2municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
3redevelopment project area previously established under the
4Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
5Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
6Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
7established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
8Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
9Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of each
10taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
11redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
12assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
13area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 levy year,
14the recovered tax increment value for a non-home rule taxing
15district that first became subject to this Law for the 1995
16levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
17value was in an affected county or counties shall be increased
18if a municipality terminated the designation of an area in 1993
19as a redevelopment project area previously established under
20the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
21Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
22Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
23established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
24Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
25assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
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1the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
2redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
3municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
4real property from a redevelopment project area established
5under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the
6Illinois Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in
7the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
8Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
9means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
10of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
11removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
12initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
13removal from the redevelopment project area.
14    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
15rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
16preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
17plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
18denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
19value of all real property in the territory under the
20jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
21For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
22extension for the last preceding levy year, the highest
23aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years
24shall be used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate.
25The denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
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1limiting rate increase has been approved at an election held
2after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable
3limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of the new rate
4or shall be reduced by the amount of the rate decrease, as the
5case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting rate increase,
6the limiting rate shall be equal to the rate set forth in the
7proposition approved by the voters for each of the years
8specified in the proposition, after which the limiting rate of
9the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise provided.
10In the case of a taxing district that obtained referendum
11approval for an increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the
12limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that
13generates the approximate total amount of taxes extendable for
14that tax year, as set forth in the proposition approved by the
15voters; this rate shall be the final rate applied by the county
16clerk for the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for
17tax year 2012.
18(Source: P.A. 98-6, eff. 3-29-13; 98-23, eff. 6-17-13; 99-143,
19eff. 7-27-15.)
 
20    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-521)
21    Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
22be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
23in this Division 5:
24    "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
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1States Department of Labor.
2    "Extension limitation", for levy years prior to 2017, means
3(a) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
4Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the
5levy year or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters under
6Section 18-205.
7    "Extension limitation", beginning in levy year 2017, means
80% or the rate of increase approved by the voters under Section
918-205.
10    "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
11inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
12more inhabitants.
13    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
141-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
151991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
16only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
17its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
18contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
19Beginning with the 1995 levy year and through the 2016 levy
20year, "taxing district" includes only each non-home rule taxing
21district subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each
22non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
23the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
24assessed value in an affected county or counties. Beginning
25with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
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1district" also includes those taxing districts made subject to
2this Law as provided in Section 18-213. Beginning with the 2017
3levy year, "taxing district" means each unit of local
4government, school district, or community college district in
5the State with the power to levy taxes, including, but not
6limited to, home rule units and taxing districts that were not
7subject to this Law prior to the effective date of this
8amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
9    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
10Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
11corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
12purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
13district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
14the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
15obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
16any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
17obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for
18any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
19issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
20before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
21interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
22refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
23referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
24principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
25payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
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1tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
2shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
3local government finds that all other sources for payment are
4insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
5under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
6for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
7October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
8payments due under installment contracts entered into before
9October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
10interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
11Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
12initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
13principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
143 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
15exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
16(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
17obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
18referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
19bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
20Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
21the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
22special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
23School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
24amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
25District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
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1of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
2school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
3of providing joint recreational programs for persons with
4disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
5Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for
6temporary relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to
7Sections 2-3.77 and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for
8payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued under the
9authority of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
10contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
11Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
12amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
13Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
14first year after a township assumes the rights, powers, duties,
15assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
16responsibilities of a road district abolished under the
17provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.
18    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
19this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
20districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section 18-213
21or this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly) means the
22annual corporate extension for the taxing district and those
23special purpose extensions that are made annually for the
24taxing district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a)
25made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal on
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1made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
2general obligation bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (c) made
3for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
4issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
5before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
6interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
7refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that were approved by
8referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
9principal on revenue bonds issued before March 1, 1995 for
10payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
11credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
12tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
13shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
14local government finds that all other sources for payment are
15insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
16under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
17for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
18March 1, 1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made for
19payments due under installment contracts entered into before
20March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of principal and interest
21on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
22District Act to finance construction projects initiated before
23October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for stormwater management purposes
24by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
25Chicago under Section 12 of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
26District Act; (i) made for payments of principal and interest

 

 

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1on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
2Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
3service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
4(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
5obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum and bonds
6described in subsection (h) of this definition; (j) made for
7payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
8Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made
9for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
10Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
11Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for
12payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
13Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section
1421.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii)
15issued under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
16District Act for zoological park projects, or (iii) issued
17under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District
18Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to
19Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied annually or
20not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint recreational
21programs for persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the
22Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois
23Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park District for
24recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
25subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the Chicago Park District
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1created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the
2extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134
3of the Illinois Pension Code; (q) made by Ford Heights School
4District 169 under Section 17-9.02 of the School Code; and (r)
5made for the purpose of making employer contributions to the
6Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago
7under Section 34-53 of the School Code.
8    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
9this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
10those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
11(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
12the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
13are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
14purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
15interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
16approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
17interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
18the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
19the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
20to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
21continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
22the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
23district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
24interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
25refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum
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1the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
2the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
3district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
4interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
5on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
6taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
7levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
8government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
9interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
10the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
11all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
12payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
13lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
14issued by the commission before the date on which the
15referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
16held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
17under installment contracts entered into before the date on
18which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
19district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
20interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
21Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
22service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
23(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
24obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
25for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
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1for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
2on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
3obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
4required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
5pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
6not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
7on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
8joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
9under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
10of the Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
11firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
12Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
13under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
14and (m) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
15principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
16Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
17    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
18this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
19(e) of Section 18-213 or this amendatory Act of the 100th
20General Assembly means the annual corporate extension for the
21taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
22made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
23purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
24interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
25approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
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1the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for
2any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
3issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
4before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
5made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
6bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
7the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds
8were approved by referendum after the effective date of this
9amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
10interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
11effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of
12which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
13unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
14payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
15only after the governing body of the unit of local government
16finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
17make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
18commission lease when the lease payments are for the retirement
19of bonds issued by the commission before the effective date of
20this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;
21(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered
22into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
23(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited
24bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
25Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
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1this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
2obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
3for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
4Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
5for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
6on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
7obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
8required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
9pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
10not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
11on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
12joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
13under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
14of the Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions
15to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
16Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
17under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
18    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
19portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 1994
20levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this Law in
21accordance with Section 18-213, except for those subject to
22paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, for the levy
23year in which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
24taxing district is held, or for those taxing districts subject
25to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
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1extension for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued
2by the taxing district without referendum, but not including
3excluded non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were
4first subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose
5extension for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal
6and interest on bonds issued by the park district without
7referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
8was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
9constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
10on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
11not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
12extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the
13extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
14payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park
15district without referendum (but not including excluded
16non-referendum bonds). A debt service extension base
17established or increased at any time pursuant to any provision
18of this Law, except Section 18-212, shall be increased each
19year commencing with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or
20(ii) the first levy year in which this Law becomes applicable
21to the taxing district, by the lesser of 5% or the percentage
22increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
23calendar year preceding the levy year. The debt service
24extension base may be established or increased as provided
25under Section 18-212. "Excluded non-referendum bonds" means
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1Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium and
2museum projects; (ii) bonds issued under Section 15 of the
3Local Government Debt Reform Act; or (iii) refunding
4obligations issued to refund or to continue to refund
5obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum.
6    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
7to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
8unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
9contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
10Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
11district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
12The extension for a special service area is not included in the
13aggregate extension.
14    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
15last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
1618-135, 18-215, and 18-230. An adjustment under Section 18-135
17shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent levy
18years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
19district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
20extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding
21levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
22taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
23last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
24Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
25aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
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1district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
2either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
3rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
4last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
5preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
6subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
7    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
82012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
9District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
10    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
111-155.
12    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
13board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements
14or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
15property that increase the assessed value of that real property
16during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
17issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed
18value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
19of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
20real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any
21portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by
22the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
2317-30, including the assessed value, upon final stabilization
24of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
25property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or
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1residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
2or other entity, (iii) in counties that classify in accordance
3with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution, an
4incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from
5a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to
6the first year final board of review market value, and (iv) any
7increase in assessed value due to oil or gas production from an
8oil or gas well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic
9Fracturing Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted
10for during the previous levy year. In addition, the county
11clerk in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more
12shall include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
13school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
14applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
15    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
16organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
17county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
18population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
19    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
20provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
21equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
22municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
23redevelopment project area previously established under the
24Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
25Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
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1established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
2Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
3Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of each
4taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
5redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
6assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
7area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 levy year,
8the recovered tax increment value for a non-home rule taxing
9district that first became subject to this Law for the 1995
10levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
11value was in an affected county or counties shall be increased
12if a municipality terminated the designation of an area in 1993
13as a redevelopment project area previously established under
14the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
15Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
16Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
17established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
18Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
19assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
20real property in the redevelopment project area over and above
21the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
22redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
23municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
24real property from a redevelopment project area established
25under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the
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1the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
2Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
3means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
4of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
5removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
6initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
7removal from the redevelopment project area.
8    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
9rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
10preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
11plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
12denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
13value of all real property in the territory under the
14jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
15For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
16extension for the last preceding levy year, the highest
17aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years
18shall be used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate.
19The denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
20tax increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a
21limiting rate increase has been approved at an election held
22after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable
23limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of the new rate
24or shall be reduced by the amount of the rate decrease, as the
25case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting rate increase,
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1proposition approved by the voters for each of the years
2specified in the proposition, after which the limiting rate of
3the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise provided.
4In the case of a taxing district that obtained referendum
5approval for an increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the
6limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that
7generates the approximate total amount of taxes extendable for
8that tax year, as set forth in the proposition approved by the
9voters; this rate shall be the final rate applied by the county
10clerk for the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for
11tax year 2012.
12(Source: P.A. 98-6, eff. 3-29-13; 98-23, eff. 6-17-13; 99-143,
13eff. 7-27-15; 99-521, eff. 6-1-17.)
 
14    (35 ILCS 200/18-205)
15    Sec. 18-205. Referendum to increase the extension
16limitation. A taxing district is limited to an extension
17limitation as defined in Section 18-185 of 5% or the percentage
18increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
19calendar year preceding the levy year, whichever is less. A
20taxing district may increase its extension limitation for one
21or more levy years if that taxing district holds a referendum
22before the levy date for the first levy year at which a
23majority of voters voting on the issue approves adoption of a
24higher extension limitation. Referenda shall be conducted at a
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1Code. For referenda to increase the extension limitation for
2levy years prior to 2017, the The question shall be presented
3in substantially the following manner for all elections held
4after March 21, 2006:
5        Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
6    Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
7    number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
8    district and geographic or other common name by which a
9    school or community college district is known and referred
10    to), Illinois, be increased from the lesser of 5% or the
11    percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index over the
12    prior levy year to (insert the percentage of the proposed
13    increase)% per year for (insert each levy year for which
14    the increased extension limitation will apply)?
15    For referenda to increase the extension limitation for levy
16year 2017 and thereafter, the question shall be presented in
17substantially the following manner:
18        Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
19    Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
20    number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
21    district and geographic or other common name by which a
22    school or community college district is known and referred
23    to), Illinois, be increased from 0% to (insert the
24    percentage of the proposed increase)% per year for (insert
25    each levy year for which the increased extension limitation
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1The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
2If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
3adoption of the increase, the increase shall be applicable for
4each levy year specified.
5    The ballot for any question submitted pursuant to this
6Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the
7question submitted, only the following supplemental
8information (which shall be supplied to the election authority
9by the taxing district) in substantially the following form:
10        (1) For the (insert the first levy year for which the
11    increased extension limitation will be applicable) levy
12    year the approximate amount of the additional tax
13    extendable against property containing a single family
14    residence and having a fair market value at the time of the
15    referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $....
16        (2) Based upon an average annual percentage increase
17    (or decrease) in the market value of such property of ...%
18    (insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage
19    increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the
20    time the submission of the question is initiated by the
21    taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized
22    assessed value of the taxable property in the taxing
23    district less (B) the new property included in the
24    equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the
25    additional tax extendable against such property for the ...
26    levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy year

 

 

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1    is estimated to be $....
2    Paragraph (2) shall be included only if the increased
3extension limitation will be applicable for more than one year
4and shall list each levy year for which the increased extension
5limitation will be applicable. The additional tax shown for
6each levy year shall be the approximate dollar amount of the
7increase over the amount of the most recently completed
8extension at the time the submission of the question is
9initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of the
10additional tax extendable shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
11be calculated by multiplying $100,000 (the fair market value of
12the property without regard to any property tax exemptions) by
13(i) the percentage level of assessment prescribed for that
14property by statute, or by ordinance of the county board in
15counties that classify property for purposes of taxation in
16accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
17Constitution; (ii) the most recent final equalization factor
18certified to the county clerk by the Department of Revenue at
19the time the taxing district initiates the submission of the
20proposition to the electors; (iii) the last known aggregate
21extension base of the taxing district at the time the
22submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district;
23and (iv) the difference between the percentage increase
24proposed in the question and (A) the lesser of 5% or the
25percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior
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1prior levy year if the increase is unavailable at the time the
2submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district)
3or (B) 0%, as applicable; and dividing the result by the last
4known equalized assessed value of the taxing district at the
5time the submission of the question is initiated by the taxing
6district. This amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly is
7intended to clarify the existing requirements of this Section,
8and shall not be construed to validate any prior non-compliant
9referendum language. Any notice required to be published in
10connection with the submission of the question shall also
11contain this supplemental information and shall not contain any
12other supplemental information. Any error, miscalculation, or
13inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth on the ballot or
14in the notice that is not deliberate shall not invalidate or
15affect the validity of any proposition approved. Notice of the
16referendum shall be published and posted as otherwise required
17by law, and the submission of the question shall be initiated
18as provided by law.
19(Source: P.A. 97-1087, eff. 8-24-12.)
 
20    (35 ILCS 200/18-213)
21    Sec. 18-213. Referenda on applicability of the Property Tax
22Extension Limitation Law.
23    (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
24district subject to this Law because a majority of its 1990
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1to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, or because a
2majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in an affected
3county and the taxing district was not subject to this Law
4before the 1995 levy year.
5    (b) Prior to levy year 2017, the The county board of a
6county that is not subject to this Law may, by ordinance or
7resolution, submit to the voters of the county the question of
8whether to make all non-home rule taxing districts that have
9all or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated
10in the county subject to this Law in the manner set forth in
11this Section.
12    For purposes of this Section only:
13    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
141-150.
15    "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
16assessed valuation for a taxing district for the immediately
17preceding levy year.
18    (c) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
19submission of the proposition at any election, except a
20consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
21against making the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
22applicable to all non-home rule taxing districts that have all
23or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated in
24the county.
25    The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall
26be in substantially the following form:

 

 

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1        Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
2    ILCS 200/18-185 through 18-245), which limits annual
3    property tax extension increases, apply to non-home rule
4    taxing districts with all or a portion of their equalized
5    assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
6Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
7    (d) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
8to the electors of the county at the election specified in the
9ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
10jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
11the county clerk shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance
12or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
13shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
14taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election
15specified in the ordinance or resolution.
16    (e) (1) With respect to taxing districts having all of
17    their equalized assessed valuation located in the county,
18    if a majority of the votes cast on the proposition are in
19    favor of the proposition, then this Law becomes applicable
20    to the taxing district beginning on January 1 of the year
21    following the date of the referendum.
22        (2) With respect to taxing districts that meet all the
23    following conditions this Law shall become applicable to
24    the taxing district beginning on January 1, 1997. The
25    districts to which this paragraph (2) is applicable
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1        valuation located in a single county,
2            (B) have equalized assessed valuation in an
3        affected county,
4            (C) meet the condition that each county, other than
5        an affected county, in which any of the equalized
6        assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
7        has held a referendum under this Section at any
8        election, except a consolidated primary election, held
9        prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of
10        1997, and
11            (D) have a majority of the district's equalized
12        assessed valuation located in one or more counties in
13        each of which the voters have approved a referendum
14        under this Section prior to the effective date of this
15        amendatory Act of 1997. For purposes of this Section,
16        in determining whether a majority of the equalized
17        assessed valuation of the taxing district is located in
18        one or more counties in which the voters have approved
19        a referendum under this Section, the equalized
20        assessed valuation of the taxing district in any
21        affected county shall be included with the equalized
22        assessed value of the taxing district in counties in
23        which the voters have approved the referendum.
24        (3) With respect to taxing districts that do not have
25    all of their equalized assessed valuation located in a
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1    is not applicable, if each county other than an affected
2    county in which any of the equalized assessed valuation of
3    the taxing district is located has held a referendum under
4    this Section at any election, except a consolidated primary
5    election, held in any year and if a majority of the
6    equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
7    located in one or more counties that have each approved a
8    referendum under this Section, then this Law shall become
9    applicable to the taxing district on January 1 of the year
10    following the year in which the last referendum in a county
11    in which the taxing district has any equalized assessed
12    valuation is held. For the purposes of this Law, the last
13    referendum shall be deemed to be the referendum making this
14    Law applicable to the taxing district. For purposes of this
15    Section, in determining whether a majority of the equalized
16    assessed valuation of the taxing district is located in one
17    or more counties that have approved a referendum under this
18    Section, the equalized assessed valuation of the taxing
19    district in any affected county shall be included with the
20    equalized assessed value of the taxing district in counties
21    that have approved the referendum.
22    (f) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
23Section, the county clerk of the county holding the referendum
24shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
25results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of
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1county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
2assessed valuation of any taxing district is located, and the
3Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting a
4multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of Revenue
5shall determine whether the taxing district is subject to this
6Law and, if so, shall notify the taxing district and the county
7clerks of all of the counties in which a portion of the
8equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
9that, beginning the following January 1, the taxing district is
10subject to this Law. For each taxing district subject to
11paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of this Section, the Department
12of Revenue shall notify the taxing district and the county
13clerks of all of the counties in which a portion of the
14equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is located
15that, beginning January 1, 1997, the taxing district is subject
16to this Law.
17    (g) Referenda held under this Section shall be conducted in
18accordance with the Election Code.
19(Source: P.A. 89-510, eff. 7-11-96; 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
 
20    (35 ILCS 200/18-214)
21    Sec. 18-214. Referenda on removal of the applicability of
22the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to non-home rule
23taxing districts.
24    (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
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11990 equalized assessed value is in a county or counties
2contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, or
3because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in
4an affected county and the taxing district was not subject to
5this Law before the 1995 levy year.
6    (b) For purposes of this Section only:
7    "Taxing district" means any non-home rule taxing district
8that became subject to this Law under Section 18-213 of this
9Law.
10    "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
11assessed valuation for a taxing district for the immediately
12preceding levy year.
13    (c) The county board of a county that became subject to
14this Law by a referendum approved by the voters of the county
15under Section 18-213 may, by ordinance or resolution, in the
16manner set forth in this Section, submit to the voters of the
17county the question of whether this Law applies to all non-home
18rule taxing districts that have all or a portion of their
19equalized assessed valuation situated in the county in the
20manner set forth in this Section.
21    (d) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
22submission of the proposition at any election, except a
23consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
24against the continued application of the Property Tax Extension
25Limitation Law to all non-home rule taxing districts that have
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1in the county.
2    The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall
3be in substantially the following form:
4        Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
5    ILCS 200/18-185 through 35 ILCS 200/18-245), which limits
6    annual property tax extension increases, apply to non-home
7    rule taxing districts with all or a portion of their
8    equalized assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
9Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
10    (e) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
11to the electors of the county at the election specified in the
12ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
13jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
14the county clerk shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance
15or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
16shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
17taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election
18specified in the ordinance or resolution.
19    (f) With respect to taxing districts having all of their
20equalized assessed valuation located in one county, if a
21majority of the votes cast on the proposition are against the
22proposition, then this Law shall not apply to the taxing
23district beginning on January 1 of the year following the date
24of the referendum.
25    (g) With respect to taxing districts that do not have all
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1county, if both of the following conditions are met, then this
2Law shall no longer apply to the taxing district beginning on
3January 1 of the year following the date of the referendum.
4        (1) Each county in which the district has any equalized
5    assessed valuation must either, (i) have held a referendum
6    under this Section, (ii) be an affected county, or (iii)
7    have held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
8    voters rejected the proposition at the most recent election
9    at which the question was on the ballot in the county.
10        (2) The majority of the equalized assessed valuation of
11    the taxing district, other than any equalized assessed
12    valuation in an affected county, is in one or more counties
13    in which the voters rejected the proposition. For purposes
14    of this Section, in determining whether a majority of the
15    equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
16    located in one or more counties in which the voters have
17    rejected the proposition under this Section, the equalized
18    assessed valuation of any taxing district in a county which
19    has held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
20    voters rejected that proposition, at the most recent
21    election at which the question was on the ballot in the
22    county, will be included with the equalized assessed value
23    of the taxing district in counties in which the voters have
24    rejected the referendum held under this Section.
25    (h) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
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1shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
2results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of
3their equalized assessed valuation located in the county, the
4county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
5assessed valuation of any such taxing district is located, and
6the Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting
7a multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of
8Revenue shall determine whether the taxing district is no
9longer subject to this Law and, if the taxing district is no
10longer subject to this Law, the Department of Revenue shall
11notify the taxing district and the county clerks of all of the
12counties in which a portion of the equalized assessed valuation
13of the taxing district is located that, beginning on January 1
14of the year following the date of the last referendum, the
15taxing district is no longer subject to this Law.
16    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
17referendum may be submitted under this Section for levy year
182017 or thereafter.
19(Source: P.A. 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
 
20    (35 ILCS 200/18-242 new)
21    Sec. 18-242. Home rule. This Division 5 is a limitation,
22under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
23Illinois Constitution, on the power of home rule units to tax.
 
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1is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
2    (50 ILCS 515/3)
3    Sec. 3. Applicable laws. Other State laws and related
4administrative requirements apply to this Act, including, but
5not limited to, the following laws and related administrative
6requirements: the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Prevailing
7Wage Act, the Public Construction Bond Act, the Public Works
8Preference Act (repealed on June 16, 2010 by Public Act
996-929), the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works
10Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Open Meetings Act, the
11Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the Professional
12Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Structural Engineering
13Practice Act of 1989, the Local Government Professional
14Services Selection Act, and the Contractor Unified License and
15Permit Bond Act.
16(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
17    Section 5-20. The Local Government Facility Lease Act is
18amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
 
19    (50 ILCS 615/35)
20    Sec. 35. Wage requirements. In order to protect the wages,
21working conditions, and job opportunities of employees
22employed by the lessee of leased facility property used for
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1premises previously performed by employees of the lessor on the
2site of the leased premises and who were in recognized
3bargaining units at the time of the lease, the lessee, and any
4subcontractor retained by the lessee to perform such work on
5the site of the leased premises, shall be required to pay to
6those employees an amount not less than the economic equivalent
7of the standard of wages and benefits enjoyed by the lessor's
8employees who previously performed that work. The lessor shall
9certify to the lessee the amount of wages and benefits (or
10their equivalent) as of the time of the lease, and any changes
11to those amounts as they may occur during the term of the
12lease. All projects at the leased facility property used for
13airport purposes shall be considered public works for purposes
14of the Prevailing Wage Act.
15(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
16    Section 5-25. The Counties Code is amended by changing
17Section 5-1134 as follows:
 
18    (55 ILCS 5/5-1134)
19    Sec. 5-1134. Project labor agreements.
20    (a) Any sports, arts, or entertainment facilities that
21receive revenue from a tax imposed under subsection (b) of
22Section 5-1030 of this Code shall be considered to be public
23works within the meaning of the Prevailing Wage Act. The county
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1modification, or alteration of the sports, arts, or
2entertainment facilities shall enter into project labor
3agreements with labor organizations as defined in the National
4Labor Relations Act to assure that no labor dispute interrupts
5or interferes with the construction, renovation, modification,
6or alteration of the projects.
7    (b) The project labor agreements must include the
8following:
9        (1) provisions establishing the minimum hourly wage
10    for each class of labor organization employees;
11        (2) provisions establishing the benefits and other
12    compensation for such class of labor organization; and
13        (3) provisions establishing that no strike or disputes
14    will be engaged in by the labor organization employees.
15    The county, taxing bodies, municipalities, and the labor
16organizations shall have the authority to include other terms
17and conditions as they deem necessary.
18    (c) The project labor agreement shall be filed with the
19Director of the Illinois Department of Labor in accordance with
20procedures established by the Department. At a minimum, the
21project labor agreement must provide the names, addresses, and
22occupations of the owner of the facilities and the individuals
23representing the labor organization employees participating in
24the project labor agreement. The agreement must also specify
25the terms and conditions required in subsection (b) of this
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1    (d) In any agreement for the construction or rehabilitation
2of a facility using revenue generated under subsection (b) of
3Section 5-1030 of this Code, in connection with the
4prequalification of general contractors for construction or
5rehabilitation of the facility, it shall be required that a
6commitment will be submitted detailing how the general
7contractor will expend 15% or more of the aggregate dollar
8value of the project as a whole with one or more minority-owned
9businesses, female-owned businesses, or businesses owned by a
10person with a disability, as these terms are defined in Section
112 of the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and
12Persons with Disabilities Act.
13(Source: P.A. 98-313, eff. 8-12-13; 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
14    (60 ILCS 1/100-20 rep.)
15    Section 5-30. The Township Code is amended by repealing
16Section 100-20.
 
17    Section 5-35. The School Code is amended by changing
18Section 19b-15 as follows:
 
19    (105 ILCS 5/19b-15)
20    Sec. 19b-15. Applicable laws. Other State laws and related
21administrative requirements apply to this Article, including,
22but not limited to, the following laws and related
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1the Prevailing Wage Act, the Public Construction Bond Act, the
2Public Works Preference Act (repealed on June 16, 2010 by
3Public Act 96-929), the Employment of Illinois Workers on
4Public Works Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Open
5Meetings Act, the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989,
6the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the
7Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Local
8Government Professional Services Selection Act, and the
9Contractor Unified License and Permit Bond Act.
10(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
11    Section 5-40. The Public Community College Act is amended
12by changing Section 1-3 as follows:
 
13    (110 ILCS 805/1-3)
14    Sec. 1-3. Applicable laws. Other State laws and related
15administrative requirements apply to this Act, including, but
16not limited to, the following laws and related administrative
17requirements: the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Prevailing
18Wage Act, the Public Construction Bond Act, the Employment of
19Illinois Workers on Public Works Act, the Freedom of
20Information Act, the Open Meetings Act, the Illinois
21Architecture Practice Act of 1989, the Professional
22Engineering Practice Act of 1989, the Structural Engineering
23Practice Act of 1989, the Local Government Professional
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1Permit Bond Act. The provisions of the Procurement of Domestic
2Products Act shall apply to this Act to the extent practicable,
3provided that the Procurement of Domestic Products Act must not
4be applied to this Act in a manner that is inconsistent with
5the requirements of this Act.
6(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-1105, eff. 8-27-12.)
 
7    Section 5-45. The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act
8is amended by changing Sections 4.5 and 7 and by adding Section
94.7 as follows:
 
10    (115 ILCS 5/4.5)
11    Sec. 4.5. Subjects of collective bargaining.
12    (a) Notwithstanding the existence of any other provision in
13this Act or other law, collective bargaining between an
14educational employer whose territorial boundaries are
15coterminous with those of a city having a population in excess
16of 500,000 and an exclusive representative of its employees may
17include any of the following subjects:
18        (1) (Blank).
19        (2) Decisions to contract with a third party for one or
20    more services otherwise performed by employees in a
21    bargaining unit and the procedures for obtaining such
22    contract or the identity of the third party, except as
23    provided in subsection (d).
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1    except as provided in subsection (d) with respect to a
2    layoff or reduction in force resulting from a service
3    contract.
4        (4) Decisions to determine class size, class staffing
5    and assignment, class schedules, academic calendar, length
6    of the work and school day with respect to a public school
7    district organized under Article 34 of the School Code
8    only, length of the work and school year with respect to a
9    public school district organized under Article 34 of the
10    School Code only, hours and places of instruction, or pupil
11    assessment policies.
12        (5) Decisions concerning use and staffing of
13    experimental or pilot programs and decisions concerning
14    use of technology to deliver educational programs and
15    services and staffing to provide the technology.
16    (b) The subject or matters described in subsection (a) are
17permissive subjects of bargaining between an educational
18employer and an exclusive representative of its employees and,
19for the purpose of this Act, are within the sole discretion of
20the educational employer to decide to bargain, provided that
21the educational employer is required to bargain over the impact
22of a decision concerning such subject or matter on the
23bargaining unit upon request by the exclusive representative.
24During this bargaining, the educational employer shall not be
25precluded from implementing its decision. If, after a
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1between the educational employer and the exclusive
2representative, the dispute or impasse shall be resolved
3exclusively as set forth in subsection (b) of Section 12 of
4this Act in lieu of a strike under Section 13 of this Act.
5Neither the Board nor any mediator or fact-finder appointed
6pursuant to subsection (a-10) of Section 12 of this Act shall
7have jurisdiction over such a dispute or impasse.
8    (c) A provision in a collective bargaining agreement that
9was rendered null and void because it involved a prohibited
10subject of collective bargaining under this subsection (c) as
11this subsection (c) existed before the effective date of this
12amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly remains null and
13void and shall not otherwise be reinstated in any successor
14agreement unless the educational employer and exclusive
15representative otherwise agree to include an agreement reached
16on a subject or matter described in subsection (a) of this
17Section as subsection (a) existed before this amendatory Act of
18the 93rd General Assembly.
19    (d) In any public school district to which this subsection
20applies, as provided in Section 4.7, public employees or a
21labor organization may not bargain collectively on:
22        (1) the decision of the educational employer to
23    contract with a third party for any services, the process
24    for bidding on such a contract, the identity of the
25    provider of such services, or the effect of any such
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1    subsection does not limit the ability of educational
2    employees or a labor organization to bid on any such
3    contract;
4        (2) any pay increase, either through changes to the pay
5    schedule or as a result of accumulated years of service, in
6    excess of the amount specified by resolution of the
7    governing body of the public school district;
8        (3) the provision of any health insurance, including
9    the payment of premiums, the extent of coverage, or the
10    identity of the insurer;
11        (4) the use of educational employee time for business
12    of the labor organization, other than reasonable time
13    provided to an educational employee to attend a grievance
14    hearing when his or her rights are substantially affected
15    by the hearing or his or her testimony is needed for the
16    determination of any substantial factual question;
17        (5) required levels of staffing for departments,
18    divisions, shifts, stations, or assignments;
19        (6) procedures, processes, forms, and criteria for
20    personnel evaluations, or the use of evaluations or
21    seniority in assignments, promotions, layoffs, and
22    reductions-in-force; or
23        (7) curriculum or standards of student academic
24    performance, conduct, and discipline in school.
25    (e) If subsection (b) of Section 4 of the Illinois Public
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1educational employees or a labor organization may not bargain
2collectively on the matters described in that subsection or on
3the matters described in paragraph (7) of subsection (d) of
4this Section.
5    (f) Any agreement, understanding, or practice, whether
6written or oral, and whether express or implied, between any
7labor organization and any educational employer made in
8violation of this Section is hereby declared to be unlawful,
9null and void, and of no legal effect.
10(Source: P.A. 97-7, eff. 6-13-11; 97-8, eff. 6-13-11.)
 
11    (115 ILCS 5/4.7 new)
12    Sec. 4.7. Adoption of limitations on subjects of collective
13bargaining.
14    (a) The governing body of a public school district may by
15resolution prohibit elect to apply the limitations under
16subsection (d) of Section 4.5 to bargaining with that public
17school district.
18    (b) If a petition, signed by a number of registered voters
19equal in number to at least 5% of the total number of
20registered voters in a public school district, asking to apply
21the limitations under subsection (d) of Section 4.5 to that
22public school district is presented to the clerk of that public
23school district, the clerk shall certify the question of
24whether to apply such limitations to that public school
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1question at the next election in accordance with the general
2election law.
3    The question of whether to apply the limitations under
4subsection (d) of Section 4.5 shall be presented in
5substantially the following form:
6        Shall (the legal name of the public school district) be
7    free to determine certain matters without negotiating with
8    employee unions, such as the use of service providers, the
9    decision to provide health benefits, caps on total payroll,
10    employees' use of government time for union matters,
11    required staffing levels, evaluation procedures, and
12    curriculum?
13    The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". If a majority
14of voters voting on the question are in favor of applying such
15limitations, subsection (d) of Section 4.5 shall apply to
16bargaining with that public school district.
 
17    (115 ILCS 5/7)  (from Ch. 48, par. 1707)
18    Sec. 7. Recognition of exclusive bargaining
19representatives - unit determination. The Board is empowered
20to administer the recognition of bargaining representatives of
21employees of public school districts, including employees of
22districts which have entered into joint agreements, or
23employees of public community college districts, or any State
24college or university, and any State agency whose major
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1that each bargaining unit contains employees with an
2identifiable community of interest and that no unit includes
3both professional employees and nonprofessional employees
4unless a majority of employees in each group vote for inclusion
5in the unit.
6    (a) In determining the appropriateness of a unit, the Board
7shall decide in each case, in order to ensure employees the
8fullest freedom in exercising the rights guaranteed by this
9Act, the unit appropriate for the purpose of collective
10bargaining, based upon but not limited to such factors as
11historical pattern of recognition, community of interest,
12including employee skills and functions, degree of functional
13integration, interchangeability and contact among employees,
14common supervision, wages, hours and other working conditions
15of the employees involved, and the desires of the employees.
16Nothing in this Act, except as herein provided, shall interfere
17with or negate the current representation rights or patterns
18and practices of employee organizations which have
19historically represented employees for the purposes of
20collective bargaining, including but not limited to the
21negotiations of wages, hours and working conditions,
22resolutions of employees' grievances, or resolution of
23jurisdictional disputes, or the establishment and maintenance
24of prevailing wage rates, unless a majority of the employees so
25represented expresses a contrary desire under the procedures
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1multi-unit bargaining. Notwithstanding the above factors,
2where the majority of public employees of a craft so decide,
3the Board shall designate such craft as a unit appropriate for
4the purposes of collective bargaining.
5    The sole appropriate bargaining unit for tenured and
6tenure-track academic faculty at each campus of the University
7of Illinois shall be a unit that is comprised of
8non-supervisory academic faculty employed more than half-time
9and that includes all tenured and tenure-track faculty of that
10University campus employed by the board of trustees in all of
11the campus's undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools
12and degree and non-degree programs (with the exception of the
13college of medicine, the college of pharmacy, the college of
14dentistry, the college of law, and the college of veterinary
15medicine, each of which shall have its own separate unit),
16regardless of current or historical representation rights or
17patterns or the application of any other factors. Any decision,
18rule, or regulation promulgated by the Board to the contrary
19shall be null and void.
20    (b) An educational employer shall voluntarily recognize a
21labor organization for collective bargaining purposes if that
22organization appears to represent a majority of employees in
23the unit. The employer shall post notice of its intent to so
24recognize for a period of at least 20 school days on bulletin
25boards or other places used or reserved for employee notices.
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1status of the employee organization, shall send written
2notification of such recognition to the Board for
3certification. Any dispute regarding the majority status of a
4labor organization shall be resolved by the Board which shall
5make the determination of majority status.
6    Within the 20 day notice period, however, any other
7interested employee organization may petition the Board to seek
8recognition as the exclusive representative of the unit in the
9manner specified by rules and regulations prescribed by the
10Board, if such interested employee organization has been
11designated by at least 15% of the employees in an appropriate
12bargaining unit which includes all or some of the employees in
13the unit intended to be recognized by the employer. In such
14event, the Board shall proceed with the petition in the same
15manner as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section.
16    (c) A labor organization may also gain recognition as the
17exclusive representative by an election of the employees in the
18unit. Petitions requesting an election may be filed with the
19Board:
20        (1) by an employee or group of employees or any labor
21    organizations acting on their behalf alleging and
22    presenting evidence that 30% or more of the employees in a
23    bargaining unit wish to be represented for collective
24    bargaining or that the labor organization which has been
25    acting as the exclusive bargaining representative is no
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1    unit; or
2        (2) by an employer alleging that one or more labor
3    organizations have presented a claim to be recognized as an
4    exclusive bargaining representative of a majority of the
5    employees in an appropriate unit and that it doubts the
6    majority status of any of the organizations or that it
7    doubts the majority status of an exclusive bargaining
8    representative.
9    The Board shall investigate the petition and if it has
10reasonable cause to suspect that a question of representation
11exists, it shall give notice and conduct a hearing. If it finds
12upon the record of the hearing that a question of
13representation exists, it shall direct an election, which shall
14be held no later than 90 days after the date the petition was
15filed. Nothing prohibits the waiving of hearings by the parties
16and the conduct of consent elections.
17    (c-5) The Board shall designate an exclusive
18representative for purposes of collective bargaining when the
19representative demonstrates a showing of majority interest by
20employees in the unit. If the parties to a dispute are without
21agreement on the means to ascertain the choice, if any, of
22employee organization as their representative, the Board shall
23ascertain the employees' choice of employee organization, on
24the basis of dues deduction authorization or other evidence,
25or, if necessary, by conducting an election. All evidence
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1an employee's choice of an employee organization is
2confidential and shall not be submitted to the employer for
3review. The Board shall ascertain the employee's choice of
4employee organization within 120 days after the filing of the
5majority interest petition; however, the Board may extend time
6by an additional 60 days, upon its own motion or upon the
7motion of a party to the proceeding. If either party provides
8to the Board, before the designation of a representative, clear
9and convincing evidence that the dues deduction
10authorizations, and other evidence upon which the Board would
11otherwise rely to ascertain the employees' choice of
12representative, are fraudulent or were obtained through
13coercion, the Board shall promptly thereafter conduct an
14election. The Board shall also investigate and consider a
15party's allegations that the dues deduction authorizations and
16other evidence submitted in support of a designation of
17representative without an election were subsequently changed,
18altered, withdrawn, or withheld as a result of employer fraud,
19coercion, or any other unfair labor practice by the employer.
20If the Board determines that a labor organization would have
21had a majority interest but for an employer's fraud, coercion,
22or unfair labor practice, it shall designate the labor
23organization as an exclusive representative without conducting
24an election. If a hearing is necessary to resolve any issues of
25representation under this Section, the Board shall conclude its
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1appropriate unit not later than 120 days after the date the
2petition was filed. The 120-day period may be extended one or
3more times by the agreement of all parties to a hearing to a
4date certain.
5    (c-6) A labor organization or an employer may file a unit
6clarification petition seeking to clarify an existing
7bargaining unit. The Board shall conclude its investigation,
8including any hearing process deemed necessary, and issue a
9certification of clarified unit or dismiss the petition not
10later than 120 days after the date the petition was filed. The
11120-day period may be extended one or more times by the
12agreement of all parties to a hearing to a date certain.
13    (d) An order of the Board dismissing a representation
14petition, determining and certifying that a labor organization
15has been fairly and freely chosen by a majority of employees in
16an appropriate bargaining unit, determining and certifying
17that a labor organization has not been fairly and freely chosen
18by a majority of employees in the bargaining unit or certifying
19a labor organization as the exclusive representative of
20employees in an appropriate bargaining unit because of a
21determination by the Board that the labor organization is the
22historical bargaining representative of employees in the
23bargaining unit, is a final order. Any person aggrieved by any
24such order issued on or after the effective date of this
25amendatory Act of 1987 may apply for and obtain judicial review
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1as now or hereafter amended, except that such review shall be
2afforded directly in the Appellate Court of a judicial district
3in which the Board maintains an office. Any direct appeal to
4the Appellate Court shall be filed within 35 days from the date
5that a copy of the decision sought to be reviewed was served
6upon the party affected by the decision.
7    No election may be conducted in any bargaining unit during
8the term of a collective bargaining agreement covering such
9unit or subdivision thereof, except the Board may direct an
10election after the filing of a petition between January 15 and
11March 1 of the final year of a collective bargaining agreement.
12Nothing in this Section prohibits the negotiation of a
13collective bargaining agreement covering a period not
14exceeding 3 years. A collective bargaining agreement of less
15than 3 years may be extended up to 3 years by the parties if the
16extension is agreed to in writing before the filing of a
17petition under this Section. In such case, the final year of
18the extension is the final year of the collective bargaining
19agreement. No election may be conducted in a bargaining unit,
20or subdivision thereof, in which a valid election has been held
21within the preceding 12 month period.
22(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-813, eff. 10-30-09.)
 
23    Section 5-50. The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by
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1    (820 ILCS 130/2)  (from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2)
2    Sec. 2. This Act applies to the wages of laborers,
3mechanics and other workers employed in any public works, as
4hereinafter defined, by any public body and to anyone under
5contracts for public works. This includes any maintenance,
6repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
7whether owned, leased, or rented.
8    As used in this Act, unless the context indicates
9otherwise:
10    "Public works" means all fixed works constructed or
11demolished by any public body, or paid for wholly or in part
12out of public funds. "Public works" as defined herein includes
13all projects financed in whole or in part with bonds, grants,
14loans, or other funds made available by or through the State or
15any of its political subdivisions, including but not limited
16to: bonds issued under the Industrial Project Revenue Bond Act
17(Article 11, Division 74 of the Illinois Municipal Code), the
18Industrial Building Revenue Bond Act, the Illinois Finance
19Authority Act, the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act, or
20the Build Illinois Bond Act; loans or other funds made
21available pursuant to the Build Illinois Act; loans or other
22funds made available pursuant to the Riverfront Development
23Fund under Section 10-15 of the River Edge Redevelopment Zone
24Act; or funds from the Fund for Illinois' Future under Section
256z-47 of the State Finance Act, funds for school construction
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1authorized under Section 3 of the School Construction Bond Act,
2funds for school infrastructure under Section 6z-45 of the
3State Finance Act, and funds for transportation purposes under
4Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act. "Public works"
5also includes (i) all projects financed in whole or in part
6with funds from the Department of Commerce and Economic
7Opportunity under the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development
8Program Act for which there is no project labor agreement; (ii)
9all work performed pursuant to a public private agreement under
10the Public Private Agreements for the Illiana Expressway Act or
11the Public-Private Agreements for the South Suburban Airport
12Act; and (iii) all projects undertaken under a public-private
13agreement under the Public-Private Partnerships for
14Transportation Act. "Public works" also includes all projects
15at leased facility property used for airport purposes under
16Section 35 of the Local Government Facility Lease Act. "Public
17works" also includes the construction of a new wind power
18facility by a business designated as a High Impact Business
19under Section 5.5(a)(3)(E) of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act.
20"Public works" does not include work done directly by any
21public utility company, whether or not done under public
22supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of
23public funds. "Public works" also includes any corrective
24action performed pursuant to Title XVI of the Environmental
25Protection Act for which payment from the Underground Storage
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1projects undertaken by the owner at an owner-occupied
2single-family residence or at an owner-occupied unit of a
3multi-family residence. "Public works" does not include work
4performed for soil and water conservation purposes on
5agricultural lands, whether or not done under public
6supervision or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds,
7done directly by an owner or person who has legal control of
8those lands.
9    "Public works" does not include work done or projects
10performed by or on behalf of a unit of local government or
11school district whether or not done under public supervision or
12paid for wholly or in part with public funds and whether or not
13owned by a unit of local government or a school district.
14    "Construction" means all work on public works involving
15laborers, workers or mechanics. This includes any maintenance,
16repair, assembly, or disassembly work performed on equipment
17whether owned, leased, or rented.
18    "Locality" means the county where the physical work upon
19public works is performed, except (1) that if there is not
20available in the county a sufficient number of competent
21skilled laborers, workers and mechanics to construct the public
22works efficiently and properly, "locality" includes any other
23county nearest the one in which the work or construction is to
24be performed and from which such persons may be obtained in
25sufficient numbers to perform the work and (2) that, with
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1Transportation of this State, "locality" may at the discretion
2of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation be
3construed to include two or more adjacent counties from which
4workers may be accessible for work on such construction.
5    "Public body" means the State or any officer, board or
6commission of the State or any political subdivision or
7department thereof, or any institution supported in whole or in
8part by public funds; "public body" does not, however, include
9a unit of local government or a school district , and includes
10every county, city, town, village, township, school district,
11irrigation, utility, reclamation improvement or other district
12and every other political subdivision, district or
13municipality of the state whether such political subdivision,
14municipality or district operates under a special charter or
15not.
16    The terms "general prevailing rate of hourly wages",
17"general prevailing rate of wages" or "prevailing rate of
18wages" when used in this Act mean the hourly cash wages plus
19annualized fringe benefits for training and apprenticeship
20programs approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
21Apprenticeship and Training, health and welfare, insurance,
22vacations and pensions paid generally, in the locality in which
23the work is being performed, to employees engaged in work of a
24similar character on public works.
25(Source: P.A. 97-502, eff. 8-23-11; 98-109, eff. 7-25-13;
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17-16-14.)
 
2    Section 5-90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
3Section 8.41 as follows:
 
4    (30 ILCS 805/8.41 new)
5    Sec. 8.41. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
6of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
7implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
8the 100th General Assembly.
 
9
ARTICLE 10. NON-ACCELERATION

 
10    Section 10-95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act
11makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
12text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a
13Section represented by multiple versions), the use of that text
14does not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the
15changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any
16other Public Act.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    5 ILCS 315/4from Ch. 48, par. 1604
4    5 ILCS 315/4.5 new
5    35 ILCS 200/18-185
6    35 ILCS 200/18-205
7    35 ILCS 200/18-213
8    35 ILCS 200/18-214
9    35 ILCS 200/18-242 new
10    50 ILCS 515/3
11    50 ILCS 615/35
12    55 ILCS 5/5-1134
13    60 ILCS 1/100-20 rep.
14    105 ILCS 5/19b-15
15    110 ILCS 805/1-3
16    115 ILCS 5/4.5
17    115 ILCS 5/4.7 new
18    115 ILCS 5/7from Ch. 48, par. 1707
19    820 ILCS 130/2from Ch. 48, par. 39s-2
20    30 ILCS 805/8.41 new