093_HB3594

 
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 1        AN ACT regarding schools.

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

 4        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 17-2.2b as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/17-2.2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-2.2b)
 7        Sec. 17-2.2b.  Tax for primary health care programs.  The
 8    school  board  of  any  district  that  which  prior  to  the
 9    effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1982 had contracted
10    for health care services with a non-profit  corporation  may,
11    by  proper  resolution  after  the  effective  date  of  this
12    amendatory  Act  of  1982, levy an annual tax, in addition to
13    any other taxes and not subject to the limitations  specified
14    elsewhere in this Article, not to exceed .544% upon the value
15    of  the  taxable  property  as  equalized  or assessed by the
16    Department of Revenue, for not more than 4 years, for  health
17    care purposes.
18        Such  tax may be levied upon condition that there are not
19    sufficient funds available in the operations and  maintenance
20    fund of the district to pay the cost of the health care.
21        The  revenue  raised  by  such tax shall be used only for
22    maintenance of health care facilities and to provide  primary
23    health  care  to  students of such district, including health
24    education, general physical examinations and the treatment of
25    illness and injury.
26        Notice of the passage of a resolution  pursuant  to  this
27    Section  shall  be  given  by  the  Secretary of the board of
28    education, by one publication within 5 days of such  passage,
29    in  a  newspaper  having  a  general  circulation within such
30    district.  The notice shall contain a clearly  understandable
31    summary  of  the  contents of the resolution and statement of
 
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 1    the procedure for submitting the resolution to a  referendum.
 2    The  publication  of the resolution shall include a notice of
 3    (1) the specific number of voters required to sign a petition
 4    requesting that the question of the adoption of the tax  levy
 5    be  submitted  to  the  voters  of the district; (2) the time
 6    within which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date  of
 7    the  prospective  referendum.  The  district  Secretary shall
 8    provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.
 9        Any taxpayer in such district may, within 30  days  after
10    notice  has  been  published,  file with the Secretary of the
11    board of education a petition signed by  the  voters  of  the
12    district equal to 10% or more of the registered voters of the
13    district  requesting  the  submission  to a referendum of the
14    following proposition:
15        "Shall school district No....... be authorized to levy  a
16    tax   for  health  care  purposes  not  to  exceed  .544%  as
17    authorized in Section  17-2.2b  of  the  School  Code?"   The
18    Secretary  of  the  board  of  education  shall  certify  the
19    proposition to the proper election authorities for submission
20    to   the  electorate  at  a  regular  scheduled  election  in
21    accordance with the general election law.
22        If a majority of the voters  voting  on  the  proposition
23    vote   in   favor  thereof,  such  tax  shall  thereafter  be
24    authorized; if  a  majority  of  the  vote  is  against  such
25    proposition, no such tax shall be levied.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-970; 86-1253; 87-767.)