Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 3/23/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 409

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 409 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 27-25 and 27-30 and by adding Section 27-32 as
6follows:
 
7    (35 ILCS 200/27-25)
8    Sec. 27-25. Form of hearing notice. Taxes may be levied or
9imposed by the municipality or county in the special service
10area at a rate or amount of tax sufficient to produce revenues
11required to provide the special services. Prior to the first
12levy of taxes in the special service area, notice shall be
13given and a hearing shall be held under the provisions of
14Sections 27-30 and 27-35. For purposes of this Section the
15notice shall include:
16        (a) The time and place of hearing;

 

 

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1        (b) The boundaries of the area by legal description
2    and, where possible, by street location;
3        (c) The permanent tax index number of each parcel
4    located within the area;
5        (d) The nature of the proposed special services to be
6    provided within the special service area and a statement as
7    to whether the proposed special services are for new
8    construction, maintenance, or other purposes;
9        (d-5) The proposed amount of the tax levy for special
10    services for the initial year for which taxes will be
11    levied within the special service area;
12        (e) A notification that all interested persons,
13    including all persons owning taxable real property located
14    within the special service area, will be given an
15    opportunity to be heard at the hearing regarding the tax
16    levy and an opportunity to file objections to the amount of
17    the tax levy if the tax is a tax upon property; and
18        (f) The maximum rate of taxes to be extended within the
19    special service area in any year and the maximum number of
20    years taxes will be levied if a maximum number of years is
21    to be established.
22     After the first levy of taxes within the special service
23area, taxes may continue to be levied in subsequent years
24without the requirement of an additional public hearing if the
25tax rate does not exceed the rate specified in the notice for
26the original public hearing and the taxes are not extended for

 

 

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1a longer period than the number of years specified in the
2notice if a number of years is specified. Tax rates may be
3increased and the period specified may be extended, if notice
4is given and new public hearings are held in accordance with
5Sections 27-30 and 27-35.
6(Source: P.A. 93-1013, eff. 8-24-04.)
 
7    (35 ILCS 200/27-30)
8    Sec. 27-30. Manner of notice. Prior to or within 60 days
9after the adoption of the ordinance proposing the establishment
10of a special service area the municipality or county shall fix
11a time and a place for a public hearing. The public hearing
12shall be held not less than 60 days after the adoption of the
13ordinance proposing the establishment of a special service
14area. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication and
15mailing, except that notice of a public hearing to propose the
16establishment of a special service area for weather
17modification purposes may be given by publication only. Notice
18by publication shall be given by publication at least once not
19less than 15 days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of
20general circulation within the municipality or county. Notice
21by mailing shall be given by depositing the notice in the
22United States mails addressed to the person or persons in whose
23name the general taxes for the last preceding year were paid on
24each property lying within the special service area. A notice
25shall be mailed not less than 10 days prior to the time set for

 

 

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1the public hearing. In the event taxes for the last preceding
2year were not paid, the notice shall be sent to the person last
3listed on the tax rolls prior to that year as the owner of the
4property.
5(Source: P.A. 82-282; 88-455.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/27-32 new)
7    Sec. 27-32. More than 5% increase; hearing. If, in any year
8other than the initial levy year, the estimated special service
9area tax levy is more than 105% of the amount extended for
10special service area purposes for the preceding levy year,
11notice shall be given and a hearing held on the reason for the
12increase. Notice of the hearing shall be given in accordance
13with the Open Meetings Act. A meeting open to the public and
14convened in a location convenient to property included within
15the boundaries of the special service area is considered a
16hearing for purposes of this Section. The hearing may be held
17prior to the adoption of the proposed ordinance to adopt the
18annual levy of the special service area, but not more than 30
19days prior to the adoption of the ordinance, or at the same
20time the proposed ordinance to adopt the annual levy of the
21special service area is considered.".