Sen. Pamela J. Althoff

Filed: 3/17/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3342

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3342 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Conservation District Act is amended by
5changing Section 13 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 410/13)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7114)
7    Sec. 13. The fiscal year of each district shall commence
8April 1 and extend through the following March 31.
9    The board shall, within the first quarter of each fiscal
10year, adopt a combined annual budget and appropriation
11ordinance as provided in the Illinois Municipal Budget Law. In
12a district located entirely within a county with a population
13of less than 750,000 that is contiguous to a county with a
14population of more than 2,000,000, the district's combined
15annual budget and appropriation ordinance shall not be
16considered to be adopted until it is also adopted by resolution

 

 

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1of the county board of the county in which the district is
2located.
3    Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a district may
4annually levy taxes upon all the taxable property therein at
5the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department
6of Revenue, to be extended at not more than the rates and for
7the purposes specified hereinafter:
8        (1) 0.025% for the general purposes of the district,
9    including acquisition and development of real property
10    which may be in excess of current requirements and allowed
11    to accumulate from year to year, and for any purposes
12    specified by the district; however, no tax may be extended
13    at a rate that will result in accumulation of any amount
14    representing more than 0.075% of the equalized assessed
15    valuation of the district.
16        (2) 0.075% for acquisition of real property, which may
17    be in excess of current requirements and allowed to
18    accumulate from year to year, and for any purposes
19    specified by the district; however, no tax may be extended
20    at a rate that will result in accumulation of any amount
21    representing more than 0.25% of the equalized assessed
22    valuation of the district.
23        (3) 0.1%, in lieu of the two rates specified in (1) and
24    (2) above, for the general purposes of the district,
25    including the acquisition, development, operation and
26    maintenance of real property which may be in excess of

 

 

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1    current requirements and allowed to accumulate from year to
2    year, and for any purposes specified by the district;
3    however, no tax may be extended at a rate that will result
4    in accumulation of any amount representing more than 0.325%
5    of the equalized assessed valuation of the district.
6        (4) 0.15%, in lieu of the two rates specified in (1)
7    and (2) above, and in lieu of (3) above, for the general
8    purposes of a district located wholly within McHenry
9    County, including the acquisition, development, operation
10    and maintenance of real property which may be in excess of
11    current requirements and allowed to accumulate from year to
12    year, and for any purposes specified by the district;
13    however, no tax may be extended at a rate that will result
14    in accumulation of any amount representing more than 0.325%
15    of the equalized assessed valuation of the district.
16    Except as provided in some other Act, a district may not
17levy annual taxes, for all its purposes in the aggregate, in
18excess of 0.1% of the value, or 0.15% of the value for a
19district located wholly within McHenry County, as equalized or
20assessed by the Department of Revenue, of the taxable property
21therein.
22    After the adoption of the combined budget and appropriation
23ordinance and within the second quarter of each fiscal year,
24the board shall ascertain the total amount of the
25appropriations legally made which are to be provided for from
26tax levies for the current year. Then, by an ordinance

 

 

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1specifying in detail the purposes for which such appropriations
2have been made and the amounts appropriated for such purposes,
3the board shall levy not to exceed the total amount so
4ascertained upon all the property subject to taxation within
5the district as the same is assessed and equalized for state
6and county purposes for the current year. A certified copy of
7such ordinance shall be filed on or before the first Tuesday in
8October with the clerk of each county wherein the district or
9any part thereof is located.
10(Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05.)".