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HC0028 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
HC0028

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 11 new

    Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that an additional income tax shall be imposed on individuals in an amount equal to 4.75% of the portion of the individual's income that is greater than $650,000 for the taxable year. Provides that all revenue collected pursuant to this Section shall be distributed equally between: (i) the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, to implement crime free zones directly or by grant; (ii) the Department of State Police, to hire retired police officers to work in crime free zones as community liaisons; and (iii) the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, to invest in businesses and enhance employment opportunities in neighborhoods where 50% or more of the population are at or below the Federal Poverty Level. Effective upon being declared adopted.


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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
4HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE
5CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
6electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
7election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
8this resolution a proposition to add Section 11 to Article IX
9of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
 
10
ARTICLE IX
11
REVENUE

12    (ILCON Art. IX, Sec. 11 new)
13SECTION 11. TAX FOR CRIME FREE ZONES
14    Notwithstanding subsection (a) of Section 3 of this
15Article, and in addition to any other tax, a tax shall be
16imposed on individuals in an amount equal to 4.75% of income
17greater than $650,000 for the taxable year. All revenue
18collected pursuant to this Section shall be distributed equally
19between: (i) the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
20Authority, or its successor agency, to implement crime free
21zones directly or by grant; (ii) the Department of State
22Police, or its successor agency, to hire retired police
23officers to work in crime free zones as community liaisons; and

 

 

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1(iii) the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or
2its successor agency, to invest in businesses and enhance
3employment opportunities in neighborhoods where 50% or more of
4the population are at or below the Federal Poverty Level issued
5annually by the United States Department of Health and Human
6Services, or its successor agency. The General Assembly by law
7shall provide for the implementation and enforcement of this
8Section.
 
9
SCHEDULE
10    This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
11declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
12Constitutional Amendment Act and applies to taxable years
13beginning on or after January 1, 2017.