90th General Assembly
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   New Act                                                                     
   30 ILCS 105/5.449 new                                                       
   35 ILCS 5/512             from Ch. 120, par. 5-512                          
   35 ILCS 200/18-45                                                           
   35 ILCS 200/18-182 new                                                      
   35 ILCS 200/18-185                                                          
   105 ILCS 5/18-8           from Ch. 122, par. 18-8                           

        Creates the Local Option School District Income Tax Act                
   and amends the School Code, the State Finance Act, the Illinois Income      
   Tax  Act,  and  the  Property Tax Code. Authorizes school districts by      
   referendum to impose an income tax  on  individuals  resident  of  the      
   district.   Provides  that  with  referendum  approval, the income tax      
   shall be levied at an annual  rate,  adjusted  each  year,  that  will      
   produce  for  distribution  to  the  district in each calendar year an      
   amount equal to the corresponding 50% reduction that is required to be      
   made in the annual extension of  the  real  property  taxes  that  are      
   levied  by  the district against residential property for educational,      
   operations and maintenance, and transportation purposes and  that  are      
   collected and distributed to the district in the same calendar year in      
   which  the corresponding income tax revenues are distributed. Provides      
   for a referendum repeal of the  tax.    Provides  for  the  manner  of      
   levying  and  collecting  the  tax  and  for deposit of the income tax      
   revenues  in  the  educational,  operations   and   maintenance,   and      
   transportation  funds  of the district in proportion to the respective      
   amounts by which the taxes in those funds are abated.    Provides  for      
   disbursement  of  the  tax to school districts by the State Treasurer.      
   Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax        
   Code to exclude from the definition of "aggregate extension" school         
   district levies made to cover amounts lost because of the repeal of         
   the local income tax for schools as formerly imposed by the district        
   under the Local Option School District Income Tax Act. Changes the          
   school State aid formula to provide that any tax abatement required         
   under theLocal Option School District Income Tax Act shall be disre-        
   garded in computing the operating tax rate of school districts for          
   State aid formula purposes and shall not otherwise affect the compu-        
   tation or distribution of State aid for school districts. Effective         
   immediately.                                                                
   97-02-05  H  FIRST READING                                                  
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   97-02-10  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               REVENUE               
   97-03-21  H  RE-REFERRED TO RULES COMM/RULE 19(A)     RULES         HRUL    
   99-01-12  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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