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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 17

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 17, AS AMENDED,  by
 3    replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the  School  Code  by adding Section
 5    17-2C."; and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
 9    Section 17-2C as follows:

10        (105 ILCS 5/17-2C)
11        Sec.  17-2C.   Transfer  from  Tort  Immunity   Fund   or
12    Transportation   Fund   by   financially   distressed  school
13    districts.
14        (a)  The school board of  any  school  district  that  is
15    certified  under  Section  19-1.5 as a financially distressed
16    school district may by  resolution  transfer  from  the  Tort
17    Immunity  Fund to any other school district fund an amount of
18    money not to exceed the lesser of $2,500,000 or 0.6%  of  the
19    value  of  the taxable property within the district, provided
20    the amount transferred is not then required for  the  payment
21    of  any  liabilities  created  by  a  settlement  or  a  tort
 
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 1    judgement,   defense   costs,  or  for  the  payment  of  any
 2    liabilities under the Unemployment  Insurance  Act,  Workers'
 3    Compensation Act, Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, or risk
 4    care management programs.
 5        (b)  The  school  board of any school district (i) with a
 6    population of less  than  50,000,  (ii)  that  has  sold  tax
 7    anticipation  warrants  during  the  last  3 years before the
 8    effective date of this amendatory Act  of  the  91st  General
 9    Assembly,  and  (iii)  that  has  a tax base of more than 75%
10    residential property may by resolution transfer from the Tort
11    Immunity Fund to any other school district fund an amount  of
12    money  not  to exceed the lesser of $2,500,000 or 0.6% of the
13    value of the taxable property within the  district,  provided
14    the  amount  transferred is not then required for the payment
15    of  any  liabilities  created  by  a  settlement  or  a  tort
16    judgment, for defense  costs,  or  for  the  payment  of  any
17    liabilities  under  the  Unemployment Insurance Act, Workers'
18    Compensation Act, Workers' Occupational Diseases Act, or risk
19    care management programs.
20        (c)  The school board of any school district (i)  with  a
21    population  of  less  than  50,000,  (ii)  that  has sold tax
22    anticipation warrants during the  last  3  years  before  the
23    effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 91st General
24    Assembly, and (iii) that has a tax  base  of  more  than  75%
25    residential  property  may  by  resolution  transfer from the
26    Transportation Fund to any  other  school  district  fund  an
27    amount  of  money  not  to exceed the lesser of $2,500,000 or
28    0.6%  of  the  value  of  the  taxable  property  within  the
29    district.
30    (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94; revised 10-31-98.)

31        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
32    becoming law.".

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