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91_HB2359
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1 AN ACT to amend the Township Code by changing Section
2 235-20.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
6 Section 235-20 as follows:
7 (60 ILCS 1/235-20)
8 Sec. 235-20. General assistance tax.
9 (a) The township board may raise money by taxation
10 considered deemed necessary to be expended to provide general
11 assistance in the township to persons needing that assistance
12 as provided in the Illinois Public Aid Code, including
13 persons eligible for assistance under the Military Veterans
14 Assistance Act, where that duty is provided by law. The tax
15 for each fiscal year shall not be more than 0.10% of value,
16 or more than an amount approved at a referendum held under
17 this Section, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
18 Revenue, and shall in no case exceed the amount needed in the
19 township for general assistance.
20 (b) If the board desires to increase the maximum tax
21 rate, it shall order a referendum on that proposition to be
22 held at an election in accordance with the general election
23 law. The board shall certify the proposition to the proper
24 election officials, who shall submit the proposition to the
25 voters at an election in accordance with the general election
26 law. If a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is
27 in favor of the proposition, the board may annually levy the
28 tax at a rate not exceeding the higher rate approved by the
29 voters at the election.
30 (c) If a city, village, or incorporated town having a
31 population of more than 500,000 is located within or
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1 partially within a township, then the entire amount of the
2 tax levied by the township for the purpose of providing
3 general assistance under this Section on property lying
4 within that city, village, or incorporated town, less the
5 amount allowed for collecting the tax, shall be paid over by
6 the treasurer of the township to the treasurer of the city,
7 village, or incorporated town to be appropriated and used by
8 the city, village, or incorporated town for the relief and
9 support of persons needing general assistance residing in
10 that portion of the city, village, or incorporated town
11 located within the township in accordance with the Illinois
12 Public Aid Code.
13 (d) Any taxes levied for general assistance before or
14 after this Section takes effect may also be used for the
15 payment of warrants issued against and in anticipation of
16 those taxes and accrued interest on those warrants and may
17 also be used to pay the cost of administering that
18 assistance.
19 (e) In any township with a population of less than
20 500,000 that receives no State funding for the general
21 assistance program and that has not issued anticipation
22 warrants or otherwise borrowed monies for the administration
23 of the general assistance program during the township's
24 previous 3 fiscal years of operation, a one time transfer of
25 monies from the township's general assistance fund may be
26 made to the general township fund pursuant to action by the
27 township board. This transfer may occur only to the extent
28 that the amount of monies remaining in the general assistance
29 fund after the transfer is equal to the greater of (i) the
30 amount of the township's expenditures in the previous fiscal
31 year for general assistance or (ii) an amount equal to 0.10%
32 of the last known total equalized value of all taxable
33 property in the township. The transfer shall be completed no
34 later than the end of fiscal year 1992. No township that has
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1 certified a new levy or an increase in the levy under this
2 Section during calendar year 1990 may transfer monies under
3 this subsection. No action on the transfer of monies under
4 this subsection shall be taken by the township board except
5 at a township board meeting. No monies transferred under this
6 subsection shall be considered in determining whether the
7 township qualifies for State funds to supplement local funds
8 for public aid purposes under Section 12-21.13 of the
9 Illinois Public Aid Code.
10 (Source: P.A. 86-1379; 86-1480; 87-14; 87-895; 88-62.)