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91_SB0366

 
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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
 2    Sections 11-1-5.1 and 11-7-3.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The  Illinois  Municipal Code is amended by
 6    changing Sections 11-1-5.1 and 11-7-3 as follows:

 7        (65 ILCS 5/11-1-5.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-1-5.1)
 8        Sec. 11-1-5.1. In any municipality which is authorized to
 9    levy a tax under Section 11-1-3 of this Division 1,  the  tax
10    rate  limit  so  authorized may be increased to not to exceed
11    .40%, or beginning in taxable year 2000, .60%, of  the  value
12    of  all  the  taxable property in such municipality, provided
13    the proposition for such tax rate increase has been submitted
14    to the electors  of  that  municipality  and  approved  by  a
15    majority  of  those  voting  on  the  question. The corporate
16    authorities  may  order  the  proposition  submitted  at  any
17    election. The municipal clerk shall certify the  question  to
18    the   proper   election   authority   who  shall  submit  the
19    proposition at an election in  accordance  with  the  general
20    election law.
21    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

22        (65 ILCS 5/11-7-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-7-3)
23        Sec.  11-7-3.  In any municipality which is authorized to
24    levy a tax under Section 11-7-1 of this Division 7,  the  tax
25    rate  limit  so  authorized may be increased to not to exceed
26    .40%, or beginning in taxable year 2000, .60%, of  the  value
27    of  all  the  taxable property in such municipality, provided
28    the proposition for such tax rate increase has been submitted
29    to the electors  of  that  municipality  and  approved  by  a
30    majority  of  those  voting  on  the question. The referendum
 
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 1    authorized by the terms of this section may be ordered by the
 2    corporate authorities, the question to be  certified  by  the
 3    clerk  and  submitted  at  an election in accordance with the
 4    general election law.
 5        However, any municipality whose rate limitation for  fire
 6    protection  purposes is .30% on July 1, 1967 may by ordinance
 7    increase its rate limit in the future for  such  purposes  to
 8    .40%  and  any  municipality  which  levied  a  tax  for fire
 9    protection purposes in 1960 and  whose  rate  limitation  for
10    such  purposes  is  less  than  .30%  on July 29, 1969 may by
11    ordinance increase its rate limit to .30%. A  notice  of  the
12    passage  of the ordinance establishing such rate limit at not
13    to exceed .40%  or  .30%,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be
14    published once in a newspaper having a general circulation in
15    the  municipality.   The  publication  of  the  notice of the
16    ordinance shall include a notice of (1) the  specific  number
17    of  voters  required  to  sign a petition requesting that the
18    question of the increased rate  limit  be  submitted  to  the
19    voters  of  the  municipality;  (2) the time within which the
20    petition must be filed; and (3) the date of  the  prospective
21    referendum.   The  municipal  clerk  shall provide a petition
22    form to any individual requesting one.
23        The ordinance shall take effect 30 days after publication
24    of that notice unless within that time a petition, signed  by
25    not less than a number of voters in the municipality equal to
26    10%   or more of the registered voters of the municipality is
27    filed with the municipal clerk requesting the submission to a
28    referendum of the question of whether the municipality  shall
29    have the authority to levy a tax for fire protection purposes
30    at  not  to exceed the rate limit specified in the ordinance.
31    Any such election shall be conducted in accordance  with  the
32    general election law.
33    (Source: P.A. 86-1253; 87-767.)
 
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming law.

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