101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4093

 

Introduced 1/16/2020, by Rep. Allen Skillicorn

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 200/18-185
35 ILCS 200/18-205
35 ILCS 200/18-214

    Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for the 2021 levy year and thereafter, for certain school districts, "extension limitation" means 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Provides that all school districts in the State are subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. Provides that qualified school districts may be granted an exemption from the amendatory Act by an affirmative vote of the State Board of Education. Sets forth the qualifications for those school districts. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 18-185, 18-205, and 18-214 and by adding Section
618-242 as follows:
 
7    (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
8    Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
9be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
10in this Division 5:
11    "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
12All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
13States Department of Labor.
14    "Extension limitation" means, except as otherwise provided
15in this paragraph with respect to school districts, (a) the
16lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price
17Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year
18or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters under Section
1918-205. For the 2021 levy year and thereafter, for school
20districts other than the City of Chicago School District #299
21and qualified school districts that were subject to this Law in
22the 2020 levy year, "extension limitation" means 0% or the rate
23of increase approved by the voters under Section 18-205. For

 

 

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1the 2021 levy year and thereafter, for the City of Chicago
2School District #299 and qualified school districts that were
3subject to this Law in the 2020 levy year, "extension
4limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or the percentage
5increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
6calendar year preceding the levy year or (b) the rate of
7increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
8    "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
9inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
10more inhabitants.
11    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
121-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
131991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
14only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
15its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
16contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
17Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing district" includes
18only each non-home rule taxing district subject to this Law
19before the 1995 levy year and each non-home rule taxing
20district not subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year
21having the majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value in an
22affected county or counties. Beginning with the levy year in
23which this Law becomes applicable to a taxing district as
24provided in Section 18-213, "taxing district" also includes
25those taxing districts made subject to this Law as provided in
26Section 18-213. For the 2021 levy year and thereafter, "taxing

 

 

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1district" also includes each school district in the State, but
2does not include a qualified school district that was not
3subject to this Law in the 2020 levy year.
4    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
5Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
6corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
7purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
8district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
9the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
10obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
11any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
12obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for
13any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
14issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
15before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
16interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
17refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
18referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
19principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
20payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
21credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
22tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
23shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
24local government finds that all other sources for payment are
25insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
26under a building commission lease when the lease payments are

 

 

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1for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
2October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
3payments due under installment contracts entered into before
4October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
5interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
6Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
7initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
8principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
93 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
10exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
11(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
12obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
13referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
14bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
15Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
16the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
17special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
18School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
19amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
20District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
21Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
22of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
23school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
24of providing joint recreational programs for persons with
25disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
26Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for

 

 

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1temporary relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to
2Sections 2-3.77 and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for
3payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued under the
4authority of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
5contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
6Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
7amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
8Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
9first year after a township assumes the rights, powers, duties,
10assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
11responsibilities of a road district abolished under the
12provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.
13    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
14this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
15districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section
1618-213) means the annual corporate extension for the taxing
17district and those special purpose extensions that are made
18annually for the taxing district, excluding special purpose
19extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
20principal on general obligation bonds that were approved by
21referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
22principal on general obligation bonds issued before March 1,
231995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
24principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund those
25bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing
26district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund

 

 

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1or continue to refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that
2were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing district
3to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before
4March 1, 1995 for payment of which a property tax levy or the
5full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
6pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
7principal on those bonds shall be made only after the governing
8body of the unit of local government finds that all other
9sources for payment are insufficient to make those payments;
10(f) made for payments under a building commission lease when
11the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds issued by
12the commission before March 1, 1995 to pay for the building
13project; (g) made for payments due under installment contracts
14entered into before March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of
15principal and interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan
16Water Reclamation District Act to finance construction
17projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for
18stormwater management purposes by the Metropolitan Water
19Reclamation District of Greater Chicago under Section 12 of the
20Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act; (i) made for
21payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined
22in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an
23amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less the
24amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for
25non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially
26issued pursuant to referendum and bonds described in subsection

 

 

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1(h) of this definition; (j) made for payments of principal and
2interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local
3Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made for payments of principal
4and interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and
5issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for
6aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for payments of principal
7and interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 87-1191 or
893-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section 21.2 of the Cook
9County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii) issued under Section
1042 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act for
11zoological park projects, or (iii) issued under Section 44.1 of
12the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act for botanical
13gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to Section 34-53.5 of the
14School Code, whether levied annually or not; (n) made to fund
15expenses of providing joint recreational programs for persons
16with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code
17or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (o) made by
18the Chicago Park District for recreational programs for persons
19with disabilities under subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the
20Chicago Park District Act; (p) made for contributions to a
21firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
22Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
23under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
24(q) made by Ford Heights School District 169 under Section
2517-9.02 of the School Code; and (r) made for the purpose of
26making employer contributions to the Public School Teachers'

 

 

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1Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago under Section 34-53 of
2the School Code.
3    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
4this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
5those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
6(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
7the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
8are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
9purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
10interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
11approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
12interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
13the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
14the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
15to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
16continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
17the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
18district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
19interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
20refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum
21making this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if
22the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
23the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
24district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
25interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
26on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the

 

 

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1taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
2levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
3government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
4interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
5the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
6all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
7payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
8lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
9issued by the commission before the date on which the
10referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
11held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
12under installment contracts entered into before the date on
13which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
14district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
15interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
16Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
17service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
18(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
19obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
20for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
21Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
22for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
23on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
24obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
25required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
26pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but

 

 

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1not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
2on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
3joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
4under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
5of the Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
6firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
7Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
8under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
9and (m) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
10principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
11Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
12    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
13this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
14(e) of Section 18-213 means the annual corporate extension for
15the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
16are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
17purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
18interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
19approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
20interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
21March 7, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) this
22amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for any taxing district to pay
23interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
24refund those bonds issued before March 7, 1997 (the effective
25date of Public Act 89-718) this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
26made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on

 

 

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1bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
2March 7, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) this
3amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds were approved by referendum
4after March 7, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718)
5this amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district
6to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before
7March 7, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) this
8amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of which a property tax levy
9or the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
10pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
11principal on those bonds shall be made only after the governing
12body of the unit of local government finds that all other
13sources for payment are insufficient to make those payments;
14(f) made for payments under a building commission lease when
15the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds issued by
16the commission before March 7, 1997 (the effective date of
17Public Act 89-718) this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the
18building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
19contracts entered into before March 7, 1997 (the effective date
20of Public Act 89-718) this amendatory Act of 1997; (h) made for
21payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined
22in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an
23amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less the
24amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for
25non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially
26issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made for payments of

 

 

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1principal and interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of the
2Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made for a qualified
3airport authority to pay interest or principal on general
4obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying obligations
5due under, or financing airport facilities required to be
6acquired, constructed, installed or equipped pursuant to,
7contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but not including
8any amendments to such a contract taking effect on or after
9that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing joint
10recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
11Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of
12the Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions to
13a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
14Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
15under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
16    "Aggregate extension" means, beginning in levy year 2021,
17for school districts that were not subject to this Law in the
182020 levy year, the annual corporate extension for the school
19district and those special purpose extensions that are made
20annually for the school district.
21    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
22portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 1994
23levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this Law in
24accordance with Section 18-213, except for those subject to
25paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, for the levy
26year in which the referendum making this Law applicable to the

 

 

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1taxing district is held, or for those taxing districts subject
2to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
3of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year, or for school
4districts that were not subject to this Law in the 2020 levy
5year for the 2020 levy year, constituting an extension for
6payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the taxing
7district without referendum, but not including excluded
8non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were first
9subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose extension
10for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal and
11interest on bonds issued by the park district without
12referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
13was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
14constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
15on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
16not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
17extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the
18extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
19payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park
20district without referendum (but not including excluded
21non-referendum bonds). A debt service extension base
22established or increased at any time pursuant to any provision
23of this Law, except Section 18-212, shall be increased each
24year commencing with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or
25(ii) the first levy year in which this Law becomes applicable
26to the taxing district, by the lesser of 5% or the percentage

 

 

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1increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
2calendar year preceding the levy year. The debt service
3extension base may be established or increased as provided
4under Section 18-212. "Excluded non-referendum bonds" means
5(i) bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and issued under
6Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium and
7museum projects; (ii) bonds issued under Section 15 of the
8Local Government Debt Reform Act; or (iii) refunding
9obligations issued to refund or to continue to refund
10obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum.
11    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
12to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
13unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
14contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
15Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
16district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
17The extension for a special service area is not included in the
18aggregate extension.
19    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
20last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
2118-135, 18-215, 18-230, and 18-206. An adjustment under Section
2218-135 shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent
23levy years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
24district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
25extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding
26levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of

 

 

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1taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
2last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
3Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
4aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
5to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
6district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
7either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
8rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
9last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
10preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
11subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
12    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
132012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
14District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
15    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
161-155.
17    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
18board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements
19or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
20property that increase the assessed value of that real property
21during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
22issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed
23value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
24of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
25real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any
26portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by

 

 

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1the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
217-30, including the assessed value, upon final stabilization
3of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
4property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or
5previously exempt military reservation that is intended for
6residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
7or other entity, (iii) in counties that classify in accordance
8with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution, an
9incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from
10a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to
11the first year final board of review market value, and (iv) any
12increase in assessed value due to oil or gas production from an
13oil or gas well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic
14Fracturing Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted
15for during the previous levy year. In addition, the county
16clerk in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more
17shall include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
18school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
19applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
20    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
21organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
22county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
23population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
24    "Qualified school district" means, for the 2021 levy year
25and thereafter, a school district that has been granted an
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1Assembly by an affirmative vote of the State Board of
2Education; to be eligible for such an exemption, one or more of
3the following criteria must apply:
4        (1) the school district must meet the conditions
5    described in subsection (a) of Section 1A-8 of the School
6    Code or in paragraph (3) or (5) of subsection (b) of
7    Section 1A-8 of the School Code; to determine if a school
8    district meets this criteria, the State Superintendent of
9    Education may require the school district, including a
10    school district subject to Article 34A of the School Code,
11    to share financial information relevant to a proper
12    investigation of the district's financial condition;
13        (2) the equalized assessed valuation used in
14    calculating the school district's general State aid claim
15    under Section 18-8.05 of the School Code or the district's
16    evidence-based funding claim under Section 18-8.15 of the
17    School Code, as applicable, for the year in which the
18    district is applying has decreased by 10% or more compared
19    with the equalized assessed valuation used for that
20    calculation in the previous school year; or
21        (3) the school district is a Tier 1 district, as
22    defined in subparagraph (A) of subsection (g) of Section
23    18-8.15 of the School Code.
24    The State Board of Education shall notify the county clerk
25as soon as possible after the exemption is granted that the
26district is exempt from the provisions of this amendatory Act

 

 

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1of the 101st General Assembly; school districts shall reapply
2for the exemption on an annual basis.
3    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
4provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
5equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
6municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
7redevelopment project area previously established under the
8Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Development Act in the
9Illinois Municipal Code, previously established under the
10Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code,
11previously established under the Economic Development Project
12Area Tax Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under
13the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of
14each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in
15the redevelopment project area over and above the initial
16equalized assessed value of each property in the redevelopment
17project area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997
18levy year, the recovered tax increment value for a non-home
19rule taxing district that first became subject to this Law for
20the 1995 levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized
21assessed value was in an affected county or counties shall be
22increased if a municipality terminated the designation of an
23area in 1993 as a redevelopment project area previously
24established under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment
25Development Act in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
26established under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the

 

 

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1Illinois Municipal Code, or previously established under the
2Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, by an
3amount equal to the 1994 equalized assessed value of each
4taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
5redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
6assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
7area. In the first year after a municipality removes a taxable
8lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property from a
9redevelopment project area established under the Tax Increment
10Allocation Redevelopment Development Act in the Illinois
11Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the
12Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area Tax
13Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
14means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
15of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
16removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
17initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
18removal from the redevelopment project area.
19    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
20rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
21preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
22plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
23denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
24value of all real property in the territory under the
25jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
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1extension for the last preceding levy year, except for school
2districts that reduced their extension for educational
3purposes pursuant to Section 18-206, the highest aggregate
4extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years shall be
5used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate. The
6denominator shall not include new property or the recovered tax
7increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a limiting
8rate increase has been approved at an election held after March
921, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable limiting rate shall
10be increased by the amount of the new rate or shall be reduced
11by the amount of the rate decrease, as the case may be, or (ii)
12in the case of a limiting rate increase, the limiting rate
13shall be equal to the rate set forth in the proposition
14approved by the voters for each of the years specified in the
15proposition, after which the limiting rate of the taxing
16district shall be calculated as otherwise provided. In the case
17of a taxing district that obtained referendum approval for an
18increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the limiting rate
19for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that generates the
20approximate total amount of taxes extendable for that tax year,
21as set forth in the proposition approved by the voters; this
22rate shall be the final rate applied by the county clerk for
23the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for tax year
242012.
25(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-521, eff. 6-1-17;
26100-465, eff. 8-31-17; revised 8-12-19.)
 

 

 

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1    (35 ILCS 200/18-205)
2    Sec. 18-205. Referendum to increase the extension
3limitation.
4    (a) A taxing district is limited to an extension limitation
5as defined in Section 18-185 of 5% or the percentage increase
6in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year
7preceding the levy year, whichever is less. A taxing district
8may increase its extension limitation for one or more levy
9years if that taxing district holds a referendum before the
10levy date for the first levy year at which a majority of voters
11voting on the issue approves adoption of a higher extension
12limitation. Referenda shall be conducted at a regularly
13scheduled election in accordance with the Election Code.
14    (b) The question shall be presented in substantially the
15following manner for all elections held after March 21, 2006:
16        Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
17    Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
18    number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
19    district and geographic or other common name by which a
20    school or community college district is known and referred
21    to), Illinois, be increased from (applicable extension
22    limitation set forth in Section 18-185) the lesser of 5% or
23    the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index over
24    the prior levy year to (insert the percentage of the
25    proposed increase)% per year for (insert each levy year for

 

 

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1    which the increased extension limitation will apply)?
2    (c) The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
3If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
4adoption of the increase, the increase shall be applicable for
5each levy year specified.
6    (d) The ballot for any question submitted pursuant to this
7Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the
8question submitted, only the following supplemental
9information (which shall be supplied to the election authority
10by the taxing district) in substantially the following form:
11        (1) For the (insert the first levy year for which the
12    increased extension limitation will be applicable) levy
13    year the approximate amount of the additional tax
14    extendable against property containing a single family
15    residence and having a fair market value at the time of the
16    referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $....
17        (2) Based upon an average annual percentage increase
18    (or decrease) in the market value of such property of ...%
19    (insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage
20    increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the
21    time the submission of the question is initiated by the
22    taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized
23    assessed value of the taxable property in the taxing
24    district less (B) the new property included in the
25    equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the
26    additional tax extendable against such property for the ...

 

 

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1    levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy year
2    is estimated to be $....
3    Paragraph (2) shall be included only if the increased
4extension limitation will be applicable for more than one year
5and shall list each levy year for which the increased extension
6limitation will be applicable. The additional tax shown for
7each levy year shall be the approximate dollar amount of the
8increase over the amount of the most recently completed
9extension at the time the submission of the question is
10initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of the
11additional tax extendable shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
12be calculated by multiplying $100,000 (the fair market value of
13the property without regard to any property tax exemptions) by
14(i) the percentage level of assessment prescribed for that
15property by statute, or by ordinance of the county board in
16counties that classify property for purposes of taxation in
17accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
18Constitution; (ii) the most recent final equalization factor
19certified to the county clerk by the Department of Revenue at
20the time the taxing district initiates the submission of the
21proposition to the electors; (iii) the last known aggregate
22extension base of the taxing district at the time the
23submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district;
24and (iv) the difference between the percentage increase
25proposed in the question and the otherwise applicable extension
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1percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior
2levy year (or an estimate of the percentage increase for the
3prior levy year if the increase is unavailable at the time the
4submission of the question is initiated by the taxing
5district); and dividing the result by the last known equalized
6assessed value of the taxing district at the time the
7submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district.
8This amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly is intended to
9clarify the existing requirements of this Section, and shall
10not be construed to validate any prior non-compliant referendum
11language. Any notice required to be published in connection
12with the submission of the question shall also contain this
13supplemental information and shall not contain any other
14supplemental information. Any error, miscalculation, or
15inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth on the ballot or
16in the notice that is not deliberate shall not invalidate or
17affect the validity of any proposition approved. Notice of the
18referendum shall be published and posted as otherwise required
19by law, and the submission of the question shall be initiated
20as provided by law.
21(Source: P.A. 97-1087, eff. 8-24-12.)
 
22    (35 ILCS 200/18-214)
23    Sec. 18-214. Referenda on removal of the applicability of
24the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to non-home rule
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1    (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
2district that is subject to this Law because a majority of its
31990 equalized assessed value is in a county or counties
4contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, or
5because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in
6an affected county and the taxing district was not subject to
7this Law before the 1995 levy year.
8    (b) For purposes of this Section only:
9    "Taxing district" means any non-home rule taxing district
10that became subject to this Law under Section 18-213 of this
11Law.
12    "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
13assessed valuation for a taxing district for the immediately
14preceding levy year.
15    (c) The county board of a county that became subject to
16this Law by a referendum approved by the voters of the county
17under Section 18-213 may, by ordinance or resolution, in the
18manner set forth in this Section, submit to the voters of the
19county the question of whether this Law applies to all non-home
20rule taxing districts that have all or a portion of their
21equalized assessed valuation situated in the county in the
22manner set forth in this Section.
23    (d) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
24submission of the proposition at any election, except a
25consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
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1Limitation Law to all non-home rule taxing districts that have
2all or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated
3in the county.
4    The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall
5be in substantially the following form:
6        Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
7    ILCS 200/18-185 through 35 ILCS 200/18-245), which limits
8    annual property tax extension increases, apply to non-home
9    rule taxing districts with all or a portion of their
10    equalized assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
11Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
12    (e) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
13to the electors of the county at the election specified in the
14ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
15jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
16the county clerk shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance
17or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
18shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
19taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election
20specified in the ordinance or resolution.
21    (f) With respect to taxing districts having all of their
22equalized assessed valuation located in one county, if a
23majority of the votes cast on the proposition are against the
24proposition, then this Law shall not apply to the taxing
25district beginning on January 1 of the year following the date
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1    (g) With respect to taxing districts that do not have all
2of their equalized assessed valuation located in a single
3county, if both of the following conditions are met, then this
4Law shall no longer apply to the taxing district beginning on
5January 1 of the year following the date of the referendum.
6        (1) Each county in which the district has any equalized
7    assessed valuation must either, (i) have held a referendum
8    under this Section, (ii) be an affected county, or (iii)
9    have held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
10    voters rejected the proposition at the most recent election
11    at which the question was on the ballot in the county.
12        (2) The majority of the equalized assessed valuation of
13    the taxing district, other than any equalized assessed
14    valuation in an affected county, is in one or more counties
15    in which the voters rejected the proposition. For purposes
16    of this Section, in determining whether a majority of the
17    equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
18    located in one or more counties in which the voters have
19    rejected the proposition under this Section, the equalized
20    assessed valuation of any taxing district in a county which
21    has held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
22    voters rejected that proposition, at the most recent
23    election at which the question was on the ballot in the
24    county, will be included with the equalized assessed value
25    of the taxing district in counties in which the voters have
26    rejected the referendum held under this Section.

 

 

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1    (h) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
2Section, the county clerk of the county holding the referendum
3shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
4results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of
5their equalized assessed valuation located in the county, the
6county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
7assessed valuation of any such taxing district is located, and
8the Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting
9a multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of
10Revenue shall determine whether the taxing district is no
11longer subject to this Law and, if the taxing district is no
12longer subject to this Law, the Department of Revenue shall
13notify the taxing district and the county clerks of all of the
14counties in which a portion of the equalized assessed valuation
15of the taxing district is located that, beginning on January 1
16of the year following the date of the last referendum, the
17taxing district is no longer subject to this Law.
18    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
19referenda may be held under this Section with respect to a
20school district for levy year 2021 or thereafter.
21(Source: P.A. 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.