HB4785 EnrolledLRB102 24667 AWJ 33906 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Cook County Forest Preserve District Act is
5amended by changing Section 22 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 810/22)  (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6425)
7    Sec. 22. All general taxes levied by the board of any
8forest preserve district shall be levied by general categories
9after the first Monday in October and by the first Monday in
10December by March 28 annually for all fiscal years in the same
11manner as taxes are levied for city and village purposes.
12    The board may in each fiscal year levy taxes for general
13corporate purposes at a rate not exceeding .06% of the value of
14the taxable property therein, as equalized or assessed by the
15Department of Revenue. In addition, the board may levy taxes
16for constructing, restoring, reconditioning and reconstructing
17improvements and for the development of the forests and lands
18of such district, the amount of which tax each fiscal year
19shall be extended at a rate not in excess of .021% of the value
20of the taxable property therein.
21    All such taxes and rates are exclusive of the taxes
22required for the payment of the principal of and interest on
23bonds, and exclusive of taxes levied for employees' annuity

 

 

HB4785 Enrolled- 2 -LRB102 24667 AWJ 33906 b

1and benefit purposes.
2(Source: P.A. 88-506.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.