Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 5/26/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2073

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2073 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 27-5 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
7    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
8cited as the the Special Service Area Tax Law.
9    When used in this Article:
10    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a
11municipality or county in which special governmental services
12are provided in addition to those services provided generally
13throughout the municipality or county, the cost of the special
14services to be paid from revenues collected from taxes levied
15or imposed upon property within that area. Territory shall be
16considered contiguous for purposes of this Article even though

 

 

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1certain completely surrounded portions of the territory are
2excluded from the special service area. A county may create a
3special service area within a municipality or municipalities
4when the municipality or municipalities consent to the creation
5of the special service area. A municipality may create a
6special service area within a municipality and the
7unincorporated area of a county or within another municipality
8when the county or other municipality consents to the creation
9of the special service area.
10    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
11to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
12including but not limited to weather modification and
13improvements permissible under Article 9 of the Illinois
14Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of water as
15described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code
16which may be entered into by the municipality or by the county
17on behalf of a county service area.
18(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)".