Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 11/9/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2073

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2073, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
6Sections 27-25 and 27-30 and by adding Section 27-32 as
7follows:
 
8    (35 ILCS 200/27-25)
9    Sec. 27-25. Form of hearing notice. Taxes may be levied or
10imposed by the municipality or county in the special service
11area at a rate or amount of tax sufficient to produce revenues
12required to provide the special services. Prior to the first
13levy of taxes in the special service area, notice shall be
14given and a hearing shall be held under the provisions of
15Sections 27-30 and 27-35. For purposes of this Section the
16notice shall include:

 

 

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1        (a) The time and place of hearing;
2        (b) The boundaries of the area by legal description
3    and, where possible, by street location;
4        (c) The permanent tax index number of each parcel
5    located within the area;
6        (d) The nature of the proposed special services to be
7    provided within the special service area and a statement as
8    to whether the proposed special services are for new
9    construction, maintenance, or other purposes;
10        (d-5) The proposed amount of the tax levy for special
11    services for the initial year for which taxes will be
12    levied within the special service area;
13        (e) A notification that all interested persons,
14    including all persons owning taxable real property located
15    within the special service area, will be given an
16    opportunity to be heard at the hearing regarding the tax
17    levy and an opportunity to file objections to the amount of
18    the tax levy if the tax is a tax upon property; and
19        (f) The maximum rate of taxes to be extended within the
20    special service area in any year and the maximum number of
21    years taxes will be levied if a maximum number of years is
22    to be established.
23     After the first levy of taxes within the special service
24area, taxes may continue to be levied in subsequent years
25without the requirement of an additional public hearing if the
26tax rate does not exceed the rate specified in the notice for

 

 

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1the original public hearing and the taxes are not extended for
2a longer period than the number of years specified in the
3notice if a number of years is specified. Tax rates may be
4increased and the period specified may be extended, if notice
5is given and new public hearings are held in accordance with
6Sections 27-30 and 27-35.
7(Source: P.A. 93-1013, eff. 8-24-04.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 200/27-30)
9    Sec. 27-30. Manner of notice. Prior to or within 60 days
10after the adoption of the ordinance proposing the establishment
11of a special service area the municipality or county shall fix
12a time and a place for a public hearing. The public hearing
13shall be held not less than 60 days after the adoption of the
14ordinance proposing the establishment of a special service
15area. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication and
16mailing, except that notice of a public hearing to propose the
17establishment of a special service area for weather
18modification purposes may be given by publication only. Notice
19by publication shall be given by publication at least once not
20less than 15 days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of
21general circulation within the municipality or county. Notice
22by mailing shall be given by depositing the notice in the
23United States mails addressed to the person or persons in whose
24name the general taxes for the last preceding year were paid on
25each property lying within the special service area. A notice

 

 

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1shall be mailed not less than 10 days prior to the time set for
2the public hearing. In the event taxes for the last preceding
3year were not paid, the notice shall be sent to the person last
4listed on the tax rolls prior to that year as the owner of the
5property.
6(Source: P.A. 82-282; 88-455.)
 
7    (35 ILCS 200/27-32 new)
8    Sec. 27-32. More than 5% increase; hearing. If, in any year
9other than the initial levy year, the estimated special service
10area tax levy is more than 105% of the amount extended for
11special service area purposes for the preceding levy year,
12notice shall be given and a hearing held on the reason for the
13increase. Notice of the hearing shall be given by newspaper
14publication, internet publication, or other reasonable means
15determined by the municipality or county. A meeting open to the
16public and convened in a location convenient to property
17included within the boundaries of the special service area is
18considered a hearing for purposes of this Section. The hearing
19may be held prior to the adoption of the proposed ordinance to
20adopt the annual levy of the special service area, but not more
21than 30 days prior to the adoption of the ordinance, or at the
22same time the proposed ordinance to adopt the annual levy of
23the special service area is considered.".