Full Text of HB0170 97th General Assembly
HB0170ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Lisa M. Dugan Filed: 3/8/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 170
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 170 on page 4, by | 3 | | replacing lines 18 and 19 with " pursuant to the provisions of | 4 | | Section 17-2.4a of the School Code "; and
| 5 | | on page 7, by replacing lines 7 and 8 with " pursuant to the | 6 | | provisions of Section 17-2.4a of the School Code "; and | 7 | | on page 9, by replacing lines 18 through 20 with " district | 8 | | pursuant to the provisions of Section 17-2.4a of the School | 9 | | Code "; and | 10 | | on page 11, by replacing lines 21 through 23 with " and (m) made | 11 | | by a school district pursuant to the provisions of Section | 12 | | 17-2.4a of the School Code "; and | 13 | | by replacing everything from line 8 on page 18 through line 19 | 14 | | on page 21 with the following: |
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| 1 | | "Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 2 | | 17-2.4a as follows: | 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/17-2.4a new) | 4 | | Sec. 17-2.4a. Tax for area vocational education programs. | 5 | | (a) The school board of any district participating in a | 6 | | joint agreement for an area vocational education center, | 7 | | pursuant to Section 10-22.20a of this Code or the | 8 | | Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, and having a population of | 9 | | less than 500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, levy | 10 | | an annual tax upon the value of the taxable property within its | 11 | | territory, as equalized or assessed by the Department of | 12 | | Revenue, for area vocational education purposes, including but | 13 | | not limited to the purposes authorized by Section 10-22.20a, at | 14 | | a rate of up to 0.04% for a period of 4 tax years following the | 15 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | 16 | | Assembly. | 17 | | (b) Prior to the levy of taxes under this Section for the | 18 | | first time, the school board of each district desiring to make | 19 | | such a levy shall hold 2 public hearings regarding the proposed | 20 | | levy at the vocational education center. Notice of the public | 21 | | hearings shall be given by the school board by (i) posting the | 22 | | notice at the last regularly scheduled meeting of the school | 23 | | board to occur prior to the public hearing and (ii) publishing | 24 | | notice of the public hearing in conformity with the Notice by |
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| 1 | | Publication Act. If there is no newspaper of general | 2 | | circulation published within the school district and the school | 3 | | district is located in more than one county, then notice shall | 4 | | be published in a newspaper of general circulation published in | 5 | | each county in which any part of the school district is | 6 | | located. The notice shall appear not more than 14 days nor less | 7 | | than 7 days prior to the date of the public hearing. The notice | 8 | | shall not be placed in the portion of the newspaper where legal | 9 | | notices and classified advertisements appear. The notice shall | 10 | | appear before each public hearing. | 11 | | (c) The tax rate limit specified in subsection (a) of this | 12 | | Section may be increased to up to a maximum of 0.08% upon the | 13 | | approval of a proposition submitted at a regularly scheduled | 14 | | election. The proposition may be initiated by resolution and | 15 | | shall be certified by the secretary of the school board to the | 16 | | proper election authorities for submission in accordance with | 17 | | the general election law. If a majority of votes cast on the | 18 | | proposition is in favor thereof, then the school board may | 19 | | annually levy the tax as authorized until such authority is | 20 | | revoked. | 21 | | (d) Any revenue raised by the tax imposed under this | 22 | | Section, including interest earnings thereon, shall be used | 23 | | only for area vocational education center purposes, including | 24 | | but not limited to the purposes authorized by Section | 25 | | 10-22.20a, as well as the construction and maintenance of area | 26 | | vocational center facilities. The district shall distribute |
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| 1 | | the funds for area vocational center education purposes to the | 2 | | area vocational center within 60 days after receipt, provided | 3 | | that, if the receipts exceed the school districts' liabilities | 4 | | to the area vocational center, the district may retain such | 5 | | excess for application to its liability for area vocational | 6 | | center expenses in subsequent periods. | 7 | | (e) If the school board of any district that has levied a | 8 | | tax authorized by this Section withdraws from the joint | 9 | | agreement for area vocational education purposes, that | 10 | | district shall no longer be authorized to levy an annual tax | 11 | | for area vocational education purposes. Any proceeds from the | 12 | | taxes authorized by this Section, including interest earnings | 13 | | thereon that remain in the school district treasury upon | 14 | | withdrawal from the area vocational center and after paying any | 15 | | liabilities owed such area vocational center shall be used to | 16 | | abate taxes in the ensuing tax cycle or cycles. | 17 | | (f) Any tax imposed under this Section is in addition to | 18 | | all other taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected by | 19 | | a school board of any district participating in a joint | 20 | | agreement for an area vocational education center, and shall | 21 | | not be included within any limitation of rate contained in this | 22 | | Code or any other law. | 23 | | (g) Subsection (a) of this Section becomes inoperative at | 24 | | the end of 4 tax years after the effective date of this | 25 | | amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly; provided that any | 26 | | taxes levied prior to subsection (a) of this Section becoming |
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| 1 | | inoperative shall remain valid until collected as otherwise | 2 | | provided by law. ".
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