SB1667eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB1667 Engrossed LRB102 12705 HLH 18044 b

AN ACT concerning revenue.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing Section 18-15 as follows:

(35 ILCS 200/18-15)

Sec. 18-15. Filing of levies of taxing districts.

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all taxing districts, other than a school district subject to the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Article 1H of the School Code, shall annually certify to the county clerk, on or before the last Tuesday in December, the several amounts that they have levied.

(a-5) Certification to the county clerk under subsection (a) may be submitted electronically.

(b) A school district subject to the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel pursuant to Article 1H of the School Code shall file a certificate of tax levy, necessary to effect the implementation of the approved financial plan and the approval of the Panel, as otherwise provided by this Section, except that the certificate must be certified to the county clerk on or before the first Tuesday in November.

(c) If a school district as specified in subsection (b) of this Section fails to certify and return the certificate of tax levy, necessary to effect the implementation of the approved financial plan and the approval of the Financial Oversight Panel, to the county clerk on or before the first Tuesday in November, then the Financial Oversight Panel for the school district shall proceed to adopt, certify, and return a certificate of tax levy for the school district to the county clerk on or before the last Tuesday in December.

(Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11.)