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91_HB2678
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1 AN ACT to amend the Property Tax Code by adding Sections
2 27-95 and 27-100.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by adding
6 Sections 27-95 and 27-100 as follows:
7 (35 ILCS 200/27-95 new)
8 Sec. 27-95. Special service area for privately owned or
9 maintained roads. If at least 30% of the street or road
10 mileage within the corporate limits of a municipality is
11 comprised of streets and roadways not owned or controlled by
12 the municipality or any other unit of government, and if the
13 streets and roadways (including related drainage facilities
14 and appurtenances) provide access for police, fire, and other
15 emergency vehicles, the municipality may propose a special
16 service area as provided in this Law for the purpose of
17 repairing, reconstructing, or maintaining those streets and
18 roadways. If the owners of 51% or more in the number of lots,
19 tracts, and parcels of real estate that are to be subject to
20 the tax file a petition with the clerk of the municipality
21 agreeing with the establishment of a special service area,
22 then the corporate authorities of the municipality shall
23 proceed with the establishment of a special service area. If
24 a petition is not filed or contains an insufficient number of
25 signatures, the corporate authorities of the municipality
26 shall proceed no further and the same establishment of a
27 special service area shall not again be initiated for a
28 period of one year.
29 (35 ILCS 200/27-100 new)
30 Sec. 27-100. Special service area for privately owned or
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1 maintained lake recreation areas within unincorporated areas.
2 If at least 30% of the area within a proposed special service
3 area lies beyond the corporate limits of a municipality, is a
4 privately owned or maintained lake recreation area, and is
5 not owned or controlled by the municipality or any other unit
6 of government, and if the proposed area provides access to
7 local, State, and federal regulatory agencies, the property
8 owners within the proposed special service area may propose
9 to the affected county government, a special service area as
10 provided in this Law for the purpose of repairing,
11 reconstructing, or maintaining the lake and its immediate
12 watershed within the proposed special service area. If the
13 owners of 51% or more in the number of lots, tracts, and
14 parcels of real estate that are to be subject to the tax file
15 a petition with the clerk of the affected county government
16 agreeing with the establishment of a special service area,
17 then the corporate authorities of the county shall proceed
18 with the establishment of a special service area. If a
19 petition is not filed or contains an insufficient number of
20 signatures, the corporate authorities of the affected county
21 government shall proceed no further and the same
22 establishment of a special service area shall not again be
23 initiated for a period of one year.