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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 958

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill  958  on  page  1,
 3    lines  2  and  6,  by  replacing "Section 410/5" each time it
 4    appears with "Sections 5, 13, and 15 and by  adding  Sections
 5    12b, 12c, and 12d"; and

 6    on page 3, by inserting below line 31 the following:

 7        "(70 ILCS 410/12b new)
 8        Sec.  12b.  Eminent  domain  or  condemnation.   Property
 9    owned  by  a  conservation  district  may  not  be subject to
10    eminent domain or condemnation proceedings.

11        (70 ILCS 410/12c new)
12        Sec. 12c.  Special  assessments.   Property  owned  by  a
13    conservation   district   may   not  be  subject  to  special
14    assessments by any other unit of local government.

15        (70 ILCS 410/12d new)
16        Sec. 12d.  Annexation.  Property owned by a  conservation
17    district may not be subject to annexation without the express
18    consent of the district.

19        (70 ILCS 410/13) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7114)
 
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 1        Sec.  13. The fiscal year of each district shall commence
 2    April 1 and extend through the following March 31.
 3        The board shall, within the first quarter of each  fiscal
 4    year,  adopt  a  combined  annual  budget  and  appropriation
 5    ordinance as provided in the Illinois Municipal Budget Law.
 6    In  a  district  located  entirely  within  a  county  with a
 7    population of less 300,000 that is  contiguous  to  a  county
 8    with  a  population  of  more  than 2,000,000, the district's
 9    combined annual budget and appropriation ordinance shall  not
10    be  considered  to  be  adopted  until  it is also adopted by
11    resolution of the county board of the  county  in  which  the
12    district is located.
13        Except  as otherwise provided in this Act, a district may
14    annually levy taxes upon all the taxable property therein  at
15    the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department
16    of Revenue, to be extended at not more than the rates and for
17    the purposes specified hereinafter:
18             (1)  0.025%    for   the  general  purposes  of  the
19        district, including acquisition and development  of  real
20        property  which  may be in excess of current requirements
21        and allowed to accumulate from year to year, and for  any
22        purposes  specified  by the district; however, no tax may
23        be extended at a rate that will result in accumulation of
24        any amount representing more than 0.075% of the equalized
25        assessed valuation of the district.
26             (2)  0.075%  for acquisition of real property, which
27        may be in excess of current requirements and  allowed  to
28        accumulate  from  year  to  year,  and  for  any purposes
29        specified  by  the  district;  however,  no  tax  may  be
30        extended at a rate that will result  in  accumulation  of
31        any  amount representing more than 0.25% of the equalized
32        assessed valuation of the district.
33             (3)  0.1%, in lieu of the two rates specified in (1)
34        and (2) above, for the general purposes of the  district,
 
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 1        including  the  acquisition,  development,  operation and
 2        maintenance of real property which may be  in  excess  of
 3        current  requirements and allowed to accumulate from year
 4        to year, and for any purposes specified by the  district;
 5        however,  no  tax  may  be  extended  at a rate that will
 6        result in accumulation of any  amount  representing  more
 7        than  0.325%  of  the equalized assessed valuation of the
 8        district.
 9        Except as provided in some other Act, a district may  not
10    levy  annual taxes, for all its purposes in the aggregate, in
11    excess of 0.1% of the value, as equalized or assessed by  the
12    Department of Revenue, of the taxable property therein.
13        After   the   adoption   of   the   combined  budget  and
14    appropriation ordinance and within the second quarter of each
15    fiscal year, the board shall ascertain the  total  amount  of
16    the  appropriations legally made which are to be provided for
17    from tax levies for the current year. Then, by  an  ordinance
18    specifying   in   detail   the   purposes   for   which  such
19    appropriations have been made and  the  amounts  appropriated
20    for  such  purposes,  the  board shall levy not to exceed the
21    total amount so ascertained upon all the property subject  to
22    taxation  within  the  district  as  the same is assessed and
23    equalized for state and county purposes for the current year.
24    A certified copy of such  ordinance  shall  be  filed  on  or
25    before  the  first  Tuesday in October with the clerk of each
26    county wherein the district or any part thereof is located.
27    (Source: P.A. 85-715; 86-1297.)

28        (70 ILCS 410/15) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7116)
29        Sec.  15.   (a)  Whenever  a  district  does   not   have
30    sufficient  money  in  its  treasury  to  meet  all necessary
31    expenses  and  liabilities  thereof,   it   may   issue   tax
32    anticipation   warrants.   Such  issue  of  tax  anticipation
33    warrants shall be subject to the provisions of Section  2  of
 
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 1    "An  Act  to  provide for the manner of issuing warrants upon
 2    the treasurer of the State or of  any  county,  township,  or
 3    other  municipal  corporation or quasi municipal corporation,
 4    or of any farm drainage district,  river  district,  drainage
 5    and  levee  district,  fire  protection  district and jurors'
 6    certificates", approved June 27, 1913, as now  and  hereafter
 7    amended.
 8        (b)  For  the purpose of acquisition of real property, or
 9    rights thereto, a district may  incur  indebtedness  and,  as
10    evidence of the indebtedness thus created, may issue and sell
11    bonds without first obtaining the consent of the legal voters
12    of the district.
13        (c)  For  the  purpose of development of real property, a
14    district may incur  indebtedness  and,  as  evidence  of  the
15    indebtedness  thus  created,  may  issue  and sell bonds only
16    after the proposition to issue bonds has  been  submitted  to
17    the  legal voters of the district at an election and has been
18    approved by a majority of those voting  on  the  proposition.
19    Such election is subject to Section 15.1 of this Act.
20        (d)  No  district  shall become indebted in any manner or
21    for  any  purpose,   to   any   amount   including   existing
22    indebtedness  in the aggregate exceeding 0.575% of the value,
23    as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of the
24    taxable property therein; except  that  a  district  entirely
25    within  a  county  of  under  300,000 200,000 inhabitants and
26    contiguous to a county of more than 2,000,000 inhabitants may
27    incur indebtedness, including existing indebtedness,  in  the
28    aggregate not exceeding 1.725% of that value if the aggregate
29    indebtedness  over 0.575% is submitted to the legal voters of
30    the district at an election and is approved by a majority  of
31    those voting on the proposition as provided in Section 15.1.
32        (e)  Before   or   at  the  time  of  issuing  bonds  for
33    acquisition or development of  real  property,  the  district
34    shall  provide  by  ordinance for the collection of an annual
 
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 1    tax, in addition to all other taxes authorized by  this  act,
 2    sufficient  to pay such bonds and the interest thereon as the
 3    same respectively become due. Such  bonds  shall  be  divided
 4    into series, the first of which shall mature not later than 5
 5    years  after  the  date  of issue and the last of which shall
 6    mature not later than 20 years after the date of issue; shall
 7    bear interest at a rate or rates not  exceeding  the  maximum
 8    rate permitted in "An Act to authorize public corporations to
 9    issue   bonds,   other  evidences  of  indebtedness  and  tax
10    anticipation warrants subject to  interest  rate  limitations
11    set  forth  therein",  approved  May  26,  1970,  as  now  or
12    hereafter  amended;  shall  be  in  such form as the district
13    shall by resolution provide and shall be payable as  to  both
14    principal  and  interest from the proceeds of the annual levy
15    of taxes authorized to be levied by this Section, or so  much
16    thereof  as  will  be sufficient to pay the principal thereof
17    and the interest thereon.  Prior  to  the  authorization  and
18    issuance  of  such  bonds  the  district may, with or without
19    notice, negotiate and enter into an agreement  or  agreements
20    with  any bank, investment banker, trust company or insurance
21    company or group thereof whereunder  the  marketing  of  such
22    bonds  may  be  assured and consummated. The proceeds of such
23    bonds shall be deposited  in  a  special  fund,  to  be  kept
24    separate  and  apart from all other funds of the conservation
25    district.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-785.)

27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.".

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