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92_SJ0023
SDS/92ASJR/0002/ARlb
1 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
3 (PTELL) limits increases in property tax extensions to the
4 lesser of 5 percent or the increase in the national Consumer
5 Price Index for the year preceding the levy year; and
6 WHEREAS, The tax caps of PTELL were imposed by the State
7 on DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties beginning
8 with the 1991 levy year; and
9 WHEREAS, The tax caps of PTELL were imposed by the State
10 on Cook County taxing districts beginning with the 1995 levy
11 year; and
12 WHEREAS, Since the 1997 tax year, 28 downstate counties
13 have approved property tax cap referenda while nine counties
14 have defeated tax cap referenda; and
15 WHEREAS, Every year since tax caps were imposed numerous
16 pieces of legislation have been introduced seeking exceptions
17 to the tax cap limits of PTELL; and
18 WHEREAS, The General Assembly and Governor have approved
19 a number of those exceptions allowing them to become law, and
20 thus negating the local voter approval provisions of PTELL;
21 therefore, be it
22 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINTY-SECOND GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN,
24 that there is created a bi-partisan Tax Cap Advisory
25 Committee to study the statewide affect of the Property Tax
26 Extension Limitation Law on residential, business and
27 farmland property taxpayers as well as the affect of tax caps
28 on local governments and school districts and their ability
29 to deliver critically needed services to the citizens they
30 serve; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, that the Tax Cap Advisory Committee shall
2 consist of 12 members; six members appointed from the House
3 of Representatives, with 3 members appointed by the Speaker
4 and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader, with the
5 majority caucus members serving at the pleasure of the
6 Speaker and the minority caucus members serving at the
7 pleasure of the Minority Leader; and six members appointed
8 from the Senate, with the majority caucus members serving at
9 the pleasure of the Speaker and the minority caucus member
10 serving at the pleasure of the Minority Leader; all of whom
11 shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for
12 their reasonable and necessary expenses; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the Tax Cap Committee shall meet as soon
14 as possible after at least 8 members have been appointed,
15 shall elect one member from the House and one member from the
16 Senate to serve as co-chairs by majority vote, shall hold
17 public hearings, and shall report its findings and
18 recommendations to the General Assembly by filing a copy of
19 its report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of
20 the House on or before January 1, 2002; and that upon filing
21 its report the Committee is dissolved.
22 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
23 WHEREAS, The Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
24 (PTELL) limits increases in property tax extensions to the
25 lesser of 5 percent or the increase in the national Consumer
26 Price Index for the year preceding the levy year; and
27 WHEREAS, The tax caps of PTELL were imposed by the State
28 on DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties beginning
29 with the 1991 levy year; and
30 WHEREAS, The tax caps of PTELL were imposed by the State
31 on Cook County taxing districts beginning with the 1995 levy
32 year; and
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1 WHEREAS, Since the 1997 tax year, 28 downstate counties
2 have approved property tax cap referenda while nine counties
3 have defeated tax cap referenda; and
4 WHEREAS, Every year since tax caps were imposed numerous
5 pieces of legislation have been introduced seeking exceptions
6 to the tax cap limits of PTELL; and
7 WHEREAS, The General Assembly and Governor have approved
8 a number of those exceptions allowing them to become law, and
9 thus negating the local voter approval provisions of PTELL;
10 therefore, be it
11 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINTY-SECOND GENERAL
12 ASSEMBLY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN,
13 that there is created a bi-partisan Tax Cap Advisory
14 Committee to study the statewide affect of the Property Tax
15 Extension Limitation Law on residential, business and
16 farmland property taxpayers as well as the affect of tax caps
17 on local governments and school districts and their ability
18 to deliver critically needed services to the citizens they
19 serve; and be it further
20 RESOLVED, that the Tax Cap Advisory Committee shall
21 consist of 12 members; six members appointed from the House
22 of Representatives, with 3 members appointed by the Speaker
23 and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader, with the
24 majority caucus members serving at the pleasure of the
25 Speaker and the minority caucus members serving at the
26 pleasure of the Minority Leader; and six members appointed
27 from the Senate, with the majority caucus members serving at
28 the pleasure of the Speaker and the minority caucus member
29 serving at the pleasure of the Minority Leader; all of whom
30 shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for
31 their reasonable and necessary expenses; and be it further
32 RESOLVED, That the Tax Cap Committee shall meet as soon
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1 as possible after at least 8 members have been appointed,
2 shall elect one member from the House and one member from the
3 Senate to serve as co-chairs by majority vote, shall hold
4 public hearings, and shall report its findings and
5 recommendations to the General Assembly by filing a copy of
6 its report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of
7 the House on or before January 1, 2002; and that upon filing
8 its report the Committee is dissolved.