Bill Text: IL HB3177 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Taxpayer Protection Act. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, for bonds or incurred debt issued through a referendum by a unit of local government or school district, the bonds or incurred debt shall not be extended or reissued unless authorized by a referendum. Provides that a unit of local government or school district shall not submit the question concerning the extension or reissuance of a bond or incurring debt to voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since the retirement of the bond or debt approved by a referendum. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, a unit of local government or school district shall not submit a question concerning the issuance of a bond or incurring debt to the voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since that unit or district last proposed a question or proposition concerning the issuance of bonds or incurring debt in a referendum. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that there shall not be a service extension base annual increase unless increased by referendum. Amends the School Code. Provides that no later than 30 days before a school district submits to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the school district must send informational material to each resident of voting age in the school district; defines "informational material". Specifies what must be included in the informational material Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3177 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3177-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3177 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
35 ILCS 200/18-185
35 ILCS 200/18-212
105 ILCS 5/17-3.4a new
105 ILCS 5/34-52.5 new
Creates the Taxpayer Protection Act. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, for bonds or incurred debt issued through a referendum by a unit of local government or school district, the bonds or incurred debt shall not be extended or reissued unless authorized by a referendum. Provides that a unit of local government or school district shall not submit the question concerning the extension or reissuance of a bond or incurring debt to voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since the retirement of the bond or debt approved by a referendum. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the Act, a unit of local government or school district shall not submit a question concerning the issuance of a bond or incurring debt to the voters in a referendum until at least one year has passed since that unit or district last proposed a question or proposition concerning the issuance of bonds or incurring debt in a referendum. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that there shall not be a service extension base annual increase unless increased by referendum. Amends the School Code. Provides that no later than 30 days before a school district submits to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the school district must send informational material to each resident of voting age in the school district; defines "informational material". Specifies what must be included in the informational material Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Taxpayer Protection Act.
Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to address
the following items:
(1) To ensure that bonds or debts authorized by
referendums cannot be renewed.
(2) To require all governmental agencies to allow one
year between one referendum bond ending and one referendum
bond starting to allow taxpayers to see how bonds affect
their taxes and the savings they would incur if there was
not a bond.
Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Bond" has the meaning given to that term in the Local
Government Debt Reform Act.
"Governmental unit" means a unit of local government or
school district.
Section 15. Issuance of bonds or incurring debt by
referendum; one-year wait.

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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and
after the effective date of this Act, for bonds or incurred
debt issued through a referendum by a governmental unit, the
bonds or incurred debt shall not be extended or reissued
unless authorized by a separate referendum. A government unit
shall not submit the question concerning the extension or
reissuance of a bond or incurring debt to voters in a
referendum until at least one year has passed since the
retirement of the bond or incurred debt approved by a
referendum.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and
after the effective date of this Act, a government unit shall
not submit a question concerning the issuance of a bond or
incurring debt to the voters in a referendum until at least one
year has passed since that government unit last proposed a
question or proposition concerning the issuance of bonds or
incurring debt in a referendum.
Section 20. Home rule. The regulation of issuing,
incurring, extending, or reissuing bonds and debt as contained
in this Act are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A
home rule unit may not regulate such matters. This Act is a
denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under
subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
Constitution.

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Section 90. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Sections 18-185 and 18-212 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/18-185)
Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5
may be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As
used in this Division 5:
"Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
States Department of Labor.
"Extension limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the
12-month calendar year preceding the levy year or (b) the rate
of increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
"Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
more inhabitants.
"Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
1-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
1991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or
counties contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants. Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing
district" includes only each non-home rule taxing district
subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each non-home

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rule taxing district not subject to this Law before the 1995
levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
value in an affected county or counties. Beginning with the
levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a taxing
district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing district" also
includes those taxing districts made subject to this Law as
provided in Section 18-213.
"Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made
for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
general obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c)
made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
bonds issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds
issued before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing
district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to
refund or continue to refund bonds issued after October 1,
1991 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing
district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued
before October 1, 1991 for payment of which a property tax levy
or the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or

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principal on those bonds shall be made only after the
governing body of the unit of local government finds that all
other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
issued by the commission before October 1, 1991, to pay for the
building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
contracts entered into before October 1, 1991; (h) made for
payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act to finance
construction projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (i)
made for payments of principal and interest on limited bonds,
as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform
Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service extension base
less the amount in items (b), (c), (e), and (h) of this
definition for non-referendum obligations, except obligations
initially issued pursuant to referendum; (j) made for payments
of principal and interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of
the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made by a school
district that participates in the Special Education District
of Lake County, created by special education joint agreement
under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code, for payment of the
school district's share of the amounts required to be
contributed by the Special Education District of Lake County
to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under Article 7 of
the Illinois Pension Code; the amount of any extension under

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this item (k) shall be certified by the school district to the
county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses of providing joint
recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of
the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for temporary relocation
loan repayment purposes pursuant to Sections 2-3.77 and
17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for payment of principal
and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of
Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for contributions
to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
and (p) made for road purposes in the first year after a
township assumes the rights, powers, duties, assets, property,
liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of a road
district abolished under the provisions of Section 6-133 of
the Illinois Highway Code.
"Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section
18-213) means the annual corporate extension for the taxing
district and those special purpose extensions that are made
annually for the taxing district, excluding special purpose
extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay interest
or principal on general obligation bonds that were approved by
referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest

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or principal on general obligation bonds issued before March
1, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund
those bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any
taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued
to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after March 1,
1995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing
district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued
before March 1, 1995 for payment of which a property tax levy
or the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
principal on those bonds shall be made only after the
governing body of the unit of local government finds that all
other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
issued by the commission before March 1, 1995 to pay for the
building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
contracts entered into before March 1, 1995; (h) made for
payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under the
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act to finance
construction projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (h-4)
made for stormwater management purposes by the Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago under Section 12
of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act; (h-8) made
for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under

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Section 9.6a of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Act to make contributions to the pension fund established
under Article 13 of the Illinois Pension Code; (i) made for
payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, as
defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act,
in an amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less
the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for
non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially
issued pursuant to referendum and bonds described in
subsections (h) and (h-8) of this definition; (j) made for
payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made
for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects and bonds
issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for
the purpose of making contributions to the pension fund
established under Article 12 of the Illinois Pension Code; (l)
made for payments of principal and interest on bonds
authorized by Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued
pursuant to Section 21.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
District Act, (ii) issued under Section 42 of the Cook County
Forest Preserve District Act for zoological park projects, or
(iii) issued under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest
Preserve District Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made
pursuant to Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied

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annually or not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint
recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of
the Illinois Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park
District for recreational programs for persons with
disabilities under subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the
Chicago Park District Act; (p) made for contributions to a
firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
(q) made by Ford Heights School District 169 under Section
17-9.02 of the School Code; and (r) made for the purpose of
making employer contributions to the Public School Teachers'
Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago under Section 34-53 of
the School Code.
"Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension
for the taxing district and those special purpose extensions
that are made annually for the taxing district, excluding
special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district
to pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds that
were approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district
to pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds
issued before the date on which the referendum making this Law

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applicable to the taxing district is held; (c) made for any
taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued
to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued before the
date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
taxing district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to
pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
continue to refund bonds issued after the date on which the
referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district
is held if the bonds were approved by referendum after the date
on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
taxing district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to
pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
issued by the commission before the date on which the
referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district
is held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments
due under installment contracts entered into before the date
on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the

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taxing district is held; (h) made for payments of principal
and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
(c), and (e) of this definition for non-referendum
obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
referendum; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on
bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
Reform Act; (j) made for a qualified airport authority to pay
interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued for
the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
airport facilities required to be acquired, constructed,
installed or equipped pursuant to, contracts entered into
before March 1, 1996 (but not including any amendments to such
a contract taking effect on or after that date); (k) made to
fund expenses of providing joint recreational programs for
persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park
District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal
Code; (l) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension
fund created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to
the extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section
4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code; and (m) made for the taxing
district to pay interest or principal on general obligation
bonds issued pursuant to Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
"Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of

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subsection (e) of Section 18-213 means the annual corporate
extension for the taxing district and those special purpose
extensions that are made annually for the taxing district,
excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing
district to pay interest or principal on general obligation
bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for any
taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
obligation bonds issued before March 7, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 89-718); (c) made for any taxing district to
pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
continue to refund those bonds issued before March 7, 1997
(the effective date of Public Act 89-718); (d) made for any
taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued
to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after March 7,
1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) if the bonds
were approved by referendum after March 7, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 89-718); (e) made for any taxing district to
pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before March
7, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) for payment
of which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of
the unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
only after the governing body of the unit of local government
finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
commission lease when the lease payments are for the

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retirement of bonds issued by the commission before March 7,
1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) to pay for the
building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
contracts entered into before March 7, 1997 (the effective
date of Public Act 89-718); (h) made for payments of principal
and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
(c), and (e) of this definition for non-referendum
obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
referendum; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on
bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
Reform Act; (j) made for a qualified airport authority to pay
interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued for
the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
airport facilities required to be acquired, constructed,
installed or equipped pursuant to, contracts entered into
before March 1, 1996 (but not including any amendments to such
a contract taking effect on or after that date); (k) made to
fund expenses of providing joint recreational programs for
persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park
District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal
Code; and (l) made for contributions to a firefighter's
pension fund created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension
Code, to the extent of the amount certified under item (5) of
Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.

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"Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to
that portion of the extension for a taxing district for the
1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this
Law in accordance with Section 18-213, except for those
subject to paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213,
for the levy year in which the referendum making this Law
applicable to the taxing district is held, or for those taxing
districts subject to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2)
of subsection (e) of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year,
constituting an extension for payment of principal and
interest on bonds issued by the taxing district without
referendum, but not including excluded non-referendum bonds.
For park districts (i) that were first subject to this Law in
1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose extension for the 1994 levy year
for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by
the park district without referendum (but not including
excluded non-referendum bonds) was less than 51% of the amount
for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for payment
of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park district
without referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum
bonds), "debt service extension base" means an amount equal to
that portion of the extension for the 1991 levy year
constituting an extension for payment of principal and
interest on bonds issued by the park district without
referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds).
A debt service extension base established or increased at any

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time pursuant to any provision of this Law, except Section
18-212, shall be increased each year commencing with the later
of: (i) the 2009 levy year; or (ii) the first levy year in
which this Law becomes applicable to the taxing district, by
(A) prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
103rd General Assembly, the lesser of 5% or the percentage
increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
calendar year preceding the levy year, and (B) on and after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
Assembly, 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters
under Section 18-212. The debt service extension base may be
established or increased as provided under Section 18-212.
"Excluded non-referendum bonds" means (i) bonds authorized by
Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
Park District Act for aquarium and museum projects; (ii) bonds
issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform
Act; or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund or to
continue to refund obligations initially issued pursuant to
referendum.
"Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant
to Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
The extension for a special service area is not included in the

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aggregate extension.
"Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
18-135, 18-215, 18-230, 18-206, and 18-233. Beginning with
levy year 2022, for taxing districts that are specified in
Section 18-190.7, the taxing district's aggregate extension
base shall be calculated as provided in Section 18-190.7. An
adjustment under Section 18-135 shall be made for the 2007
levy year and all subsequent levy years whenever one or more
counties within which a taxing district is located (i) used
estimated valuations or rates when extending taxes in the
taxing district for the last preceding levy year that resulted
in the over or under extension of taxes, or (ii) increased or
decreased the tax extension for the last preceding levy year
as required by Section 18-135(c). Whenever an adjustment is
required under Section 18-135, the aggregate extension base of
the taxing district shall be equal to the amount that the
aggregate extension of the taxing district would have been for
the last preceding levy year if either or both (i) actual,
rather than estimated, valuations or rates had been used to
calculate the extension of taxes for the last levy year, or
(ii) the tax extension for the last preceding levy year had not
been adjusted as required by subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
2012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
2022, the aggregate extension base of a home equity assurance
program that levied at least $1,000,000 in property taxes in
levy year 2019 or 2020 under the Home Equity Assurance Act
shall be the amount that the program's aggregate extension
base for levy year 2021 would have been if the program had
levied a property tax for levy year 2021.
"Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
1-155.
"New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
board of review or board of appeals action, of new
improvements or additions to existing improvements on any
parcel of real property that increase the assessed value of
that real property during the levy year multiplied by the
equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
17-30, (ii) the assessed value, after final board of review or
board of appeals action, of real property not exempt from real
estate taxation, which real property was exempt from real
estate taxation for any portion of the immediately preceding
levy year, multiplied by the equalization factor issued by the
Department under Section 17-30, including the assessed value,
upon final stabilization of occupancy after new construction
is complete, of any real property located within the
boundaries of an otherwise or previously exempt military
reservation that is intended for residential use and owned by
or leased to a private corporation or other entity, (iii) in

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counties that classify in accordance with Section 4 of Article
IX of the Illinois Constitution, an incentive property's
additional assessed value resulting from a scheduled increase
in the level of assessment as applied to the first year final
board of review market value, and (iv) any increase in
assessed value due to oil or gas production from an oil or gas
well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic Fracturing
Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted for
during the previous levy year. In addition, the county clerk
in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more shall
include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
"Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
"Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
redevelopment project area previously established under the
Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois
Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax

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Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of
each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in
the redevelopment project area over and above the initial
equalized assessed value of each property in the redevelopment
project area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997
levy year, the recovered tax increment value for a non-home
rule taxing district that first became subject to this Law for
the 1995 levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized
assessed value was in an affected county or counties shall be
increased if a municipality terminated the designation of an
area in 1993 as a redevelopment project area previously
established under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment
Act in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously established
under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois
Municipal Code, or previously established under the Economic
Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, by an amount
equal to the 1994 equalized assessed value of each taxable
lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
redevelopment project area over and above the initial
equalized assessed value of each property in the redevelopment
project area. In the first year after a municipality removes a
taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property from a
redevelopment project area established under the Tax Increment
Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code,
the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal

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Code, or the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value" means the
amount of the current year's equalized assessed value of each
taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property removed
from the redevelopment project area over and above the initial
equalized assessed value of that real property before removal
from the redevelopment project area.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to
one plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and
the denominator of which is the current year's equalized
assessed value of all real property in the territory under the
jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy
year. For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
extension for the last preceding levy year, except for school
districts that reduced their extension for educational
purposes pursuant to Section 18-206, the highest aggregate
extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years shall be
used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate. The
denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
tax increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a
limiting rate increase has been approved at an election held
after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable
limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of the new rate
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case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting rate increase,
the limiting rate shall be equal to the rate set forth in the
proposition approved by the voters for each of the years
specified in the proposition, after which the limiting rate of
the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise provided.
In the case of a taxing district that obtained referendum
approval for an increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the
limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that
generates the approximate total amount of taxes extendable for
that tax year, as set forth in the proposition approved by the
voters; this rate shall be the final rate applied by the county
clerk for the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for
tax year 2012.
(Source: P.A. 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-311, eff. 8-6-21;
102-519, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-707, eff.
4-22-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-895, eff. 5-23-22; revised
8-29-22.)
(35 ILCS 200/18-212)
Sec. 18-212. Referendum on debt service extension base. A
taxing district may establish or increase its debt service
extension base if (i) that taxing district holds a referendum
before the date on which the levy must be filed with the county
clerk of the county or counties in which the taxing district is
situated and (ii) a majority of voters voting on the issue
approves the establishment of or increase in the debt service

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extension base. A debt service extension base established or
increased by a referendum held pursuant to this Section after
February 2, 2010 and prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, shall be
increased each year, commencing with the first levy year
beginning after the date of the referendum, by the lesser of 5%
or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during
the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year if the
optional language concerning the annual increase is included
in the question submitted to the electors of the taxing
district. On and after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 103rd General Assembly, the date service extension
base annual increase amount shall be 0% or the rate of increase
approved by the voters under this Section. Referenda under
this Section shall be conducted at a regularly scheduled
election in accordance with the Election Code. The governing
body of the taxing district shall certify the question to the
proper election authorities who shall submit the question to
the electors of the taxing district in substantially the
following form:
"Shall the debt service extension base under the Property
Tax Extension Limitation Law for ... (taxing district
name) ... for payment of principal and interest on limited
bonds be .... ((established at $ ....) . (or) (increased
from $ .... to $ ....)) .. for the ..... levy year and all
subsequent levy years (optional language: , such debt

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service extension base to be increased each year by the
lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer
Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding
the levy year)?"
Votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
establishment of or increase in the debt service extension
base, the establishment of or increase in the debt service
extension base shall be applicable for the levy years
specified.
(Source: P.A. 96-1202, eff. 7-22-10.)
Section 95. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
17-3.4a and 34-52.5 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/17-3.4a new)
Sec. 17-3.4a. Tax increase; informational material.
(a) In this Section, "informational material" means a
one-page fact sheet distributed via U.S. mail to all residents
of a school district. A school district may determine the form
of the fact sheet.
(b) No later than 30 days before a school district submits
to the voters of that district a question on whether to issue
bonds or increase the school district's property tax rate, the
school district must send informational material to each
resident of voting age in the school district. The

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informational material must include all of the following, if
applicable:
(1) A description of the project for which the bonds
will be issued.
(2) A description of the estimated expenditures
associated with the increase in the property tax rate.
(3) An estimate of the number of years during which
the bonds will be outstanding.
(4) An estimate of the total debt service to be paid on
the bonds, including principal, interest, and the costs of
issuing the bonds.
(5) All potential outcomes related to the property
taxes of a median-priced house in the district for both if
the referendum passes and if the referendum fails.
(105 ILCS 5/34-52.5 new)
Sec. 34-52.5. Tax increase; informational material.
(a) In this Section, "informational material" means a
one-page fact sheet distributed via U.S. mail to all residents
of the school district. The school district may determine the
form of the fact sheet.
(b) No later than 30 days before the school district
submits to the voters of the district a question on whether to
issue bonds or increase the school district's property tax
rate, the school district must send informational material to
each resident of voting age in the school district. The

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informational material must include all of the following, if
applicable:
(1) A description of the project for which the bonds
will be issued.
(2) A description of the estimated expenditures
associated with the increase in the property tax rate.
(3) An estimate of the number of years during which
the bonds will be outstanding.
(4) An estimate of the total debt service to be paid on
the bonds, including principal, interest, and the costs of
issuing the bonds.
(5) All potential outcomes related to the property
taxes of a median-priced house in the district for both if
the referendum passes and if the referendum fails.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.