Bill Text: IL HB3188 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3188 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3188-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3188 Introduced , by Rep. Tom Weber SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/17-3.4a new
105 ILCS 5/34-52.5 new
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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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. 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
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

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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
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

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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.