Bill Text: IL HB4490 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, home rule municipalities and non-home rule municipalities may not impose any tax increase or levy any new or additional tax without prior referendum approval. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4490 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4490-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4490 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/8-3-20 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, home rule municipalities and non-home rule municipalities may not impose any tax increase or levy any new or additional tax without prior referendum approval. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.
LRB100 16142 AWJ 31261 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB4490 LRB100 16142 AWJ 31261 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
Section 8-3-20 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/8-3-20 new)
Sec. 8-3-20. Taxing authority; referendum. Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, on and after the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
Assembly, home rule municipalities and non-home rule
municipalities may not impose any tax increase or levy any new
or additional tax without prior referendum approval. This
Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and
functions under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of
the Illinois Constitution.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.