Bill Text: IL HB6193 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if in any taxable year the governing authority of any taxing district determines that a surplus of funds is available from any source, that taxing district may, by resolution or ordinance, eliminate its tax levy for that taxable year. Provides that the taxing district may resume its tax levy in any subsequent taxable year without additional referendum approval.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB6193 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB6193-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB6193 Introduced 2/11/2010, by Rep. Kay Hatcher SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/18-20
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if in any taxable year the governing authority of any taxing district determines that a surplus of funds is available from any source, that taxing district may, by resolution or ordinance, eliminate its tax levy for that taxable year. Provides that the taxing district may resume its tax levy in any subsequent taxable year without additional referendum approval.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Section 18-20 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/18-20)
Sec. 18-20. Abatement of levies.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if any
taxing district receives funds under Section 12 of the State
Revenue Sharing Act, which may lawfully be used by the
district, the governing authority of the district, upon
determining that a surplus of funds is available for any
purpose, shall adopt a resolution or ordinance reducing its tax
levy for the year for which the resolution or ordinance is
adopted.
(a-5) In addition, if in any taxable year the governing
authority of any taxing district determines that a surplus of
funds is available from any source, that taxing district may,
by resolution or ordinance, eliminate its tax levy for that
taxable year. If a taxing district eliminates its tax levy
under this subsection, it may resume its tax levy in any
subsequent taxable year without additional referendum
approval.

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(b) If any taxing district eliminates or reduces its levy,
the governing authority of the district shall certify its
action to the county clerk of each county collecting those
taxes. The county clerk shall abate the levy of the district in
accordance with the provisions of the certified resolution or
ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 81-1255; 88-455.)