Bill Text: IL SB3342 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Conservation District Act. Provides that a district may annually levy a tax of 0.025% for the purposes of educational programming, equipment, supplies, and funding for research projects in association with endangered Illinois species and the preservation of historic sites. Provides that a district may not levy annual taxes, in the aggregate, in excess of 0.125% (currently, 0.1%).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3342 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3342-Engrossed.html

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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 5. The Conservation District Act is amended by
changing Section 13 as follows:
(70 ILCS 410/13) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 7114)
Sec. 13. The fiscal year of each district shall commence
April 1 and extend through the following March 31.
The board shall, within the first quarter of each fiscal
year, adopt a combined annual budget and appropriation
ordinance as provided in the Illinois Municipal Budget Law. In
a district located entirely within a county with a population
of less than 750,000 that is contiguous to a county with a
population of more than 2,000,000, the district's combined
annual budget and appropriation ordinance shall not be
considered to be adopted until it is also adopted by resolution
of the county board of the county in which the district is
located.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a district may
annually levy taxes upon all the taxable property therein at
the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department
of Revenue, to be extended at not more than the rates and for
the purposes specified hereinafter:

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(1) 0.025% for the general purposes of the district,
including acquisition and development of real property
which may be in excess of current requirements and allowed
to accumulate from year to year, and for any purposes
specified by the district; however, no tax may be extended
at a rate that will result in accumulation of any amount
representing more than 0.075% of the equalized assessed
valuation of the district.
(2) 0.075% for acquisition of real property, which may
be in excess of current requirements and allowed to
accumulate from year to year, and for any purposes
specified by the district; however, no tax may be extended
at a rate that will result in accumulation of any amount
representing more than 0.25% of the equalized assessed
valuation of the district.
(3) 0.1%, in lieu of the two rates specified in (1) and
(2) above, for the general purposes of the district,
including the acquisition, development, operation and
maintenance of real property which may be in excess of
current requirements and allowed to accumulate from year to
year, and for any purposes specified by the district;
however, no tax may be extended at a rate that will result
in accumulation of any amount representing more than 0.325%
of the equalized assessed valuation of the district.
(4) 0.15%, in lieu of the two rates specified in (1)
and (2) above, and in lieu of (3) above, for the general

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purposes of a district located wholly within McHenry
County, including the acquisition, development, operation
and maintenance of real property which may be in excess of
current requirements and allowed to accumulate from year to
year, and for any purposes specified by the district;
however, no tax may be extended at a rate that will result
in accumulation of any amount representing more than 0.325%
of the equalized assessed valuation of the district.
A district located wholly within McHenry County may not
levy a rate that exceeds 0.1% without first submitting the
question to the voters of the district. The question shall
be submitted in accordance with the Election Code. The
governing body of the district shall certify the question
to the proper election authorities who shall submit the
question to the electors of the district in substantially
the following form:
Shall (name of district) be permitted to levy a
rate of (insert rate) beginning with levy year (year)
for the general purposes of the district, including the
acquisition, development, operation and maintenance of
real property, which may be in excess of current
requirements and allowed to accumulate from year to
year, and for any purposes specified by the district?
The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of voters voting on the increase
approve its adoption, the increase shall take effect

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beginning with the levy year specified in the question.
If the district is seeking to levy a rate that
exceeds its limiting rate under the Property Tax Extension
Limitation Law, then the district shall submit the question
to the voters of the district in accordance with Section
18-190 of the Property Tax Code in lieu of the requirements
set forth in this paragraph (4).
Except as provided in some other Act, a district may not
levy annual taxes, for all its purposes in the aggregate, in
excess of 0.1% of the value, or 0.15% of the value for a
district located wholly within McHenry County, as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue, of the taxable property
therein.
After the adoption of the combined budget and appropriation
ordinance and within the second quarter of each fiscal year,
the board shall ascertain the total amount of the
appropriations legally made which are to be provided for from
tax levies for the current year. Then, by an ordinance
specifying in detail the purposes for which such appropriations
have been made and the amounts appropriated for such purposes,
the board shall levy not to exceed the total amount so
ascertained upon all the property subject to taxation within
the district as the same is assessed and equalized for state
and county purposes for the current year. A certified copy of
such ordinance shall be filed on or before the first Tuesday in
October with the clerk of each county wherein the district or

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any part thereof is located.
(Source: P.A. 94-617, eff. 8-18-05.)