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91_HB0901eng HB0901 Engrossed LRB9102200MWpcA 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing 2 Sections 11-1-5.1 and 11-7-3. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 6 changing Sections 11-1-5.1 and 11-7-3 as follows: 7 (65 ILCS 5/11-1-5.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-1-5.1) 8 Sec. 11-1-5.1. In any municipality which is authorized to 9 levy a tax under Section 11-1-3 of this Division 1, the tax 10 rate limit so authorized may be increased to not to exceed 11 .40%, or beginning in taxable year 2000, .60%, of the value 12 of all the taxable property in such municipality, provided 13 the proposition for such tax rate increase has been submitted 14 to the electors of that municipality and approved by a 15 majority of those voting on the question. The corporate 16 authorities may order the proposition submitted at any 17 election. The municipal clerk shall certify the question to 18 the proper election authority who shall submit the 19 proposition at an election in accordance with the general 20 election law. 21 (Source: P.A. 81-1489.) 22 (65 ILCS 5/11-7-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-7-3) 23 Sec. 11-7-3. In any municipality which is authorized to 24 levy a tax under Section 11-7-1 of this Division 7, the tax 25 rate limit so authorized may be increased to not to exceed 26 .40%, or beginning in taxable year 2000, .60%, of the value 27 of all the taxable property in such municipality, provided 28 the proposition for such tax rate increase has been submitted 29 to the electors of that municipality and approved by a 30 majority of those voting on the question. The referendum HB0901 Engrossed -2- LRB9102200MWpcA 1 authorized by the terms of this section may be ordered by the 2 corporate authorities, the question to be certified by the 3 clerk and submitted at an election in accordance with the 4 general election law. 5 However, any municipality whose rate limitation for fire 6 protection purposes is .30% on July 1, 1967 may by ordinance 7 increase its rate limit in the future for such purposes to 8 .40% and any municipality which levied a tax for fire 9 protection purposes in 1960 and whose rate limitation for 10 such purposes is less than .30% on July 29, 1969 may by 11 ordinance increase its rate limit to .30%. A notice of the 12 passage of the ordinance establishing such rate limit at not 13 to exceed .40% or .30%, as the case may be, shall be 14 published once in a newspaper having a general circulation in 15 the municipality. The publication of the notice of the 16 ordinance shall include a notice of (1) the specific number 17 of voters required to sign a petition requesting that the 18 question of the increased rate limit be submitted to the 19 voters of the municipality; (2) the time within which the 20 petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective 21 referendum. The municipal clerk shall provide a petition 22 form to any individual requesting one. 23 The ordinance shall take effect 30 days after publication 24 of that notice unless within that time a petition, signed by 25 not less than a number of voters in the municipality equal to 26 10% or more of the registered voters of the municipality is 27 filed with the municipal clerk requesting the submission to a 28 referendum of the question of whether the municipality shall 29 have the authority to levy a tax for fire protection purposes 30 at not to exceed the rate limit specified in the ordinance. 31 Any such election shall be conducted in accordance with the 32 general election law. 33 (Source: P.A. 86-1253; 87-767.) HB0901 Engrossed -3- LRB9102200MWpcA 1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.