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91_SB0052 LRB9101534PTpk 1 AN ACT concerning property taxes. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 5 Section 18-150 as follows: 6 (35 ILCS 200/18-150) 7 Sec. 18-150. Extension in one total; designated escrow 8 account. In counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the 9 county clerk shall, and in all other counties the county 10 clerk may, extend on each valuation of property the sum of 11 the taxes to be extended upon the property in one total. 12 When collected, the taxes shall be divided among the taxing 13 bodies levying the same in proportion to the rates as 14 determined by the clerk, after deducting from any tax the 15 amount or amounts, if any, ruled invalid by the final 16 judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and in the 17 event a municipality has adopted tax increment financing 18 under Division 74.4 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal 19 Code, after deducting from any tax the amount to be placed in 20 the special tax allocation fund except as provided under 21 Section 20-90, and distributing the amount to be placed in 22 the special fund to the municipal treasurer under Section 23 11-74.4-8 of that Act. The clerk shall certify in the 24 collector's books the rates as determined for extension in 25 such manner as to indicate the different taxes entering into 26 each total. All officers dealing with such extensions, shall 27 record them by totals. The clerk shall show in the 28 collector's books the total tax due each taxing body as 29 extended. 30 If (i) a county clerk does not extend in one total on 31 each valuation of property the sum of the taxes to be -2- LRB9101534PTpk 1 extended upon the property and (ii) a municipality has 2 adopted tax increment financing under Division 74.4 of 3 Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, then, except as 4 provided under Section 20-90, the clerk must deduct from any 5 tax the amount to be placed in the special tax allocation 6 fund and distribute the amount to be placed in the special 7 fund to the municipal treasurer under Section 11-74.4-8 of 8 the Illinois Municipal Code. The amount of the tax proceeds 9 deposited into a designated escrow account under Section 10 20-90 are subject to deductions from the tax in the amounts 11 ruled invalid by the final judgment of a court of competent 12 jurisdiction. 13 (Source: P.A. 79-1525; 88-455.) 14 Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 15 changing Section 11-74.4-8 as follows: 16 (65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-8) 17 Sec. 11-74.4-8. A municipality may not adopt tax 18 increment financing in a redevelopment project area after the 19 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 that will 20 encompass an area that is currently included in an enterprise 21 zone created under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act unless 22 that municipality, pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Illinois 23 Enterprise Zone Act, amends the enterprise zone designating 24 ordinance to limit the eligibility for tax abatements as 25 provided in Section 5.4.1 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone 26 Act. A municipality, at the time a redevelopment project 27 area is designated, may adopt tax increment allocation 28 financing by passing an ordinance providing that the ad 29 valorem taxes, if any, arising from the levies upon taxable 30 real property in such redevelopment project area by taxing 31 districts and tax rates determined in the manner provided in 32 paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 each year after the -3- LRB9101534PTpk 1 effective date of the ordinance until redevelopment project 2 costs and all municipal obligations financing redevelopment 3 project costs incurred under this Division have been paid 4 shall be divided as follows: 5 (a) That portion of taxes levied upon each taxable lot, 6 block, tract or parcel of real property which is attributable 7 to the lower of the current equalized assessed value or the 8 initial equalized assessed value of each such taxable lot, 9 block, tract or parcel of real property in the redevelopment 10 project area shall be allocated to and when collected shall 11 be paid by the county collector to the respective affected 12 taxing districts in the manner required by law in the absence 13 of the adoption of tax increment allocation financing. 14 (b) Except as provided under Section 20-90 of the 15 Property Tax Code, that portion, if any, of such taxes which 16 is attributable to the increase in the current equalized 17 assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract or 18 parcel of real property in the redevelopment project area 19 over and above the initial equalized assessed value of each 20 property in the project area shall be allocated to and when 21 collected shall be paid to the municipal treasurer who shall 22 deposit said taxes into a special fund called the special tax 23 allocation fund of the municipality for the purpose of paying 24 redevelopment project costs and obligations incurred in the 25 payment thereof. In any county with a population of 3,000,000 26 or more that has adopted a procedure for collecting taxes 27 that provides for one or more of the installments of the 28 taxes to be billed and collected on an estimated basis, the 29 municipal treasurer shall be paid for deposit in the special 30 tax allocation fund of the municipality, from the taxes 31 collected from estimated bills issued for property in the 32 redevelopment project area, the difference between the amount 33 actually collected from each taxable lot, block, tract, or 34 parcel of real property within the redevelopment project area -4- LRB9101534PTpk 1 and an amount determined by multiplying the rate at which 2 taxes were last extended against the taxable lot, block, 3 track, or parcel of real property in the manner provided in 4 subsection (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 by the initial equalized 5 assessed value of the property divided by the number of 6 installments in which real estate taxes are billed and 7 collected within the county, provided each of the following 8 conditions are met: 9 (1) The total equalized assessed value of the 10 redevelopment project area as last determined was not 11 less than 175% of the total initial equalized assessed 12 value. 13 (2) Not more than 50% of the total equalized 14 assessed value of the redevelopment project area as last 15 determined is attributable to a piece of property 16 assigned a single real estate index number. 17 (3) The municipal clerk has certified to the county 18 clerk that the municipality has issued its obligations to 19 which there has been pledged the incremental property 20 taxes of the redevelopment project area or taxes levied 21 and collected on any or all property in the municipality 22 or the full faith and credit of the municipality to pay 23 or secure payment for all or a portion of the 24 redevelopment project costs. The certification shall be 25 filed annually no later than September 1 for the 26 estimated taxes to be distributed in the following year; 27 however, for the year 1992 the certification shall be 28 made at any time on or before March 31, 1992. 29 (4) The municipality has not requested that the 30 total initial equalized assessed value of real property 31 be adjusted as provided in subsection (b) of Section 32 11-74.4-9. 33 It is the intent of this Division that after the 34 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1988 a -5- LRB9101534PTpk 1 municipality's own ad valorem tax arising from levies on 2 taxable real property be included in the determination of 3 incremental revenue in the manner provided in paragraph (c) 4 of Section 11-74.4-9. If the municipality does not extend 5 such a tax, it shall annually deposit in the municipality's 6 Special Tax Increment Fund an amount equal to 10% of the 7 total contributions to the fund from all other taxing 8 districts in that year. The annual 10% deposit required by 9 this paragraph shall be limited to the actual amount of 10 municipally produced incremental tax revenues available to 11 the municipality from taxpayers located in the redevelopment 12 project area in that year if: (a) the plan for the area 13 restricts the use of the property primarily to industrial 14 purposes, (b) the municipality establishing the redevelopment 15 project area is a home-rule community with a 1990 population 16 of between 25,000 and 50,000, (c) the municipality is wholly 17 located within a county with a 1990 population of over 18 750,000 and (d) the redevelopment project area was 19 established by the municipality prior to June 1, 1990. This 20 payment shall be in lieu of a contribution of ad valorem 21 taxes on real property. If no such payment is made, any 22 redevelopment project area of the municipality shall be 23 dissolved. 24 If a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation 25 financing by ordinance and the County Clerk thereafter 26 certifies the "total initial equalized assessed value as 27 adjusted" of the taxable real property within such 28 redevelopment project area in the manner provided in 29 paragraph (b) of Section 11-74.4-9, each year after the date 30 of the certification of the total initial equalized assessed 31 value as adjusted until redevelopment project costs and all 32 municipal obligations financing redevelopment project costs 33 have been paid the ad valorem taxes, if any, arising from the 34 levies upon the taxable real property in such redevelopment -6- LRB9101534PTpk 1 project area by taxing districts and tax rates determined in 2 the manner provided in paragraph (c) of Section 11-74.4-9 3 shall be divided as follows: 4 (1) That portion of the taxes levied upon each 5 taxable lot, block, tract or parcel of real property 6 which is attributable to the lower of the current 7 equalized assessed value or "current equalized assessed 8 value as adjusted" or the initial equalized assessed 9 value of each such taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel 10 of real property existing at the time tax increment 11 financing was adopted, minus the total current homestead 12 exemptions provided by Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the 13 Property Tax Code in the redevelopment project area shall 14 be allocated to and when collected shall be paid by the 15 county collector to the respective affected taxing 16 districts in the manner required by law in the absence of 17 the adoption of tax increment allocation financing. 18 (2) That portion, if any, of such taxes which is 19 attributable to the increase in the current equalized 20 assessed valuation of each taxable lot, block, tract, or 21 parcel of real property in the redevelopment project 22 area, over and above the initial equalized assessed value 23 of each property existing at the time tax increment 24 financing was adopted, minus the total current homestead 25 exemptions pertaining to each piece of property provided 26 by Sections 15-170 and 15-175 of the Property Tax Code in 27 the redevelopment project area, shall be allocated to and 28 when collected shall be paid to the municipal Treasurer, 29 who shall deposit said taxes into a special fund called 30 the special tax allocation fund of the municipality for 31 the purpose of paying redevelopment project costs and 32 obligations incurred in the payment thereof. 33 The municipality may pledge in the ordinance the funds in 34 and to be deposited in the special tax allocation fund for -7- LRB9101534PTpk 1 the payment of such costs and obligations. No part of the 2 current equalized assessed valuation of each property in the 3 redevelopment project area attributable to any increase above 4 the total initial equalized assessed value, or the total 5 initial equalized assessed value as adjusted, of such 6 properties shall be used in calculating the general State 7 school aid formula, provided for in Section 18-8 of the 8 School Code, until such time as all redevelopment project 9 costs have been paid as provided for in this Section. 10 Whenever a municipality issues bonds for the purpose of 11 financing redevelopment project costs, such municipality may 12 provide by ordinance for the appointment of a trustee, which 13 may be any trust company within the State, and for the 14 establishment of such funds or accounts to be maintained by 15 such trustee as the municipality shall deem necessary to 16 provide for the security and payment of the bonds. If such 17 municipality provides for the appointment of a trustee, such 18 trustee shall be considered the assignee of any payments 19 assigned by the municipality pursuant to such ordinance and 20 this Section. Any amounts paid to such trustee as assignee 21 shall be deposited in the funds or accounts established 22 pursuant to such trust agreement, and shall be held by such 23 trustee in trust for the benefit of the holders of the bonds, 24 and such holders shall have a lien on and a security interest 25 in such funds or accounts so long as the bonds remain 26 outstanding and unpaid. Upon retirement of the bonds, the 27 trustee shall pay over any excess amounts held to the 28 municipality for deposit in the special tax allocation fund. 29 When such redevelopment projects costs, including without 30 limitation all municipal obligations financing redevelopment 31 project costs incurred under this Division, have been paid, 32 all surplus funds then remaining in the special tax 33 allocation fund shall be distributed by being paid by the 34 municipal treasurer to the Department of Revenue, the -8- LRB9101534PTpk 1 municipality and the county collector; first to the 2 Department of Revenue and the municipality in direct 3 proportion to the tax incremental revenue received from the 4 State and the municipality, but not to exceed the total 5 incremental revenue received from the State or the 6 municipality less any annual surplus distribution of 7 incremental revenue previously made; with any remaining funds 8 to be paid to the County Collector who shall immediately 9 thereafter pay said funds to the taxing districts in the 10 redevelopment project area in the same manner and proportion 11 as the most recent distribution by the county collector to 12 the affected districts of real property taxes from real 13 property in the redevelopment project area. 14 Upon the payment of all redevelopment project costs, 15 retirement of obligations and the distribution of any excess 16 monies pursuant to this Section, the municipality shall adopt 17 an ordinance dissolving the special tax allocation fund for 18 the redevelopment project area and terminating the 19 designation of the redevelopment project area as a 20 redevelopment project area. If a municipality extends 21 estimated dates of completion of a redevelopment project and 22 retirement of obligations to finance a redevelopment project, 23 as allowed by this amendatory Act of 1993, that extension 24 shall not extend the property tax increment allocation 25 financing authorized by this Section. Thereafter the rates 26 of the taxing districts shall be extended and taxes levied, 27 collected and distributed in the manner applicable in the 28 absence of the adoption of tax increment allocation 29 financing. 30 Nothing in this Section shall be construed as relieving 31 property in such redevelopment project areas from being 32 assessed as provided in the Property Tax Code or as relieving 33 owners of such property from paying a uniform rate of taxes, 34 as required by Section 4 of Article 9 of the Illinois -9- LRB9101534PTpk 1 Constitution. 2 (Source: P.A. 90-258, eff. 7-30-97.) 3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 4 becoming law.