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91_SB0366
LRB9102202MWpcA
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
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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.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.