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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1277
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1277 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5 Section 18-80 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/18-80)
7 Sec. 18-80. Time and form of notice. The notice shall
8 appear not more than 14 days nor less than 7 days prior to
9 the date of the public hearing. The notice shall be no less
10 than 1/8 page in size, and the smallest type used shall be 12
11 point and shall be enclosed in a black border no less than
12 1/4 inch wide. The notice shall not be placed in that portion
13 of the newspaper where legal notices and classified
14 advertisements appear. The notice shall be published in
15 substantially the following form:
16 Notice of Proposed Property Tax Increase for ...
17 (commonly known name of taxing district).
18 I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax
19 levy increase for ... (legal name of the taxing district)...
20 for ... (year) ... will be held on ... (date) ... at ...
21 (time) ... at ... (location).
22 Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and
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1 present testimony to the taxing district may contact ...
2 (name, title, address and telephone number of an appropriate
3 official).
4 II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes
5 extended or abated for ... (preceding year) ... were ...
6 (dollar amount of the final aggregate levy as extended, plus
7 the amount abated by the taxing district prior to extension).
8 The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes
9 to be levied for ... (current year) ... are ... (dollar
10 amount of the proposed aggregate levy). This represents a
11 ... (percentage) ... increase over the previous year.
12 III. The property taxes extended for debt service and
13 public building commission leases for ... (preceding year)
14 ... were ... (dollar amount).
15 The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt
16 service and public building commission leases for ...
17 (current year) ... are ... (dollar amount). This represents
18 a ... (percentage increase or decrease) ... over the previous
19 year.
20 IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for ...
21 (preceding year) ... were ... (dollar amount).
22 The estimated total property taxes to be levied for ...
23 (current year) ... are ... (dollar amount). This represents
24 a ... (percentage increase or decrease) ... over the previous
25 year.
26 Any notice which includes any information not specified
27 and required by this Article shall be an invalid notice.
28 All hearings shall be open to the public. The corporate
29 authority of the taxing district shall explain the reasons
30 for the proposed increase and shall permit persons desiring
31 to be heard an opportunity to present testimony within
32 reasonable time limits as it determines.
33 (Source: P.A. 86-957; 88-455.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.".