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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1709
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1709 as follows:
3 on page 1, line 5, by replacing "Section 6-201.7" with
4 "Sections 6-201.7 and 6-508"; and
5 on page 2, below line 22, by inserting the following:
6 "(605 ILCS 5/6-508) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-508)
7 Sec. 6-508. (a) For the purpose of constructing or
8 repairing bridges, culverts, drainage structures or grade
9 separations, including approaches thereto, at the joint
10 expense of a county and a road district and obtaining aid
11 from the county as provided in Section 5-501 of this Code,
12 there may be included in the annual tax levies provided for
13 in Section 6-501 of this Code a tax of not to exceed .05% of
14 the value of all the taxable property in the road district,
15 as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, which
16 tax shall be in addition to and may be in excess of the
17 maximum levy and may be extended at a rate in addition to and
18 in excess of the tax rate for road purposes authorized under
19 Section 6-501 of this Code.
20 Such tax, when collected, shall constitute and be held by
21 the treasurer of the district as a separate fund to be
22 expended for the construction or repair of bridges, culverts,
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1 drainage structures or grade separations, including
2 approaches thereto, at the joint expense of the county and
3 the road district. The highway commissioner shall separately
4 specify in the certificate required by Section 6-501 the
5 amount necessary to be raised by taxation for the purpose of
6 constructing or repairing bridges, culverts, drainage
7 structures or grade separations, including approaches
8 thereto, at the joint expense of the county and the road
9 district. Upon the approval by the county board of the
10 amount so certified as provided in Section 6-501 of this
11 Code, the county clerk shall extend the same against the
12 taxable property of the road district, provided the amount
13 thus approved shall not be extended at a rate in excess of
14 .05% of value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of
15 Revenue.
16 When any improvement project for which a tax may be
17 levied under this Section has been ordered as provided in
18 Section 5-501 and the estimated cost of such project to the
19 road district is in excess of the amount that will be
20 realized from the annual tax levy authorized by this Section
21 when extended and collected, then the road district may
22 accumulate the proceeds of such tax for such number of years
23 as may be necessary to acquire the funds necessary to pay the
24 district's share of the cost of such project. In counties in
25 which a property tax extension limitation is imposed under
26 the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law and the imposition
27 of the property tax extension limitation prevents a road
28 district from levying taxes for road purposes at the required
29 rate, a road district may retain its eligibility if, at the
30 time the property tax extension limitation was imposed, the
31 road district was levying at the required rate and continues
32 to levy the maximum allowable amount after the imposition of
33 the property tax extension limitation. It shall not be a
34 valid objection to any subsequent tax levy made under this
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1 Section that there remains unexpended money arising from a
2 preceding levy of a prior year because of the accumulation
3 provided for in this Section.
4 The rate limitation imposed by this Section may be
5 increased for a 10 year period to up to 0.25% of the value of
6 all the taxable property in the road district, as equalized
7 or assessed by the Department of Revenue if the proposition
8 for the increased tax rate is submitted under Sections 6-504
9 and 6-505 and receives a majority of all ballots cast on the
10 proposition at the election held under Section 6-505.
11 (b) All surplus funds remaining in the hands of the
12 treasurer of the road district after the completion of any
13 construction or repairing of bridges, culverts, drainage
14 structures or grade separations, including approaches
15 thereto, under this Section, shall be turned over at the
16 request of the highway commissioner, with the written consent
17 of the county superintendent, to the regular road fund of the
18 road district. Upon such request, no further levy under this
19 Section is to be extended by the county clerk unless the
20 proposition authorizing such further levy is submitted under
21 Sections 6-504 and 6-505 and receives a majority of all
22 ballots cast on the proposition at the election held under
23 Section 6-505.
24 (c) The moneys from this tax may also be used for
25 construction and maintenance of bridges, culverts and other
26 drainage facilities, or grade separations, including
27 approaches thereto, on, under, or over the district roads,
28 without joint county funds being involved and without
29 limitation as to size of project, but only if adequate funds
30 are available for all projects for which the road district
31 has petitioned the county for joint participation. If the
32 project size is over $5,000, the road district commissioner
33 shall also obtain the permission of the county engineer.
34 (Source: P.A. 90-110, eff. 7-14-97.)".