State of Illinois
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 1        AN ACT concerning townships.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Township  Code  is amended by changing
 5    Section 235-20 as follows:

 6        (60 ILCS 1/235-20)
 7        Sec. 235-20.  General assistance tax.
 8        (a)  The township  board  may  raise  money  by  taxation
 9    deemed necessary to be expended to provide general assistance
10    in  the  township  to  persons  needing  that  assistance  as
11    provided  in  the Illinois Public Aid Code, including persons
12    eligible  for  assistance   under   the   Military   Veterans
13    Assistance  Act,  where that duty is provided by law. The tax
14    for each fiscal year shall not be more than 0.10%  of  value,
15    or  more  than  an amount approved at a referendum held under
16    this Section,  as equalized or assessed by the Department  of
17    Revenue, and shall in no case exceed the amount needed in the
18    township for general assistance.
19        (b)  If  the  board  desires  to increase the maximum tax
20    rate, it shall order a referendum on that proposition  to  be
21    held  at  an election in accordance with the general election
22    law.  The board shall certify the proposition to  the  proper
23    election  officials,  who shall submit the proposition to the
24    voters at an election in accordance with the general election
25    law.  If a majority of the votes cast on the  proposition  is
26    in  favor of the proposition, the board may annually levy the
27    tax at a rate not exceeding the higher rate approved  by  the
28    voters at the election.
29        (c)  If  a  city,  village, or incorporated town having a
30    population  of  more  than  500,000  is  located  within   or
31    partially  within  a  township, then the entire amount of the
 
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 1    tax levied by the  township  for  the  purpose  of  providing
 2    general  assistance  under  this  Section  on  property lying
 3    within that city, village, or  incorporated  town,  less  the
 4    amount  allowed for collecting the tax, shall be paid over by
 5    the treasurer of the township to the treasurer of  the  city,
 6    village,  or incorporated town to be appropriated and used by
 7    the city, village, or incorporated town for  the  relief  and
 8    support  of  persons  needing  general assistance residing in
 9    that portion of  the  city,  village,  or  incorporated  town
10    located  within  the township in accordance with the Illinois
11    Public Aid Code.
12        (d)  Any taxes levied for general  assistance  before  or
13    after  this  Section  takes  effect  may also be used for the
14    payment of warrants issued against  and  in  anticipation  of
15    those  taxes  and  accrued interest on those warrants and may
16    also  be  used  to  pay  the  cost  of   administering   that
17    assistance.
18        (e)  In  any  township  with  a  population  of less than
19    500,000 that  receives  no  State  funding  for  the  general
20    assistance  program  and  that  has  not  issued anticipation
21    warrants or otherwise borrowed monies for the  administration
22    of  the  general  assistance  program  during  the township's
23    previous 3 fiscal years of operation, a one time transfer  of
24    monies  from  the  township's  general assistance fund may be
25    made to the general township fund pursuant to action  by  the
26    township  board.   This transfer may occur only to the extent
27    that the amount of monies remaining in the general assistance
28    fund after the transfer is equal to the greater  of  (i)  the
29    amount  of the township's expenditures in the previous fiscal
30    year for general assistance or (ii) an amount equal to  0.10%
31    of  the  last  known  total  equalized  value  of all taxable
32    property in the township.  The transfer shall be completed no
33    later  than  one  year  after  the  effective  date  of  this
34    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly the end of fiscal
 
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 1    year 1992.  No township that has certified a new levy  or  an
 2    increase  in the levy under this Section during calendar year
 3    2002 1990 may  transfer  monies  under  this  subsection.  No
 4    action  on the transfer of monies under this subsection shall
 5    be taken by the township board except  at  a  township  board
 6    meeting. No monies transferred under this subsection shall be
 7    considered  in determining whether the township qualifies for
 8    State funds to supplement local funds for public aid purposes
 9    under Section 12-21.13 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
10    (Source: P.A. 86-1379; 86-1480; 87-14; 87-895; 88-62.)

11        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
12    becoming law.

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