Bill Text: IL HB3129 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020 levy year, the Law applies to all taxing districts in the State (currently, the Law applies to non-home rule taxing districts in Cook County, non-home rule taxing districts in counties that are contiguous to Cook, and other taxing districts by referendum). Provides that, beginning in levy year 2020, the extension limitation shall be 1.75% or the rate of increase approved by voters (currently, (A) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year or (B) the rate of increase approved by voters). Preempts home rule powers. Provides that, beginning in levy year 2016, when calculating the equalized assessed value of property, the multiplier shall be applied to the mean value of the previous 3 general assessments. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Silvana Tabares [HB3129 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3129-Introduced.html


99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3129

Introduced , by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/18-40
35 ILCS 200/18-185
35 ILCS 200/18-205
35 ILCS 200/18-212
35 ILCS 200/18-214
30 ILCS 805/8.39 new

Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2020 levy year, the Law applies to all taxing districts in the State (currently, the Law applies to non-home rule taxing districts in Cook County, non-home rule taxing districts in counties that are contiguous to Cook, and other taxing districts by referendum). Provides that, beginning in levy year 2020, the extension limitation shall be 1.75% or the rate of increase approved by voters (currently, (A) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year or (B) the rate of increase approved by voters). Preempts home rule powers. Provides that, beginning in levy year 2016, when calculating the equalized assessed value of property, the multiplier shall be applied to the mean value of the previous 3 general assessments. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning revenue.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Sections 18-40, 18-185, 18-205, 18-212, and 18-214 as follows:
6 (35 ILCS 200/18-40)
7 Sec. 18-40. Application of equalization factor. Each
8county clerk shall apply the percentages certified by the
9Department and enter the equalized valuations in the columns
10provided for that purpose. The percentages certified by the
11Department shall be applied to the assessed valuation of
12property, as corrected and equalized by the board of review,
13board of appeals, or local assessment officers. Beginning in
14levy year 2016, the percentages certified by the Department
15shall be applied to the mean value of the previous 3 general
16assessments, as those values are corrected and equalized by the
17board of review, board of appeals, or local assessment
18officers. In all cases of extension of valuations where the
19equalized valuations are fractional, the clerk shall reject all
20fractions that fall below 50¢. Fractions of 50¢ or more shall
21be extended as $1.
22 If the equalized assessed value of any property is less
23than $150 for an assessment year, the county clerk may declare

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1the imposition and collection of all tax for that year to be
2extended on the parcel to be unfeasible and cancelled. No tax
3shall be extended or collected on the parcel for that year and
4the parcel shall not be sold for delinquent taxes.
5(Source: P.A. 85-312; 88-455.)
6 (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
7 Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
8be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
9in this Division 5:
10 "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
11All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
12States Department of Labor.
13 "Extension limitation" means:
14 (1) for levy years prior to 2020, (a) the lesser of 5%
15 or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index
16 during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year
17 or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters under
18 Section 18-205; and .
19 (2) for levy year 2020 and thereafter, the greater of
20 (a) 1.75% or (b) the rate of increase approved by voters
21 under Section 18-205.
22 "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
23inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
24more inhabitants.
25 "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section

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11-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
21991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
3only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
4its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
5contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
6Beginning with the 1995 levy year and until levy year 2020,
7"taxing district" includes only each non-home rule taxing
8district subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each
9non-home rule taxing district not subject to this Law before
10the 1995 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized
11assessed value in an affected county or counties. Beginning
12with the levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a
13taxing district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing
14district" also includes those taxing districts made subject to
15this Law as provided in Section 18-213. Beginning with the 2020
16levy year, "taxing district" means each taxing district in the
17State, as defined in Section 1-150, including home rule units.
18 "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
19Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
20corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
21purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
22district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
23the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
24obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
25any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
26obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for

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1any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
2issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
3before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
4interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
5refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
6referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
7principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
8payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
9credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
10tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
11shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
12local government finds that all other sources for payment are
13insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
14under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
15for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
16October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
17payments due under installment contracts entered into before
18October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
19interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
20Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
21initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of
22principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
233 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
24exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
25(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
26obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to

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1referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
2bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
3Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
4the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
5special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
6School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
7amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
8District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
9Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
10of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
11school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
12of providing joint recreational programs for the handicapped
13under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
14of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for temporary
15relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to Sections 2-3.77
16and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for payment of
17principal and interest on any bonds issued under the authority
18of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
19contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
20Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
21amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the
22Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
23first year after a township assumes the rights, powers, duties,
24assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
25responsibilities of a road district abolished under the
26provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.

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1 "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
2this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
3districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section
418-213) means the annual corporate extension for the taxing
5district and those special purpose extensions that are made
6annually for the taxing district, excluding special purpose
7extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
8principal on general obligation bonds that were approved by
9referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
10principal on general obligation bonds issued before March 1,
111995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
12principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund those
13bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing
14district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund
15or continue to refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that
16were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing district
17to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before
18March 1, 1995 for payment of which a property tax levy or the
19full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
20pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
21principal on those bonds shall be made only after the governing
22body of the unit of local government finds that all other
23sources for payment are insufficient to make those payments;
24(f) made for payments under a building commission lease when
25the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds issued by
26the commission before March 1, 1995 to pay for the building

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1project; (g) made for payments due under installment contracts
2entered into before March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of
3principal and interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan
4Water Reclamation District Act to finance construction
5projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for
6stormwater management purposes by the Metropolitan Water
7Reclamation District of Greater Chicago under Section 12 of the
8Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act; (i) made for
9payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined
10in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an
11amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less the
12amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for
13non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially
14issued pursuant to referendum and bonds described in subsection
15(h) of this definition; (j) made for payments of principal and
16interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local
17Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made for payments of principal
18and interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and
19issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for
20aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for payments of principal
21and interest on bonds authorized by Public Act 87-1191 or
2293-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section 21.2 of the Cook
23County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii) issued under Section
2442 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act for
25zoological park projects, or (iii) issued under Section 44.1 of
26the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act for botanical

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1gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to Section 34-53.5 of the
2School Code, whether levied annually or not; (n) made to fund
3expenses of providing joint recreational programs for the
4handicapped under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
5Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (o) made by
6the Chicago Park District for recreational programs for the
7handicapped under subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the Chicago
8Park District Act; (p) made for contributions to a
9firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
10Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
11under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
12and (q) made by Ford Heights School District 169 under Section
1317-9.02 of the School Code.
14 "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
15this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
16those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
17(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
18the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that
19are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
20purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
21interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
22approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
23interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
24the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
25the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
26to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or

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1continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
2the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
3district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
4interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
5refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum
6making this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if
7the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
8the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
9district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
10interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
11on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
12taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
13levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
14government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
15interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
16the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
17all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
18payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
19lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
20issued by the commission before the date on which the
21referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
22held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
23under installment contracts entered into before the date on
24which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
25district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
26interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local

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1Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
2service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
3(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
4obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
5for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
6Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
7for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
8on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
9obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
10required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
11pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
12not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
13on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
14joint recreational programs for the handicapped under Section
155-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the
16Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
17firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
18Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
19under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
20and (m) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
21principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
22Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
23 "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
24this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
25(e) of Section 18-213 means the annual corporate extension for
26the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that

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1are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
2purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
3interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
4approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
5interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
6the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for
7any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
8issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
9before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
10made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
11bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
12the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds
13were approved by referendum after the effective date of this
14amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
15interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
16effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of
17which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the
18unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
19payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
20only after the governing body of the unit of local government
21finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
22make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
23commission lease when the lease payments are for the retirement
24of bonds issued by the commission before the effective date of
25this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;
26(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered

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1into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
2(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited
3bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
4Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
5extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of
6this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
7obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
8for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
9Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
10for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
11on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
12obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
13required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
14pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
15not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
16on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
17joint recreational programs for the handicapped under Section
185-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the
19Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions to a
20firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
21Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
22under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
23 For all other taxing districts, beginning with the 2020
24levy year, "aggregate extension" means the annual corporate
25extension for the taxing district and those special purpose
26levies which are made annually (other than debt service levies

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1and levies made for the purpose of paying amounts due under
2public building commission leases).
3 "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
4portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 1994
5levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this Law in
6accordance with Section 18-213, except for those subject to
7paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, for the levy
8year in which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
9taxing district is held, or for those taxing districts subject
10to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
11of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year, or for all other
12taxing districts, for levy year 2020, constituting an extension
13for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the
14taxing district without referendum, but not including excluded
15non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were first
16subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose extension
17for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal and
18interest on bonds issued by the park district without
19referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
20was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
21constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
22on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
23not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
24extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the
25extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
26payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park

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1district without referendum (but not including excluded
2non-referendum bonds). A debt service extension base
3established or increased at any time pursuant to any provision
4of this Law, except Section 18-212, shall be increased each
5year commencing with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or
6(ii) the first levy year in which this Law becomes applicable
7to the taxing district, by (A) until levy year 2020, the lesser
8of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index
9during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year and
10(B) for levy year 2020 and thereafter, 1.75%. The debt service
11extension base may be established or increased as provided
12under Section 18-212. "Excluded non-referendum bonds" means
13(i) bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and issued under
14Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium and
15museum projects; (ii) bonds issued under Section 15 of the
16Local Government Debt Reform Act; or (iii) refunding
17obligations issued to refund or to continue to refund
18obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum.
19 "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
20to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
21unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
22contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
23Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
24district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
25The extension for a special service area is not included in the
26aggregate extension.

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1 "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
2last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
318-135, 18-215, and 18-230. An adjustment under Section 18-135
4shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent levy
5years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
6district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
7extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding
8levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
9taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
10last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
11Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
12aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
13to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
14district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
15either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
16rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
17last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
18preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
19subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
212012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
22District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
23 "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
241-155.
25 "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
26board of review or board of appeals action, of new improvements

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1or additions to existing improvements on any parcel of real
2property that increase the assessed value of that real property
3during the levy year multiplied by the equalization factor
4issued by the Department under Section 17-30, (ii) the assessed
5value, after final board of review or board of appeals action,
6of real property not exempt from real estate taxation, which
7real property was exempt from real estate taxation for any
8portion of the immediately preceding levy year, multiplied by
9the equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
1017-30, including the assessed value, upon final stabilization
11of occupancy after new construction is complete, of any real
12property located within the boundaries of an otherwise or
13previously exempt military reservation that is intended for
14residential use and owned by or leased to a private corporation
15or other entity, (iii) in counties that classify in accordance
16with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois Constitution, an
17incentive property's additional assessed value resulting from
18a scheduled increase in the level of assessment as applied to
19the first year final board of review market value, and (iv) any
20increase in assessed value due to oil or gas production from an
21oil or gas well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic
22Fracturing Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted
23for during the previous levy year. In addition, the county
24clerk in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more
25shall include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
26school district, any recovered tax increment value that was

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1applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.
2 "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
3organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
4county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
5population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
6 "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
7provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
8equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
9municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
10redevelopment project area previously established under the
11Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
12Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
13Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
14established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
15Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
16Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of each
17taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
18redevelopment project area over and above the initial equalized
19assessed value of each property in the redevelopment project
20area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 levy year,
21the recovered tax increment value for a non-home rule taxing
22district that first became subject to this Law for the 1995
23levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
24value was in an affected county or counties shall be increased
25if a municipality terminated the designation of an area in 1993
26as a redevelopment project area previously established under

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1the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
2Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
3Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
4established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
5Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
6assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
7real property in the redevelopment project area over and above
8the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
9redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
10municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
11real property from a redevelopment project area established
12under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the
13Illinois Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in
14the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
15Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
16means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
17of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
18removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
19initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
20removal from the redevelopment project area.
21 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
22rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
23preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
24plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
25denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed
26value of all real property in the territory under the

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1jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
2For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
3extension for the last preceding levy year, the highest
4aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years
5shall be used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate.
6The denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
7tax increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a
8limiting rate increase has been approved at an election held
9after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable
10limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of the new rate
11or shall be reduced by the amount of the rate decrease, as the
12case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting rate increase,
13the limiting rate shall be equal to the rate set forth in the
14proposition approved by the voters for each of the years
15specified in the proposition, after which the limiting rate of
16the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise provided.
17In the case of a taxing district that obtained referendum
18approval for an increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the
19limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that
20generates the approximate total amount of taxes extendable for
21that tax year, as set forth in the proposition approved by the
22voters; this rate shall be the final rate applied by the county
23clerk for the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for
24tax year 2012.
25 The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 99th General
26Assembly are a denial and limitation, under subsection (g) of

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1Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, on the
2power of home rule units to tax.
3(Source: P.A. 97-611, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1154, eff. 1-25-13; 98-6,
4eff. 3-29-13; 98-23, eff. 6-17-13.)
5 (35 ILCS 200/18-205)
6 Sec. 18-205. Referendum to increase the extension
7limitation. For levy years prior to levy year 2020, a A taxing
8district is limited to an extension limitation of 5% or the
9percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the
1012-month calendar year preceding the levy year, whichever is
11less. Beginning in levy year 2020, a taxing district is limited
12to an extension limitation of 1.75%. A taxing district may
13increase its extension limitation for one or more levy years if
14that taxing district holds a referendum before the levy date
15for the first levy year at which a majority of voters voting on
16the issue approves adoption of a higher extension limitation.
17Referenda shall be conducted at a regularly scheduled election
18in accordance with the Election Code. The question shall be
19presented in substantially the following manner for all
20elections held after March 21, 2006:
21 Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
22 Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
23 number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
24 district and geographic or other common name by which a
25 school or community college district is known and referred

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1 to), Illinois, be increased from the (applicable extension
2 limitation) lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the
3 Consumer Price Index over the prior levy year to (insert
4 the percentage of the proposed increase)% per year for
5 (insert each levy year for which the increased extension
6 limitation will apply)?
7The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
8If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
9adoption of the increase, the increase shall be applicable for
10each levy year specified.
11 The ballot for any question submitted pursuant to this
12Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the
13question submitted, only the following supplemental
14information (which shall be supplied to the election authority
15by the taxing district) in substantially the following form:
16 (1) For the (insert the first levy year for which the
17 increased extension limitation will be applicable) levy
18 year the approximate amount of the additional tax
19 extendable against property containing a single family
20 residence and having a fair market value at the time of the
21 referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $....
22 (2) Based upon an average annual percentage increase
23 (or decrease) in the market value of such property of ...%
24 (insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage
25 increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the
26 time the submission of the question is initiated by the

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1 taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized
2 assessed value of the taxable property in the taxing
3 district less (B) the new property included in the
4 equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the
5 additional tax extendable against such property for the ...
6 levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy year
7 is estimated to be $....
8 Paragraph (2) shall be included only if the increased
9extension limitation will be applicable for more than one year
10and shall list each levy year for which the increased extension
11limitation will be applicable. The additional tax shown for
12each levy year shall be the approximate dollar amount of the
13increase over the amount of the most recently completed
14extension at the time the submission of the question is
15initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of the
16additional tax extendable shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
17be calculated by multiplying $100,000 (the fair market value of
18the property without regard to any property tax exemptions) by
19(i) the percentage level of assessment prescribed for that
20property by statute, or by ordinance of the county board in
21counties that classify property for purposes of taxation in
22accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
23Constitution; (ii) the most recent final equalization factor
24certified to the county clerk by the Department of Revenue at
25the time the taxing district initiates the submission of the
26proposition to the electors; (iii) the last known aggregate

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1extension base of the taxing district at the time the
2submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district;
3and (iv) the difference between the percentage increase
4proposed in the question and the extension limitation (for levy
5years in which the percentage increase in the Consumer Price
6Index is used to calculate the extension limitation, lesser of
75% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for
8the prior levy year (or an estimate of the percentage increase
9for the prior levy year may be used if the increase is
10unavailable at the time the submission of the question is
11initiated by the taxing district); and dividing the result by
12the last known equalized assessed value of the taxing district
13at the time the submission of the question is initiated by the
14taxing district. This amendatory Act of the 97th General
15Assembly is intended to clarify the existing requirements of
16this Section, and shall not be construed to validate any prior
17non-compliant referendum language. Any notice required to be
18published in connection with the submission of the question
19shall also contain this supplemental information and shall not
20contain any other supplemental information. Any error,
21miscalculation, or inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth
22on the ballot or in the notice that is not deliberate shall not
23invalidate or affect the validity of any proposition approved.
24Notice of the referendum shall be published and posted as
25otherwise required by law, and the submission of the question
26shall be initiated as provided by law.

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1(Source: P.A. 97-1087, eff. 8-24-12.)
2 (35 ILCS 200/18-212)
3 Sec. 18-212. Referendum on debt service extension base. A
4taxing district may establish or increase its debt service
5extension base if (i) that taxing district holds a referendum
6before the date on which the levy must be filed with the county
7clerk of the county or counties in which the taxing district is
8situated and (ii) a majority of voters voting on the issue
9approves the establishment of or increase in the debt service
10extension base. A debt service extension base established or
11increased by a referendum held pursuant to this Section after
12February 2, 2010, shall be increased each year, commencing with
13the first levy year beginning after the date of the referendum,
14by (1) for levy years prior to levy year 2020, the lesser of 5%
15or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during
16the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year or (2) for
17levy year 2020 and thereafter, 1.75%, if the optional language
18concerning the annual increase is included in the question
19submitted to the electors of the taxing district. Referenda
20under this Section shall be conducted at a regularly scheduled
21election in accordance with the Election Code. The governing
22body of the taxing district shall certify the question to the
23proper election authorities who shall submit the question to
24the electors of the taxing district in substantially the
25following form:

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1 "Shall the debt service extension base under the Property
2 Tax Extension Limitation Law for ... (taxing district name)
3 ... for payment of principal and interest on limited bonds
4 be .... ((established at $ ....) . (or) (increased from $
5 .... to $ ....)) .. for the ..... levy year and all
6 subsequent levy years (optional language: , such debt
7 service extension base to be increased each year by (debt
8 service extension limitation) the lesser of 5% or the
9 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the
10 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year)?"
11 Votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
12 If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
13establishment of or increase in the debt service extension
14base, the establishment of or increase in the debt service
15extension base shall be applicable for the levy years
16specified.
17(Source: P.A. 96-1202, eff. 7-22-10.)
18 (35 ILCS 200/18-214)
19 Sec. 18-214. Referenda on removal of the applicability of
20the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to non-home rule
21taxing districts.
22 (a) The provisions of this Section do not apply to a taxing
23district that is subject to this Law because a majority of its
241990 equalized assessed value is in a county or counties
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1because a majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value is in
2an affected county and the taxing district was not subject to
3this Law before the 1995 levy year.
4 (b) For purposes of this Section only:
5 "Taxing district" means any non-home rule taxing district
6that became subject to this Law under Section 18-213 of this
7Law.
8 "Equalized assessed valuation" means the equalized
9assessed valuation for a taxing district for the immediately
10preceding levy year.
11 (c) The county board of a county that became subject to
12this Law by a referendum approved by the voters of the county
13under Section 18-213 may, by ordinance or resolution, in the
14manner set forth in this Section, submit to the voters of the
15county the question of whether this Law applies to all non-home
16rule taxing districts that have all or a portion of their
17equalized assessed valuation situated in the county in the
18manner set forth in this Section.
19 (d) The ordinance or resolution shall request the
20submission of the proposition at any election, except a
21consolidated primary election, for the purpose of voting for or
22against the continued application of the Property Tax Extension
23Limitation Law to all non-home rule taxing districts that have
24all or a portion of their equalized assessed valuation situated
25in the county.
26 The question shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall

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1be in substantially the following form:
2 Shall the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (35
3 ILCS 200/18-185 through 35 ILCS 200/18-245), which limits
4 annual property tax extension increases, apply to non-home
5 rule taxing districts with all or a portion of their
6 equalized assessed valuation located in (name of county)?
7Votes on the question shall be recorded as "yes" or "no".
8 (e) The county clerk shall order the proposition submitted
9to the electors of the county at the election specified in the
10ordinance or resolution. If part of the county is under the
11jurisdiction of a board or boards of election commissioners,
12the county clerk shall submit a certified copy of the ordinance
13or resolution to each board of election commissioners, which
14shall order the proposition submitted to the electors of the
15taxing district within its jurisdiction at the election
16specified in the ordinance or resolution.
17 (f) With respect to taxing districts having all of their
18equalized assessed valuation located in one county, if a
19majority of the votes cast on the proposition are against the
20proposition, then this Law shall not apply to the taxing
21district beginning on January 1 of the year following the date
22of the referendum.
23 (g) With respect to taxing districts that do not have all
24of their equalized assessed valuation located in a single
25county, if both of the following conditions are met, then this
26Law shall no longer apply to the taxing district beginning on

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1January 1 of the year following the date of the referendum.
2 (1) Each county in which the district has any equalized
3 assessed valuation must either, (i) have held a referendum
4 under this Section, (ii) be an affected county, or (iii)
5 have held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
6 voters rejected the proposition at the most recent election
7 at which the question was on the ballot in the county.
8 (2) The majority of the equalized assessed valuation of
9 the taxing district, other than any equalized assessed
10 valuation in an affected county, is in one or more counties
11 in which the voters rejected the proposition. For purposes
12 of this Section, in determining whether a majority of the
13 equalized assessed valuation of the taxing district is
14 located in one or more counties in which the voters have
15 rejected the proposition under this Section, the equalized
16 assessed valuation of any taxing district in a county which
17 has held a referendum under Section 18-213 at which the
18 voters rejected that proposition, at the most recent
19 election at which the question was on the ballot in the
20 county, will be included with the equalized assessed value
21 of the taxing district in counties in which the voters have
22 rejected the referendum held under this Section.
23 (h) Immediately after a referendum is held under this
24Section, the county clerk of the county holding the referendum
25shall give notice of the referendum having been held and its
26results to all taxing districts that have all or a portion of

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1their equalized assessed valuation located in the county, the
2county clerk of any other county in which any of the equalized
3assessed valuation of any such taxing district is located, and
4the Department of Revenue. After the last referendum affecting
5a multi-county taxing district is held, the Department of
6Revenue shall determine whether the taxing district is no
7longer subject to this Law and, if the taxing district is no
8longer subject to this Law, the Department of Revenue shall
9notify the taxing district and the county clerks of all of the
10counties in which a portion of the equalized assessed valuation
11of the taxing district is located that, beginning on January 1
12of the year following the date of the last referendum, the
13taxing district is no longer subject to this Law.
14 (i) This Section does not apply to the 2020 levy year or
15any subsequent levy year. If the voters of a taxing district
16approve a referendum under this Section prior to the 2020 levy
17year, then that district shall again become subject to this Law
18beginning in the 2020 levy year.
19(Source: P.A. 89-718, eff. 3-7-97.)
20 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
21Section 8.39 as follows:
22 (30 ILCS 805/8.39 new)
23 Sec. 8.39. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
24of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the

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1implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
2the 99th General Assembly.
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.
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