93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4906


 
Introduced 02/04/04, by Dave Winters
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-34 new






55 ILCS 5/6-34000 new










    Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes any county to levy a tax by referendum at a rate not to exceed .06% of the assessed value of all taxable property within the county for the purpose of purchasing development rights in order to preserve open spaces. Effective immediately.
















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HB4906

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    AN ACT concerning local government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by adding Division 
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6-34 as follows:
 
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    55 ILCS 5/Div. 6-34 new
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Division 6-34.
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 Tax for Purchasing Development
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Rights to Preserve Open Spaces



 
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    (55 ILCS 5/6-34000  new)
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    Sec. 6-34000. Tax for purchasing development rights to 
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preserve open spaces. The county board of any county may adopt 
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a resolution calling for the
submission of the question of 
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whether the county shall levy a tax at a rate not to exceed 
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.06% of the assessed value of all taxable property within the 
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county for the purpose of purchasing development rights in 
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order to preserve open spaces to the voters of the
district in 
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accordance with the general election law. The question must be 
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in
substantially the
following form:
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        Shall (name of county) be authorized to levy a
tax at a 
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    rate of (insert rate) of the equalized assessed value of

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    taxable property located within the county for the purpose 
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    of purchasing development rights in order to preserve open 
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    spaces?

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    The ballot must have printed on it, but not as part of the 
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proposition
submitted, the
following:
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        The approximate impact of the proposed levy on
the 
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    owner of a single-family home having a market value of 
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    (insert value) would
be (insert amount).
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    No other information is required to be included on the 
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ballot.

 


 






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    The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".

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    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote 
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in the affirmative,
the county may thereafter levy the tax.

 

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