SB2487sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Gary Forby

Filed: 4/3/2008

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2487

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2487 as follows:

on page 1, line 5, after "11E-50,", by inserting "11E-60,"; and

on page 7, lines 22 and 23, by replacing "the petition is approved by either the regional superintendent of schools or" with "a final decision is issued by the petition is approved by either the regional superintendent of schools or"; and

on page 14, immediately below line 8, by inserting the following:

"(105 ILCS 5/11E-60)

Sec. 11E-60. Ballots.

(a) Separate ballots shall be used for the election in each affected district. If the petition requests the submission of a proposition for the issuance of bonds, then that question shall be submitted to the voters at the referendum on a separate ballot.

(b) Ballots for all reorganization propositions submitted under the provisions of this Article must be in substantially the following form:

(1) Ballot for high school - unit conversion or unit to dual conversion:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

Shall (here identify the districts to be dissolved by name and number) be dissolved and new school districts be established as follows: a new (here specify elementary, high school, or unit) district formed from all of the territory included within (here identify the existing school district by name and number), with the authority to levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new school district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the school district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, and a new (here repeat the information for each new school district)?

The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or "No".

(2) Ballot for combined school district formation:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

Shall a combined (here insert elementary, high, or unit) school district, with the authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new unit district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established?

The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or "No".

(3) Ballot for unit district formation (other than a partial elementary unit district formation):

OFFICIAL BALLOT

Shall a unit district, with the authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new unit district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established?

The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or "No".

(4) Ballot for a combined high school - unit district formation:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

Shall a combined high school - unit district formed from all of the territory included within (here identify existing school districts by name and number), serving the territory included within (here identify existing school district by name and number) only for high school purposes, with the authority to levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new combined high school - unit district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 11E-95 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established?

The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or "No".

(5) Ballot for an optional elementary unit district formation:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

Shall an optional elementary unit district, with the authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new optional elementary unit district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, be established?

The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or "No".

(6) Ballot for multi-unit conversion:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

Shall (here identify the districts to be dissolved by name and number) be dissolved and new school districts established as follows: a new elementary district formed from all of the territory included within (here identify the existing school district by name and number), with the authority to levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new school district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Section 11E-80 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the school district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, (here repeat the information for each new elementary school district), and a new combined high school - unit district formed from all of the territory included within (here identify the existing school district by name and number), with the authority to levy taxes for various purposes as follows: (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the new combined high school - unit district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-90 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the school district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?

The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or "No".

(7) Ballot for an elementary school district to dissolve and join an optional elementary unit district:

OFFICIAL BALLOT

Shall (here identify the elementary district by name and number) be dissolved and join (here identify the optional elementary unit district by name and number), with the authority to levy taxes at the rate of (here specify the maximum tax rates for various purposes the optional elementary unit district is authorized to levy and, if applicable, the specifications related to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, in accordance with Sections 11E-80 and 11E-95 of this Code), each upon all of the taxable property of the district at the value thereof, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue and shall (here identify the elementary district by name and number), prior to dissolution, issue funding bonds pursuant to Sections 19-8 and 19-9 of the School Code to liquidate any operational deficit or debt incurred or accumulated since the date of the election in which the proposition to form (here identify the optional elementary unit district by name and number) passed?

The election authority must record the votes "Yes" or "No".

(Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)".