Bill Text: IL HB2704 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning territory not included in a community college district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2704 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB2704-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 3-1 as follows:
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| 6 | (110 ILCS 805/3-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 103-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 3-1.
Any contiguous and
and compact territory, no part | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | of which is included
within any community college district, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | unless all of such district is
included which has an equalized | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | assessed valuation of not less than
$150,000,000 and contains a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | population of not less than 60,000
persons may be organized | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | into a community college
district within the State system. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | For the purpose of this section and Sections 6-5.3, 6-5.5, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | and 6-6.1
any territory which is completely surrounded by a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | community college
district governed by the provisions of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Article 7 of this Act, shall be
considered contiguous to any | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | territory beyond the boundaries of such
community college | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | district governed by the provisions of Article 7, the
closest | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | boundary of which is not more than 5 miles from the boundary of
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| 20 | such territory so surrounded. Any territory which comprises a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | special
charter school district and which is completely | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | surrounded by a
non-district territory shall be considered | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | contiguous to any community
college district beyond the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | boundaries of such non-district territory,
the closest | ||||||
| 2 | boundary of which is not more than 20 miles from the
boundary | ||||||
| 3 | of such territory so surrounded. The contiguity of such
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| 4 | territory shall not be affected by any subsequent change in the | ||||||
| 5 | status
of the surrounding non-district territory, including | ||||||
| 6 | the inclusion of
such non-district territory in a community | ||||||
| 7 | college district other than
the district to which the original | ||||||
| 8 | territory was annexed.
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| 9 | A petition signed by at least 500 or more voters residing | ||||||
| 10 | in the
territory described in the petition shall be filed with | ||||||
| 11 | the State Board.
The petition shall:
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| 12 | (1) Request the calling of an election for the purpose of | ||||||
| 13 | voting for
or against the establishment of a community college | ||||||
| 14 | district.
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| 15 | (2) Describe the territory comprising the proposed | ||||||
| 16 | district.
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| 17 | (3) Describe the extent to which educational programs will | ||||||
| 18 | be provided
by contract with existing public or private | ||||||
| 19 | educational institutions.
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| 20 | (4) Set forth the maximum tax rates for educational | ||||||
| 21 | purposes and
for operations and maintenance of facilities
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| 22 | purposes. The proposed district shall be authorized to levy | ||||||
| 23 | rates which
shall not exceed .75 per cent of the value, as | ||||||
| 24 | equalized or assessed by
the Department of Revenue, for | ||||||
| 25 | educational purposes,
and .1 per cent for operations and | ||||||
| 26 | maintenance of facilities purposes.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 85-1335.)
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