Bill Text: IL HB3026 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, a home rule unit may not impose any tax increase or levy any new or additional tax without prior referendum approval. Limits home rule powers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB3026 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB3026-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB3026 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/8-3-20 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, a home rule unit may not impose any tax increase or levy any new or additional tax without prior referendum approval. Limits home rule powers.
LRB100 03912 AWJ 13917 b
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB3026 LRB100 03912 AWJ 13917 b
AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
Section 8-3-20 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/8-3-20 new)
Sec. 8-3-20. Home rule taxing authority; referendum.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, on and
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
General Assembly, a home rule unit may not impose any tax
increase or levy any new or additional tax without prior
referendum approval. This Section is a denial and limitation of
home rule powers and functions under subsection (g) of Section
6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.