Bill Text: IL HB3656 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if, at the end of any levy year, a taxing district has reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget for that levy year, then, for the next levy year, "extension limitation" means 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Preempts the power of home rule units to tax. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3656 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB3656-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB3656 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/18-185
35 ILCS 200/18-205
35 ILCS 200/18-242 new
30 ILCS 805/8.43 new
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if, at the end of any levy year, a taxing district has reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget for that levy year, then, for the next levy year, "extension limitation" means 0% or the rate of increase approved by the voters. Preempts the power of home rule units to tax. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Sections 18-185 and 18-205 and by adding Section 18-242 as
follows:
(35 ILCS 200/18-185)
Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 may
be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As used
in this Division 5:
"Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
States Department of Labor.
"Extension limitation" means, except as otherwise provided
in this Section, (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 under Section 18-205.
If, at the end of any levy year, any taxing district, as
defined in Section 1-150, has reserves of 50% or more of its
operating budget for that levy year, then, for the next levy
year, "extension limitation" means 0% or the rate of increase
approved by the voters under Section 18-205.

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"Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
more inhabitants.
"Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
1-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
1991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of
its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or counties
contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing district" includes
only each non-home rule taxing district subject to this Law
before the 1995 levy year and each non-home rule taxing
district not subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year
having the majority of its 1994 equalized assessed value in an
affected county or counties. Beginning with the levy year in
which this Law becomes applicable to a taxing district as
provided in Section 18-213, "taxing district" also includes
those taxing districts made subject to this Law as provided in
Section 18-213. Beginning in levy year 2019, "taxing district"
also means any taxing district, as defined in Section 1-150,
that had reserves of 50% or more of its operating budget at the
end of the immediately preceding levy year.
"Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing

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district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for
any taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) made for
any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
refund bonds issued after October 1, 1991 that were approved by
referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
principal on revenue bonds issued before October 1, 1991 for
payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds
shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
local government finds that all other sources for payment are
insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
October 1, 1991, to pay for the building project; (g) made for
payments due under installment contracts entered into before
October 1, 1991; (h) made for payments of principal and
interest on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District Act to finance construction projects
initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) made for payments of

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principal and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section
3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to
exceed the debt service extension base less the amount in items
(b), (c), (e), and (h) of this definition for non-referendum
obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
referendum; (j) made for payments of principal and interest on
bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
Reform Act; (k) made by a school district that participates in
the Special Education District of Lake County, created by
special education joint agreement under Section 10-22.31 of the
School Code, for payment of the school district's share of the
amounts required to be contributed by the Special Education
District of Lake County to the Illinois Municipal Retirement
Fund under Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code; the amount
of any extension under this item (k) shall be certified by the
school district to the county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses
of providing joint recreational programs for persons with
disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or
Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for
temporary relocation loan repayment purposes pursuant to
Sections 2-3.77 and 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for
payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued under the
authority of Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for
contributions to a firefighter's pension fund created under
Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the
amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the

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Illinois Pension Code; and (p) made for road purposes in the
first year after a township assumes the rights, powers, duties,
assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
responsibilities of a road district abolished under the
provisions of Section 6-133 of the Illinois Highway Code.
"Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section 18-213
or this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly) means the
annual corporate extension for the taxing district and those
special purpose extensions that are made annually for the
taxing district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a)
made for the taxing district to pay interest or principal on
general obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b)
made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
general obligation bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (c) made
for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
refund bonds issued after March 1, 1995 that were approved by
referendum; (e) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
principal on revenue bonds issued before March 1, 1995 for
payment of which a property tax levy or the full faith and
credit of the unit of local government is pledged; however, a
tax for the payment of interest or principal on those bonds

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shall be made only after the governing body of the unit of
local government finds that all other sources for payment are
insufficient to make those payments; (f) made for payments
under a building commission lease when the lease payments are
for the retirement of bonds issued by the commission before
March 1, 1995 to pay for the building project; (g) made for
payments due under installment contracts entered into before
March 1, 1995; (h) made for payments of principal and interest
on bonds issued under the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District Act to finance construction projects initiated before
October 1, 1991; (h-4) made for stormwater management purposes
by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater
Chicago under Section 12 of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation
District Act; (i) made for payments of principal and interest
on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum and bonds
described in subsection (h) of this definition; (j) made for
payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made
for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by
Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects; (l) made for
payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by

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Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued pursuant to Section
21.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, (ii)
issued under Section 42 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
District Act for zoological park projects, or (iii) issued
under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District
Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made pursuant to
Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied annually or
not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint recreational
programs for persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the
Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois
Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park District for
recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the Chicago Park District
Act; (p) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension fund
created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to the
extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section 4-134
of the Illinois Pension Code; (q) made by Ford Heights School
District 169 under Section 17-9.02 of the School Code; and (r)
made for the purpose of making employer contributions to the
Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago
under Section 34-53 of the School Code.
"Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension for
the taxing district and those special purpose extensions that

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are made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
the date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to
the taxing district is held; (c) made for any taxing district
to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
continue to refund those bonds issued before the date on which
the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to pay
interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to
refund bonds issued after the date on which the referendum
making this Law applicable to the taxing district is held if
the bonds were approved by referendum after the date on which
the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the date
on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission

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lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
issued by the commission before the date on which the
referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district is
held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments due
under installment contracts entered into before the date on
which the referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing
district is held; (h) made for payments of principal and
interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local
Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt
service extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and
(e) of this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities
under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
of the Illinois Municipal Code; (l) made for contributions to a
firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified

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under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
and (m) made for the taxing district to pay interest or
principal on general obligation bonds issued pursuant to
Section 19-3.10 of the School Code.
"Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection
(e) of Section 18-213 or this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly means the annual corporate extension for the
taxing district and those special purpose extensions that are
made annually for the taxing district, excluding special
purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay
interest or principal on general obligation bonds that were
approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay
interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued before
the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (c) made for
any taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds
issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997; (d)
made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
bonds issued to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after
the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 if the bonds
were approved by referendum after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1997; (e) made for any taxing district to pay
interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 for payment of
which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of the

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unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
only after the governing body of the unit of local government
finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
commission lease when the lease payments are for the retirement
of bonds issued by the commission before the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1997 to pay for the building project;
(g) made for payments due under installment contracts entered
into before the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997;
(h) made for payments of principal and interest on limited
bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt
Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service
extension base less the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of
this definition for non-referendum obligations, except
obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum; (i) made
for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (j) made
for a qualified airport authority to pay interest or principal
on general obligation bonds issued for the purpose of paying
obligations due under, or financing airport facilities
required to be acquired, constructed, installed or equipped
pursuant to, contracts entered into before March 1, 1996 (but
not including any amendments to such a contract taking effect
on or after that date); (k) made to fund expenses of providing
joint recreational programs for persons with disabilities

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under Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14
of the Illinois Municipal Code; and (l) made for contributions
to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code.
"Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to that
portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 1994
levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this Law in
accordance with Section 18-213, except for those subject to
paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, for the levy
year in which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
taxing district is held, or for those taxing districts subject
to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (e)
of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year, constituting an
extension for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued
by the taxing district without referendum, but not including
excluded non-referendum bonds. For park districts (i) that were
first subject to this Law in 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose
extension for the 1994 levy year for the payment of principal
and interest on bonds issued by the park district without
referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds)
was less than 51% of the amount for the 1991 levy year
constituting an extension for payment of principal and interest
on bonds issued by the park district without referendum (but
not including excluded non-referendum bonds), "debt service
extension base" means an amount equal to that portion of the

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extension for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for
payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park
district without referendum (but not including excluded
non-referendum bonds). A debt service extension base
established or increased at any time pursuant to any provision
of this Law, except Section 18-212, shall be increased each
year commencing with the later of (i) the 2009 levy year or
(ii) the first levy year in which this Law becomes applicable
to the taxing district, by the lesser of 5% or the percentage
increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
calendar year preceding the levy year. The debt service
extension base may be established or increased as provided
under Section 18-212. "Excluded non-referendum bonds" means
(i) bonds authorized by Public Act 88-503 and issued under
Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for aquarium and
museum projects; (ii) bonds issued under Section 15 of the
Local Government Debt Reform Act; or (iii) refunding
obligations issued to refund or to continue to refund
obligations initially issued pursuant to referendum.
"Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant to
Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
The extension for a special service area is not included in the

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aggregate extension.
"Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
18-135, 18-215, 18-230, and 18-206. An adjustment under Section
18-135 shall be made for the 2007 levy year and all subsequent
levy years whenever one or more counties within which a taxing
district is located (i) used estimated valuations or rates when
extending taxes in the taxing district for the last preceding
levy year that resulted in the over or under extension of
taxes, or (ii) increased or decreased the tax extension for the
last preceding levy year as required by Section 18-135(c).
Whenever an adjustment is required under Section 18-135, the
aggregate extension base of the taxing district shall be equal
to the amount that the aggregate extension of the taxing
district would have been for the last preceding levy year if
either or both (i) actual, rather than estimated, valuations or
rates had been used to calculate the extension of taxes for the
last levy year, or (ii) the tax extension for the last
preceding levy year had not been adjusted as required by
subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
2012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
"Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
1-155.
"New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final

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

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

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as a redevelopment project area previously established under
the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the Illinois
Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, or previously
established under the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
Allocation Act, by an amount equal to the 1994 equalized
assessed value of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
real property in the redevelopment project area over and above
the initial equalized assessed value of each property in the
redevelopment project area. In the first year after a
municipality removes a taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of
real property from a redevelopment project area established
under the Tax Increment Allocation Development Act in the
Illinois Municipal Code, the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in
the Illinois Municipal Code, or the Economic Development Area
Tax Increment Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value"
means the amount of the current year's equalized assessed value
of each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property
removed from the redevelopment project area over and above the
initial equalized assessed value of that real property before
removal from the redevelopment project area.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to one
plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and the
denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed

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value of all real property in the territory under the
jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy year.
For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
extension for the last preceding levy year, except for school
districts that reduced their extension for educational
purposes pursuant to Section 18-206, the highest aggregate
extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years shall be
used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate. The
denominator shall not include new property or the recovered tax
increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a limiting
rate increase has been approved at an election held after March
21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable limiting rate shall
be increased by the amount of the new rate or shall be reduced
by the amount of the rate decrease, as the case may be, or (ii)
in the case of a limiting rate increase, the limiting rate
shall be equal to the rate set forth in the proposition
approved by the voters for each of the years specified in the
proposition, after which the limiting rate of the taxing
district shall be calculated as otherwise provided. In the case
of a taxing district that obtained referendum approval for an
increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the limiting rate
for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that generates the
approximate total amount of taxes extendable for that tax year,
as set forth in the proposition approved by the voters; this
rate shall be the final rate applied by the county clerk for
the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for tax year

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2012.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-521, eff. 6-1-17;
100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
(35 ILCS 200/18-205)
Sec. 18-205. Referendum to increase the extension
limitation. A taxing district is limited to an extension
limitation as defined in Section 18-185 of 5% or the percentage
increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month
calendar year preceding the levy year, whichever is less. A
taxing district may increase its extension limitation for one
or more levy years if that taxing district holds a referendum
before the levy date for the first levy year at which a
majority of voters voting on the issue approves adoption of a
higher extension limitation. Referenda shall be conducted at a
regularly scheduled election in accordance with the Election
Code. The question shall be presented in substantially the
following manner for all elections held after March 21, 2006:
Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
district and geographic or other common name by which a
school or community college district is known and referred
to), Illinois, be increased from the lesser of 5% or the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index over the
prior levy year to (insert the percentage of the proposed

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increase)% per year for (insert each levy year for which
the increased extension limitation will apply)?
In the case of a taxing district that had reserves of 50%
or more of its operating budget at the end of the immediately
preceding levy year, the question shall be presented in
substantially the following manner:
Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax
Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name,
number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing
district and geographic or other common name by which a
school or community college district is known and referred
to), Illinois, be increased from 0% to (insert the
percentage of the proposed increase)% per year for (insert
each levy year for which the increased extension limitation
will apply)?
The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the
adoption of the increase, the increase shall be applicable for
each levy year specified.
The ballot for any question submitted pursuant to this
Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the
question submitted, only the following supplemental
information (which shall be supplied to the election authority
by the taxing district) in substantially the following form:
(1) For the (insert the first levy year for which the
increased extension limitation will be applicable) levy

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year the approximate amount of the additional tax
extendable against property containing a single family
residence and having a fair market value at the time of the
referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $....
(2) Based upon an average annual percentage increase
(or decrease) in the market value of such property of ...%
(insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage
increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the
time the submission of the question is initiated by the
taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized
assessed value of the taxable property in the taxing
district less (B) the new property included in the
equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the
additional tax extendable against such property for the ...
levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy year
is estimated to be $....
Paragraph (2) shall be included only if the increased
extension limitation will be applicable for more than one year
and shall list each levy year for which the increased extension
limitation will be applicable. The additional tax shown for
each levy year shall be the approximate dollar amount of the
increase over the amount of the most recently completed
extension at the time the submission of the question is
initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of the
additional tax extendable shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
be calculated by multiplying $100,000 (the fair market value of

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the property without regard to any property tax exemptions) by
(i) the percentage level of assessment prescribed for that
property by statute, or by ordinance of the county board in
counties that classify property for purposes of taxation in
accordance with Section 4 of Article IX of the Illinois
Constitution; (ii) the most recent final equalization factor
certified to the county clerk by the Department of Revenue at
the time the taxing district initiates the submission of the
proposition to the electors; (iii) the last known aggregate
extension base of the taxing district at the time the
submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district;
and (iv) the difference between the percentage increase
proposed in the question and (A) the lesser of 5% or the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the prior
levy year (or an estimate of the percentage increase for the
prior levy year if the increase is unavailable at the time the
submission of the question is initiated by the taxing district)
or (B) 0%, as applicable; and dividing the result by the last
known equalized assessed value of the taxing district at the
time the submission of the question is initiated by the taxing
district. This amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly is
intended to clarify the existing requirements of this Section,
and shall not be construed to validate any prior non-compliant
referendum language. Any notice required to be published in
connection with the submission of the question shall also
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other supplemental information. Any error, miscalculation, or
inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth on the ballot or
in the notice that is not deliberate shall not invalidate or
affect the validity of any proposition approved. Notice of the
referendum shall be published and posted as otherwise required
by law, and the submission of the question shall be initiated
as provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 97-1087, eff. 8-24-12.)
(35 ILCS 200/18-242 new)
Sec. 18-242. Home rule. This Division 5 is a limitation,
under subsection (g) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
Illinois Constitution, on the power of home rule units to tax.
Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.43 as follows:
(30 ILCS 805/8.43 new)
Sec. 8.43. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
the 101st General Assembly.