Bill Text: IL HB3841 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the debt service extension base shall be suspended for park districts for the 2026 levy year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3841 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3841-Introduced.html

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3841

Introduced , by Rep. Harry Benton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/18-185

    Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the debt service extension base shall be suspended for park districts for the 2026 levy year.
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A BILL FOR

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4    Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
5Section 18-185 as follows:
6    (35 ILCS 200/18-185)
7    Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5
8may be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As
9used in this Division 5:
10    "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for
11All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United
12States Department of Labor.
13    "Extension limitation" means (a) the lesser of 5% or the
14percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the
1512-month calendar year preceding the levy year or (b) the rate
16of increase approved by voters under Section 18-205.
17    "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more
18inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or
19more inhabitants.
20    "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section
211-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the
221991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes
23only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of

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1its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or
2counties contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more
3inhabitants. Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing
4district" includes only each non-home rule taxing district
5subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each non-home
6rule taxing district not subject to this Law before the 1995
7levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized assessed
8value in an affected county or counties. Beginning with the
9levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a taxing
10district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing district" also
11includes those taxing districts made subject to this Law as
12provided in Section 18-213.
13    "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this
14Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual
15corporate extension for the taxing district and those special
16purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing
17district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for
18the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
19obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made
20for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
21general obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c)
22made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on
23bonds issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds
24issued before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing
25district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to
26refund or continue to refund bonds issued after October 1,

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11991 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing
2district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued
3before October 1, 1991 for payment of which a property tax levy
4or the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
5pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
6principal on those bonds shall be made only after the
7governing body of the unit of local government finds that all
8other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
9payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
10lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
11issued by the commission before October 1, 1991, to pay for the
12building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
13contracts entered into before October 1, 1991; (h) made for
14payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under the
15Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act to finance
16construction projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (i)
17made for payments of principal and interest on limited bonds,
18as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform
19Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service extension base
20less the amount in items (b), (c), (e), and (h) of this
21definition for non-referendum obligations, except obligations
22initially issued pursuant to referendum; (j) made for payments
23of principal and interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of
24the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made by a school
25district that participates in the Special Education District
26of Lake County, created by special education joint agreement

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1under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code, for payment of the
2school district's share of the amounts required to be
3contributed by the Special Education District of Lake County
4to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under Article 7 of
5the Illinois Pension Code; the amount of any extension under
6this item (k) shall be certified by the school district to the
7county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses of providing joint
8recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
9Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of
10the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for temporary relocation
11loan repayment purposes pursuant to Sections 2-3.77 and
1217-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for payment of principal
13and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of
14Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for contributions
15to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
16Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
17under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
18(p) made for road purposes in the first year after a township
19assumes the rights, powers, duties, assets, property,
20liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of a road
21district abolished under the provisions of Section 6-133 of
22the Illinois Highway Code; and (q) made under Section 4 of the
23Community Mental Health Act to provide the necessary funds or
24to supplement existing funds for community mental health
25facilities and services, including facilities and services for
26the person with a developmental disability or a substance use

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1disorder; and (r) (q) made for the payment of principal and
2interest on any bonds issued under the authority of Section
317-2.11 of the School Code or to refund or continue to refund
4those bonds.
5    "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which
6this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing
7districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section
818-213) means the annual corporate extension for the taxing
9district and those special purpose extensions that are made
10annually for the taxing district, excluding special purpose
11extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay interest
12or principal on general obligation bonds that were approved by
13referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest
14or principal on general obligation bonds issued before March
151, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest or
16principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund
17those bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any
18taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued
19to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after March 1,
201995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing
21district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued
22before March 1, 1995 for payment of which a property tax levy
23or the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is
24pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or
25principal on those bonds shall be made only after the
26governing body of the unit of local government finds that all

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1other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
2payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
3lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
4issued by the commission before March 1, 1995 to pay for the
5building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
6contracts entered into before March 1, 1995; (h) made for
7payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under the
8Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act to finance
9construction projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (h-4)
10made for stormwater management purposes by the Metropolitan
11Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago under Section 12
12of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act; (h-8) made
13for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
14Section 9.6a of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
15Act to make contributions to the pension fund established
16under Article 13 of the Illinois Pension Code; (i) made for
17payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, as
18defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act,
19in an amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less
20the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for
21non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially
22issued pursuant to referendum and bonds described in
23subsections (h) and (h-8) of this definition; (j) made for
24payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under
25Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made
26for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by

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1Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago
2Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects and bonds
3issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for
4the purpose of making contributions to the pension fund
5established under Article 12 of the Illinois Pension Code; (l)
6made for payments of principal and interest on bonds
7authorized by Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued
8pursuant to Section 21.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve
9District Act, (ii) issued under Section 42 of the Cook County
10Forest Preserve District Act for zoological park projects, or
11(iii) issued under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest
12Preserve District Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made
13pursuant to Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied
14annually or not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint
15recreational programs for persons with disabilities under
16Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of
17the Illinois Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park
18District for recreational programs for persons with
19disabilities under subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the
20Chicago Park District Act; (p) made for contributions to a
21firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the
22Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified
23under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code;
24(q) made by Ford Heights School District 169 under Section
2517-9.02 of the School Code; (r) made for the purpose of making
26employer contributions to the Public School Teachers' Pension

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1and Retirement Fund of Chicago under Section 34-53 of the
2School Code; and (s) made under Section 4 of the Community
3Mental Health Act to provide the necessary funds or to
4supplement existing funds for community mental health
5facilities and services, including facilities and services for
6the person with a developmental disability or a substance use
7disorder; and (t) (s) made for the payment of principal and
8interest on any bonds issued under the authority of Section
917-2.11 of the School Code or to refund or continue to refund
10those bonds.
11    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
12this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for
13those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection
14(e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension
15for the taxing district and those special purpose extensions
16that are made annually for the taxing district, excluding
17special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district
18to pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds that
19were approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district
20to pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds
21issued before the date on which the referendum making this Law
22applicable to the taxing district is held; (c) made for any
23taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued
24to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued before the
25date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
26taxing district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to

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1pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
2continue to refund bonds issued after the date on which the
3referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district
4is held if the bonds were approved by referendum after the date
5on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
6taxing district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to
7pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the
8date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
9taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax
10levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local
11government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of
12interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after
13the governing body of the unit of local government finds that
14all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those
15payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission
16lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds
17issued by the commission before the date on which the
18referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district
19is held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments
20due under installment contracts entered into before the date
21on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the
22taxing district is held; (h) made for payments of principal
23and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
24Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
25the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
26(c), and (e) of this definition for non-referendum

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1obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
2referendum; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on
3bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
4Reform Act; (j) made for a qualified airport authority to pay
5interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued for
6the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
7airport facilities required to be acquired, constructed,
8installed or equipped pursuant to, contracts entered into
9before March 1, 1996 (but not including any amendments to such
10a contract taking effect on or after that date); (k) made to
11fund expenses of providing joint recreational programs for
12persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park
13District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal
14Code; (l) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension
15fund created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to
16the extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section
174-134 of the Illinois Pension Code; (m) made for the taxing
18district to pay interest or principal on general obligation
19bonds issued pursuant to Section 19-3.10 of the School Code;
20and (n) made under Section 4 of the Community Mental Health Act
21to provide the necessary funds or to supplement existing funds
22for community mental health facilities and services, including
23facilities and services for the person with a developmental
24disability or a substance use disorder; and (o) (n) made for
25the payment of principal and interest on any bonds issued
26under the authority of Section 17-2.11 of the School Code or to

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1refund or continue to refund those bonds.
2    "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which
3this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of
4subsection (e) of Section 18-213 means the annual corporate
5extension for the taxing district and those special purpose
6extensions that are made annually for the taxing district,
7excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing
8district to pay interest or principal on general obligation
9bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for any
10taxing district to pay interest or principal on general
11obligation bonds issued before March 7, 1997 (the effective
12date of Public Act 89-718); (c) made for any taxing district to
13pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or
14continue to refund those bonds issued before March 7, 1997
15(the effective date of Public Act 89-718); (d) made for any
16taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued
17to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after March 7,
181997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) if the bonds
19were approved by referendum after March 7, 1997 (the effective
20date of Public Act 89-718); (e) made for any taxing district to
21pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before March
227, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) for payment
23of which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of
24the unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the
25payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made
26only after the governing body of the unit of local government

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1finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to
2make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building
3commission lease when the lease payments are for the
4retirement of bonds issued by the commission before March 7,
51997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) to pay for the
6building project; (g) made for payments due under installment
7contracts entered into before March 7, 1997 (the effective
8date of Public Act 89-718); (h) made for payments of principal
9and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the
10Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed
11the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b),
12(c), and (e) of this definition for non-referendum
13obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to
14referendum; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on
15bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt
16Reform Act; (j) made for a qualified airport authority to pay
17interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued for
18the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing
19airport facilities required to be acquired, constructed,
20installed or equipped pursuant to, contracts entered into
21before March 1, 1996 (but not including any amendments to such
22a contract taking effect on or after that date); (k) made to
23fund expenses of providing joint recreational programs for
24persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park
25District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal
26Code; (l) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension

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1fund created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to
2the extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section
34-134 of the Illinois Pension Code; and (m) made under Section
44 of the Community Mental Health Act to provide the necessary
5funds or to supplement existing funds for community mental
6health facilities and services, including facilities and
7services for the person with a developmental disability or a
8substance use disorder; and (n) (m) made for the payment of
9principal and interest on any bonds issued under the authority
10of Section 17-2.11 of the School Code or to refund or continue
11to refund those bonds.
12    "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to
13that portion of the extension for a taxing district for the
141994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this
15Law in accordance with Section 18-213, except for those
16subject to paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213,
17for the levy year in which the referendum making this Law
18applicable to the taxing district is held, or for those taxing
19districts subject to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2)
20of subsection (e) of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year,
21constituting an extension for payment of principal and
22interest on bonds issued by the taxing district without
23referendum, but not including excluded non-referendum bonds.
24For park districts (i) that were first subject to this Law in
251991 or 1995 and (ii) whose extension for the 1994 levy year
26for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by

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1the park district without referendum (but not including
2excluded non-referendum bonds) was less than 51% of the amount
3for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for payment
4of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park district
5without referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum
6bonds), "debt service extension base" means an amount equal to
7that portion of the extension for the 1991 levy year
8constituting an extension for payment of principal and
9interest on bonds issued by the park district without
10referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds).
11A debt service extension base established or increased at any
12time pursuant to any provision of this Law, except Section
1318-212, shall be increased each year commencing with the later
14of (i) the 2009 levy year or (ii) the first levy year in which
15this Law becomes applicable to the taxing district, by the
16lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price
17Index during the 12-month calendar year preceding the levy
18year. The debt service extension base may be established or
19increased as provided under Section 18-212. "Excluded
20non-referendum bonds" means (i) bonds authorized by Public Act
2188-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park
22District Act for aquarium and museum projects; (ii) bonds
23issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform
24Act; or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund or to
25continue to refund obligations initially issued pursuant to
26referendum. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

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1debt service extension base shall be suspended for park
2districts for the 2026 levy year.    
3    "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited
4to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for
5unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance,
6contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant
7to Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road
8district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not.
9The extension for a special service area is not included in the
10aggregate extension.
11    "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's
12last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections
1318-135, 18-215, 18-230, 18-206, and 18-233. Beginning with
14levy year 2022, for taxing districts that are specified in
15Section 18-190.7, the taxing district's aggregate extension
16base shall be calculated as provided in Section 18-190.7. An
17adjustment under Section 18-135 shall be made for the 2007
18levy year and all subsequent levy years whenever one or more
19counties within which a taxing district is located (i) used
20estimated valuations or rates when extending taxes in the
21taxing district for the last preceding levy year that resulted
22in the over or under extension of taxes, or (ii) increased or
23decreased the tax extension for the last preceding levy year
24as required by Section 18-135(c). Whenever an adjustment is
25required under Section 18-135, the aggregate extension base of
26the taxing district shall be equal to the amount that the

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1aggregate extension of the taxing district would have been for
2the last preceding levy year if either or both (i) actual,
3rather than estimated, valuations or rates had been used to
4calculate the extension of taxes for the last levy year, or
5(ii) the tax extension for the last preceding levy year had not
6been adjusted as required by subsection (c) of Section 18-135.
7    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
82012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School
9District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592.
10    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
11purpose of calculating the limiting rate for levy year 2023,
12the last preceding aggregate extension base for Homewood
13School District No. 153 in Cook County shall be $19,535,377.
14    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year
152022, the aggregate extension base of a home equity assurance
16program that levied at least $1,000,000 in property taxes in
17levy year 2019 or 2020 under the Home Equity Assurance Act
18shall be the amount that the program's aggregate extension
19base for levy year 2021 would have been if the program had
20levied a property tax for levy year 2021.
21    "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section
221-155.
23    "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final
24board of review or board of appeals action, of new
25improvements or additions to existing improvements on any
26parcel of real property that increase the assessed value of

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1that real property during the levy year multiplied by the
2equalization factor issued by the Department under Section
317-30, (ii) the assessed value, after final board of review or
4board of appeals action, of real property not exempt from real
5estate taxation, which real property was exempt from real
6estate taxation for any portion of the immediately preceding
7levy year, multiplied by the equalization factor issued by the
8Department under Section 17-30, including the assessed value,
9upon final stabilization of occupancy after new construction
10is complete, of any real property located within the
11boundaries of an otherwise or previously exempt military
12reservation that is intended for residential use and owned by
13or leased to a private corporation or other entity, (iii) in
14counties that classify in accordance with Section 4 of Article
15IX of the Illinois Constitution, an incentive property's
16additional assessed value resulting from a scheduled increase
17in the level of assessment as applied to the first year final
18board of review market value, and (iv) any increase in
19assessed value due to oil or gas production from an oil or gas
20well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic Fracturing
21Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted for
22during the previous levy year. In addition, the county clerk
23in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more shall
24include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any
25school district, any recovered tax increment value that was
26applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations.

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1    "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority
2organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a
3county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a
4population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000.
5    "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise
6provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's
7equalized assessed value, in the first year after a
8municipality terminates the designation of an area as a
9redevelopment project area previously established under the
10Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois
11Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial
12Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously
13established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax
14Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the
15Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of
16each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in
17the redevelopment project area over and above the initial
18equalized assessed value of each property in the redevelopment
19project area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997
20levy year, the recovered tax increment value for a non-home
21rule taxing district that first became subject to this Law for
22the 1995 levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized
23assessed value was in an affected county or counties shall be
24increased if a municipality terminated the designation of an
25area in 1993 as a redevelopment project area previously
26established under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment

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1Act in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously established
2under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois
3Municipal Code, or previously established under the Economic
4Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, by an amount
5equal to the 1994 equalized assessed value of each taxable
6lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the
7redevelopment project area over and above the initial
8equalized assessed value of each property in the redevelopment
9project area. In the first year after a municipality removes a
10taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property from a
11redevelopment project area established under the Tax Increment
12Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code,
13the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal
14Code, or the Economic Development Area Tax Increment
15Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value" means the
16amount of the current year's equalized assessed value of each
17taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property removed
18from the redevelopment project area over and above the initial
19equalized assessed value of that real property before removal
20from the redevelopment project area.
21    Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting
22rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last
23preceding aggregate extension base times an amount equal to
24one plus the extension limitation defined in this Section and
25the denominator of which is the current year's equalized
26assessed value of all real property in the territory under the

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1jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy
2year. For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate
3extension for the last preceding levy year, except for school
4districts that reduced their extension for educational
5purposes pursuant to Section 18-206, the highest aggregate
6extension in any of the last 3 preceding levy years shall be
7used for the purpose of computing the limiting rate. The
8denominator shall not include new property or the recovered
9tax increment value. If a new rate, a rate decrease, or a
10limiting rate increase has been approved at an election held
11after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise applicable
12limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of the new rate
13or shall be reduced by the amount of the rate decrease, as the
14case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting rate increase,
15the limiting rate shall be equal to the rate set forth in the
16proposition approved by the voters for each of the years
17specified in the proposition, after which the limiting rate of
18the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise provided.
19In the case of a taxing district that obtained referendum
20approval for an increased limiting rate on March 20, 2012, the
21limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be the rate that
22generates the approximate total amount of taxes extendable for
23that tax year, as set forth in the proposition approved by the
24voters; this rate shall be the final rate applied by the county
25clerk for the aggregate of all capped funds of the district for
26tax year 2012.

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1(Source: P.A. 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-311, eff. 8-6-21;
2102-519, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-707, eff.
34-22-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-895, eff. 5-23-22;
4103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-587, eff. 5-28-24; 103-591, eff.
57-1-24; 103-592, eff. 6-7-24; revised 7-9-24.)
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