Bill Text: IL SB0626 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rules.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB0626 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB0626-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 626
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 626 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 11E-13 and by changing Sections 17-3 and 17-5 and as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/11E-13 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 11E-13. One elementary school district per high school | ||||||
8 | district. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | ||||||
9 | contrary, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
10 | Act of the 97th General Assembly, each high school district | ||||||
11 | shall contain only one elementary school district, which shall | ||||||
12 | have identical boundaries. Within 60 days after the effective | ||||||
13 | date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, on a | ||||||
14 | date set by the State Board of Education, a special election | ||||||
15 | must be held in each high school district to elect members to | ||||||
16 | the school board of the newly formed elementary school |
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1 | district, if needed. Each member of the elementary school | ||||||
2 | district's board shall be elected for a term of 4 years, except | ||||||
3 | that for the initial members of the board, 3 shall be elected | ||||||
4 | to serve a term that begins immediately after being elected and | ||||||
5 | expires upon the initial member's successor being elected at | ||||||
6 | the regular school election in April of 2013 and 4 shall be | ||||||
7 | elected to serve a term that begins immediately after being | ||||||
8 | elected and expires upon the initial member's successor being | ||||||
9 | elected at the regular school election in April of 2015.
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10 | (105 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-3)
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11 | Sec. 17-3. Additional levies-Submission to voters. | ||||||
12 | (a) The school board in any district having a population of | ||||||
13 | less than
500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause | ||||||
14 | a proposition to
increase, for a limited period of not less | ||||||
15 | than 3 nor more than 10 years or
for an unlimited period, the
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16 | annual tax rate for educational purposes to be submitted to
the | ||||||
17 | voters of such district at a regular scheduled election as
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18 | follows:
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19 | (1) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 8, or | ||||||
20 | grades 9 through
12, the maximum rate for educational | ||||||
21 | purposes shall not exceed 3.5% of the
value as equalized or | ||||||
22 | assessed by the Department of Revenue for taxes levied for | ||||||
23 | 2012 or prior years, not to exceed 3.2% for taxes levied | ||||||
24 | for 2013, not to exceed 2.9% for taxes levied for 2014, not | ||||||
25 | to exceed 2.6% for taxes levied for 2015, not to exceed |
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1 | 2.3% for taxes levied for 2016, and not to exceed 2.0% for | ||||||
2 | taxes levied for 2017 or thereafter ;
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3 | (2) in districts maintaining grades 1 through 12 the | ||||||
4 | maximum rate
for educational purposes shall not exceed | ||||||
5 | 4.00% of the value as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||
6 | Department of Revenue except that if a single
elementary | ||||||
7 | district and a secondary district having boundaries that | ||||||
8 | are
coterminous form a community
unit district
on or after | ||||||
9 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | ||||||
10 | General Assembly and the actual combined rate of the | ||||||
11 | elementary district and secondary district prior to the | ||||||
12 | formation of the community unit district is greater than | ||||||
13 | 4.00%, then the maximum rate for educational
purposes
for | ||||||
14 | such district shall be the following:
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15 | (A) For 2 years following the formation of the | ||||||
16 | community unit district, the maximum rate shall equal | ||||||
17 | the actual combined rate of the previous elementary | ||||||
18 | district and secondary district.
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19 | (B) In each subsequent year, the maximum rate shall | ||||||
20 | be reduced by 0.10% or reduced to 4.00%, whichever | ||||||
21 | reduction is less. The school board may, by proper | ||||||
22 | resolution, cause a proposition to increase the | ||||||
23 | reduced rate, not to exceed the maximum rate in clause | ||||||
24 | (A), to be submitted to the voters of the district at a | ||||||
25 | regular scheduled election as provided under this | ||||||
26 | Section. Nothing in this Section shall require that the |
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1 | maximum rate for educational purpose for a district | ||||||
2 | maintaining grades one through 12 be reduced below | ||||||
3 | 4.00%.
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4 | If the resolution of the school board seeks to increase the | ||||||
5 | annual tax rate
for educational purposes for a limited period | ||||||
6 | of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the proposition | ||||||
7 | shall
so state and shall identify the years for which the tax | ||||||
8 | increase is sought.
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9 | If
a majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in | ||||||
10 | favor
thereof at an election for which the election authorities | ||||||
11 | have given notice
either (i) in accordance with Section 12-5 of | ||||||
12 | the Election Code or (ii) by
publication of a true and legible | ||||||
13 | copy of the specimen ballot label containing
the proposition in | ||||||
14 | the form in which it appeared or will appear on the official
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15 | ballot label on the day of the election at least 5 days before | ||||||
16 | the day of the
election in at least one newspaper published in | ||||||
17 | and having a general
circulation in the district, the school | ||||||
18 | board may thereafter, until such
authority is
revoked in like | ||||||
19 | manner, levy annually the tax so authorized; provided that if
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20 | the proposition as approved limits the increase in the annual | ||||||
21 | tax rate of the
district for educational purposes to a period | ||||||
22 | of not less than 3 nor more than
10 years, the district may,
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23 | unless such authority is sooner revoked in like manner, levy | ||||||
24 | annually the tax
so authorized for the limited number of years | ||||||
25 | approved by a majority of the
votes cast on
the proposition. | ||||||
26 | Upon expiration of that limited period, the rate at which the
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1 | district may annually levy
its tax for educational purposes | ||||||
2 | shall be the rate provided under Section 17-2,
or the rate at | ||||||
3 | which the district last levied its tax for educational purposes
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4 | prior to approval of the proposition authorizing the levy of | ||||||
5 | that tax at an
increased rate, whichever is greater.
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6 | The school board shall certify the proposition to the | ||||||
7 | proper election
authorities
in accordance with the general | ||||||
8 | election law.
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9 | The provisions of this Section concerning notice of the tax | ||||||
10 | rate increase
referendum apply only to consolidated primary | ||||||
11 | elections held prior to January
1, 2002 at which not less than
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12 | 55% of the voters voting on the tax rate increase proposition | ||||||
13 | voted in favor
of the
tax rate increase proposition.
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14 | (b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
15 | of the 97th General Assembly, no elementary or high school | ||||||
16 | district established pursuant to Section 11E-13 of this Code | ||||||
17 | may levy taxes for educational purposes at a rate greater than | ||||||
18 | 2.0% of the value as equalized or assessed by the Department of | ||||||
19 | Revenue. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 94-52, eff. 6-17-05.)
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21 | (105 ILCS 5/17-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 17-5)
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22 | Sec. 17-5. Increase tax rates for operations and | ||||||
23 | maintenance purposes-
Maximum. | ||||||
24 | (a) The school board in any district having a population of | ||||||
25 | less than
500,000 inhabitants may, by proper resolution, cause |
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1 | a proposition to
increase the annual tax rate for operations | ||||||
2 | and maintenance purposes to be
submitted to the voters of the | ||||||
3 | district at a regular scheduled election.
The board shall | ||||||
4 | certify the proposition to the proper election authority
for | ||||||
5 | submission to the elector in accordance with the general | ||||||
6 | election law.
In districts maintaining grades 1 through 8,
or | ||||||
7 | grades 9 through 12, the maximum rate for operations and
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8 | maintenance purposes shall not exceed .55% for taxes levied for | ||||||
9 | 2012 or prior years, not to exceed 0.475% for taxes levied for | ||||||
10 | 2013, not to exceed 0.45% for taxes levied for 2014, not to | ||||||
11 | exceed 0.425% for taxes levied for 2015, not to exceed 0.40% | ||||||
12 | for taxes levied for 2016, and not to exceed 0.375% for taxes | ||||||
13 | levied for 2017 or thereafter ; and in districts maintaining
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14 | grades 1 through 12, the maximum rates for operations and
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15 | maintenance purposes shall not exceed .75%, except that if a | ||||||
16 | single elementary
district and a secondary district having | ||||||
17 | boundaries that are coterminous
on the effective date of this | ||||||
18 | amendatory Act form a community unit district
as authorized | ||||||
19 | under Section 11-6, the maximum rate for operation
and | ||||||
20 | maintenance purposes for such district shall not exceed 1.10% | ||||||
21 | of the
value as equalized or assessed by the Department of | ||||||
22 | Revenue; and in such
district maintaining grades 1 through 12, | ||||||
23 | funds may, subject to the
provisions of Section 17-5.1 | ||||||
24 | accumulate to not more than 5% of the
equalized assessed | ||||||
25 | valuation of the district. No such accumulation shall
ever be | ||||||
26 | transferred or used for any other purpose. If a majority of the
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1 | votes cast on the proposition is in favor thereof, the school | ||||||
2 | board may
thereafter, until such authority is revoked in like | ||||||
3 | manner, levy annually a
tax as authorized.
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4 | (b) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
5 | of the 97th General Assembly, no elementary or high school | ||||||
6 | district established pursuant to Section 11E-13 of this Code | ||||||
7 | may levy taxes for operations and maintenance purposes at a | ||||||
8 | rate greater than 0.375% of the value as equalized or assessed | ||||||
9 | by the Department of Revenue. | ||||||
10 | (Source: P.A. 86-1334.)
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11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 30, | ||||||
12 | 2011.".
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