Bill Text: IL SB1723 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Special Service Area Tax Law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Re-referred to Assignments; Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b). [SB1723 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1723-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1723 Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 200/27-5
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Special Service Area Tax Law.
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A BILL FOR
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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
Section 27-5 as follows:
(35 ILCS 200/27-5)
Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
cited as the the Special Service Area Tax Law.
When used in this Article:
"Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a
municipality or county in which special governmental services
are provided in addition to those services provided generally
throughout the municipality or county, the cost of the special
services to be paid from revenues collected from taxes levied
or imposed upon property within that area. Territory shall be
considered contiguous for purposes of this Article even though
certain completely surrounded portions of the territory are
excluded from the special service area. A county may create a
special service area within a municipality or municipalities
when the municipality or municipalities consent to the creation
of the special service area. A municipality may create a
special service area within a municipality and the
unincorporated area of a county or within another municipality

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when the county or other municipality consents to the creation
of the special service area.
"Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
including but not limited to weather modification and
improvements permissible under Article 9 of the Illinois
Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of water as
described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code
which may be entered into by the municipality or by the county
on behalf of a county service area.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)