Bill Text: IL SB2170 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Requires the imposition of a school facility occupation tax in a county if the electors of the county have approved a proposition for the tax. Provides that a school facility occupation tax imposed by approval of the electors may be reduced or discontinued if the electors have voted to reduce or discontinue the tax. Provides that the State will not limit or alter rights and powers so as to impair the rights and remedies of holders of bonds secured by proceeds of a school facility occupation tax. Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. Removes a sentence providing that a backdoor referendum is not required for alternate bonds if the proceeds backing the alternate bonds are realized from revenues obtained from a school facility occupation tax. Amends the School Code. Provides that a referendum shall not be required if the purchase, construction, or building of a school building is paid from funds received from the County School Facility Occupation Tax Law or from the proceeds of bonds secured by revenues obtained from that Law. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0542 [SB2170 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2170-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Requires the imposition of a school facility occupation tax in a county if the electors of the county have approved a proposition for the tax. Provides that a school facility occupation tax imposed by approval of the electors may be reduced or discontinued if the electors have voted to reduce or discontinue the tax. Provides that the State will not limit or alter rights and powers so as to impair the rights and remedies of holders of bonds secured by proceeds of a school facility occupation tax. Amends the Local Government Debt Reform Act. Removes a sentence providing that a backdoor referendum is not required for alternate bonds if the proceeds backing the alternate bonds are realized from revenues obtained from a school facility occupation tax. Amends the School Code. Provides that a referendum shall not be required if the purchase, construction, or building of a school building is paid from funds received from the County School Facility Occupation Tax Law or from the proceeds of bonds secured by revenues obtained from that Law. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0542 [SB2170 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB2170-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2170
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2170 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing | ||||||
5 | Section 5-1005 as follows:
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6 | (55 ILCS 5/5-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
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7 | Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
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8 | 1. To purchase and
and hold the real and personal | ||||||
9 | estate necessary for the
uses of the county, and to | ||||||
10 | purchase and hold, for the benefit of the
county, real | ||||||
11 | estate sold by virtue of judicial proceedings in which the
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12 | county is plaintiff. | ||||||
13 | 2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal | ||||||
14 | estate owned
by the county.
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15 | 3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in | ||||||
16 | relation to the
property and concerns of the county |
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1 | necessary to the exercise of its
corporate powers.
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2 | 4. To take all necessary measures and institute | ||||||
3 | proceedings to
enforce all laws for the prevention of | ||||||
4 | cruelty to animals.
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5 | 5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which | ||||||
6 | may be
erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for | ||||||
7 | purposes of
agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold | ||||||
8 | and use personal property
for the care and maintenance of | ||||||
9 | such real estate in connection with such
experimental | ||||||
10 | purposes.
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11 | 6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, | ||||||
12 | suitable
buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and | ||||||
13 | necessary branch
hospitals and/or a county sheltered care | ||||||
14 | home or county nursing home for
the care of such sick, | ||||||
15 | chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law
be proper | ||||||
16 | charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units, | ||||||
17 | and
to provide for the management of the same. The county | ||||||
18 | board may
establish rates to be paid by persons seeking | ||||||
19 | care and treatment in such
hospital or home in accordance | ||||||
20 | with their financial ability to meet such
charges, either | ||||||
21 | personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
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22 | insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units, | ||||||
23 | including the
State, for the care of sick, chronically ill | ||||||
24 | or infirm persons admitted
therein upon the request of such | ||||||
25 | governmental units. Any hospital
maintained by a county | ||||||
26 | under this Section is authorized to provide any
service and |
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1 | enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited | ||||||
2 | for
a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital | ||||||
3 | Licensing Act, incorporated
under the General | ||||||
4 | Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
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5 | under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the | ||||||
6 | Internal Revenue Code.
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7 | 7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting, | ||||||
8 | building,
maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian | ||||||
9 | public hospital located
within its limits as the county | ||||||
10 | board of the county shall deem proper.
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11 | 8. To purchase and hold real estate for the | ||||||
12 | preservation of forests,
prairies and other natural areas | ||||||
13 | and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.
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14 | 9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of | ||||||
15 | preserving
historical spots in the county, to restore, | ||||||
16 | maintain and regulate the
use thereof and to donate any | ||||||
17 | historical spot to the State.
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18 | 10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||||||
19 | used in
any manner to be determined by the board for the | ||||||
20 | suppression,
eradication and control of tuberculosis among | ||||||
21 | domestic cattle in such county.
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22 | 11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest | ||||||
23 | fires and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees | ||||||
24 | and the preservation of forests.
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25 | 12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of | ||||||
26 | all
offices of all county officers at the county seat of |
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1 | each county, and to
otherwise regulate and fix the days and | ||||||
2 | the hours of opening and closing
of such offices, except | ||||||
3 | when the days and the hours of opening and
closing of the | ||||||
4 | office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
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5 | but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the | ||||||
6 | office of State's
Attorney and the offices of judges and | ||||||
7 | clerks of courts and, in counties of
500,000 or more | ||||||
8 | population, the offices of county clerk.
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9 | 13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
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10 | propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure | ||||||
11 | of funds
provided for such purpose.
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12 | 14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and | ||||||
13 | expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis | ||||||
14 | residents.
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15 | 15. In counties having less than 1,000,000 | ||||||
16 | inhabitants, to
take all necessary or proper steps for the | ||||||
17 | extermination of mosquitoes,
flies or other insects within | ||||||
18 | the county.
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19 | 16. To install an adequate system of accounts and | ||||||
20 | financial
records in the offices and divisions of the | ||||||
21 | county, suitable to the
needs of the office and in | ||||||
22 | accordance with generally accepted principles
of | ||||||
23 | accounting for governmental bodies, which system may | ||||||
24 | include such
reports as the county board may determine.
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25 | 17. To purchase and hold real estate for the | ||||||
26 | construction and
maintenance of motor vehicle parking |
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1 | facilities for persons using county
buildings, but the | ||||||
2 | purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
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3 | revenue producing purposes.
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4 | 18. To acquire and hold title to real property located | ||||||
5 | within
the county, or partly within and partly outside the | ||||||
6 | county by
dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for | ||||||
7 | park and recreational
purposes and to charge reasonable | ||||||
8 | fees for the use of or admission to
any such park or | ||||||
9 | recreational area and to provide police protection for
such | ||||||
10 | park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide | ||||||
11 | such
police protection shall be conservators of the peace | ||||||
12 | within such park or
recreational area and shall have power | ||||||
13 | to make arrests on view of the
offense or upon warrants for | ||||||
14 | violation of any of the ordinances
governing such park or | ||||||
15 | recreational area or for any breach of the peace
in the | ||||||
16 | same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
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17 | existing under the general laws of the State. All such real | ||||||
18 | property outside
the county shall be contiguous to the | ||||||
19 | county and within the boundaries of
the State of Illinois.
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20 | 19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | ||||||
21 | used
to provide supportive social services designed to | ||||||
22 | prevent the unnecessary
institutionalization of elderly | ||||||
23 | residents, or, for operation of, and
equipment for, senior | ||||||
24 | citizen centers providing social services to elderly
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25 | residents.
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26 | 20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and |
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1 | loan such funds
to a county water commission created under | ||||||
2 | the "Water Commission Act",
approved June 30, 1984, as now | ||||||
3 | or hereafter amended, in such amounts and
upon such terms | ||||||
4 | as the county may determine or the county and the
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5 | commission may agree. The county shall not under any | ||||||
6 | circumstances be
obligated to make such loans. The county | ||||||
7 | shall not be required to charge
interest on any such loans.
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8 | 21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county | ||||||
9 | treasury for economic development purposes, including the | ||||||
10 | making of grants to any other governmental entity or | ||||||
11 | commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for | ||||||
12 | the promotion of economic development in the county.
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13 | 22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a | ||||||
14 | public or private entity. | ||||||
15 | 23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less | ||||||
16 | and a public building commission organized by the county | ||||||
17 | seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise | ||||||
18 | provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained, | ||||||
19 | suitable facilities to house students pursuing a | ||||||
20 | post-secondary education at an academic institution | ||||||
21 | located within the county. The county may provide for the | ||||||
22 | management of the facilities. | ||||||
23 | All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section | ||||||
24 | shall be
subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the | ||||||
25 | use of Illinois mined
coal in certain plants and institutions", | ||||||
26 | filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09; | ||||||
2 | 96-622, eff. 8-24-09.)".
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