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| 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008SB0188
  Introduced 1/31/2007, by Sen. Dan Cronin  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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| 105 ILCS 5/18-1 |   from Ch. 122, par. 18-1 |  
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    Amends the School Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
Common School Fund.
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|  |  | SB0188 |  | LRB095 07207 NHT 27341 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,  | 
| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly: 
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section  | 
| 5 |  | 18-1 as follows:
 
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| 6 |  |     (105 ILCS 5/18-1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 18-1)
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| 7 |  |     Sec. 18-1. Moneys
constituting fund. The
The common school  | 
| 8 |  | fund of the state shall consist of any sums accredited
thereto  | 
| 9 |  | in pursuance of law, of the interest on the school fund proper,
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| 10 |  | which fund is 3% upon the proceeds of the sales of public lands  | 
| 11 |  | in the
State, 1/6 part excepted; and the interest on the  | 
| 12 |  | surplus revenue
distributed by Act of Congress and made part of  | 
| 13 |  | the common school fund by
Act of the legislature, March 4,  | 
| 14 |  | 1837. The interest on the school fund
proper and the surplus  | 
| 15 |  | revenue shall be paid by the State annually at the
rate of 6%,  | 
| 16 |  | and shall be distributed as provided by law. | 
| 17 |  | (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)
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