HB0544eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0544 Engrossed LRB096 03056 HLH 13071 b

AN ACT concerning taxes.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section 5-1034 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1034) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1034)

Sec. 5-1034. Tax for provision of social services for senior citizens.

(a) The county board may annually impose a tax of not to exceed .025 percent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in the county for the purpose of providing social services for senior citizens as described in Sections 5-1005 and 5-1091.

(b) A county board that has not imposed a tax under subsection (a) may annually impose a tax of not to exceed .025 percent of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in the county for the purpose of providing human services. Prior to the submission of the question of the imposition of a tax for human services purposes under this subsection, the county board shall adopt, by ordinance or resolution, a human services plan providing the specific uses for which the tax revenue may be used.

(c) Neither tax may This tax shall not be levied in any county until the question of its adoption is submitted to the electors thereof and approved by a majority of those voting on the question. This question may be submitted at an election held in the county, after the adoption of a resolution by the County Board providing for the submission of the question at a referendum. The question shall be certified by the board to the proper election officials, who shall submit the question at an election held in accordance with the general election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in favor of the levy of such tax, it may thereafter be levied in such county for each succeeding year.

(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.