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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB0440 Introduced 1/23/2013, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| | 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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| | SB0440 | | LRB098 04580 HLH 34608 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning revenue.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 27-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be |
| 8 | | cited as the
the
Special Service Area Tax Law. |
| 9 | | When used in this Article:
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| 10 | | "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a |
| 11 | | municipality
or county in which special governmental services |
| 12 | | are provided in
addition to those services provided generally |
| 13 | | throughout the
municipality or county, the cost of the special |
| 14 | | services to be paid
from revenues collected from taxes levied |
| 15 | | or imposed upon property
within that area. Territory shall be |
| 16 | | considered contiguous for purposes
of this Article even though |
| 17 | | certain completely surrounded portions of the
territory are |
| 18 | | excluded from the special service area. A county may create
a |
| 19 | | special service area within a municipality or municipalities |
| 20 | | when the
municipality or municipalities consent to the creation |
| 21 | | of the special
service area. A municipality may create a |
| 22 | | special service area within a
municipality and the |
| 23 | | unincorporated area of a county or within another
municipality |