103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0196 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Effective immediately. LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0196 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Effective immediately. LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0196 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Effective immediately. LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b A BILL FOR SB0196LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 AN ACT concerning revenue. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing 5 Sections 18-185, 18-205, and 18-212 and by adding Section 6 18-207 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 200/18-185) 8 Sec. 18-185. Short title; definitions. This Division 5 9 may be cited as the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law. As 10 used in this Division 5: 11 "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for 12 All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United 13 States Department of Labor. 14 "Extension limitation" means, for taxable years prior to 15 2024: (a) the lesser of 5% or the percentage increase in the 16 Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year 17 preceding the levy year; or (b) the rate of increase approved 18 by voters under Section 18-205. 19 "Extension limitation" means, for taxable year 2024 and 20 thereafter: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage 21 increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years 22 immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension 23 limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0196 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years upon referendum approval initiated by the submission of a petition by the voters of the district. Provides that the extension limitation shall be: (a) the lesser of 5% or the average percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 10 years immediately preceding the levy year for which the extension limitation is being calculated; or (b) the rate of increase approved by the voters. Effective immediately. LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b A BILL FOR 35 ILCS 200/18-185 35 ILCS 200/18-205 35 ILCS 200/18-207 new 35 ILCS 200/18-212 LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 2 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 2 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 2 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 approved by voters under Section 18-205. 2 "Affected county" means a county of 3,000,000 or more 3 inhabitants or a county contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or 4 more inhabitants. 5 "Taxing district" has the same meaning provided in Section 6 1-150, except as otherwise provided in this Section. For the 7 1991 through 1994 levy years only, "taxing district" includes 8 only each non-home rule taxing district having the majority of 9 its 1990 equalized assessed value within any county or 10 counties contiguous to a county with 3,000,000 or more 11 inhabitants. Beginning with the 1995 levy year, "taxing 12 district" includes only each non-home rule taxing district 13 subject to this Law before the 1995 levy year and each non-home 14 rule taxing district not subject to this Law before the 1995 15 levy year having the majority of its 1994 equalized assessed 16 value in an affected county or counties. Beginning with the 17 levy year in which this Law becomes applicable to a taxing 18 district as provided in Section 18-213, "taxing district" also 19 includes those taxing districts made subject to this Law as 20 provided in Section 18-213. 21 "Aggregate extension" for taxing districts to which this 22 Law applied before the 1995 levy year means the annual 23 corporate extension for the taxing district and those special 24 purpose extensions that are made annually for the taxing 25 district, excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for 26 the taxing district to pay interest or principal on general SB0196 - 2 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 3 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 3 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 3 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 obligation bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made 2 for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on 3 general obligation bonds issued before October 1, 1991; (c) 4 made for any taxing district to pay interest or principal on 5 bonds issued to refund or continue to refund those bonds 6 issued before October 1, 1991; (d) made for any taxing 7 district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued to 8 refund or continue to refund bonds issued after October 1, 9 1991 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing 10 district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued 11 before October 1, 1991 for payment of which a property tax levy 12 or the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is 13 pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or 14 principal on those bonds shall be made only after the 15 governing body of the unit of local government finds that all 16 other sources for payment are insufficient to make those 17 payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission 18 lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds 19 issued by the commission before October 1, 1991, to pay for the 20 building project; (g) made for payments due under installment 21 contracts entered into before October 1, 1991; (h) made for 22 payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under the 23 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act to finance 24 construction projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (i) 25 made for payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, 26 as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform SB0196 - 3 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 4 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 4 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 4 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 Act, in an amount not to exceed the debt service extension base 2 less the amount in items (b), (c), (e), and (h) of this 3 definition for non-referendum obligations, except obligations 4 initially issued pursuant to referendum; (j) made for payments 5 of principal and interest on bonds issued under Section 15 of 6 the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made by a school 7 district that participates in the Special Education District 8 of Lake County, created by special education joint agreement 9 under Section 10-22.31 of the School Code, for payment of the 10 school district's share of the amounts required to be 11 contributed by the Special Education District of Lake County 12 to the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund under Article 7 of 13 the Illinois Pension Code; the amount of any extension under 14 this item (k) shall be certified by the school district to the 15 county clerk; (l) made to fund expenses of providing joint 16 recreational programs for persons with disabilities under 17 Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of 18 the Illinois Municipal Code; (m) made for temporary relocation 19 loan repayment purposes pursuant to Sections 2-3.77 and 20 17-2.2d of the School Code; (n) made for payment of principal 21 and interest on any bonds issued under the authority of 22 Section 17-2.2d of the School Code; (o) made for contributions 23 to a firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the 24 Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified 25 under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code; 26 and (p) made for road purposes in the first year after a SB0196 - 4 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 5 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 5 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 5 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 township assumes the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, 2 liabilities, obligations, and responsibilities of a road 3 district abolished under the provisions of Section 6-133 of 4 the Illinois Highway Code. 5 "Aggregate extension" for the taxing districts to which 6 this Law did not apply before the 1995 levy year (except taxing 7 districts subject to this Law in accordance with Section 8 18-213) means the annual corporate extension for the taxing 9 district and those special purpose extensions that are made 10 annually for the taxing district, excluding special purpose 11 extensions: (a) made for the taxing district to pay interest 12 or principal on general obligation bonds that were approved by 13 referendum; (b) made for any taxing district to pay interest 14 or principal on general obligation bonds issued before March 15 1, 1995; (c) made for any taxing district to pay interest or 16 principal on bonds issued to refund or continue to refund 17 those bonds issued before March 1, 1995; (d) made for any 18 taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued 19 to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after March 1, 20 1995 that were approved by referendum; (e) made for any taxing 21 district to pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued 22 before March 1, 1995 for payment of which a property tax levy 23 or the full faith and credit of the unit of local government is 24 pledged; however, a tax for the payment of interest or 25 principal on those bonds shall be made only after the 26 governing body of the unit of local government finds that all SB0196 - 5 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 6 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 6 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 6 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 other sources for payment are insufficient to make those 2 payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission 3 lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds 4 issued by the commission before March 1, 1995 to pay for the 5 building project; (g) made for payments due under installment 6 contracts entered into before March 1, 1995; (h) made for 7 payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under the 8 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act to finance 9 construction projects initiated before October 1, 1991; (h-4) 10 made for stormwater management purposes by the Metropolitan 11 Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago under Section 12 12 of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act; (h-8) made 13 for payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under 14 Section 9.6a of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District 15 Act to make contributions to the pension fund established 16 under Article 13 of the Illinois Pension Code; (i) made for 17 payments of principal and interest on limited bonds, as 18 defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act, 19 in an amount not to exceed the debt service extension base less 20 the amount in items (b), (c), and (e) of this definition for 21 non-referendum obligations, except obligations initially 22 issued pursuant to referendum and bonds described in 23 subsections (h) and (h-8) of this definition; (j) made for 24 payments of principal and interest on bonds issued under 25 Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act; (k) made 26 for payments of principal and interest on bonds authorized by SB0196 - 6 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 7 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 7 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 7 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago 2 Park District Act for aquarium or museum projects and bonds 3 issued under Section 20a of the Chicago Park District Act for 4 the purpose of making contributions to the pension fund 5 established under Article 12 of the Illinois Pension Code; (l) 6 made for payments of principal and interest on bonds 7 authorized by Public Act 87-1191 or 93-601 and (i) issued 8 pursuant to Section 21.2 of the Cook County Forest Preserve 9 District Act, (ii) issued under Section 42 of the Cook County 10 Forest Preserve District Act for zoological park projects, or 11 (iii) issued under Section 44.1 of the Cook County Forest 12 Preserve District Act for botanical gardens projects; (m) made 13 pursuant to Section 34-53.5 of the School Code, whether levied 14 annually or not; (n) made to fund expenses of providing joint 15 recreational programs for persons with disabilities under 16 Section 5-8 of the Park District Code or Section 11-95-14 of 17 the Illinois Municipal Code; (o) made by the Chicago Park 18 District for recreational programs for persons with 19 disabilities under subsection (c) of Section 7.06 of the 20 Chicago Park District Act; (p) made for contributions to a 21 firefighter's pension fund created under Article 4 of the 22 Illinois Pension Code, to the extent of the amount certified 23 under item (5) of Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code; 24 (q) made by Ford Heights School District 169 under Section 25 17-9.02 of the School Code; and (r) made for the purpose of 26 making employer contributions to the Public School Teachers' SB0196 - 7 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 8 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 8 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 8 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago under Section 34-53 of 2 the School Code. 3 "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which 4 this Law applies in accordance with Section 18-213, except for 5 those taxing districts subject to paragraph (2) of subsection 6 (e) of Section 18-213, means the annual corporate extension 7 for the taxing district and those special purpose extensions 8 that are made annually for the taxing district, excluding 9 special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing district 10 to pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds that 11 were approved by referendum; (b) made for any taxing district 12 to pay interest or principal on general obligation bonds 13 issued before the date on which the referendum making this Law 14 applicable to the taxing district is held; (c) made for any 15 taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued 16 to refund or continue to refund those bonds issued before the 17 date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the 18 taxing district is held; (d) made for any taxing district to 19 pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or 20 continue to refund bonds issued after the date on which the 21 referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district 22 is held if the bonds were approved by referendum after the date 23 on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the 24 taxing district is held; (e) made for any taxing district to 25 pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before the 26 date on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the SB0196 - 8 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 9 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 9 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 9 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 taxing district is held for payment of which a property tax 2 levy or the full faith and credit of the unit of local 3 government is pledged; however, a tax for the payment of 4 interest or principal on those bonds shall be made only after 5 the governing body of the unit of local government finds that 6 all other sources for payment are insufficient to make those 7 payments; (f) made for payments under a building commission 8 lease when the lease payments are for the retirement of bonds 9 issued by the commission before the date on which the 10 referendum making this Law applicable to the taxing district 11 is held to pay for the building project; (g) made for payments 12 due under installment contracts entered into before the date 13 on which the referendum making this Law applicable to the 14 taxing district is held; (h) made for payments of principal 15 and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the 16 Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed 17 the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b), 18 (c), and (e) of this definition for non-referendum 19 obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to 20 referendum; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on 21 bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt 22 Reform Act; (j) made for a qualified airport authority to pay 23 interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued for 24 the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing 25 airport facilities required to be acquired, constructed, 26 installed or equipped pursuant to, contracts entered into SB0196 - 9 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 10 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 10 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 10 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 before March 1, 1996 (but not including any amendments to such 2 a contract taking effect on or after that date); (k) made to 3 fund expenses of providing joint recreational programs for 4 persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park 5 District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal 6 Code; (l) made for contributions to a firefighter's pension 7 fund created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension Code, to 8 the extent of the amount certified under item (5) of Section 9 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code; and (m) made for the taxing 10 district to pay interest or principal on general obligation 11 bonds issued pursuant to Section 19-3.10 of the School Code. 12 "Aggregate extension" for all taxing districts to which 13 this Law applies in accordance with paragraph (2) of 14 subsection (e) of Section 18-213 means the annual corporate 15 extension for the taxing district and those special purpose 16 extensions that are made annually for the taxing district, 17 excluding special purpose extensions: (a) made for the taxing 18 district to pay interest or principal on general obligation 19 bonds that were approved by referendum; (b) made for any 20 taxing district to pay interest or principal on general 21 obligation bonds issued before March 7, 1997 (the effective 22 date of Public Act 89-718); (c) made for any taxing district to 23 pay interest or principal on bonds issued to refund or 24 continue to refund those bonds issued before March 7, 1997 25 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718); (d) made for any 26 taxing district to pay interest or principal on bonds issued SB0196 - 10 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 11 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 11 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 11 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 to refund or continue to refund bonds issued after March 7, 2 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) if the bonds 3 were approved by referendum after March 7, 1997 (the effective 4 date of Public Act 89-718); (e) made for any taxing district to 5 pay interest or principal on revenue bonds issued before March 6 7, 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) for payment 7 of which a property tax levy or the full faith and credit of 8 the unit of local government is pledged; however, a tax for the 9 payment of interest or principal on those bonds shall be made 10 only after the governing body of the unit of local government 11 finds that all other sources for payment are insufficient to 12 make those payments; (f) made for payments under a building 13 commission lease when the lease payments are for the 14 retirement of bonds issued by the commission before March 7, 15 1997 (the effective date of Public Act 89-718) to pay for the 16 building project; (g) made for payments due under installment 17 contracts entered into before March 7, 1997 (the effective 18 date of Public Act 89-718); (h) made for payments of principal 19 and interest on limited bonds, as defined in Section 3 of the 20 Local Government Debt Reform Act, in an amount not to exceed 21 the debt service extension base less the amount in items (b), 22 (c), and (e) of this definition for non-referendum 23 obligations, except obligations initially issued pursuant to 24 referendum; (i) made for payments of principal and interest on 25 bonds issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt 26 Reform Act; (j) made for a qualified airport authority to pay SB0196 - 11 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 12 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 12 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 12 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 interest or principal on general obligation bonds issued for 2 the purpose of paying obligations due under, or financing 3 airport facilities required to be acquired, constructed, 4 installed or equipped pursuant to, contracts entered into 5 before March 1, 1996 (but not including any amendments to such 6 a contract taking effect on or after that date); (k) made to 7 fund expenses of providing joint recreational programs for 8 persons with disabilities under Section 5-8 of the Park 9 District Code or Section 11-95-14 of the Illinois Municipal 10 Code; and (l) made for contributions to a firefighter's 11 pension fund created under Article 4 of the Illinois Pension 12 Code, to the extent of the amount certified under item (5) of 13 Section 4-134 of the Illinois Pension Code. 14 "Debt service extension base" means an amount equal to 15 that portion of the extension for a taxing district for the 16 1994 levy year, or for those taxing districts subject to this 17 Law in accordance with Section 18-213, except for those 18 subject to paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of Section 18-213, 19 for the levy year in which the referendum making this Law 20 applicable to the taxing district is held, or for those taxing 21 districts subject to this Law in accordance with paragraph (2) 22 of subsection (e) of Section 18-213 for the 1996 levy year, 23 constituting an extension for payment of principal and 24 interest on bonds issued by the taxing district without 25 referendum, but not including excluded non-referendum bonds. 26 For park districts (i) that were first subject to this Law in SB0196 - 12 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 13 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 13 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 13 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 1991 or 1995 and (ii) whose extension for the 1994 levy year 2 for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by 3 the park district without referendum (but not including 4 excluded non-referendum bonds) was less than 51% of the amount 5 for the 1991 levy year constituting an extension for payment 6 of principal and interest on bonds issued by the park district 7 without referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum 8 bonds), "debt service extension base" means an amount equal to 9 that portion of the extension for the 1991 levy year 10 constituting an extension for payment of principal and 11 interest on bonds issued by the park district without 12 referendum (but not including excluded non-referendum bonds). 13 A debt service extension base established or increased at any 14 time pursuant to any provision of this Law, except Section 15 18-212, shall be increased each year commencing with the later 16 of (i) the 2009 levy year or (ii) the first levy year in which 17 this Law becomes applicable to the taxing district, by the 18 extension limitation lesser of 5% or the percentage increase 19 in the Consumer Price Index during the 12-month calendar year 20 preceding the levy year. The debt service extension base may 21 be established or increased as provided under Section 18-212. 22 "Excluded non-referendum bonds" means (i) bonds authorized by 23 Public Act 88-503 and issued under Section 20a of the Chicago 24 Park District Act for aquarium and museum projects; (ii) bonds 25 issued under Section 15 of the Local Government Debt Reform 26 Act; or (iii) refunding obligations issued to refund or to SB0196 - 13 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 14 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 14 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 14 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 continue to refund obligations initially issued pursuant to 2 referendum. 3 "Special purpose extensions" include, but are not limited 4 to, extensions for levies made on an annual basis for 5 unemployment and workers' compensation, self-insurance, 6 contributions to pension plans, and extensions made pursuant 7 to Section 6-601 of the Illinois Highway Code for a road 8 district's permanent road fund whether levied annually or not. 9 The extension for a special service area is not included in the 10 aggregate extension. 11 "Aggregate extension base" means the taxing district's 12 last preceding aggregate extension as adjusted under Sections 13 18-135, 18-215, 18-230, 18-206, and 18-233. Beginning with 14 levy year 2022, for taxing districts that are specified in 15 Section 18-190.7, the taxing district's aggregate extension 16 base shall be calculated as provided in Section 18-190.7. An 17 adjustment under Section 18-135 shall be made for the 2007 18 levy year and all subsequent levy years whenever one or more 19 counties within which a taxing district is located (i) used 20 estimated valuations or rates when extending taxes in the 21 taxing district for the last preceding levy year that resulted 22 in the over or under extension of taxes, or (ii) increased or 23 decreased the tax extension for the last preceding levy year 24 as required by Section 18-135(c). Whenever an adjustment is 25 required under Section 18-135, the aggregate extension base of 26 the taxing district shall be equal to the amount that the SB0196 - 14 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 15 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 15 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 15 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 aggregate extension of the taxing district would have been for 2 the last preceding levy year if either or both (i) actual, 3 rather than estimated, valuations or rates had been used to 4 calculate the extension of taxes for the last levy year, or 5 (ii) the tax extension for the last preceding levy year had not 6 been adjusted as required by subsection (c) of Section 18-135. 7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year 8 2012, the aggregate extension base for West Northfield School 9 District No. 31 in Cook County shall be $12,654,592. 10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for levy year 11 2022, the aggregate extension base of a home equity assurance 12 program that levied at least $1,000,000 in property taxes in 13 levy year 2019 or 2020 under the Home Equity Assurance Act 14 shall be the amount that the program's aggregate extension 15 base for levy year 2021 would have been if the program had 16 levied a property tax for levy year 2021. 17 "Levy year" has the same meaning as "year" under Section 18 1-155. 19 "New property" means (i) the assessed value, after final 20 board of review or board of appeals action, of new 21 improvements or additions to existing improvements on any 22 parcel of real property that increase the assessed value of 23 that real property during the levy year multiplied by the 24 equalization factor issued by the Department under Section 25 17-30, (ii) the assessed value, after final board of review or 26 board of appeals action, of real property not exempt from real SB0196 - 15 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 16 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 16 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 16 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 estate taxation, which real property was exempt from real 2 estate taxation for any portion of the immediately preceding 3 levy year, multiplied by the equalization factor issued by the 4 Department under Section 17-30, including the assessed value, 5 upon final stabilization of occupancy after new construction 6 is complete, of any real property located within the 7 boundaries of an otherwise or previously exempt military 8 reservation that is intended for residential use and owned by 9 or leased to a private corporation or other entity, (iii) in 10 counties that classify in accordance with Section 4 of Article 11 IX of the Illinois Constitution, an incentive property's 12 additional assessed value resulting from a scheduled increase 13 in the level of assessment as applied to the first year final 14 board of review market value, and (iv) any increase in 15 assessed value due to oil or gas production from an oil or gas 16 well required to be permitted under the Hydraulic Fracturing 17 Regulatory Act that was not produced in or accounted for 18 during the previous levy year. In addition, the county clerk 19 in a county containing a population of 3,000,000 or more shall 20 include in the 1997 recovered tax increment value for any 21 school district, any recovered tax increment value that was 22 applicable to the 1995 tax year calculations. 23 "Qualified airport authority" means an airport authority 24 organized under the Airport Authorities Act and located in a 25 county bordering on the State of Wisconsin and having a 26 population in excess of 200,000 and not greater than 500,000. SB0196 - 16 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 17 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 17 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 17 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 "Recovered tax increment value" means, except as otherwise 2 provided in this paragraph, the amount of the current year's 3 equalized assessed value, in the first year after a 4 municipality terminates the designation of an area as a 5 redevelopment project area previously established under the 6 Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois 7 Municipal Code, previously established under the Industrial 8 Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously 9 established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax 10 Increment Act of 1995, or previously established under the 11 Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, of 12 each taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in 13 the redevelopment project area over and above the initial 14 equalized assessed value of each property in the redevelopment 15 project area. For the taxes which are extended for the 1997 16 levy year, the recovered tax increment value for a non-home 17 rule taxing district that first became subject to this Law for 18 the 1995 levy year because a majority of its 1994 equalized 19 assessed value was in an affected county or counties shall be 20 increased if a municipality terminated the designation of an 21 area in 1993 as a redevelopment project area previously 22 established under the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment 23 Act in the Illinois Municipal Code, previously established 24 under the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois 25 Municipal Code, or previously established under the Economic 26 Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act, by an amount SB0196 - 17 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 18 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 18 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 18 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 equal to the 1994 equalized assessed value of each taxable 2 lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property in the 3 redevelopment project area over and above the initial 4 equalized assessed value of each property in the redevelopment 5 project area. In the first year after a municipality removes a 6 taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property from a 7 redevelopment project area established under the Tax Increment 8 Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code, 9 the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law in the Illinois Municipal 10 Code, or the Economic Development Area Tax Increment 11 Allocation Act, "recovered tax increment value" means the 12 amount of the current year's equalized assessed value of each 13 taxable lot, block, tract, or parcel of real property removed 14 from the redevelopment project area over and above the initial 15 equalized assessed value of that real property before removal 16 from the redevelopment project area. 17 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, "limiting 18 rate" means a fraction the numerator of which is the last 19 preceding aggregate extension base (as reduced by Section 20 18-207, if applicable) times an amount equal to one plus the 21 extension limitation defined in this Section and the 22 denominator of which is the current year's equalized assessed 23 value of all real property in the territory under the 24 jurisdiction of the taxing district during the prior levy 25 year. For those taxing districts that reduced their aggregate 26 extension for the last preceding levy year, except for school SB0196 - 18 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 19 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 19 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 19 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 districts that reduced their extension for educational 2 purposes pursuant to Section 18-206 and taxing districts that 3 reduced their aggregate extension pursuant to Section 18-207, 4 the highest aggregate extension in any of the last 3 preceding 5 levy years shall be used for the purpose of computing the 6 limiting rate. The denominator shall not include new property 7 or the recovered tax increment value. If a new rate, a rate 8 decrease, or a limiting rate increase has been approved at an 9 election held after March 21, 2006, then (i) the otherwise 10 applicable limiting rate shall be increased by the amount of 11 the new rate or shall be reduced by the amount of the rate 12 decrease, as the case may be, or (ii) in the case of a limiting 13 rate increase, the limiting rate shall be equal to the rate set 14 forth in the proposition approved by the voters for each of the 15 years specified in the proposition, after which the limiting 16 rate of the taxing district shall be calculated as otherwise 17 provided. In the case of a taxing district that obtained 18 referendum approval for an increased limiting rate on March 19 20, 2012, the limiting rate for tax year 2012 shall be the rate 20 that generates the approximate total amount of taxes 21 extendable for that tax year, as set forth in the proposition 22 approved by the voters; this rate shall be the final rate 23 applied by the county clerk for the aggregate of all capped 24 funds of the district for tax year 2012. 25 (Source: P.A. 102-263, eff. 8-6-21; 102-311, eff. 8-6-21; 26 102-519, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-707, eff. SB0196 - 19 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 20 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 20 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 20 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 4-22-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-895, eff. 5-23-22; revised 2 8-29-22.) 3 (35 ILCS 200/18-205) 4 Sec. 18-205. Referendum to increase the extension 5 limitation. A taxing district is limited to an extension 6 limitation as defined in Section 18-185 of 5% or the 7 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 8 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year, whichever is 9 less. A taxing district may increase its extension limitation 10 for one or more levy years if that taxing district holds a 11 referendum before the levy date for the first levy year at 12 which a majority of voters voting on the issue approves 13 adoption of a higher extension limitation. Referenda shall be 14 conducted at a regularly scheduled election in accordance with 15 the Election Code. The question shall be presented in 16 substantially the following manner for all elections held 17 after March 21, 2006: 18 Shall the extension limitation under the Property Tax 19 Extension Limitation Law for (insert the legal name, 20 number, if any, and county or counties of the taxing 21 district and geographic or other common name by which a 22 school or community college district is known and referred 23 to), Illinois, be increased from (the extension limitation 24 under item (a) of the definition of extension limitation 25 in Section 18-185) the lesser of 5% or the percentage SB0196 - 20 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 21 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 21 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 21 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 increase in the Consumer Price Index over the prior levy 2 year to (insert the percentage of the proposed increase)% 3 per year for (insert each levy year for which the 4 increased extension limitation will apply)? 5 The votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". 6 If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the 7 adoption of the increase, the increase shall be applicable for 8 each levy year specified. 9 The ballot for any question submitted pursuant to this 10 Section shall have printed thereon, but not as a part of the 11 question submitted, only the following supplemental 12 information (which shall be supplied to the election authority 13 by the taxing district) in substantially the following form: 14 (1) For the (insert the first levy year for which the 15 increased extension limitation will be applicable) levy 16 year the approximate amount of the additional tax 17 extendable against property containing a single family 18 residence and having a fair market value at the time of the 19 referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $.... 20 (2) Based upon an average annual percentage increase 21 (or decrease) in the market value of such property of ...% 22 (insert percentage equal to the average annual percentage 23 increase or decrease for the prior 3 levy years, at the 24 time the submission of the question is initiated by the 25 taxing district, in the amount of (A) the equalized 26 assessed value of the taxable property in the taxing SB0196 - 21 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 22 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 22 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 22 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 district less (B) the new property included in the 2 equalized assessed value), the approximate amount of the 3 additional tax extendable against such property for the 4 ... levy year is estimated to be $... and for the ... levy 5 year is estimated to be $.... 6 Paragraph (2) shall be included only if the increased 7 extension limitation will be applicable for more than one year 8 and shall list each levy year for which the increased 9 extension limitation will be applicable. The additional tax 10 shown for each levy year shall be the approximate dollar 11 amount of the increase over the amount of the most recently 12 completed extension at the time the submission of the question 13 is initiated by the taxing district. The approximate amount of 14 the additional tax extendable shown in paragraphs (1) and (2) 15 shall be calculated by multiplying $100,000 (the fair market 16 value of the property without regard to any property tax 17 exemptions) by (i) the percentage level of assessment 18 prescribed for that property by statute, or by ordinance of 19 the county board in counties that classify property for 20 purposes of taxation in accordance with Section 4 of Article 21 IX of the Illinois Constitution; (ii) the most recent final 22 equalization factor certified to the county clerk by the 23 Department of Revenue at the time the taxing district 24 initiates the submission of the proposition to the electors; 25 (iii) the last known aggregate extension base of the taxing 26 district at the time the submission of the question is SB0196 - 22 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 23 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 23 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 23 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 initiated by the taxing district; and (iv) the difference 2 between the percentage increase proposed in the question and 3 the otherwise applicable extension limitation lesser of 5% or 4 the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 5 prior levy year (or an estimate of the percentage increase for 6 the prior levy year if the increase is unavailable at the time 7 the submission of the question is initiated by the taxing 8 district); and dividing the result by the last known equalized 9 assessed value of the taxing district at the time the 10 submission of the question is initiated by the taxing 11 district. This amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly is 12 intended to clarify the existing requirements of this Section, 13 and shall not be construed to validate any prior non-compliant 14 referendum language. Any notice required to be published in 15 connection with the submission of the question shall also 16 contain this supplemental information and shall not contain 17 any other supplemental information. Any error, miscalculation, 18 or inaccuracy in computing any amount set forth on the ballot 19 or in the notice that is not deliberate shall not invalidate or 20 affect the validity of any proposition approved. Notice of the 21 referendum shall be published and posted as otherwise required 22 by law, and the submission of the question shall be initiated 23 as provided by law. 24 (Source: P.A. 97-1087, eff. 8-24-12.) 25 (35 ILCS 200/18-207 new) SB0196 - 23 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 24 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 24 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 24 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 Sec. 18-207. Reduced aggregate extension base. 2 (a) Upon submission of a petition signed by a number of 3 voters of the taxing district that is not less than 10% of the 4 votes cast in the taxing district at the immediately preceding 5 gubernatorial election, the question of whether a taxing 6 district shall reduce its aggregate extension base for the 7 purpose of lowering its limiting rate for future years shall 8 be submitted to the voters of the taxing district at the next 9 general or consolidated election. The petition shall set forth 10 the amount of the reduction and the levy years for which the 11 reduction shall be applicable. 12 (b) The petition shall be filed with the applicable 13 election authority, as defined in Section 1-3 of the Election 14 Code, or, in the case of multiple election authorities, with 15 the State Board of Elections, not more than 10 months nor less 16 than 6 months prior to the election at which the question is to 17 be submitted to the voters, and its validity shall be 18 determined as provided by Article 28 of the Election Code and 19 general election law. The election authority or Board, as 20 applicable, shall certify the question and the proper election 21 authority or authorities shall submit the question to the 22 voters. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, this 23 referendum shall be subject to all other general election law 24 requirements. 25 (c) The proposition seeking to reduce the aggregate 26 extension base shall be in substantially the following form: SB0196 - 24 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 25 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 25 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 25 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 Shall the aggregate extension base used to calculate 2 the limiting rate for (taxing district) under the Property 3 Tax Extension Limitation Law be reduced by (amount of 4 money expressed in U.S. dollars) for (levy year or years)? 5 Votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". 6 If a majority of all votes cast on the proposition are in 7 favor of the proposition, then the aggregate extension base 8 shall be reduced as provided in the referendum. 9 (35 ILCS 200/18-212) 10 Sec. 18-212. Referendum on debt service extension base. A 11 taxing district may establish or increase its debt service 12 extension base if (i) that taxing district holds a referendum 13 before the date on which the levy must be filed with the county 14 clerk of the county or counties in which the taxing district is 15 situated and (ii) a majority of voters voting on the issue 16 approves the establishment of or increase in the debt service 17 extension base. A debt service extension base established or 18 increased by a referendum held pursuant to this Section after 19 February 2, 2010, shall be increased each year, commencing 20 with the first levy year beginning after the date of the 21 referendum, by the extension limitation lesser of 5% or the 22 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 23 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year if the optional 24 language concerning the annual increase is included in the 25 question submitted to the electors of the taxing district. SB0196 - 25 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196- 26 -LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 26 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b SB0196 - 26 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b 1 Referenda under this Section shall be conducted at a regularly 2 scheduled election in accordance with the Election Code. The 3 governing body of the taxing district shall certify the 4 question to the proper election authorities who shall submit 5 the question to the electors of the taxing district in 6 substantially the following form: 7 "Shall the debt service extension base under the 8 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law for ... (taxing 9 district name) ... for payment of principal and interest 10 on limited bonds be .... ((established at $ ....) . (or) 11 (increased from $ .... to $ ....)) .. for the ..... levy 12 year and all subsequent levy years (optional language: , 13 such debt service extension base to be increased each year 14 by (extension limitation amount) the lesser of 5% or the 15 percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index during the 16 12-month calendar year preceding the levy year)?" 17 Votes on the question shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No". 18 If a majority of voters voting on the issue approves the 19 establishment of or increase in the debt service extension 20 base, the establishment of or increase in the debt service 21 extension base shall be applicable for the levy years 22 specified. 23 (Source: P.A. 96-1202, eff. 7-22-10.) 24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 25 becoming law. SB0196 - 26 - LRB103 25042 HLH 51376 b