December 1996 Municipal Calendar
This calendar is based upon the most current
information, court decisions and legislation of which the
League has knowledge as of the date of this publication.
It supercedes similar information contained in all other
League publications.
In each county, the corporate authorities must file,
before January 31, a certificate that there has been no
change in the ownership of property or use thereof in
order to preserve the tax-exempt status of municipal
property. (35 ILCS 200/15-10).
The tax levy ordinance must be passed and a certified copy thereof filed with the County Clerk on or
before the last Tuesday in December. (65 ILCS 5/8-3-1).
The Truth in Taxation Act provides that at least 20
days before any taxing body makes its tax levy it must
determine how many dollars in aggregate property tax
extensions will be necessary. If the amount determined
is more than 105% of the previous year's extensions, plus
any amount abated by the corporate authorities prior to
the extension, an additional notice published in the
newspaper and a public hearing are required before the
levy can be adopted. The notice must state the amount
of the previous year's aggregate property tax extensions, the amount of the current year's property tax
levy, the percentage increase and the date, place and
time of the public hearing. (35 ILCS 200/18-60, 18-65).
The notice must be no less than one-eighth page in
size, and the smallest type used must be twelve point
and must be enclosed in a black border no less than 1/4
inch wide. It cannot be published in the legal notices or
classified section of the newspaper. The public hearing
must be held between 7 and 14 days after the notice is
published in the newspaper. (35 ILCS 200/18-70,18-75,
18-80).
At the beginning of each calendar or fiscal year,
municipalities must prepare a schedule of all regular
meetings for the coming year and post notice thereof
together with time and place of said meetings. The
schedule shall be given to all news media requesting it.
Notice shall also be given of special, rescheduled or
reconvened meetings. (5 ILCS 120/2.02, as amended
by P.A. 88-621, effective January 1,1995) and (65 ILCS
5/3.1-40-25).
Each civil service commission must file an annual
status report by December 31 concerning its investigations of allegations of unreasonable force against police
officers. The report must include the number of allegations, the number of officers against whom charges
were filed and a listing of unreasonable force allegations for which a decision was made not to file charges.
(65 ILCS 5/10-l-18(d)).
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