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30 ILCS 115/ State Revenue Sharing Act.

(30 ILCS 115/0.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 610)     Sec. 0.1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the State Revenue Sharing Act. (Source: P.A. 91‑51, eff. 6‑30‑99.)

(30 ILCS 115/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 611)     Sec. 1. Local Government Distributive Fund. Through June 30, 1994, as soon as may be after the first day of each month the Department of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1994, and continuing through June 30, 1995, as soon as may be after the first day of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an amount equal to 1/11 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month. Beginning July 1, 1995, as soon as may be after the first day of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer an amount equal to 1/10 of the net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during the preceding month. Net revenue realized for a month shall be defined as the revenue from the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act which is deposited in the General Revenue Fund, the Education Assistance Fund and the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund during the month minus the amount paid out of the General Revenue Fund in State warrants during that same month as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Upon receipt of such certification, the Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury, to be known as the "Local Government Distributive Fund", the amount shown on such certification.     All amounts paid into the Local Government Distributive Fund in accordance with this Section and allocated pursuant to this Act are appropriated on a continuing basis. (Source: P.A. 88‑89.)

(30 ILCS 115/1a) (from Ch. 85, par. 611a)     Sec. 1a. Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund. Beginning July 1, 1991, and continuing through January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 3.0% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning February 1, 1993 and continuing through June 30, 1993, of the amounts collected pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 4.4% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. Beginning July 1, 1993, and continuing through June 30, 1994, of the amounts collected under subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax Refund Fund, the Department shall deposit 1.475% into the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury. (Source: P.A. 87‑17; 87‑860; 88‑89.)

    (30 ILCS 115/2)(from Ch. 85, par. 612)
    Sec. 2. Allocation and Disbursement.
    (a) As soon as may be after the first day of each month, the Department of Revenue shall allocate among the several municipalities and counties of this State the amount available in the Local Government Distributive Fund and in the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund, determined as provided in Sections 1 and 1a above. Except as provided in Sections 13 and 13.1 of this Act, the Department shall then certify such allocations to the State Comptroller, who shall pay over to the several municipalities and counties the respective amounts allocated to them. The amount of such Funds allocable to each such municipality and county shall be in proportion to the number of individual residents of such municipality or county to the total population of the State, determined in each case on the basis of the latest census of the State, municipality or county conducted by the Federal government and certified by the Secretary of State and for annexations to municipalities, the latest Federal, State or municipal census of the annexed area which has been certified by the Department of Revenue. Allocations to the City of Chicago under this Section are subject to Section 6 of the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act. For the purpose of this Section, the number of individual residents of a county shall be reduced by the number of individuals residing therein in municipalities, but the number of individual residents of the State, county and municipality shall reflect the latest census of any of them. The amounts transferred into the Local Government Distributive Fund pursuant to Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, each as now or hereafter amended, pursuant to the amendments of such Sections by Public Act 85‑1135, shall be distributed as provided in said Sections.
    (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that allocations made under this Section shall be made in a fair and equitable manner. Accordingly, the clerk of any municipality to which territory has been annexed, or from which territory has been disconnected, shall notify the Department of Revenue in writing of that annexation or disconnection and shall (1) state the number of residents within the territory that was annexed or disconnected, based on the last census conducted by the federal, State, or municipal government and certified by the Illinois Secretary of State, and (2) furnish therewith a certified copy of the plat of annexation or, in the case of disconnection, the ordinance, final judgment, or resolution of disconnection together with an accurate depiction of the territory disconnected. The county in which the annexed or disconnected territory is located shall verify that the number of residents stated on the written notice that is to be sent to the Department of Revenue is true and accurate. The verified statement of the county shall accompany the written notice. However, if the county does not respond to the municipality's request for verification within 30 days, this verification requirement shall be waived. The written notice shall be provided to the Department of Revenue (1) within 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly for disconnections occurring after January 1, 2007 and before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly or (2) within 30 days after the annexation or disconnection for annexations or disconnections occurring on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. For purposes of this Section, a disconnection or annexation through court order is deemed to be effective 30 days after the entry of a final judgment order, unless stayed pending appeal. Thereafter, the monthly allocation made to the municipality and to any other municipality or county affected by the annexation or disconnection shall be adjusted in accordance with this Section to reflect the change in residency of the residents of the territory that was annexed or disconnected. The adjustment shall be made no later than 30 days after the Department of Revenue's receipt of the written notice of annexation or disconnection described in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96‑1040, eff. 7‑14‑10.)

(30 ILCS 115/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 613)     Sec. 3. Use of Fund. The amounts allocated and paid to the municipalities and counties of this State pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be used solely for the general welfare of the people of the State of Illinois, including financial assistance to school districts, any part of which lie within the municipality or county, through unrestricted block grants for school purposes carried out within the municipality or county making the grant, and also including, but not limited to, mental health programs, wastewater projects, road and bridge construction and repair and social service programs. (Source: P.A. 86‑18.)

(30 ILCS 115/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 614)     Sec. 4. Municipality defined.     For purposes of this Act, the term "municipality" shall have the meaning prescribed by the Illinois Municipal Code. (Source: P. A. 76‑587.)

(30 ILCS 115/11) (from Ch. 85, par. 615)     Sec. 11.     Upon determination by the Department that an amount has been paid pursuant to this Act in excess of the amount to which the county, municipality or taxing district receiving such payment was entitled, the county, municipality or taxing district shall, upon demand by the Department, repay such amount. If such repayment is not made within a reasonable time, the Department shall withhold from future payments an amount equal to such overpayment. If the appropriation from which such payment was originally made has not lapsed, the Department shall redistribute the amount of such payment to the county, municipality or taxing district entitled thereto. If the appropriation has lapsed, the repayment shall be deposited in the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury. (Source: P. A. 77‑1753.)

    (30 ILCS 115/12)(from Ch. 85, par. 616)
    Sec. 12. Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund. There is hereby created the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund, a special fund in the State Treasury into which shall be paid all revenue realized:
    (a) all amounts realized from the additional personal property tax replacement income tax imposed by subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act, except for those amounts deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 901 of the Illinois Income Tax Act; and
    (b) all amounts realized from the additional personal property replacement invested capital taxes imposed by Section 2a.1 of the Messages Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act, Section 2a.1 of the Public Utilities Revenue Act, and Section 3 of the Water Company Invested Capital Tax Act, and amounts payable to the Department of Revenue under the Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act.
    As soon as may be after the end of each month, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer and the Comptroller the amount of all refunds paid out of the General Revenue Fund through the preceding month on account of overpayment of liability on taxes paid into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund. Upon receipt of such certification, the Treasurer and the Comptroller shall transfer the amount so certified from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund into the General Revenue Fund.
    The payments of revenue into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund shall be used exclusively for distribution to taxing districts as provided in this Section, payment of the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Property Tax Appeal Board, payment of the expenses of the Department of Revenue incurred in administering the collection and distribution of monies paid into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund and transfers due to refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability for taxes paid into the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund.
    As soon as may be after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980, the Department of Revenue shall certify to the Treasurer the amount of net replacement revenue paid into the General Revenue Fund prior to that effective date from the additional tax imposed by Section 2a.1 of the Messages Tax Act; Section 2a.1 of the Gas Revenue Tax Act; Section 2a.1 of the Public Utilities Revenue Act; Section 3 of the Water Company Invested Capital Tax Act; amounts collected by the Department of Revenue under the Telecommunications Infrastructure Maintenance Fee Act; and the additional personal property tax replacement income tax imposed by the Illinois Income Tax Act, as amended by Public Act 81‑1st Special Session‑1. Net replacement revenue shall be defined as the total amount paid into and remaining in the General Revenue Fund as a result of those Acts minus the amount outstanding and obligated from the General Revenue Fund in state vouchers or warrants prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1980 as refunds to taxpayers for overpayment of liability under those Acts.
    All interest earned by monies accumulated in the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund shall be deposited in such Fund. All amounts allocated pursuant to this Section are appropriated on a continuing basis.
    Prior to December 31, 1980, as soon as may be after the end of each quarter beginning with the quarter ending December 31, 1979, and on and after December 31, 1980, as soon as may be after January 1, March 1, April 1, May 1, July 1, August 1, October 1 and December 1 of each year, the Department of Revenue shall allocate to each taxing district as defined in Section 1‑150 of the Property Tax Code, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Section the portion of the funds held in the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund which is required to be distributed, as provided in paragraph (1), for each quarter. Provided, however, under no circumstances shall any taxing district during each of the first two years of distribution of the taxes imposed by this amendatory Act of 1979 be entitled to an annual allocation which is less than the funds such taxing district collected from the 1978 personal property tax. Provided further that under no circumstances shall any taxing district during the third year of distribution of the taxes imposed by this amendatory Act of 1979 receive less than 60% of the funds such taxing district collected from the 1978 personal property tax. In the event that the total of the allocations made as above provided for all taxing districts, during either of such 3 years, exceeds the amount available for distribution the allocation of each taxing district shall be proportionately reduced. Except as provided in Section 13 of this Act, the Department shall then certify, pursuant to appropriation, such allocations to the State Comptroller who shall pay over to the several taxing districts the respective amounts allocated to them.
    Any township which receives an allocation based in whole or in part upon personal property taxes which it levied pursuant to Section 6‑507 or 6‑512 of the Illinois Highway Code and which was previously required to be paid over to a municipality shall immediately pay over to that municipality a proportionate share of the personal property replacement funds which such township receives.
    Any municipality or township, other than a municipality with a population in excess of 500,000, which receives an allocation based in whole or in part on personal property taxes which it levied pursuant to Sections 3‑1, 3‑4 and 3‑6 of the Illinois Local Library Act and which was previously required to be paid over to a public library shall immediately pay over to that library a proportionate share of the personal property tax replacement funds which such municipality or township receives; provided that if such a public library has converted to a library organized under The Illinois Public Library District Act, regardless of whether such conversion has occurred on, after or before January 1, 1988, such proportionate share shall be immediately paid over to the library district which maintains and operates the library. However, any library that has converted prior to January 1, 1988, and which hitherto has not received the personal property tax replacement funds, shall receive such funds commencing on January 1, 1988.
    Any township which receives an allocation based in whole or in part on personal property taxes which it levied pursuant to Section 1c of the Public Graveyards Act and which taxes were previously required to be paid over to or used for such public cemetery or cemeteries shall immediately pay over to or use for such public cemetery or cemeteries a proportionate share of the personal property tax replacement funds which the township receives.
    Any taxing district which receives an allocation based in whole or in part upon personal property taxes which it levied for another governmental body or school district in Cook County in 1976 or for another governmental body or school district in the remainder of the State in 1977 shall immediately pay over to that governmental body or school district the amount of personal property replacement funds which such governmental body or school district would receive directly under the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Section, had it levied its own taxes.
        (1) The portion of the Personal Property Tax

Replacement Fund required to be distributed as of the time allocation is required to be made shall be the amount available in such Fund as of the time allocation is required to be made.

The amount available for distribution shall be the

total amount in the fund at such time minus the necessary administrative expenses as limited by the appropriation and the amount determined by: (a) $2.8 million for fiscal year 1981; (b) for fiscal year 1982, .54% of the funds distributed from the fund during the preceding fiscal year; (c) for fiscal year 1983 through fiscal year 1988, .54% of the funds distributed from the fund during the preceding fiscal year less .02% of such fund for fiscal year 1983 and less .02% of such funds for each fiscal year thereafter, or (d) for fiscal year 1989 and beyond no more than 105% of the actual administrative expenses of the prior fiscal year. Such portion of the fund shall be determined after the transfer into the General Revenue Fund due to refunds, if any, paid from the General Revenue Fund during the preceding quarter. If at any time, for any reason, there is insufficient amount in the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund for payment of costs of administration or for transfers due to refunds at the end of any particular month, the amount of such insufficiency shall be carried over for the purposes of transfers into the General Revenue Fund and for purposes of costs of administration to the following month or months. Net replacement revenue held, and defined above, shall be transferred by the Treasurer and Comptroller to the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund within 10 days of such certification.

(2) Each quarterly allocation shall first be

apportioned in the following manner: 51.65% for taxing districts in Cook County and 48.35% for taxing districts in the remainder of the State.

The Personal Property Replacement Ratio of each taxing district outside Cook County shall be the ratio which the Tax Base of that taxing district bears to the Downstate Tax Base. The Tax Base of each taxing district outside of Cook County is the personal property tax collections for that taxing district for the 1977 tax year. The Downstate Tax Base is the personal property tax collections for all taxing districts in the State outside of Cook County for the 1977 tax year. The Department of Revenue shall have authority to review for accuracy and completeness the personal property tax collections for each taxing district outside Cook County for the 1977 tax year.     The Personal Property Replacement Ratio of each Cook County taxing district shall be the ratio which the Tax Base of that taxing district bears to the Cook County Tax Base. The Tax Base of each Cook County taxing district is the personal property tax collections for that taxing district for the 1976 tax year. The Cook County Tax Base is the personal property tax collections for all taxing districts in Cook County for the 1976 tax year. The Department of Revenue shall have authority to review for accuracy and completeness the personal property tax collections for each taxing district within Cook County for the 1976 tax year.     For all purposes of this Section 12, amounts paid to a taxing district for such tax years as may be applicable by a foreign corporation under the provisions of Section 7‑202 of the Public Utilities Act, as amended, shall be deemed to be personal property taxes collected by such taxing district for such tax years as may be applicable. The Director shall determine from the Illinois Commerce Commission, for any tax year as may be applicable, the amounts so paid by any such foreign corporation to any and all taxing districts. The Illinois Commerce Commission shall furnish such information to the Director. For all purposes of this Section 12, the Director shall deem such amounts to be collected personal property taxes of each such taxing district for the applicable tax year or years.     Taxing districts located both in Cook County and in one or more other counties shall receive both a Cook County allocation and a Downstate allocation determined in the same way as all other taxing districts.     If any taxing district in existence on July 1, 1979 ceases to exist, or discontinues its operations, its Tax Base shall thereafter be deemed to be zero. If the powers, duties and obligations of the discontinued taxing district are assumed by another taxing district, the Tax Base of the discontinued taxing district shall be added to the Tax Base of the taxing district assuming such powers, duties and obligations.     If two or more taxing districts in existence on July 1, 1979, or a successor or successors thereto shall consolidate into one taxing district, the Tax Base of such consolidated taxing district shall be the sum of the Tax Bases of each of the taxing districts which have consolidated.     If a single taxing district in existence on July 1, 1979, or a successor or successors thereto shall be divided into two or more separate taxing districts, the tax base of the taxing district so divided shall be allocated to each of the resulting taxing districts in proportion to the then current equalized assessed value of each resulting taxing district.     If a portion of the territory of a taxing district is disconnected and annexed to another taxing district of the same type, the Tax Base of the taxing district from which disconnection was made shall be reduced in proportion to the then current equalized assessed value of the disconnected territory as compared with the then current equalized assessed value within the entire territory of the taxing district prior to disconnection, and the amount of such reduction shall be added to the Tax Base of the taxing district to which annexation is made.     If a community college district is created after July 1, 1979, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1995, its Tax Base shall be 3.5% of the sum of the personal property tax collected for the 1977 tax year within the territorial jurisdiction of the district.     The amounts allocated and paid to taxing districts pursuant to the provisions of this amendatory Act of 1979 shall be deemed to be substitute revenues for the revenues derived from taxes imposed on personal property pursuant to the provisions of the "Revenue Act of 1939" or "An Act for the assessment and taxation of private car line companies", approved July 22, 1943, as amended, or Section 414 of the Illinois Insurance Code, prior to the abolition of such taxes and shall be used for the same purposes as the revenues derived from ad valorem taxes on real estate.     Monies received by any taxing districts from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund shall be first applied toward payment of the proportionate amount of debt service which was previously levied and collected from extensions against personal property on bonds outstanding as of December 31, 1978 and next applied toward payment of the proportionate share of the pension or retirement obligations of the taxing district which were previously levied and collected from extensions against personal property. For each such outstanding bond issue, the County Clerk shall determine the percentage of the debt service which was collected from extensions against real estate in the taxing district for 1978 taxes payable in 1979, as related to the total amount of such levies and collections from extensions against both real and personal property. For 1979 and subsequent years' taxes, the County Clerk shall levy and extend taxes against the real estate of each taxing district which will yield the said percentage or percentages of the debt service on such outstanding bonds. The balance of the amount necessary to fully pay such debt service shall constitute a first and prior lien upon the monies received by each such taxing district through the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund and shall be first applied or set aside for such purpose. In counties having fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the amendments to this paragraph as made by this amendatory Act of 1980 shall be first applicable to 1980 taxes to be collected in 1981. (Source: P.A. 96‑45, eff. 7‑15‑09.)

(30 ILCS 115/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 617)     Sec. 13. A county, municipality or any other taxing district under this Act, may direct that all or any specified amount due to such entity under this Act be paid directly into a designated escrow account established by such municipality, county or other taxing district to repay specific bonded indebtedness. A certified copy of an ordinance or resolution of the municipality, county or other taxing district directing such disposition shall be filed with the Department of Revenue whereupon the Department shall include such disposition in its certifications to the Comptroller pursuant to Sections 2 and 12 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 84‑853.)

(30 ILCS 115/13.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 617.1)     Sec. 13.1. For the sole purpose of providing funding for the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund, as soon as may be after the first day of each month and subsequent to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1986, the Department shall first pay directly into the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund to be credited to the Subsidy Account, 1/8 of $5,000,000, plus any cumulative deficiencies in such payments for prior months, from the Local Government Distributive Fund, which is allocable to municipalities with a population in excess of 500,000. In no event shall an amount in excess of $5,000,000 be paid pursuant to this Section into the Illinois Sports Facilities Fund during any fiscal year. (Source: P.A. 85‑1034.)