SB 512

Abstract

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in counties of less than 1,000,000 inhabitants, a county board may levy and collect, annually, a tax of not to exceed 0.05% of the value of all taxable property in the county, for the expense of conducting elections and maintaining a system of permanent registration of voters. Provides for the end, in the calendar year that this new tax is collected and disbursed, of the requirement that the county board pay over to any municipal board of election commissioners in the county, for the expense of conducting elections and maintaining a system of permanent registration of voters, general taxes collected by the county. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Exempts the extension for taxes for the expense of conducting elections and maintaining a system of permanent registration of voters from the limitation on property tax extensions. Effective immediately.