Illinois § 11-76.1-2

§ 11-76.1-2.

Whenever and as often as a municipality enters into a lease or purchase agreement, the governing body of such municipality shall provide by ordinance for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the annual installments or rent provided for by any such lease or agreement as and when it becomes due and payable. A certified copy of the lease or agreement as entered into by the municipality and a certified copy of the tax levy ordinance of such municipality providing for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the annual installments of such lease or agreement shall be filed in the office of the County Clerk of each county in which any portion of the territory of such municipality is situated, which certified copies shall constitute the authority for the clerk or clerks in each case to extend the taxes annually necessary to pay the annual installments payable under any such lease or agreement as and when the same become due and payable. Upon such filing in the office of the County Clerk, or clerks, of the proper county, it shall be the duty of such County Clerk, or clerks, to ascertain the rate per cent which, upon the value of all property subject to taxation within the municipality as that property is assessed or equalized by the Department of Revenue will produce a net amount of not less than the amount of the annual installments provided for in such lease or agreement. The County Clerk, or clerks, shall thereupon and thereafter annually extend taxes against all of the taxable property contained in that municipality sufficient to pay the annual installments provided for in such lease or agreement. Such tax shall be levied and collected in like manner with the other taxes of such municipality and shall be in addition and in excess of all other taxes now or hereafter authorized to be levied by that municipality. This tax shall not be included within any statutory limitation of rate or amount for that municipality but shall be excluded therefrom and be in addition thereto and in excess thereof. The funds realized from such tax levy shall be set aside for the payment of the annual rent and shall not be disbursed for any other purpose until the annual installment has been paid in full. Notwithstanding anything in this Code to the contrary, each municipality may enter into leases and agreements as provided herein and such leases or agreements may be made and the obligation and expense thereunder incurred without making a previous appropriation therefor. (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)