Illinois § 12-18

§ 12-18.

Winding up of affairs of Non-High School District. Upon the elimination of any non-high school district, as provided by Section 12-24 of this Article, the Regional Superintendent of Schools, the County Treasurer and the County Clerk shall constitute a Board of Education, ex-officio, for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the non-high school district and paying all outstanding obligations. The County Treasurer shall be Treasurer, ex-officio, of that Board to receive and collect all delinquent taxes and taxes in process of collection of the district at the time of its elimination, and the Board shall apply the taxes so collected to the payment of any outstanding obligations of the eliminated non-high school district. Such Board of Education shall meet annually by the second Tuesday in September of each year and ascertain the amount of outstanding bonds of the non-high school district, the amount of funds on hand from the tax levies for the payment of either principal or interest, or both, of such bond issues, and to ascertain the deficiencies in the collection of the taxes for the purpose of paying such principal and interest of such bonds, and to provide for and levy taxes annually in an amount sufficient to make up the deficiency in the levy and collection of such taxes for the purpose of paying in full the principal and interest of any outstanding bonds of such non-high school district. Such Board of Education shall file with the County Clerk by the second Monday of October in each year a certificate of the amounts necessary to be levied to make up any deficiency in the collection of taxes for payment of principal and interest of any outstanding bonds of the non-high school district over the signature of the Regional Superintendent of Schools and the County Treasurer, and the County Clerk shall extend the tax for the deficiency as so ascertained against all the taxable property of the non-high school district as it existed as of the date of the bonds for which the tax levy is made, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-17 of this Article. After payment of all outstanding bonds or after provision has been made for the payment of such bonds, any funds remaining in the bond principal and interest account shall be paid by the Board to high school districts organized since January 1, 1955 solely from the territory of an eliminated non-high school district. Payment to each high school district shall be made in the same ratio as the assessed valuation of each high school district bears to the total valuation of all high school districts to which payment is being made. In the event payment is made in more than one installment, second and succeeding installments shall be computed on the basis of the same percentages as were used for the first payment. (Source: P.A. 86-1028.)