Title 6 - Levy and Extension


      (35 ILCS 200/Tit. 6 heading)
TITLE 6. LEVY AND EXTENSION


      (35 ILCS 200/Art. 18 heading)
Article 18. Levy and Extension Process


      (35 ILCS 200/Art. 18 Div. 1 heading)
Division 1. Levying process

    (35 ILCS 200/18‑10)
    Sec. 18‑10. County levies. The county board of each county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall, annually, at the September session, determine the amount of county taxes to be levied for all purposes. Any county with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants which has changed its fiscal year may, at the September session or at any adjourned meeting thereof, instead of determining the amount of all county taxes to be levied for a one‑year period, determine the amount of taxes to be levied during a period greater or less than a year as required by the change of the fiscal year. The county board of each county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall, annually, prior to the third Monday of March, determine the amount of county taxes to be levied for all purposes. The amount for each purpose shall be stated separately. All counties shall certify to the county clerk annually, on or before the last Tuesday in December the amounts that they have levied.
(Source: P.A. 87‑17; 88‑455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/18‑15)
    Sec. 18‑15. Filing of levies of taxing districts. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all taxing districts shall annually certify to the county clerk, on or before the last Tuesday in December, the several amounts that they have levied.
(Source: P.A. 87‑17; 87‑738; 87‑895; 88‑455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/18‑20)
    Sec. 18‑20. Abatement of levies.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, if any taxing district receives funds under Section 12 of the State Revenue Sharing Act, which may lawfully be used by the district, the governing authority of the district, upon determining that a surplus of funds is available for any purpose, shall adopt a resolution or ordinance reducing its tax levy for the year for which the resolution or ordinance is adopted.
    (b) If any taxing district reduces its levy, the governing authority of the district shall certify its action to the county clerk of each county collecting those taxes. The county clerk shall abate the levy of the district in accordance with the provisions of the certified resolution or ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 81‑1255; 88‑455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/18‑25)
    Sec. 18‑25. County clerk to provide collector's books. The county clerk shall, annually, make out for the use of collectors, in books to be furnished by the county, correct lists of taxable property, as assessed and equalized.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 886; P.A. 88‑455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/18‑30)
    Sec. 18‑30. Books by township. In counties not under township organization, the collector's books shall be made up by congressional townships; but fractional townships may be added to full townships, at the discretion of the county board. In counties under township organization, the books shall correspond with the organized townships. Separate books may be made for the collection of all taxes within the corporate limits of cities, incorporated towns and villages. These books shall be in addition to the tax book provided for in this Code, for the use of county collectors, for collecting taxes against railroad property.
(Source: Laws 1939, p. 886; P.A. 88‑455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/18‑35)
    Sec. 18‑35. Collector's books; columns. Each county clerk shall prepare the collector's books with 4 columns for the value of each property, the first to show the assessed value by the chief county assessment officer, the second to show the value as corrected by the board of review or board of appeals, the third to show the value as equalized by the board of review under Sections 16‑60 and 16‑65, and the fourth to show the value as equalized or assessed by the Department. If a municipality has adopted tax increment allocation financing under Division 74.4 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code, the county clerk, or clerks if a municipality is located in more than one county, shall provide additional columns for the initial equalized assessed value, for the extension of the taxes and other purposes, and for the amount of the tax to be deposited in the special tax allocation fund. The books also shall contain a column to insert opposite each parcel of property any tax sale or forfeiture for taxes or special assessments for the 2 preceding years not canceled or withdrawn from collection at any tax sale. Tax sales shall be designated by the word "sold", forfeited, withdrawn or other appropriate designation to be stamped in the proper column opposite the property listing not released prior to December 1st of each year. Each county collector shall stamp upon all receipts given for taxes the information in those columns, to be known as the tax sale column and the delinquent special assessment column. The county clerk shall collect the same fee for stamping forfeitures, as for tax sales and withdrawals.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1525; 88‑455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/18‑40)
    Sec. 18‑40. Application of equalization factor. Each county clerk shall apply the percentages certified by the Department and enter the equalized valuations in the columns provided for that purpose. The percentages certified by the Department shall be applied to the assessed valuation of property, as corrected and equalized by the board of review, board of appeals, or local assessment officers. In all cases of extension of valuations where the equalized valuations are fractional, the clerk shall reject all fractions that fall below 50