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Ordinance appropriating funds and providing for the levy of a direct tax sufficient to produce $663,125.14 for the Northeast Lake Facilities Planning Area Special Service Area.
Staff Summary
· In 1994 the County Board established the Northeast Special Service Area (SSA #9).
· This SSA was established to assist in the financing the new Northeast sewer system.
· A special tax roll was created that sets forth the amount to be levied each year against all parcels in the SSA.
· This ordinance lists the amounts to be levied for the tax year 2011 to be collected during calendar 2012.
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AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING FUNDS AND LEVYING TAXES FOR THE
NORTHEAST LAKE FPA SPECIAL SERVICE AREA
BE IT ORDAINED by the County Board of Lake County, State of Illinois, as follows:
Section One: Authority and Purpose.
A. Establishing Ordinance. The County Board of Lake County did adopt An Ordinance Establishing the Northeast Lake FPA Special Service Area on December 2, 1994, (the "Establishing Ordinance"), in accordance with "An Act to Provide the Manner of Levying or Imposing Taxes for the Provision of Special Services to Areas Within the Boundaries of Home Rule Units and Non-Home Rule Municipalities and Counties, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq. (1994) (the Special Service Area Act).
B. Tax Levy. Pursuant to Section 27-75 of the Special Service Area Act and Section 5 of the Establishing Ordinance, the County is authorized to levy taxes not exceeding the amount of the annual taxes set forth in Subsections 5.C and 5.D of the Establishing Ordinance for the purpose of constructing the Northeast Sewerage System as a special service to the Northeast FPA Special Service Area (the NEFPA SSA).
C. Maximum Tax. The Establishing Ordinance created a special tax roll setting forth the maximum amount of taxes to be levied annually against each Original SSA Tract in the NEFPA SSA, as said Tracts are defined in Subsection 5.B of the Establishing Ordinance.
Section Two...
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