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HB0009 • 2026
SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
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SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Travis Weaver
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joe C. Sosnowski
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
To Property Tax Subcommittee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt
To Property Tax Subcommittee
Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Dan Ugaste
SCHOOL CD-PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
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Full Text of HB0009 Home Legislation Full Text HB0009 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB0009 Introduced 1/9/2025, by Rep. Dan Ugaste SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/5.1028 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and administer a program to award property tax relief grants to school districts in this State. Provides that, in exchange for receiving a grant, a school district's maximum aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year that begins on January 1 of the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded may not exceed an adjusted maximum aggregate property tax extension for that taxable year. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of awarding grants. Sets forth provisions concerning the Education Property Tax Relief Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 03135 LNS 13156 b A BILL FOR HB0009 LRB104 03135 LNS 13156 b 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 5 Section 5.1028 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/5.1028 new) 7 Sec. 5.1028. The Education Property Tax Relief Fund. 8 Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section 9 2-3.206 as follows: 10 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new) 11 Sec. 2-3.206. School district property tax relief grant 12 program. 13 (a) As used in this Section: 14 "Adjusted maximum aggregate property tax extension" means 15 the highest aggregate property tax extension that a school 16 district is authorized by law to levy, without regard to this 17 Section, for the taxable year for which the adjusted maximum 18 aggregate property tax extension is calculated, minus the 19 grant amount received by the school district for the fiscal 20 year that ends during the taxable year for which the adjusted 21 maximum aggregate property tax extension is calculated. HB0009 - 2 - LRB104 03135 LNS 13156 b 1 "Aggregate property tax extension" means the annual 2 corporate extension for the school district and those special 3 purpose extensions that are made annually for a school 4 district. 5 "Taxable year" means the calendar year during which 6 property taxes payable in the next succeeding year are levied. 7 (b) For State fiscal year 2026 and each State fiscal year 8 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall establish and 9 administer a program to award property tax relief grants to 10 school districts in this State. In exchange for receiving a 11 grant under this Section, a school district's maximum 12 aggregate property tax extension for the taxable year that 13 begins on January 1 of the fiscal year for which the grant is 14 awarded may not exceed its adjusted maximum aggregate property 15 tax extension for that taxable year. Grants shall be awarded 16 from moneys appropriated for that purpose from the Education 17 Property Tax Relief Fund created in subsection (c). Moneys 18 awarded to school districts under this Section shall be 19 distributed pro rata on a per pupil average daily attendance 20 basis, as reported in the school district report card for the 21 immediately preceding school year under Section 10-17a. 22 (c) The Education Property Tax Relief Fund is created as a 23 special fund in the State treasury. By September 1, 2025, and 24 by September 1 of each year thereafter, the Governor's Office 25 of Management and Budget shall certify to the State 26 Comptroller and the State Treasurer an amount equal to the HB0009 - 3 - LRB104 03135 LNS 13156 b 1 difference, if any, between (i) 25% of the total amount 2 appropriated from all State general funds as part of the State 3 budget for the fiscal year that begins on the immediately 4 preceding July 1, including any amounts appropriated for the 5 purpose of making grants under this Section, and (ii) the 6 total amount appropriated by the State, including any 7 continuing appropriations, for that fiscal year as State 8 contributions to the retirement system established under 9 Article 2 of the Illinois Pension Code, the retirement system 10 established under Article 14 of the Illinois Pension Code, the 11 retirement system established under Article 15 of the Illinois 12 Pension Code, the retirement system established under Article 13 16 of the Illinois Pension Code, the retirement fund 14 established under Article 17 of the Illinois Pension Code, and 15 the retirement system established under Article 18 of the 16 Illinois Pension Code. Upon receiving the certified amount 17 from the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the State 18 Comptroller shall order transferred and the State Treasurer 19 shall transfer the certified amount from the General Revenue 20 Fund to the Education Property Tax Relief Fund. Any unexpended 21 amounts remaining in the Education Property Tax Relief Fund on 22 the last day of the fiscal year shall be transferred from the 23 Education Property Tax Relief Fund to the General Revenue 24 Fund. 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 26 becoming law. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies. 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