§ 6-27005 — Transfer to general corporate fund

Moneys shall be transferred from said working cash fund to the general corporate fund only upon the authority of the county board, which shall from time to time by separate resolution direct the county treasurer to make transfers of such sums as may be required for the purposes herein authorized. Every such resolution shall set forth (a) the taxes or other moneys in anticipation of the collection or receipt of which such transfer is to be made and from which such working cash fund is to be reimbursed, (b) with respect only to transfers made in anticipation of the levy of real property taxes, the entire amount of taxes extended or which the county board estimates will be extended, for any year, by the county clerk upon the books of the collectors of State and county taxes within such county, in anticipation of the collection of all or part of which such transfer is to be made, (c) the aggregate amount of warrants theretofore issued in anticipation of the collection of such taxes, together with the amount of interest accrued, and/or which the county board estimates will accrue, thereon, (d) the aggregate amount of notes theretofore issued in anticipation of the collection of such taxes, together with the amount of the interest accrued, and/or which the county board estimates will accrue, thereon, (e) the amount of moneys, which the county board estimates will be earned by the county clerk and the county collector, respectively, as fees or commissions for extending or collecting taxes for any year, in anticipation of the receipt of all or part of which such transfer is to be made, (f) the amount of such taxes, as by law now or hereafter enacted or amended, imposed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to replace revenue lost by units of local government and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois which the county board estimates will be received by the county for any year, (g) the aggregate amount of receipts from taxes imposed to replace revenue lost by units of local government and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, which the corporate authorities estimate will be set aside for the payment of the proportionate amount of debt service and pension or retirement obligations, as required by Section 12 of "An Act in relation to State Revenue Sharing with local government entities", approved July 31, 1969, as amended, and (h) the aggregate amount of moneys theretofore transferred from the working cash fund to the general corporate fund in anticipation of the collection of such taxes or of the receipt of such other moneys to be derived from fees or commissions or of the receipt of such taxes, as by law now or hereafter enacted or amended, imposed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to replace revenue lost by units of local government and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois. The amount which any such resolution shall direct the county treasurer so to transfer, in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied for any year, together with the aggregate amount of such anticipation tax warrants and notes theretofore drawn against such taxes and the amount of the interest accrued, and the aggregate amount of such transfers theretofore made in anticipation of the collection of such taxes, shall not exceed ninety (90) per centum of the actual or estimated amount of such taxes extended or to be extended, as set forth in such resolution. The amount which any such resolution shall direct the county treasurer so to transfer, in anticipation of the receipt of any moneys to be derived from fees or commissions, or of the receipt of such taxes, as by law now or hereafter enacted or amended, imposed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to replace revenue lost by units of local government and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois together with the aggregate amount theretofore transferred in anticipation of the receipt of any such moneys and the amount estimated to be required to satisfy debt service and pension or retirement obligations, as set forth in Section 12 of "An Act in relation to State revenue sharing with local government entities", approved July 31, 1969, as amended, shall not exceed the total amount which it is so estimated will be received from such sources. To the extent that at any time moneys are available in the working cash fund they shall be transferred to the general corporate fund and disbursed for the payment of salaries and other corporate expenses so as to avoid, whenever possible, the issuance of anticipation tax warrants or notes.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)