School District Validation (2001) Act (105 ILCS 560/)

Chapter 105 — Schools

Validation Acts

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Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the School District Validation (2001) Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-381, eff. 8-16-01.)

Sec. 5. Taxing validation

All taxes levied before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly by any school district for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued by that school district for the purpose of implementing equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in litigation involving school desegregation and refunding bonds issued before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly to refund those bonds are hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed as valid taxes lawfully levied and fully authorized to be extended for collection against all taxable property in the school district without limitation as to rate or amount, notwithstanding that this levy and extension of unlimited ad valorem taxes was not authorized in accordance with law.

(Source: P.A. 92-381, eff. 8-16-01.)

Sec. 10. Bonding validation

All bonds issued before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly by any school district for the purpose of funding the costs of equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in litigation involving school desegregation and all refunding bonds issued before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly to refund those bonds are hereby validated, ratified, and confirmed as lawful, valid, and binding general obligations of that school district, notwithstanding that the bonds and refunding bonds were not approved by referendum or otherwise authorized and issued in accordance with law.

(Source: P.A. 92-381, eff. 8-16-01.)

Sec. 15. Validation of actions of school district and school board

All actions taken before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly by any school district and its board of education to authorize and issue bonds and refunding bonds for the purpose of implementing equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in litigation involving school desegregation and to levy and extend unlimited ad valorem taxes for the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds and refunding bonds issued for the purpose of implementing equitable remedies ordered by a federal court in litigation involving school desegregation are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed as valid and lawful acts of that school district and board of education undertaken in accordance with law, notwithstanding that the bonds or refunding bonds were not approved by referendum or otherwise authorized and issued in accordance with law and notwithstanding that the unlimited ad valorem taxes were not levied and authorized to be extended in accordance with law.

(Source: P.A. 92-381, eff. 8-16-01.)

Sec. 99. Effective date

This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 92-381, eff. 8-16-01.)