(40 ILCS 5/12-149) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 12-149)
Sec. 12-149. Financing.
(a) The board of park commissioners of any such park district shall annually levy a tax (in addition to the taxes now authorized by law) upon all taxable property embraced in the district, at the rate which, when added to the employee contributions under this Article and applied to the fund created hereunder, shall be sufficient to provide for the purposes of this Article in accordance with the provisions thereof. Such tax shall be levied and collected with and in like manner as the general taxes of such district, and shall not in any event be included within any limitations of rate for general park purposes as now or hereafter provided by law, but shall be excluded therefrom and be in addition thereto.
The amount of such annual tax to and including the year 1977 shall not exceed .0275% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property embraced within the park district, provided that for the year 1978, and for each year thereafter, the amount of such annual tax shall be at a rate on the dollar of assessed valuation of all taxable property that will produce, when extended, for the year 1978 the following sum: 0.825 times the amount of employee contributions during the fiscal year 1976; for the year 1979, 0.85 times the amount of employee contributions during the fiscal year 1977; for the year 1980, 0.90 times the amount of employee contributions during the fiscal year 1978; for the year 1981, 0.95 times the amount of employee contributions during the fiscal year 1979; for the year 1982, 1.00 times the amount of employee contributions during the fiscal year 1980; for the year 1983, 1.05 times the amount of contributions made on behalf of employees during the fiscal year 1981; and for the year 1984 and each year thereafter through the year 2013, an amount equal to 1.10 times the employee contributions during the fiscal year 2-years prior to the year for which the applicable tax is levied. For the year 2014, this calculation shall be 1.10 times the amount of employee contributions during the 12-month fiscal year ending June 30, 2012; and for the year 2015, this calculation shall be 1.70 times the amount of employee contributions during the 12-month fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. For the year 2016, this calculation shall be an amount equal to 1.70 times; for the years 2017 and 2018, this calculation shall be an amount equal to 2.30 times; and for the year 2019 and each year thereafter, until the Fund attains a funded ratio of at least 90% with the funded ratio being the ratio of the actuarial value of assets to the total actuarial liability, this calculation shall be an amount equal to 2.90 times the employee contributions during the fiscal year 2 years prior to the year for which the applicable tax is levied. Beginning in the fiscal year in which the Fund attains a funding ratio of at least 90%, the contribution shall be the lesser of (1) 2.90 times the employee contributions during the fiscal year 2 years prior to the year for which the applicable tax is levied, or (2) the amount needed to maintain a funded ratio of 90%.
In addition to the contributions required under the other provisions of this Article, by November 1 of the following specified years, the employer shall contribute to the Fund the following specified amounts: $12,500,000 in 2015; $12,500,000 in 2016; and $50,000,000 in 2019. The additional employer contributions required under this subsection (a) are intended to decrease the unfunded liability of the Fund and shall not decrease the amount of the employer contributions required under the other provisions of this Article. The additional employer contributions made under this subsection (a) may be used by the Fund for any of its lawful purposes.
(b) As used in this Section, the term "employee contributions" means contributions by employees for retirement annuity, spouse's annuity, automatic increase in retirement annuity, and death benefit.
In making required contributions under this Section, the employer may, in lieu of levying all or a portion of the tax required under this Section, deposit an amount not less than the required amount of employer contributions derived from any source legally available for that purpose.
(c) In respect to park district employees, other than policemen, who are transferred to the employment of a city by virtue of the "Exchange of Functions Act of 1957", the corporate authorities of the city shall annually levy a tax upon all taxable property embraced in the city, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, at such rate per cent of the value of such property as shall be sufficient, when added to the amounts deducted from the salary or wages of such employees, to provide the benefits to which such employees, their dependents and beneficiaries are entitled under the provisions of this Article. The park district shall not levy a tax hereunder in respect to such employees. The tax levied by the city under authority of this Article shall be in addition to and exclusive of all other taxes authorized by law to be levied by the city for corporate, annuity fund or other purposes.
(d) All moneys accruing from the levy and collection of taxes, pursuant to this section, shall be remitted to the board by the employers as soon as they are received. Where a city has levied a tax pursuant to this Section in respect to park district employees transferred to the employment of a city, the treasurer of such city or other authorized officer shall remit the moneys accruing from the levy and collection of such tax as soon as they are received. Such remittances shall be made upon a pro rata share basis, whereby each employer shall pay to the board such employer's proportionate percentage of each payment of taxes received by it, according to the ratio which its tax levy for this fund bears to the total tax levy of such employer.
(e) Should any board of park commissioners included under the provisions of this Article be without authority to levy the tax provided in this Section the corporation authorities (meaning the supervisor, clerk and assessor) of the town or towns for which such board shall be the board of park commissioners shall levy such tax.
(f) Employer contributions to the Fund may be reduced by $5,000,000 for calendar years 2004 and 2005.
(Source: P.A. 97-973, eff. 8-16-12; 98-622, eff. 6-1-14.)
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