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Illinois Bar Journal
Articles on Local Government

Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights created—P.A. 91-920 December 2000 Illinois Law Update, Page 690 Gov. George H. Ryan signed the Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act on July 7, 2000.
Despite gubernatorial veto, General Assembly permissively approves sales taxes for all nonhome rule municipalities; P.A. 91-649 March 2000 Illinois Law Update, Page 128 Public Act 91-649 permissively approves sales taxes for all nonhome rule municipalities. Previously, a nonhome rule municipality needed at least 130,000 inhabitants to pursue a sales tax, which effectively precluded most proposals.
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