Municipal and county zoning and public school districts
By Kurt P. Froehlich
Local Government Law,
May 2012
In an Opinion, the Illinois Attorney general recently concluded that “public school districts are subject to municipal and county zoning ordinances, except to the extent that compliance...would frustrate a school district’s statutory objectives.”
Municipal financing strategies
By Kurt P. Froehlich
Local Government Law,
August 2009
An outline of the commonly encountered mechanisms for issuing multi-year debt obligations to finance municipal projects and certain short term money needs.
Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights
By Kurt P. Froehlich
Local Government Law,
December 2000
The Local Government Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act (P.A. 91-920, the "Act"), effective January 1, 2001, is intended to provide for consistent tax processes in the imposition and collection of certain "locally imposed and administered taxes" (expressly excluding real property taxes under the Property Tax Code or fees, other than infrastructure maintenance fees).
Recent legislative events concerning public finance
By Kurt P. Froehlich
Local Government Law,
November 2000
Two somewhat recent amendments in the area of public and municipal finance provide a trap for the unwary (in the case of P.A. 91-595, effective 8/14/99, amending the Bond Issue Notification Act, 30 ILCS 352/1 et seq., "BINA") and opportunities and clarifications as well as traps for the unwary (in the case of P.A. 91-493, effective 8/13/99, and P.A. 91-868, effective 6/22/2000, amending the Local Government Debt Reform Act, 30 ILCS 350/1 et seq., the "Reform Act").
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