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+type: "Bill"
+title: "STREET LIGHTING DIST-TAX LEVY"
+description: "Amends the Street Light District Act. Provides that territory shall not be disconnected from a street lighting district if the following criteria are met: (i) the municipality which contains all or part of the street lighting district does not levy a property tax on the taxable property in the territory, (ii) the municipality passes an ordinance permitting the street lighting district to operate and levy a tax, and (iii) the municipality does not collect a franchise fee from an electrical utility. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "SB 1661"
+citation: "Illinois SB 1661 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-19"
+last_action: "2009-08-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65b9c76d-975a-4a83-ab13-3899146eea7a"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1661&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=44355&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "7d0f6f198bcc8f8c266540d2387065eb340ad4feed01a60ce773a777a6f86be9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois SB 1661 (96th) — STREET LIGHTING DIST-TAX LEVY
+
+Amends the Street Light District Act. Provides that territory shall not be disconnected from a street lighting district if the following criteria are met: (i) the municipality which contains all or part of the street lighting district does not levy a property tax on the taxable property in the territory, (ii) the municipality passes an ordinance permitting the street lighting district to operate and levy a tax, and (iii) the municipality does not collect a franchise fee from an electrical utility. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1661&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44355&DocNum=1661&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1661eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44355&DocNum=1661&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB1661enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=44355&DocNum=1661&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **53–3** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **110–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Bradley Burzynski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-19** Filed with Secretary by Sen. J. Bradley Burzynski `filing`
+- **2009-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-04** Assigned to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-12** Do Pass Local Government; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
+- **2009-03-24** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 25, 2009
+- **2009-04-01** Third Reading - Passed; 053-003-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-04-01** Arrived in House `introduction`
+- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
+- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-14** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-20** Re-assigned to Cities & Villages Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-22** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Ronald A. Wait
+- **2009-04-28** Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-04-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-05-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-14** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-11** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-11** Effective Date August 11, 2009
+- **2009-08-11** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0336 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65b9c76d-975a-4a83-ab13-3899146eea7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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