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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 — **533** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **1100** (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).