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type: "Bill"
title: "COMM COLLEGE-WORKING CASH FUND"
description: "Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, in order to create, maintain or increase a working cash fund, the board may incur an indebtedness for such purpose and issue bonds therefor from time to time, in an amount or amounts not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 150% (rather than 75%) of the taxes permitted to be levied for educational purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes for the then current year to be determined by multiplying the aggregate of the authorized maximum educational tax rate and the maximum operations and maintenance tax rate applicable to such district by the last assessed valuation as determined at the time of the issue of those bonds plus 150% (rather than 75%) of the last known entitlement of such district to taxes as by law now or hereafter enacted or amended, imposed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to replace revenue lost by units of local government and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2615"
citation: "Illinois SB 2615 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-21"
last_action: "2010-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfdec9bb-81cf-40bc-90dc-2a05154ec666"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2615&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49503&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "42b5264525a461f213d28bfde6ce185a63dbc957a548827299509818c6376afe"
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 2615 (96th) — COMM COLLEGE-WORKING CASH FUND
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that for a period of 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, in order to create, maintain or increase a working cash fund, the board may incur an indebtedness for such purpose and issue bonds therefor from time to time, in an amount or amounts not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time outstanding 150% (rather than 75%) of the taxes permitted to be levied for educational purposes and for operations and maintenance of facilities purposes for the then current year to be determined by multiplying the aggregate of the authorized maximum educational tax rate and the maximum operations and maintenance tax rate applicable to such district by the last assessed valuation as determined at the time of the issue of those bonds plus 150% (rather than 75%) of the last known entitlement of such district to taxes as by law now or hereafter enacted or amended, imposed by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois to replace revenue lost by units of local government and school districts as a result of the abolition of ad valorem personal property taxes, pursuant to Article IX, Section 5(c) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois. 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=09600SB2615&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49503&DocNum=2615&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2615eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49503&DocNum=2615&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2615enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49503&DocNum=2615&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **9124** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **504** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Forby — primary (person)
- Lisa M. Dugan — cosponsor (person)
- William B. Black — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2010-01-21** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `filing`
- **2010-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-21** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Assigned to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Gary Forby `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-16** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Higher Education
- **2010-02-17** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Higher Education
- **2010-02-17** Postponed - Higher Education
- **2010-02-23** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-23** Do Pass as Amended Higher Education; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 24, 2010
- **2010-02-25** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 2, 2010
- **2010-03-10** Third Reading - Passed; 050-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-11** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2010-03-11** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-18** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. John E. Bradley
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Roger L. Eddy
- **2010-03-18** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Reis
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Higher Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Higher Education Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 091-024-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
- **2010-04-21** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. William B. Black
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
- **2010-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-06-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-06-09** Effective Date June 9, 2010
- **2010-06-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0912 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfdec9bb-81cf-40bc-90dc-2a05154ec666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).