HB5163 Summary

• Renames the "County Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act" to the "Community Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act" to expand scope beyond counties to include municipalities and townships.

• Expands eligibility for establishing boards and levying taxes for developmental disability services to governmental units (counties, municipalities, townships) rather than limiting to counties only.

• Amends the Property Tax Code Section 18-195 to allow separate limiting rate calculations for developmental disability funds of governmental units not subject to Sections 1.1 or 1.2 of the Community Care Act, effective with the 2001 levy year for existing boards and the next levy year following the Act's effective date for new boards.

• Modifies the Counties Code to replace references to "county" with "governmental unit" and "Community" with "Community" in the Community Care Act citations throughout tax-related provisions.

• Adds a new definition section establishing "governmental unit" as a county, municipality, or township, and maintains existing county community developmental disabilities boards without dissolution or disruption of operations.