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Public Act 103-0235
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing |
Section 5-9 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 1205/5-9) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-9)
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Sec. 5-9.
Any park district may levy and collect annually, |
a tax of not
to exceed .025 per cent of the value, as equalized |
or assessed by the
Department of Revenue of all taxable |
property in the
district for the purpose of organizing and |
maintaining a police system, for implementing and maintaining |
public safety and security measures, or both
within the parks |
and playgrounds maintained by the district.
The tax shall be |
levied and collected in the same manner
as the general taxes |
for the district. This tax
shall be in addition to all other |
taxes authorized by law to be levied and
collected in the |
district and shall not be included within
any limitation of |
rate contained in this Code or any other law, but shall
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excluded therefrom and be in addition thereto and in excess |
thereof.
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The proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section shall |
be paid to
the treasurer of the district and kept in a fund to |
be known as the
police and public safety and security fund. |
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This fund shall be used for the organization and
maintaining |
of a police system including the hiring of a regular
policeman |
or police force for the purpose of policing the parks and
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playgrounds maintained within the district or for public |
safety and security measures.
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Prior to levy and collection of such tax, the park |
districts shall
adopt a resolution that it shall levy and |
collect such tax, and, within
15 days after adopting the |
resolution, it shall be published once in a
newspaper |
published and having a general circulation in the park
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district, or, if there is no such newspaper, then in some |
newspaper
having a general circulation in the county wherein |
such district or the
greater or greatest portion in area of |
said district lies, or, if there
be no such newspaper, copies |
of the ordinance shall be posted in at
least three public |
places in the district. The publication or posting of
the |
resolution shall include a notice of (1) the specific number |
of voters
required to sign a petition requesting that the |
question of the adoption of
the resolution be submitted to the |
electors of the district; (2) the time
in which the petition |
must be filed; and (3) the date of the prospective referendum.
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The Secretary of the governing board of the park district |
shall provide
a petition form to any individual requesting |
one.
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If within this 30 day period a petition is filed, signed by |
electors of
the district numbering 10% or more of the |
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registered voters of the
district, asking that the question of |
levying and collecting such tax be
submitted to the electors |
of the district, the board shall certify the
question to the |
proper election officials, who shall submit that question
at |
an election in which all the electors of the district may vote. |
If no
such valid petition is filed with the secretary of the |
district within 30
days after the publication or posting of |
the resolution, then the park
district shall be authorized to |
levy and collect such tax. Notice of such
referendum shall be |
given and such referendum shall be conducted in the
manner |
provided by the general election law.
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The proposition shall be in substantially the following |
form:
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Shall the.... Park District be authorized
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and empowered to levy and collect a tax of YES
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.... per cent for the purpose of police ---------------
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programs, public safety and security measures, NO
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or both as provided in Section 5-9 of
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the Park District Code?
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If a majority of the voters of such district voting |
thereon
vote for the levy and collection of the tax provided |
for, such
district shall be authorized and empowered to levy |
and collect such tax
annually thereafter for a police system, |
public safety and security measures, or both. If the park |
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district has police officers, the police officers must |
complete if the district participates in the training program
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established under the Illinois Police Training Act. The |
foregoing
limitations upon tax rates may be increased or |
decreased according to
the referendum provisions of the |
General Revenue Law of the State of
Illinois.
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If a majority of voters of a park district have approved a |
proposition under this Section for "police programs" prior to |
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General |
Assembly, the levy approved may also be used for public safety |
and security measures. |
As used in this Section, "public safety and security |
measures" includes, but is not limited to, security personnel, |
special-events staff, safety audits, safety drills, |
active-shooter training or similar training, and security |
improvements or safety-related upgrades to buildings, grounds, |
or other facilities, such as security lighting, video cameras, |
metal detectors, and emergency call boxes. |
(Source: P.A. 87-767.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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