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| Public Act 098-0199 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
5-1028 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/5-1028) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1028)
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Sec. 5-1028. Tax for emergency ambulance service; | ||||
referendum. In any county which is not a home rule county, a | ||||
county board may levy and
collect, annually, a tax of not to | ||||
exceed .25% of the value, as equalized
or assessed by the | ||||
Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in
the | ||||
county not included within the territory of a fire protection
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district which levies a tax for ambulance service, for the | ||||
payment of expenses
not paid for from general funds which are | ||||
incurred in providing emergency
ambulance service under the | ||||
provisions of Section 5-1053. Such tax shall
not be included | ||||
within any statutory limitation
of rate or amount for other | ||||
county purposes, but shall be excluded
therefrom and be in | ||||
addition thereto and in excess thereof.
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This tax shall not be levied in any county until the | ||||
question of its adoption
is submitted to the electors of the | ||||
county not residing within the territory
of a fire protection | ||||
district which levies a tax for ambulance service and
approved | ||||
by a majority of those voting on the question. Upon the | ||
adoption
of a resolution by the county board providing for the | ||
submission of the
question of the adoption to the electors of | ||
the county the board shall
certify the resolution and the | ||
proposition to the proper election officials
who shall submit | ||
the proposition at an election in accordance with the
general | ||
election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the question | ||
is in
favor of the levy of such tax, it may thereafter be | ||
levied in such county
for each succeeding year.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the | ||
county board of a county that has more than 8,400 but less than | ||
9,000 inhabitants, according to the 2010 federal decennial | ||
census, may also use funds collected under this Section to | ||
provide 9-1-1 service, but only if the question of using those | ||
funds for that purpose has been submitted to the electors of | ||
the county not residing within the territory
of the fire | ||
protection district that levies the tax for ambulance service | ||
and
if that question is approved by a majority of those | ||
electors voting on the question. Upon the adoption
of a | ||
resolution by the county board providing for the submission of | ||
that
question to those electors, the board shall
certify the | ||
resolution and the proposition to the proper election | ||
officials,
who shall submit the proposition at an election in | ||
accordance with the
Election Code. The election authority must | ||
submit the question in substantially the following form: | ||
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May moneys collected by the county
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to provide emergency ambulance service YES
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also be used for the purpose of -----------------------------
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providing 9-1-1 service? NO
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The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or | ||
"No". | ||
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote | ||
in the affirmative, the county may thereafter use funds that it | ||
collects under this Section to provide 9-1-1 service or | ||
emergency ambulance service. | ||
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2014.
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