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 1        AN ACT concerning grants to  fire  protection  districts,
 2    amending named Acts.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The State Finance Act is  amended  by  adding
 6    Section 5.490 as follows:

 7        (30 ILCS 105/5.490 new)
 8        Sec. 5.490.  The Illinois Fire Distribution Fund.

 9        Section  10.  The Fire Protection District Act is amended
10    by adding Sections 13.05 and 13.10 as follows:

11        (70 ILCS 705/13.05 new)
12        Sec. 13.05.  Report.  Each fire protection district  must
13    report to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, no later than
14    March  15  of each year, the amount of funds realized by that
15    district from tax levies during the preceding year.

16        (70 ILCS 705/13.10 new)
17        Sec. 13.10.  Illinois Fire Distribution Fund.
18        (a)  There is  created  the  Illinois  Fire  Distribution
19    Fund,  a  special fund in the State treasury, and, subject to
20    appropriation, moneys in the Fund may be used by  the  Office
21    of  the  State Fire Marshal to make grants to fire protection
22    districts.
23        (b)  On  July  1,  1999  and  on  July  1  of  each  year
24    thereafter, the State Comptroller  and  the  State  Treasurer
25    shall  transfer  $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to
26    the Illinois Fire Distribution Fund.
27        (c)  On August 1, 2000 and  on  August  1  of  each  year
28    thereafter,  the  Office of the State Fire Marshal shall make
 
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 1    grants out of the Fund, subject to appropriations  for  those
 2    grants,  to  fire  protection  districts  for  the  preceding
 3    calendar  year.   The  amount  of the grant shall be equal to
 4    that proportion of the total distribution from the Fund  that
 5    is  equal to the fire protection district's proportion of the
 6    total amount of funds  realized  statewide  from  tax  levies
 7    reported under Section 13.05.

 8        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 9    becoming law.

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