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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 an amount, not to exceed $20,000,000, equal to
26    the  amount  appropriated  by the General Assembly for grants
27    under this Section  from the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the
28    Illinois Fire Distribution Fund.
 
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 1        (c)  On  August  1,  2000  and  on  August 1 of each year
 2    thereafter, the Office of the State Fire Marshal  shall  make
 3    grants out of the Fund, in an amount not to exceed the amount
 4    transferred to the Fund, to fire protection districts for the
 5    preceding  calendar  year.   The amount of the grant shall be
 6    equal to that proportion of the total distribution  from  the
 7    Fund   that  is  equal  to  the  fire  protection  district's
 8    proportion of the total amount of  funds  realized  statewide
 9    from tax levies reported under Section 13.05.

10        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
11    becoming law.

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