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91_SB1377
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1 AN ACT to amend the Fire Protection District Act by
2 changing Section 14.05.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended
6 by changing Section 14.05 as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 705/14.05) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.05)
8 Sec. 14.05. At the hearing the court shall first
9 determine whether the districts are adjoining, as described
10 in Section 14.01, and whether the petition is signed by 50 or
11 more of the legal voters resident within the limits of each
12 of the districts proposed to be consolidated. If the
13 districts are not adjoining or if the petition is not so
14 signed the petition shall be dismissed.
15 If the districts are adjoining and the petition is so
16 signed, the court shall then order the question of
17 consolidation and the rate of taxes for the consolidated
18 district submitted to the legal voters in each district at an
19 election, and shall certify the question and its order to the
20 proper election officials who shall submit the question at an
21 election in accordance with the general election law. The
22 proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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24 Shall (name of district in which
25 election is being held), be
26 consolidated with (name of other
27 district or districts) to organize YES
28 (name of consolidated district)
29 and shall the maximum allowable
30 tax rate for (name of consolidated ------------------------
31 district) be set at (rate of tax,
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1 stated as a percentage) of the
2 value of all taxable property within NO
3 (name of consolidated district)
4 as equalized or assessed by the
5 Department of Revenue?
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7 The court shall cause a written statement of the results of
8 such election to be filed of record in the court. If, in each
9 district, a majority of the voters voting on the question
10 shall favor consolidation and the stated rate of taxes for
11 the consolidated district, the court shall order the
12 consolidation of the districts into the consolidated
13 district.
14 (Source: P.A. 83-1488.)