Public Act 103-0235
Public Act 0235 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Public Act 103-0235
| | SB1840 Enrolled | LRB103 05269 AWJ 50287 b |
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| represented in the General Assembly:
| Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing | Section 5-9 as follows:
| (70 ILCS 1205/5-9) (from Ch. 105, par. 5-9)
| 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
be | excluded therefrom and be in addition thereto and in excess | thereof.
| 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. |
| 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
| playgrounds maintained within the district or for public | safety and security measures.
| 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
| 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.
| The Secretary of the governing board of the park district | shall provide
a petition form to any individual requesting | one.
| If within this 30 day period a petition is filed, signed by | electors of
the district numbering 10% or more of the |
| 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.
| The proposition shall be in substantially the following | form:
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| Shall the.... Park District be authorized
| and empowered to levy and collect a tax of YES
| .... per cent for the purpose of police ---------------
| programs, public safety and security measures, NO
| or both as provided in Section 5-9 of
| 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 |
| district has police officers, the police officers must | complete if the district participates in the training program
| 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.
| 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.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 6/30/2023
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