Bill Title: Creates the Unified Fire Protection District Act. Provides the purpose of the Act and definitions. Provides that a Unified Fire Protection District may be formed either by referendum or intergovernmental agreement, and sets forth requirements for each method of formation. Provides for a Planning Committee, its formation, powers, and duties with regard to the Plan. Provides guidelines for the Plan that shall design, finance, and develop the new District. Provides for the board of trustees of the Unified Fire Protection District and their duties, powers, and obligations with regard to the District. Further provides for employees, contracts, tax levy, indebtedness, and liabilities of the formerly separate units of local government now consolidated into a Unified Fire Protection District. Provides for the dissolution of the District by referendum. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1095 [SB1681 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Terry Link [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-030	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Thomas Cullerton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bill Brady [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Martin Sandoval [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Hoffman [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-113	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anthony DeLuca [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-080	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elgie Sims [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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