Bill Text: IL HB3233 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, a fire protection district may propose, by referendum, a special tax levy not to exceed .40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for ambulance services. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0319 [HB3233 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3233-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, a fire protection district may propose, by referendum, a special tax levy not to exceed .40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for ambulance services. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0319 [HB3233 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB3233-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 22 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 705/22) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.5)
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7 | Sec. 22. The Board of Trustees of any fire protection | ||||||
8 | district incorporated
under this Act is authorized under the | ||||||
9 | terms and conditions hereinafter
set out, to provide emergency | ||||||
10 | ambulance service to or from points within
or without the | ||||||
11 | district; to contract with providers of ambulance service;
to | ||||||
12 | combine with other units of governments for the purpose of | ||||||
13 | providing
ambulance service; to levy a tax for the provision of | ||||||
14 | such service and to
adopt rules and regulations relating to | ||||||
15 | ambulance service within their
jurisdiction.
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16 | (a) It is declared as a matter of public policy:
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17 | (1) That, in order to preserve, protect and promote the | ||||||
18 | public health,
safety and general welfare, adequate and | ||||||
19 | continuing emergency ambulance
service should be available | ||||||
20 | to every citizen of Illinois;
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21 | (2) That, insofar as it is economically feasible, | ||||||
22 | emergency ambulance
service should be provided by private | ||||||
23 | enterprise; and
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1 | (3) That, in the event adequate and continuing | ||||||
2 | emergency ambulance
services do not exist, fire protection | ||||||
3 | districts should be authorized to
provide, and shall cause | ||||||
4 | to be provided, ambulance service as a public | ||||||
5 | responsibility.
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6 | (b) Whenever the Board of Trustees of a fire protection | ||||||
7 | district desires
to levy a special tax to provide an ambulance | ||||||
8 | service, it shall certify the
question to the proper election | ||||||
9 | officials, who shall submit that question
at an election to the | ||||||
10 | voters of the district. The result of such referendum
shall be | ||||||
11 | entered upon the records of the district. If a majority of the
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12 | votes on the proposition are in favor of such proposition, the | ||||||
13 | Board of
Trustees may thereafter levy a special tax at a rate | ||||||
14 | not to exceed .30% of
the value of all taxable property within | ||||||
15 | the district as equalized or
assessed by the Department of | ||||||
16 | Revenue. The proposition shall be in
substantially the | ||||||
17 | following form:
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18 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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19 | Shall the .... Fire Protection
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20 | District levy a special tax at a rate YES
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21 | not to exceed .30% of the value of all
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22 | taxable property within the district as --------------------
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23 | equalized or assessed by the Department
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24 | of Revenue for the purpose of providing NO
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25 | an ambulance service?
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26 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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1 | (b-5) On and after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
2 | Act of the 98th General Assembly, whenever the Board of | ||||||
3 | Trustees of a fire protection district desires
to levy a | ||||||
4 | special tax to provide an ambulance service, it shall certify | ||||||
5 | the
question to the proper election officials, who shall submit | ||||||
6 | that question
at an election to the voters of the district. The | ||||||
7 | result of such referendum
shall be entered upon the records of | ||||||
8 | the district. If a majority of the
votes on the proposition are | ||||||
9 | in favor of such proposition, the Board of
Trustees may | ||||||
10 | thereafter levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed .40% of
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11 | the value of all taxable property within the district as | ||||||
12 | equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue. The | ||||||
13 | proposition shall be in
substantially the following form: | ||||||
14 | -
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15 | Shall the .... Fire Protection
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16 | District levy a special tax at a rate YES
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17 | not to exceed .40% of the value of all
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18 | taxable property within the district as ---------------------
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19 | equalized or assessed by the Department
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20 | of Revenue for the purpose of providing NO
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21 | an ambulance service?
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22 | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||
23 | (c) If it appears that a majority of all valid votes cast | ||||||
24 | on the
proposition are in favor of levying a special tax to pay | ||||||
25 | for an ambulance,
the Board of Trustees may levy and collect an | ||||||
26 | annual tax for the purpose of
providing ambulance service under |
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1 | this Act to be extended at a rate not to
exceed .40% .30% of the | ||||||
2 | full fair cash value of the taxable property within the
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3 | governmental unit as assessed or equalized by the Department of | ||||||
4 | Revenue.
Such annual tax shall be in addition to the other | ||||||
5 | taxes a fire protection
district may levy for its corporate | ||||||
6 | purposes.
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7 | (d) Any Board of trustees may:
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8 | 1. Provide or operate an emergency ambulance service;
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9 | 2. Contract with a private person, hospital, | ||||||
10 | corporation or another
governmental unit for the provision | ||||||
11 | and operation of emergency ambulance
service or subsidize | ||||||
12 | the service thereof;
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13 | 3. Limit the number of ambulance services;
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14 | 4. Within its jurisdiction, fix, charge and collect | ||||||
15 | fees for emergency
ambulance service within or outside of | ||||||
16 | the fire protection district not
exceeding the reasonable | ||||||
17 | cost of the service;
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18 | 5. Establish necessary regulations not inconsistent | ||||||
19 | with the statutes
or regulations of the Department of | ||||||
20 | Public Health relating to ambulance
service;
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21 | 6. The trustees shall have the power identified in | ||||||
22 | paragraphs 3 and 5
only if the district shall have passed | ||||||
23 | the referendum provided for herein.
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24 | (e) When any Board of Trustees is authorized prior to | ||||||
25 | January 1, 1978
to levy and collect an annual tax, for the | ||||||
26 | purpose of providing ambulance
service, at any rate not |
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1 | exceeding .25% of the full fair cash value of the
taxable | ||||||
2 | property within the governmental unit as equalized or assessed | ||||||
3 | by
the Department of Revenue, such Board of Trustees may by
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4 | resolution increase its authority to tax for ambulance purposes | ||||||
5 | to a rate
not to exceed .30%. Such resolution shall be | ||||||
6 | effective 30 days after its
adoption. Notice of such resolution | ||||||
7 | shall be published twice in a newspaper
having a general | ||||||
8 | circulation within the district at least 20 days and again
at | ||||||
9 | least 10 days prior to the effective date of the resolution. | ||||||
10 | Such notice
shall state that the voters of that fire protection | ||||||
11 | district, which district
shall be described in the notice, have | ||||||
12 | until 30 days after the adoption
of the resolution to file a | ||||||
13 | petition with the Board of Trustees praying
that the question | ||||||
14 | of the adoption of the resolution be submitted to a vote
of the | ||||||
15 | electors of such territory, and that, if no such petition is | ||||||
16 | filed,
the resolution shall become effective 30 days after its | ||||||
17 | adoption. The
notice also shall state the specific number of | ||||||
18 | voters required to sign the
petition and the date of the | ||||||
19 | prospective referendum. The district secretary
shall provide a | ||||||
20 | petition form to any individual requesting one. If such a
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21 | petition, signed by the voters of the district equal to 10% or | ||||||
22 | more of the
registered voters of the district, is so filed with | ||||||
23 | the Board of Trustees,
then the question of the adoption of the | ||||||
24 | resolution shall be certified to
the proper election officials, | ||||||
25 | who shall submit the question to a vote of
the electors of the | ||||||
26 | district at an election in accordance with the general
election |
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1 | law. If such a petition is filed, the resolution does not take
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2 | effect unless a majority of the votes cast upon the question of | ||||||
3 | the
adoption of the resolution is in favor of adoption. | ||||||
4 | However, if such a
petition is determined to be invalid, the | ||||||
5 | resolution shall take effect.
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6 | The result of the election shall be entered upon the | ||||||
7 | records of the
district. If a majority of the voters vote in | ||||||
8 | favor of such resolution,
the resolution shall be effective | ||||||
9 | immediately. The proposition shall be
in substantially the | ||||||
10 | following form:
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12 | Shall the Board of Trustees of
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13 | the .... Fire Protection District YES
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14 | be authorized to increase the
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15 | special tax for ambulance service
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16 | to a rate not to exceed .30% of ------------------
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17 | the value of all taxable property
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18 | within the district as equalized or
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19 | assessed by the Department of Revenue NO
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20 | for the purpose of providing such service?
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22 | In this Section, "ambulance service" includes, without | ||||||
23 | limitation, pre-hospital medical services. "Pre-hospital | ||||||
24 | medical services" includes emergency services performed by a | ||||||
25 | paramedic or other on-board emergency personnel that are within | ||||||
26 | the scope of the provider's license. This amendatory Act of the |
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1 | 95th General Assembly is declarative of existing law.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 95-497, eff. 1-1-08.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law.
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