Bill Text: IL HB3842 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety but prohibits use of those funds for the purchase of red light cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3842 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB3842-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3842 Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/30-160
Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety but prohibits use of those funds for the purchase of red light cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Township Code is amended by changing
Section 30-160 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/30-160)
Sec. 30-160. Police protection by municipality or county;
county of 1,000,000 or more; special taxing district.
(a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more,
the electors may authorize the township board to contract with
one or more municipalities in the township or with the county
within which the township is located to furnish, using the
funds levied under subsection (b), police protection in the
unincorporated area of the township.
(b) In order to provide and maintain police protection in
the unincorporated area of the township, the The township
board may declare the unincorporated area of the township a
special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the
declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon
the special police district in the amount specified in the
annual township tax levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of
the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue.

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(c) A township board may also use the special police
district funds levied under subsection (b) to provide for
public safety in the manner prescribed by Section 85-13 of
this Code. A township may not use the special police district
funds levied under subsection (b) to pay for red light
cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers.
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.