Bill Text: IL HB4179 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1, but removes provisions modifying charges for ambulance service. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-06-26 - Sent to the Governor [HB4179 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4179-Enrolled.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, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Emergency Services Districts Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Sections 2.5, 4, 11, 11.3, and 11.5 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 2005/2.5) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2.5. Rescue squad district continuance. A rescue | ||||||
8 | squad district organized under this Act before January 1, 2024 | ||||||
9 | ( the effective date of Public Act 103-134) this amendatory Act | ||||||
10 | of the 103rd General Assembly may (i) continue to be named a | ||||||
11 | rescue squad district or be renamed an emergency services | ||||||
12 | district by ordinance of the board of trustees of the | ||||||
13 | district, (ii) operate under the provisions of this Act as if | ||||||
14 | it was they were organized as an emergency services district, | ||||||
15 | and (iii) continue exercising taxing authority granted to it | ||||||
16 | that was approved before January 1, 2024, and (iv) for a | ||||||
17 | district in counties other than Cook County, DuPage County, | ||||||
18 | Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, or Will County, | ||||||
19 | increase, by referendum, the tax rate authorized by its | ||||||
20 | organizational proposition under Section 4 by up to an | ||||||
21 | additional 0.20%. However, the aggregate tax authorized to be | ||||||
22 | levied for any one year under Section 4, including the amount | ||||||
23 | levied under the organizational proposition, shall not exceed |
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1 | 0.20% of value for a district in Cook County, DuPage County, | ||||||
2 | Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, or Will County or | ||||||
3 | 0.40% of value for a district in counties other than Cook | ||||||
4 | County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry | ||||||
5 | County, or Will County, as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||
6 | Department of Revenue. The taxes authorized under this Section | ||||||
7 | may be used for any purpose allowed under this Act, including, | ||||||
8 | but not limited to, ambulance service. the effective date of | ||||||
9 | this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and the | ||||||
10 | taxes may be used for any purpose allowed under this Act. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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12 | (70 ILCS 2005/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 6854) | ||||||
13 | Sec. 4. The determination of the court as to the necessity | ||||||
14 | for the organization of the proposed emergency services | ||||||
15 | district, together with the description of the boundaries of | ||||||
16 | the district as fixed by the court, shall be entered of record | ||||||
17 | in the court. Thereupon the court shall certify the question | ||||||
18 | of the organization of the territory included within the | ||||||
19 | boundaries fixed by it as an emergency services district to | ||||||
20 | the proper election officials, who shall submit the question | ||||||
21 | to the legal voters resident within the territory at an | ||||||
22 | election to be held in the district. Notice of the referendum | ||||||
23 | shall be given and the referendum conducted in the manner | ||||||
24 | provided by the general election law. The notice of the | ||||||
25 | election shall state the purpose of the referendum, describe |
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1 | the territory proposed to be organized as an emergency | ||||||
2 | services district, and state the time of the election. | ||||||
3 | The proposition shall be in substantially the following | ||||||
4 | form: | ||||||
5 | --------------------------------------------------------
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6 | Shall this territory (describing
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7 | it) be organized as The ........... YES
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8 | Emergency Services
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9 | District and shall the
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10 | District be authorized to levy and ----------------------
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11 | collect a property tax not to exceed
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12 | [0.20%/0.40%, as applicable] .20%
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13 | on the property situated in the NO
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14 | District?
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15 | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||
16 | The court shall cause a statement of the result to be | ||||||
17 | entered of record in the court. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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19 | (70 ILCS 2005/11) | ||||||
20 | Sec. 11. Property tax; fees. | ||||||
21 | (a) An emergency services district organized under this | ||||||
22 | Act may levy and collect a general tax on the property situated | ||||||
23 | in the district, but the aggregate amount of taxes levied for | ||||||
24 | any one year under this Act shall not exceed the rate of 0.20% | ||||||
25 | .20% of value for a district in Cook County, DuPage County, |
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1 | Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, or Will County or | ||||||
2 | 0.80% of value for a district in counties other than Cook | ||||||
3 | County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry | ||||||
4 | County, or Will County , as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||
5 | Department of Revenue . For a district in a county other than | ||||||
6 | Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry | ||||||
7 | County, or Will County, no more than half of the rate (0.40%) | ||||||
8 | may be authorized under paragraph (iv) of Section 2.5, Section | ||||||
9 | 4, or both and half of the rate (0.40%) under Section 11.5 . The | ||||||
10 | board of trustees shall determine and certify the amount to be | ||||||
11 | levied and shall return the same to the county clerk. The | ||||||
12 | limitation upon the tax rate may be increased or decreased | ||||||
13 | under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of | ||||||
14 | Illinois. | ||||||
15 | In case the district is located in more than one county, | ||||||
16 | the board of trustees shall determine and certify the amount | ||||||
17 | to be levied upon the taxable property lying in each county and | ||||||
18 | return the same to the respective county clerks of the | ||||||
19 | counties in which the amount is to be levied. In order to | ||||||
20 | determine the amount to be levied upon the taxable property of | ||||||
21 | that part of the district lying in each county, the board shall | ||||||
22 | ascertain from the county clerk of the respective counties in | ||||||
23 | which the district lies the last ascertained equalized value | ||||||
24 | of the taxable property of the district lying in their | ||||||
25 | respective counties, then shall ascertain the rate per cent | ||||||
26 | required and shall, accordingly, apportion the whole amount to |
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1 | be raised between the several parts of the district so lying in | ||||||
2 | the different counties. The tax provided for in this Section | ||||||
3 | shall be levied at the same time and in the same manner as | ||||||
4 | nearly as practicable as taxes are now levied for municipal | ||||||
5 | purposes under the laws of this State. | ||||||
6 | All general taxes under this Act, when collected, shall be | ||||||
7 | paid over to the treasurer of the board of trustees, who is | ||||||
8 | authorized to receive and receipt for the same. | ||||||
9 | (b) An emergency services A rescue squad district | ||||||
10 | organized under this Act may fix, charge, and collect fees for | ||||||
11 | district rescue squad services and ambulance services within | ||||||
12 | or outside of the rescue squad district not exceeding the | ||||||
13 | reasonable cost of the service. | ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24; 103-174, eff. 6-30-23; | ||||||
15 | revised 12-12-23.)
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16 | (70 ILCS 2005/11.3) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 11.3. Ambulance service. | ||||||
18 | (a) The board of trustees may provide ambulance service to | ||||||
19 | or from points within or without the district, contract with | ||||||
20 | providers of ambulance service, combine with other units of | ||||||
21 | local government for the purpose of providing ambulance | ||||||
22 | service, and adopt rules and regulations relating to ambulance | ||||||
23 | service within the board's jurisdiction. | ||||||
24 | (b) The board of trustees may: | ||||||
25 | (1) contract with a private person, hospital, |
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1 | corporation, or another governmental unit for the | ||||||
2 | provision and operation of ambulance service or subsidize | ||||||
3 | the ambulance service; | ||||||
4 | (2) limit the number of ambulance services by | ||||||
5 | referendum; | ||||||
6 | (3) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect | ||||||
7 | fees for ambulance service within or outside of the fire | ||||||
8 | protection district not exceeding the reasonable cost of | ||||||
9 | the service; and | ||||||
10 | (4) establish necessary regulations not inconsistent | ||||||
11 | with the statutes or regulations of the Department of | ||||||
12 | Public Health relating to ambulance service. | ||||||
13 | The board of trustees may limit the number of ambulances | ||||||
14 | under paragraph (2) or establish regulations under paragraph | ||||||
15 | (4) if a referendum under Section 11.5 has been approved. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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17 | (70 ILCS 2005/11.5) | ||||||
18 | Sec. 11.5. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of | ||||||
19 | trustees of an emergency services district desires to levy a | ||||||
20 | special tax to provide an ambulance service or support an | ||||||
21 | existing ambulance service, it shall certify the question to | ||||||
22 | the proper election officials, who shall submit that question | ||||||
23 | at an election to the voters of the district. The result of the | ||||||
24 | referendum shall be entered upon the records of the district. | ||||||
25 | If a majority of the votes on the question are in favor of the |
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1 | question, the board of trustees may then levy a special tax at | ||||||
2 | a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property | ||||||
3 | within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department | ||||||
4 | of Revenue. The question shall be in substantially the | ||||||
5 | following form: | ||||||
6 | ----------------------------------------------
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7 | Shall the ....
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8 | Emergency Services
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9 | District levy a special tax at a rate YES
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10 | not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
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11 | taxable property within the district -----------------
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12 | as equalized or assessed by the
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13 | Department of Revenue for the purpose NO
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14 | of providing or supporting an ambulance
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15 | service?
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17 | The A tax levied under Section 4 11 may be used for | ||||||
18 | ambulance services as well as a tax levied under this Section. | ||||||
19 | The aggregate percentage of all tax levies that a district may | ||||||
20 | levy under this Act may not exceed the aggregate percentage | ||||||
21 | limitation under Section 11. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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