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| | HB5543 Engrossed | | LRB103 38822 AWJ 68959 b |
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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 Township Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 30-160 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/30-160) |
| 7 | | Sec. 30-160. Police protection by municipality or county; |
| 8 | | county of 1,000,000 or more; special taxing district. |
| 9 | | (a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, |
| 10 | | the electors may authorize the township board to contract with |
| 11 | | one or more municipalities in the township or with the county |
| 12 | | within which the township is located to furnish, using the |
| 13 | | funds levied under subsection (b), police protection in the |
| 14 | | unincorporated area of the township. |
| 15 | | (b) In order to provide and maintain police protection in |
| 16 | | the unincorporated area of the township, the The township |
| 17 | | board may declare the unincorporated area of the township a |
| 18 | | special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the |
| 19 | | declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon |
| 20 | | the special police district in the amount specified in the |
| 21 | | annual township tax levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of |
| 22 | | the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the |
| 23 | | Department of Revenue. |