Public Act 103-0987

SB3402 Enrolled LRB103 38416 AWJ 68551 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section

5-1028.2 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1028.2 new)

Sec. 5-1028.2. Emergency ambulance service.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may, by

ordinance, agree to provide emergency ambulance service to any

portion of a fire protection district that the county is

already providing emergency ambulance service through an

intergovernmental agreement. The ordinance to provide

emergency ambulance service under this Section must contain an

affirmative obligation on the part of the county to provide

emergency ambulance service to the fire protection district

once the intergovernmental agreement in effect at the time of

the ordinance expires.

An ordinance adopted under this Section does not take

effect until after the fire protection district adopts a

resolution under Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection District

Act to discontinue the emergency ambulance service and the

intergovernmental agreement for emergency ambulance service

between the county and the fire protection district has ended.

Upon certification to the county clerk by both the county and

the fire protection district that all criteria have been met

under this Section and Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection

District Act, the tax rate for emergency ambulance service for

the area once serviced under the fire protection district for

emergency ambulance service shall be the rate the county

levies under Section 5-1028.

Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by

adding Section 22.1 as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/22.1 new)

Sec. 22.1. Emergency ambulance service. Notwithstanding

any other provision of law, the board of trustees of a fire

protection district may, by majority vote of the board of

trustees, adopt a resolution to discontinue the district's

emergency ambulance service and to discontinue the district's

tax upon certification as provided by this Section if a county

that is already providing emergency ambulance service through

an intergovernmental agreement levies a tax for emergency

ambulance service under Section 5-1028 of the Counties Code

and the county has, by ordinance, agreed to assume the

emergency ambulance service at the expiration of the

intergovernmental agreement between the district and county. A

resolution adopted under this Section must include an end date

of services. Upon certification to the county clerk by both

the county and the district that all criteria have been met

under this Section and Section 5-1028.2 of the Counties Code,

the district may not levy a tax for emergency ambulance

service under Section 22 unless the county repeals the

ordinance adopted under Section 5-1028.2 and the county's tax

adopted under Section 5-1028. If the district elects to no

longer provide emergency ambulance service under this Section,

the election shall not be construed as affecting the

district's authority to levy a tax and provide fire protection

service under this Act.