101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2962

 

Introduced 2/4/2020, by Sen. Brian W. Stewart

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 20/4  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 304

    Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that upon receipt of all the annual moneys collected from the tax levied under the Act, each governmental unit that levies that tax shall immediately deposit 20% of those moneys into a special fund directly controlled by the county sheriff to be used for mental health services within the county jail.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Community Mental Health Act is amended by
5changing Section 4 as follows:
 
6    (405 ILCS 20/4)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 304)
7    Sec. 4. In order to provide the necessary funds or to
8supplement existing funds for such community mental health
9facilities and services, including facilities and services for
10the person with a developmental disability or a substance use
11disorder, the governing body of any governmental unit, subject
12to the provisions of Section 5, may levy an annual tax of not
13to exceed .15% upon all of the taxable property in such
14governmental unit at the value thereof, as equalized or
15assessed by the Department of Revenue. Such tax shall be levied
16and collected in the same manner as other governmental unit
17taxes, but shall not be included in any limitation otherwise
18prescribed as to the rate or amount of governmental unit taxes,
19but shall be in addition thereto and in excess thereof.
20    When collected, 80% of such tax shall be paid into a
21special fund to be designated as the "Community Mental Health
22Fund" which shall, upon authorization by the appropriate
23governmental unit, be administered by the community mental

 

 

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1health board and used only for the purposes specified in this
2Act. Upon receipt of all the annual moneys collected from the
3tax levied under this Act, each governmental unit that levies
4that tax shall immediately deposit 20% of those moneys into a
5special fund directly controlled by the county sheriff to be
6used for mental health services within the county jail. Nothing
7contained herein shall in any way preclude the use of other
8funds available for such purposes under any existing Federal,
9State or local statute. Interest earned from moneys deposited
10in this Fund shall only be used for purposes which are
11authorized by this Act.
12    In any city, village, incorporated town, or township which
13levies a tax for the purpose of providing community mental
14health facilities and services and part or all of such city,
15village, incorporated town, or township is in a county or
16township, as the case may be, which levies a tax to provide
17community mental health facilities and services under the
18provisions of this Act, such county or township, as the case
19may be, shall pay to such city, village, incorporated town, or
20township, as the case may be, the entire amount collected from
21taxes under this Section on property subject to a tax which any
22city, village, incorporated town, or township thereof levies to
23provide community mental health facilities and services.
24    Whenever any city, village, incorporated town, or township
25receives any payments from a county or township as provided
26above, such city, village, incorporated town, or township shall

 

 

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1reduce and abate from the tax levied by the authority of this
2Section a rate which would produce an amount equal to the
3amount received from such county or township.
4(Source: P.A. 95-336, eff. 8-21-07.)