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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
55-1028.2 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1028.2 new)
7    Sec. 5-1028.2. Emergency ambulance service.
8Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may, by
9ordinance, agree to provide emergency ambulance service to any
10portion of a fire protection district that the county is
11already providing emergency ambulance service through an
12intergovernmental agreement. The ordinance to provide
13emergency ambulance service under this Section must contain an
14affirmative obligation on the part of the county to provide
15emergency ambulance service to the fire protection district
16once the intergovernmental agreement in effect at the time of
17the ordinance expires.
18    An ordinance adopted under this Section does not take
19effect until after the fire protection district adopts a
20resolution under Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection District
21Act to discontinue the emergency ambulance service and the
22intergovernmental agreement for emergency ambulance service
23between the county and the fire protection district has ended.

 

 

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1Upon certification to the county clerk by both the county and
2the fire protection district that all criteria have been met
3under this Section and Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection
4District Act, the tax rate for emergency ambulance service for
5the area once serviced under the fire protection district for
6emergency ambulance service shall be the rate the county
7levies under Section 5-1028.
 
8    Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
9adding Section 22.1 as follows:
 
10    (70 ILCS 705/22.1 new)
11    Sec. 22.1. Emergency ambulance service. Notwithstanding
12any other provision of law, the board of trustees of a fire
13protection district may, by majority vote of the board of
14trustees, adopt a resolution to discontinue the district's
15emergency ambulance service and to discontinue the district's
16tax upon certification as provided by this Section if a county
17that is already providing emergency ambulance service through
18an intergovernmental agreement levies a tax for emergency
19ambulance service under Section 5-1028 of the Counties Code
20and the county has, by ordinance, agreed to assume the
21emergency ambulance service at the expiration of the
22intergovernmental agreement between the district and county. A
23resolution adopted under this Section must include an end date
24of services. Upon certification to the county clerk by both

 

 

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1the county and the district that all criteria have been met
2under this Section and Section 5-1028.2 of the Counties Code,
3the district may not levy a tax for emergency ambulance
4service under Section 22 unless the county repeals the
5ordinance adopted under Section 5-1028.2 and the county's tax
6adopted under Section 5-1028. If the district elects to no
7longer provide emergency ambulance service under this Section,
8the election shall not be construed as affecting the
9district's authority to levy a tax and provide fire protection
10service under this Act.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.