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                                     LRB093 07778 MKM 13654 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1302

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1302  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding 1052.1
 5    as follows:

 6        (55 ILCS 5/1052.1 new)
 7        Sec.  1052.1.  Defibrillator  tax; authorization for levy
 8    of tax by referendum; discontinuance.
 9        (a)  When a petition signed by 1%  of  the  electors  who
10    voted in the last general election in the county is presented
11    to   the  county  board  requesting  the  submission  of  the
12    proposition whether an annual tax not to exceed 0.002% of the
13    value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
14    of all taxable property in the county shall be levied for the
15    purpose of  purchasing  and  maintaining  automated  external
16    defibrillators, the county board shall adopt a resolution for
17    submission  of  the  proposition  to the electors at the next
18    regular election held in the county in  accordance  with  the
19    general election law.
20        Upon  the  adoption  and certification of the resolution,
21    the proposition  shall  be  submitted  at  the  next  regular
22    election  held  in  the  county.  The proposition shall be in
 
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 1    substantially the following form:
 2             Shall an annual tax of  not  to  exceed  ....  %  be
 3        levied  on  the  value  of  all  taxable property in ....
 4        County (the tax shall amount to  an  annual  increase  of
 5        approximately  ....  on  a  home  with  a market value of
 6        $100,000) for the purpose of purchasing  and  maintaining
 7        automated  external defibrillators (AED) to be located in
 8        public places within the county  in  order  to  save  the
 9        lives of people who suffer from cardiac arrest?
10        The  election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
11    "No".
12        If a majority of the electors of the county voting on the
13    proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the proposition
14    shall be deemed adopted.
15        Upon the adoption of the  proposition  by  the  electors,
16    each  affected  county board shall cause an annual tax of not
17    to exceed 0.002% of the value, as equalized  or  assessed  by
18    the  Department  of  Revenue,  of all taxable property of the
19    county to be levied upon all  the  taxable  property  in  the
20    county   for   the  purpose  of  purchasing  and  maintaining
21    automated external defibrillator technology. The tax shall be
22    in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied
23    and collected in the county and shall be in addition  to  the
24    maximum  of  taxes authorized by law for county purposes. The
25    foregoing limitations upon tax  rates  may  be  increased  or
26    decreased  according  to  the  referendum  provisions  of the
27    general revenue law of Illinois.
28        (b)  The proceeds of the tax authorized by  this  Section
29    shall  be  paid  into  the  county treasury and shall be used
30    solely for the purposes set forth in this Section.
31        (c)  When a petition signed by 1%  of  the  electors  who
32    voted  in  the  last  general  election  in a county that has
33    levied and collected a tax for the purpose of  purchasing  or
34    maintaining  automated  external  defibrillator technology is
 
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 1    presented to the county board requesting  that  the  tax  for
 2    purchasing and maintaining automated defibrillator technology
 3    be  discontinued,  the  county board shall adopt a resolution
 4    providing for  the  submission  of  the  proposition  to  the
 5    electors of the county in the same manner as provided for the
 6    submission  of  the proposition for the levy of the tax under
 7    this Section.
 8        Upon the adoption and certification  of  the  resolution,
 9    the  proposition  shall  be  submitted  at  the  next regular
10    election held in the county.  The  proposition  shall  be  in
11    substantially the following form:
12             Shall  the  tax  for  the  purpose of purchasing and
13        maintaining automated external  defibrillator  technology
14        be discontinued?
15        The  election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
16    "No".
17        If a majority of the electors of the county  voting  upon
18    the  proposition  vote  in  favor  of  the  proposition,  the
19    proposition  shall  be  deemed  adopted  and the tax shall no
20    longer be levied or  collected  in  the  county.  Any  moneys
21    remaining  in  the  county  treasury  for  the  purchasing or
22    maintaining of automated  external  defibrillator  technology
23    shall be directed for general county purposes.".