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90_SB0307eng
60 ILCS 1/182-5 new
Amends the Township Code. Allows a township,
individually, through an intergovernmental agreement, or by
contract with a private corporation, to provide primary
health care to its citizens. Requires a referendum to allow
the township to tax for purposes of providing primary health
care.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Township Code by adding Section
2 182-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding
6 Section 182-5 as follows:
7 (60 ILCS 1/182-5 new)
8 Sec. 182-5. Primary health care special district; tax.
9 (a) In any township in a county with a population of
10 25,000 or less containing a federally designated health
11 manpower shortage area, the township board may provide for
12 primary health care under an intergovernmental cooperation
13 agreement with another unit of local government or under
14 contract with a private corporation.
15 (b) For purposes described in subsection (a), the
16 township board may levy an annual tax of not more than 0.095%
17 of the value of all the taxable property in the township, as
18 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon that
19 property. Before a tax may be levied under this Section, the
20 township board shall certify that question to the proper
21 election officials in accordance with General Election Law,
22 who shall submit the proposition by referendum to all the
23 voters in the area to be served. The referendum shall be in
24 substantially the following form:
25 Shall (name of township) be authorized to levy an annual
26 tax of not more than 0.095% of the value of all the taxable
27 property in the township to provide primary health care to
28 its citizens?
29 The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
30 If the majority of the voters voting on the proposition
31 vote in favor of it, the tax levy is authorized. If a
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1 majority of the vote is against the proposition, the tax levy
2 is not authorized. No tax may be levied under this Section,
3 however, with respect to any property that is subject to any
4 other tax levied for the sole purpose of providing primary
5 health care.
6 (c) Any territory of a special primary health care
7 district that is annexed to a municipality that provides
8 primary health care within its corporate limits shall be
9 automatically disconnected from the township primary health
10 care district.
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