Public Act 103-0174
 
HB2972 EnrolledLRB103 28356 AWJ 54736 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 Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended  by 
changing Section 11 as follows:
 



    (70 ILCS 2005/11)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6861)



    Sec. 11. Property tax; fees. 
    (a) A rescue squad district organized under
this Act may 
levy and collect a general tax on the
property situated in the 
district, but the aggregate amount of taxes
levied for any one 
year shall not exceed the rate of .20%
of value, as
equalized 
or assessed by the Department of Revenue. The
board of 
trustees shall determine and certify the amount to be levied

and shall return the same to the county clerk.
The limitation 
upon the tax rate may be increased or decreased
under the 
referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of Illinois.

    In case the district is located in more than one county, 
the board of
trustees shall determine and certify the amount 
to be levied upon the
taxable property lying in each county and 
return the same to the
respective county clerks of the 
counties in which the amount is to be
levied. In order to 
determine the amount to be levied upon the taxable
property of 
that part of the district lying in each county, the board
shall 
ascertain from the county clerk of the respective counties in

which the district lies the last ascertained equalized value 
of the
taxable property of the district lying in their 
respective counties,
then shall ascertain the rate per cent 
required and shall, accordingly,
apportion the whole amount to 
be raised between the several parts of the
district so lying in 
the different counties. The tax provided for in
this Section 
shall be levied at the same time and in the same manner as

nearly as practicable as taxes are now levied for municipal

purposes under the laws of this State.

    All general taxes under this Act, when collected, shall be 
paid over to the
treasurer of the board of trustees, who is 
authorized to receive and
receipt for the same.
    (b) A rescue squad district organized under this Act may 
fix, charge, and collect fees for rescue squad services and 
ambulance services within or outside of the rescue squad 
district not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service. 

(Source: P.A. 86-916.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.