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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 24 as follows:
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| 6 | (70 ILCS 705/24) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.7)
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| 7 | Sec. 24.
(a) In addition to any other tax authorized by | ||||||
| 8 | law, the board of
trustees of a fire protection district may, | ||||||
| 9 | subject to the requirements of
subsections (b) and (c), by | ||||||
| 10 | ordinance levy a special annual tax at a rate not exceeding | ||||||
| 11 | 0.10%
.10% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Revenue,
of all taxable property within the | ||||||
| 13 | district, for the purpose of obtaining
funds to pay for the | ||||||
| 14 | costs of emergency and rescue crews and equipment.
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| 15 | (b) Whenever the board of trustees of a fire protection | ||||||
| 16 | district desires
to levy a special tax under this Section, it | ||||||
| 17 | shall certify the question
to the proper election officials, | ||||||
| 18 | who shall submit that question at an election
to the voters of | ||||||
| 19 | the district in accordance with the general election law.
The | ||||||
| 20 | result of such referendum shall be entered upon the records of | ||||||
| 21 | the
district. If a majority of the votes on the proposition are | ||||||
| 22 | in favor of
such proposition, the board of trustees may | ||||||
| 23 | thereafter levy a special tax
under this Section at a rate not | ||||||
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| 1 | to exceed 0.05% .05% of the value
of all taxable property | ||||||
| 2 | within the district as equalized or assessed by the
Department | ||||||
| 3 | of Revenue. The proposition shall be in substantially the | ||||||
| 4 | following form:
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| 5 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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| 6 | Shall the ....... Fire Protection
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| 7 | District levy a special tax at a rate
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| 8 | not to exceed 0.05% .05% of the value of YES
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| 9 | all taxable property within the
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| 10 | district as equalized or assessed ---------------------
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| 11 | by the Department of Revenue for
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| 12 | the purpose of providing funds NO
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| 13 | to pay for the costs of emergency
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| 14 | and rescue crews and equipment?
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| 15 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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| 16 | (c) Whenever the board of trustees of a fire protection | ||||||
| 17 | district which levies a tax under this Section desires to levy | ||||||
| 18 | a special tax under this Section at a rate not to exceed 0.10% | ||||||
| 19 | of the value of all taxable property within the district as | ||||||
| 20 | equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue increase the | ||||||
| 21 | tax rate limit set forth under subsection (b), it shall certify | ||||||
| 22 | the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit | ||||||
| 23 | that question at an election to the voters of the district in | ||||||
| 24 | accordance with the general election law. The result of such | ||||||
| 25 | referendum shall be entered upon the records of the district. | ||||||
| 26 | If a majority of the votes on the proposition are in favor of
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| 1 | such proposition, the board of trustees may thereafter levy a | ||||||
| 2 | special tax
under this Section at a rate not to exceed 0.10% | ||||||
| 3 | .10% of the value
of all taxable property within the district | ||||||
| 4 | as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue. The | ||||||
| 5 | proposition shall be in substantially the following form: | ||||||
| 6 | -------------------------------------------------------------
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| 7 | Shall the ......... Fire
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| 8 | Protection District levy a YES
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| 9 | special tax at a rate not to
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| 10 | exceed 0.10% of the value of
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| 11 | all taxable property within the -------------------------------------------------------------
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| 12 | district as equalized or assessed
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| 13 | by the Department of Revenue
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| 14 | for the purpose of providing funds NO
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| 15 | to pay for the costs of emergency
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| 16 | and rescue crews and equipment?
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| 17 | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||
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| 19 | Shall the rate of the | ||||||
| 20 | special tax
levied by the ....... | ||||||
| 21 | Fire Protection District
for the YES | ||||||
| 22 | purpose of providing funds to
pay | ||||||
| 23 | the costs of emergency and rescue
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| 24 | crews and equipment be increased to | ||||||
| 25 | not more than .10% of the value of | ||||||
| 26 | all
taxable property within the NO | ||||||
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| 1 | district as
equalized or assessed | ||||||
| 2 | by the Department
of Revenue? | ||||||
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 99-4, eff. 5-31-15.)
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