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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2297 Introduced 1/10/2018, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act. Provides that a rescue squad district's board of trustees may certify a question to the voters of the district requesting to levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the purpose of providing an ambulance service or supporting an existing ambulance service.
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| | | FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | | HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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| | SB2297 | | LRB100 15919 AWJ 31034 b |
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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 Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 11.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 2005/11.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11.5. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of |
| 8 | | trustees of a rescue squad district desires
to levy a special |
| 9 | | tax to provide an ambulance service or support an existing |
| 10 | | ambulance service, it shall certify the
question to the proper |
| 11 | | election officials, who shall submit that question
at an |
| 12 | | election to the voters of the district. The result of the |
| 13 | | referendum
shall be entered upon the records of the district. |
| 14 | | If a majority of the
votes on the question are in favor of the |
| 15 | | question, the board of
trustees may then levy a special tax at |
| 16 | | a rate not to exceed 0.40% of
the value of all taxable property |
| 17 | | within the district as equalized or
assessed by the Department |
| 18 | | of Revenue. The question shall be in
substantially the |
| 19 | | following form: |
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| 21 | | Shall the .... Rescue Squad
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| 22 | | District levy a special tax at a rate YES
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| 23 | | not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
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