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Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl
Filed: 3/12/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3842
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3842 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 30-160 as follows:
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| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/30-160) |
| 7 | | Sec. 30-160. Police protection by municipality or county; |
| 8 | | county of 1,000,000 or more; special taxing district. |
| 9 | | (a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, |
| 10 | | the electors may authorize the township board to contract with |
| 11 | | one or more municipalities in the township or with the county |
| 12 | | within which the township is located to furnish, using the |
| 13 | | funds levied under subsection (b), police protection in the |
| 14 | | unincorporated area of the township. |
| 15 | | (b) In order to provide and maintain police protection in |
| 16 | | the unincorporated area of the township, the The township |
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| 1 | | board may declare the unincorporated area of the township a |
| 2 | | special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the |
| 3 | | declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon |
| 4 | | the special police district in the amount specified in the |
| 5 | | annual township tax levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of |
| 6 | | the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the |
| 7 | | Department of Revenue. |
| 8 | | (c) A township board may also use the special police |
| 9 | | district funds levied under subsection (b) to provide for |
| 10 | | public safety in unincorporated areas of the township in the |
| 11 | | manner prescribed by Section 85-13. The funds levied under |
| 12 | | subsection (b) may not be used to pay for (i) any portion of a |
| 13 | | school resource officer's wages or to facilitate any agreement |
| 14 | | with any law enforcement agency to hire a school resource |
| 15 | | officer or (ii) any portion of a red light camera, speed |
| 16 | | camera, or automated license plate reader. |
| 17 | | As used in this subsection: |
| 18 | | "Public safety" includes, but is not limited to, crime |
| 19 | | prevention measures and community safety measures, such as: |
| 20 | | (i) public information campaigns or programs; (ii) traffic |
| 21 | | safety measures, traffic control measures, and signage or |
| 22 | | notices related to those measures; (iii) anti-gang and |
| 23 | | anti-violence community support and intervention programs; and |
| 24 | | (iv) graffiti abatement. |
| 25 | | "School resource officer" has the meaning given in Section |
| 26 | | 10-20.68 of the School Code. |