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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Services Districts Act is amended
5by changing Sections 2.5, 4, 11, 11.3, and 11.5 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2005/2.5)
7    Sec. 2.5. Rescue squad district continuance. A rescue
8squad district organized under this Act before January 1, 2024
9(the effective date of Public Act 103-134) this amendatory Act
10of the 103rd General Assembly may (i) continue to be named a
11rescue squad district or be renamed an emergency services
12district by ordinance of the board of trustees of the
13district, (ii) operate under the provisions of this Act as if
14it was they were organized as an emergency services district,
15and (iii) continue exercising taxing authority granted to it
16that was approved before January 1, 2024, and (iv) for a
17district in counties other than Cook County, DuPage County,
18Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, or Will County,
19increase, by referendum, the tax rate authorized by its
20organizational proposition under Section 4 by up to an
21additional 0.20%. However, the aggregate tax authorized to be
22levied for any one year under Section 4, including the amount
23levied under the organizational proposition, shall not exceed

 

 

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10.20% of value for a district in Cook County, DuPage County,
2Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, or Will County or
30.40% of value for a district in counties other than Cook
4County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry
5County, or Will County, as equalized or assessed by the
6Department of Revenue. The taxes authorized under this Section
7may be used for any purpose allowed under this Act, including,
8but not limited to, ambulance service. the effective date of
9this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and the
10taxes may be used for any purpose allowed under this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 2005/4)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6854)
13    Sec. 4. The determination of the court as to the necessity
14for the organization of the proposed emergency services
15district, together with the description of the boundaries of
16the district as fixed by the court, shall be entered of record
17in the court. Thereupon the court shall certify the question
18of the organization of the territory included within the
19boundaries fixed by it as an emergency services district to
20the proper election officials, who shall submit the question
21to the legal voters resident within the territory at an
22election to be held in the district. Notice of the referendum
23shall be given and the referendum conducted in the manner
24provided by the general election law. The notice of the
25election shall state the purpose of the referendum, describe

 

 

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1the territory proposed to be organized as an emergency
2services district, and state the time of the election.
3    The proposition shall be in substantially the following
4form:
5--------------------------------------------------------
6    Shall this territory (describing
7it) be organized as The ...........               YES
8Emergency Services
9District and shall the
10District be authorized to levy and     ----------------------
11collect a property tax not to exceed
12[0.20%/0.40%, as applicable] .20%
13on the property situated in the                   NO
14District?
15-------------------------------------------------------------
16    The court shall cause a statement of the result to be
17entered of record in the court.
18(Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
19    (70 ILCS 2005/11)
20    Sec. 11. Property tax; fees.
21    (a) An emergency services district organized under this
22Act may levy and collect a general tax on the property situated
23in the district, but the aggregate amount of taxes levied for
24any one year under this Act shall not exceed the rate of 0.20%
25.20% of value for a district in Cook County, DuPage County,

 

 

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1Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, or Will County or
20.80% of value for a district in counties other than Cook
3County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry
4County, or Will County, as equalized or assessed by the
5Department of Revenue. For a district in a county other than
6Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry
7County, or Will County, no more than half of the rate (0.40%)
8may be authorized under paragraph (iv) of Section 2.5, Section
94, or both and half of the rate (0.40%) under Section 11.5. The
10board of trustees shall determine and certify the amount to be
11levied and shall return the same to the county clerk. The
12limitation upon the tax rate may be increased or decreased
13under the referendum provisions of the General Revenue Law of
14Illinois.
15    In case the district is located in more than one county,
16the board of trustees shall determine and certify the amount
17to be levied upon the taxable property lying in each county and
18return the same to the respective county clerks of the
19counties in which the amount is to be levied. In order to
20determine the amount to be levied upon the taxable property of
21that part of the district lying in each county, the board shall
22ascertain from the county clerk of the respective counties in
23which the district lies the last ascertained equalized value
24of the taxable property of the district lying in their
25respective counties, then shall ascertain the rate per cent
26required and shall, accordingly, apportion the whole amount to

 

 

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1be raised between the several parts of the district so lying in
2the different counties. The tax provided for in this Section
3shall be levied at the same time and in the same manner as
4nearly as practicable as taxes are now levied for municipal
5purposes under the laws of this State.
6    All general taxes under this Act, when collected, shall be
7paid over to the treasurer of the board of trustees, who is
8authorized to receive and receipt for the same.
9    (b) An emergency services A rescue squad district
10organized under this Act may fix, charge, and collect fees for
11district rescue squad services and ambulance services within
12or outside of the rescue squad district not exceeding the
13reasonable cost of the service.
14(Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24; 103-174, eff. 6-30-23;
15revised 12-12-23.)
 
16    (70 ILCS 2005/11.3)
17    Sec. 11.3. Ambulance service.
18    (a) The board of trustees may provide ambulance service to
19or from points within or without the district, contract with
20providers of ambulance service, combine with other units of
21local government for the purpose of providing ambulance
22service, and adopt rules and regulations relating to ambulance
23service within the board's jurisdiction.
24    (b) The board of trustees may:
25        (1) contract with a private person, hospital,

 

 

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1    corporation, or another governmental unit for the
2    provision and operation of ambulance service or subsidize
3    the ambulance service;
4        (2) limit the number of ambulance services by
5    referendum;
6        (3) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect
7    fees for ambulance service within or outside of the fire
8    protection district not exceeding the reasonable cost of
9    the service; and
10        (4) establish necessary regulations not inconsistent
11    with the statutes or regulations of the Department of
12    Public Health relating to ambulance service.
13    The board of trustees may limit the number of ambulances
14under paragraph (2) or establish regulations under paragraph
15(4) if a referendum under Section 11.5 has been approved.
16(Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 2005/11.5)
18    Sec. 11.5. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of
19trustees of an emergency services district desires to levy a
20special tax to provide an ambulance service or support an
21existing ambulance service, it shall certify the question to
22the proper election officials, who shall submit that question
23at an election to the voters of the district. The result of the
24referendum shall be entered upon the records of the district.
25If a majority of the votes on the question are in favor of the

 

 

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1question, the board of trustees may then levy a special tax at
2a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property
3within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department
4of Revenue. The question shall be in substantially the
5following form:
6----------------------------------------------
7    Shall the ....
8Emergency Services
9District levy a special tax at a rate             YES
10not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
11taxable property within the district        -----------------
12as equalized or assessed by the
13Department of Revenue for the purpose             NO
14of providing or supporting an ambulance
15service?
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17    The A tax levied under Section 4 11 may be used for
18ambulance services as well as a tax levied under this Section.
19The aggregate percentage of all tax levies that a district may
20levy under this Act may not exceed the aggregate percentage
21limitation under Section 11.
22(Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24.)
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.