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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 14 and by adding Section 10d as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (70 ILCS 705/10d new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10d. Investment; contracts. If a fire protection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | district makes a contract with a separate fire department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | entity to provide fire protection services for the district, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | then the fire protection district may sell assets and invest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | the proceeds including without limitation using the Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Treasurers' Investment Pool under Section 17 of the State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Treasurer Act. The proceeds and investment income must be used | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | by a fire protection district to pay for the district's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | contractual obligations to a separate fire department entity or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | for any other fire protection related purpose.
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17 | (70 ILCS 705/14) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34)
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18 | Sec. 14. Taxes for corporate purposes. The Board of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Trustees may levy and collect other taxes for all
corporate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | purposes, including, without limiting the generality of the
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21 | foregoing, the payment of all obligations incurred in taking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | over the fire
protection facilities of any city, village or |
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1 | incorporated town located
within the boundaries of any such | ||||||
2 | district, including all pension or annuity
plans of any such | ||||||
3 | city, village or incorporated town applicable to the
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4 | maintenance of fire protection facilities, and further for the | ||||||
5 | purposes of
building, repairing and improving fire houses, of | ||||||
6 | the renting of buildings
and property for corporate purposes, | ||||||
7 | of procuring firehouse land or sites,
fire-fighting apparatus | ||||||
8 | and equipment, and of procuring apparatus and
equipment for | ||||||
9 | emergencies involving hazardous substances and providing
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10 | appropriate training for such situations, exclusive of taxes to | ||||||
11 | pay bonded
indebtedness upon all the taxable property within | ||||||
12 | the territorial limits of
such fire protection districts , and | ||||||
13 | further for the purposes of paying all contractual obligations | ||||||
14 | to a separate fire department entity or any other fire | ||||||
15 | protection related purpose , the aggregate amount of which shall | ||||||
16 | not exceed
0.125% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the | ||||||
17 | Department of Revenue,
except as provided in this Section.
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18 | All taxes proposed to be levied by a district shall be | ||||||
19 | levied by ordinance, a
certified copy of which shall be filed | ||||||
20 | with the county clerk of the county in
which the taxes are to | ||||||
21 | be collected not later than the last Tuesday in December
in | ||||||
22 | each year.
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23 | The Board of Trustees may accumulate funds for the purposes | ||||||
24 | of building,
repairing and improving firehouses, for the | ||||||
25 | purposes of procuring firehouse
land or sites, fire-fighting | ||||||
26 | apparatus and equipment, and for the purposes
of procuring |
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1 | appropriate apparatus, equipment, and training for emergencies
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2 | involving hazardous substances , and for the purpose of paying | ||||||
3 | all contractual obligations to a separate fire department | ||||||
4 | entity for fire protection services and may annually levy taxes | ||||||
5 | for such
purposes in excess of current requirements for its | ||||||
6 | other purposes but
subject to the tax rate limitations as | ||||||
7 | provided in this Section.
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8 | If the Board of Trustees desires to levy such taxes at a | ||||||
9 | rate in excess
of 0.125% and in excess of 0.30% but not in | ||||||
10 | excess of 0.40% of the value of
all taxable property within the | ||||||
11 | district as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue, | ||||||
12 | it shall certify the question to the proper election
officials, | ||||||
13 | who shall submit the question at an election in accordance with
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14 | the general election law. The result of such referendum shall | ||||||
15 | be
entered upon the records of the district. If a majority of | ||||||
16 | the voters at
such election vote in favor of the proposition, | ||||||
17 | the Board of Trustees may
levy such taxes at a rate not to | ||||||
18 | exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable
property within the | ||||||
19 | district as equalized or assessed by the Department of
Revenue. | ||||||
20 | The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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22 | Shall the maximum allowable tax rate
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23 | for the.... Fire Protection District YES
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24 | be increased from 0.125% to 0.40% (or from
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25 | 0.30% to 0.40%, as the case may be) ---------------
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26 | of the value of all taxable property within
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1 | the District as equalized or assessed by NO
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2 | the Department of Revenue?
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4 | The Board of Trustees has power to levy such taxes at a | ||||||
5 | rate in excess of
0.125% but not in excess of 0.30% of the | ||||||
6 | value of all taxable property within
the district, as equalized | ||||||
7 | or assessed by the Department of Revenue, under the
following | ||||||
8 | terms and conditions.
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9 | The board of trustees shall proceed in like manner prior to | ||||||
10 | the adoption
of an ordinance providing for the levy of taxes at | ||||||
11 | a rate not in excess
of 0.30% as if the board of trustees had | ||||||
12 | followed the procedures to adopt
an ordinance not in excess of | ||||||
13 | 0.125% of the value of all taxable property
within the district | ||||||
14 | as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
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15 | The board of trustees shall provide by ordinance for the | ||||||
16 | levy and collection
of taxes at a rate not in excess of 0.30% | ||||||
17 | of the value of all taxable property
within the district as | ||||||
18 | equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
A certified | ||||||
19 | copy of such ordinance shall be filed in the office of the | ||||||
20 | county
clerk of each county in which any portion of the | ||||||
21 | territory of such fire
protection district is situated, which | ||||||
22 | certified copy constitutes authority
for the clerk or clerks in | ||||||
23 | each case to extend taxes annually at the rate
so provided | ||||||
24 | against all of the taxable property contained in the fire
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25 | protection district.
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26 | After such ordinance has been passed, it shall be published |
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1 | once within
30 days after its passage in one or more newspapers | ||||||
2 | published in the fire
protection district or, if no newspaper | ||||||
3 | is published therein, it shall be
published in a newspaper | ||||||
4 | published in the county in which such district
is located and | ||||||
5 | having general circulation within such district. If no | ||||||
6 | newspaper
is published in the county having general circulation | ||||||
7 | in the district,
publication may be made instead by posting | ||||||
8 | copies of such ordinance in 10
public places within the fire | ||||||
9 | protection district. The publication or posting
of the | ||||||
10 | ordinance shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of | ||||||
11 | voters
required to sign a petition requesting that the question | ||||||
12 | of the adoption of
the tax levy be submitted to the voters of | ||||||
13 | the district; (2) the time within
which the petition must be | ||||||
14 | filed; and (3) the date of the prospective
referendum. The | ||||||
15 | district secretary shall provide a petition form to any
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16 | individual requesting one. The ordinance shall not become | ||||||
17 | effective until 30
days after its publication or the date of | ||||||
18 | such posting of such copies.
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19 | Whenever a petition signed by the electors of the fire | ||||||
20 | protection
district equal in number to 10% or more of the | ||||||
21 | registered voters in the
fire protection district is filed with | ||||||
22 | the Board of Trustees thereof which
has adopted an ordinance | ||||||
23 | providing for such increase in the rate of taxes
and such | ||||||
24 | petition has been filed with the Board of Trustees within 30 | ||||||
25 | days
after the publication or the date of the posting of the | ||||||
26 | copies which
petition seeks the submission of such increase in |
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1 | the rate of taxes to an
election, the Board of Trustees shall | ||||||
2 | certify the question to the proper
election officials who shall | ||||||
3 | submit the question at an election in
accordance with the | ||||||
4 | general election law.
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5 | The proposition shall be substantially in the following | ||||||
6 | form:
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8 | Shall the maximum allowable tax
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9 | rate for .... Fire Protection YES
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10 | District be increased from 0.125%
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11 | to 0.30% of the value of all taxable -----------------------
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12 | property within the District
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13 | as equalized or assessed by the NO
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14 | Department of Revenue?
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16 | The foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be further | ||||||
17 | increased or
decreased under the referendum provisions of the | ||||||
18 | General Revenue Law of
Illinois.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 86-346; 86-1194; 86-1253; 86-1475; 86-1480; | ||||||
20 | 87-712; 87-767;
87-895; 87-1189 .)
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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