Rep. John E. Bradley

Filed: 3/14/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 438

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 438 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Section 5-1028 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1028)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1028)
7    Sec. 5-1028. Tax for emergency ambulance service;
8referendum. In any county which is not a home rule county, a
9county board may levy and collect, annually, a tax of not to
10exceed .25% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the
11Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in the
12county not included within the territory of a fire protection
13district which levies a tax for ambulance service, for the
14payment of expenses not paid for from general funds which are
15incurred in providing emergency ambulance service under the
16provisions of Section 5-1053. Such tax shall not be included

 

 

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1within any statutory limitation of rate or amount for other
2county purposes, but shall be excluded therefrom and be in
3addition thereto and in excess thereof.
4    This tax shall not be levied in any county until the
5question of its adoption is submitted to the electors of the
6county not residing within the territory of a fire protection
7district which levies a tax for ambulance service and approved
8by a majority of those voting on the question. Upon the
9adoption of a resolution by the county board providing for the
10submission of the question of the adoption to the electors of
11the county the board shall certify the resolution and the
12proposition to the proper election officials who shall submit
13the proposition at an election in accordance with the general
14election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the question
15is in favor of the levy of such tax, it may thereafter be
16levied in such county for each succeeding year.
17    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the
18county board of a county that has more than 8,400 but less than
199,000 inhabitants, according to the 2010 federal decennial
20census, may also use funds collected under this Section to
21provide 9-1-1 service, but only if the question of using those
22funds for that purpose has been submitted to the electors of
23the county not residing within the territory of the fire
24protection district that levies the tax for ambulance service
25and if that question is approved by a majority of those
26electors voting on the question. Upon the adoption of a

 

 

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1resolution by the county board providing for the submission of
2that question to those electors, the board shall certify the
3resolution and the proposition to the proper election
4officials, who shall submit the proposition at an election in
5accordance with the Election Code. The election authority must
6submit the question in substantially the following form:
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8    May moneys collected by the county
9to provide emergency ambulance service           YES
10also be used for the purpose of -----------------------------
11providing 9-1-1 service?                          NO
12------------------------------------------------------------- 
13    The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
14"No".
15    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote
16in the affirmative, the county may thereafter use funds that it
17collects under this Section to provide 9-1-1 service or
18emergency ambulance service.
19(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
211, 2014.".