093_HB1302ham002
LRB093 07778 MKM 13654 a
1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1302
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1302 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding 1052.1
5 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/1052.1 new)
7 Sec. 1052.1. Defibrillator tax; authorization for levy
8 of tax by referendum; discontinuance.
9 (a) When a petition signed by 1% of the electors who
10 voted in the last general election in the county is presented
11 to the county board requesting the submission of the
12 proposition whether an annual tax not to exceed 0.002% of the
13 value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
14 of all taxable property in the county shall be levied for the
15 purpose of purchasing and maintaining automated external
16 defibrillators, the county board shall adopt a resolution for
17 submission of the proposition to the electors at the next
18 regular election held in the county in accordance with the
19 general election law.
20 Upon the adoption and certification of the resolution,
21 the proposition shall be submitted at the next regular
22 election held in the county. The proposition shall be in
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1 substantially the following form:
2 Shall an annual tax of not to exceed .... % be
3 levied on the value of all taxable property in ....
4 County (the tax shall amount to an annual increase of
5 approximately .... on a home with a market value of
6 $100,000) for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining
7 automated external defibrillators (AED) to be located in
8 public places within the county in order to save the
9 lives of people who suffer from cardiac arrest?
10 The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
11 "No".
12 If a majority of the electors of the county voting on the
13 proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the proposition
14 shall be deemed adopted.
15 Upon the adoption of the proposition by the electors,
16 each affected county board shall cause an annual tax of not
17 to exceed 0.002% of the value, as equalized or assessed by
18 the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property of the
19 county to be levied upon all the taxable property in the
20 county for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining
21 automated external defibrillator technology. The tax shall be
22 in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied
23 and collected in the county and shall be in addition to the
24 maximum of taxes authorized by law for county purposes. The
25 foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased or
26 decreased according to the referendum provisions of the
27 general revenue law of Illinois.
28 (b) The proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section
29 shall be paid into the county treasury and shall be used
30 solely for the purposes set forth in this Section.
31 (c) When a petition signed by 1% of the electors who
32 voted in the last general election in a county that has
33 levied and collected a tax for the purpose of purchasing or
34 maintaining automated external defibrillator technology is
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1 presented to the county board requesting that the tax for
2 purchasing and maintaining automated defibrillator technology
3 be discontinued, the county board shall adopt a resolution
4 providing for the submission of the proposition to the
5 electors of the county in the same manner as provided for the
6 submission of the proposition for the levy of the tax under
7 this Section.
8 Upon the adoption and certification of the resolution,
9 the proposition shall be submitted at the next regular
10 election held in the county. The proposition shall be in
11 substantially the following form:
12 Shall the tax for the purpose of purchasing and
13 maintaining automated external defibrillator technology
14 be discontinued?
15 The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
16 "No".
17 If a majority of the electors of the county voting upon
18 the proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the
19 proposition shall be deemed adopted and the tax shall no
20 longer be levied or collected in the county. Any moneys
21 remaining in the county treasury for the purchasing or
22 maintaining of automated external defibrillator technology
23 shall be directed for general county purposes.".