Full Text of HB1910 100th General Assembly
HB1910ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Joe Sosnowski Filed: 4/24/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1910
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1910 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 11.5 as follows: | 6 | | (70 ILCS 2005/11.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 11.5. Emergency ambulance service tax. | 8 | | (a) The board of trustees of any rescue squad district | 9 | | incorporated
under this Act is authorized under the terms and | 10 | | conditions set out in this Section to provide emergency | 11 | | ambulance service to or from points within
or without the | 12 | | district, to contract with providers of emergency ambulance | 13 | | service,
to combine with other units of governments for the | 14 | | purpose of providing emergency
ambulance service, to levy a tax | 15 | | for the provision of such service, and to
adopt rules and | 16 | | regulations relating to emergency ambulance service within its
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| 1 | | jurisdiction.
| 2 | | (b) It is declared as a matter of public policy:
| 3 | | (1) that, in order to preserve, protect, and promote | 4 | | the public health,
safety, and general welfare, adequate | 5 | | and continuing emergency ambulance
service should be | 6 | | available to every citizen of Illinois;
| 7 | | (2) that, insofar as it is economically feasible, | 8 | | emergency ambulance
service should be provided by private | 9 | | enterprise; and
| 10 | | (3) that, in the event adequate and continuing | 11 | | emergency ambulance
services do not exist, rescue squad | 12 | | districts should be authorized to
provide, and shall cause | 13 | | to be provided, emergency ambulance service as a public | 14 | | responsibility.
| 15 | | (c) Whenever the board of trustees of a rescue squad | 16 | | district desires
to levy a special tax to provide an ambulance | 17 | | service, it shall certify the
question to the proper election | 18 | | officials, who shall submit that question
at an election to the | 19 | | voters of the district. The result of the referendum
shall be | 20 | | entered upon the records of the district. If a majority of the
| 21 | | votes on the proposition are in favor of the proposition, the | 22 | | board of
trustees may then levy a special tax at a rate not to | 23 | | exceed 0.40% of
the value of all taxable property within the | 24 | | district as equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue. | 25 | | The proposition shall be in
substantially the following form: | 26 | | -------------------------------------------------------------
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| 1 | | Shall the .... Rescue Squad
| 2 | | District levy a special tax at a rate YES
| 3 | | not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
| 4 | | taxable property within the district as ---------------
| 5 | | equalized or assessed by the Department
| 6 | | of Revenue for the purpose of providing NO
| 7 | | an emergency ambulance service?
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| 9 | | (d) If it appears that a majority of all valid votes cast | 10 | | on the
proposition are in favor of levying a special tax to pay | 11 | | for emergency ambulance services,
the board of trustees may | 12 | | levy and collect an annual tax for the purpose of
providing | 13 | | ambulance service under this Act to be extended at a rate not | 14 | | to
exceed 0.40% of the full fair cash value of the taxable | 15 | | property within the
governmental unit as assessed or equalized | 16 | | by the Department of Revenue.
This annual tax shall be in | 17 | | addition to the other taxes a rescue squad
district may levy | 18 | | for its corporate purposes. | 19 | | (e) Any board of trustees may:
| 20 | | (1) provide or operate an emergency ambulance service;
| 21 | | (2) contract with a private person, hospital, | 22 | | corporation, or another
governmental unit for the | 23 | | provision and operation of emergency ambulance
service or | 24 | | subsidize the emergency ambulance service;
| 25 | | (3) limit the number of emergency ambulance services;
| 26 | | (4) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect |
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| 1 | | fees for emergency
ambulance service within or outside of | 2 | | the rescue squad district not
exceeding the reasonable cost | 3 | | of the service;
| 4 | | (5) establish necessary regulations not inconsistent | 5 | | with the statutes
or rules of the Department of Public | 6 | | Health relating to emergency ambulance
service; and
| 7 | | (6) the trustees shall have the power identified in | 8 | | paragraphs (3) and (5)
only if the district has passed the | 9 | | referendum provided for in this Section.
| 10 | | (f) In this Section: | 11 | | "Emergency ambulance service" includes, without | 12 | | limitation, pre-hospital medical services. | 13 | | "Pre-hospital medical services" includes emergency | 14 | | services performed by a paramedic or other on-board emergency | 15 | | personnel that are within the scope of the provider's license.
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.".
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