Full Text of HB1910 100th General Assembly
HB1910sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Dave Syverson Filed: 5/16/2017
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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 medical services tax. | 8 | | (a) It is declared as a matter of public policy:
| 9 | | (1) that, in order to preserve, protect, and promote | 10 | | the public health,
safety, and general welfare, adequate | 11 | | and continuing emergency medical services should be | 12 | | available to every citizen of Illinois; and
| 13 | | (2) that, in the event adequate and continuing | 14 | | emergency medical services do not exist, rescue squad | 15 | | districts should be authorized to
provide, and shall cause | 16 | | to be provided, emergency medical services as a public |
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| 1 | | responsibility. | 2 | | (b) If a rescue squad district incorporated under this Act | 3 | | is licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | 4 | | Act, then the rescue squad district may, under the terms and | 5 | | conditions set out in this Section, provide emergency medical | 6 | | services, including transport within
or without the district. | 7 | | The board of trustees of a rescue squad district
| 8 | | incorporated under this Act may, under the terms and
conditions | 9 | | set out in this Section, contract with providers of emergency | 10 | | medical services that are licensed under the Emergency Medical | 11 | | Services (EMS) Systems Act or enter into intergovernmental | 12 | | agreements with other units of local government for the purpose | 13 | | of providing emergency
medical services that are licensed under | 14 | | the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. | 15 | | The board of trustees of a rescue squad district
| 16 | | incorporated under this Act may levy a tax for the provision of | 17 | | emergency medical services as provided in this Section and
| 18 | | adopt rules and regulations relating to emergency medical | 19 | | services within its
jurisdiction.
| 20 | | (c) If the board of trustees of a rescue squad district | 21 | | desires
to levy a special tax to provide emergency medical | 22 | | services, then it shall certify the
question to the proper | 23 | | election officials, who shall submit that question
at an | 24 | | election to the voters of the district. The result of the | 25 | | referendum
shall be entered upon the records of the district. | 26 | | If a majority of the
votes on the proposition are in favor of |
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| 1 | | the proposition, the board of
trustees may then levy a special | 2 | | tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of
the value of all taxable | 3 | | property within the district as equalized or
assessed by the | 4 | | Department of Revenue. The proposition shall be in
| 5 | | substantially the following form: | 6 | | -------------------------------------------------------------
| 7 | | Shall the .... Rescue Squad
| 8 | | District levy a special tax at a rate YES
| 9 | | not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
| 10 | | taxable property within the district as ---------------
| 11 | | equalized or assessed by the Department
| 12 | | of Revenue for the purpose of providing NO
| 13 | | an emergency medical services?
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| 15 | | Votes must be recorded as "Yes" or "No". | 16 | | (d) If it appears that a majority of all valid votes cast | 17 | | on the
proposition are in favor of levying a special tax to pay | 18 | | for emergency medical services,
the board of trustees may levy | 19 | | and collect an annual tax for the purpose of
providing | 20 | | emergency medical services under this Act to be extended at a | 21 | | rate not to
exceed 0.40% of the full fair cash value of the | 22 | | taxable property within the
governmental unit as assessed or | 23 | | equalized by the Department of Revenue.
This annual tax shall | 24 | | be in addition to the other taxes a rescue squad
district may | 25 | | levy for its corporate purposes. | 26 | | (e) Any board of trustees may:
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| 1 | | (1) provide or operate an emergency medical services | 2 | | subject to licensure under the Emergency Medical Services | 3 | | (EMS) Systems Act;
| 4 | | (2) contract with a private person, hospital, or | 5 | | corporation or enter into intergovernmental agreements | 6 | | with one or more units of local government for the | 7 | | provision and operation of emergency medical services or | 8 | | subsidize the emergency medical services; however, the | 9 | | provider of the emergency medical services must be licensed | 10 | | under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; and
| 11 | | (3) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect | 12 | | fees for emergency
medical services within or outside of | 13 | | the rescue squad district not
exceeding the reasonable cost | 14 | | of the service.
| 15 | | (f) In this Section: | 16 | | "Emergency medical services" includes, without limitation, | 17 | | pre-hospital care. | 18 | | "Pre-hospital care" has the meaning given to that term in | 19 | | Section 3.10 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | 20 | | Act. "Pre-hospital care" includes emergency services performed | 21 | | by a paramedic or other on-board emergency personnel that are | 22 | | within the scope of the provider's license under the Emergency | 23 | | Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law.".
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