Public Act 103-0987
 
SB3402 EnrolledLRB103 38416 AWJ 68551 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 
5-1028.2 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-1028.2 new)
    Sec. 5-1028.2. Emergency ambulance service. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may, by 
ordinance, agree to provide emergency ambulance service to any 
portion of a fire protection district that the county is 
already providing emergency ambulance service through an 
intergovernmental agreement. The ordinance to provide 
emergency ambulance service under this Section must contain an 
affirmative obligation on the part of the county to provide 
emergency ambulance service to the fire protection district 
once the intergovernmental agreement in effect at the time of 
the ordinance expires.
    An ordinance adopted under this Section does not take 
effect until after the fire protection district adopts a 
resolution under Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection District 
Act to discontinue the emergency ambulance service and the 
intergovernmental agreement for emergency ambulance service 
between the county and the fire protection district has ended. 
Upon certification to the county clerk by both the county and 
the fire protection district that all criteria have been met 
under this Section and Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection 
District Act, the tax rate for emergency ambulance service for 
the area once serviced under the fire protection district for 
emergency ambulance service shall be the rate the county 
levies under Section 5-1028. 
 
    Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by 
adding Section 22.1 as follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 705/22.1 new)
    Sec. 22.1. Emergency ambulance service. Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the board of trustees of a fire 
protection district may, by majority vote of the board of 
trustees, adopt a resolution to discontinue the district's 
emergency ambulance service and to discontinue the district's 
tax upon certification as provided by this Section if a county 
that is already providing emergency ambulance service through 
an intergovernmental agreement levies a tax for emergency 
ambulance service under Section 5-1028 of the Counties Code 
and the county has, by ordinance, agreed to assume the 
emergency ambulance service at the expiration of the 
intergovernmental agreement between the district and county. A 
resolution adopted under this Section must include an end date 
of services. Upon certification to the county clerk by both 
the county and the district that all criteria have been met 
under this Section and Section 5-1028.2 of the Counties Code, 
the district may not levy a tax for emergency ambulance 
service under Section 22 unless the county repeals the 
ordinance adopted under Section 5-1028.2 and the county's tax 
adopted under Section 5-1028. If the district elects to no 
longer provide emergency ambulance service under this Section, 
the election shall not be construed as affecting the 
district's authority to levy a tax and provide fire protection 
service under this Act.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.

Effective Date:  8/9/2024