Illinois Senate Bill 3255 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides for the creation of unified fire protection districts by contiguous units of local government (municipalities, counties, fire protection districts, and townships) to reduce the costs of providing fire protection and emergency medical services. Provides that unified fire protection districts may be created by an intergovernmental agreement. Sets forth the requirements for the petition and intergovernmental agreement, including referendum approval of the agreement. Sets forth the process for referendum approval. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

UNIFIED FIRE PROTECTION

Sen. William Haine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	Senate	Session Sine Die
2012-03-09	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2012-02-29	Senate	Postponed - Local Government
2012-02-23	Senate	Postponed - Local Government
2012-02-17	Senate	Assigned to Local Government
2012-02-01	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2012-02-01	Senate	First Reading
2012-02-01	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. William R. Haine

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
70	705	30	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3255&GAID=11&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/09700SB3255.htm