Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the Sangamon County Board may form, manage, fund, and operate a volunteer rescue squad to provide assistance within Sangamon County to any public entity providing law enforcement, firefighting, emergency disaster response, or first responder services. Provides that the volunteer rescue squad may (i) locate missing persons, including drowning victims, (ii) perform a supporting, and not direct, role in fighting fires, and (iii) extricate persons from unsafe conditions. Provides that the Sangamon County Board may provide benefits for rescue squad volunteers who suffer disease, injury, or death in the line of duty. In provisions concerning membership on a community mental health board, provides that only one board member shall be a member of the governmental unit's governing body, with the term of membership on the board to run concurrently with the elected term of the member. Provides that the community mental health board has the responsibility to set, maintain, and implement the budget. Provides that if a majority of all the votes cast upon a proposition are for the levy of an annual tax, the governing body of a governmental unit shall thereafter annually levy a tax (rather than the governing body of a governmental unit shall thereafter annually levy a tax, as deemed necessary by the community mental health board) not to exceed a specified rate.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0274
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Bill Drafts
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| Chaptered | 2023-08-01 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Enrolled | 2023-05-18 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Engrossed | 2023-03-24 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
| Introduced | 2023-01-11 | HTML/Text | Link | View |
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