Bill Text: IL HB1910 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)

Status: (Passed) 2018-06-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0591 [HB1910 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB1910-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by
adding Section 11.5 as follows:
(70 ILCS 2005/11.5 new)
Sec. 11.5. Emergency ambulance service tax.
(a) The board of trustees of any rescue squad district
incorporated under this Act is authorized under the terms and
conditions set out in this Section to provide emergency
ambulance service to or from points within or without the
district, to contract with providers of emergency ambulance
service, to combine with other units of governments for the
purpose of providing emergency ambulance service, to levy a tax
for the provision of such service, and to adopt rules and
regulations relating to emergency ambulance service within its
jurisdiction.
(b) It is declared as a matter of public policy:
(1) that, in order to preserve, protect, and promote
the public health, safety, and general welfare, adequate
and continuing emergency ambulance service should be
available to every citizen of Illinois;
(2) that, insofar as it is economically feasible,

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emergency ambulance service should be provided by private
enterprise; and
(3) that, in the event adequate and continuing
emergency ambulance services do not exist, rescue squad
districts should be authorized to provide, and shall cause
to be provided, emergency ambulance service as a public
responsibility.
(c) Whenever the board of trustees of a rescue squad
district desires to levy a special tax to provide an ambulance
service, it shall certify the question to the proper election
officials, who shall submit that question at an election to the
voters of the district. The result of the referendum shall be
entered upon the records of the district. If a majority of the
votes on the proposition are in favor of the proposition, the
board of trustees may then levy a special tax at a rate not to
exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the
district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.
The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
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Shall the .... Rescue Squad
District levy a special tax at a rate YES
not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
taxable property within the district as ---------------
equalized or assessed by the Department
of Revenue for the purpose of providing NO
an emergency ambulance service?

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(d) If it appears that a majority of all valid votes cast
on the proposition are in favor of levying a special tax to pay
for emergency ambulance services, the board of trustees may
levy and collect an annual tax for the purpose of providing
ambulance service under this Act to be extended at a rate not
to exceed 0.40% of the full fair cash value of the taxable
property within the governmental unit as assessed or equalized
by the Department of Revenue. This annual tax shall be in
addition to the other taxes a rescue squad district may levy
for its corporate purposes.
(e) Any board of trustees may:
(1) provide or operate an emergency ambulance service;
(2) contract with a private person, hospital,
corporation, or another governmental unit for the
provision and operation of emergency ambulance service or
subsidize the emergency ambulance service;
(3) limit the number of emergency ambulance services;
(4) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect
fees for emergency ambulance service within or outside of
the rescue squad district not exceeding the reasonable cost
of the service;
(5) establish necessary regulations not inconsistent
with the statutes or rules of the Department of Public
Health relating to emergency ambulance service; and
(6) the trustees shall have the power identified in

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paragraphs (3) and (5) only if the district has passed the
referendum provided for in this Section.
(f) In this Section:
"Emergency ambulance service" includes, without
limitation, pre-hospital medical services.
"Pre-hospital medical services" includes emergency
services performed by a paramedic or other on-board emergency
personnel that are within the scope of the provider's license.