Bill Text: IL SB1681 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Creates the Unified Fire Protection District Act. Provides the purpose of the Act and definitions. Provides that a Unified Fire Protection District may be formed either by referendum or intergovernmental agreement, and sets forth requirements for each method of formation. Provides for a Planning Committee, its formation, powers, and duties with regard to the Plan. Provides guidelines for the Plan that shall design, finance, and develop the new District. Provides for the board of trustees of the Unified Fire Protection District and their duties, powers, and obligations with regard to the District. Further provides for employees, contracts, tax levy, indebtedness, and liabilities of the formerly separate units of local government now consolidated into a Unified Fire Protection District. Provides for the dissolution of the District by referendum. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1095 [SB1681 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1681-Amended.html
Bill Title: Creates the Unified Fire Protection District Act. Provides the purpose of the Act and definitions. Provides that a Unified Fire Protection District may be formed either by referendum or intergovernmental agreement, and sets forth requirements for each method of formation. Provides for a Planning Committee, its formation, powers, and duties with regard to the Plan. Provides guidelines for the Plan that shall design, finance, and develop the new District. Provides for the board of trustees of the Unified Fire Protection District and their duties, powers, and obligations with regard to the District. Further provides for employees, contracts, tax levy, indebtedness, and liabilities of the formerly separate units of local government now consolidated into a Unified Fire Protection District. Provides for the dissolution of the District by referendum. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1095 [SB1681 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB1681-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1681
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1681 as follows:
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| 3 | on page 2, immediately below line 4, by inserting the | ||||||
| 4 | following: | ||||||
| 5 | "Section 7. Application. This Act does not apply to any | ||||||
| 6 | unit of local government that has entered into a consolidation | ||||||
| 7 | agreement with one or more units of local government that | ||||||
| 8 | includes the consolidation of the delivery of fire protection | ||||||
| 9 | or emergency medical services under a single chain of command. | ||||||
| 10 | Additionally, this Act does not apply to any unit of local | ||||||
| 11 | government that has adopted a resolution declaring the intent | ||||||
| 12 | to consolidate the delivery of fire protection or emergency | ||||||
| 13 | medical services under a single chain of command with one or | ||||||
| 14 | more units of local government. The resolution shall exempt the | ||||||
| 15 | local government from the provisions of this Act for one year | ||||||
| 16 | following its passage. The existence of an automatic aid | ||||||
| 17 | agreement or mutual aid agreements does not constitute a | ||||||
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| 1 | consolidation for the purposes of this Section."; and
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| 2 | on page 5, by replacing lines 8 through 10 with the following: | ||||||
| 3 | "(i) at least 8% of the total votes cast for candidates for | ||||||
| 4 | Governor in the preceding gubernatorial election in each of the | ||||||
| 5 | units of local governments included in the Regional Fire | ||||||
| 6 | Protection Agency; or (ii) at least 500 legal voters in each of | ||||||
| 7 | the units of local government to be included"; and
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| 8 | on page 13, by deleting lines 6 through 17; and
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| 9 | on page 20, by deleting lines 14 through 16.
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