Bill Text: IL SB2297 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act. Provides that a rescue squad district's board of trustees may certify a question to the voters of the district requesting to 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 for the purpose of providing an ambulance service or supporting an existing ambulance service.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1120 [SB2297 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB2297-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB2297 Introduced 1/10/2018, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
70 ILCS 2005/11.5 new
Amends the Rescue Squad Districts Act. Provides that a rescue squad district's board of trustees may certify a question to the voters of the district requesting to 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 for the purpose of providing an ambulance service or supporting an existing ambulance service.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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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. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of
trustees of a rescue squad district desires to levy a special
tax to provide an ambulance service or support an existing
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 question are in favor of the
question, 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 question 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

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taxable property within the district -------------------------------------------------------------
as equalized or assessed by the
Department of Revenue for the purpose NO
of providing or supporting an ambulance
service?
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