SB3402 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3402

Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-1028.2 new
70 ILCS 705/22.1 new

Amends the Counties Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that Clark County may, by ordinance, agree to provide emergency ambulance service to any portion of Marshall Fire Protection District that the county is already providing emergency ambulance service through an intergovernmental agreement if the ordinance contains an affirmative obligation on the part of the county to provide emergency ambulance service to Marshall Fire Protection District once the intergovernmental agreement in effect at the time of the ordinance expires. Provides that the ordinance does not take effect until after Marshall Fire Protection District adopts a resolution to discontinue the emergency ambulance service and the intergovernmental agreement for emergency ambulance service between Clark County and Marshall Fire Protection District has ended. Provides that, upon certification to the county clerk by both Clark County and Marshall Fire Protection District that all criteria have been met under the provisions, the rate for emergency ambulance service for the area once serviced under Marshall Fire Protection District for emergency ambulance service shall be the rate the county levies under specified provisions. Provides that, if Marshall Fire Protection District elects to no longer provide emergency ambulance service under the provisions, the election shall not be construed as affecting the District's authority to levy a tax and provide fire protection service under the Fire Protection District Act. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-1028.2 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-1028.2 new)

Sec. 5-1028.2. Emergency ambulance service in Clark County. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Clark County may, by ordinance, agree to provide emergency ambulance service to any portion of Marshall Fire Protection District that the county is already providing emergency ambulance service through an intergovernmental agreement. The ordinance to provide emergency ambulance service under this Section must contain an affirmative obligation on the part of Clark County to provide emergency ambulance service to Marshall Fire Protection District once the intergovernmental agreement in effect at the time of the ordinance expires.

An ordinance adopted under this Section does not take effect until after Marshall Fire Protection District adopts a resolution under Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection District Act to discontinue the emergency ambulance service and the intergovernmental agreement for emergency ambulance service between Clark County and Marshall Fire Protection District has ended. Upon certification to the county clerk by both Clark County and Marshall Fire Protection District that all criteria have been met under this Section and Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection District Act, the rate for emergency ambulance service for the area once serviced under Marshall Fire Protection District for emergency ambulance service shall be the rate the county levies under Section 5-1028.

Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by adding Section 22.1 as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/22.1 new)

Sec. 22.1. Emergency ambulance service in Clark County. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of trustees of Marshall Fire Protection District may, by majority vote of the board of trustees, adopt a resolution to discontinue the District's emergency ambulance service and to discontinue the District's tax upon certification as provided by this Section only if Clark County levies a tax for emergency ambulance service under Section 5-1028 of the Counties Code and has, by ordinance, agreed to assume the emergency ambulance service at the expiration of the intergovernmental agreement between the District and County. A resolution adopted under this Section must include an end date of services. Upon certification to the county clerk by both Clark County and Marshall Fire Protection District that all criteria have been met under this Section and Section 5-1028.2 of the Counties Code, Marshall Fire Protection District may not levy a tax for emergency ambulance service under Section 22 unless Clark County repeals the ordinance adopted under Section 5-1028.2 and the County's tax adopted under Section 5-1028. If Marshall Fire Protection District elects to no longer provide emergency ambulance service under this Section, the election shall not be construed as affecting the District's authority to levy a tax and provide fire protection service under this Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.