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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB4144 Introduced 1/30/2012, by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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55 ILCS 5/5-1028 | from Ch. 34, par. 5-1028 |
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Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the proceeds from a tax levied for ambulance services may be used for the payment of other emergency purposes not paid for from general funds. Effective immediately.
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| | HB4144 | | LRB097 18042 KMW 63265 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 5-1028 as follows:
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| 6 | | (55 ILCS 5/5-1028) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1028)
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| 7 | | Sec. 5-1028. Tax for emergency ambulance service; |
| 8 | | referendum. In any county which is not a home rule county, a |
| 9 | | county board may levy and
collect, annually, a tax of not to |
| 10 | | exceed .25% of the value, as equalized
or assessed by the |
| 11 | | Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in
the |
| 12 | | county not included within the territory of a fire protection
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| 13 | | district which levies a tax for ambulance service, for the |
| 14 | | payment of expenses
not paid for from general funds which are |
| 15 | | incurred in providing emergency
ambulance service under the |
| 16 | | provisions of Section 5-1053 or other emergency purposes. Such |
| 17 | | tax shall
not be included within any statutory limitation
of |
| 18 | | rate or amount for other county purposes, but shall be excluded
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| 19 | | therefrom and be in addition thereto and in excess thereof.
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| 20 | | This tax shall not be levied in any county until the |
| 21 | | question of its adoption
is submitted to the electors of the |
| 22 | | county not residing within the territory
of a fire protection |
| 23 | | district which levies a tax for ambulance service and
approved |