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1    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 



 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended  by changing Section 
55-1028 as follows:
 



6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1028)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1028)



7    Sec. 5-1028. Tax for emergency ambulance service; 
8referendum. In any county which is not a home rule county, a 
9county board may levy and
collect, annually, a tax of not to 
10exceed .25% of the value, as equalized
or assessed by the 
11Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in
the 
12county not included within the territory of a fire protection

13district which levies a tax for ambulance service, for the 
14payment of expenses
not paid for from general funds which are 
15incurred in providing emergency
ambulance service under the 
16provisions of Section 5-1053. Such tax shall
not be included 
17within any statutory limitation
of rate or amount for other 
18county purposes, but shall be excluded
therefrom and be in 
19addition thereto and in excess thereof.

20    This tax shall not be levied in any county until the 
21question of its adoption
is submitted to the electors of the 
22county not residing within the territory
of a fire protection 
23district which levies a tax for ambulance service and
approved 
 
 
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1by a majority of those voting on the question. Upon the 
2adoption
of a resolution by the county board providing for the 
3submission of the
question of the adoption to the electors of 
4the county the board shall
certify the resolution and the 
5proposition to the proper election officials
who shall submit 
6the proposition at an election in accordance with the
general 
7election law. If a majority of the votes cast on the question 
8is in
favor of the levy of such tax, it may thereafter be 
9levied in such county
for each succeeding year.

10    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the 
11county board of a county that has more than 8,400 but less than 
129,000 inhabitants, according to the 2010 federal decennial 
13census, may also use  funds collected   under this Section to  
14provide  9-1-1 service, but only  if the question of using those 
15funds for that purpose has been submitted to the electors of 
16the county not residing within the territory
of the fire 
17protection district that levies the tax for ambulance service 
18and
if that question is approved by a majority of those 
19electors voting on the question. Upon the adoption
of a 
20resolution by the county board providing for the submission of 
21that
question to those electors, the board shall
certify the 
22resolution and the proposition to the proper election 
23officials,
who shall submit the proposition at an election in 
24accordance with the
Election Code. The election authority must 
25submit the question in substantially the following form: 
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1    May moneys collected by the county

2to provide emergency ambulance service           YES

3also be used for the purpose of -----------------------------

4providing 9-1-1 service?                          NO

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6    The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or 
7"No".
8    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote 
9in the affirmative, the county may thereafter use funds that it 
10collects under this Section to provide 9-1-1 service or  
11emergency ambulance service. 
12(Source: P.A. 86-962.)

 

13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
141, 2014.