Rep. Charles Meier

Filed: 3/21/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1740

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1740 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by
5changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.5, 7, 8, 11, 11.5, 13,
614, and 15 and by adding Sections 2.5, 11.3, and 11.4 as
7follows:
 
8    (70 ILCS 2005/1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6851)
9    Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services
10Rescue Squad Districts Act.
11(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 2005/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6852)
13    Sec. 2. Any contiguous territory having a population of
14not less than 300 inhabitants and no part of which is already
15included in an emergency services a rescue squad district, and

 

 

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1no part of which is located in a fire protection district that
2provides rescue services, may be organized as an emergency
3services a rescue squad district as provided in this Act.
4However, an emergency services district may be organized in
5whole or in part within a fire protection district that
6provides rescue services if the emergency services district is
7formed and operated solely to provide ambulance services.
8    Any 5% of the legal voters within the limits of the
9proposed emergency services rescue squad district may petition
10the circuit court for the county in which the territory lies to
11order the question whether the territory shall be organized as
12an emergency services a rescue squad district under this Act
13to be submitted to the legal voters of the territory, but every
14petition shall be signed by at least 25 legal voters residing
15within the territory proposed to be organized as an emergency
16services a rescue squad district, and in case the territory
17includes more than one city, village or incorporated town, or
18any portions thereof, or includes one or more cities, villages
19or incorporated towns, or any portion thereof, and territory
20not a part of any city, village or incorporated town, then the
21petition must be signed by at least 5% of the legal voters
22residing in each of those cities, villages, or incorporated
23towns, or portions thereof, and by at least 5% of the legal
24voters residing in the territory not a part of any city,
25village or incorporated town. The petition shall contain a
26definite description of the boundaries of the territory

 

 

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1proposed to be organized as an emergency services a rescue
2squad district, and shall set forth the name of the proposed
3district, which name shall be The .... Emergency Services
4Rescue Squad District.
5(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 2005/2.5 new)
7    Sec. 2.5. Rescue squad district continuance. A rescue
8squad district organized under this Act before the effective
9date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly may
10(i) continue to be named a rescue squad district or be renamed
11an emergency services district by ordinance of the board of
12trustees of the district, (ii) operate under the provisions of
13this Act as if they were organized as an emergency services
14district, and (iii) continue exercising taxing authority
15granted to it that was approved before the effective date of
16this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and the
17taxes may be used for any purpose allowed under this Act.
 
18    (70 ILCS 2005/3)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6853)
19    Sec. 3. Upon the filing of a petition in the office of the
20circuit clerk, the court to whom the petition is addressed
21shall give notice of the time and place of a hearing on the
22question of the necessity for the organization of an emergency
23services a rescue squad district and of the boundaries of the
24proposed district. The notice shall be published at least once

 

 

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1each week for 2 weeks in one or more newspapers of general
2circulation in the proposed district, and a copy of the notice
3shall be posted in at least 10 of the most public places in the
4proposed district at least 10 days before the hearing. The
5hearing shall be held within 20 days after the petition is
6filed with the circuit clerk.
7    The court shall preside at the hearing, and all persons
8resident within the territory proposed to be organized as an
9emergency services a rescue squad district shall be given an
10opportunity to be heard touching the necessity of the
11organization of a district and to make suggestions regarding
12the boundaries of the district. After hearing the statements,
13evidence and suggestions, if the court determines that
14considerations of public health and welfare make the
15organization of a district necessary, it shall fix the
16boundaries of the proposed emergency services rescue squad
17district and, for that purpose and to that extent, may alter
18and amend the petition. In case the boundaries as fixed by the
19court include any territory not included in the boundaries as
20described in the original petition, the court shall cause a
21notice to be inserted at least twice in some newspaper of
22general circulation in the additional territory, which notice
23shall state the time and place at which a hearing will be held
24to permit the owners of the land in the additional territory to
25appear and be heard on the question of including the
26additional territory. The notice shall be published at least

 

 

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110 days before the hearing, and the hearing shall be held
2within 3 weeks after the court first fixes the boundaries. At
3the hearing the boundaries of the proposed district shall be
4finally fixed by the court.
5(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 2005/4)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6854)
7    Sec. 4. The determination of the court as to the necessity
8for the organization of the proposed emergency services rescue
9squad district, together with the description of the
10boundaries of the district as fixed by the court, shall be
11entered of record in the court. Thereupon the court shall
12certify the question of the organization of the territory
13included within the boundaries fixed by it as an emergency
14services a rescue squad district to the proper election
15officials, who shall submit the question to the legal voters
16resident within the territory at an election to be held in the
17district. Notice of the referendum shall be given and the
18referendum conducted in the manner provided by the general
19election law. The notice of the election shall state the
20purpose of the referendum, describe the territory proposed to
21be organized as an emergency services a rescue squad district,
22and state the time of the election.
23    The proposition shall be in substantially the following
24form:
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1    Shall this territory (describing
2it) be organized as The ...........               YES
3Emergency Services Rescue Squad
4District and shall the
5District be authorized to levy and     ----------------------
6collect a property tax not to exceed
7.20% on the property situated in the              NO
8District?
9-------------------------------------------------------------
10    The court shall cause a statement of the result to be
11entered of record in the court.
12(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
13    (70 ILCS 2005/5)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6855)
14    Sec. 5. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are
15in favor of the organization of the territory as an emergency
16services a rescue squad district, the territory shall be an
17organized emergency services rescue squad district under this
18Act. The district shall have the name set forth in the petition
19and by such name may transact all corporate business. The name
20of a rescue squad district may be modified under Section 2.5.
21The district shall constitute a body corporate and politic.
22All courts of this State shall take judicial notice of the
23organization of the emergency services rescue squad district.
24(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 

 

 

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1    (70 ILCS 2005/6)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6856)
2    Sec. 6. Within 60 days after the organization of an
3emergency services any rescue squad district under the
4provisions of this Act, a board of trustees, consisting of 5
5members, for the government and control of the affairs and
6business of the emergency services rescue squad district shall
7be appointed in the following manner:
8        (1) If the district lies wholly within a single
9    township, the board of trustees of that township shall
10    appoint the trustees for the district, but no township
11    official is eligible for such appointment.
12        (2) If the district is not contained wholly within a
13    single township, but is located wholly within a single
14    county, the trustees for the district shall be appointed
15    by the presiding officer of the county board, with the
16    advice and consent of the county board.
17        (3) If the district lies wholly within a municipality,
18    the governing body of the municipality shall appoint
19    trustees for the district.
20        (4) If the district does not conform to any of the
21    foregoing classifications, the trustees for the district
22    shall be from each county in the district in numbers
23    proportionate, as nearly as practicable, to the number of
24    residents of the district who reside in each county in
25    relation to the total population of the district. Trustees
26    shall be appointed by the county board of their respective

 

 

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1    counties, or in the case of a home rule county as defined
2    by Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution,
3    by the chief executive officer of that county, with the
4    advice and consent of the county board.
5    Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in
6office at the time of the publication of each decennial
7federal census of population, the successor shall be a
8resident of whichever county is entitled to the representation
9in order to bring about the proportional representation
10required by this Act, and the successor shall be appointed by
11the appointing authority of that county. Thereafter, each
12trustee shall be succeeded by a resident of the same county,
13who shall be appointed by the same appointing authority. Of
14the trustees first appointed, 3 shall hold office until the
15second Monday in December after the next succeeding general
16election for members of the General Assembly and 2 shall hold
17office until the second Monday in December 2 years after the
18next succeeding general election for members of the General
19Assembly, and until their successors are appointed and
20qualified. Thereafter, the trustees of the district shall be
21appointed in every year in which the term of any of the
22trustees expires and shall hold office for 4 years and until
23their successors are appointed and qualified. Each trustee
24shall be a legal voter in the district. Each trustee shall be
25compensated at the same rate, which shall not exceed $750 per
26fiscal year, as determined by the board of trustees.

 

 

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1    Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board of trustees the
2appropriate appointing authority shall appoint some person to
3fill the remainder of the unexpired term.
4(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 2005/6.5)
6    Sec. 6.5. Change to elected board of trustees; petition;
7election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees. An
8emergency services Any rescue squad district organized under
9this Act may have an elected, rather than an appointed, board
10of trustees if approved by referendum. Upon presentation to
11the board of trustees of a petition, signed by not less than
1210% of the electors of the district, requesting that a
13proposition for the election of trustees be submitted to the
14electors of the district, the secretary of the board of
15trustees shall certify the proposition to the appropriate
16election authorities who shall submit the proposition at a
17regular election in accordance with the general election law.
18The general election law shall apply to and govern such
19election. The proposition shall be in substantially the
20following form:
21----------------------------------------------
22    Shall the trustees of ......                YES
23Emergency Services Rescue Squad
24District be elected, rather              --------------------
25than appointed?                                  NO

 

 

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2        If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition
3    are in the affirmative, the trustees of the district shall
4    thereafter be elected as provided by this Section.
5    At the next regular election for trustees as provided by
6the general election law, a district that has approved by
7referendum to have its trustees elected rather than appointed
8shall elect 5 initial trustees. The initial elected trustees
9shall be elected as follows: 2 shall be elected for terms of 2
10years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years.
11Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election
12Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence on the
13third Monday of the month following the month of his or her
14election and until his or her successor is elected and
15qualified. The length of the terms of the trustees first
16elected shall be determined by lot at their first meeting.
17Thereafter, except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of
18the Election Code, each trustee shall be elected to serve for a
19term of 4 years commencing on the third Monday of the month
20following the month of his or her election and until his or her
21successor is elected and qualified.
22    No party designation shall appear on the ballot for
23election of trustees. The provisions of the general election
24law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of
25trustees.
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1made by a petition signed by at least 25 voters or 5% of the
2voters, whichever is less, residing within the district and
3shall be filed with the secretary of the board. In addition to
4the requirements of general election law, the form of the
5petition shall be as follows:
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NOMINATING PETITIONS
7    To the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of (name of
8emergency services rescue squad district):
9    We, the undersigned, being (number of signatories or 5% or
10more) of the voters residing within the district, hereby
11petition that (name of candidate) who resides at (address of
12candidate) in this district shall be a candidate for the
13office of (office) of the Board of Trustees (full-term or
14vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held (date of
15election).
16    The secretary of the board shall notify each candidate for
17whom a petition for nomination has been filed of their
18obligations under the Campaign Financing Act, as required by
19the general election law. The notice shall be given on a form
20prescribed by the State Board of Elections and in accordance
21with the requirements of the general election law.
22    The secretary shall, within 7 days of filing or on the last
23day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
24petitioner in writing his acceptance of the petition.
25    The provisions of Section 6 relating to eligibility and
26compensation of trustees shall apply equally to elected

 

 

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1trustees.
2    Whenever an emergency services a rescue squad district
3determines to elect trustees as provided in this Section, the
4trustees appointed pursuant to Section 6 shall continue to
5constitute the board of trustees until the third Monday of the
6month following the month of the first election of trustees.
7If the term of office of any appointed trustees expires before
8the first election of trustees, the authority which appointed
9that trustee under Section 6 of this Act shall appoint a
10successor to serve until a successor is elected and has
11qualified. The terms of all appointed trustees in such
12district shall expire on the third Monday of the month
13following the month of the first election of trustees under
14this Section or when successors have been elected and have
15qualified, whichever occurs later.
16(Source: P.A. 99-295, eff. 8-6-15.)
 
17    (70 ILCS 2005/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6857)
18    Sec. 7. The trustees appointed in accordance with this Act
19shall constitute a board of trustees for the emergency
20services rescue squad district for which they are appointed,
21and that board of trustees is declared to be the corporate
22authority of the district and shall exercise all of the powers
23and control all of the affairs and property of the district.
24The board of trustees may provide and adopt a corporate seal.
25Immediately after their appointment and at their first meeting

 

 

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1in December of each year thereafter, the board of trustees
2shall elect one of their number as president, one as
3secretary, and one as treasurer, and shall elect such other
4officers as may be necessary. The board of trustees shall
5provide for the time and place of holding regular meetings and
6may establish rules for board proceedings. Special meetings
7may be called by the president of the board or by any 3
8trustees, but each member of the board shall be given notice of
9a special meeting at least 24 hours before the meeting. All of
10the meetings of the board, whether regular or special, shall
11be open to the public. A majority of the board of trustees
12shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn
13from day to day. The board shall keep a regular book of records
14of all of the proceedings of the board, which book shall be
15open to the inspection of any person residing in the district
16at all reasonable and proper times.
17(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 2005/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6858)
19    Sec. 8. The board of trustees of the district shall have
20power to take all necessary or proper steps to provide rescue
21services within the district; to purchase equipment, supplies,
22and materials; to recruit, employ, or contract with ambulance,
23rescue squad, or both ambulance and rescue squad personnel,
24who shall be compensated at a rate determined by the board of
25trustees; and generally to do any and all things necessary or

 

 

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1incident to the powers granted by this Act and to carry out the
2objects of this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 2005/11)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6861)
5    Sec. 11. An emergency services A rescue squad district
6organized under this Act may levy and collect a general tax on
7the property situated in the district, but the aggregate
8amount of taxes levied for any one year shall not exceed the
9rate of .20% of value, as equalized or assessed by the
10Department of Revenue. The board of trustees shall determine
11and certify the amount to be levied and shall return the same
12to the county clerk. The limitation upon the tax rate may be
13increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the
14General Revenue Law of Illinois.
15    In case the district is located in more than one county,
16the board of trustees shall determine and certify the amount
17to be levied upon the taxable property lying in each county and
18return the same to the respective county clerks of the
19counties in which the amount is to be levied. In order to
20determine the amount to be levied upon the taxable property of
21that part of the district lying in each county, the board shall
22ascertain from the county clerk of the respective counties in
23which the district lies the last ascertained equalized value
24of the taxable property of the district lying in their
25respective counties, then shall ascertain the rate per cent

 

 

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1required and shall, accordingly, apportion the whole amount to
2be raised between the several parts of the district so lying in
3the different counties. The tax provided for in this Section
4shall be levied at the same time and in the same manner as
5nearly as practicable as taxes are now levied for municipal
6purposes under the laws of this State.
7    All general taxes under this Act, when collected, shall be
8paid over to the treasurer of the board of trustees, who is
9authorized to receive and receipt for the same.
10(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 2005/11.3 new)
12    Sec. 11.3. Ambulance service.
13    (a) The board of trustees may provide ambulance service to
14or from points within or without the district, contract with
15providers of ambulance service, combine with other units of
16local government for the purpose of providing ambulance
17service, and adopt rules and regulations relating to ambulance
18service within the board's jurisdiction.
19    (b) The board of trustees may:
20        (1) contract with a private person, hospital,
21    corporation, or another governmental unit for the
22    provision and operation of ambulance service or subsidize
23    the ambulance service;
24        (2) limit the number of ambulance services by
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1        (3) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect
2    fees for ambulance service within or outside of the fire
3    protection district not exceeding the reasonable cost of
4    the service; and
5        (4) establish necessary regulations not inconsistent
6    with the statutes or regulations of the Department of
7    Public Health relating to ambulance service.
8    The board of trustees may limit the number of ambulances
9under paragraph (2) or establish regulations under paragraph
10(4) if a referendum under Section 11.5 has been approved.
 
11    (70 ILCS 2005/11.4 new)
12    Sec. 11.4. Charge for ambulance service.
13    (a) The board of trustees of a district may fix, charge,
14and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the
15service for ambulance services rendered by the district
16against persons who are not residents of the district and
17against businesses and other entities that are not located
18within the district.
19    (b) A fee charged under subsection (a) shall be computed
20at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per
21hour per ambulance worker responding to a call for assistance.
22An additional fee may be charged to reimburse the district for
23extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering
24ambulance services. No charge shall be made for services for
25which the total charge would be less than $50.

 

 

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1    (c) All revenue from the fees charged under this Section
2shall be deposited to the district's general fund.
 
3    (70 ILCS 2005/11.5)
4    Sec. 11.5. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of
5trustees of an emergency services a rescue squad district
6desires to levy a special tax to provide an ambulance service
7or support an existing ambulance service, it shall certify the
8question to the proper election officials, who shall submit
9that question at an election to the voters of the district. The
10result of the referendum shall be entered upon the records of
11the district. If a majority of the votes on the question are in
12favor of the question, the board of trustees may then levy a
13special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
14taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed
15by the Department of Revenue. The question shall be in
16substantially the following form:
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18    Shall the ....
19Emergency Services Rescue Squad
20District levy a special tax at a rate             YES
21not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
22taxable property within the district        -----------------
23as equalized or assessed by the
24Department of Revenue for the purpose             NO
25of providing or supporting an ambulance

 

 

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1service?
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3    A tax levied under Section 11 may be used for ambulance
4services as well as a tax levied under this Section.
5(Source: P.A. 100-1120, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 2005/13)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6863)
7    Sec. 13. Any territory lying adjacent and contiguous to an
8emergency services a rescue squad district, and not part of
9another emergency services rescue squad district and not part
10of a fire protection district that provides rescue services,
11may be annexed to the district as provided in this Section.
12    Upon petition in writing, describing the territory
13proposed to be annexed and signed by a majority of the legal
14voters in that territory and by the owners of more than half of
15the taxable property in that territory as shown by the last
16ascertained equalized value of the taxable property in that
17territory being filed with the trustees of the district, the
18trustees may annex the territory by a resolution which shall
19be published at least once in a newspaper having a general
20circulation in the territory and shall include a notice of (1)
21the specific number of voters required to sign a petition
22requesting that the question of the adoption of the resolution
23be submitted to the electors of the territory, (2) the time in
24which the petition must be filed, and (3) the date of the
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1which the territory is situated shall provide a petition form
2to any individual requesting one. The resolution shall be
3effective 45 days from the date of publication and is subject
4to a referendum, if a referendum is requested, before the
5effective date of the resolution, by the lesser of 1,000
6voters or 5% of the voters in the district. The trustees may
7also order the question of the annexation of the territory to
8be submitted to the legal voters of the district at a regular
9election by certifying the question to the proper election
10officials. Notice of the election shall be given and the
11election conducted in the manner provided by the general
12election law. The proposition shall be stated as follows:
13"Shall the territory (describing it) be annexed to The ....
14Emergency Services Rescue Squad District?" If the majority of
15all the votes cast on the question is in favor of annexation,
16the board of trustees shall so certify to the county clerk, and
17within 10 days of the election the trustees by an order duly
18entered upon their records shall annex the territory to the
19district and shall file a map of the annexed territory in the
20office of the county clerk of the county where the annexed
21territory is situated. Thereupon the territory shall be deemed
22annexed to and shall be a part of the emergency services rescue
23squad district.
24(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
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1    Sec. 14. A district organized under this Act may be
2dissolved and discontinued upon like petition, hearing and
3election as is provided in this Act for the organization of a
4district. If a majority of the votes cast on the question at
5the election are in favor of dissolution, the court shall
6enter an order of record in the court dissolving the district.
7The trustees of the district shall immediately proceed to wind
8up the affairs of the district and shall have the same powers
9as before dissolution to levy taxes for the purpose of paying
10the debts, obligations and liabilities of the district
11outstanding on the date of dissolution and the necessary
12expenses of closing up the affairs of the district. All
13property of the district shall be sold and, in case any excess
14remains after all liabilities of the district are paid, the
15excess shall be paid to the various common school districts
16located in the district ratably in the proportion that the
17taxable value of all the property in each of the school
18districts bears to the taxable value of all the property in the
19emergency services rescue squad district.
20(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
21    (70 ILCS 2005/15)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6865)
22    Sec. 15. The owner or owners of record of any area of land
23consisting of one or more tracts lying within the corporate
24limits of an emergency services a rescue squad district may
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1this Section.
2    The owner or owners of record of the tract or tracts of
3land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county
4in which the district was organized alleging facts in support
5of disconnection, including the following:
6        (1) That the tract or tracts involved are located upon
7    the border of the district.
8        (2) That disconnection will not result in the
9    isolation of any part of the district from the remainder
10    of the district.
11        (3) That disconnection will not destroy or impair the
12    effectiveness of the district in the performance of its
13    lawful functions.
14        (4) That disconnection will not jeopardize the
15    financial position of the district.
16        (5) That disconnection will not adversely affect the
17    public health and welfare.
18        (6) That rescue services are provided by a fire
19    protection district or other unit of local government.
20    The district from which disconnection is sought shall be
21made a defendant, and it or any taxpayer residing in the
22district may appear and defend against the petition. The court
23shall set the petition for hearing on a date not less than 30
24days after the filing of the petition. If the court finds that
25the allegations of the petition are true and that the area of
26land is entitled to disconnection, it shall order the

 

 

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1specified land disconnected from the district and thereupon
2that land shall cease to be a part of the district. The land
3shall not, however, be relieved from any bonded indebtedness
4of the district previously created as to that land's
5proportionate share. The decision of the court is appealable
6as in other civil cases.
7(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
8    Section 10. The Collective Bargaining Freedom Act is
9amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
10    (820 ILCS 12/10)
11    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
12    "Employer" includes any person acting as an agent of an
13employer, directly or indirectly, but does not include the
14United States or any wholly owned government corporation, or
15any Federal Reserve Bank, or any State or political
16subdivision thereof, or any person subject to the Railway
17Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. 151 et seq., as amended from time to time,
18or any labor organization (other than when acting as an
19employer), or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or
20agent of such labor organization.
21    "Interested party" means a person with an interest in
22compliance with this Act.
23    "Labor organization" means any organization of any kind,
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1which employees participate and that exists for the purpose,
2in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning
3grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of
4employment, or conditions of work.
5    "Local government" and "political subdivision" include,
6but are not limited to, any county, city, town, township,
7village, municipality or subdivision thereof, airport
8authority, cemetery district, State college or university,
9community college, conservation district, drainage district,
10electric agency, exposition and auditorium authority, fire
11protection district, flood prevention district, forest
12preserve district, home equity program, hospital district,
13housing authority, joint action water agency, mass transit
14district, mosquito abatement district, multi-township
15assessment district, museum district, natural gas agency, park
16district, planning agency, port district, public building
17commission, public health district, public library district,
18public water district, emergency services rescue squad
19district, river conservancy district, road and bridge
20district, road district, sanitary district, school district,
21soil and water conservation district, solid waste agency,
22special recreation association, street lighting district,
23surface water district, transportation authority, water
24authority, water commission, water reclamation district, water
25service district, municipal corporation, and any other
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1legislate or enact laws affecting its respective jurisdiction,
2notwithstanding such local government or political
3subdivision's authority to exercise any power and perform any
4function pertaining to its government and affairs granted to
5it by the Illinois Constitution, a law, or otherwise.
6(Source: P.A. 101-3, eff. 4-12-19.)".