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                                     LRB093 04470 SJM 16232 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2549

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2549  by  replacing
 3    everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 4        "Section  5.  The  Mosquito  Abatement  District  Act  is
 5    amended  by  changing  Sections  5  and 8 and adding Sections
 6    0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05, 0.06, 0.07, 0.08, 0.09,  0.10,  0.11,
 7    0.12, and 5.1 as follows:

 8        (70 ILCS 1005/0.02 new)
 9        Sec. 0.02.  Purpose. It is the purpose of this amendatory
10    Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly to abolish the North Shore
11    Mosquito Abatement District and to transfer all  its  assets,
12    liabilities, rights, powers, duties, and functions, including
13    the  eradication  of  the  West  Nile Virus, to the Northwest
14    Mosquito Abatement District. It is also the purpose  of  this
15    amendatory  Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly to abolish the
16    South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District and to transfer
17    to the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District, or, in
18    the case of territory lying in the City of  Chicago,  to  the
19    City  of  Chicago,  all  it's  assets,  liabilities,  rights,
20    powers,  duties,  and functions, including the eradication of
21    the West Nile Virus.
 
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 1        (70 ILCS 1005/0.03 new)
 2        Sec.  0.03.  Districts  abolished;  assets,  liabilities,
 3    rights,    powers,    duties,    and    functions    assumed.
 4    Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law,  including  any
 5    other  provision  of  this  Act,  the  North  Shore  Mosquito
 6    Abatement   District  and  the  South  Cook  County  Mosquito
 7    Abatement District are abolished on  November  1,  2004.   In
 8    counties  with  a  population  of  3,000,000  or more, no new
 9    mosquito abatement districts may be  organized  on  or  after
10    November 1, 2004. On November 1, 2004, the Northwest Mosquito
11    Abatement  District  shall  assume  all  assets, liabilities,
12    rights,  powers,  duties,  and   functions,   including   the
13    eradication  of  the  West  Nile  Virus,  of  the North Shore
14    Mosquito Abatement District. On November  1,  2004,  the  Des
15    Plaines  Valley  Mosquito Abatement District shall assume all
16    assets, liabilities, rights, powers, duties,  and  functions,
17    including  the  eradication  of  the  West Nile Virus, of the
18    South Cook County Mosquito Abatement  District,  except  with
19    respect  to  that  the part of the South Cook County Mosquito
20    Abatement District that lies in the City  of  Chicago,  which
21    shall be assumed by the City of Chicago.

22        (70 ILCS 1005/0.04 new)
23        Sec.   0.04.    Mosquito  abatement  districts  expanded.
24    Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  this  Act  to  the
25    contrary,  beginning on November 1, 2004 the territory of the
26    Northwest Mosquito Abatement District shall  consist  of  the
27    territory  of  the District as it existed on October 31, 2004
28    plus the territory of  the  North  Shore  Mosquito  Abatement
29    District  as  it existed on October 31, 2004. Notwithstanding
30    any other provision of this Act to the contrary, beginning on
31    November 1, 2004 the territory  of  the  Des  Plaines  Valley
32    Mosquito Abatement District shall consist of the territory of
33    the  District  as  it  existed  on  October 31, 2004 plus the
 
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 1    territory  of  the  South  Cook  County  Mosquito   Abatement
 2    District  as  it  existed  on  October  31, 2004, except with
 3    respect to that the part of the South  Cook  County  Mosquito
 4    Abatement  District  that  lies  in  the  City  of Chicago on
 5    October 31, 2004, which shall  be  assumed  by  the  City  of
 6    Chicago.

 7        (70 ILCS 1005/0.05 new)
 8        Sec. 0.05.  Transfer of property.
 9        (a)  Effective  November  1,  2004,  all  books, records,
10    documents,   property   (real   and   personal),   unexpended
11    appropriations, and  pending  business  of  the  North  Shore
12    Mosquito   Abatement   District   shall  be  transferred  and
13    delivered  to  the  Northwest  Mosquito  Abatement  District.
14    Effective November 1, 2004, all  books,  records,  documents,
15    property  (real and personal), unexpended appropriations, and
16    pending business of the South Cook County Mosquito  Abatement
17    District  shall  be  transferred  and  delivered  to  the Des
18    Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District, or, in  the  case
19    of  any  part  of  the  South  Cook County Mosquito Abatement
20    District that lies in the City of Chicago,  to  the  City  of
21    Chicago.
22        (b)  With  respect  to  the  assets, liabilities, rights,
23    powers, duties,  and  functions  of  the  South  Cook  County
24    Mosquito  Abatement District abolished by this amendatory Act
25    of the 93rd General Assembly, the decision  on  which  books,
26    records,  documents, property (real and personal), unexpended
27    appropriations, and pending business shall be transferred  to
28    the  Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District and which
29    shall be transferred to the City of Chicago shall be made  by
30    giving  consideration  to  the  proportionate  percentage  of
31    territory  transferred  to  the  Des  Plaines Valley Mosquito
32    Abatement   District   and   the   proportionate   percentage
33    transferred to the City of Chicago.
 
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 1        (70 ILCS 1005/0.06 new)
 2        Sec. 0.06.  Tax levies  for  assumed  mosquito  abatement
 3    districts.
 4        (a)  With  respect  to  the  territory of the North Shore
 5    Mosquito Abatement District abolished by this amendatory  Act
 6    of   the   93rd  General  Assembly,  the  Northwest  Mosquito
 7    Abatement District shall have the power and authority to levy
 8    and collect such taxes at  such  rates  as  shall  have  been
 9    previously  authorized,  levied,  and  collected by the North
10    Shore Mosquito Abatement District
11        (b)  With respect to the  territory  of  the  South  Cook
12    County   Mosquito   Abatement   District  abolished  by  this
13    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly  and  assumed  by
14    the  Des  Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District, the Des
15    Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement  District  shall  have  the
16    power  and  authority  to levy and collect such taxes at such
17    rates as shall have been previously authorized,  levied,  and
18    collected   by  the  South  Cook  County  Mosquito  Abatement
19    District.

20        (70 ILCS 1005/0.07 new)
21        Sec. 0.07.  City of Chicago tax  levy.  In  the  case  of
22    territory   of  the  South  Cook  County  Mosquito  Abatement
23    District abolished by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
24    Assembly that lies in  the  City  of  Chicago,  the  City  of
25    Chicago  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  to levy and
26    collect  such  taxes  at  such  rates  as  shall  have   been
27    previously  authorized,  levied,  and  collected by the South
28    Cook County Mosquito Abatement District with respect to  that
29    territory  for  mosquito  abatement  purposes  and  for other
30    emerging public health threats.

31        (70 ILCS 1005/0.08 new)
32        Sec. 0.08.  Ordinances, orders, and resolutions.
 
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 1        (a)  On November 1, 2004,  the  ordinances,  orders,  and
 2    resolutions  of  a  mosquito  abatement district abolished by
 3    this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly that were in
 4    effect on  October  31,  2004  and  pertain  to  the  assets,
 5    liabilities,    rights,   powers,   duties,   and   functions
 6    transferred to the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, the
 7    Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District, or  the  City
 8    of  Chicago  under  this  amendatory  Act of the 93rd General
 9    Assembly shall become, with respect to  that  territory,  the
10    ordinances, orders, and resolutions of the Northwest Mosquito
11    Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement
12    District,  or  the City of Chicago, as appropriate, and shall
13    continue in effect until amended or repealed.
14        (b)  Any ordinances, orders, or resolutions pertaining to
15    the  assets,  liabilities,  rights,   powers,   duties,   and
16    functions  transferred  to  the  Northwest Mosquito Abatement
17    District, the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District,
18    or the City of Chicago under this amendatory Act of the  93rd
19    General  Assembly  that  have  been  proposed  by  a mosquito
20    abatement district abolished by this amendatory  Act  of  the
21    93rd  General  Assembly  but  have  not  taken effect or been
22    finally adopted  by  October  31,  2004  shall  become,  with
23    respect  to  that territory, the proposed ordinances, orders,
24    and resolutions of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District,
25    the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement  District,  or  the
26    City of Chicago, as appropriate, on November 1, 2004, and any
27    procedures  that  have  already  been completed by a mosquito
28    abatement district abolished by this amendatory  Act  of  the
29    93rd  General Assembly for those proposed ordinances, orders,
30    or resolutions need not be repeated.
31        (c)  As soon as practical after  November  1,  2004,  the
32    Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley
33    Mosquito  Abatement  District,  and the City of Chicago shall
34    revise and clarify the ordinances,  orders,  and  resolutions
 
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 1    transferred  to  them  under  this amendatory Act of the 93rd
 2    General Assembly to reflect  the  reorganization  of  assets,
 3    liabilities,  rights,  powers, duties, and functions effected
 4    by this amendatory Act of  the  93rd  General  Assembly.  The
 5    Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley
 6    Mosquito  Abatement  District,  or  the  City  of Chicago, as
 7    appropriate, may propose and  adopt  such  other  ordinances,
 8    orders, or resolutions as may be necessary to consolidate and
 9    clarify the ordinances, orders, and resolutions assumed under
10    this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

11        (70 ILCS 1005/0.09 new)
12        Sec.  0.09.  Cross  references.  Beginning on November 1,
13    2004, all references in other statutes, however phrased, to a
14    mosquito abatement district abolished under  this  amendatory
15    Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly shall be references to the
16    Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley
17    Mosquito Abatement District,  or  the  City  of  Chicago,  as
18    appropriate,  in  its  capacity  as  successor  to a mosquito
19    abatement district abolished under this amendatory Act of the
20    93rd General Assembly.

21        (70 ILCS 1005/0.10 new)
22        Sec. 0.10.  Savings provisions.
23        (a)  The assets, liabilities, rights, powers, duties, and
24    functions transferred to  the  Northwest  Mosquito  Abatement
25    District, the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District,
26    or  the  City  of  Chicago by this amendatory Act of the 93rd
27    General Assembly shall be vested in  the  Northwest  Mosquito
28    Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement
29    District,  or the City of Chicago, as appropriate, subject to
30    the provisions of this amendatory Act  of  the  93rd  General
31    Assembly.  An  act  done  by  a  mosquito  abatement district
32    abolished by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
 
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 1    or an officer, employee, or agent of the  abolished  district
 2    with  respect to the transferred assets, liabilities, rights,
 3    powers, duties, or functions shall have the same legal effect
 4    as if done by the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District,  the
 5    Des  Plaines  Valley Mosquito Abatement District, or the City
 6    of Chicago, as appropriate, or an officer, employee, or agent
 7    of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, the Des Plaines
 8    Valley Mosquito Abatement District, or the City  of  Chicago,
 9    as appropriate.
10        (b)  The transfer of assets, liabilities, rights, powers,
11    duties,  and  functions under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
12    General Assembly does  not  invalidate  any  previous  action
13    taken  by  or  in  respect  to  a mosquito abatement district
14    abolished by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
15    or its officers,  employees,  or  agents.  References  to  an
16    abolished   mosquito  abatement  district  or  its  officers,
17    employees, or agents in any document, contract, agreement, or
18    law shall, in appropriate contexts, be deemed to refer to the
19    Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley
20    Mosquito Abatement District,  or  the  City  of  Chicago,  as
21    appropriate, or its officers, employees, or agents.
22        (c)  The  transfer  under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
23    General Assembly  of  assets,  liabilities,  rights,  powers,
24    duties,  and  functions  of  a  mosquito  abatement  district
25    abolished by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
26    does  not affect any person's rights, obligations, or duties,
27    including any civil or criminal penalties applicable thereto,
28    arising out of those transferred assets, liabilities, rights,
29    powers, duties, and functions.
30        (d)  With respect to matters that pertain  to  an  asset,
31    liability, right, power, duty, or function transferred to the
32    Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley
33    Mosquito  Abatement  District,  or  the City of Chicago under
34    this Act:
 
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 1             (1)  Beginning November 1, 2004, a report or  notice
 2        that  was  previously required to be made or given by any
 3        person to a mosquito abatement district abolished by this
 4        amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly or any of its
 5        officers, employees, or agents shall be made or given  in
 6        the  same  manner  to  the  Northwest  Mosquito Abatement
 7        District,  the  Des  Plaines  Valley  Mosquito  Abatement
 8        District, or the City of Chicago, as appropriate, or  its
 9        appropriate officer, employee, or agent.
10             (2)  Beginning November 1, 2004, a document that was
11        previously  required  to  be  furnished  or served by any
12        person to or upon a mosquito abatement district abolished
13        by this amendatory Act of the 93rd  General  Assembly  or
14        any  of  its  officers,  employees,  or  agents  shall be
15        furnished or served in the same manner  to  or  upon  the
16        Northwest  Mosquito  Abatement  District, the Des Plaines
17        Valley  Mosquito  Abatement  District,  or  the  City  of
18        Chicago, as  appropriate,  or  its  appropriate  officer,
19        employee, or agent.
20        (e)  This  amendatory  Act  of  the 93rd General Assembly
21    does not affect any act done,  ratified,  or  cancelled,  any
22    right  occurring  or established, or any action or proceeding
23    had or commenced in an  administrative,  civil,  or  criminal
24    cause  before November 1, 2004. Any such action or proceeding
25    that pertains to an asset, liability, right, power, duty,  or
26    function  transferred  to  the  Northwest  Mosquito Abatement
27    District, the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District,
28     or the City of Chicago under this amendatory Act of the 93rd
29    General Assembly and that is pending  on  that  date  may  be
30    prosecuted,  defended, or continued by the Northwest Mosquito
31    Abatement District, the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement
32    District, or the City of Chicago, as appropriate.

33        (70 ILCS 1005/0.11 new)
 
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 1        Sec. 0.11.  Disputes. Any disputes that arise as a result
 2    of the abolishment of a mosquito district and the  assumption
 3    of  the  assets,  liabilities,  rights,  powers,  duties, and
 4    functions of the abolished district shall be resolved  by  an
 5    appropriate action commenced in the circuit court.

 6        (70 ILCS 1005/0.12 new)
 7        Sec.  0.12.  Stipend.  The  Northwest  Mosquito Abatement
 8    District  and  the  Des  Plaines  Valley  Mosquito  Abatement
 9    District shall pay each  of  the  members  of  the  board  of
10    trustees  of  the respective district a stipend of $3,000 per
11    year as compensation for the additional duties undertaken  as
12    a result of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

13        (70 ILCS 1005/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 78)
14        Sec.  5.   Within  60  days after the organization of any
15    mosquito abatement district under the provisions of this  Act
16    a  board  of  trustees,  consisting  of  5 members ,except as
17    provided in Section 5.1, for the government  and  control  of
18    the  affairs and business of such mosquito abatement district
19    shall be appointed in the following manner:
20        (1)  If  the  district  lies  wholly  within   a   single
21    township,  the  board  of  trustees  of  that  township shall
22    appoint  the  trustees  for  the  district  but  no  township
23    official is eligible for such appointment;
24        (2)  If the district is not  contained  wholly  within  a
25    single  township,  but  is  located  wholly  within  a single
26    county, the trustees for the district shall be  appointed  by
27    the presiding officer of the county board with the advice and
28    consent of the county board;
29        (3)  If  the  district lies wholly within a municipality,
30    the governing body of the municipality shall appoint trustees
31    for the district;
32        (4)  If the district does  not  conform  to  any  of  the
 
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 1    foregoing  classifications,  the  trustees  for  the district
 2    shall  be  from  each  county  in  the  district  in  numbers
 3    proportionate, as nearly as practicable,  to  the  number  of
 4    residents  of  the  district  who  reside  in  each county in
 5    relation to the total population of the  district.   Trustees
 6    shall  be  appointed  by the county board of their respective
 7    counties, or in the case of a home rule county as defined  by
 8    Article  VII,  Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution, by the
 9    chief executive officer of that county with  the  advice  and
10    consent of the county board.
11        Upon  the  expiration  of the term of a trustee who is in
12    office on the effective date of this amendatory Act  of  1975
13    or  at  the time of the publication of each decennial Federal
14    census of population, the successor shall be  a  resident  of
15    whichever  county is entitled to such representation in order
16    to  bring  about  the  proportional  representation  required
17    herein, and he shall be appointed by the appointing authority
18    of that county.  Thereafter, each trustee shall be  succeeded
19    by  a  resident  of the same county who shall be appointed by
20    the same appointing authority. Of the trustees thus appointed
21    3 shall hold office until the second Monday in December after
22    the next succeeding  general  election  for  members  of  the
23    General  Assembly  and  2  shall hold office until the second
24    Monday in December, 2 years after the next succeeding general
25    election for members of the General Assembly, and until their
26    successors  are  appointed  and  qualified.   Thereafter  the
27    trustees of the district shall be appointed in every year  in
28    which  the term of any of the trustees expires and shall hold
29    office for 4 years and until their successors  are  appointed
30    and  qualified.   Each  trustee shall be a legal voter in the
31    district, and such trustees shall serve without compensation,
32    except as provided in Section 0.12.
33        Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board  of  trustees  the
34    appropriate appointing authority shall appoint some person to
 
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 1    fill the remainder of the unexpired term.
 2    (Source: P.A. 82-783.)

 3        (70 ILCS 1005/5.1 new)
 4        Sec. 5.1. Additional trustees. As soon as practical after
 5    November  1, 2004, the Director of the Cook County Department
 6    of Public Health shall appoint an additional  member  to  the
 7    board   of  trustees  of  the  Northwest  Mosquito  Abatement
 8    District  and  the  Des  Plaines  Valley  Mosquito  Abatement
 9    District, respectively. The  trustees  appointed  under  this
10    Section shall hold office until the second Monday in December
11    2006  and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
12    Thereafter a trustee shall be appointed under this Section in
13    every year in which the term of  a  trustee  appointed  under
14    this  Section  expires  and shall hold office for 4 years and
15    until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
16        If this Section conflicts with  any  other  provision  of
17    this  Act, this Section controls. Any other provision of this
18    Act concerning trustees applies  to  the  trustees  appointed
19    under this Section if it does not conflict with this Section.

20        (70 ILCS 1005/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 81)
21        Sec.  8.  The board of trustees of any mosquito abatement
22    district shall, in its work, advise and  cooperate  with  the
23    Department  of  Public  Health of the State, and the board of
24    trustees of such district shall submit to such Department, on
25    or before January 1st of each year, a report of the work done
26    and results obtained by the  district  during  the  preceding
27    year.
28        The board of trustees of any mosquito abatement district,
29    or  its  designee,  shall  conduct  routine  surveillance  of
30    mosquitoes  to detect the presence of mosquito-borne diseases
31    of public health  significance.  The  surveillance  shall  be
32    conducted  in  accordance with mosquito abatement and control
 
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 1    guidelines as set forth  by  the  U.S.  Centers  for  Disease
 2    Control  and  Prevention.  Areas  reporting disease in humans
 3    shall be included in the  surveillance  activities.  Mosquito
 4    abatement  districts  shall  report  to  the  local certified
 5    public health department the results of any positive mosquito
 6    samples infected with any  arboviral  infections,  including,
 7    but  not limited to: West Nile Virus, St. Louis Encephalitis,
 8    and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Reports shall be made to the
 9    local  certified  public  health  department's  director   of
10    environmental health, or a designee of the department, within
11    24  hours after receiving a positive report. The report shall
12    include the type  of  infection,  the  number  of  mosquitoes
13    collected in the trapping device, the type of trapping device
14    used,  and the type of laboratory testing used to confirm the
15    infection. Any trustee of a mosquito abatement  district,  or
16    designee  of  the  board  of trustees of a mosquito abatement
17    district, that fails to comply with the requirements of  this
18    Act is guilty of a Class A Misdemeanor.
19    (Source: Laws 1927, p. 694.)".

20        Section  10.   The  Township  Code is amended by changing
21    Section 30-170 as follows:

22        (60 ILCS 1/30-170)
23        Sec. 30-170.  Mosquito abatement district.
24        (a)  The electors may authorize  the  township  board  to
25    contract for the furnishing of mosquito abatement services in
26    the unincorporated area of the township.
27        (a-5)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Code,
28    as  provided  in  Section  0.03  of  the  Mosquito  Abatement
29    District Act, on November 1, 2004 the  North  Shore  Mosquito
30    Abatement   District  and  the  South  Cook  County  Mosquito
31    Abatement District are abolished. No new  mosquito  abatement
32    districts  may  be organized in counties with a population of
 
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 1    3,000,000 or more on or after November 1, 2004.
 2        (b)  The township board may adopt a resolution  declaring
 3    the  unincorporated area of the township a mosquito abatement
 4    district for tax purposes. Proof of the resolution authorizes
 5    the county clerk to extend a tax upon the mosquito  abatement
 6    district  in  the amount specified in the annual township tax
 7    levy, but not more than a rate of  0.075%  of  the  value  of
 8    taxable  property  as equalized or assessed by the Department
 9    of Revenue.
10        (c)  Whenever a resolution creating a mosquito  abatement
11    district has been adopted, the township board shall order the
12    proposition  submitted  to the voters within the territory of
13    the proposed district at an election. The clerk shall certify
14    the proposition to  the  proper  election  officials.  Notice
15    shall  be given and the election conducted in accordance with
16    the general  election  law.   The  proposition  shall  be  in
17    substantially the following form:
18             Shall  a  mosquito  abatement district be created to
19        serve the unincorporated areas of (name of township), and
20        shall a tax be levied at a rate of not more  than  0.075%
21        of  the  value  of  taxable  property  in the district as
22        equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue?
23    The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
24        (d)  If a majority of votes cast on the proposition is in
25    favor of the mosquito abatement district, the district  shall
26    be created.
27        (e)  Any  territory  within a mosquito abatement district
28    that is annexed to  a  municipality  that  provides  mosquito
29    abatement  services  within  its  corporate  limits  shall be
30    automatically  disconnected  from   the   township   mosquito
31    abatement taxing district.
32    (Source: P.A. 86-310; 88-62.)

33        Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
 
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 1    Section 8.27 as follows:

 2        (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
 3        Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
 4    and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
 5    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
 6    amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

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