HB5543eng 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5543 Engrossed LRB103 38822 AWJ 68959 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section 30-160 as follows:

(60 ILCS 1/30-160)

Sec. 30-160. Police protection by municipality or county; county of 1,000,000 or more; special taxing district.

(a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, the electors may authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish, using the funds levied under subsection (b), police protection in the unincorporated area of the township.

(b) In order to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, the The township board may declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon the special police district in the amount specified in the annual township tax levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue.

(c) A township board may also use the special police district funds levied under subsection (b) to provide for public safety in the manner prescribed by Section 85-13 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

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