Sen. Sue Rezin

Filed: 5/7/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1410

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1410 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
5changing Section 20 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 705/20)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.3)
7    Sec. 20. Disconnection by operation of law.
8    (a) Any territory within a fire protection district that
9is or has been annexed to a city, village or incorporated town
10that provides fire protection for property within such city,
11village or incorporated town is, by operation of law,
12disconnected from the fire protection district as of the
13January first after such territory is annexed to the city,
14village or incorporated town, or in case any such territory
15has been so annexed prior to the effective date of this
16amendatory Act of 1965, as of January 1, 1966.

 

 

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1    (b) The disconnection by operation of law does not occur
2if, within 60 days after such annexation or after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of 1965, whichever is
4later, the fire protection district files with the appropriate
5court and with the County Clerk of each county in which the
6fire protection district is located, a petition alleging that
7such disconnection will cause the territory remaining in the
8district to be noncontiguous or that the loss of assessed
9valuation by reason of such disconnection will impair the
10ability of the district to render fully adequate fire
11protection service to the territory remaining with the
12district. When such a petition is filed, with the court and
13with the County Clerk of each county in which the fire
14protection district is located, the court shall set it for
15hearing, and further proceedings shall be held, as provided in
16Section 15 of this Act, except that the city, village or
17incorporated town that annexed the territory shall be a
18necessary party to the proceedings, and it shall be served
19with summons in the manner for a party defendant under the
20Civil Practice Law. At such hearing, the district has the
21burden of proving the truth of the allegations in its
22petition.
23    (c) If disconnection does not occur, then the city,
24village or incorporated town in which part of a fire
25protection district's territory is located, is prohibited from
26levying the tax provided for by Section 11-7-1 of the

 

 

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1"Illinois Municipal Code" in such fire protection district
2territory for services provided to the residents of such
3territory by the fire protection district.
4    (d) If there are any general obligation bonds of the fire
5protection district outstanding and unpaid at the time such
6territory is disconnected from the fire protection district by
7operation of this Section, such territory shall remain liable
8for its proportionate share of such bonded indebtedness and
9the fire protection district may continue to levy and extend
10taxes upon the taxable property in such territory for the
11purpose of amortizing such bonds until such time as sufficient
12funds to retire such bonds have been collected.
13    (e) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
14of the 91st General Assembly, when territory is disconnected
15from a fire protection district under this Section, the
16annexing municipality shall pay, on or before December 31 of
17each year for a period of 5 years after the effective date of
18the disconnection, to the fire protection district from which
19the territory was disconnected, an amount as follows:
20        (1) In the first year after the disconnection, an
21    amount equal to the real estate tax collected on the
22    property in the disconnected territory by the fire
23    protection district in the tax year immediately preceding
24    the year in which the disconnection took effect.
25        (2) In the second year after the disconnection, an
26    amount equal to 80% of the real estate tax collected on the

 

 

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1    property in the disconnected territory by the fire
2    protection district in the tax year immediately preceding
3    the year in which the disconnection took effect.
4        (3) In the third year after the disconnection, an
5    amount equal to 60% of the real estate tax collected on the
6    property in the disconnected territory by the fire
7    protection district in the tax year immediately preceding
8    the year in which the disconnection took effect.
9        (4) In the fourth year after the disconnection, an
10    amount equal to 40% of the real estate tax collected on the
11    property in the disconnected territory by the fire
12    protection district in the tax year immediately preceding
13    the year in which the disconnection took effect.
14        (5) In the fifth year after the disconnection, an
15    amount equal to 20% of the real estate tax collected on the
16    property in the disconnected territory by the fire
17    protection district in the tax year immediately preceding
18    the year in which the disconnection took effect.
19    This subsection (e) applies to a fire protection district
20only if the corporate authorities of the district do not file a
21petition against the disconnection under subsection (b).
22    (f) A municipality which does not timely make the payment
23required in subsection (e) and which refuses to make such
24payment within 30 days following a written demand by the fire
25protection district entitled to the payment or which causes a
26fire protection district to incur an expense in order to

 

 

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1collect the amount to which it is entitled under subsection
2(e) shall, in addition to the amount due under subsection (e),
3be responsible to reimburse the fire protection district for
4all costs incurred by the fire protection district in
5collecting the amount due, including, but not limited to,
6reasonable legal fees and court costs.
7(Source: P.A. 91-307, eff. 1-1-00; 91-917, eff. 1-1-01.)".