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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 adding Section
55-1028.2 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1028.2 new)
7    Sec. 5-1028.2. Emergency ambulance service in Clark
8County. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Clark
9County may, by ordinance, agree to provide emergency ambulance
10service to any portion of Marshall Fire Protection District
11that the county is already providing emergency ambulance
12service through an intergovernmental agreement. The ordinance
13to provide emergency ambulance service under this Section must
14contain an affirmative obligation on the part of Clark County
15to provide emergency ambulance service to Marshall Fire
16Protection District once the intergovernmental agreement in
17effect at the time of the ordinance expires.
18    An ordinance adopted under this Section does not take
19effect until after Marshall Fire Protection District adopts a
20resolution under Section 22.1 of the Fire Protection District
21Act to discontinue the emergency ambulance service and the
22intergovernmental agreement for emergency ambulance service
23between Clark County and Marshall Fire Protection District has

 

 

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1ended. Upon certification to the county clerk by both Clark
2County and Marshall Fire Protection District that all criteria
3have been met under this Section and Section 22.1 of the Fire
4Protection District Act, the rate for emergency ambulance
5service for the area once serviced under Marshall Fire
6Protection District for emergency ambulance service shall be
7the rate the county levies under Section 5-1028.
 
8    Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
9adding Section 22.1 as follows:
 
10    (70 ILCS 705/22.1 new)
11    Sec. 22.1. Emergency ambulance service in Clark County.
12Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of
13trustees of Marshall Fire Protection District may, by majority
14vote of the board of trustees, adopt a resolution to
15discontinue the District's emergency ambulance service and to
16discontinue the District's tax upon certification as provided
17by this Section only if Clark County levies a tax for emergency
18ambulance service under Section 5-1028 of the Counties Code
19and has, by ordinance, agreed to assume the emergency
20ambulance service at the expiration of the intergovernmental
21agreement between the District and County. A resolution
22adopted under this Section must include an end date of
23services. Upon certification to the county clerk by both Clark
24County and Marshall Fire Protection District that all criteria

 

 

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1have been met under this Section and Section 5-1028.2 of the
2Counties Code, Marshall Fire Protection District may not levy
3a tax for emergency ambulance service under Section 22 unless
4Clark County repeals the ordinance adopted under Section
55-1028.2 and the County's tax adopted under Section 5-1028. If
6Marshall Fire Protection District elects to no longer provide
7emergency ambulance service under this Section, the election
8shall not be construed as affecting the District's authority
9to levy a tax and provide fire protection service under this
10Act.
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.