SB2297enr 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2297 Enrolled LRB100 15919 AWJ 31034 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 Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by adding Section 11.5 as follows:

(70 ILCS 2005/11.5 new)

Sec. 11.5. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of trustees of a rescue squad district desires to levy a special tax to provide an ambulance service or support an existing ambulance service, it shall certify the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit that question at an election to the voters of the district. The result of the referendum shall be entered upon the records of the district. If a majority of the votes on the question are in favor of the question, the board of trustees may then levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue. The question shall be in substantially the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------

Shall the .... Rescue Squad District levy a special tax at a rate YES not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district ------------------------------------------------------------- as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue for the purpose NO of providing or supporting an ambulance service? -------------------------------------------------------------