HB0347 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0347

Introduced 1/27/2009, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 75/9.3 new

Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act. Provides that, if the county board of any county has levied a tax for a detention home and cannot adequately support the facility, the county board may expend the tax receipts for detention services purchased through agreements with other governmental units. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act is amended by adding Section 9.3 as follows:

(55 ILCS 75/9.3 new)

Sec. 9.3. Agreements for detention services. If the county board of any county has levied a tax authorized by this Act for a county detention home and cannot adequately support the facility, the county may expend the tax receipts for detention services purchased through agreements with other governmental units.

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