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90_HB0564
60 ILCS 1/182-5 new
Amends the Township Code. Allows a township,
individually, through an intergovernmental agreement, or by
contract with a private corporation, to provide primary
health care to its citizens. Requires a referendum to allow
the township to tax for purposes of providing primary health
care.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Township Code by adding Section
2 182-5.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding
6 Section 182-5 as follows:
7 (60 ILCS 1/182-5 new)
8 Sec. 182-5. Primary health care special district; tax.
9 (a) In any township, the township board may provide for
10 primary health care under an intergovernmental cooperation
11 agreement with another unit of local government or under
12 contract with a private corporation.
13 (b) For purposes described in subsection (a), the
14 township board may levy an annual tax of not more than 0.095%
15 of the value of all the taxable property in the township, as
16 equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, upon that
17 property. Before a tax may be levied under this Section, the
18 township board shall certify that question to the proper
19 election officials in accordance with General Election Law,
20 who shall submit the proposition by referendum to all the
21 voters in the area to be served. The referendum shall be in
22 substantially the following form:
23 Shall (name of township) be authorized to levy an annual
24 tax of not more than 0.095% of the value of all the taxable
25 property in the township to provide primary health care to
26 its citizens?
27 The votes shall be recorded as "Yes" or "No".
28 If the majority of the voters voting on the proposition
29 vote in favor of it, the tax levy is authorized. If a
30 majority of the vote is against the proposition, the tax levy
31 is not authorized. No tax may be levied under this Section,
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1 however, with respect to any property that is subject to any
2 other tax levied for the sole purpose of providing primary
3 health care.
4 (c) Any territory of a special primary health care
5 district that is annexed to a municipality that provides
6 primary health care within its corporate limits shall be
7 automatically disconnected from the township primary health
8 care district.