98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5856

 

Introduced , by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 705/15b new

    Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that upon a majority vote of the board of trustees in favor of the proposition to annex or consolidate the district, the district shall cease. Provides that on the effective date of the annexation or consolidation, all the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities, indebtedness, obligations, bonding authority, taxing authority, and responsibilities of the district shall vest in and be assumed by the governmental unit assuming the functions of the former district.


LRB098 19102 JLK 54252 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5856LRB098 19102 JLK 54252 b

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 Fire Protection District Act is amended by
5adding Section 15b as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 705/15b new)
7    Sec. 15b. Cessation of district organization.
8Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote
9of the board of trustees is in favor of the proposition to
10annex the district to another district whose boundaries are
11contiguous, or consolidate the district into a municipality
12with which the district is coterminous or substantially
13coterminous, or consolidate the district into the county in
14which the district sits, then the district shall cease. On the
15effective date of the of the annexation or consolidation, all
16the rights, powers, duties, assets, property, liabilities,
17indebtedness, obligations, bonding authority, taxing
18authority, and responsibilities of the district shall vest in
19and be assumed by the governmental unit assuming the functions
20of the former district.