093_HB1302ham001
LRB093 07778 MKM 12732 a
1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1302
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1302 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding 1052.1
5 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/1052.1 new)
7 Sec. 1052.1. Defibrillator tax; authorization for levy
8 of tax by referendum; discontinuance.
9 (a) When a petition signed by 1% of the electors who
10 voted in the last general election in the county is presented
11 to the county board requesting the submission of the
12 proposition whether an annual tax not to exceed 0.004% of the
13 value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue,
14 of all taxable property in the county shall be levied for the
15 purpose of purchasing and maintaining automated external
16 defibrillators, the county board shall adopt a resolution for
17 submission of the proposition to the electors at the next
18 regular election held in the county in accordance with the
19 general election law.
20 Upon the adoption and certification of the resolution,
21 the proposition shall be submitted at the next regular
22 election held in the county. The proposition shall be in
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1 substantially the following form:
2 Shall an annual tax of not to exceed .... % be
3 levied in .... County for the purpose of purchasing and
4 maintaining automated external defibrillators?
5 The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
6 "No".
7 If a majority of the electors of the county voting on the
8 proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the proposition
9 shall be deemed adopted.
10 Upon the adoption of the proposition by the electors,
11 each affected county board shall cause an annual tax of not
12 to exceed 0.004% of the value, as equalized or assessed by
13 the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property of the
14 county to be levied upon all the taxable property in the
15 county for the purpose of purchasing and maintaining
16 automated external defibrillator technology. The tax shall be
17 in addition to all other taxes authorized by law to be levied
18 and collected in the county and shall be in addition to the
19 maximum of taxes authorized by law for county purposes. The
20 foregoing limitations upon tax rates may be increased or
21 decreased according to the referendum provisions of the
22 general revenue law of Illinois.
23 (b) The proceeds of the tax authorized by this Section
24 shall be paid into the county treasury and shall be used
25 solely for the purposes set forth in this Section.
26 (c) When a petition signed by 1% of the electors who
27 voted in the last general election in a county that has
28 levied and collected a tax for the purpose of purchasing or
29 maintaining automated external defibrillator technology is
30 presented to the county board requesting that the tax for
31 purchasing and maintaining automated defibrillator technology
32 be discontinued, the county board shall adopt a resolution
33 providing for the submission of the proposition to the
34 electors of the county in the same manner as provided for the
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1 submission of the proposition for the levy of the tax under
2 this Section.
3 Upon the adoption and certification of the resolution,
4 the proposition shall be submitted at the next regular
5 election held in the county. The proposition shall be in
6 substantially the following form:
7 Shall the tax for the purpose of purchasing and
8 maintaining automated external defibrillator technology
9 be discontinued?
10 The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or
11 "No".
12 If a majority of the electors of the county voting upon
13 the proposition vote in favor of the proposition, the
14 proposition shall be deemed adopted and the tax shall no
15 longer be levied or collected in the county. Any moneys
16 remaining in the county treasury for the purchasing or
17 maintaining of automated external defibrillator technology
18 shall be directed for general county purposes.".