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                                     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.".