Senate Sponsors: O'MALLEY-LINK. House Sponsors: HANNIG-RYDER Short description: FIRE PROTECTION DIST-TAX RATE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the proposition for the consolidation of a fire protection district shall include a question on whether the maximum allowable tax rate for the consolidated district shall be set at a certain stated rate of the value of all taxable property within the consolidated district as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 70 ILCS 705/20 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.3 Further amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the requirement that a municipality pay some percentage of the tax proceeds collected on property that is annexed to it to the fire protection district from which the property was disconnected (as a result of the annexation to the municipality) does not apply if the corporate authorities of the fire protection district file a petition against the disconnection. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0917 Last action date: 00-07-07 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status