Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to township fire stations by authorizing the use of certain property taxes approved at election for the payment of anticipatory bonds
Sponsored by the House Local Government Committee
Topics:Cities & countiesPublic safety & emergenciesTaxesProperty taxes
Same legislation: HF 444
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2021
- Done: House committeeMarch 1, 2021
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Townships can ask voters to approve a new tax to pay for building or buying a fire station. If the voters agree, the money from this tax will be used to pay back the loans used to get the station. Once the loans are paid off, the township will use its regular fire and medical service taxes to keep the station running.1
Read the official explanation
43.43, such bonds shall be payable from the tax levy established in the bill if the bonds are issued for the purpose of funding the construction or acquisition, including a lease with purchase option, of a fire station to be used to provide the fire protection and emergency medical services for the township, and if the levy is approved at election. Upon petition of percent of the resident eligible electors, excluding those areas of the township within corporate boundaries of a city, the board of township trustees shall submit to the applicable voters of the township the question of whether to authorize the imposition of the levy under the bill. The ballot is required to set out the reason for the tax, the amount needed, and the duration of the proposed tax. The proposition is adopted if a majority of those voting on the proposition at the election approves it. An approved levy may be imposed at a rate necessary to pay the applicable bonds, but not to exceed and one-fourth cents per $1,000 of assessed value, and for a period not to exceed years. Following expiration of the authority to impose the levy, authority to reimpose the levy requires approval in accordance with the bill.43.385, assumed the exercise of the powers and duties of township trustees relating to fire protection service and emergency medical service for any township located in the unincorporated area of the county.
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