Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 2005 — Emergency Services Districts Act.

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services Districts Act

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services Districts Act. (Source: P.A. 103-134, eff. 1-1-24.)

Any contiguous territory having a population of not less than 300 inhabitants and no part of which is already included in an emergency services district, and no part of which is located in a fire protection district that provides rescue services, may be organized as an emergency services district as provided in this Ac…

Rescue squad district continuance

Rescue squad district continuance. A rescue squad district organized under this Act before January 1, 2024 (the effective date of Public Act 103-134) may (i) continue to be named a rescue squad district or be renamed an emergency services district by ordinance of the board of trustees of the district, (ii) operate unde…

Upon the filing of a petition in the office of the circuit clerk, the court to whom the petition is addressed shall give notice of the time and place of a hearing on the question of the necessity for the organization of an emergency services district and of the boundaries of the proposed district. The notice shall be p…

The determination of the court as to the necessity for the organization of the proposed emergency services district, together with the description of the boundaries of the district as fixed by the court, shall be entered of record in the court. Thereupon the court shall certify the question of the organization of the t…

If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in favor of the organization of the territory as an emergency services district, the territory shall be an organized emergency services district under this Act. The district shall have the name set forth in the petition and by such name may transact all corporate busi…

Within 60 days after the organization of an emergency services district under the provisions of this Act, a board of trustees, consisting of 5 members, for the government and control of the affairs and business of the emergency services district shall be appointed in the following manner: (1) If the district lies wholl…

Change to elected board of trustees; petition; election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees

Change to elected board of trustees; petition; election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees. An emergency services district organized under this Act may have an elected, rather than an appointed, board of trustees if approved by referendum. Upon presentation to the board of trustees of a petition, signed by no…

The trustees appointed in accordance with this Act shall constitute a board of trustees for the emergency services district for which they are appointed, and that board of trustees is declared to be the corporate authority of the district and shall exercise all of the powers and control all of the affairs and property…

The board of trustees of the district shall have power to: (1) provide ambulance services to the emergency services district; (2) take all necessary or proper steps to provide rescue services within the district; (3) borrow money; (4) mortgage, pledge, or grant a security interest in any real or personal property of th…

Whenever a district owns any personal property which in the opinion of three-fourths of the members of the board of trustees is no longer necessary or useful to or for the best interests of the district, a majority of the board of trustees then holding office, at any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for…

Purchases made under this Act must be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, as now or hereafter amended

Purchases made under this Act must be made in compliance with the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, as now or hereafter amended. (Source: P.A. 86-916.)

Property tax; fees

Property tax; fees. (a) An emergency services district organized under this Act may levy and collect a general tax on the property situated in the district, but the aggregate amount of taxes levied for any one year under this Act shall not exceed the rate of 0.20% of value for a district in Cook County, DuPage County,…

Ambulance service

Ambulance service. (a) The board of trustees may provide ambulance service to or from points within or without the district, contract with providers of ambulance service, combine with other units of local government for the purpose of providing ambulance service, and adopt rules and regulations relating to ambulance se…

Charge for ambulance service

Charge for ambulance service. (a) The board of trustees of a district may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for ambulance services rendered by the district against persons who are not residents of the district and against businesses and other entities that are not located wi…

Ambulance service tax

Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of trustees of an emergency services district desires to levy a special tax to provide an ambulance service or support an existing ambulance service, it shall certify the question to the proper election officials, who shall submit that question at an election to the voters of t…

A district organized under this Act, in the preparation of its annual budget and appropriation ordinance, may provide that an amount equal to not more than 0

A district organized under this Act, in the preparation of its annual budget and appropriation ordinance, may provide that an amount equal to not more than 0.5% of the total equalized assessed value of real property situated in the district shall be allocated to and accumulated in an Equipment Repair or Replacement Fun…

Any territory lying adjacent and contiguous to an emergency services district, and not part of another emergency services district and not part of a fire protection district that provides rescue services, may be annexed to the district as provided in this Section. Upon petition in writing, describing the territory prop…

A district organized under this Act may be dissolved and discontinued upon like petition, hearing and election as is provided in this Act for the organization of a district

A district organized under this Act may be dissolved and discontinued upon like petition, hearing and election as is provided in this Act for the organization of a district. If a majority of the votes cast on the question at the election are in favor of dissolution, the court shall enter an order of record in the court…

The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of one or more tracts lying within the corporate limits of an emergency services district may have the area disconnected from the district as provided in this Section. The owner or owners of record of the tract or tracts of land shall file a petition in the c…