TOWNSHIP CD-POLICE PROTECTION, the official text

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1   AN ACT concerning local government.

2   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3 represented in the General Assembly:

4   Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing

5 Section 30-160 as follows:

6   (60 ILCS 1/30-160)

7   Sec. 30-160. Police protection by municipality or county;

8 county of 1,000,000 or more; special taxing district.

9   (a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more,

10 the electors may authorize the township board to contract with

11 one or more municipalities in the township or with the county

12 within which the township is located to furnish, using the

13 funds levied under subsection (b), police protection in the

14 unincorporated area of the township.

15  (b) In order to provide and maintain police protection in

16 the unincorporated area of the township, the The township

17 board may declare the unincorporated area of the township a

18 special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the

19 declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon

20 the special police district in the amount specified in the

21 annual township tax levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of

22 the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the

23 Department of Revenue.
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1   (c) A township board may also use the special police

2 district funds levied under subsection (b) to provide for

3 public safety in unincorporated areas of the township in the

4 manner prescribed by Section 85-13. The funds levied under

5 subsection (b) may not be used to pay for (i) any portion of a

6 school resource officer's wages or to facilitate any agreement

7 with any law enforcement agency to hire a school resource

8 officer or (ii) any portion of a red light camera, speed

9 camera, or automated license plate reader.

10  As used in this subsection:

11  "Public safety" includes, but is not limited to, crime

12 prevention measures and community safety measures, such as:

13 (i) public information campaigns or programs; (ii) traffic

14 safety measures, traffic control measures, and signage or

15 notices related to those measures; (iii) anti-gang and

16 anti-violence community support and intervention programs; and

17 (iv) graffiti abatement.

18  "School resource officer" has the meaning given in Section

19 10-20.68 of the School Code.

20 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

21  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

22 becoming law.