104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3842 Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 60 ILCS 1/30-160 Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety but prohibits use of those funds for the purchase of red light cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers. Effective immediately. LRB104 11971 RTM 22065 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3842 Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 60 ILCS 1/30-160 60 ILCS 1/30-160 Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety but prohibits use of those funds for the purchase of red light cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers. Effective immediately. LRB104 11971 RTM 22065 b LRB104 11971 RTM 22065 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3842 Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/30-160 60 ILCS 1/30-160
60 ILCS 1/30-160
Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety but prohibits use of those funds for the purchase of red light cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers. Effective immediately.
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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.
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB3842 Introduced , by Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
60 ILCS 1/30-160 60 ILCS 1/30-160
60 ILCS 1/30-160
Amends the Township Code. When the electors in a township in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more authorize the township board to contract with one or more municipalities in the township or with the county within which the township is located to furnish police protection in the unincorporated area of the township, requires using funds levied under the provisions to furnish the police protection. Provides that a township board's authority to declare the unincorporated area of the township a special police district is to provide and maintain police protection in the unincorporated area of the township. Allows the township board to use the special police district funds levied under the provisions for public safety but prohibits use of those funds for the purchase of red light cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers. Effective immediately.
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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 the manner prescribed by Section 85-13 of
4 this Code. A township may not use the special police district
5 funds levied under subsection (b) to pay for red light
6 cameras, speed cameras, or automatic license plate readers.
7 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
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