Public Act 104-0335
 
HB3842 EnrolledLRB104 11971 RTM 22065 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing 
Section 30-160 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/30-160)
    Sec. 30-160. Police protection by municipality or county; 
county of 1,000,000 or more; special taxing district. 
    (a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, 
the electors may 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, using the 
funds levied under subsection (b), police protection in the 
unincorporated area of the township.
    (b) In order to provide and maintain police protection in 
the unincorporated area of the township, the The township 
board may declare the unincorporated area of the township a 
special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the 
declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon 
the special police district in the amount specified in the 
annual township tax levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of 
the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the 
Department of Revenue.
    (c) A township board may also use the special police 
district funds levied under subsection (b) to provide for 
public safety in unincorporated areas of the township in the 
manner prescribed by Section 85-13. The funds levied under 
subsection (b) may not be used to pay for (i) any portion of a 
school resource officer's wages or to facilitate any agreement 
with any law enforcement agency to hire a school resource 
officer or (ii) any portion of a red light camera, speed 
camera, or automated license plate reader.
    As used in this subsection:
    "Public safety" includes, but is not limited to, crime 
prevention measures and community safety measures, such as: 
(i) public information campaigns or programs; (ii) traffic 
safety measures, traffic control measures, and signage or 
notices related to those measures; (iii) anti-gang and 
anti-violence community support and intervention programs; and 
(iv) graffiti abatement. 
    "School resource officer" has the meaning given in Section 
10-20.68 of the School Code. 
(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.