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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing 
5Section 30-160 as follows:
 
6    (60 ILCS 1/30-160)
7    Sec. 30-160. Police protection by municipality or county; 
8county of 1,000,000 or more; special taxing district. 
9    (a) In counties having a population of 1,000,000 or more, 
10the electors may authorize the township board to contract with 
11one or more municipalities in the township or with the county 
12within which the township is located to furnish, using the 
13funds levied under subsection (b), police protection in the 
14unincorporated area of the township.
15    (b) In order to provide and maintain police protection in 
16the unincorporated area of the township, the The township 
17board may declare the unincorporated area of the township a 
18special police district for tax purposes. Proof of the 
19declaration authorizes the county clerk to extend a tax upon 
20the special police district in the amount specified in the 
21annual township tax levy, but not to exceed a rate of .10% of 
22the value of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the 
23Department of Revenue.
 
 
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1    (c) A township board may also use the special police 
2district funds levied under subsection (b) to provide for 
3public safety in the manner prescribed by Section 85-13 of 
4this Code. 
5(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.