HB0220 Summary

• Amends the Counties Code to allow Adams County to impose a 0.25% public safety retailers' occupation tax and service occupation tax based on a referendum approved by voters on April 7, 2015, effective January 1 or July 1, 2015 (whichever occurs first, at least 30 days after enactment).

• Modifies the Fire Protection District Act to increase the maximum special tax rate from 0.05% to 0.10% of taxable property value for emergency and rescue crews and equipment, with voter approval required for the increase.

• Establishes detailed ballot proposition language and voter approval requirements for county retailers' occupation taxes for public safety, transportation, and public facilities purposes, with options for sunset provisions.

• Requires counties imposing transportation taxes to publish and make publicly available their long-range highway or passenger rail transportation plans prior to tax approval.

• Directs the Illinois Department of Revenue to collect and distribute taxes to counties through monthly disbursements, with provisions for STAR bond district allocations and offset calculations for miscalculations.