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 1        AN ACT concerning fire protection.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The Fire Protection District Act is amended
 5    by changing Section 11f as follows:

 6        (70 ILCS 705/11f) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f)
 7        Sec. 11f.  Charge against non-residents.
 8        (a) The board of trustees of a fire  protection  district
 9    may   fix,   charge,  and  collect  fees  not  exceeding  the
10    reasonable cost of the service for all services  rendered  by
11    the  district  against persons, businesses and other entities
12    who are  not  residents  of  the  fire  protection  district.
13    Additionally,  the  board  of  trustees  of a fire protection
14    district may fix, charge, and collect fees, not exceeding the
15    reasonable cost of the service, from the State  arising  from
16    all   services  rendered  by  the  district  in  response  to
17    emergency calls at State highway and Interstate highway  rest
18    areas  that  are  not  located  on  a toll highway within the
19    State; claims for fees shall  be  filed  with  the  Court  of
20    Claims.
21        (b)  Such charge may not be assessed against residents of
22    the  fire  protection  district  or  persons who request fire
23    protection coverage for an unprotected area and  who  pay  to
24    the   fire   protection  district  an  amount  equal  to  the
25    district's Fire Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4  of  the
26    Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act.
27        (c)  The  charge for such services shall be computed at a
28    rate not to exceed $125 per  hour  per  vehicle  and  not  to
29    exceed  $35 per hour per firefighter responding to a call for
30    assistance.  An additional charge may be levied to  reimburse
31    the  district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in
 
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 1    rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services
 2    for which the total charge would be less than $50.
 3        (d)  All revenue from the charges  assessed  pursuant  to
 4    this  Section  shall  be deposited to the general fund of the
 5    fire protection district.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-180, eff. 7-19-95.)