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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3198 Introduced 2/1/2012, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 745 ILCS 10/5-101 | from Ch. 85, par. 5-101 |
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Amends the Fire Protection and Rescue Services Article of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that the term "local public entity" includes, but is not limited to, a private person, organization, or corporation, including specialized operations teams for hazardous materials mitigation, underwater rescue and recovery, technical rescue, and incident management, that provides support to a fire department, fire protection district, or rescue squad district during an emergency when activated at the request of the fire chief of a fire department, fire protection district, or rescue squad district pursuant to a formal mutual aid system such as the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System. Effective immediately.
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| | SB3198 | | LRB097 18668 AJO 63902 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Local Governmental and Governmental |
| 5 | | Employees Tort
Immunity Act is amended by changing Section |
| 6 | | 5-101 as follows:
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| 7 | | (745 ILCS 10/5-101) (from Ch. 85, par. 5-101)
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| 8 | | Sec. 5-101. Neither a local public entity nor a public |
| 9 | | employee is liable
for failure to establish a fire department |
| 10 | | or otherwise to provide fire
protection, rescue or other |
| 11 | | emergency service.
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| 12 | | As used in this Article, "rescue services" includes, but is |
| 13 | | not limited
to, the operation of an ambulance as defined in the |
| 14 | | Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Systems Act. |
| 15 | | As used in this Article, "local public entity" includes, |
| 16 | | but is not limited to, a private person, organization, or |
| 17 | | corporation, including without limitation specialized |
| 18 | | operations teams for hazardous materials mitigation, |
| 19 | | underwater rescue and recovery, technical rescue, and incident |
| 20 | | management, that provides support or assistance to a fire |
| 21 | | department, fire protection district, or rescue squad district |
| 22 | | for the period of time during an emergency when activated for |
| 23 | | response at the specific request of the fire chief or the |