100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4856

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
820 ILCS 320/3

    Amends the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. Includes a paramedic employed by a unit of local government and an emergency medical technician employed by a unit of local government in the definition of "firefighter". Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is
5amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (820 ILCS 320/3)
7    Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, the term
8"firefighter" includes, without limitation, a licensed
9emergency medical technician (EMT) who is a sworn member of a
10public fire department, a paramedic employed by a unit of local
11government, or an EMT, emergency medical
12technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical
13technician (A-EMT) employed by a unit of local government.
14(Source: P.A. 93-569, eff. 8-20-03.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.