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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 Rescue Squad Districts Act is amended by
5changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6.5, 7, 8, 11, 11.5, 13,
614, and 15 and by adding Sections 2.5, 11.3, and 11.4 as
7follows:
 
8    (70 ILCS 2005/1)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6851)
9    Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services
10Rescue Squad Districts Act.
11(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
12    (70 ILCS 2005/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6852)
13    Sec. 2. Any contiguous territory having a population of
14not less than 300 inhabitants and no part of which is already
15included in an emergency services a rescue squad district, and
16no part of which is located in a fire protection district that
17provides rescue services, may be organized as an emergency
18services a rescue squad district as provided in this Act.
19However, an emergency services district may be organized in
20whole or in part within a fire protection district that
21provides rescue services if the emergency services district is
22formed and operated solely to provide ambulance services.

 

 

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1    Any 5% of the legal voters within the limits of the
2proposed emergency services rescue squad district may petition
3the circuit court for the county in which the territory lies to
4order the question whether the territory shall be organized as
5an emergency services a rescue squad district under this Act
6to be submitted to the legal voters of the territory, but every
7petition shall be signed by at least 25 legal voters residing
8within the territory proposed to be organized as an emergency
9services a rescue squad district, and in case the territory
10includes more than one city, village or incorporated town, or
11any portions thereof, or includes one or more cities, villages
12or incorporated towns, or any portion thereof, and territory
13not a part of any city, village or incorporated town, then the
14petition must be signed by at least 5% of the legal voters
15residing in each of those cities, villages, or incorporated
16towns, or portions thereof, and by at least 5% of the legal
17voters residing in the territory not a part of any city,
18village or incorporated town. The petition shall contain a
19definite description of the boundaries of the territory
20proposed to be organized as an emergency services a rescue
21squad district, and shall set forth the name of the proposed
22district, which name shall be The .... Emergency Services
23Rescue Squad District.
24(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
25    (70 ILCS 2005/2.5 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 2.5. Rescue squad district continuance. A rescue
2squad district organized under this Act before the effective
3date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly may
4(i) continue to be named a rescue squad district or be renamed
5an emergency services district by ordinance of the board of
6trustees of the district, (ii) operate under the provisions of
7this Act as if they were organized as an emergency services
8district, and (iii) continue exercising taxing authority
9granted to it that was approved before the effective date of
10this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly and the
11taxes may be used for any purpose allowed under this Act.
 
12    (70 ILCS 2005/3)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6853)
13    Sec. 3. Upon the filing of a petition in the office of the
14circuit clerk, the court to whom the petition is addressed
15shall give notice of the time and place of a hearing on the
16question of the necessity for the organization of an emergency
17services a rescue squad district and of the boundaries of the
18proposed district. The notice shall be published at least once
19each week for 2 weeks in one or more newspapers of general
20circulation in the proposed district, and a copy of the notice
21shall be posted in at least 10 of the most public places in the
22proposed district at least 10 days before the hearing. The
23hearing shall be held within 20 days after the petition is
24filed with the circuit clerk.
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1resident within the territory proposed to be organized as an
2emergency services a rescue squad district shall be given an
3opportunity to be heard touching the necessity of the
4organization of a district and to make suggestions regarding
5the boundaries of the district. After hearing the statements,
6evidence and suggestions, if the court determines that
7considerations of public health and welfare make the
8organization of a district necessary, it shall fix the
9boundaries of the proposed emergency services rescue squad
10district and, for that purpose and to that extent, may alter
11and amend the petition. In case the boundaries as fixed by the
12court include any territory not included in the boundaries as
13described in the original petition, the court shall cause a
14notice to be inserted at least twice in some newspaper of
15general circulation in the additional territory, which notice
16shall state the time and place at which a hearing will be held
17to permit the owners of the land in the additional territory to
18appear and be heard on the question of including the
19additional territory. The notice shall be published at least
2010 days before the hearing, and the hearing shall be held
21within 3 weeks after the court first fixes the boundaries. At
22the hearing the boundaries of the proposed district shall be
23finally fixed by the court.
24(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
25    (70 ILCS 2005/4)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6854)

 

 

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1    Sec. 4. The determination of the court as to the necessity
2for the organization of the proposed emergency services rescue
3squad district, together with the description of the
4boundaries of the district as fixed by the court, shall be
5entered of record in the court. Thereupon the court shall
6certify the question of the organization of the territory
7included within the boundaries fixed by it as an emergency
8services a rescue squad district to the proper election
9officials, who shall submit the question to the legal voters
10resident within the territory at an election to be held in the
11district. Notice of the referendum shall be given and the
12referendum conducted in the manner provided by the general
13election law. The notice of the election shall state the
14purpose of the referendum, describe the territory proposed to
15be organized as an emergency services a rescue squad district,
16and state the time of the election.
17    The proposition shall be in substantially the following
18form:
19-------------------------------------------------------------
20    Shall this territory (describing
21it) be organized as The ...........               YES
22Emergency Services Rescue Squad
23District and shall the
24District be authorized to levy and     ----------------------
25collect a property tax not to exceed
26.20% on the property situated in the              NO

 

 

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1District?
2-------------------------------------------------------------
3    The court shall cause a statement of the result to be
4entered of record in the court.
5(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
6    (70 ILCS 2005/5)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6855)
7    Sec. 5. If a majority of the votes cast on the question are
8in favor of the organization of the territory as an emergency
9services a rescue squad district, the territory shall be an
10organized emergency services rescue squad district under this
11Act. The district shall have the name set forth in the petition
12and by such name may transact all corporate business. The name
13of a rescue squad district may be modified under Section 2.5.
14The district shall constitute a body corporate and politic.
15All courts of this State shall take judicial notice of the
16organization of the emergency services rescue squad district.
17(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 2005/6)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6856)
19    Sec. 6. Within 60 days after the organization of an
20emergency services any rescue squad district under the
21provisions of this Act, a board of trustees, consisting of 5
22members, for the government and control of the affairs and
23business of the emergency services rescue squad district shall
24be appointed in the following manner:

 

 

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1        (1) If the district lies wholly within a single
2    township, the board of trustees of that township shall
3    appoint the trustees for the district, but no township
4    official is eligible for such appointment.
5        (2) If the district is not contained wholly within a
6    single township, but is located wholly within a single
7    county, the trustees for the district shall be appointed
8    by the presiding officer of the county board, with the
9    advice and consent of the county board.
10        (3) If the district lies wholly within a municipality,
11    the governing body of the municipality shall appoint
12    trustees for the district.
13        (4) If the district does not conform to any of the
14    foregoing classifications, the trustees for the district
15    shall be from each county in the district in numbers
16    proportionate, as nearly as practicable, to the number of
17    residents of the district who reside in each county in
18    relation to the total population of the district. Trustees
19    shall be appointed by the county board of their respective
20    counties, or in the case of a home rule county as defined
21    by Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution,
22    by the chief executive officer of that county, with the
23    advice and consent of the county board.
24    Upon the expiration of the term of a trustee who is in
25office at the time of the publication of each decennial
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1resident of whichever county is entitled to the representation
2in order to bring about the proportional representation
3required by this Act, and the successor shall be appointed by
4the appointing authority of that county. Thereafter, each
5trustee shall be succeeded by a resident of the same county,
6who shall be appointed by the same appointing authority. Of
7the trustees first appointed, 3 shall hold office until the
8second Monday in December after the next succeeding general
9election for members of the General Assembly and 2 shall hold
10office until the second Monday in December 2 years after the
11next succeeding general election for members of the General
12Assembly, and until their successors are appointed and
13qualified. Thereafter, the trustees of the district shall be
14appointed in every year in which the term of any of the
15trustees expires and shall hold office for 4 years and until
16their successors are appointed and qualified. Each trustee
17shall be a legal voter in the district. Each trustee shall be
18compensated at the same rate, which shall not exceed $750 per
19fiscal year, as determined by the board of trustees.
20    Whenever a vacancy occurs in the board of trustees the
21appropriate appointing authority shall appoint some person to
22fill the remainder of the unexpired term.
23(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
24    (70 ILCS 2005/6.5)
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1election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees. An
2emergency services Any rescue squad district organized under
3this Act may have an elected, rather than an appointed, board
4of trustees if approved by referendum. Upon presentation to
5the board of trustees of a petition, signed by not less than
610% of the electors of the district, requesting that a
7proposition for the election of trustees be submitted to the
8electors of the district, the secretary of the board of
9trustees shall certify the proposition to the appropriate
10election authorities who shall submit the proposition at a
11regular election in accordance with the general election law.
12The general election law shall apply to and govern such
13election. The proposition shall be in substantially the
14following form:
15----------------------------------------------
16    Shall the trustees of ......                YES
17Emergency Services Rescue Squad
18District be elected, rather              --------------------
19than appointed?                                  NO
20-------------------------------------------------------------
21        If a majority of the votes cast on such proposition
22    are in the affirmative, the trustees of the district shall
23    thereafter be elected as provided by this Section.
24    At the next regular election for trustees as provided by
25the general election law, a district that has approved by
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1shall elect 5 initial trustees. The initial elected trustees
2shall be elected as follows: 2 shall be elected for terms of 2
3years, 2 for terms of 4 years, and one for a term of 6 years.
4Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of the Election
5Code, the term of each elected trustee shall commence on the
6third Monday of the month following the month of his or her
7election and until his or her successor is elected and
8qualified. The length of the terms of the trustees first
9elected shall be determined by lot at their first meeting.
10Thereafter, except as otherwise provided in Section 2A-54 of
11the Election Code, each trustee shall be elected to serve for a
12term of 4 years commencing on the third Monday of the month
13following the month of his or her election and until his or her
14successor is elected and qualified.
15    No party designation shall appear on the ballot for
16election of trustees. The provisions of the general election
17law shall apply to and govern the nomination and election of
18trustees.
19    Nominations for members of the board of trustees shall be
20made by a petition signed by at least 25 voters or 5% of the
21voters, whichever is less, residing within the district and
22shall be filed with the secretary of the board. In addition to
23the requirements of general election law, the form of the
24petition shall be as follows:
25
NOMINATING PETITIONS
26    To the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of (name of

 

 

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1emergency services rescue squad district):
2    We, the undersigned, being (number of signatories or 5% or
3more) of the voters residing within the district, hereby
4petition that (name of candidate) who resides at (address of
5candidate) in this district shall be a candidate for the
6office of (office) of the Board of Trustees (full-term or
7vacancy) to be voted for at the election to be held (date of
8election).
9    The secretary of the board shall notify each candidate for
10whom a petition for nomination has been filed of their
11obligations under the Campaign Financing Act, as required by
12the general election law. The notice shall be given on a form
13prescribed by the State Board of Elections and in accordance
14with the requirements of the general election law.
15    The secretary shall, within 7 days of filing or on the last
16day for filing, whichever is earlier, acknowledge to the
17petitioner in writing his acceptance of the petition.
18    The provisions of Section 6 relating to eligibility and
19compensation of trustees shall apply equally to elected
20trustees.
21    Whenever an emergency services a rescue squad district
22determines to elect trustees as provided in this Section, the
23trustees appointed pursuant to Section 6 shall continue to
24constitute the board of trustees until the third Monday of the
25month following the month of the first election of trustees.
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1the first election of trustees, the authority which appointed
2that trustee under Section 6 of this Act shall appoint a
3successor to serve until a successor is elected and has
4qualified. The terms of all appointed trustees in such
5district shall expire on the third Monday of the month
6following the month of the first election of trustees under
7this Section or when successors have been elected and have
8qualified, whichever occurs later.
9(Source: P.A. 99-295, eff. 8-6-15.)
 
10    (70 ILCS 2005/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6857)
11    Sec. 7. The trustees appointed in accordance with this Act
12shall constitute a board of trustees for the emergency
13services rescue squad district for which they are appointed,
14and that board of trustees is declared to be the corporate
15authority of the district and shall exercise all of the powers
16and control all of the affairs and property of the district.
17The board of trustees may provide and adopt a corporate seal.
18Immediately after their appointment and at their first meeting
19in December of each year thereafter, the board of trustees
20shall elect one of their number as president, one as
21secretary, and one as treasurer, and shall elect such other
22officers as may be necessary. The board of trustees shall
23provide for the time and place of holding regular meetings and
24may establish rules for board proceedings. Special meetings
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1trustees, but each member of the board shall be given notice of
2a special meeting at least 24 hours before the meeting. All of
3the meetings of the board, whether regular or special, shall
4be open to the public. A majority of the board of trustees
5shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn
6from day to day. The board shall keep a regular book of records
7of all of the proceedings of the board, which book shall be
8open to the inspection of any person residing in the district
9at all reasonable and proper times.
10(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
11    (70 ILCS 2005/8)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6858)
12    Sec. 8. The board of trustees of the district shall have
13power to take all necessary or proper steps to provide rescue
14services within the district; to purchase equipment, supplies,
15and materials; to recruit, employ, or contract with ambulance,
16rescue squad, or both ambulance and rescue squad personnel,
17who shall be compensated at a rate determined by the board of
18trustees; and generally to do any and all things necessary or
19incident to the powers granted by this Act and to carry out the
20objects of this Act.
21(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 2005/11)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6861)
23    Sec. 11. An emergency services A rescue squad district
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1the property situated in the district, but the aggregate
2amount of taxes levied for any one year shall not exceed the
3rate of .20% of value, as equalized or assessed by the
4Department of Revenue. The board of trustees shall determine
5and certify the amount to be levied and shall return the same
6to the county clerk. The limitation upon the tax rate may be
7increased or decreased under the referendum provisions of the
8General Revenue Law of Illinois.
9    In case the district is located in more than one county,
10the board of trustees shall determine and certify the amount
11to be levied upon the taxable property lying in each county and
12return the same to the respective county clerks of the
13counties in which the amount is to be levied. In order to
14determine the amount to be levied upon the taxable property of
15that part of the district lying in each county, the board shall
16ascertain from the county clerk of the respective counties in
17which the district lies the last ascertained equalized value
18of the taxable property of the district lying in their
19respective counties, then shall ascertain the rate per cent
20required and shall, accordingly, apportion the whole amount to
21be raised between the several parts of the district so lying in
22the different counties. The tax provided for in this Section
23shall be levied at the same time and in the same manner as
24nearly as practicable as taxes are now levied for municipal
25purposes under the laws of this State.
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1paid over to the treasurer of the board of trustees, who is
2authorized to receive and receipt for the same.
3(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 2005/11.3 new)
5    Sec. 11.3. Ambulance service.
6    (a) The board of trustees may provide ambulance service to
7or from points within or without the district, contract with
8providers of ambulance service, combine with other units of
9local government for the purpose of providing ambulance
10service, and adopt rules and regulations relating to ambulance
11service within the board's jurisdiction.
12    (b) The board of trustees may:
13        (1) contract with a private person, hospital,
14    corporation, or another governmental unit for the
15    provision and operation of ambulance service or subsidize
16    the ambulance service;
17        (2) limit the number of ambulance services by
18    referendum;
19        (3) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect
20    fees for ambulance service within or outside of the fire
21    protection district not exceeding the reasonable cost of
22    the service; and
23        (4) establish necessary regulations not inconsistent
24    with the statutes or regulations of the Department of
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1    The board of trustees may limit the number of ambulances
2under paragraph (2) or establish regulations under paragraph
3(4) if a referendum under Section 11.5 has been approved.
 
4    (70 ILCS 2005/11.4 new)
5    Sec. 11.4. Charge for ambulance service.
6    (a) The board of trustees of a district may fix, charge,
7and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the
8service for ambulance services rendered by the district
9against persons who are not residents of the district and
10against businesses and other entities that are not located
11within the district.
12    (b) A fee charged under subsection (a) shall be computed
13at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per
14hour per ambulance worker responding to a call for assistance.
15An additional fee may be charged to reimburse the district for
16extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering
17ambulance services. No charge shall be made for services for
18which the total charge would be less than $50.
19    (c) All revenue from the fees charged under this Section
20shall be deposited to the district's general fund.
 
21    (70 ILCS 2005/11.5)
22    Sec. 11.5. Ambulance service tax. Whenever the board of
23trustees of an emergency services a rescue squad district
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1or support an existing ambulance service, it shall certify the
2question to the proper election officials, who shall submit
3that question at an election to the voters of the district. The
4result of the referendum shall be entered upon the records of
5the district. If a majority of the votes on the question are in
6favor of the question, the board of trustees may then levy a
7special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
8taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed
9by the Department of Revenue. The question shall be in
10substantially the following form:
11----------------------------
12    Shall the ....
13Emergency Services Rescue Squad
14District levy a special tax at a rate             YES
15not to exceed 0.40% of the value of all
16taxable property within the district        -----------------
17as equalized or assessed by the
18Department of Revenue for the purpose             NO
19of providing or supporting an ambulance
20service?
21-------------------------------------------------------------
22    A tax levied under Section 11 may be used for ambulance
23services as well as a tax levied under this Section.
24(Source: P.A. 100-1120, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
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1    Sec. 13. Any territory lying adjacent and contiguous to an
2emergency services a rescue squad district, and not part of
3another emergency services rescue squad district and not part
4of a fire protection district that provides rescue services,
5may be annexed to the district as provided in this Section.
6    Upon petition in writing, describing the territory
7proposed to be annexed and signed by a majority of the legal
8voters in that territory and by the owners of more than half of
9the taxable property in that territory as shown by the last
10ascertained equalized value of the taxable property in that
11territory being filed with the trustees of the district, the
12trustees may annex the territory by a resolution which shall
13be published at least once in a newspaper having a general
14circulation in the territory and shall include a notice of (1)
15the specific number of voters required to sign a petition
16requesting that the question of the adoption of the resolution
17be submitted to the electors of the territory, (2) the time in
18which the petition must be filed, and (3) the date of the
19prospective referendum. The county clerk of the county in
20which the territory is situated shall provide a petition form
21to any individual requesting one. The resolution shall be
22effective 45 days from the date of publication and is subject
23to a referendum, if a referendum is requested, before the
24effective date of the resolution, by the lesser of 1,000
25voters or 5% of the voters in the district. The trustees may
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1be submitted to the legal voters of the district at a regular
2election by certifying the question to the proper election
3officials. Notice of the election shall be given and the
4election conducted in the manner provided by the general
5election law. The proposition shall be stated as follows:
6"Shall the territory (describing it) be annexed to The ....
7Emergency Services Rescue Squad District?" If the majority of
8all the votes cast on the question is in favor of annexation,
9the board of trustees shall so certify to the county clerk, and
10within 10 days of the election the trustees by an order duly
11entered upon their records shall annex the territory to the
12district and shall file a map of the annexed territory in the
13office of the county clerk of the county where the annexed
14territory is situated. Thereupon the territory shall be deemed
15annexed to and shall be a part of the emergency services rescue
16squad district.
17(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
18    (70 ILCS 2005/14)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6864)
19    Sec. 14. A district organized under this Act may be
20dissolved and discontinued upon like petition, hearing and
21election as is provided in this Act for the organization of a
22district. If a majority of the votes cast on the question at
23the election are in favor of dissolution, the court shall
24enter an order of record in the court dissolving the district.
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1up the affairs of the district and shall have the same powers
2as before dissolution to levy taxes for the purpose of paying
3the debts, obligations and liabilities of the district
4outstanding on the date of dissolution and the necessary
5expenses of closing up the affairs of the district. All
6property of the district shall be sold and, in case any excess
7remains after all liabilities of the district are paid, the
8excess shall be paid to the various common school districts
9located in the district ratably in the proportion that the
10taxable value of all the property in each of the school
11districts bears to the taxable value of all the property in the
12emergency services rescue squad district.
13(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 
14    (70 ILCS 2005/15)  (from Ch. 85, par. 6865)
15    Sec. 15. The owner or owners of record of any area of land
16consisting of one or more tracts lying within the corporate
17limits of an emergency services a rescue squad district may
18have the area disconnected from the district as provided in
19this Section.
20    The owner or owners of record of the tract or tracts of
21land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county
22in which the district was organized alleging facts in support
23of disconnection, including the following:
24        (1) That the tract or tracts involved are located upon
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1        (2) That disconnection will not result in the
2    isolation of any part of the district from the remainder
3    of the district.
4        (3) That disconnection will not destroy or impair the
5    effectiveness of the district in the performance of its
6    lawful functions.
7        (4) That disconnection will not jeopardize the
8    financial position of the district.
9        (5) That disconnection will not adversely affect the
10    public health and welfare.
11        (6) That rescue services are provided by a fire
12    protection district or other unit of local government.
13    The district from which disconnection is sought shall be
14made a defendant, and it or any taxpayer residing in the
15district may appear and defend against the petition. The court
16shall set the petition for hearing on a date not less than 30
17days after the filing of the petition. If the court finds that
18the allegations of the petition are true and that the area of
19land is entitled to disconnection, it shall order the
20specified land disconnected from the district and thereupon
21that land shall cease to be a part of the district. The land
22shall not, however, be relieved from any bonded indebtedness
23of the district previously created as to that land's
24proportionate share. The decision of the court is appealable
25as in other civil cases.
26(Source: P.A. 86-916.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Collective Bargaining Freedom Act is
2amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
3    (820 ILCS 12/10)
4    Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
5    "Employer" includes any person acting as an agent of an
6employer, directly or indirectly, but does not include the
7United States or any wholly owned government corporation, or
8any Federal Reserve Bank, or any State or political
9subdivision thereof, or any person subject to the Railway
10Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. 151 et seq., as amended from time to time,
11or any labor organization (other than when acting as an
12employer), or anyone acting in the capacity of officer or
13agent of such labor organization.
14    "Interested party" means a person with an interest in
15compliance with this Act.
16    "Labor organization" means any organization of any kind,
17or any agency or employee representation committee or plan, in
18which employees participate and that exists for the purpose,
19in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning
20grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of
21employment, or conditions of work.
22    "Local government" and "political subdivision" include,
23but are not limited to, any county, city, town, township,
24village, municipality or subdivision thereof, airport

 

 

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1authority, cemetery district, State college or university,
2community college, conservation district, drainage district,
3electric agency, exposition and auditorium authority, fire
4protection district, flood prevention district, forest
5preserve district, home equity program, hospital district,
6housing authority, joint action water agency, mass transit
7district, mosquito abatement district, multi-township
8assessment district, museum district, natural gas agency, park
9district, planning agency, port district, public building
10commission, public health district, public library district,
11public water district, emergency services rescue squad
12district, river conservancy district, road and bridge
13district, road district, sanitary district, school district,
14soil and water conservation district, solid waste agency,
15special recreation association, street lighting district,
16surface water district, transportation authority, water
17authority, water commission, water reclamation district, water
18service district, municipal corporation, and any other
19district, agency, or political subdivision authorized to
20legislate or enact laws affecting its respective jurisdiction,
21notwithstanding such local government or political
22subdivision's authority to exercise any power and perform any
23function pertaining to its government and affairs granted to
24it by the Illinois Constitution, a law, or otherwise.
25(Source: P.A. 101-3, eff. 4-12-19.)