94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4868

 

Introduced 01/19/06, by Rep. Roger Jenisch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-1127

    Amends the Counties Code. Authorizes a county board to impose a reasonable user fee against any party directly or proximately responsible for the need for the use of emergency response services provided by a technical rescue team. Requires all technical response team user fees collected by the county to be deposited into a fund dedicated to the operation of technical rescue teams. Makes other changes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
5 5-1127 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-1127)
7     Sec. 5-1127. HazMat and technical rescue teams.
8     (a) The county board of any county may, by ordinance,
9 authorize a HazMat team to provide emergency response to
10 chemical and biological terrorism, radiological emergencies,
11 hazardous material spills, releases, or fires, or other
12 contamination events. The county board may make reasonable
13 appropriations from the county treasury to fund and encourage
14 the formation and operation of a HazMat Hazmat team. The
15 ordinance may provide for benefits to be paid by the county if
16 a team member suffers disease, injury, or death in the line of
17 duty. A HazMat team authorized under this subsection may be a
18 not-for-profit organization exempt from federal income taxes
19 under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
20     (b) The county board of any county may, by ordinance,
21 authorize a technical rescue team to provide emergency response
22 to building collapse, high angle rescue, and other technical
23 and specialized rescue emergencies. The county board may make
24 reasonable appropriations from the county treasury to fund and
25 encourage the formation and operation of a technical rescue
26 team. The ordinance may provide for benefits to be paid by the
27 county if a team member suffers disease, injury, or death in
28 the line of duty. A technical rescue team authorized under this
29 subsection may be a not-for-profit organization exempt from
30 federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
31 Revenue Code.
32     (c) A county board may impose a reasonable user fee against

 

 

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1 any party directly or proximately responsible for the need for
2 emergency response services provided by a technical rescue
3 team. All user fees collected by the county under this
4 subsection (c) must be deposited into a fund dedicated to the
5 operation of technical rescue teams.
6 (Source: P.A. 94-334, eff. 1-1-06.)