HB5356 Engrossed LRB094 18265 HLH 53576 b

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 Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
5 amended by changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 740/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 537)
7     Sec. 7. Selection and certification of schools. The Office
8 shall select and certify the fire training program at the
9 University of Illinois and other schools within the State of
10 Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training for
11 trainees, and advanced or inservice training for permanent fire
12 protection personnel which schools may be either publicly or
13 privately owned and operated. Any school that is certified
14 under this Section must allow any student who has completed its
15 fire training program to take the State test for certification,
16 regardless of whether the student has been hired by a fire
17 department.
18 (Source: P.A. 80-147.)