HB0666 Engrossed LRB096 04291 RLJ 14337 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 Fire Protection District Act is amended by
5 changing Section 11f as follows:
 
6     (70 ILCS 705/11f)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f)
7     Sec. 11f. Charge against non-residents.
8     (a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may
9 fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost
10 of the service for all services rendered by the district
11 against persons, businesses and other entities who are not
12 residents of the fire protection district.
13     (b) Such charge may not be assessed against residents of
14 the fire protection district or persons who request fire
15 protection coverage for an unprotected area and who pay to the
16 fire protection district an amount equal to the district's Fire
17 Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the Fire Protection of
18 Unprotected Area Act.
19     (c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a
20 rate not to exceed $250 $125 per hour per vehicle and not to
21 exceed $70 $35 per hour per firefighter responding to a call
22 for assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse
23 the district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in

 

 

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1 rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services
2 for which the total charge would be less than $50.
3     (d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this
4 Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the fire
5 protection district.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-180, eff. 7-19-95.)
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.