99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4522

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-6-10 new

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services rendered by rendered by a volunteer municipal fire department or a volunteer firefighter of any municipal fire department for persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the municipality. Sets limits on the amount of fees that may be fixed, charged, and collected. Provides that nothing in this Section shall allow a fee to be fixed, charged, or collected that is not allowed under any contract that a fire department has entered into with another entity, including, but not limited to, fire protection districts. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT 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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
5Section 11-6-10 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-6-10 new)
7    Sec. 11-6-10. Reimbursement of volunteer fire protection
8assistance.
9    (a) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not
10exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services
11rendered by a volunteer municipal fire department or a
12volunteer firefighter of any municipal fire department for
13persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents
14of the municipality.
15    (b) The charge for any fees under subsection (a) shall be
16computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour per vehicle and
17not to exceed $70 per hour per firefighter responding to a call
18for assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse
19the district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in
20rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services
21for which the total amount would be less than $50.
22    (c) All revenue from the fees assessed pursuant to this
23Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the

 

 

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1municipality.
2    (d) Nothing in this Section shall allow a fee to be fixed,
3charged, or collected that is not allowed under any contract
4that a fire department has entered into with another entity,
5including, but not limited to, a fire protection district.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.