HB4522enr 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4522 Enrolled LRB099 14427 AWJ 38526 b

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding Section 11-6-10 as follows:

(65 ILCS 5/11-6-10 new)

Sec. 11-6-10. Reimbursement of volunteer fire protection assistance.

(a) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services 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.

(b) The charge for any fees under subsection (a) shall be computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per hour per firefighter responding to a call for assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse the district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services for which the total amount would be less than $50.

(c) All revenue from the fees assessed pursuant to this Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the municipality.

(d) 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, a fire protection district.

Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by changing Section 11f as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/11f) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f)

Sec. 11f. Charge against non-residents.

(a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services rendered by the district against persons, businesses and other entities who are not residents of the fire protection district.

(b) Such charge may not be assessed against residents of the fire protection district or persons who request fire protection coverage for an unprotected area and who pay to the fire protection district an amount equal to the district's Fire Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act.

(c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour per vehicle and not to exceed $70 per hour per firefighter responding to a call for assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse the district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services for which the total charge would be less than $50.

(d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the fire protection district.

(Source: P.A. 96-370, eff. 8-13-09.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.