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Public Act 099-0770
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| HB4522 Enrolled | LRB099 14427 AWJ 38526 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding |
Section 11-6-10 as follows:
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(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 |
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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.
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Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
changing Section 11f as follows:
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(70 ILCS 705/11f) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f)
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Sec. 11f. Charge against non-residents.
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(a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may
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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.
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(b) Such charge may not be assessed against residents of
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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
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Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the Fire Protection of |
Unprotected
Area Act.
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(c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a
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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 |