Rep. Jay Hoffman

Filed: 3/2/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 566

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 566 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
5changing 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
9fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost
10of the service for all services rendered by the district
11against persons, businesses and other entities who are not
12residents of the fire protection district.
13    (b) Such charge may not be assessed against residents of
14the fire protection district or persons who request fire
15protection coverage for an unprotected area and who pay to the
16fire protection district an amount equal to the district's Fire

 

 

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1Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the Fire Protection of
2Unprotected Area Act.
3    (c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a
4rate not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per hour
5per firefighter responding to a call for assistance. An
6additional charge may be levied to reimburse the district for
7extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering such
8services or for equipment and apparatus utilized in response to
9the call for assistance where it can be demonstrated by the
10district that such additional equipment or apparatus were
11needed in the circumstances presented and at a rate not to
12exceed $100 per hour, per vehicle. No charge shall be made for
13services for which the total charge would be less than $50.
14    (d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this
15Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the fire
16protection district.
17(Source: P.A. 99-770, eff. 8-12-16.)".