HB4431 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4431

Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 705/11f

from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. In provisions regarding fixing, charging, and collecting fees for services rendered by a fire district against persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the fire protection district, provides that additional charges may be levied to reimburse the district for equipment and apparatus utilized in response to the call for assistance where it can be demonstrated by the district that the additional equipment or apparatus was needed in the circumstances presented, but the rate per vehicle shall not exceed $100 per hour. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. 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 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 (1) extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering such services or (2) equipment and apparatus utilized in response to the call for assistance where it can be demonstrated by the district that the additional equipment or apparatus was needed in the circumstances presented, but the rate per vehicle shall not exceed $100 per hour. 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. 99-770, eff. 8-12-16.)

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