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Public Act 100-0973
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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 Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection |
Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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(50 ILCS 748/3)
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Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
"Volunteer emergency worker" means a person who serves as a |
member of a fire department of a fire protection district, |
municipality, or other unit of government on other than a |
full-time career basis and who meets the requirements for |
volunteer status provided in Section 553.106 of Title 29 of the |
Code of Federal Regulations and United States Department of |
Labor Wage and Hour Opinion Letter FLSA 2006-28 and United |
States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Opinion Letter FLSA |
2005-51 firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation |
for his or her services to a fire department or fire protection |
district and who does not work for any other fire department or |
fire protection district for monetary compensation. "Volunteer |
emergency worker" also means, including, but not limited to, a |
person who serves on a volunteer basis and is licensed under |
the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act as an |
Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)(First Responder), Emergency |
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Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical |
Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical |
Responder (A-EMT), or Paramedic (EMT-P), or a volunteer |
ambulance driver or attendant, and the person does not work in |
one of these capacities for another fire department, fire |
protection district, or governmental entity on a full-time |
career basis who does not receive monetary compensation for his |
or her services as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician |
(licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic under the |
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act), a volunteer |
ambulance driver or attendant, or a volunteer "Emergency |
Medical Responder", as defined in Sec. 3.50 of the Emergency |
Medical Services (EMT) Systems Act, to a fire department, fire |
protection district, or other governmental entity and who does |
not work in one of these capacities for any other fire |
department, fire protection district, or governmental entity |
for monetary compensation. "Volunteer emergency worker" also |
means a person who is a volunteer member of a county or |
municipal emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to |
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, an auxiliary |
policeman appointed pursuant to the Municipal Code, or an |
auxiliary deputy appointed by a county sheriff pursuant to the |
Counties Code.
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"Monetary compensation" does not include a monetary |
incentive awarded to a firefighter by the board of trustees of |
a fire protection district under Section 6 of the Fire |