Public Act 096-0215
 		





SB1353 Enrolled
LRB096 04298 RLJ 14344 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 Fire Protection Training Act is 
amended  by changing Section 9 as follows:
 



    (50 ILCS 740/9)  (from Ch. 85, par. 539)



    Sec. 9. Training participation; funding. All local 
governmental agencies
and individuals may elect to participate

in the training programs under this Act, subject to the rules 
and regulations
of the Office. The participation may be for 
certification
only, or for
certification and reimbursement for 
training expenses as further provided
in this Act. To be 
eligible to receive reimbursement for training of
individuals,

a local governmental agency shall require by ordinance that a 
trainee complete
a basic course approved by the Office, and 
pass the State
test for certification at the basic level within 
the probationary period
as established by the local 
governmental agency. A certified copy of the
ordinance must be 
on file with the Office.

    Individuals who have retired from active fire service 
duties and are officially affiliated with fire service 
training, mutual aid, incident command, fire ground 
operations, or staff support for public fire service 
organizations shall not be prohibited from receiving training 
certification from the Office on the ground that they are not 
employed or otherwise engaged by an organized Illinois fire 
department if they otherwise meet the minimum certification 
standards set by the Office. 
    The Office may by rule provide for reimbursement funding 
for trainees who
are volunteers or paid on call fire protection 
personnel beyond their
probationary
period, but not to exceed 3 
years from the date of initial employment.
The Office may 
reimburse for basic or advanced training of individuals who

were permanently employed fire protection personnel prior to 
the date of
the ordinance. Individuals may receive 
reimbursement if employed
by a unit
of local government that 
participates for reimbursement funding
and the
individual is 
otherwise eligible.

    Failure of any trainee to complete the basic training and

certification
within the required period will render that 
individual and local governmental
agency ineligible for 
reimbursement funding for basic training for that
individual in 
the fiscal year in which his probationary period ends. The

individual may later become certified without reimbursement.

    Any participating local governmental agency may elect to 
withdraw from
the training program by repealing the original 
ordinance, and a certified
copy
of the ordinance must be filed 
with the Office.

(Source: P.A. 90-20, eff. 6-20-97.)

 

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