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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB3687
Introduced 2/24/2005, by Rep. Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Technical Rescue Team Response Reimbursement Act. Requires any responsible party to reimburse the emergency response agencies responding to an emergency incident for the costs incurred in using technical response teams to provide emergency action. Provides that, if the responsible party fails to reimburse the emergency response agency, then moneys in the Emergency Response Reimbursement Fund shall be used to reimburse the agency and the responsible party shall be required to reimburse the Fund.
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Technical Rescue Team Response Reimbursement Act. |
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| Section 5. Intent. The General Assembly finds that the cost |
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| to fire departments and fire protection districts for training, |
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| equipping, and using technical rescue teams is high and beyond |
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| a basic level of service. |
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| Section 10. Definitions. In this Act: |
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| "Emergency action" means any action taken at or near the |
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| scene of an emergency incident to prevent or minimize harm to |
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| human health, to property, or to the environment. |
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| "Emergency response agency" means a fire department or |
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| volunteer fire protection organization that provides |
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| firefighting services, emergency rescue services, or emergency |
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| medical services. |
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| "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a |
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| partnership, an unincorporated association, or any unit of |
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| federal, State, or local government. |
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| "Responsible party" means any person who is responsible for |
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| causing the need for technical rescue team services from an |
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| emergency response agency. |
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| "Technical rescue team" means any State or Mutual Aid Box |
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| Alarm System (MABAS) technical rescue team providing |
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| specialized rescue services. |
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| Section 15. Reimbursement to agencies. |
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| (a) It shall be the duty of the responsible party to |
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| reimburse, in a timely and reasonable manner, the emergency |
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| response agencies responding to an emergency incident for the |