Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
Filed: 5/20/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4675




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4675 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
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    "Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 11f as follows:
 



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    (70 ILCS 705/11f)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f)



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    Sec. 11f. Charge against non-residents. 

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    (a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may

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fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost 
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of the
service for all services rendered by the district 
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against persons,
businesses and other entities who are not 
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residents of the fire protection
district.

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    (b) Such charge may not be assessed against residents of

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the fire protection district or
persons who request fire 
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protection coverage for an unprotected area and who
pay to the 
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fire protection district an amount equal to the district's Fire

 


 






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Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the Fire Protection of 
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Unprotected
Area Act.

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    (c) Until January 1, 2009, the The charge for such services 
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shall be computed at a
rate not to exceed $250 $125
per hour 
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per vehicle and not to exceed $70 $35 per hour per firefighter

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responding to a call
for assistance.  Beginning January 1, 2009, 
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and each year thereafter, those amounts shall be increased or 
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decreased by the percentage change in the Consumer Price 
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Index-U during the previous 12-month period. An additional 
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charge may be levied to reimburse the district
for 
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extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering such 
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services.
No charge shall be made for services for which the 
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total charge would be
less than $50.

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    (d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this 
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Section shall
be deposited to the general fund of the fire 
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protection district.

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    (e) In this Section, "Consumer Price Index-U" means the 
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index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United 
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States Department of Labor that measures the average change in 
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prices of goods and services purchased by all urban consumers, 
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United States city average, all items, 1982-84 = 100. 
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(Source: P.A. 89-180, eff. 7-19-95.)".



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