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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | (50 ILCS 740/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 539)
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| 7 | Sec. 9. Training participation; funding. All local | ||||||
| 8 | governmental agencies
and individuals may elect to participate
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| 9 | in the training programs under this Act, subject to the rules | ||||||
| 10 | and regulations
of the Office. The participation may be for | ||||||
| 11 | certification
only, or for
certification and reimbursement for | ||||||
| 12 | training expenses as further provided
in this Act. To be | ||||||
| 13 | eligible to receive reimbursement for training of
individuals,
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| 14 | a local governmental agency shall require by ordinance that a | ||||||
| 15 | trainee complete
a basic course approved by the Office, and | ||||||
| 16 | pass the State
test for certification at the basic level within | ||||||
| 17 | the probationary period
as established by the local | ||||||
| 18 | governmental agency. A certified copy of the
ordinance must be | ||||||
| 19 | on file with the Office.
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| 20 | Individuals who have retired from active fire service | ||||||
| 21 | duties and are officially affiliated with fire service | ||||||
| 22 | training, mutual aid, incident command, fire ground | ||||||
| 23 | operations, or staff support for public fire service | ||||||
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| 1 | organizations shall not be prohibited from receiving training | ||||||
| 2 | certification from the Office on the ground that they are not | ||||||
| 3 | employed or otherwise engaged by an organized Illinois fire | ||||||
| 4 | department if they otherwise meet the minimum certification | ||||||
| 5 | standards set by the Office. | ||||||
| 6 | The Office may by rule provide for reimbursement funding | ||||||
| 7 | for trainees who
are volunteers or paid on call fire protection | ||||||
| 8 | personnel beyond their
probationary
period, but not to exceed 3 | ||||||
| 9 | years from the date of initial employment.
The Office may | ||||||
| 10 | reimburse for basic or advanced training of individuals who
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| 11 | were permanently employed fire protection personnel prior to | ||||||
| 12 | the date of
the ordinance. Individuals may receive | ||||||
| 13 | reimbursement if employed
by a unit
of local government that | ||||||
| 14 | participates for reimbursement funding
and the
individual is | ||||||
| 15 | otherwise eligible.
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| 16 | Failure of any trainee to complete the basic training and
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| 17 | certification
within the required period will render that | ||||||
| 18 | individual and local governmental
agency ineligible for | ||||||
| 19 | reimbursement funding for basic training for that
individual in | ||||||
| 20 | the fiscal year in which his probationary period ends. The
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| 21 | individual may later become certified without reimbursement.
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| 22 | Any participating local governmental agency may elect to | ||||||
| 23 | withdraw from
the training program by repealing the original | ||||||
| 24 | ordinance, and a certified
copy
of the ordinance must be filed | ||||||
| 25 | with the Office.
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| 26 | (Source: P.A. 90-20, eff. 6-20-97.)
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| 1 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 2 | becoming law.
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