Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
Filed: 3/1/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2959 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2959 on page 4, by 
3replacing lines 7 through 15 with the following:


4    "(d) Claims against the Fund shall be reviewed by the 
5Illinois Fire Advisory Commission at its normally scheduled 
6meetings, as the claims are received.  The Commission
shall be 
7responsible for:
8        (1)  reviewing claims made against the Fund and 
9    determining reasonable and necessary expenses to be 
10    reimbursed for an emergency response agency;
11        (2)  affirming that the emergency response agency has 
12    made a reasonable effort to recover expended costs from 
13    involved parties; and
14        (3)  advising the State Fire Marshal as to those claims 
15    against the fund which merit reimbursement.
16    (e) The State Fire Marshal shall either accept or reject 
17the Commission's recommendations as to a claim's eligibility.  
18Any person aggrieved by the State Fire Marshal's eligibility 
 
 
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1decision may, within 10 days after receiving notice of the 
2decision, appeal the decision to the State Fire Marshal.".