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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 Municipal Code is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 11-6-10 as follows:
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| 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-6-10 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11-6-10. Reimbursement of volunteer fire protection |
| 8 | | assistance. |
| 9 | | (a) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not |
| 10 | | exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services |
| 11 | | rendered by a volunteer municipal fire department or a |
| 12 | | volunteer firefighter of any municipal fire department for |
| 13 | | persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents |
| 14 | | of the municipality. |
| 15 | | (b) The charge for any fees under subsection (a) shall be |
| 16 | | computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour and not to |
| 17 | | exceed $70 per hour per firefighter responding to a call for |
| 18 | | assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse the |
| 19 | | district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in |
| 20 | | rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services |
| 21 | | for which the total amount would be less than $50. |
| 22 | | (c) All revenue from the fees assessed pursuant to this |
| 23 | | Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the |
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| 1 | | municipality. |
| 2 | | (d) Nothing in this Section shall allow a fee to be fixed, |
| 3 | | charged, or collected that is not allowed under any contract |
| 4 | | that a fire department has entered into with another entity, |
| 5 | | including, but not limited to, a fire protection district.
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| 6 | | Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
| 7 | | changing Section 11f as follows:
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| 8 | | (70 ILCS 705/11f) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f)
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| 9 | | Sec. 11f. Charge against non-residents.
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| 10 | | (a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may
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| 11 | | fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost |
| 12 | | of the
service for all services rendered by the district |
| 13 | | against persons,
businesses and other entities who are not |
| 14 | | residents of the fire protection
district.
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| 15 | | (b) Such charge may not be assessed against residents of
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| 16 | | the fire protection district or
persons who request fire |
| 17 | | protection coverage for an unprotected area and who
pay to the |
| 18 | | fire protection district an amount equal to the district's Fire
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| 19 | | Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the Fire Protection of |
| 20 | | Unprotected
Area Act.
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| 21 | | (c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a
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| 22 | | rate not to exceed $250
per hour per vehicle and not to exceed |
| 23 | | $70 per hour per firefighter
responding to a call
for |
| 24 | | assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse the |
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| 1 | | district
for extraordinary expenses of materials used in |
| 2 | | rendering such services.
No charge shall be made for services |
| 3 | | for which the total charge would be
less than $50.
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| 4 | | (d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this |
| 5 | | Section shall
be deposited to the general fund of the fire |
| 6 | | protection district.
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| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 96-370, eff. 8-13-09.)
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| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 9 | | becoming law.
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