Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.
Filed: 5/25/2016
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4522 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4522 on page 2, 
3immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:

 
4    "Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 11f as follows:
 



6    (70 ILCS 705/11f)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31f)



7    Sec. 11f. Charge against non-residents. 

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

9fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost 
10of the
service for all services rendered by the district 
11against persons,
businesses and other entities who are not 
12residents of the fire protection
district.

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

14the fire protection district or
persons who request fire 
15protection coverage for an unprotected area and who
pay to the 
16fire protection district an amount equal to the district's Fire

 
 
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1Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the Fire Protection of 
2Unprotected
Area Act.

3    (c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a

4rate not to exceed $250
per hour per vehicle and not to exceed 
5$70 per hour per firefighter
responding to a call
for 
6assistance.  An additional charge may be levied to reimburse the 
7district
for extraordinary expenses of materials used in 
8rendering such services.
No charge shall be made for services 
9for which the total charge would be
less than $50.

10    (d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to this 
11Section shall
be deposited to the general fund of the fire 
12protection district.

13(Source: P.A. 96-370, eff. 8-13-09.)".