103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1750

 

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 705/16.08b

    Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that board of trustees of a fire protection district must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employed by or under contract with the fire protection district. Effective January 1, 2024.


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A BILL FOR

 

SB1750LRB103 27458 AWJ 53830 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
5changing Section 16.08b as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 705/16.08b)
7    Sec. 16.08b. Emergency medical technician licensure;
8training.
9    (a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district
10may require that all firefighters hired on or after January 1,
112005 (the effective date of Public Act 93-952) by any fire
12department within the district to must be licensed as an EMT,
13EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic under the Emergency Medical
14Services (EMS) Systems Act.
15    (b) The board of trustees of a fire protection district
16must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly,
17reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I,
18A-EMT, or paramedic employed by or under contract with the
19fire protection district, including the training expenses of a
20firefighter required to be licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT,
21or paramedic under subsection (a).
22(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
21, 2024.