95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0922

 

Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Thomas Holbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
745 ILCS 10/5-101   from Ch. 85, par. 5-101

    Amends the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Provides that for the purposes of the fire protection and rescue services Article the term "local public entity" is defined to include private persons, organizations, or corporations that provide, at the specific request of the fire chief or chief's designee, support or assistance to a fire department, fire protection district, or rescue squad district.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Local Governmental and Governmental
5 Employees Tort Immunity Act is amended by changing Section
6 5-101 as follows:
 
7     (745 ILCS 10/5-101)  (from Ch. 85, par. 5-101)
8     Sec. 5-101. Neither a local public entity nor a public
9 employee is liable for failure to establish a fire department
10 or otherwise to provide fire protection, rescue or other
11 emergency service.
12     As used in this Article, "rescue services" includes, but is
13 not limited to, the operation of an ambulance as defined in the
14 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
15     As used in this Article, "local public entity" includes,
16 but is not limited to, a private person, organization, or
17 corporation that provides support or assistance to a fire
18 department, fire protection district, or rescue squad district
19 during an emergency at the specific request of the fire chief
20 or the chief's designee of a fire department, fire protection
21 district, or rescue squad district.
22 (Source: P.A. 84-1431.)