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HB0594 Enrolled |
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| AN ACT concerning volunteer emergency workers.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Volunteer Firefighter Job Protection Act is |
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| amended by changing Sections 1, 3, 5, and 20 as follows: |
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| (50 ILCS 748/1)
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| Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| Volunteer Emergency Worker
Firefighter
Job
Protection Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04.) |
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| (50 ILCS 748/3)
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| Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
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| "Volunteer emergency worker
firefighter " means a |
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| firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for his |
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| or her services to a fire department or fire protection |
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| district and who does not work for any other fire department or |
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| fire protection district for monetary compensation. "Volunteer |
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| emergency worker" also means a person who does not receive |
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| monetary compensation for his or her services as a volunteer |
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| Emergency Medical Technician (licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or |
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| EMT-P under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act), |
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| a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant, or a volunteer |
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| "First Responder", as defined in Sec. 3.60 of the Emergency |
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| Medical Services (EMT) Systems Act, to a fire department, fire |
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| protection district, or other governmental entity and who does |
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| not work in one of these capacities for any other fire |
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| department, fire protection district, or governmental entity |
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| for monetary compensation.
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| "Monetary compensation" does not include a monetary |
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| incentive awarded to a firefighter by the board of trustees of |
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| a fire protection district under Section 6 of the Fire |
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| Protection District Act.
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