093_HB2284
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1 AN ACT concerning fire protection.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended
5 by changing 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
9 may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the
10 reasonable cost of the service for all services rendered by
11 the district against persons, businesses and other entities
12 who are not residents of the fire protection district.
13 Additionally, the board of trustees of a fire protection
14 district may fix, charge, and collect fees, not exceeding the
15 reasonable cost of the service, from the State arising from
16 all services rendered by the district in response to
17 emergency calls at State highway and Interstate highway rest
18 areas that are not located on a toll highway within the
19 State; claims for fees shall be filed with the Court of
20 Claims.
21 (b) Such charge may not be assessed against residents of
22 the fire protection district or persons who request fire
23 protection coverage for an unprotected area and who pay to
24 the fire protection district an amount equal to the
25 district's Fire Protection Tax pursuant to Section 4 of the
26 Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act.
27 (c) The charge for such services shall be computed at a
28 rate not to exceed $125 per hour per vehicle and not to
29 exceed $35 per hour per firefighter responding to a call for
30 assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse
31 the district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in
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1 rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services
2 for which the total charge would be less than $50.
3 (d) All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to
4 this Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the
5 fire protection district.
6 (Source: P.A. 89-180, eff. 7-19-95.)