HB0127ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Kathleen Willis

Filed: 4/17/2018

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 127

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 127 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(820 ILCS 320/3)

Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, the term "firefighter" includes, without limitation, a licensed emergency medical technician (EMT) who is a sworn member of a public fire department, a paramedic employed by a unit of local government, or an EMT, emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT) employed by a unit of local government.

(Source: P.A. 93-569, eff. 8-20-03.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".