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Full Text of SB3304  100th General Assembly

SB3304sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Neil Anderson

Filed: 4/5/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3304

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3304 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act is
5amended by changing Sections 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 as
6follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 740/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 532)
8    Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
9context requires otherwise:
10    a. Office means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
11    b. "Local governmental agency" means any local
12governmental unit or municipal corporation in this State. It
13does not include the State of Illinois or any office, officer,
14department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency of
15the State except: (i) a State controlled university, college,
16or public community college, or (ii) the Office of the State

 

 

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1Fire Marshal.
2    c. "School" means any school located within the State of
3Illinois whether privately or publicly owned which offers a
4course in fire protection training or related subjects and
5which has been approved by the Office.
6    d. "Trainee" means a recruit fire fighter required to
7complete initial minimum basic training requirements at an
8approved school to be eligible for permanent employment as a
9fire fighter.
10    e. "Fire protection personnel" and "fire fighter" means any
11person engaged in fire administration, fire prevention, fire
12suppression, fire education and arson investigation, including
13any permanently employed, trainee or volunteer fire fighter,
14whether or not such person, trainee or volunteer is compensated
15for all or any fraction of his time.
16    f. "Basic training" and "basic level" shall mean the entry
17level fire fighter Basic Operations Firefighter program
18established by as promulgated by the rules and regulations of
19the Office.
20    g. "Advanced training" means the advanced level fire
21fighter programs established by the Office.
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23(Source: P.A. 96-974, eff. 7-2-10; 97-782, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
24    (50 ILCS 740/7)  (from Ch. 85, par. 537)
25    Sec. 7. Selection and approval certification of schools.

 

 

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1The Office shall select and approve certify the fire training
2program at the University of Illinois and other schools within
3the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing basic
4training for trainees, and advanced or in-service inservice
5training for permanent fire protection personnel which schools
6may be either publicly or privately owned and operated.
7(Source: P.A. 80-147.)
 
8    (50 ILCS 740/9)  (from Ch. 85, par. 539)
9    Sec. 9. Training participation; funding. All local
10governmental agencies and individuals may elect to participate
11in the training programs under this Act, subject to the rules
12and regulations of the Office. The participation may be for
13certification only, or for certification and reimbursement for
14training expenses as further provided in this Act. To be
15eligible to receive reimbursement for training of individuals,
16a local governmental agency shall require by ordinance that a
17trainee complete a basic level course approved by the Office,
18and pass the State test for certification at the basic level
19within the probationary period as established by the local
20governmental agency. A certified copy of the ordinance must be
21on file with the Office.
22    Individuals who have retired from active fire service
23duties and are officially affiliated with fire service
24training, mutual aid, incident command, fire ground
25operations, or staff support for public fire service

 

 

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1organizations shall not be prohibited from receiving training
2certification from the Office on the ground that they are not
3employed or otherwise engaged by an organized Illinois fire
4department if they otherwise meet the minimum certification
5standards set by the Office.
6    Employees of the Office shall not be prohibited from
7receiving training certifications from the Office on the
8grounds that they are not employed or otherwise engaged by an
9organized Illinois fire department if they otherwise meet the
10minimum certification standards set by the Office and the
11certifications are directly related to their job-related
12duties, as determined by the Office.
13    The Office may by rule provide for reimbursement funding
14for trainees who are volunteers or paid on call fire protection
15personnel beyond their probationary period, but not to exceed 3
16years from the date of initial employment. The Office may
17reimburse for basic or advanced training of individuals who
18were permanently employed fire protection personnel prior to
19the date of the ordinance. Individuals may receive
20reimbursement if employed by a unit of local government that
21participates for reimbursement funding and the individual is
22otherwise eligible.
23    Failure of any trainee to complete the basic training and
24certification within the required period will render that
25individual and local governmental agency ineligible for
26reimbursement funding for basic training for that individual in

 

 

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1the calendar fiscal year in which his probationary period ends.
2The individual may later become certified without
3reimbursement.
4    Any participating local governmental agency may elect to
5withdraw from the training program by repealing the original
6ordinance, and a certified copy of the ordinance must be filed
7with the Office.
8(Source: P.A. 96-215, eff. 8-10-09; 97-782, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
9    (50 ILCS 740/10)  (from Ch. 85, par. 540)
10    Sec. 10. Training expenses; reimbursement. The Office, not
11later than May 30th of each year, from funds appropriated for
12this purpose, shall reimburse the local governmental agencies
13or individuals participating in the training program in an
14amount equaling one-half of the total sum paid by them during
15the period established by the Office for tuition at training
16schools, salary of trainees while in school, necessary travel
17expenses, and room and board for each trainee from funds
18appropriated for this purpose. Funds appropriated under this
19Section shall be used for reimbursement for costs incurred from
20January 1 through December 31 of the prior calendar year. In
21addition to reimbursement provided herein by the Office to the
22local governmental agencies for participation by trainees, the
23Office in each year shall reimburse the local governmental
24agencies participating in the training program for permanent
25fire protection personnel in the same manner as trainees for

 

 

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1each training program. No more than 50% of the reimbursements
2distributed to local governmental agencies in any fiscal year
3shall be distributed to local governmental agencies of more
4than 500,000 persons. If at the time of the annual
5reimbursement to local governmental agencies participating in
6the training program there is an insufficient appropriation to
7make reimbursement in full, the appropriation shall be
8apportioned among the participating local governmental
9agencies. No local governmental agency which shall alter or
10change in any manner any of the training programs as
11promulgated under this Act or fail to comply with rules and
12regulations promulgated under this Act shall be entitled to
13receive any matching funds under this Act. Submitting false
14information to the Office is a Class B misdemeanor.
15(Source: P.A. 97-782, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
16    (50 ILCS 740/11)  (from Ch. 85, par. 541)
17    Sec. 11. Rules and regulations.
18    The Office may make, amend, and rescind those rules and
19regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
20this Act. The Office may make rules and regulations
21establishing the fees to be paid for the administration of
22examinations, approval certification of schools, and
23certification of fire fighters, and other training programs
24provided by the Office.
25(Source: P.A. 89-180, eff. 7-19-95; 90-20, eff. 6-20-97.)
 

 

 

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1    (50 ILCS 740/12)  (from Ch. 85, par. 542)
2    Sec. 12. Advanced training programs. The Office, in its
3discretion, may adopt rules and minimum standards for advanced
4training programs for permanent fire protection personnel in
5addition to the basic training programs. The training for
6permanent fire protection personnel may be given in any schools
7approved selected by the Office. Such training, if offered, may
8be discontinued by the school upon either a temporary or
9permanent basis. Local governmental agencies which have
10elected to participate in the basic recruit training program
11may elect to participate in the advanced, training for
12permanent fire protection personnel, but non-participation in
13the advanced program shall not in any way affect the right of
14governmental agencies to participate in the basic training
15trainee program. The failure of any permanent fire protection
16employee to successfully complete any course herein authorized
17shall not affect his or her status as a member of the fire
18department of any local governmental agency.
19(Source: P.A. 80-147.)
 
20    (50 ILCS 740/13)  (from Ch. 85, par. 543)
21    Sec. 13. Additional powers and Duties. In addition to the
22other powers and duties given to the Office by this Act, the
23Office:
24    (1) may employ a Manager Director of Personnel Standards

 

 

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1and Education and other necessary clerical and technical
2personnel;
3    (2) may make such reports and recommendations to the
4Governor and the General Assembly in regard to fire protection
5personnel, standards, education, and related topics as it deems
6proper;
7    (3) shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly
8no later than March 1 of each year the affairs and activities
9of the Office for the preceding year.
10    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
11be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
12the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
13Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
14Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
15required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in
16relation to the General Assembly", approved February 25, 1874,
17as amended, and filing such additional copies with the State
18Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
19as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
20Library Act.
21(Source: P.A. 84-1438.)".