Full Text of HB0393 100th General Assembly
HB0393 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB0393 Introduced , by Rep. Charles Meier SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 65 ILCS 5/11-6-15 new | | 70 ILCS 705/11n new | | 430 ILCS 55/5 | from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1005 |
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Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the corporate authorities of municipalities and the boards of trustees of fire protection districts may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of services rendered by the municipality or district for emergency action taken in response to a hazardous material emergency incident. Limits charges to a rate not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per hour per firefighter and for reasonable charges to reimburse the municipality or district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering the services. Excludes charges for vehicles, personnel, or equipment that are not actively being used in response to the emergency incident. Amends the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding | 5 | | Section 11-6-15 as follows: | 6 | | (65 ILCS 5/11-6-15 new) | 7 | | Sec. 11-6-15. Response to hazardous material emergency | 8 | | incidents. | 9 | | (a) As used in this Section, "emergency action", "person", | 10 | | and "hazardous material" have the meanings provided to those | 11 | | terms in Section 3 of the Hazardous Material Emergency Response | 12 | | Reimbursement Act. | 13 | | (b) The corporate authorities of municipalities may fix, | 14 | | charge, and collect reasonable fees not exceeding the | 15 | | reasonable cost of services rendered by a volunteer municipal | 16 | | fire department or a volunteer firefighter of any municipal | 17 | | fire department for emergency action taken in response to a | 18 | | hazardous material emergency incident against all persons for | 19 | | whom services have been rendered. | 20 | | (c) The fee for the services shall be computed at a rate | 21 | | not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per hour per | 22 | | firefighter responding to a call for assistance. An additional | 23 | | reasonable charge may be levied to reimburse the municipality |
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| 1 | | for extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering the | 2 | | services. No fee shall be charged for services or expenses in | 3 | | which vehicles, personnel, or equipment are not actively being | 4 | | used in response to the emergency incident. | 5 | | Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | 6 | | adding Section 11n as follows: | 7 | | (70 ILCS 705/11n new) | 8 | | Sec. 11n. Response to hazardous material emergency | 9 | | incidents. | 10 | | (a) As used in this Section, "emergency action", "person", | 11 | | and "hazardous material" have the meanings provided to those | 12 | | terms in Section 3 of the Hazardous Material Emergency Response | 13 | | Reimbursement Act. | 14 | | (b) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may | 15 | | fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees not exceeding the | 16 | | reasonable cost of services rendered by the district for | 17 | | emergency action taken in response to a hazardous material | 18 | | emergency incident against all persons for whom services have | 19 | | been rendered. | 20 | | (c) The fee for the services shall be computed at a rate | 21 | | not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per hour per | 22 | | firefighter responding to a call for assistance. An additional | 23 | | reasonable charge may be levied to reimburse the district for | 24 | | extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering the |
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| 1 | | services. No fee shall be charged for services or expenses in | 2 | | which vehicles, personnel, or equipment are not actively being | 3 | | used in response to the emergency incident. | 4 | | Section 15. The Hazardous Material Emergency Response | 5 | | Reimbursement Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
| 6 | | (430 ILCS 55/5) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1005)
| 7 | | Sec. 5. Reimbursement to agencies.
| 8 | | (a) It shall be the duty of the responsible party to | 9 | | reimburse, within 60 days after the receipt of a bill for the | 10 | | hazardous material emergency incident, the emergency response | 11 | | agencies responding to
a hazardous material emergency | 12 | | incident, and any private contractor
responding to the incident | 13 | | at the request of an emergency response agency,
for the costs | 14 | | incurred in the course of providing emergency action. The | 15 | | corporate authorities of municipalities and the boards of | 16 | | trustees of fire protection districts shall bill for all | 17 | | emergency response services and expenses in accordance with | 18 | | Section 11-6-15 of the Illinois Municipal Code and Section 11n | 19 | | of the Fire Protection District Act.
| 20 | | (b) In the event that the emergency response agencies are | 21 | | not reimbursed
by a responsible party as required under | 22 | | subsection (a), monies in the Fund, subject to appropriation, | 23 | | shall be used to reimburse the emergency response agencies
| 24 | | providing emergency action at or near the scene of a hazardous |
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| 1 | | materials
emergency incident subject to the following | 2 | | limitations:
| 3 | | (1) Cost recovery from the Fund is limited to | 4 | | replacement of expended
materials including, but not | 5 | | limited to, specialized firefighting
foam, damaged hose or | 6 | | other reasonable and necessary supplies.
| 7 | | (2) The applicable cost of supplies must exceed 2% of | 8 | | the
emergency response agency's annual budget.
| 9 | | (3) A minimum of $500 must have been expended.
| 10 | | (4) A maximum of $10,000 may be requested per incident.
| 11 | | (5) The response was made to an incident involving | 12 | | hazardous materials
facilities such as rolling stock which | 13 | | are not in a terminal and which are
not included on the | 14 | | property tax roles for the jurisdiction where the
incident | 15 | | occurred.
| 16 | | (c) Application for reimbursement from the Fund shall be
| 17 | | made to the State Fire Marshal or his designee. The State Fire | 18 | | Marshal
shall, through rulemaking, promulgate a standard form | 19 | | for such application.
The State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules | 20 | | for the administration of
this Act.
| 21 | | (d) Claims against the Fund shall be reviewed by the | 22 | | Illinois Fire Advisory Commission at its normally scheduled | 23 | | meetings, as the claims are received. The Commission shall be | 24 | | responsible for: | 25 | | (1) reviewing claims made against the Fund and | 26 | | determining reasonable and necessary expenses to be |
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| 1 | | reimbursed for an emergency response agency: | 2 | | (2) affirming that the emergency response agency has | 3 | | made a reasonable effort to recover expended costs from | 4 | | involved parties; and | 5 | | (3) advising the State Fire Marshal as to those claims | 6 | | against the Fund which merit reimbursement. | 7 | | (e) The State Fire Marshal shall either accept or reject | 8 | | the Commission's recommendations as to a claim's eligibility. | 9 | | The eligibility decision of the State Fire Marshal shall be a | 10 | | final administrative decision, and may be reviewed as provided | 11 | | under the Administrative Review Law. | 12 | | (Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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