Full Text of SB3304 100th General Assembly
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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 Fire Protection Training Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (50 ILCS 740/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 532)
| 8 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 9 | | context
requires otherwise:
| 10 | | a. Office means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
| 11 | | b. "Local governmental agency" means any local | 12 | | governmental unit or
municipal corporation in this State. It | 13 | | does not include the State of
Illinois or any office, officer, | 14 | | department, division, bureau, board,
commission, or agency of | 15 | | the State except: (i) a State controlled university,
college, | 16 | | or public community college, or (ii) the Office of the State | 17 | | Fire Marshal.
| 18 | | c. "School" means any school located within the State of | 19 | | Illinois
whether privately or publicly owned which offers a | 20 | | course in fire
protection training or related subjects and | 21 | | which has been approved by
the Office.
| 22 | | d. "Trainee" means a recruit fire fighter required to | 23 | | complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at an |
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| 1 | | approved school to be
eligible for permanent employment as a | 2 | | fire fighter.
| 3 | | e. "Fire protection personnel" and "fire fighter" means any | 4 | | person
engaged in fire administration, fire prevention, fire | 5 | | suppression, fire
education and arson investigation, including | 6 | | any permanently employed,
trainee or volunteer fire fighter, | 7 | | whether or not such person, trainee
or volunteer is compensated | 8 | | for all or any fraction of his time.
| 9 | | f. "Basic training" and "basic level" shall mean the entry | 10 | | level fire fighter Basic Operations Firefighter
program | 11 | | established by as promulgated by the rules and regulations of | 12 | | the Office.
| 13 | | g. "Advanced training" means the advanced level fire | 14 | | fighter programs established by the Office. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 96-974, eff. 7-2-10; 97-782, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 16 | | (50 ILCS 740/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 537)
| 17 | | Sec. 7. Selection and approval certification of schools. | 18 | | The Office shall select and approve certify the fire training
| 19 | | program at the University of Illinois and other schools within | 20 | | the State of
Illinois for the purpose of providing basic | 21 | | training for trainees, and
advanced or in-service inservice | 22 | | training for permanent fire protection personnel
which schools | 23 | | may be either publicly or privately owned and operated.
| 24 | | (Source: P.A. 80-147.)
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 740/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 539)
| 2 | | Sec. 9. Training participation; funding. All local | 3 | | governmental agencies
and individuals may elect to participate
| 4 | | in the training programs under this Act, subject to the rules | 5 | | and regulations
of the Office. The participation may be for | 6 | | certification
only, or for
certification and reimbursement for | 7 | | training expenses as further provided
in this Act. To be | 8 | | eligible to receive reimbursement for training of
individuals,
| 9 | | a local governmental agency shall require by ordinance that a | 10 | | trainee complete
a basic level course approved by the Office, | 11 | | and pass the State
test for certification at the basic level | 12 | | within the probationary period
as established by the local | 13 | | governmental agency. A certified copy of the
ordinance must be | 14 | | on file with the Office.
| 15 | | Individuals who have retired from active fire service | 16 | | duties and are officially affiliated with fire service | 17 | | training, mutual aid, incident command, fire ground | 18 | | operations, or staff support for public fire service | 19 | | organizations shall not be prohibited from receiving training | 20 | | certification from the Office on the ground that they are not | 21 | | employed or otherwise engaged by an organized Illinois fire | 22 | | department if they otherwise meet the minimum certification | 23 | | standards set by the Office. | 24 | | Employees of the Office shall not be prohibited from | 25 | | receiving training certifications from the Office on the | 26 | | grounds that they are not employed or otherwise engaged by an |
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| 1 | | organized Illinois fire department if they otherwise meet the | 2 | | minimum certification standards set by the Office and the | 3 | | certifications are directly related to their job-related | 4 | | duties, as determined by the Office. | 5 | | The Office may by rule provide for reimbursement funding | 6 | | for trainees who
are volunteers or paid on call fire protection | 7 | | personnel beyond their
probationary
period, but not to exceed 3 | 8 | | years from the date of initial employment.
The Office may | 9 | | reimburse for basic or advanced training of individuals who
| 10 | | were permanently employed fire protection personnel prior to | 11 | | the date of
the ordinance. Individuals may receive | 12 | | reimbursement if employed
by a unit
of local government that | 13 | | participates for reimbursement funding
and the
individual is | 14 | | otherwise eligible.
| 15 | | Failure of any trainee to complete the basic training and
| 16 | | certification
within the required period will render that | 17 | | individual and local governmental
agency ineligible for | 18 | | reimbursement funding for basic training for that
individual in | 19 | | the calendar fiscal year in which his probationary period ends. | 20 | | The
individual may later become certified without | 21 | | reimbursement.
| 22 | | Any participating local governmental agency may elect to | 23 | | withdraw from
the training program by repealing the original | 24 | | ordinance, and a certified
copy
of the ordinance must be filed | 25 | | with the Office.
| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-215, eff. 8-10-09; 97-782, eff. 1-1-13.)
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| 1 | | (50 ILCS 740/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 540)
| 2 | | Sec. 10. Training expenses; reimbursement. The Office , not | 3 | | later than
May 30th of each year,
from funds appropriated for | 4 | | this purpose, shall reimburse the local
governmental agencies | 5 | | or individuals participating in the training
program in an | 6 | | amount equaling one-half of the total sum paid by
them during
| 7 | | the period established by the Office for tuition
at training | 8 | | schools, salary of
trainees while in school, necessary travel | 9 | | expenses, and room and board
for each trainee from funds | 10 | | appropriated for this purpose. Funds appropriated under this | 11 | | Section shall be used for reimbursement for costs incurred from | 12 | | January 1 through December 31 of the prior calendar year . In | 13 | | addition to reimbursement provided herein by the
Office to the | 14 | | local governmental agencies for participation by trainees,
the | 15 | | Office in each year shall reimburse the local governmental | 16 | | agencies
participating in the training program for permanent | 17 | | fire protection
personnel in the same manner as trainees for | 18 | | each training program.
No more than 50% of the reimbursements | 19 | | distributed to local governmental
agencies in any fiscal year | 20 | | shall be distributed to local governmental
agencies of more | 21 | | than 500,000 persons. If at the time of the annual
| 22 | | reimbursement to local governmental agencies participating in | 23 | | the
training program there is an insufficient appropriation to | 24 | | make
reimbursement in full, the appropriation shall be | 25 | | apportioned among the
participating local governmental |
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| 1 | | agencies. No local governmental agency
which shall alter or | 2 | | change in any manner any of the training programs
as | 3 | | promulgated under this Act or fail to comply with rules and
| 4 | | regulations promulgated under this Act shall be entitled to | 5 | | receive any
matching funds under this Act. Submitting false | 6 | | information to the
Office is a Class B misdemeanor.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-782, eff. 1-1-13.)
| 8 | | (50 ILCS 740/11) (from Ch. 85, par. 541)
| 9 | | Sec. 11. Rules and regulations. | 10 | | The Office may make, amend, and rescind
those rules and | 11 | | regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of | 12 | | this Act. The Office may
make rules and regulations | 13 | | establishing the fees to be paid for the administration
of | 14 | | examinations, approval certification of schools, and | 15 | | certification of fire
fighters , and other training programs | 16 | | provided by the Office .
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 89-180, eff. 7-19-95; 90-20, eff. 6-20-97.)
| 18 | | (50 ILCS 740/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 542)
| 19 | | Sec. 12. Advanced training programs. The Office, in its | 20 | | discretion, may
adopt rules and minimum
standards for advanced | 21 | | training programs for permanent fire protection
personnel in | 22 | | addition to the basic training programs. The training for
| 23 | | permanent fire protection personnel may be given in any schools | 24 | | approved selected
by the Office. Such training, if offered, may |
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| 1 | | be discontinued by the
school upon either a temporary or | 2 | | permanent basis. Local governmental
agencies which have | 3 | | elected to participate in the basic recruit training
program | 4 | | may elect to participate in the advanced , training for | 5 | | permanent
fire protection personnel , but non-participation in | 6 | | the advanced program
shall not in any way affect the right of | 7 | | governmental agencies to
participate in the basic training | 8 | | trainee program. The failure of any permanent fire
protection | 9 | | employee to successfully complete any course herein
authorized | 10 | | shall not affect his or her status as a member of the fire
| 11 | | department of any local governmental agency.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 80-147 .)
| 13 | | (50 ILCS 740/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 543)
| 14 | | Sec. 13. Additional powers and Duties. In addition to
the | 15 | | other powers and duties given to the Office by this Act, the | 16 | | Office:
| 17 | | (1) may employ a Manager Director of Personnel Standards
| 18 | | and Education and other necessary clerical
and technical | 19 | | personnel;
| 20 | | (2) may make such reports and recommendations to the | 21 | | Governor and
the General Assembly in regard to fire protection | 22 | | personnel, standards,
education, and related topics as it deems | 23 | | proper;
| 24 | | (3) shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly | 25 | | no later
than March 1 of each year the affairs and activities |
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| 1 | | of the Office
for the preceding year.
| 2 | | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | 3 | | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 4 | | the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | 5 | | Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | 6 | | Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as | 7 | | required
by Section 3.1 of "An Act to revise the law in | 8 | | relation to the General Assembly",
approved February 25, 1874, | 9 | | as amended, and filing such additional copies
with the State | 10 | | Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
| 11 | | as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State | 12 | | Library Act.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 84-1438.)
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