Full Text of HB4545 97th 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, 9, and 10 as follows:
| 6 | | (50 ILCS 740/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 532)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 | | context
requires otherwise:
| 9 | | a. Office means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
| 10 | | b. "Local governmental agency" means any local | 11 | | governmental unit or
municipal corporation in this State. It | 12 | | does not include the State of
Illinois or any office, officer, | 13 | | department, division, bureau, board,
commission, or agency of | 14 | | the State except : (i) a State controlled university,
college, | 15 | | or public community college , or (ii) the Office of the State | 16 | | Fire Marshal .
| 17 | | c. "School" means any school located within the State of | 18 | | Illinois
whether privately or publicly owned which offers a | 19 | | course in fire
protection training or related subjects and | 20 | | which has been approved by
the Office.
| 21 | | d. "Trainee" means a recruit fire fighter required to | 22 | | complete
initial minimum basic training requirements at an | 23 | | approved school to be
eligible for permanent employment as a |
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| 1 | | fire fighter.
| 2 | | e. "Fire protection personnel" and "fire fighter" means any | 3 | | person
engaged in fire administration, fire prevention, fire | 4 | | suppression, fire
education and arson investigation, including | 5 | | any permanently employed,
trainee or volunteer fire fighter, | 6 | | whether or not such person, trainee
or volunteer is compensated | 7 | | for all or any fraction of his time.
| 8 | | f. "Basic training" and "basic level" shall mean the Basic | 9 | | Operations Firefighter
program as promulgated by the rules and | 10 | | regulations of the Office.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 96-974, eff. 7-2-10.)
| 12 | | (50 ILCS 740/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 539)
| 13 | | Sec. 9. Training participation; funding. All local | 14 | | governmental agencies
and individuals may elect to participate
| 15 | | in the training programs under this Act, subject to the rules | 16 | | and regulations
of the Office. The participation may be for | 17 | | certification
only, or for
certification and reimbursement for | 18 | | training expenses as further provided
in this Act. To be | 19 | | eligible to receive reimbursement for training of
individuals,
| 20 | | a local governmental agency shall require by ordinance that a | 21 | | trainee complete
a basic course approved by the Office, and | 22 | | pass the State
test for certification at the basic level within | 23 | | the probationary period
as established by the local | 24 | | governmental agency. A certified copy of the
ordinance must be | 25 | | on file with the Office.
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| 1 | | Individuals who have retired from active fire service | 2 | | duties and are officially affiliated with fire service | 3 | | training, mutual aid, incident command, fire ground | 4 | | operations, or staff support for public fire service | 5 | | organizations shall not be prohibited from receiving training | 6 | | certification from the Office on the ground that they are not | 7 | | employed or otherwise engaged by an organized Illinois fire | 8 | | department if they otherwise meet the minimum certification | 9 | | standards set by the Office. | 10 | | Employees of the Office shall not be prohibited from | 11 | | receiving training certifications from the Office on the | 12 | | grounds that they are not employed or otherwise engaged by an | 13 | | organized Illinois fire department if they otherwise meet the | 14 | | minimum certification standards set by the Office and the | 15 | | certifications are directly related to their job-related | 16 | | duties, as determined by the Office. | 17 | | The Office may by rule provide for reimbursement funding | 18 | | for trainees who
are volunteers or paid on call fire protection | 19 | | personnel beyond their
probationary
period, but not to exceed 3 | 20 | | years from the date of initial employment.
The Office may | 21 | | reimburse for basic or advanced training of individuals who
| 22 | | were permanently employed fire protection personnel prior to | 23 | | the date of
the ordinance. Individuals may receive | 24 | | reimbursement if employed
by a unit
of local government that | 25 | | participates for reimbursement funding
and the
individual is | 26 | | otherwise eligible.
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| 1 | | Failure of any trainee to complete the basic training and
| 2 | | certification
within the required period will render that | 3 | | individual and local governmental
agency ineligible for | 4 | | reimbursement funding for basic training for that
individual in | 5 | | the fiscal year in which his probationary period ends. The
| 6 | | individual may later become certified without reimbursement.
| 7 | | Any participating local governmental agency may elect to | 8 | | withdraw from
the training program by repealing the original | 9 | | ordinance, and a certified
copy
of the ordinance must be filed | 10 | | with the Office.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 96-215, eff. 8-10-09.)
| 12 | | (50 ILCS 740/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 540)
| 13 | | Sec. 10. Training expenses; reimbursement. The Office, not | 14 | | later than
May 30th of each year,
from funds appropriated for | 15 | | this purpose, shall reimburse the local
governmental agencies | 16 | | or individuals participating in the training
program in an | 17 | | amount equaling equalling one-half of the total sum paid by
| 18 | | them during
the period established by the Office for tuition
at | 19 | | training schools, salary of
trainees while in school, necessary | 20 | | travel expenses, and room and board
for each trainee. In | 21 | | addition to reimbursement provided herein by the
Office to the | 22 | | local governmental agencies for participation by trainees,
the | 23 | | Office in each year shall reimburse the local governmental | 24 | | agencies
participating in the training program for permanent | 25 | | fire protection
personnel in the same manner as trainees for |
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| 1 | | each training program.
No more than 50% of the reimbursements | 2 | | distributed to local governmental
agencies in any fiscal year | 3 | | shall be distributed to local governmental
agencies of more | 4 | | than 500,000 persons. If at the time of the annual
| 5 | | reimbursement to local governmental agencies participating in | 6 | | the
training program there is an insufficient appropriation to | 7 | | make
reimbursement in full, the appropriation shall be | 8 | | apportioned among the
participating local governmental | 9 | | agencies. No local governmental agency
which shall alter or | 10 | | change in any manner any of the training programs
as | 11 | | promulgated under this Act or fail to comply with rules and
| 12 | | regulations promulgated under this Act shall be entitled to | 13 | | receive any
matching funds under this Act. Submitting false | 14 | | information to the
Office is a Class B misdemeanor.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 90-20, eff. 6-20-97.)
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