(55 ILCS 5/5-1189) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-895) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-1189. Shelby County rescue squad. The Shelby County Board may form, manage, fund, and operate a volunteer rescue squad to provide assistance within Shelby County to any public entity providing law enforcement, firefighting, emergency disaster response, or first responder services. The volunteer rescue squad may (i) locate missing persons, including drowning victims, (ii) perform a supporting, and not direct, role in fighting fires, and (iii) extricate persons from unsafe conditions. The Shelby County Board may provide benefits for rescue squad volunteers who suffer disease, injury, or death in the line of duty.(Source: P.A. 103-895, eff. 1-1-25.) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-947) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-1189. Access to and use of county infrastructure for broadband. A county may lease, license, or otherwise grant access to and use of infrastructure, including fiber optic cables, that the county owns or controls to public or private entities to facilitate the delivery of broadband services on the condition that the lease, license, access, or use: (1) be granted on a nondiscriminatory, nonexclusive, and competitively neutral basis; and (2) comply with all other State and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including, but not limited to, all applicable safety codes and requirements. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to authorize a county to lease, license, or otherwise grant access to or use of infrastructure that the county does not own or control to public or private entities to facilitate the delivery of broadband services. This Section applies to leases, licenses, or other agreements entered into, amended, or renewed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.(Source: P.A. 103-947, eff. 1-1-25.) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-988) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 5-1189. Transportation to problem-solving courts. (a) As used in this Section, "problem-solving court" means a court program regulated under the Drug Court Treatment Act, the Juvenile Drug Court Treatment Act, the Mental Health Court Treatment Act, or the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county may use funds designated by law or ordinance for transportation purposes to fund rides for persons to attend problem-solving courts. The county may enter into an intergovernmental agreement with another unit of local government for the purposes of this Section. (Source: P.A. 103-988, eff. 1-1-25.) |