(65 ILCS 5/11-6-1.1)
Sec. 11-6-1.1.
Firefighting services outside corporate limits.
A
municipality
may choose to provide firefighting services to property outside its corporate
limits. The corporate authorities of each municipality may fix, charge, and
collect
firefighting service fees not exceeding the actual cost of the service for all
firefighting services rendered by the municipality against persons, businesses,
and other entities that are not residents of the municipality. An additional
charge
may be levied to reimburse the municipality for extraordinary expenses of
materials used in rendering the services. Nothing in this Section shall impact
any
agreement entered into by a municipality and persons, businesses, and other
entities that are not residents of the municipality. Nothing in this Section
shall
require a municipality to supply any firefighting services to property located
outside the corporate limits of the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 93-304, eff. 7-23-03.)
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