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90_HB0820

      50 ILCS 740/9             from Ch. 85, par. 539
      50 ILCS 740/10            from Ch. 85, par. 540
      50 ILCS 740/11            from Ch. 85, par. 541
          Amends  the  Illinois  Fire  Protection   Training   Act.
      Provides  that  not later than May 30 (now September 30), the
      Office  of   the   State   Fire   Marshal   shall   reimburse
      participating  local  governments  or  persons  for  the fire
      protection training expenses  incurred  by  them  during  the
      period  established  by  the  Office (now during the previous
      fiscal year).  Provides that the Office may (now shall)  make
      rules  establishing  administration  and  certification fees.
      Deletes the provisions concerning reimbursement  funding  for
      certain  claims  and  mandating  that rules be filed with the
      Secretary of State within a reasonable time after the  Office
      adopts them.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act
 2    by changing Sections 9, 10, and 11.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Fire Protection Training Act  is
 6    amended by changing Sections 9, 10, and 11 as follows:
 7        (50 ILCS 740/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 539)
 8        Sec.  9.  Training  participation;  funding.   All  local
 9    governmental   agencies   and   individuals   may   elect  to
10    participate in the training programs under this Act,  subject
11    to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Office.  The  Such
12    participation   may   be   for  certification  only,  or  for
13    certification and  reimbursement  for  training  expenses  as
14    further  provided  in  this  Act.  To  be eligible to receive
15    reimbursement  for   training   of   individuals,   a   local
16    governmental agency shall require by ordinance that a trainee
17    complete  a basic course approved by the Office, and pass the
18    State test for certification at the basic  level  within  the
19    probationary  period as established by the local governmental
20    agency. A certified copy of the ordinance  must  be  on  file
21    with the Office.
22        The  Office may by rule provide for reimbursement funding
23    for  trainees  who  are  volunteers  or  paid  on  call  fire
24    protection personnel beyond their  probationary  period,  but
25    not  to  exceed  3 years from the date of initial employment.
26    The Office may reimburse for basic or  advanced  training  of
27    individuals  who  were  permanently  employed fire protection
28    personnel  prior  to  the  date  of   the   such   ordinance.
29    Individuals  may  receive reimbursement if employed by a unit
30    of local government that which participates for reimbursement
31    funding and the individual is otherwise eligible.
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 1        Failure  of  any  trainee  to  complete  the  such  basic
 2    training and certification within the  required  period  will
 3    render   that   individual   and  local  governmental  agency
 4    ineligible for reimbursement funding for basic  training  for
 5    that  individual in the fiscal year in which his probationary
 6    period  ends.  The  individual  may  later  become  certified
 7    without reimbursement.
 8        Any participating local governmental agency may elect  to
 9    withdraw  from the training program by repealing the original
10    ordinance, and a certified copy of the ordinance  which  must
11    be filed with the Office.
12        This   amendatory   Act   of  1982  shall  apply  to  all
13    unreimbursed claims in the fiscal  year  in  which  it  takes
14    effect. All local governmental agencies which have previously
15    filed certified copies of resolutions and ordinances shall be
16    eligible to receive reimbursement funding for the fiscal year
17    in  which  this  amendatory  Act  of 1982 takes effect. To be
18    eligible  for  continued  reimbursement  funding,   a   local
19    governmental  agency  shall  submit  a  certified copy of the
20    required ordinance to the Office by January 1, 1983.
21    (Source: P.A. 82-777.)
22        (50 ILCS 740/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 540)
23        Sec. 10.  Training expenses; reimbursement.  The  Office,
24    not  later  than  May September 30th of each year, from funds
25    appropriated for this  purpose,  shall  reimburse  the  local
26    governmental  agencies  or  individuals  participating in the
27    training program in an amount equalling one-half 1/2  of  the
28    total  sum  paid by them during the period established by the
29    Office previous fiscal year for tuition at training  schools,
30    salary   of   trainees  while  in  school,  necessary  travel
31    expenses, and room and board for each trainee. In addition to
32    reimbursement provided herein by  the  Office  to  the  local
33    governmental  agencies  for  participation  by  trainees, the
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 1    Office in each year shall reimburse  the  local  governmental
 2    agencies  participating in the training program for permanent
 3    fire protection personnel in the same manner as trainees  for
 4    each   such  training  program.  No  more  than  50%  of  the
 5    reimbursements distributed to local governmental agencies  in
 6    any  fiscal  year  shall be distributed to local governmental
 7    agencies of more than 500,000 persons.  If at the time of the
 8    annual   reimbursement   to   local   governmental   agencies
 9    participating  in  the   training   program   there   is   an
10    insufficient appropriation to make reimbursement in full, the
11    appropriation  shall  be  apportioned among the participating
12    local governmental agencies.  No  local  governmental  agency
13    which shall alter or change in any manner any of the training
14    programs as promulgated under this Act or fail to comply with
15    rules  and  regulations  promulgated  under this Act shall be
16    entitled to  receive  any  matching  funds  under  this  Act.
17    Submitting  false  information  to  the  Office  is a Class B
18    misdemeanor.
19    (Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
20        (50 ILCS 740/11) (from Ch. 85, par. 541)
21        Sec. 11. Rules and regulations.   The  Office  may  make,
22    amend, and rescind those such rules and regulations as may be
23    necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. The Office
24    may shall make rules and regulations establishing the fees to
25    be  paid for administration of examinations, certification of
26    schools, and certification of fire fighters.  A copy  of  all
27    rules  and  regulations and amendments or rescissions thereof
28    shall  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  State  within   a
29    reasonable time after their adoption.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-180, eff. 7-19-95.)
31        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
32    becoming law.

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