Bill Text: IL HB3207 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services rendered by the municipal fire department against persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the municipality. Sets limits on the amount of fees that may be fixed, charged, and collected. Provides that nothing in this Section shall allow a fee to be fixed, charged, or collected that is not allowed under any contract that a fire department has entered into with another entity, including, but not limited to, fire protection districts. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3207 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3207-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3207 Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/11-6-10 new
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services rendered by the municipal fire department against persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the municipality. Sets limits on the amount of fees that may be fixed, charged, and collected. Provides that nothing in this Section shall allow a fee to be fixed, charged, or collected that is not allowed under any contract that a fire department has entered into with another entity, including, but not limited to, fire protection districts. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by adding
Section 11-6-10 as follows:
(65 ILCS 5/11-6-10 new)
Sec. 11-6-10. Reimbursement of fire protection assistance.
(a) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not
exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services
rendered by the municipal fire department for persons,
businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the
municipality.
(b) The charge for any fees under subsection (a) shall be
computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour per vehicle and
not to exceed $70 per hour per firefighter responding to a call
for assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse
the district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in
rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services
for which the total amount would be less than $50.
(c) All revenue from the fees assessed pursuant to this
Section shall be deposited to the general fund of the
municipality.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall allow a fee to be fixed,

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charged, or collected that is not allowed under any contract
that a fire department has entered into with another entity,
including, but not limited to, a fire protection district.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.