Bill Text: IL SB1750 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a fire protection district must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic employed by or under contract with the fire protection district. Effective January 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0226 [SB1750 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB1750-Enrolled.html

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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 Fire Protection District Act is amended by
changing Section 16.08b as follows:
(70 ILCS 705/16.08b)
Sec. 16.08b. Emergency medical technician licensure;
training.
(a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district
may require that all firefighters hired on or after January 1,
2005 (the effective date of Public Act 93-952) by any fire
department within the district to must be licensed as an EMT,
EMT-I, A-EMT, or paramedic under the Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Systems Act.
(b) The board of trustees of a fire protection district
must, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly,
reimburse the mandatory training expenses of an EMT, EMT-I,
A-EMT, or paramedic employed by or under contract with the
fire protection district, including the training expenses of a
firefighter required to be licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT,
or paramedic under subsection (a).
(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)

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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2024.