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| Public Act 103-0226
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| SB1750 Enrolled | LRB103 27458 AWJ 53830 b |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
changing Section 16.08b as follows:
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(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.
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(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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