Bill Text: IL SB2794 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes civil defense from and adds law enforcement or police services, emergency mortuary services, including the duties of a county coroner or medical examiner, and emergency management to the list of entities considered an emergency response agency under the Hazardous Material Emergency Response Reimbursement Act. Amends the definition of an authorized emergency vehicle in the Illinois Vehicle Code to include vehicles of a municipal or county emergency services and disaster agency. Provides that permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued, at no charge, to county or municipality owned vehicles operated by or for any emergency services or disaster agency or any county coroner or designated county coroner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-02 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0986 [SB2794 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB2794-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning emergency services.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 1-105 as follows:
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| 6 | (625 ILCS 5/1-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-105)
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| 7 | Sec. 1-105. Authorized emergency vehicle. Emergency | ||||||
| 8 | vehicles of municipal departments or public service
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| 9 | corporations as are designated or authorized by proper local | ||||||
| 10 | authorities;
police vehicles; vehicles of the fire department; | ||||||
| 11 | vehicles of a HazMat or technical rescue team authorized by a | ||||||
| 12 | county board under Section 5-1127 of the Counties Code; | ||||||
| 13 | ambulances;
vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management | ||||||
| 14 | Agency; mine rescue emergency response vehicles of the | ||||||
| 15 | Department of Natural Resources; and vehicles of the Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | Department of Public Health; and vehicles of a municipal or | ||||||
| 17 | county emergency services and disaster agency, as defined by | ||||||
| 18 | the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09.)
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