Bill Text: IL SB2794 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB2794 Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Gary Forby SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 55/3 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1003
625 ILCS 5/1-105 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-105
625 ILCS 5/3-808.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808.1
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.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning emergency services.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Hazardous Material Emergency Response
Reimbursement Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(430 ILCS 55/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1003)
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
(a) "Emergency action" means any action taken at or near
the scene of a hazardous materials emergency incident to
prevent or minimize harm to human health, to property, or to
the environments from the unintentional release of a hazardous
material.
(b) "Emergency response agency" means a unit of local
government, volunteer fire protection organization, or the
American Red Cross that provides:
(1) firefighting services;
(2) emergency rescue services;
(3) emergency medical services;
(4) hazardous materials response teams;
(5) (Blank). civil defense;
(6) technical rescue teams; or
(7) mass care or assistance to displaced persons; .
(8) law enforcement or police services;

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(9) emergency mortuary services, including the duties
of a county coroner or medical examiner; or
(10) emergency management.
(c) "Responsible party" means a person who:
(1) owns or has custody of hazardous material that is
involved in an incident requiring emergency action by an
emergency response agency; or
(2) owns or has custody of bulk or non-bulk packaging
or a transport vehicle that contains hazardous material
that is involved in an incident requiring emergency action
by an emergency response agency; and
(3) who causes or substantially contributed to the
cause of the incident.
(d) "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, an unincorporated association, or any unit of
federal, State or local government.
(e) "Annual budget" means the cost to operate an emergency
response agency excluding personnel costs, which include
salary, benefits and training expenses; and costs to acquire
capital equipment including buildings, vehicles and other such
major capital cost items.
(f) "Hazardous material" means a substance or material in a
quantity and form determined by the United States Department of
Transportation to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to
health and safety or property when transported in commerce.
(g) "Panel" means administrative panel.

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(Source: P.A. 93-159, eff. 1-1-04; 94-96, eff. 1-1-06.)
Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by
changing Sections 1-105 and 3-808.1 as follows:
(625 ILCS 5/1-105) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-105)
Sec. 1-105. Authorized emergency vehicle. Emergency
vehicles of municipal departments or public service
corporations as are designated or authorized by proper local
authorities; police vehicles; vehicles of the fire department;
vehicles of a HazMat or technical rescue team authorized by a
county board under Section 5-1127 of the Counties Code;
ambulances; vehicles of the Illinois Emergency Management
Agency; mine rescue emergency response vehicles of the
Department of Natural Resources; and vehicles of the Illinois
Department of Public Health; and vehicles of a municipal or
county emergency services and disaster agency, as defined by
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-214, eff. 8-10-09.)
(625 ILCS 5/3-808.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-808.1)
Sec. 3-808.1. (a) Permanent vehicle registration plates
shall be issued, at no charge, to the following:
1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
owned and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
agency financed by funds appropriated by the General

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Assembly;
2. Special disability plates issued to vehicles owned
and operated by the State of Illinois or by any State
agency financed by funds appropriated by the General
Assembly.
(b) Permanent vehicle registration plates shall be issued,
for a one time fee of $8.00, to the following:
1. Vehicles, other than medical transport vehicles,
operated by or for any county, township or municipal
corporation. ;
2. Vehicles owned by counties, townships or municipal
corporations for persons with disabilities.
3. Beginning with the 1991 registration year,
county-owned vehicles operated by or for any county sheriff
and designated deputy sheriffs. These registration plates
shall contain the specific county code and unit number.
4. All-terrain vehicles owned by counties, townships,
or municipal corporations and used for law enforcement
purposes when the Manufacturer's Statement of Origin is
accompanied with a letter from the original manufacturer or
a manufacturer's franchised dealer stating that this
all-terrain vehicle has been converted to a street worthy
vehicle that meets the equipment requirements set forth in
Chapter 12 of this Code.
5. Beginning with the 2001 registration year,
municipally-owned vehicles operated by or for any police

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department. These registration plates shall contain the
designation "municipal police" and shall be numbered and
distributed as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
6. Beginning with the 2011 registration year, county or
municipality owned vehicles operated by or for any
emergency services or disaster agency, as defined by the
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. These
registration plates shall contain the designation
"emergency management" and shall contain the phone number
of the Illinois Emergency Management region in which the
agency is located. These registration plates shall be
numbered and distributed as prescribed by the Secretary of
State.
7. Beginning with the 2011 registration year, county or
municipality owned vehicles operated by or for any county
coroner or designated county coroner. These registration
plates shall contain the designation "coroner" and shall be
numbered and distributed as prescribed by the Secretary of
State.
(Source: P.A. 94-619, eff. 1-1-06; revised 11-4-09.)