HB0127enr 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0127 Enrolled LRB100 03796 RJF 13801 b

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Public Safety Employee Benefits Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(820 ILCS 320/3)

Sec. 3. Definition. For the purposes of this Act, the term "firefighter" includes, without limitation, a licensed emergency medical technician (EMT) who is a sworn member of a public fire department, a paramedic employed by a unit of local government, or an EMT, emergency medical technician-intermediate (EMT-I), or advanced emergency medical technician (A-EMT) employed by a unit of local government.

(Source: P.A. 93-569, eff. 8-20-03.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.