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Public Act 095-0332


 

Public Act 0332 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



 


 
Public Act 095-0332
 
SB0252 Enrolled LRB095 04724 HLH 24783 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection
Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 748/3)
    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Volunteer emergency worker" means a firefighter who does
not receive monetary compensation for his or her services to a
fire department or fire protection district and who does not
work for any other fire department or fire protection district
for monetary compensation. "Volunteer emergency worker" also
means a person who does not receive monetary compensation for
his or her services as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician
(licensed as an EMT-B, EMT-I, or EMT-P under the Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act), a volunteer ambulance
driver or attendant, or a volunteer "First Responder", as
defined in Sec. 3.60 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMT)
Systems Act, to a fire department, fire protection district, or
other governmental entity and who does not work in one of these
capacities for any other fire department, fire protection
district, or governmental entity for monetary compensation.
"Volunteer emergency worker" also means a person who is a
volunteer member of a county or municipal emergency services
and disaster agency pursuant to the Illinois Emergency
Management Agency Act, an auxiliary policeman appointed
pursuant to the Municipal Code, or an auxiliary deputy
appointed by a county sheriff pursuant to the Counties Code.
    "Monetary compensation" does not include a monetary
incentive awarded to a firefighter by the board of trustees of
a fire protection district under Section 6 of the Fire
Protection District Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-1027, eff. 8-25-04; 94-599, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/21/2007