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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by adding 
5Section 11-6-1.2 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-6-1.2 new)
7    Sec. 11-6-1.2. Fee for emergency fire and rescue services.
8    (a)  The  corporate  authorities of a municipality may fix, 
9charge, and collect fees not  exceeding  the  reasonable cost  of  
10the  service  for  all  services  rendered  by  the fire department of 
11the municipality  against persons, businesses, and other 
12entities who are not residents of the municipality.
13    (b)  The fee may not be assessed against residents  of the  
14municipality  or  persons  who  request  fire protection coverage  
15for  an  unprotected  area  and  pay  to   the municipality  an  amount  
16equal  to  the  municipality's fire protection tax levied pursuant 
17to Section  11-7-1.
18    (c)  The fee shall be computed at a rate not to exceed $250 
19per hour for emergency assistance.  An additional charge may be 
20levied to reimburse the municipality for extraordinary 
21expenses of materials used in rendering such  emergency fire and 
22rescue services. No fee shall be imposed for fire and rescue 
23services for which the total cost is less than $50. These fee 
 
 
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1limitations shall not apply to ambulance services, and those 
2services may be billed separately.
3    (d)  All revenue from the fees assessed pursuant to this 
4Section shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
5municipality.
 
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
7becoming law.