96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5122

 

Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 750/15.8 new

    Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that a fire protection district may, by intergovernmental agreement, enter into a contract with any county in which the fire protection district is partially located for the county to receive and manage all 9-1-1 emergency calls made within the fire protection district upon terms agreeable to the fire protection district and the county. Provides that the board members of the fire protection district must approve the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote of the members then holding office. Provides that the county board of the county must approve the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote of the members then holding office.


LRB096 18345 RLJ 33722 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5122 LRB096 18345 RLJ 33722 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by
5 adding Section 15.8 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 750/15.8 new)
7     Sec. 15.8. Fire protection districts; intergovernmental
8 agreement for 9-1-1 calls. Notwithstanding any provision of law
9 to the contrary, a fire protection district may, by
10 intergovernmental agreement, enter into a contract with any
11 county in which the fire protection district is partially
12 located for the county to receive and manage all 9-1-1
13 emergency calls made within the fire protection district upon
14 terms agreeable to the fire protection district and the county.
15 The board members of the fire protection district must approve
16 the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote of the
17 members then holding office. The county board of the county
18 must approve the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote
19 of the members then holding office.