HB5122 Engrossed 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.