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1 | | Section 10. Preparation. The sponsor of each bill, to which |
2 | | Section 5 applies, shall present a copy of the bill, with his |
3 | | or her request for a fire department and emergency medical |
4 | | services response time note to the Office of the State Fire |
5 | | Marshal, if the subject of the bill is fire departments, or to |
6 | | the Department of Public Health, if the subject of the bill is |
7 | | emergency medical services. The fire department and emergency |
8 | | medical services response time note shall be prepared by the |
9 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal or the Department of Public |
10 | | Health, as applicable, and furnished to the sponsor of the bill |
11 | | within 5 calendar days thereafter; except that whenever, |
12 | | because of the complexity of the measure, additional time is |
13 | | required for the preparation of the fire department and |
14 | | emergency medical services note, the Office of the State Fire |
15 | | Marshal or the Department of Public Health may so inform the |
16 | | sponsor of the bill and the sponsor may approve an extension |
17 | | not to exceed an additional 5 calendar days within which to |
18 | | furnish the note. An extension may not, however, be beyond May |
19 | | 15 following the date of the request. If both fire departments |
20 | | and emergency medical services are the subjects of the bill, |
21 | | then both the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the |
22 | | Department of Public Health shall be presented the bill and |
23 | | each shall prepare a fire department and emergency medical |
24 | | services response time note. |
25 | | Copies of each fire department and emergency medical |
26 | | services response time note shall be furnished by the Office of |
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1 | | the State Fire Marshal or the Department of Public Health to |
2 | | the presiding officer of each chamber, the minority leader of |
3 | | each chamber, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the |
4 | | Secretary of the Senate, the sponsor of the bill which is the |
5 | | subject of the note, and the member, if any, who initiated the |
6 | | request for the note. |
7 | | Section 15. Vote on necessity of fire department and |
8 | | emergency medical services response time note. Whenever the |
9 | | sponsor of a bill is of the opinion that a fire department and |
10 | | emergency medical services response time note is not necessary, |
11 | | any member of either chamber may request that a note be |
12 | | obtained, and in that case the applicability of this Act shall |
13 | | be decided by a majority of those present and voting in the |
14 | | chamber of which the sponsor is a member. |
15 | | Section 20. Requisites and contents. The note shall be |
16 | | factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall |
17 | | provide as reliable an estimate of the bill's impact as is |
18 | | possible under the circumstances. The note shall include both |
19 | | the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably |
20 | | foreseeable, the long-range effect of the bill. If, after |
21 | | careful investigation, it is determined that no estimate is |
22 | | possible, the note shall contain a statement to that effect |
23 | | setting forth the reasons why no estimate can be given. |
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1 | | Section 25. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical |
2 | | defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the note |
3 | | with regard to the merits of the bill for which the note is |
4 | | prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be |
5 | | noted. The note shall be prepared in quintuplicate, and the |
6 | | original of the note shall be signed by the Office of the State |
7 | | Fire Marshal or the Director of Public Health, as applicable. |
8 | | Section 30. Appearance of State officials and employees in |
9 | | support or opposition of measure. The fact that a fire |
10 | | department and emergency medical services response time note is |
11 | | prepared for a bill shall not preclude or restrict the |
12 | | appearance before any committee of the General Assembly of any |
13 | | official or authorized employee of any State board, commission, |
14 | | department, agency, or other entity that desires to be heard in |
15 | | support of or in opposition to the bill. |
16 | | Section 35. Amendment of bill necessitating statement of |
17 | | effect of proposed amendment. Whenever any committee of either |
18 | | chamber reports any bill with an amendment of such nature as |
19 | | will substantially affect the impact of the bill on the |
20 | | response times of fire departments or emergency medical |
21 | | services, and whenever any bill is amended on the floor of |
22 | | either chamber in such manner as to substantially affect the |
23 | | response times of fire departments or emergency medical |
24 | | services, the Office of the State Fire Marshal or the |
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1 | | Department of Public Health may, on its own initiative, or |
2 | | shall, within 5 calendar days after a request by any member of |
3 | | the chamber by which the bill is then considered, prepare a new |
4 | | or revised fire department and emergency medical services |
5 | | response time note in relation to the amended bill. If such a |
6 | | request is made, the bill shall be held on second reading until |
7 | | the note is received or the 5 calendar day period has passed. |
8 | | Copies of each new or revised fire department and emergency |
9 | | medical services response time note shall be furnished to the |
10 | | persons named in Section 10. |
11 | | Section 40. Confidentiality. The subject matter of bills |
12 | | submitted to the Office of the State Fire Marshal or the |
13 | | Department of Public Health shall be kept in strict confidence |
14 | | by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Department of |
15 | | Public Health, and no information relating to the bill or its |
16 | | insurance cost impact shall be divulged by any official or |
17 | | employee of the Office of the State Fire Marshal or the |
18 | | Department of Public Health, except to the bill's sponsor or |
19 | | the sponsor's designee, before the bill's introduction in the |
20 | | General Assembly.".
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