HB5122eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5122 Engrossed LRB096 18345 RLJ 33722 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 Emergency Telephone System Act is amended by adding Section 15.8 as follows:

(50 ILCS 750/15.8 new)

Sec. 15.8. Fire protection districts; intergovernmental agreement for 9-1-1 calls. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, 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. The board members of the fire protection district must approve the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote of the members then holding office. The county board of the county must approve the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote of the members then holding office.