Bill Text: IL HB2977 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a municipality must set aside, in a dedicated account, 10% of the funds the municipality receives from an insurer on account of ambulance or fire services provided by the municipality. Provides that the municipality may only use the funds in the dedicated account for purchasing and maintaining ambulances, fire engines, and other vehicles used to provide emergency services.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-3)
Status: (Passed) 2025-08-15 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0258 [HB2977 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB2977-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 11-6.1.5 as follows:
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| 6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-6.1.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 11-6.1.5. Minimum funding requirements for | ||||||
| 8 | ambulances, fire engines, and other vehicles used to provide | ||||||
| 9 | emergency services. A municipality with a population of more | ||||||
| 10 | than 500,000 must set aside 10% of the funds the municipality | ||||||
| 11 | receives from private insurers as direct payment for ambulance | ||||||
| 12 | or fire services provided by the municipality. The | ||||||
| 13 | municipality may use the set-aside funds only for purchasing | ||||||
| 14 | or maintaining ambulances, fire engines, and other vehicles | ||||||
| 15 | used to provide emergency services. Nothing in this Section | ||||||
| 16 | applies to funds received through (i) public health programs, | ||||||
| 17 | including, but not limited to, Medicaid and Medicare, or (ii) | ||||||
| 18 | reimbursements for liability claims, settlements, or | ||||||
| 19 | judgments, including payments from excess insurers or | ||||||
| 20 | self-insurance reserves. | ||||||