Bill Text: IL HB4477 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" means a person who serves as a member of a fire department of a fire protection district, municipality, or other unit of government on other than a full-time career basis and who meets the requirements for volunteer status under the Code of Federal Regulations and Opinion Letters from the United States Department of Labor. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" also means, including, but not limited to, a person who serves on a volunteer basis and is licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)(First Responder), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical Responder (A-EMT), or Paramedic (EMT-P), or a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant, and the person does not work in one of these capacities for another fire department, fire protection district, or governmental entity on a full-time career basis. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4477 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4477-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4477 Introduced , by Rep. John Cavaletto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 748/3
Amends the Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection Act. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" means a person who serves as a member of a fire department of a fire protection district, municipality, or other unit of government on other than a full-time career basis and who meets the requirements for volunteer status under the Code of Federal Regulations and Opinion Letters from the United States Department of Labor. Provides that "volunteer emergency worker" also means, including, but not limited to, a person who serves on a volunteer basis and is licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act as an Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)(First Responder), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical Responder (A-EMT), or Paramedic (EMT-P), or a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant, and the person does not work in one of these capacities for another fire department, fire protection district, or governmental entity on a full-time career basis. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection
Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(50 ILCS 748/3)
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Volunteer emergency worker" means a person who serves as a
member of a fire department of a fire protection district,
municipality, or other unit of government on other than a
full-time career basis and who meets the requirements for
volunteer status provided in Section 553.106 of Title 29 of the
Code of Federal Regulations and United States Department of
Labor Wage and Hour Opinion Letter FLSA 2006-28 and United
States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Opinion Letter FLSA
2005-51 firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation
for his or her services to a fire department or fire protection
district and who does not work for any other fire department or
fire protection district for monetary compensation. "Volunteer
emergency worker" also means, including, but not limited to, a
person who serves on a volunteer basis and is licensed under
the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act as an
Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)(First Responder), Emergency

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Medical Technician (EMT), Emergency Medical
Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I), Advanced Emergency Medical
Responder (A-EMT), or Paramedic (EMT-P), or a volunteer
ambulance driver or attendant, and the person does not work in
one of these capacities for another fire department, fire
protection district, or governmental entity on a full-time
career basis who does not receive monetary compensation for his
or her services as a volunteer Emergency Medical Technician
(licensed as an EMT, EMT-I, A-EMT, or Paramedic under the
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act), a volunteer
ambulance driver or attendant, or a volunteer "Emergency
Medical Responder", as defined in Sec. 3.50 of the Emergency
Medical Services (EMT) Systems Act, to a fire department, fire
protection district, or other governmental entity and who does
not work in one of these capacities for any other fire
department, fire protection district, or governmental entity
for monetary compensation. "Volunteer emergency worker" also
means a person who is a volunteer member of a county or
municipal emergency services and disaster agency pursuant to
the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, an auxiliary
policeman appointed pursuant to the Municipal Code, or an
auxiliary deputy appointed by a county sheriff pursuant to the
Counties Code.
"Monetary compensation" does not include a monetary
incentive awarded to a firefighter by the board of trustees of
a fire protection district under Section 6 of the Fire

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Protection District Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.