Bill Text: IL HB5122 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that 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. Provides that the board members of the fire protection district must approve the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote of the members then holding office. Provides that the county board of the county must approve the intergovernmental agreement by a majority vote of the members then holding office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-23 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB5122 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5122-Engrossed.html

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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.