Bill Text: IL HB5335 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Firemen's Disciplinary Act. Adds the requirement that paramedics and EMT's must be employed full-time by a unit of local government to be considered a "fireman" for the purposes of the Act. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5335 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB5335-Introduced.html
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Section 5. The Firemen's Disciplinary Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (50 ILCS 745/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 2502)
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, unless | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | clearly required otherwise,
the terms defined in this Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | have the meaning ascribed herein:
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | (a) "Fireman" means a person who is a "firefighter" or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | "fireman" as defined
in Sections 4-106 or 6-106 of the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Pension Code, a full-time paramedic employed by a unit of local | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | government, or a full-time an EMT employed by a unit of local | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | government, and includes a person
who is an "employee" as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | defined in Section 15-107 of the Illinois Pension Code
and | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | whose primary duties relate to firefighting.
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | (b) "Informal inquiry" means a meeting by supervisory or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | command personnel
with a fireman upon whom an allegation of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | misconduct has come to the attention
of such supervisory or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | command personnel, the purpose of which meeting is
to mediate a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | citizen complaint or discuss the facts to determine whether
a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | formal investigation should be commenced.
| |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | (c) "Formal investigation" means the process of | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | investigation ordered
by a commanding officer during which the | ||||||
| 2 | questioning of a fireman is intended
to gather evidence of | ||||||
| 3 | misconduct which may be the basis for filing charges
seeking | ||||||
| 4 | his or her removal, discharge, or suspension from duty in
| ||||||
| 5 | excess of 24 duty hours.
| ||||||
| 6 | (d) "Interrogation" means the questioning of a fireman | ||||||
| 7 | pursuant to an
investigation initiated by the respective State | ||||||
| 8 | or local governmental
unit in connection with an alleged | ||||||
| 9 | violation of such unit's rules which may
be the basis for | ||||||
| 10 | filing charges seeking his or her suspension, removal, or
| ||||||
| 11 | discharge. The term does not include questioning as part of an | ||||||
| 12 | informal
inquiry as to allegations of misconduct relating to | ||||||
| 13 | minor infractions of
agency rules which may be noted on the | ||||||
| 14 | fireman's record but which may not in
themselves result in | ||||||
| 15 | removal, discharge, or suspension from duty in
excess of 24 | ||||||
| 16 | duty hours.
| ||||||
| 17 | (e) "Administrative proceeding" means any non-judicial | ||||||
| 18 | hearing which
is authorized to recommend, approve or order the | ||||||
| 19 | suspension, removal, or
discharge of a fireman.
| ||||||
| 20 | (Source: P.A. 96-922, eff. 6-10-10.)
| ||||||
| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
| ||||||
