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| Public Act 100-0973 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Volunteer Emergency Worker Job Protection | ||||
Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows: | ||||
(50 ILCS 748/3)
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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 | ||||
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.
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"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 | ||
Protection District Act.
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(Source: P.A. 98-973, eff. 8-15-14.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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