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State & Federal Laws
____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Death Benefits Effective Date: 01/01/2009 Synopsis: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. For failure to exercise due caution and yielding to an emergency vehicle that results in the death of another person, restores a provision that allows a person's driving privilege to be suspended for a violation. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to reckless homicide. Provides that in cases involving reckless homicide in which the defendant unintentionally kills an individual, the trier of fact may infer that the defendant's actions were performed recklessly where he or she was also violating the provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code for failure to exercise due caution and yielding to an emergency vehicle. Provides that the penalty for a reckless homicide in which the driver also violated such provisions of the Illinois Vehicle Code is a Class 2 felony, for which a person, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, shall be sentenced to a term of not less than 3 years and not more than 14 years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Illinois License plates available only to the Fire Chief - Public Act 096-0808 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Firefighters Closing Roads Effective Date: 01/01/2009 Synopsis: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an officer of a fire department, in the performance of his or her official duties, in the absence of a law enforcement officer or a representative of a highway agency having jurisdiction over a highway, an officer of a fire department has the authority to close to traffic a highway or lanes of a highway to protect persons or property. Also provides that the fire department officer shall use an official fire department vehicle with lighted red or white oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights and proper temporary traffic control. Contains provisions regarding training. Creates an exception for highways under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ NIMSCAST
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Compliance Website PUBLIC SAFETY(430 ILCS 132/) Illinois Premise Alert Program (PAP) Acthttp://www.ilapco.org/pap/pdf/pap.pdf
_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Effective Date: 01/01/09 Synopsis: Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that resisting or obstructing a firefighter is a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that if the violation was the proximate cause of an injury to the firefighter, the offender is guilty of a Class 4 felony. Provides that the court shall also sentence the offender to a minimum of 48 consecutive hours of imprisonment or to perform community service for not less than 100 hours as may be determined by the court. Provides that the person shall not be eligible for probation in order to reduce the sentence of imprisonment or community service. Provides that it is an affirmative defense to resisting or obstructing a firefighter if a person resists or obstructs the performance of one known by the person to be a firefighter
by returning to or remaining in a dwelling, residence, building, _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Smoke Detector Act Vehicle Code - 625.ILCS 5-12-215 Allows the use of red or white oscillating, rotating or flashing on a Fire Chief's vehicle who has completed an emergency ___________________________________________________________________________ |
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