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Bill	MUNI CD-FEE-EMERGENCY SERVICES	Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all emergency services rendered by the municipality against persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the municipality. Specifies that the fee shall be computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour for emergency assistance. Provides that no fee shall be imposed for fire and rescue services when the total cost is less than $50. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	97th	HB 1981	Illinois HB 1981 (97th)	bill		enacted		3	72	3	2011-02-17	2012-07-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d4297ed2-e41e-48f6-8dcd-2e0d29d4bd51	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1981&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=59183&SessionID=84&GA=97	fb7accd3ae9599e6fe4233b70eab46ca2fd6c0b017443eec43e856fe57f2c461	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 1981 (97th) — MUNI CD-FEE-EMERGENCY SERVICES

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all emergency services rendered by the municipality against persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the municipality. Specifies that the fee shall be computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour for emergency assistance. Provides that no fee shall be imposed for fire and rescue services when the total cost is less than $50. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 60–51 (pass) · lower
• Concurrence — 94–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charles E. Jefferson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson filing
• 2011-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-02-23 Assigned to Cities & Villages Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-01 Do Pass / Short Debate Cities & Villages Committee; 009-002-000 committee-passage
• 2011-03-02 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson amendment-introduction
• 2011-03-11 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2011-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2011-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2011-04-06 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 060-051-000 reading-3, passage
• 2011-04-07 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2011-04-07 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2011-04-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2011-04-07 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2011-04-15 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2011-04-27 Assigned to Local Government referral-committee
• 2011-05-06 Held in Local Government
• 2011-05-13 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 Re-assigned to Executive referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
• 2012-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2012-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2012-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2012-05-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Held in Executive
• 2012-05-02 Held in Executive
• 2012-05-04 Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 25, 2012
• 2012-05-08 Sponsor Removed Sen. Dave Syverson
• 2012-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2012-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2012-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-8(c-1) - Referred to Executive referral-committee
• 2012-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Executive
• 2012-05-09 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Held in Executive
• 2012-05-09 Held in Executive
• 2012-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Executive
• 2012-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Postponed - Executive
• 2012-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Postponed - Executive
• 2012-05-16 Postponed - Executive
• 2012-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton amendment-introduction
• 2012-05-21 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-22 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Assignments Refers to Executive
• 2012-05-23 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2012-05-23 Do Pass as Amended Executive; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2012-05-23 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 24, 2012
• 2012-05-24 Second Reading reading-2
• 2012-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 25, 2012
• 2012-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2012 reading-3
• 2012-05-28 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2012-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2012-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2012-05-28 Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) amendment-failure
• 2012-05-29 Arrived in House introduction
• 2012-05-29 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 4
• 2012-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2012-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Revenue & Finance Committee referral-committee
• 2012-05-30 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Revenue & Finance Committee; 009-000-000
• 2012-05-31 Senate Committee Amendment No. 4 House Concurs 094-024-000
• 2012-05-31 Passed Both Houses
• 2012-06-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2012-07-27 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2012-07-27 Effective Date July 27, 2012
• 2012-07-27 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0857 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4297ed2-e41e-48f6-8dcd-2e0d29d4bd51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).