TECH RESCUE TEAM REIMBURSEMENT House SponsorsRep. Michael K. Smith-Donald L. Moffitt Senate Sponsors(Sen. Pamela J. Althoff) 1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die New Act Creates the Technical Rescue Team Response Reimbursement Act. Requires any responsible party to reimburse the emergency response agencies responding to an emergency incident for the costs incurred in using technical response teams to provide emergency action. Provides that, if the responsible party fails to reimburse the emergency response agency, then moneys in the Emergency Response Reimbursement Fund shall be used to reimburse the agency and the responsible party shall be required to reimburse the Fund.Fiscal Note (Illinois State Fire Marshal) It is difficult to determine the fiscal impact at this point should House Bill 3687 become law. The agency anticipates that the legislation will have no fiscal impact on the agency to administer the reimbursement. However, should there be a high demand of applications for reimbursement, there will be a cost to the agency to process the application. House Amendment No. 2 Provides that "technical rescue team" means a career or volunteer mobile support team that has been authorized by a unit of local government to respond to building collapse, high angle rescue, and other specialized rescue emergencies and that is primarily designated for emergency response to technical rescue events (instead of any State or Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) technical rescue team providing specialized rescue services).House Amendment No. 3 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Inserts provisions substantially similar to those of the introduced version of House Bill 3687 and House Amendment No. 2, except: (1) provides that any responsible party shall reimburse, within 90 days after the receipt of a bill for the Tactical Rescue emergency incident (instead of in a timely and reasonable manner), the emergency response agencies responding to a Tactical Rescue incident (instead of an emergency incident), and any private contractor responding to a Tactical Rescue incident at the request of an emergency response agency, for the costs incurred in the course of providing emergency action (instead of in using technical response teams to provide emergency action); (2) deletes language providing that the responsible party shall reimburse the Emergency Response Reimbursement Fund for money provided by the Fund to emergency response agencies as the result of the failure of the responsible party to reimburse the emergency response agencies; (3) deletes language providing that if emergency response agencies are not reimbursed by a responsible party, then the moneys in the Emergency Response Reimbursement Fund shall be used to reimburse emergency response agencies for the cost of using technical rescue teams to provide emergency action; and (4) provides that if no party to the incident provides reimbursement to the emergency response agency, the Attorney General may, at the request of the State Fire Marshal, institute a civil action to recover costs. Makes other changes. 2/24/2005HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith 2/25/2005HouseFirst Reading 2/25/2005HouseReferred to Rules Committee 3/1/2005HouseAssigned to State Government Administration Committee 3/9/2005HouseDo Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 3/10/2005HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 3/15/2005HouseFiscal Note Filed 3/15/2005HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 3/15/2005HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 4/5/2005HouseRecalled to Second Reading - Short Debate 4/5/2005HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 4/8/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith 4/8/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 4/12/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith 4/12/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee 4/13/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 4/13/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote 4/13/2005HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 4/13/2005HouseChief Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt 4/14/2005HouseRecalled to Second Reading - Short Debate 4/14/2005HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 4/14/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith 4/14/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee 4/15/2005HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 5/3/2005HouseThird Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 27, 2005 5/3/2005HouseApproved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000 5/3/2005HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/3/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 5/18/2005HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/18/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 3 Adopted by Voice Vote 5/18/2005HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/19/2005HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 114-000-000 5/19/2005HouseHouse Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40(a) 5/19/2005SenateArrive in Senate 5/19/2005SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading May 20, 2005 5/26/2005SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff 5/26/2005SenateFirst Reading 5/26/2005SenateReferred to Rules 1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die