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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue fire chief plates to a chief of a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System. Provides that a chief of a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System that operates a warning device upon a vehicle not owned by a municipality or fire protection district shall display fire chief license plates. Provides that, with the exception of permanently issued license plates, upon the resignation, termination, or reassignment from a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, a person issued fire chief license plates shall immediately surrender the license plates to the Secretary of State. Provides that a vehicle operated by a chief of a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System who has completed an emergency vehicle operation training course approved by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and designated or authorized by local authorities, fire departments, or Mutual Aid Box Alarm Systems, in writing, as a fire department, fire protection district, township fire department, or Mutual Aid Box Alarm System vehicle; however, the designation or authorization must be carried in the vehicle, and the lights may be visible or activated only when responding to a bona fide emergency. Allows a vehicle operated by a chief of a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System to be equipped with a siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet.

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Neil Anderson (R)*,  Tony McCombie (R)*,  Thaddeus Jones (D), 

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0081 (on 08/01/2025)

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