(a) The board of trustees may provide ambulance service to or from points within or without the district, contract with providers of ambulance service, combine with other units of local government for the purpose of providing ambulance service, and adopt rules and regulations relating to ambulance service within the board’s jurisdiction.
     (b) The board of trustees may:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 2005/11.3

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28

         (1) contract with a private person, hospital,
    
corporation, or another governmental unit for the provision and operation of ambulance service or subsidize the ambulance service;
        (2) limit the number of ambulance services by
    
referendum;
        (3) within its jurisdiction, fix, charge, and collect
    
fees for ambulance service within or outside of the fire protection district not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service; and
        (4) establish necessary regulations not inconsistent
    
with the statutes or regulations of the Department of Public Health relating to ambulance service.
    The board of trustees may limit the number of ambulances under paragraph (2) or establish regulations under paragraph (4) if a referendum under Section 11.5 has been approved.
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