Public Act 094-0178
 
HB0748 Enrolled LRB094 06405 RCE 36491 b

    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by
changing Sections 1 and 2 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2905/1)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 1)
    Sec. 1. There is hereby created the Office of the State
Fire Marshal, hereinafter referred to as the Office.
    The Office shall be under an executive director who shall
be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
    The executive director of the Office shall be known as the
State Fire Marshal and shall receive an annual salary as set by
the Governor from time to time or as set by the Compensation
Review Board, whichever is greater. If set by the Governor, the
annual salary may not exceed 85% of the annual salary of the
Governor.
    The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall have a division
that Division of Fire Prevention which shall assume the duties
of the Division of Fire Prevention, Department of Law
Enforcement, and a division that Division of Personnel
Standards and Education which shall assume the duties of
Illinois Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education
Commission. Each division Division shall be headed by a
division manager who deputy State Fire Marshal. The deputy
State Fire Marshals shall be employed by the Fire Marshal,
subject to the Personnel Code, and shall be responsible to the
Fire Marshal.
(Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
 
    (20 ILCS 2905/2)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2)
    Sec. 2. The Office shall have the following powers and
duties:
    1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
been vested by law in the Department of State Police as the
successor of the Department of Public Safety, State Fire
Marshal, deputy State Fire Marshal, inspectors, officers and
employees of the State Fire Marshal, including arson
investigation.
    2. To keep a record, as may be required by law, of all
fires occurring in the State, together with all facts,
statistics and circumstances, including the origin of fires.
    3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
been vested in the Department of State Police by the "Boiler
and Pressure Vessel Safety Act", approved August 7, 1951, as
amended.
    4. To administer the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act.
    5. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of the
training facilities and programs of the Illinois Fire Service
Institute.
    6. To disburse Federal grants for fire protection purposes
to units of local government.
    7. To pay to or in behalf of the City of Chicago for the
maintenance, expenses, facilities and structures directly
incident to the Chicago Fire Department training program. Such
payments may be made either as reimbursements for expenditures
previously made by the City, or as payments at the time the
City has incurred an obligation which is then due and payable
for such expenditures. Payments for the Chicago Fire Department
training program shall be made only for those expenditures
which are not claimable by the City under "An Act relating to
fire protection training", certified November 9, 1971, as
amended.
    8. To administer General Revenue Fund grants to areas not
located in a fire protection district or in a municipality
which provides fire protection services, to defray the
organizational expenses of forming a fire protection district.
    9. In cooperation with the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, to administer the Illinois Leaking
Underground Storage Tank program in accordance with Section 4
of this Act and Section 22.12 of the Environmental Protection
Act.
    10. To expend state and federal funds as appropriated by
the General Assembly.
    11. To provide technical assistance, to areas not located
in a fire protection district or in a municipality which
provides fire protection service, to form a fire protection
district, to join an existing district, or to establish a
municipal fire department, whichever is applicable.
    12. To exercise such other powers and duties as may be
vested in the Office by law.
(Source: P.A. 86-761.)