100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5197
 
Introduced , by Rep. Jay Hoffman
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



65 ILCS 5/11-10-2  from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2

     Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a department foreign fire insurance board shall be created within the fire department of all municipalities (rather than municipalities with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants) that have an organized fire department. Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 11-10-2 as follows:
 



6    (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)


7    Sec. 11-10-2. A department foreign fire insurance board 
8shall be created within the fire department of each 
9municipality with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants that has an 
10organized fire department. The board shall consist of 7 
11trustees; the fire chief, who shall hold office by virtue of 
12rank, and 6 members, who shall be elected at large by the sworn 
13members of the department. If there is an insufficient number 
14of candidates to fill all these positions, the number of board 
15members may be reduced, but not to fewer than 3 trustees.  All 
16members of the department shall be eligible to be elected as

17officers of the department foreign fire insurance board. The 
18members of this board shall annually elect officers. These 
19officers
shall be a chairman and a treasurer. The trustees of 
20the department foreign fire insurance board shall make all 
21needful rules and
regulations with respect to the department 
22foreign fire insurance board and
the management of the money to 
23be appropriated to the board.  The officers of the department 
 
 
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1foreign fire insurance board
shall develop and maintain a 
2listing of those items that the board feels are
appropriate

3expenditures under this Act.  The treasurer of the department 
4foreign
fire insurance board shall give a sufficient bond to 
5the municipality
in which the fire department is organized. 
6This bond shall be approved by
the mayor or president, as the 
7case may be, conditioned upon the faithful
performance by the 
8treasurer of his or her duties under the ordinance and
the 
9rules and regulations provided for in this section. The 
10treasurer
of the department foreign fire insurance board shall 
11receive the
appropriated money and shall pay out the money upon 
12the
order of the department foreign fire insurance board for 
13the
maintenance, use, and benefit of the department.
As part of 
14the annual municipal audit, these funds shall be audited to 
15verify
that the funds have been expended by that board only for 
16the maintenance, use, and benefit of the
department.

17    The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive power 
18of the
State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of 
19Article VII of the
Constitution.

20(Source: P.A. 95-807, eff. 8-12-08; 96-505, eff. 8-14-09.)

 
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.