HB0640 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0640

Introduced 2/8/2021, by Rep. Kathleen Willis

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2905/3

from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 3

Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Adds the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators and the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Illinois in the organizations from which ex officio members of the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission shall serve. Makes technical and grammatical corrections. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

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 Section 3 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2905/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 3)

Sec. 3. There is created the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission which shall advise the Office in the exercise of its powers and duties. The Commission shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:

3 professional, full-time fulltime paid firefighters;

one volunteer firefighter;

one Fire Protection Engineer who is registered in Illinois;

one person who is a representative of the fire insurance Fire Insurance industry in Illinois;

one person who is a representative of a registered United States Department of Labor apprenticeship program primarily instructing in the installation and repair of fire extinguishing systems;

one a licensed operating or stationary engineer who has an associate degree in facilities engineering technology and has knowledge of the operation and maintenance maintennce of fire alarm and fire extinguishing systems primarily for the life safety of occupants in a variety of commercial or residential structures; and

3 persons with an interest in and knowledgeable about fire prevention methods.

In addition, the following shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission: the Chicago Fire Commissioner, or his or her designee; the executive officer, or his or her designee, of each of the following organizations: the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association, the Illinois Fire Protection District Association, the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association, the Illinois Professional Firefighters Association, the Illinois Firemen's Association, the Associated Firefighters of Illinois, the Illinois Society of Fire Service Instructors, the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators, the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) Illinois, and the Fire Service Institute, University of Illinois.

The Governor shall designate, at the time of appointment, 3 members to serve terms expiring on the third Monday in January, 1979; 3 members to serve terms expiring the third Monday in January, 1980; and 2 members to serve terms expiring the third Monday in January, 1981. The additional member appointed by the Governor pursuant to Public Act 85-718 this amendatory Act of 1987 shall serve for a term expiring the third Monday in January, 1990. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years. A member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.

The Governor shall designate one of the appointed members to be chairperson chairman of the Commission.

Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(Source: P.A. 101-234, eff. 8-9-19; revised 9-12-19.)

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