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