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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 11-10-2 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)
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7 | Sec. 11-10-2. A department foreign fire insurance board | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | shall be created within the fire department of each | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | municipality with fewer
The corporate authorities of any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | municipality containing
less than 500,000
250,000 inhabitants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | that
which has an organized fire department . The board shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, who shall hold office by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | virtue of rank, and 6 members, who shall be elected at large by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | the sworn members of the department. If there is an | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | insufficient number of candidates to fill all these positions, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | the number of board members may be reduced, but not to fewer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | than 3 trustees
shall
pass an ordinance providing for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | election of officers of the
department foreign fire insurance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | board by the members of the
department . All members of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | department shall be eligible to be elected as
officers of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | department foreign fire insurance board. The members of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | board shall annually elect officers. These officers
shall be a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | chairman and
include a treasurer . The trustees of the |
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1 | department foreign fire insurance board , and they shall make | ||||||
2 | all needful rules and
regulations with respect to the | ||||||
3 | department foreign fire insurance board and
the management of | ||||||
4 | the money to be appropriated to the board. The officers of the | ||||||
5 | department foreign fire insurance board
shall develop and | ||||||
6 | maintain a listing of those items that the board feels are
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7 | appropriate
expenditures under this Act. All of the money paid | ||||||
8 | to the municipal treasurer
as provided in Section 11-10-1 shall | ||||||
9 | be set apart and shall be appropriated
annually by the | ||||||
10 | corporate authorities to the department foreign fire insurance
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11 | board. The treasurer of the department foreign
fire insurance | ||||||
12 | board shall give a sufficient bond to the municipality
in which | ||||||
13 | the fire department is organized. This bond shall be approved | ||||||
14 | by
the mayor or president, as the case may be, conditioned upon | ||||||
15 | the faithful
performance by the treasurer of his or her duties | ||||||
16 | under the ordinance and
the rules and regulations provided for | ||||||
17 | in this section. The treasurer
of the department foreign fire | ||||||
18 | insurance board shall receive the
appropriated money and shall | ||||||
19 | pay out the money upon the
order of the department foreign fire | ||||||
20 | insurance board for the
maintenance, use, and benefit of the | ||||||
21 | department.
As part of the annual municipal audit, these funds | ||||||
22 | shall be audited to verify
that the funds have been properly | ||||||
23 | appropriated to and held by the department foreign fire | ||||||
24 | insurance board and have been expended by that board only
these | ||||||
25 | purchases are for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the
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26 | department.
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1 | The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive power | ||||||
2 | of the
State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of | ||||||
3 | Article VII of the
Constitution.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 89-63, eff. 6-30-95.)
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5 | Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 11h as follows: | ||||||
7 | (70 ILCS 705/11h new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 11h. Department foreign fire insurance board. | ||||||
9 | (a) A department foreign fire insurance board shall exist | ||||||
10 | within the fire
department of each fire protection district | ||||||
11 | that has an organized fire
department. | ||||||
12 | (b) The board shall consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, | ||||||
13 | who shall hold office by virtue of rank, and 6 members, who | ||||||
14 | shall be elected at large by the sworn members of the | ||||||
15 | department. If there are an insufficient number of candidates | ||||||
16 | to fill all these positions, the number of board members may be | ||||||
17 | reduced, but not to fewer than 3 trustees. All sworn members of | ||||||
18 | the department shall be eligible to vote for and be elected as | ||||||
19 | officers of the board. | ||||||
20 | (c) The members of the board shall annually elect officers. | ||||||
21 | These officers shall be a chairman and a treasurer. | ||||||
22 | (d) The trustees of the board shall make rules with respect | ||||||
23 | to the board and the management of the money to be appropriated | ||||||
24 | to the board. |
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1 | (e) The treasurer of the board shall give a sufficient bond | ||||||
2 | to the board of trustees of the fire protection district, | ||||||
3 | conditioned upon the faithful performance by the treasurer of | ||||||
4 | his or her duties under this Section. This bond must be | ||||||
5 | approved by the board of trustees of the fire protection | ||||||
6 | district. | ||||||
7 | (f) The officers of the department foreign fire insurance | ||||||
8 | board shall develop and maintain a listing of those items that | ||||||
9 | the board feels are appropriate expenditures under this | ||||||
10 | Section. The officers shall make rules concerning the board and | ||||||
11 | the management of the money appropriated to the board. | ||||||
12 | (g) All of the money paid to the secretary of the fire | ||||||
13 | protection district under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-10-1) shall be set apart and shall | ||||||
15 | be appropriated annually by the board of trustees of the fire | ||||||
16 | protection district to the department foreign fire insurance | ||||||
17 | board. | ||||||
18 | (h) The treasurer of the department foreign fire insurance | ||||||
19 | board shall receive the appropriated money and shall pay out | ||||||
20 | the money upon the order of the board for the maintenance, use, | ||||||
21 | and benefit of the department. As part of the fire protection | ||||||
22 | district's annual audit, these funds shall be audited to verify | ||||||
23 | that the funds have been properly appropriated to and held by | ||||||
24 | the board and have been expended by the board only for the | ||||||
25 | maintenance, use, and benefit of the department. |
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1 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
2 | Section 8.31 as follows: | ||||||
3 | (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | ||||||
5 | of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | ||||||
6 | implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
7 | the 95th General Assembly.
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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