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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 Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 6 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 26)
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7 | Sec. 6. Board of trustees; powers.
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8 | (a) The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for | ||||||
9 | the
district for which they are appointed, which board of | ||||||
10 | trustees is
declared to be the corporate authority of the fire | ||||||
11 | protection district,
and shall exercise all of the powers and | ||||||
12 | control all the affairs and
property of such district.
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13 | The board of trustees at their initial
meeting and at their | ||||||
14 | first meeting following the commencement of the
term of any | ||||||
15 | trustee shall elect one of their number as president and one
of | ||||||
16 | their number as secretary and shall elect a treasurer for the
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17 | district, who may be one of the trustees or may be any other | ||||||
18 | citizen of
the district and who shall hold office during the | ||||||
19 | pleasure of the board
and who shall give such bond as may be | ||||||
20 | required by the board.
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21 | (b) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 16.01 through | ||||||
22 | 16.18, the
board may appoint and enter into a multi-year | ||||||
23 | contract not exceeding 3 years
with a fire chief and may |
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1 | appoint any firemen that may be necessary for the
district, who | ||||||
2 | shall hold office during the pleasure of the board and who
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3 | shall give any bond that the board may require. The board may | ||||||
4 | prescribe the
duties and fix the compensation of all the | ||||||
5 | officers and employees of the fire
protection district.
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6 | (c) A member of the board of trustees of a
fire protection | ||||||
7 | district may be compensated as follows: in a district
having | ||||||
8 | fewer than 4 full time paid firemen, a sum not to exceed $1,000 | ||||||
9 | per
annum; in a district having more than 3 but less than 10 | ||||||
10 | full time paid
firemen, a sum not to exceed $1,500 per annum; | ||||||
11 | in a district having
at least 10 but fewer than 30 either 10 or | ||||||
12 | more full time paid firemen, a sum not to exceed $2,000 per
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13 | annum ; in a district having 30 or more full time paid firemen, | ||||||
14 | a sum not to exceed $4,000 per annum . In addition, fire | ||||||
15 | districts that operate an ambulance service
pursuant to | ||||||
16 | authorization by referendum, as provided in Section 22, may
pay | ||||||
17 | trustees an additional annual compensation not to exceed 50% of | ||||||
18 | the
amount otherwise authorized herein. The additional | ||||||
19 | compensation shall
be an administrative expense of the | ||||||
20 | ambulance service and shall be paid
from revenues raised by the | ||||||
21 | ambulance tax levy.
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22 | (d) The trustees also have
the express power to execute a | ||||||
23 | note or notes and to execute a mortgage
or trust deed to secure | ||||||
24 | the payment of such note or notes; such trust
deed or mortgage | ||||||
25 | shall cover real estate, or some part thereof, or personal
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26 | property owned by the district and the lien of the mortgage |
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1 | shall apply to
the real estate or personal property so | ||||||
2 | mortgaged by the district, and the
proceeds of the note or | ||||||
3 | notes may be used in the acquisition of personal
property or of | ||||||
4 | real estate or in the erection of improvements on such real
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5 | estate.
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6 | The trustees have express power to
purchase either real | ||||||
7 | estate or personal property to be used for the
purposes of the | ||||||
8 | fire protection district through contracts which provide
for | ||||||
9 | the consideration for such purchase to be paid through | ||||||
10 | installments
to be made at stated intervals during a certain | ||||||
11 | period of time, but, in
no case, shall such contracts provide | ||||||
12 | for the consideration to be paid
during a period of time in | ||||||
13 | excess of 25 years.
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14 | (e) The trustees have
express power to provide for the | ||||||
15 | benefit of its employees, volunteer
firemen and paid firemen, | ||||||
16 | group life, health, accident, hospital and
medical insurance, | ||||||
17 | or any combination thereof; and to pay for all or any
portion | ||||||
18 | of the premiums on such insurance. Such insurance may include
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19 | provisions for employees who rely on treatment by spiritual | ||||||
20 | means alone
through prayer for healing in accord with the | ||||||
21 | tenets and practice of a
well recognized religious | ||||||
22 | denomination.
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23 | (f) To encourage continued service with the district, the | ||||||
24 | board of
trustees has the express power to award monetary | ||||||
25 | incentives, not to exceed
$240 per year, to volunteer | ||||||
26 | firefighters of the district based on the length
of service. To |
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1 | be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters
must | ||||||
2 | have at least 5 years of service with the district. The amount | ||||||
3 | of the
incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy | ||||||
4 | amount when all
incentive awards are combined.
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5 | (g) The board of trustees has express power to change the | ||||||
6 | corporate
name of the fire protection district by ordinance,
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7 | provided that
notification of any change is given to the | ||||||
8 | circuit clerk and the Office
of the State Fire Marshal.
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9 | (h) The board of trustees may impose reasonable civil | ||||||
10 | penalties on
individuals who repeatedly cause false fire | ||||||
11 | alarms.
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12 | (i) The board of trustees has full power to pass all | ||||||
13 | necessary
ordinances, and rules and regulations for the proper | ||||||
14 | management and conduct
of the business of the board of trustees | ||||||
15 | of the fire protection district for
carrying into effect the | ||||||
16 | objects for which the district was formed.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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