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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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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 Hydrant Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (425 ILCS 20/2 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Recovery of costs; fire hydrant. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "fire hydrant" means a water |
| 9 | | hydrant connected to a water supply system installed for the |
| 10 | | express purpose of providing water for fire suppression and |
| 11 | | that a fire department can connect to and from which it can |
| 12 | | pump or draw water. "Fire hydrant" does not include flush |
| 13 | | hydrants. |
| 14 | | (b) Whoever fails to comply with any of the provisions of |
| 15 | | this Act within 30 days after written notice of noncompliance |
| 16 | | or violation should reasonably have been received from a fire |
| 17 | | protection district, township fire department, or municipality |
| 18 | | in whose jurisdiction a fire hydrant is located, shall be |
| 19 | | responsible for all reasonable costs that the fire protection |
| 20 | | district, township fire department, or municipality incurs to |
| 21 | | correct the noncompliance, including attorney's fees and legal |
| 22 | | expenses incurred by the fire protection district, township |
| 23 | | fire department, or municipality in recovering the costs from |