HB0748enr 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0748 Enrolled LRB094 06405 RCE 36491 b

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 Sections 1 and 2 as follows:

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

Sec. 1. There is hereby created the Office of the State Fire Marshal, hereinafter referred to as the Office.

The Office shall be under an executive director who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.

The executive director of the Office shall be known as the State Fire Marshal and shall receive an annual salary as set by the Governor from time to time or as set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater. If set by the Governor, the annual salary may not exceed 85% of the annual salary of the Governor.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall have a division that Division of Fire Prevention which shall assume the duties of the Division of Fire Prevention, Department of Law Enforcement, and a division that Division of Personnel Standards and Education which shall assume the duties of Illinois Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education Commission. Each division Division shall be headed by a division manager who deputy State Fire Marshal. The deputy State Fire Marshals shall be employed by the Fire Marshal, subject to the Personnel Code, and shall be responsible to the Fire Marshal.

(Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

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

Sec. 2. The Office shall have the following powers and duties:

1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have been vested by law in the Department of State Police as the successor of the Department of Public Safety, State Fire Marshal, deputy State Fire Marshal, inspectors, officers and employees of the State Fire Marshal, including arson investigation.

2. To keep a record, as may be required by law, of all fires occurring in the State, together with all facts, statistics and circumstances, including the origin of fires.

3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have been vested in the Department of State Police by the "Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act", approved August 7, 1951, as amended.

4. To administer the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act.

5. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of the training facilities and programs of the Illinois Fire Service Institute.

6. To disburse Federal grants for fire protection purposes to units of local government.

7. To pay to or in behalf of the City of Chicago for the maintenance, expenses, facilities and structures directly incident to the Chicago Fire Department training program. Such payments may be made either as reimbursements for expenditures previously made by the City, or as payments at the time the City has incurred an obligation which is then due and payable for such expenditures. Payments for the Chicago Fire Department training program shall be made only for those expenditures which are not claimable by the City under "An Act relating to fire protection training", certified November 9, 1971, as amended.

8. To administer General Revenue Fund grants to areas not located in a fire protection district or in a municipality which provides fire protection services, to defray the organizational expenses of forming a fire protection district.

9. In cooperation with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, to administer the Illinois Leaking Underground Storage Tank program in accordance with Section 4 of this Act and Section 22.12 of the Environmental Protection Act.

10. To expend state and federal funds as appropriated by the General Assembly.

11. To provide technical assistance, to areas not located in a fire protection district or in a municipality which provides fire protection service, to form a fire protection district, to join an existing district, or to establish a municipal fire department, whichever is applicable.

12. To exercise such other powers and duties as may be vested in the Office by law.

(Source: P.A. 86-761.)