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91_HB2130
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1 AN ACT to amend the Fire Protection District Act by
2 adding Section 11h.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended
6 by adding Section 11h as follows:
7 (70 ILCS 705/11h new)
8 Sec. 11h. Regulation of alarms; unfounded alarms;
9 charge. The board of trustees of any fire protection
10 district may, by ordinance, regulate fire and other emergency
11 alarm systems operated within the district. The district may
12 assess charges against the operator of an alarm system for
13 unfounded alarms that exceed (i) 4 alarms during any 30-day
14 period or (ii) 6 alarms during any 12-month period. For the
15 purposes of this Section, "unfounded alarm" includes (i) any
16 alarm notification activated due to a mechanical or other
17 failure or (ii) any alarm activated by a property or location
18 owner, resident, manager, occupant, guest, or other person on
19 the premises when no fire or other bona fide emergency is
20 occurring on the premises.
21 A change may not be assessed when (i) the responding fire
22 department is notified, before fire department personnel and
23 equipment departs in response to the alarm, that the alarm is
24 unfounded or (ii) the alarm system is being installed,
25 repaired, maintained, or tested and the fire department is
26 notified of those activities before the activities begin.
27 The amount of the charge assessed for unfounded alarms
28 may not exceed $500 per alarm.