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HB2130 Engrossed                               LRB9100757MWgc

 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 end  user  customer  who  uses  an
13    alarm  system  for  unfounded alarms that exceed (i) 4 alarms
14    during any 30-day period or (ii) 6 alarms during any 12-month
15    period.  For the purposes of this Section, "unfounded  alarm"
16    includes  (i)  any  alarm  notification  activated  due  to a
17    mechanical or other failure or (ii) any alarm activated by  a
18    property  or  location  owner,  resident,  manager, occupant,
19    guest, or other person on the premises when no fire or  other
20    bona fide emergency is occurring on the premises.
21        A charge 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.

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