Public Act 102-0269
 
HB0640 EnrolledLRB102 10428 CPF 15756 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 Section 3 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2905/3)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 3)
    Sec. 3. There is created the Illinois Fire Advisory
Commission which shall advise the Office in the exercise of
its powers and duties. The Commission shall be appointed by
the Governor as follows:
    3 professional, full-time fulltime paid firefighters;
    one volunteer firefighter;
    one Fire Protection Engineer who is registered in
Illinois;
    one person who is a representative of the fire insurance
Fire Insurance industry in Illinois;
    one person who is a representative of a registered United
States Department of Labor apprenticeship program primarily
instructing in the installation and repair of fire
extinguishing systems;
    one a licensed operating or stationary engineer who has an
associate degree in facilities engineering technology and has
knowledge of the operation and maintenance maintennce of fire
alarm and fire extinguishing systems primarily for the life
safety of occupants in a variety of commercial or residential
structures; and
    3 persons with an interest in and knowledgeable about fire
prevention methods.
    In addition, the following shall serve as ex officio
members of the Commission: the Chicago Fire Commissioner, or
his or her designee; the executive officer, or his or her
designee, of each of the following organizations: the Illinois
Fire Chiefs Association, the Illinois Fire Protection District
Association, the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association, the
Illinois Professional Firefighters Association, the Illinois
Firemen's Association, the Associated Firefighters of
Illinois, the Illinois Society of Fire Service Instructors,
the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson
Investigators, the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS)
Illinois, and the Fire Service Institute, University of
Illinois.
    The Governor shall designate, at the time of appointment,
3 members to serve terms expiring on the third Monday in
January, 1979; 3 members to serve terms expiring the third
Monday in January, 1980; and 2 members to serve terms expiring
the third Monday in January, 1981. The additional member
appointed by the Governor pursuant to Public Act 85-718 this
amendatory Act of 1987 shall serve for a term expiring the
third Monday in January, 1990. Thereafter, all terms shall be
for 3 years. A member shall serve until his or her successor is
appointed and qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for the
unexpired term.
    The Governor shall designate one of the appointed members
to be chairperson chairman of the Commission.
    Members shall serve without compensation but shall be
reimbursed for their actual reasonable expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties.
(Source: P.A. 101-234, eff. 8-9-19; revised 9-12-19.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.