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.