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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | (20 ILCS 2905/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2)
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| 7 | Sec. 2. The Office shall have the following powers and | ||||||
| 8 | duties:
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| 9 | 1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have | ||||||
| 10 | been vested
by law in the Department of State Police as the | ||||||
| 11 | successor of the
Department of Public Safety, State Fire | ||||||
| 12 | Marshal, inspectors, officers and employees of the State | ||||||
| 13 | Fire Marshal,
including arson investigation. Arson | ||||||
| 14 | investigations conducted by the State Fire Marshal's | ||||||
| 15 | Office shall be conducted by State Fire Marshal Arson | ||||||
| 16 | Investigator Special Agents, who shall be peace officers as | ||||||
| 17 | provided in the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
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| 18 | 2. To keep a record, as may be required by law, of all | ||||||
| 19 | fires
occurring in the State, together with all facts, | ||||||
| 20 | statistics and
circumstances, including the origin of | ||||||
| 21 | fires.
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| 22 | 3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have | ||||||
| 23 | been vested
in the Department of State Police by the | ||||||
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| 1 | "Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Safety Act", approved August 7, | ||||||
| 2 | 1951, as amended.
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| 3 | 4. To administer the Illinois Fire Protection Training | ||||||
| 4 | Act.
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| 5 | 5. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of the | ||||||
| 6 | training facilities
and programs of the Illinois Fire | ||||||
| 7 | Service Institute.
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| 8 | 6. To disburse Federal grants for fire protection | ||||||
| 9 | purposes to units of
local government.
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| 10 | 7. To pay to or in behalf of the City of Chicago for | ||||||
| 11 | the maintenance,
expenses, facilities and structures | ||||||
| 12 | directly incident to the Chicago Fire
Department training | ||||||
| 13 | program. Such payments may be made either as
reimbursements | ||||||
| 14 | for expenditures previously made by the City, or as | ||||||
| 15 | payments at the time
the City has incurred an obligation | ||||||
| 16 | which is then due and payable for such
expenditures. | ||||||
| 17 | Payments for the Chicago Fire Department training program
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| 18 | shall be made only for those expenditures which are not | ||||||
| 19 | claimable by the
City under "An Act relating to fire | ||||||
| 20 | protection training", certified November
9, 1971, as | ||||||
| 21 | amended.
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| 22 | 8. To administer General Revenue Fund grants to areas | ||||||
| 23 | not located in a
fire protection district or in a | ||||||
| 24 | municipality which provides fire
protection services, to | ||||||
| 25 | defray
the organizational expenses of forming a fire | ||||||
| 26 | protection district.
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| 1 | 9. In cooperation with the Illinois Environmental | ||||||
| 2 | Protection Agency,
to administer the Illinois Leaking | ||||||
| 3 | Underground Storage Tank program in
accordance with | ||||||
| 4 | Section 4 of this Act and Section 22.12 of the
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| 5 | Environmental Protection Act.
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| 6 | 10. To expend state and federal funds as appropriated | ||||||
| 7 | by the General Assembly.
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| 8 | 11. To provide technical assistance, to areas not | ||||||
| 9 | located in a fire
protection district or in a municipality | ||||||
| 10 | which provides fire protection
service, to form a fire | ||||||
| 11 | protection district, to join an existing district,
or to | ||||||
| 12 | establish a municipal fire department, whichever is | ||||||
| 13 | applicable.
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| 14 | 12. To exercise such other powers and duties as may be
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| 15 | vested in the Office by law.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 94-178, eff. 1-1-06; 95-502, eff. 8-28-07.)
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| 17 | Section 10. The Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Medal of | ||||||
| 18 | Honor Act is amended by changing Section 3001 as follows:
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| 19 | (20 ILCS 3985/3001) (from Ch. 127, par. 3853-1)
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| 20 | Sec. 3001.
There is created the Fire Fighting Medal of | ||||||
| 21 | Honor
Committee, referred to in this Article as the Committee. | ||||||
| 22 | The Committee shall
consist of the State Fire Marshal, the | ||||||
| 23 | chief of the Chicago fire department
and the following persons | ||||||
| 24 | appointed by the Governor: 3 fire chiefs from
other than | ||||||
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| 1 | Chicago, 3 representatives of statewide fire fighter
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| 2 | organizations and 2 retired Illinois fire fighters. Of the | ||||||
| 3 | appointed
members, the fire chiefs shall each serve a 2-year | ||||||
| 4 | term and the
organization representatives and retired fire | ||||||
| 5 | fighters shall each serve a
one-year term. The Governor shall | ||||||
| 6 | appoint initial members within 3 months
of the effective date | ||||||
| 7 | of this Act.
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| 8 | Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation | ||||||
| 9 | but shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the | ||||||
| 10 | performance of their duties
from funds appropriated to the | ||||||
| 11 | Office of the State Fire Marshal Office of the Governor for | ||||||
| 12 | such purpose.
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| 13 | (Source: P.A. 86-1230.)
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| 14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 15 | becoming law.
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