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    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 2.5 as follows:
 



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    (20 ILCS 2905/2.5)



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    Sec. 2.5. Equipment exchange program. 
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    (a) The Office shall
may create and maintain an
equipment 
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exchange program under which fire departments, fire protection

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districts, and township fire departments can donate or sell

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equipment to, trade equipment with, or buy equipment from each 
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other.

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    (b) Under this program, the Office shall maintain a website 
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that allows fire departments, fire protection
districts, and 
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township fire departments to post information and photographs 
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about needed equipment and equipment that is available for 
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trade, donation, or sale.  This website must be separate from, 
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and not a part of, the Office's main website; however, the 
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Office must post a hyperlink on its main website that points to 
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the website established under this subsection (b).

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    (c) The Office or a
A fire department, fire protection 
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district, or township fire department that
donates, trades, or 
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sells fire protection equipment to another fire department, 
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fire protection
district, or township fire department under 
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this Section
is
not liable for any damage or injury caused by 
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the donated, traded, or sold fire protection
equipment, except 
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for damage or injury caused by its
the donor's willful and 
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wanton
misconduct,
if it
the donor discloses in writing to the 
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recipient at the time of the
donation, trade, or sale any known 
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damage to
or deficiencies in the equipment.

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    This Section does not relieve any fire department, fire 
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protection district,
or
township fire department from 
 


 






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liability, unless otherwise provided by law, for
any
damage or 
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injury caused by donated, traded, or sold fire protection 
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equipment that was received
through the equipment exchange 
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program.
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    (d) The Office must promote the program to encourage the 
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efficient exchange of equipment among local government 
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entities.


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    (e) The Office must implement the changes to the equipment 
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exchange program required under this amendatory Act of the 94th 
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General Assembly no later than July 1, 2006.
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(Source: P.A. 93-305, eff. 7-23-03.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.