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| AN ACT concerning local 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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by |
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| changing Section 11-10-2 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)
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| Sec. 11-10-2. A department foreign fire insurance board |
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| shall be created within the fire department of each |
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| municipality with fewer The corporate authorities of any |
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| municipality containing
less than 500,000 250,000 inhabitants |
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| that which has an organized fire department. The board shall |
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| consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, who shall hold office by |
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| virtue of rank, and 6 members, who shall be elected at large by |
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| the sworn members of the department. If there is an |
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| insufficient number of candidates to fill all these positions, |
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| the number of board members may be reduced, but not to fewer |
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| than 3 trustees shall
pass an ordinance providing for the |
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| election of officers of the
department foreign fire insurance |
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| board by the members of the
department. All members of the |
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| department shall be eligible to be elected as
officers of the |
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| department foreign fire insurance board. The members of this |
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| board shall annually elect officers. These officers
shall be a |
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| chairman and include a treasurer. The trustees of the |
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| department foreign fire insurance board , and they shall make |
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| all needful rules and
regulations with respect to the |
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| department foreign fire insurance board and
the management of |
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| the money to be appropriated to the board. The officers of the |
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| department foreign fire insurance board
shall develop and |
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| maintain a listing of those items that the board feels are
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| appropriate
expenditures under this Act. The treasurer of the |
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| department foreign
fire insurance board shall give a sufficient |
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| bond to the municipality
in which the fire department is |
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| organized. This bond shall be approved by
the mayor or |
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| president, as the case may be, conditioned upon the faithful
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| performance by the treasurer of his or her duties under the |
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| ordinance and
the rules and regulations provided for in this |
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| section. The treasurer
of the department foreign fire insurance |
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| board shall receive the
appropriated money and shall pay out |
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| the money upon the
order of the department foreign fire |
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| insurance board for the
maintenance, use, and benefit of the |
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| department.
As part of the annual municipal audit, these funds |
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| shall be audited to verify
that the funds have been expended by |
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| that board only these purchases are for the maintenance, use, |
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| and benefit of the
department.
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| The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive power |
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| of the
State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of |
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| Article VII of the
Constitution.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-807, eff. 8-12-08.)
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| Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 11i as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 705/11i new)
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| Sec. 11i. Department foreign fire insurance board. |
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| (a) A department foreign fire insurance board shall exist |
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| within the fire
department of each fire protection district |
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| that has an organized fire department, employs full-time |
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| firefighters, and is subject to a collective bargaining |
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| agreement. |
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| (b) The board shall consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, |
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| who shall hold office by virtue of rank, and 6 members, who |
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| shall be elected at large by the sworn members of the |
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| department. If there are an insufficient number of candidates |
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| to fill all these positions, the number of board members may be |
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| reduced, but not to fewer than 3 trustees. All sworn members of |
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| the department shall be eligible to vote for and be elected as |
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| officers of the board. |
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| (c) The members of the board shall annually elect officers. |
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| These officers shall be a chairman and a treasurer. |
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| (d) The trustees of the board shall make rules with respect |
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| to the board and the management of the money to be appropriated |
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| to the board. |
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| (e) The treasurer of the board shall give a sufficient bond |
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| to the board of trustees of the fire protection district, |
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| conditioned upon the faithful performance by the treasurer of |
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| his or her duties under this Section. This bond must be |
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| approved by the board of trustees of the fire protection |
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| district. |
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| (f) The officers of the department foreign fire insurance |
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| board shall develop and maintain a listing of those items that |
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| the board feels are appropriate expenditures under this |
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| Section. The officers shall make rules concerning the board and |
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| the management of the money appropriated to the board. |
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| (g) All of the money paid to the secretary of the fire |
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| protection district under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois |
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| Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-10-1) shall be set apart and shall |
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| be appropriated annually by the board of trustees of the fire |
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| protection district to the department foreign fire insurance |
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| board. |
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| (h) The treasurer of the department foreign fire insurance |
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| board shall receive the appropriated money and shall pay out |
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| the money upon the order of the board for the maintenance, use, |
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| and benefit of the department. As part of the fire protection |
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| district's annual audit, these funds shall be audited to verify |
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| that the funds have been expended by the board only for the |
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| maintenance, use, and benefit of the department.
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 8.33 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) |