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Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
Filed: 2/17/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1301
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1301 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Sections 8.5 and 27 as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 705/8.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 8.5. Fire alarm monitoring equipment. For the purpose |
| 8 | | of improving the response time of a fire protection district's |
| 9 | | fire department to locations equipped with fire alarms in order |
| 10 | | to more effectively save lives and property and promote |
| 11 | | firefighter safety, the board of trustees of any fire |
| 12 | | protection district incorporated under this Act may, by |
| 13 | | ordinance, regulate or prescribe the method of installing, |
| 14 | | monitoring, and maintaining fire alarm monitoring equipment |
| 15 | | used within the district. A district may require that certain |
| 16 | | properties located within the boundaries of the district |
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| 1 | | maintain an automatic fire alarm system that is directly |
| 2 | | monitored by a remote station, by a fire board maintained or |
| 3 | | otherwise provided by or for the district, or by another entity |
| 4 | | approved by the district. A district may also acquire, |
| 5 | | maintain, and mandate the use within all or a portion of the |
| 6 | | district of equipment and facilities to establish and operate a |
| 7 | | wireless radio network or other network connected to a remote |
| 8 | | station or fire board maintained or otherwise provided by or |
| 9 | | for the district, and establish reasonable fees in relation |
| 10 | | thereto. Any fee collected under this Section must be |
| 11 | | commensurate with the costs incurred by the fire protection |
| 12 | | district in maintaining or providing facilities and equipment |
| 13 | | to establish and operate the wireless radio network or other |
| 14 | | network. |
| 15 | | This Section shall be construed as declaratory of existing |
| 16 | | law and not as a new enactment.
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| 17 | | (70 ILCS 705/27 new) |
| 18 | | Sec. 27. Anti-trust laws; State action exemption. Fire |
| 19 | | protection districts incorporated under this Act are expressly |
| 20 | | made the beneficiary of the provisions of Section 1 of the |
| 21 | | Local Government Antitrust Exemption Act, and the General |
| 22 | | Assembly intends that the State action exemption to the |
| 23 | | application of the federal anti-trust laws be fully available |
| 24 | | to each district to the extent its respective activities are |
| 25 | | either (i) expressly or by necessary implication authorized by |