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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 11-10-2 as follows:
 
6     (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)
7     Sec. 11-10-2. A department foreign fire insurance board
8 shall be created within the fire department of each
9 municipality with fewer The corporate authorities of any
10 municipality containing less than 500,000 250,000 inhabitants
11 that which has an organized fire department. The board shall
12 consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, who shall hold office by
13 virtue of rank, and 6 members, who shall be elected at large by
14 the sworn members of the department. If there is an
15 insufficient number of candidates to fill all these positions,
16 the number of board members may be reduced, but not to fewer
17 than 3 trustees shall pass an ordinance providing for the
18 election of officers of the department foreign fire insurance
19 board by the members of the department. All members of the
20 department shall be eligible to be elected as officers of the
21 department foreign fire insurance board. The members of this
22 board shall annually elect officers. These officers shall be a
23 chairman and include a treasurer. The trustees of the

 

 

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1 department foreign fire insurance board , and they shall make
2 all needful rules and regulations with respect to the
3 department foreign fire insurance board and the management of
4 the money to be appropriated to the board. The officers of the
5 department foreign fire insurance board shall develop and
6 maintain a listing of those items that the board feels are
7 appropriate expenditures under this Act. The treasurer of the
8 department foreign fire insurance board shall give a sufficient
9 bond to the municipality in which the fire department is
10 organized. This bond shall be approved by the mayor or
11 president, as the case may be, conditioned upon the faithful
12 performance by the treasurer of his or her duties under the
13 ordinance and the rules and regulations provided for in this
14 section. The treasurer of the department foreign fire insurance
15 board shall receive the appropriated money and shall pay out
16 the money upon the order of the department foreign fire
17 insurance board for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the
18 department. As part of the annual municipal audit, these funds
19 shall be audited to verify that the funds have been expended by
20 that board only these purchases are for the maintenance, use,
21 and benefit of the department.
22     The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive power
23 of the State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of
24 Article VII of the Constitution.
25 (Source: P.A. 95-807, eff. 8-12-08.)
 

 

 

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1     Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
2 adding Section 11i as follows:
 
3     (70 ILCS 705/11i new)
4     Sec. 11i. Department foreign fire insurance board.
5     (a) A department foreign fire insurance board shall exist
6 within the fire department of each fire protection district
7 that has an organized fire department, employs full-time
8 firefighters, and is subject to a collective bargaining
9 agreement.
10     (b) The board shall consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief,
11 who shall hold office by virtue of rank, and 6 members, who
12 shall be elected at large by the sworn members of the
13 department. If there are an insufficient number of candidates
14 to fill all these positions, the number of board members may be
15 reduced, but not to fewer than 3 trustees. All sworn members of
16 the department shall be eligible to vote for and be elected as
17 officers of the board.
18     (c) The members of the board shall annually elect officers.
19 These officers shall be a chairman and a treasurer.
20     (d) The trustees of the board shall make rules with respect
21 to the board and the management of the money to be appropriated
22 to the board.
23     (e) The treasurer of the board shall give a sufficient bond
24 to the board of trustees of the fire protection district,
25 conditioned upon the faithful performance by the treasurer of

 

 

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1 his or her duties under this Section. This bond must be
2 approved by the board of trustees of the fire protection
3 district.
4     (f) The officers of the department foreign fire insurance
5 board shall develop and maintain a listing of those items that
6 the board feels are appropriate expenditures under this
7 Section. The officers shall make rules concerning the board and
8 the management of the money appropriated to the board.
9     (g) All of the money paid to the secretary of the fire
10 protection district under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois
11 Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-10-1) shall be set apart and shall
12 be appropriated annually by the board of trustees of the fire
13 protection district to the department foreign fire insurance
14 board.
15     (h) The treasurer of the department foreign fire insurance
16 board shall receive the appropriated money and shall pay out
17 the money upon the order of the board for the maintenance, use,
18 and benefit of the department. As part of the fire protection
19 district's annual audit, these funds shall be audited to verify
20 that the funds have been expended by the board only for the
21 maintenance, use, and benefit of the department.
 
22     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
23 Section 8.33 as follows:
 
24     (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
2 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
3 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
4 the 96th General Assembly.
 
5     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.