97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1301

 

Introduced 02/09/11, by Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 705/8.5 new
70 ILCS 705/27 new

    Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of any fire protection district incorporated under this Act may, by ordinance, regulate or prescribe the method of installing, monitoring, and maintaining fire alarm monitoring equipment used within the district. Authorizes a fire protection district to acquire, maintain, and mandate the use within all or a portion of the district of equipment and facilities to establish and operate a wireless radio network or other network. Provides that the State action exemption to application of the federal antitrust laws be fully available to each district to the extent its respective activities are either (i) expressly or by necessary implication authorized by the Act or any other State law or (ii) within traditional areas of local governmental activity. Provides that these provisions are declaratory of existing law.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by
5adding Sections 8.5 and 27 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 705/8.5 new)
7    Sec. 8.5. Fire alarm monitoring equipment. The board of
8trustees of any fire protection district incorporated under
9this Act may, by ordinance, regulate or prescribe the method of
10installing, monitoring, and maintaining fire alarm monitoring
11equipment used within the district. A district may require that
12certain properties located within the boundaries of the
13district maintain an automatic fire alarm system that is
14directly monitored by a remote station, by a fire board
15maintained or otherwise provided by or for the district, or by
16another entity approved by the district. A district may also
17acquire, maintain, and mandate the use within all or a portion
18of the district of equipment and facilities to establish and
19operate a wireless radio network or other network connected to
20a remote station or fire board maintained or otherwise provided
21by or for the district, and establish reasonable fees in
22relation thereto.
23    This Section shall be construed as declaratory of existing

 

 

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1law and not as a new enactment.
 
2    (70 ILCS 705/27 new)
3    Sec. 27. Anti-trust laws; State action exemption. Fire
4protection districts incorporated under this Act are expressly
5made the beneficiary of the provisions of Section 1 of the
6Local Government Antitrust Exemption Act, and the General
7Assembly intends that the State action exemption to the
8application of the federal anti-trust laws be fully available
9to each district to the extent its respective activities are
10either (i) expressly or by necessary implication authorized by
11this Act or any other State law or (ii) within traditional
12areas of local governmental activity.
13    This Section shall be construed as declaratory of existing
14law and not as a new enactment.