Rep. Donald L. Moffitt

Filed: 2/17/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1301

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1301 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
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. For the purpose
8of improving the response time of a fire protection district's
9fire department to locations equipped with fire alarms in order
10to more effectively save lives and property and promote
11firefighter safety, the board of trustees of any fire
12protection district incorporated under this Act may, by
13ordinance, regulate or prescribe the method of installing,
14monitoring, and maintaining fire alarm monitoring equipment
15used within the district. A district may require that certain
16properties located within the boundaries of the district

 

 

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1maintain an automatic fire alarm system that is directly
2monitored by a remote station, by a fire board maintained or
3otherwise provided by or for the district, or by another entity
4approved by the district. A district may also acquire,
5maintain, and mandate the use within all or a portion of the
6district of equipment and facilities to establish and operate a
7wireless radio network or other network connected to a remote
8station or fire board maintained or otherwise provided by or
9for the district, and establish reasonable fees in relation
10thereto. Any fee collected under this Section must be
11commensurate with the costs incurred by the fire protection
12district in maintaining or providing facilities and equipment
13to establish and operate the wireless radio network or other
14network.
15    This Section shall be construed as declaratory of existing
16law and not as a new enactment.
 
17    (70 ILCS 705/27 new)
18    Sec. 27. Anti-trust laws; State action exemption. Fire
19protection districts incorporated under this Act are expressly
20made the beneficiary of the provisions of Section 1 of the
21Local Government Antitrust Exemption Act, and the General
22Assembly intends that the State action exemption to the
23application of the federal anti-trust laws be fully available
24to each district to the extent its respective activities are
25either (i) expressly or by necessary implication authorized by

 

 

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1this Act or any other State law or (ii) within traditional
2areas of local governmental activity.
3    This Section shall be construed as declaratory of existing
4law and not as a new enactment.".