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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2480 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that upon the effective date of this amendatory Act, the township board of trustees shall constitute the board of commissioners of a fire protection district if: that district is governed by a 3-member board appointed by the township board in a county with a population greater than 900,000 and less than 1,000,000; and that district serves residents in unincorporated areas of a township and contracts for those fire protection services with surrounding fire departments. Provides that the members of the township board of trustees shall not receive compensation for their service as the board of the fire protection district. Further provides that fire protection district commissioners appointed prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act shall constitute the board of the fire protection district until the expiration of the term of office of the most recently appointed board member. Effective immediately.
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| | HB2480 | | LRB098 07886 OMW 37971 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 4c as follows:
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| 6 | | (70 ILCS 705/4c new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 4c. Township board assuming duties of fire protection |
| 8 | | district board. Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 9 | | of the 98th General Assembly, the township board of trustees |
| 10 | | shall constitute the board of commissioners of a fire |
| 11 | | protection district if: that fire protection district is |
| 12 | | governed by a 3-member board appointed by the township board in |
| 13 | | a county with a population greater than 900,000 and less than |
| 14 | | 1,000,000 according to the 2010 decennial census; and that |
| 15 | | district serves residents in unincorporated areas of a township |
| 16 | | and contracts for those fire protection services with |
| 17 | | surrounding fire departments. The members of the township board |
| 18 | | of trustees shall serve as the board of commissioners of the |
| 19 | | fire protection district without compensation. |
| 20 | | Fire protection district commissioners appointed prior to |
| 21 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General |
| 22 | | Assembly shall constitute the board of the fire protection |
| 23 | | district until the expiration of the term of office of the most |