SB0587 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0587

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

70 ILCS 705/11

from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the board of trustees.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

(70 ILCS 705/11) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31)

Sec. 11. The The board of trustees of any fire protection district incorporated under this Act has the power and it is its legal duty and obligation to provide as nearly adequate protection from fire for all persons and property within the said district as possible and to prescribe necessary regulations for the prevention and control of fire therein. The board of trustees may provide and maintain life saving and rescue equipment, services and facilities, including an emergency ambulance service. Except in cities having a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants and except in municipalities in which fire prevention codes have been adopted, the board of trustees has the express power to adopt and enforce fire prevention codes and standards parallel to national standards.

(Source: P.A. 81-1375.)