Full Text of HB1988 95th General Assembly
HB1988 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1988
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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425 ILCS 25/6 |
from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 6 |
425 ILCS 25/6.1 new |
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Amends the Fire Investigation Act. Requires the chief of the fire department to furnish to the Office of the State Fire Marshal any information that the State Fire Marshal deems of importance to the fire services. Permits the State Fire Marshal to adopt necessary rules for the administration of the reporting of fires, hazardous material incidents, and other incidents or events that the State Fire Marshal deems of importance to the fire services. Provides that the reporting of information shall be based upon the nationally recognized standards of the United States Fire Administration's National Fire Incident Reporting System.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1988 |
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| AN ACT concerning fire safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Fire Investigation Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 6 and by adding Section 6.1 as follows:
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| (425 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 6)
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| Sec. 6. The chief of the fire department of every | 8 |
| municipality in
which a fire department is established and the
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| fire chief of every legally organized fire protection district | 10 |
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investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every | 11 |
| fire occurring
in such municipality or fire protection | 12 |
| district, or in any area or on
any property which is furnished | 13 |
| fire protection by the fire department of
such municipality or | 14 |
| fire protection district, by
which property has been destroyed | 15 |
| or damaged, and shall especially make
investigation as to | 16 |
| whether such fire was the result of carelessness or
design. | 17 |
| Such investigation shall be begun within two days, not | 18 |
| including
Sunday, of the occurrence of such fire, and the | 19 |
| Office of the State Fire
Marshal shall have the right to | 20 |
| supervise and direct such investigation
whenever it deems it | 21 |
| expedient or necessary. The officer making
investigation of | 22 |
| fires occurring in cities, villages, towns, fire
protection | 23 |
| districts or townships shall forthwith notify the Office of
the |
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| State Fire Marshal and shall by the 15th of the month following
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| the occurrence of
the fire, furnish to the Office a statement | 3 |
| of all facts
relating to the cause and origin of the fire, and | 4 |
| such other information
as may be called for in a format | 5 |
| approved or on forms
provided by the Office. The Office of
the | 6 |
| State Fire Marshal shall keep a record of all fires occurring | 7 |
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State, together with all facts, statistics and | 8 |
| circumstances, including
the origin of the fires, which may be | 9 |
| determined by the investigations
provided by this act; such | 10 |
| record shall at all times be open to the
public inspection, and | 11 |
| such portions of it as the State Director of
Insurance may deem | 12 |
| necessary shall be transcribed and forwarded to him
within | 13 |
| fifteen days from the first of January of each year. In | 14 |
| addition to the reporting of fires, the chief of the fire | 15 |
| department shall furnish to the Office such other information | 16 |
| as the State Fire Marshal deems of importance to the fire | 17 |
| services.
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| (Source: P.A. 82-706.)
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| (425 ILCS 25/6.1 new) | 20 |
| Sec. 6.1. Rules. The State Fire Marshal may adopt necessary | 21 |
| rules for the administration of the reporting of fires, | 22 |
| hazardous material incidents, and other incidents or events | 23 |
| that the State Fire Marshal deems of importance to the fire | 24 |
| services. The reporting of such information shall be based upon | 25 |
| the nationally recognized standards of the United States Fire |
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| Administration's National fire Incident Reporting System | 2 |
| (NIFRS).
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