Full Text of HB2382 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Fire Hydrant Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2 as follows: | 6 | | (425 ILCS 20/2) | 7 | | Sec. 2. Recovery of costs; fire hydrant ; dry hydrant . | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section : , | 9 | | "Dry hydrant" means a fire hydrant which is installed to | 10 | | provide access to water from a lake, pond, or other body of | 11 | | water rather than water from a public or private water supply | 12 | | system. | 13 | | " Fire fire hydrant" means a water hydrant connected to a | 14 | | water supply system installed for the express purpose of | 15 | | providing water for fire suppression and that a fire department | 16 | | can connect to and from which it can pump or draw water. "Fire | 17 | | hydrant" does not include flush hydrants. | 18 | | (b) Whoever fails to comply with any of the provisions of | 19 | | this Act within 30 days after written notice of noncompliance | 20 | | or violation should reasonably have been received from a fire | 21 | | protection district, township fire department, or municipality | 22 | | in whose jurisdiction a fire hydrant is located, shall be | 23 | | responsible for all reasonable costs that the fire protection |
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| 1 | | district, township fire department, or municipality incurs to | 2 | | correct the noncompliance, including attorney's fees and legal | 3 | | expenses incurred by the fire protection district, township | 4 | | fire department, or municipality in recovering the costs from | 5 | | the responsible party.
| 6 | | (c) For dry hydrants that are installed pursuant to an | 7 | | agreement between a property owner and fire protection | 8 | | district, township fire department, or municipality in whose | 9 | | jurisdiction a dry hydrant is located, the maintenance and | 10 | | access to such dry hydrants shall be governed by the terms of | 11 | | the agreement between the property owner and the fire | 12 | | protection district, township fire department, or | 13 | | municipality. | 14 | | All other dry hydrants, including those installed and | 15 | | located on: public property; property owned or administered by | 16 | | a homeowner's association, condominium association, or held in | 17 | | some similar form of common ownership or subject to control and | 18 | | administration by such association or organization; or private | 19 | | property subject to an easement, covenant, plan of | 20 | | developments, or restriction dedicating or establishing the | 21 | | dry hydrant for the purpose of providing water supply for fire | 22 | | suppression shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1 and | 23 | | subsection (b) of Section 2 of this Act. In addition to the | 24 | | requirements of Section 1 and except as to dry hydrants | 25 | | installed and maintained by agreement with a fire protection | 26 | | district, township fire department, or municipality, |
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| 1 | | continuous access to dry hydrants subject to this subsection | 2 | | (c), and the maintenance necessary to keep dry hydrants in | 3 | | working condition sufficient for fire suppression, shall be the | 4 | | responsibility of the party on whose property the dry hydrant | 5 | | is located or who is responsible for the administration or | 6 | | control of the property on which the dry hydrant is located. | 7 | | (Source: P.A. 99-205, eff. 7-30-15.)
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