Full Text of SB1780 100th General Assembly
SB1780eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 2905/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. The Office shall have the following powers and | 8 | | duties:
| 9 | | 1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have | 10 | | been vested
by law in the Department of State Police as the | 11 | | successor of the
Department of Public Safety, State Fire | 12 | | Marshal, inspectors, officers and employees of the State | 13 | | Fire Marshal,
including arson investigation. Arson | 14 | | investigations conducted by the State Fire Marshal's | 15 | | Office shall be conducted by State Fire Marshal Arson | 16 | | Investigator Special Agents, who shall be peace officers as | 17 | | provided in the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
| 18 | | 2. To keep a record, as may be required by law, of all | 19 | | fires
occurring in the State, together with all facts, | 20 | | statistics and
circumstances, including the origin of | 21 | | fires.
| 22 | | 3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have | 23 | | been vested
in the Department of State Police by the |
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| 1 | | "Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Safety Act", approved August 7, | 2 | | 1951, as amended.
| 3 | | 4. To administer the Illinois Fire Protection Training | 4 | | Act.
| 5 | | 5. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of the | 6 | | training facilities
and programs of the Illinois Fire | 7 | | Service Institute.
| 8 | | 6. To disburse Federal grants for fire protection | 9 | | purposes to units of
local government.
| 10 | | 7. To pay to or in behalf of the City of Chicago for | 11 | | the maintenance,
expenses, facilities and structures | 12 | | directly incident to the Chicago Fire
Department training | 13 | | program. Such payments may be made either as
reimbursements | 14 | | for expenditures previously made by the City, or as | 15 | | payments at the time
the City has incurred an obligation | 16 | | which is then due and payable for such
expenditures. | 17 | | Payments for the Chicago Fire Department training program
| 18 | | shall be made only for those expenditures which are not | 19 | | claimable by the
City under "An Act relating to fire | 20 | | protection training", certified November
9, 1971, as | 21 | | amended.
| 22 | | 8. To administer General Revenue Fund grants to areas | 23 | | not located in a
fire protection district or in a | 24 | | municipality which provides fire
protection services, to | 25 | | defray
the organizational expenses of forming a fire | 26 | | protection district.
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| 1 | | 9. In cooperation with the Illinois Environmental | 2 | | Protection Agency,
to administer the Illinois Leaking | 3 | | Underground Storage Tank program in
accordance with | 4 | | Section 4 of this Act and Section 22.12 of the
| 5 | | Environmental Protection Act.
| 6 | | 10. To expend state and federal funds as appropriated | 7 | | by the General Assembly.
| 8 | | 11. To provide technical assistance, to areas not | 9 | | located in a fire
protection district or in a municipality | 10 | | which provides fire protection
service, to form a fire | 11 | | protection district, to join an existing district,
or to | 12 | | establish a municipal fire department, whichever is | 13 | | applicable.
| 14 | | 12. To exercise such other powers and duties as may be
| 15 | | vested in the Office by law.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 94-178, eff. 1-1-06; 95-502, eff. 8-28-07.)
| 17 | | Section 10. The Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Medal of | 18 | | Honor Act is amended by changing Section 3001 as follows:
| 19 | | (20 ILCS 3985/3001) (from Ch. 127, par. 3853-1)
| 20 | | Sec. 3001.
There is created the Fire Fighting Medal of | 21 | | Honor
Committee, referred to in this Article as the Committee. | 22 | | The Committee shall
consist of the State Fire Marshal, the | 23 | | chief of the Chicago fire department
and the following persons | 24 | | appointed by the Governor: 3 fire chiefs from
other than |
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| 1 | | Chicago, 3 representatives of statewide fire fighter
| 2 | | organizations and 2 retired Illinois fire fighters. Of the | 3 | | appointed
members, the fire chiefs shall each serve a 2-year | 4 | | term and the
organization representatives and retired fire | 5 | | fighters shall each serve a
one-year term. The Governor shall | 6 | | appoint initial members within 3 months
of the effective date | 7 | | of this Act.
| 8 | | Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation | 9 | | but shall be
reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the | 10 | | performance of their duties
from funds appropriated to the | 11 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal Office of the Governor for | 12 | | such purpose.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 86-1230.)
| 14 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 15 | | becoming law.
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