Full Text of HB0587 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 11-10-2 as follows:
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| (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)
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| Sec. 11-10-2. A department foreign fire insurance board | 8 |
| shall be created within the fire department of each | 9 |
| municipality with fewer The corporate authorities of any | 10 |
| municipality containing
less than 500,000 250,000 inhabitants | 11 |
| that which has an organized fire department . The board shall | 12 |
| consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, who shall hold office by | 13 |
| virtue of rank, and 6 members, who shall be elected at large by | 14 |
| the sworn members of the department. If there is an | 15 |
| insufficient number of candidates to fill all these positions, | 16 |
| the number of board members may be reduced, but not to fewer | 17 |
| than 3 trustees shall
pass an ordinance providing for the | 18 |
| election of officers of the
department foreign fire insurance | 19 |
| board by the members of the
department . All members of the | 20 |
| department shall be eligible to be elected as
officers of the | 21 |
| department foreign fire insurance board. The members of this | 22 |
| board shall annually elect officers. These officers
shall be a | 23 |
| chairman and include a treasurer . The trustees of the |
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| department foreign fire insurance board , and they shall make | 2 |
| all needful rules and
regulations with respect to the | 3 |
| department foreign fire insurance board and
the management of | 4 |
| the money to be appropriated to the board. The officers of the | 5 |
| department foreign fire insurance board
shall develop and | 6 |
| maintain a listing of those items that the board feels are
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| appropriate
expenditures under this Act. The treasurer of the | 8 |
| department foreign
fire insurance board shall give a sufficient | 9 |
| bond to the municipality
in which the fire department is | 10 |
| organized. This bond shall be approved by
the mayor or | 11 |
| president, as the case may be, conditioned upon the faithful
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| performance by the treasurer of his or her duties under the | 13 |
| ordinance and
the rules and regulations provided for in this | 14 |
| section. The treasurer
of the department foreign fire insurance | 15 |
| board shall receive the
appropriated money and shall pay out | 16 |
| the money upon the
order of the department foreign fire | 17 |
| insurance board for the
maintenance, use, and benefit of the | 18 |
| department.
As part of the annual municipal audit, these funds | 19 |
| shall be audited to verify
that the funds have been expended by | 20 |
| that board only these purchases are for the maintenance, use, | 21 |
| and benefit of the
department.
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| The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive power | 23 |
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State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of | 24 |
| Article VII of the
Constitution.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-807, eff. 8-12-08.)
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| Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | 2 |
| adding Section 11i as follows: | 3 |
| (70 ILCS 705/11i new)
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| Sec. 11i. Department foreign fire insurance board. | 5 |
| (a) A department foreign fire insurance board shall exist | 6 |
| within the fire
department of each fire protection district | 7 |
| that has an organized fire department, employs full-time | 8 |
| firefighters, and is subject to a collective bargaining | 9 |
| agreement. | 10 |
| (b) The board shall consist of 7 trustees; the fire chief, | 11 |
| who shall hold office by virtue of rank, and 6 members, who | 12 |
| shall be elected at large by the sworn members of the | 13 |
| department. If there are an insufficient number of candidates | 14 |
| to fill all these positions, the number of board members may be | 15 |
| reduced, but not to fewer than 3 trustees. All sworn members of | 16 |
| the department shall be eligible to vote for and be elected as | 17 |
| officers of the board. | 18 |
| (c) The members of the board shall annually elect officers. | 19 |
| These officers shall be a chairman and a treasurer. | 20 |
| (d) The trustees of the board shall make rules with respect | 21 |
| to the board and the management of the money to be appropriated | 22 |
| to the board. | 23 |
| (e) The treasurer of the board shall give a sufficient bond | 24 |
| to the board of trustees of the fire protection district, | 25 |
| conditioned upon the faithful performance by the treasurer of |
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| his or her duties under this Section. This bond must be | 2 |
| approved by the board of trustees of the fire protection | 3 |
| district. | 4 |
| (f) The officers of the department foreign fire insurance | 5 |
| board shall develop and maintain a listing of those items that | 6 |
| the board feels are appropriate expenditures under this | 7 |
| Section. The officers shall make rules concerning the board and | 8 |
| the management of the money appropriated to the board. | 9 |
| (g) All of the money paid to the secretary of the fire | 10 |
| protection district under Section 11-10-1 of the Illinois | 11 |
| Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-10-1) shall be set apart and shall | 12 |
| be appropriated annually by the board of trustees of the fire | 13 |
| protection district to the department foreign fire insurance | 14 |
| board. | 15 |
| (h) The treasurer of the department foreign fire insurance | 16 |
| board shall receive the appropriated money and shall pay out | 17 |
| the money upon the order of the board for the maintenance, use, | 18 |
| and benefit of the department. As part of the fire protection | 19 |
| district's annual audit, these funds shall be audited to verify | 20 |
| that the funds have been expended by the board only for the | 21 |
| maintenance, use, and benefit of the department. | 22 |
| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 23 |
| Section 8.33 as follows: | 24 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) |
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| Sec. 8.33. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 2 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 3 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 4 |
| the 96th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 |
| becoming law.
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