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() 65 ILCS 5/11-5.2-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-5.2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-5.2-2)
Sec. 11-5.2-2.
The corporate authorities of any municipality may provide
for the establishment or maintenance, or may enter into contractual agreements
with other townships, municipalities or counties for the establishment or
maintenance of youth service bureaus, or may enter into contractual
agreements with established youth service bureaus, public or private,
serving the general area of the municipality. Such agreements shall be
written and shall provide for services to residents of the municipality
under 18 years of age, but agencies providing such services to adults in
addition to youths may qualify as youth service bureaus. "Youth service
bureau" means any public or private agency providing, or arranging for the
provision of, assistance to persons referred to such bureau by law
enforcement officials, court agencies and other agencies and individuals
with the intention of diverting such persons from formal processes of the
court. However, this Section shall not be construed to amend, modify or
have any effect on the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, as amended. For the
purposes of this Section, corporate
authorities are authorized to expend moneys not appropriated for other
purposes, including funds made available from the federal "State and Local
Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972". This Section shall not constitute a
limitation on or a prohibition of the exercise of powers of a home rule
municipality.
(Source: P.A. 85-1209.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-5.2-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-5.2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-5.2-3)
Sec. 11-5.2-3.
The corporate authorities of a municipality annually
may appropriate funds to private nonprofit organizations for the purpose
of providing services to runaway or homeless youths and their families.
Such services may include temporary shelter, food, clothing, medical care,
transportation, individual and family counseling, and any other service
necessary to provide adequate temporary, protective care for runaway or
homeless youths, and to reunite the youths with their parents or guardians.
For the purposes of this Section, "runaway or homeless youth" means a person
under the age of 18 years who is absent from his legal residence without
the consent of his parent or legal guardian, or who is without a place of
shelter where supervision and care are available.
(Source: P.A. 83-1284.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-5.2-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-5.2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-5.2-4)
Sec. 11-5.2-4.
The corporate authorities of any
municipality may enter into cooperative agreements with any other
governmental entity or any nonprofit community service association with
respect to the expenditure of municipal funds, or funds made available to
the municipality under the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972,
in order to provide senior centers, transportation and social services for
the poor and aged.
(Source: P.A. 84-832.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 5.3
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 5.3 heading)
DIVISION 5.3.
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SYSTEMS
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65 ILCS 5/11-5.3-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-5.3-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-5.3-1)
Sec. 11-5.3-1.
The corporate authorities of any municipality may
exercise the powers granted to municipalities under the Emergency
Telephone System Act.
(Source: P.A. 85-978.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 6
(65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 6 heading)
FIRE PROTECTION
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 6
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 6 heading)
DIVISION 6.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND PROTECTION
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65 ILCS 5/11-6-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-6-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-1)
Sec. 11-6-1.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide and
operate fire stations, and all material and equipment that is needed for
the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and may enter into contracts or
agreements with other municipalities and fire protection districts for
mutual aid consisting of furnishing equipment and man power from and to
such other municipalities and fire protection districts.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-6-1.1
(65 ILCS 5/11-6-1.1)
Sec. 11-6-1.1.
Firefighting services outside corporate limits.
A
municipality
may choose to provide firefighting services to property outside its corporate
limits. The corporate authorities of each municipality may fix, charge, and
collect
firefighting service fees not exceeding the actual cost of the service for all
firefighting services rendered by the municipality against persons, businesses,
and other entities that are not residents of the municipality. An additional
charge
may be levied to reimburse the municipality for extraordinary expenses of
materials used in rendering the services. Nothing in this Section shall impact
any
agreement entered into by a municipality and persons, businesses, and other
entities that are not residents of the municipality. Nothing in this Section
shall
require a municipality to supply any firefighting services to property located
outside the corporate limits of the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 93-304, eff. 7-23-03.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-6-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-6-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-2)
Sec. 11-6-2.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may contract
with fire protection districts organized under "An Act to create Fire
Protection Districts," approved July 8, 1927, as now or hereafter amended,
which are adjacent to the municipality, for the furnishing of fire
protection service for property located within the districts but outside
the limits of the municipality, and may supply fire protection service to
the owners of property which lies outside the limits of the municipality
and may set up by ordinance a scale of charges therefor. The
corporate
authorities of any municipality shall provide fire protection service for
public school buildings situated outside the municipality in accordance
with Section 16-10 of "The School Code".
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-6-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-6-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-3)
Sec. 11-6-3.
The corporate authorities of a municipality may contract with
the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities or the Board of
Regents of Regency Universities to provide fire protection to any
university under the jurisdiction of the respective Board and located, in
whole or in part, within the municipality. Such contract shall be as
specified by Section 9 of "An Act to provide for the management, operation,
control and maintenance of the State Colleges and Universities System",
approved July 2, 1951, as heretofore or hereafter amended, or paragraph (j)
of Section 8 of "An Act providing for the management, operation, control
and maintenance of the Regency Universities System", approved May 11, 1967,
as the case may be.
(Source: P.A. 76-825.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-6-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-6-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-6-4)
Sec. 11-6-4.
The corporate authorities of any municipality may contract with the
board of any public community college district to reimburse
the municipality for any
additional costs for fire protection service, including equipment,
apparatus, or firemen occasioned by the presence of any public community college
building within the municipality.
(Source: P.A. 82-622.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-6-5 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-5) Sec. 11-6-5. Reimbursement for specialized rescue services. The corporate authorities of a municipality that operates a fire department may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for specialized rescue services provided by the department. The total amount collected may not exceed the reasonable cost of providing those specialized rescue services and may not, in any event, exceed $125
per hour per vehicle and $35 per hour per firefighter. The fee may be charged to any of the following parties, but only after there has been a finding of fault against that party by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the Illinois Department of Labor: (a) the owner of the property on which the | | specialized rescue services occurred;
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| For the purposes of this Section, the term "specialized rescue services" includes, but is not limited to, structural collapse, tactical rescue, high angle rescue, underwater rescue and recovery, confined space rescue, below grade rescue, and trench rescue.
(Source: P.A. 95-497, eff. 1-1-08.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-6-6 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-6) Sec. 11-6-6. Technical rescue services. The corporate authorities of a municipality that operates a fire department may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for technical rescue services provided by the department. The total amount collected may not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the technical rescue services and may include charges for personnel and equipment costs.
(Source: P.A. 95-867, eff. 1-1-09.) |
65 ILCS 5/11-6-7 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-7) Sec. 11-6-7. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 97-322, eff. 8-12-11. Repealed internally, eff. 6-30-12.) |
65 ILCS 5/11-6-8 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-8) Sec. 11-6-8. Notification of sale of or changes to private or semi-private water systems. (a) For purposes of this Section, "private water system" and "semi-private water system" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in subsection (a) of Section 9 of the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act. (b) A municipality that provides and operates fire stations or otherwise provides firefighting services shall receive notice of the sale of a private water system or semi-private water system from the individuals or entities selling and purchasing the water system. The notice to the municipality shall include the status and capacity of the water system and the ability of the water system to be used for fire protection. (c) A municipality that provides and operates fire stations or otherwise provides firefighting services shall also receive notice from the owner of a private water system or semi-private water system if there are any changes to the water system that would affect fire protection services to areas served by the water system.
(Source: P.A. 99-487, eff. 11-20-15.) |
65 ILCS 5/11-6-9 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-9) Sec. 11-6-9. Purchase of tires under joint purchasing authority. (a) As used in this Section: "Vehicle" has the meaning provided in Section 1-146 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. "Volunteer firefighter" means a firefighter who does not receive monetary compensation for his or her services to a municipal fire department. (b) If authorized by the fire chief of the fire department, any regularly enrolled volunteer firefighter may purchase 4 vehicle tires every 3 years through his or her fire department's or municipality's contract to purchase vehicle tires under Section 2 of the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. The authorization must be in writing and on the fire department's letterhead, and must include the volunteer firefighter's name, the license plate number of the vehicle for the authorized purchase, and must reference the fire department's or municipality's joint purchasing agreement. (c) The fire department or municipality shall alone be responsible for documenting how many tires each volunteer firefighter purchases during the specified periods under this Section. (d) The firefighter shall pay for any tires, and any related taxes, purchased under this Section. (e) Purchase of tires under this Section are not considered tax exempt. (f) This Section applies to contracts first solicited under Section 4 of the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 100-471, eff. 9-8-17.) |
65 ILCS 5/11-6-10 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-10) Sec. 11-6-10. Reimbursement of volunteer fire protection assistance. (a) Municipalities may fix, charge, and collect fees not exceeding the reasonable cost of the service for all services rendered by a volunteer municipal fire department or a volunteer firefighter of any municipal fire department for persons, businesses, and other entities who are not residents of the municipality. (b) The charge for any fees under subsection (a) shall be computed at a rate not to exceed $250 per hour and not to exceed $70 per hour per firefighter responding to a call for assistance. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse the district for extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering such services. No charge shall be made for services for which the total amount would be less than $50. (c) All revenue from the fees assessed pursuant to this Section shall be deposited into the general fund of the municipality. (d) Nothing in this Section shall allow a fee to be fixed, charged, or collected that is not allowed under any contract that a fire department has entered into with another entity, including, but not limited to, a fire protection district.
(Source: P.A. 99-770, eff. 8-12-16; 100-201, eff. 8-18-17.) |
65 ILCS 5/11-6-11 (65 ILCS 5/11-6-11) Sec. 11-6-11. Mental health specialists; fire. The
corporate authorities of each municipality which has
established firefighting services shall ensure
that mental health resources, including counselors or therapists,
are available to that fire department's employees, whether through
direct employment by that department, contract employment,
or other means.
(Source: P.A. 101-375, eff. 8-16-19.) |
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 7
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 7 heading)
DIVISION 7.
FIRE PROTECTION TAX--CITIES AND VILLAGES OF LESS THAN 500,000
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65 ILCS 5/11-7-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-7-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-7-1)
Sec. 11-7-1.
The corporate authorities of any city or village containing
less than 500,000 inhabitants may levy, annually, a tax not to exceed .075%
of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of
all taxable property therein, to provide revenue for the purpose of fire
protection in the municipality. However, municipalities authorized to levy
this tax on July 1, 1967 shall have a rate limit of .15%, or the limit in
effect on July 31, 1969, whichever is greater. This tax shall be in addition
to and in excess of all taxes authorized by law to be levied and collected
in that municipality and shall be in addition to and in excess of the amount
authorized to be levied for general purposes as provided by Section 8-3-1.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-7-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-7-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-7-3)
Sec. 11-7-3.
In any municipality which is authorized to levy a tax
under Section 11-7-1 of this Division 7, the tax rate limit so
authorized may be increased to not to exceed .40%, or beginning in taxable
year 2000, .60%, of the value of all
the taxable property in such municipality, provided the proposition for
such tax rate increase has been submitted to the electors of that
municipality and approved by a majority of those voting on the question.
The referendum authorized by the terms of this section may be ordered by
the corporate authorities, the question to be certified by the clerk and
submitted at an election in accordance with the general election law.
However, any municipality whose rate limitation for fire protection
purposes is .30% on July 1, 1967 may by ordinance increase its rate
limit in the future for such purposes to .40% and any municipality which
levied a tax for fire protection purposes in 1960 and whose rate
limitation for such purposes is less than .30% on July 29, 1969 may by
ordinance increase its rate limit to .30%. A notice of the passage of
the ordinance establishing such rate limit at not to exceed .40% or
.30%, as the case may be, shall be published once in a newspaper having
a general circulation in the municipality. The publication of the notice
of the ordinance shall include a notice of (1) the specific number of
voters required to sign a petition requesting that the question of the
increased rate limit be submitted to the voters of the municipality; (2)
the time within which the petition must be filed; and (3) the date of the
prospective referendum. The municipal clerk shall provide a petition form
to any individual requesting one.
The ordinance shall take effect 30 days after publication of that
notice unless within that time a petition, signed by not less than a
number of voters in the municipality equal to 10% or more of the
registered voters of the municipality is filed with the municipal clerk
requesting the submission to a referendum of the question of whether the
municipality shall have the authority to levy a tax for fire protection
purposes at not to exceed the rate limit specified in the ordinance. Any
such election shall be conducted in accordance with the general election law.
(Source: P.A. 91-299, eff. 7-29-99.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 8
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 8 heading)
DIVISION 8.
FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS
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65 ILCS 5/11-8-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-8-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-1)
Sec. 11-8-1.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may establish
and maintain for reasonable charges electrical appliances in public or
private buildings for fire and police protection upon application of the
custodian of public buildings, or of the owner of private buildings.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-8-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-8-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-2)
Sec. 11-8-2.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may prevent the
dangerous construction, installation and condition of chimneys, fireplaces,
hearths, stoves, furnaces, pipes, ovens, boilers, fuel conduits, electric
wiring and any other fire or heating apparatus used in and about any
building, structure or camp accommodating persons in house trailers, house
cars, and, if such enumerated are in a dangerous condition may cause them
to be removed or placed in a safe condition. The corporate authorities also
may cause all buildings and enclosures which are in a dangerous fire
condition to be put in a safe fire condition, may regulate and prevent the
carrying on of factories that are dangerous in causing or promoting fires,
and may prevent the deposit of ashes in places that create a fire hazard.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-8-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-8-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-3)
Sec. 11-8-3.
For the purpose of guarding against the calamities of fire,
the corporate authorities of each municipality may prescribe the limits
within which wooden buildings shall not be erected, placed, or repaired,
without permission, and, whenever buildings within the fire limits have
deteriorated or have been damaged by any means to the extent of 50% of
their value, may direct that such buildings shall be torn down or removed,
and to prescribe the manner of ascertaining whether the specified damage
has occurred.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-8-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-8-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-4)
Sec. 11-8-4.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
and prevent the storage of turpentine, tar, pitch, resin, hemp, cotton,
gunpowder, nitroglycerine, petroleum, or any of their products, and other
similar combustible or explosive materials; may regulate and prevent the
use of lights and combustible liquids in buildings, and the building of
bonfires; and may regulate and prevent the use of firecrackers, torpedoes,
and all sorts of fireworks provided that such regulation or prohibition is
consistent with the provisions of the following acts as such acts are
heretofore and hereafter amended: "The Fireworks Regulation Act of
Illinois" and "An Act to prohibit the sale, offering or exposing for sale
of fireworks; defining fireworks and to regulate the manner of using
fireworks, and to provide penalties for the violation of the provisions of
the Act," approved July 1, 1941.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-8-5
(65 ILCS 5/11-8-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-5)
Sec. 11-8-5.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
and prohibit the keeping of any lumber or coal yard, or the placing,
piling, or selling of any lumber, timber, wood, coal, or other combustible
material within the fire limits of the municipality.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-8-6
(65 ILCS 5/11-8-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-8-6)
Sec. 11-8-6.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may regulate
persons engaged in the business of servicing, repairing or refilling fire
extinguishers.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 9
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 9 heading)
DIVISION 9.
FIRE INSPECTION IN MUNICIPALITIES
OF 500,000 OR MORE
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65 ILCS 5/11-9-1
(65 ILCS 5/11-9-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-9-1)
Sec. 11-9-1.
The fire inspector of every municipality with a population of
500,000 or more shall investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of
every fire occurring in the municipality and shall especially investigate
whether it was the result of carelessness or design. Such an investigation
shall be begun within 2 days, not including Sunday, of the occurrence of a
fire. The fire inspector shall keep in his office a record of all fires
occurring in the municipality, together with a record of all the facts,
statistics, and circumstances, including the origin of the fire and the
value and ownership of the property destroyed, which may be determined by
the investigations provided for by this Division 9. This record shall be
open to public inspection at all times.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-9-2
(65 ILCS 5/11-9-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-9-2)
Sec. 11-9-2.
If he deems it necessary, the specified fire inspector shall
take, or cause to be taken, the sworn testimony of all persons supposed to
be cognizant of any facts or to have means of knowledge in relation to the
matters as to which an examination is required by Section 11-9-1 to be
made, and cause the testimony to be reduced to writing. If the fire
inspector is of the opinion that there is evidence sufficient to charge a
person with the crime of arson, the fire inspector shall cause that person
to be arrested and charged with that offense. He shall furnish to the
state's attorney the names of the witnesses and all information obtained by
him, including a copy of all pertinent and material testimony taken in the
case. The fire inspector shall report to the Director of Insurance, for the
Department of Insurance, as that Director requires, his proceedings and the
progress made in all prosecutions of arson and the result of all cases
which are finally disposed of.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-9-3
(65 ILCS 5/11-9-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-9-3)
Sec. 11-9-3.
The specified fire inspector has the powers of a trial judge
for the purpose of summoning and compelling the attendance of witnesses
before him to testify in relation to any matter which is, by the provisions
of Section 11-9-1, a subject of investigation. The fire inspector may also
administer oaths and affirmations to persons appearing as witnesses before
him. False swearing in any matter or proceeding provided for in Sections
11-9-1 and 11-9-2 is perjury and shall be punished as such. The fire
inspector and his subordinates have authority at all times of the day or
night, in the performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of
Sections 11-9-1 and 11-9-2, to examine any building or premises where a
fire has occurred and adjoining and nearby buildings and premises. All
investigations held by or under the direction of the fire inspector may be
private, in his discretion. Persons other than those required to be present
by the provisions of Sections 11-9-1 and 11-9-2 may be excluded from the
place where the investigation is held, and the witnesses may be kept apart
from each other and not allowed to communicate with each other until they
have been examined.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-9-4
(65 ILCS 5/11-9-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-9-4)
Sec. 11-9-4.
Any owner or occupant of a building or premises who fails to
comply with the orders of the fire inspector, as specified in Section
11-9-3, shall be guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined not less than
$10 nor more than $50 for each day's neglect. If the fire inspector
neglects or refuses to comply with any of the requirements of this Division
9, he shall be guilty of a petty offense.
(Source: P.A. 77-2500.)
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65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 10
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 10 heading)
DIVISION 10.
FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY FEES
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