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90_HB3379
20 ILCS 2905/2 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2
Amends the State Fire Marshall Act. Provides that the
State Fire Marshal shall administer a program to provide
grants to municipalities and fire protection districts for
the purpose of purchasing thermal imaging cameras that enable
firefighters to see better while performing their duties.
Requires the municipality or district to pay one-half of the
cost. Effective July 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the State Fire Marshal Act by changing
2 Section 2.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by
6 changing Section 2 as follows:
7 (20 ILCS 2905/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2)
8 Sec. 2. The Office shall have the following powers and
9 duties:
10 1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
11 been vested by law in the Department of State Police as the
12 successor of the Department of Public Safety, State Fire
13 Marshal, deputy State Fire Marshal, inspectors, officers and
14 employees of the State Fire Marshal, including arson
15 investigation.
16 2. To keep a record, as may be required by law, of all
17 fires occurring in the State, together with all facts,
18 statistics and circumstances, including the origin of fires.
19 3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
20 been vested in the Department of State Police by the "Boiler
21 and Pressure Vessel Safety Act", approved August 7, 1951, as
22 amended.
23 4. To administer the Illinois Fire Protection Training
24 Act.
25 5. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of the
26 training facilities and programs of the Illinois Fire Service
27 Institute.
28 6. To disburse Federal grants for fire protection
29 purposes to units of local government.
30 7. To pay to or in behalf of the City of Chicago for the
31 maintenance, expenses, facilities and structures directly
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1 incident to the Chicago Fire Department training program.
2 Such payments may be made either as reimbursements for
3 expenditures previously made by the City, or as payments at
4 the time the City has incurred an obligation which is then
5 due and payable for such expenditures. Payments for the
6 Chicago Fire Department training program shall be made only
7 for those expenditures which are not claimable by the City
8 under "An Act relating to fire protection training",
9 certified November 9, 1971, as amended.
10 8. To administer General Revenue Fund grants to areas
11 not located in a fire protection district or in a
12 municipality which provides fire protection services, to
13 defray the organizational expenses of forming a fire
14 protection district.
15 9. In cooperation with the Illinois Environmental
16 Protection Agency, to administer the Illinois Leaking
17 Underground Storage Tank program in accordance with Section 4
18 of this Act and Section 22.12 of the Environmental Protection
19 Act.
20 10. To expend state and federal funds as appropriated by
21 the General Assembly.
22 11. To provide technical assistance, to areas not
23 located in a fire protection district or in a municipality
24 which provides fire protection service, to form a fire
25 protection district, to join an existing district, or to
26 establish a municipal fire department, whichever is
27 applicable.
28 11-a. Subject to appropriations, to administer a program
29 to provide grants to municipalities that provide fire
30 protection service and to fire protection districts for the
31 purpose of purchasing thermal imaging cameras that enable
32 firefighters to see better while performing their duties.
33 The Office shall provide by rule for application procedures
34 and criteria for awarding the grants, including but not
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1 limited to a requirement that a municipality or fire
2 protection district pay one-half the cost of purchasing the
3 camera.
4 12. To exercise such other powers and duties as may be
5 vested in the Office by law.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-761.)
7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
8 July 1, 1998.