House Sponsors: SLONE-BOLAND-SMITH,MICHAEL, BELLOCK AND LYONS,EILEEN. Senate Sponsors: KARPIEL Short description: FIRE PROTECT DIST-OPEN BURNING Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Allows a fire protection district to regulate open burning within the district. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything. Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Allows a fire protection district to adopt an ordinance regulating open burning in the district. Provides that the fire protection district may require notice of an open burn, but may not require a permit for an open burn. Provides that an open burning ordinance must be consistent with the Department of Natural Resources' standards for controlled burns. Provides that an open burning ordinance may not be enforced by the district in a municipality with a population of 1,000,000 or more. Provides that persons setting an open burn on agricultural land may voluntarily comply with the ordinance and the Department of Natural Resources' standards. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Deletes everything. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended with changes. Deletes language providing the persons setting an open burn on agricultural land may voluntarily comply with the Department of Natural Resources' standards. Allows the fire department of a fire protection district to extinguish certain open burns. STATE MANDATES NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) In the opinion of DCCA, HB 1081 (H-am 1) does not create a State mandate under the State Mandates Act. HOME RULE NOTE, H-AM 1 (Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) HB 1081 (H-am 1) does not relate to the powers and duties of a home rule unit of local government, nor does it pre-empt home rule authority. FISCAL NOTE, H-AM 1 (State Fire Marshal) HB 1081 (H-am 1) requires no expenditure of State funds. Additionally, there is no impact on State revenue. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 5. Further amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a fire protection district may regulate open burning for the purpose of preventing and controlling unreasonable fire risk (instead of preventing and controlling fire). Provides that a fire protection district shall not (instead of may not) require a permit for open burning. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that, in addition to a municipality with a population with 1,000,000 or more, a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more is exempt from any fire protection district's ordinance to regulate open burning. Provides that a fire protection district may, by ordinance, require that the district be notified of open burning within the district before it takes place (instead of authorizing a fire protection district to, by ordinance, regulate open burning within the district for the purpose of preventing and controlling unreasonable fire risk). Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0762 Last action date: AUG-06-2002 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status