Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that rural fire protection districts shall be governed by an elected, rather than an appointed, board of trustees consisting of 5 members with 4-year terms. Provides guidelines for 7-member elected boards to transition to 5-member elected boards. Provides for the continuation of terms of trustees appointed or elected prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act, as well as for filling vacancies. Further provides for the election and terms of trustees elected after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides nomination requirements for trustees. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0945 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Sam Yingling [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-062	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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