Bill Text: IL HB0587 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a fire department foreign fire insurance board in a municipality with fewer than 500,000 (now, 250,000) inhabitants shall have 7 trustees, including the fire chief and 6 members of the fire department (now, the board is established by ordinances of the corporate authorities). Provides for an annual election of board officers. Provides that the annual municipal audit shall include funds appropriated to the board and shall determine whether the funds have been expended by the board only for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the department. Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that in each fire protection district that has an organized fire department there shall be a foreign fire insurance board. Provides that the board shall have 7 trustees, including the fire chief and 6 members of the fire department. Provides that officers shall be elected annually. Authorizes the board to make rules. Provides that the treasurer must give a bond to the board. Provides that the board shall develop and maintain a list of items that are appropriate expenditures. Provides that the annual fire protection district audit shall include funds appropriated to the board and shall determine whether the funds have been expended by the board only for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the department. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0505 [HB0587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0587-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a fire department foreign fire insurance board in a municipality with fewer than 500,000 (now, 250,000) inhabitants shall have 7 trustees, including the fire chief and 6 members of the fire department (now, the board is established by ordinances of the corporate authorities). Provides for an annual election of board officers. Provides that the annual municipal audit shall include funds appropriated to the board and shall determine whether the funds have been expended by the board only for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the department. Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that in each fire protection district that has an organized fire department there shall be a foreign fire insurance board. Provides that the board shall have 7 trustees, including the fire chief and 6 members of the fire department. Provides that officers shall be elected annually. Authorizes the board to make rules. Provides that the treasurer must give a bond to the board. Provides that the board shall develop and maintain a list of items that are appropriate expenditures. Provides that the annual fire protection district audit shall include funds appropriated to the board and shall determine whether the funds have been expended by the board only for the maintenance, use, and benefit of the department. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0505 [HB0587 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0587-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 11-10-2 as follows:
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6 | (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)
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7 | 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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1 | 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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7 | 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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12 | 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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22 | The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive power | ||||||
23 | of the
State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of | ||||||
24 | Article VII of the
Constitution.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 95-807, eff. 8-12-08.)
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1 | Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||||
2 | adding Section 11i as follows:
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3 | (70 ILCS 705/11i new)
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4 | 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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1 | 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.
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22 | Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | ||||||
23 | Section 8.33 as follows:
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24 | (30 ILCS 805/8.33 new) |
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1 | 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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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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