Bill Text: IL HB4073 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Provides that, if a vacancy occurred prior to May 27, 2022 and that vacancy has not been filled by the trustees before the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the State Librarian shall fill the vacancy within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act (currently, if the State Librarian fails to fill the vacancy within the 60 days after the trustees have failed to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled at the next regularly scheduled election). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-12-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1107 [HB4073 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4073-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Provides that, if a vacancy occurred prior to May 27, 2022 and that vacancy has not been filled by the trustees before the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the State Librarian shall fill the vacancy within 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act (currently, if the State Librarian fails to fill the vacancy within the 60 days after the trustees have failed to fill the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled at the next regularly scheduled election). Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-12-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1107 [HB4073 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4073-Introduced.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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Battery-Charged Fence Alarm Act.
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6 | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | "Alarm system" has the meaning given to that term in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Section 5-10 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | "Battery-charged fence alarm" means an alarm system and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ancillary components or equipment attached to such a system, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | including, but not limited to, a fence that is connected to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | battery-operated energizer which is intended to periodically | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | deliver voltage impulses to the fence and battery charging | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | device used exclusively to charge the battery.
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16 | Section 10. Regulation of battery-charged fence alarms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | county may not:
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19 | (1) require a permit or fee for the installation or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | use of a battery-charged fence alarm that is in addition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | to an alarm system permit issued by the municipality or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | county; |
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1 | (2) impose installation or operational requirements | ||||||
2 | for a battery-charged fence alarm other than the following | ||||||
3 | requirements: | ||||||
4 | (A) interfaces with a monitored alarm device in a | ||||||
5 | manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a | ||||||
6 | signal intended to summon a business or law | ||||||
7 | enforcement agency in response to an intrusion or | ||||||
8 | burglary; | ||||||
9 | (B) is located on property that is not designated | ||||||
10 | by a municipality or county exclusively for | ||||||
11 | residential use; | ||||||
12 | (C) has an energizer that is driven by a | ||||||
13 | commercial storage battery that is not more than 12 | ||||||
14 | volts of direct current; | ||||||
15 | (D) produces an electric charge on contact that | ||||||
16 | does not exceed energizer characteristics set for | ||||||
17 | electric fence energizers by the International | ||||||
18 | Electrotechnical Commission Standard 60335.2.76, | ||||||
19 | Current Edition; | ||||||
20 | (E) is completely surrounded by a non-electric | ||||||
21 | perimeter fence or wall that is not less than 5 feet in | ||||||
22 | height; | ||||||
23 | (F) is not more than the higher of: | ||||||
24 | (i) ten feet in height, or | ||||||
25 | (ii) two feet higher than the height of the | ||||||
26 | non-electric perimeter fence or wall; and |
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1 | (G) is marked with conspicuous warning signs that | ||||||
2 | are located on the battery-charged fence at not more | ||||||
3 | than 40-foot intervals and that reads: | ||||||
4 | "WARNING—ELECTRIC FENCE"; or | ||||||
5 | (3) prohibit the installation or use of a | ||||||
6 | battery-charged fence alarm.
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7 | Section 15. Home Rule. A home rule unit may not regulate | ||||||
8 | battery-charged fence alarms in a manner inconsistent with | ||||||
9 | this Act. This Act is a limitation under subsection (i) of | ||||||
10 | Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the | ||||||
11 | concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions | ||||||
12 | exercised by the State.
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