Bill Text: IL HB2551 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall administer grants (currently, General Revenue Fund grants) to areas not located in a fire protection district or in a municipality which provides fire protection services, to defray the organizational expenses of forming a fire protection district. Amends the Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Medal of Honor Act. Provides that members of the Fire Fighting Medal of Honor Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from funds appropriated to the Office of the State Fire Marshal (currently, Office of the Governor) for such purpose. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 18-11)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0067 [HB2551 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB2551-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB2551 Introduced , by Rep. John Cavaletto SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2905/2 from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2
20 ILCS 3985/3001 from Ch. 127, par. 3853-1
Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall administer grants (currently, General Revenue Fund grants) to areas not located in a fire protection district or in a municipality which provides fire protection services, to defray the organizational expenses of forming a fire protection district. Amends the Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Medal of Honor Act. Provides that members of the Fire Fighting Medal of Honor Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from funds appropriated to the Office of the State Fire Marshal (currently, Office of the Governor) for such purpose. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by
changing Section 2 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2905/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 2)
Sec. 2. The Office shall have the following powers and
duties:
1. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
been vested by law in the Department of State Police as the
successor of the Department of Public Safety, State Fire
Marshal, inspectors, officers and employees of the State
Fire Marshal, including arson investigation. Arson
investigations conducted by the State Fire Marshal's
Office shall be conducted by State Fire Marshal Arson
Investigator Special Agents, who shall be peace officers as
provided in the Peace Officer Fire Investigation Act.
2. To keep a record, as may be required by law, of all
fires occurring in the State, together with all facts,
statistics and circumstances, including the origin of
fires.
3. To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
been vested in the Department of State Police by the

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"Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act", approved August 7,
1951, as amended.
4. To administer the Illinois Fire Protection Training
Act.
5. To aid in the establishment and maintenance of the
training facilities and programs of the Illinois Fire
Service Institute.
6. To disburse Federal grants for fire protection
purposes to units of local government.
7. To pay to or in behalf of the City of Chicago for
the maintenance, expenses, facilities and structures
directly incident to the Chicago Fire Department training
program. Such payments may be made either as reimbursements
for expenditures previously made by the City, or as
payments at the time the City has incurred an obligation
which is then due and payable for such expenditures.
Payments for the Chicago Fire Department training program
shall be made only for those expenditures which are not
claimable by the City under "An Act relating to fire
protection training", certified November 9, 1971, as
amended.
8. To administer General Revenue Fund grants to areas
not located in a fire protection district or in a
municipality which provides fire protection services, to
defray the organizational expenses of forming a fire
protection district.

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9. In cooperation with the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, to administer the Illinois Leaking
Underground Storage Tank program in accordance with
Section 4 of this Act and Section 22.12 of the
Environmental Protection Act.
10. To expend state and federal funds as appropriated
by the General Assembly.
11. To provide technical assistance, to areas not
located in a fire protection district or in a municipality
which provides fire protection service, to form a fire
protection district, to join an existing district, or to
establish a municipal fire department, whichever is
applicable.
12. To exercise such other powers and duties as may be
vested in the Office by law.
(Source: P.A. 94-178, eff. 1-1-06; 95-502, eff. 8-28-07.)
Section 10. The Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting Medal of
Honor Act is amended by changing Section 3001 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3985/3001) (from Ch. 127, par. 3853-1)
Sec. 3001. There is created the Fire Fighting Medal of
Honor Committee, referred to in this Article as the Committee.
The Committee shall consist of the State Fire Marshal, the
chief of the Chicago fire department and the following persons
appointed by the Governor: 3 fire chiefs from other than

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Chicago, 3 representatives of statewide fire fighter
organizations and 2 retired Illinois fire fighters. Of the
appointed members, the fire chiefs shall each serve a 2-year
term and the organization representatives and retired fire
fighters shall each serve a one-year term. The Governor shall
appoint initial members within 3 months of the effective date
of this Act.
Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation
but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties from funds appropriated to the
Office of the State Fire Marshal Office of the Governor for
such purpose.
(Source: P.A. 86-1230.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.