Bill Text: IL HB2778 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. Provides that if a property owner of an unprotected area refuses a request for annexation for fire protection, the State Fire Marshal shall assign the unprotected area coverage. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that in order to obtain property insurance for property located in an unincorporated area of a county, the owner of the property must submit verification that the property has fire protection coverage by a fire protection jurisdiction. Effective January 1, 2018.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0547 [HB2778 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB2778-Chaptered.html
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Public Act 100-0547 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | ||||
adding Section 3.3 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 705/3.3 new) | ||||
Sec. 3.3. Annexation of covered areas. A fire protection | ||||
district may annex into its jurisdiction property for which the | ||||
district is providing coverage under Section 10.2 of the | ||||
Emergency Telephone System Act by adoption of an ordinance | ||||
annexing the property. In addition to the required public | ||||
notifications prior to an ordinance adoption, the fire | ||||
protection district shall give notice by U.S. certified mail at | ||||
least 20 days prior to the hearing to the property owner or | ||||
owners of the time and place of the hearing and a copy of the | ||||
proposed ordinance. At the hearing, all persons having an | ||||
interest in the matter shall have an opportunity to be heard. | ||||
Following adoption of the annexation ordinance, a certified | ||||
copy of the annexation ordinance shall be transmitted by the | ||||
secretary of the district to each of the following: the county | ||||
clerk of the county in which the property is located; the | ||||
Office of the State Fire Marshal; and the owner or owners of | ||||
the property or properties annexed by the ordinance. On the |
date specified in the annexation ordinance, the property or | ||
properties shall become an integral part of the fire protection | ||
district and subject to all of the benefits of service and | ||
responsibilities of the district.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||
1, 2018.
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