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| Public Act 095-0799 |
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 | ||||
changing Section 6 as follows:
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(70 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 26)
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Sec. 6. Board of trustees; powers.
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(a) The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for | ||||
the
district for which they are appointed, which board of | ||||
trustees is
declared to be the corporate authority of the fire | ||||
protection district,
and shall exercise all of the powers and | ||||
control all the affairs and
property of such district.
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The board of trustees at their initial
meeting and at their | ||||
first meeting following the commencement of the
term of any | ||||
trustee shall elect one of their number as president and one
of | ||||
their number as secretary and shall elect a treasurer for the
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district, who may be one of the trustees or may be any other | ||||
citizen of
the district and who shall hold office during the | ||||
pleasure of the board
and who shall give such bond as may be | ||||
required by the board.
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(b) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 16.01 through | ||||
16.18, the
board may appoint and enter into a multi-year | ||||
contract not exceeding 3 years
with a fire chief and may | ||||
appoint any firemen that may be necessary for the
district, who | ||
shall hold office during the pleasure of the board and who
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shall give any bond that the board may require. The board may | ||
prescribe the
duties and fix the compensation of all the | ||
officers and employees of the fire
protection district.
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(c) A member of the board of trustees of a
fire protection | ||
district may be compensated as follows: in a district
having | ||
fewer than 4 full time paid firemen, a sum not to exceed $1,000 | ||
per
annum; in a district having more than 3 but less than 10 | ||
full time paid
firemen, a sum not to exceed $1,500 per annum; | ||
in a district having
either 10 or more full time paid firemen, | ||
a sum not to exceed $2,000 per
annum. In addition, fire | ||
districts that operate an ambulance service
pursuant to | ||
authorization by referendum, as provided in Section 22, may
pay | ||
trustees an additional annual compensation not to exceed 50% of | ||
the
amount otherwise authorized herein. The additional | ||
compensation shall
be an administrative expense of the | ||
ambulance service and shall be paid
from revenues raised by the | ||
ambulance tax levy. In addition, any trustee of a fire | ||
protection district who completes a training program on fire | ||
protection district administration approved by the Office of | ||
the State Fire Marshal may receive additional compensation | ||
above the compensation otherwise provided in this Section. The | ||
additional compensation shall be equal to 50% of such other | ||
compensation. In order to continue to receive the additional | ||
compensation, the trustee must attend annual training approved | ||
by the Office of the State Fire Marshall on a continuing basis | ||
thereafter.
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(d) The trustees also have
the express power to execute a | ||
note or notes and to execute a mortgage
or trust deed to secure | ||
the payment of such note or notes; such trust
deed or mortgage | ||
shall cover real estate, or some part thereof, or personal
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property owned by the district and the lien of the mortgage | ||
shall apply to
the real estate or personal property so | ||
mortgaged by the district, and the
proceeds of the note or | ||
notes may be used in the acquisition of personal
property or of | ||
real estate or in the erection of improvements on such real
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estate.
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The trustees have express power to
purchase either real | ||
estate or personal property to be used for the
purposes of the | ||
fire protection district through contracts which provide
for | ||
the consideration for such purchase to be paid through | ||
installments
to be made at stated intervals during a certain | ||
period of time, but, in
no case, shall such contracts provide | ||
for the consideration to be paid
during a period of time in | ||
excess of 25 years.
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(e) The trustees have
express power to provide for the | ||
benefit of its employees, volunteer
firemen and paid firemen, | ||
group life, health, accident, hospital and
medical insurance, | ||
or any combination thereof; and to pay for all or any
portion | ||
of the premiums on such insurance. Such insurance may include
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provisions for employees who rely on treatment by spiritual | ||
means alone
through prayer for healing in accord with the | ||
tenets and practice of a
well recognized religious | ||
denomination.
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(f) To encourage continued service with the district, the | ||
board of
trustees has the express power to award monetary | ||
incentives, not to exceed
$240 per year, to volunteer | ||
firefighters of the district based on the length
of service. To | ||
be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters
must | ||
have at least 5 years of service with the district. The amount | ||
of the
incentives may not be greater than 2% of the annual levy | ||
amount when all
incentive awards are combined.
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(g) The board of trustees has express power to change the | ||
corporate
name of the fire protection district by ordinance,
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provided that
notification of any change is given to the | ||
circuit clerk and the Office
of the State Fire Marshal.
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(h) The board of trustees may impose reasonable civil | ||
penalties on
individuals who repeatedly cause false fire | ||
alarms.
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(i) The board of trustees has full power to pass all | ||
necessary
ordinances, and rules and regulations for the proper | ||
management and conduct
of the business of the board of trustees | ||
of the fire protection district for
carrying into effect the | ||
objects for which the district was formed.
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(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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