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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 adding | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 10-4-12 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (65 ILCS 5/10-4-12 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-4-12. Cessation of existing municipal fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | protection or advanced life support services operations.
If a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | city or village owns, operates, or maintains any fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | protection or advanced life support services facility, that | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | city or village may not cease the operation and maintenance of | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | these facilities unless the proposed cessation is first | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | submitted by referendum to the voters of the city or village as | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | provided by subsection (b) of Section 15 of the Fire Protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | District Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Section 10. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | changing Section 11b and by adding Section 15b as follows:
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18 | (70 ILCS 705/11b) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31b)
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19 | Sec. 11b.
In case any fire protection district organized | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | hereunder is
coterminous with or includes within its corporate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | limits in whole or in
part any city, village or incorporated |
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1 | town authorized to provide
protection from fire and to regulate | ||||||
2 | the prevention and control of fire
within such city, village or | ||||||
3 | incorporated town and to levy taxes for any
such purposes, then | ||||||
4 | such city, village or incorporated town shall not
exercise any | ||||||
5 | such powers as necessarily conflict with the powers to be
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6 | exercised by such district in respect to such fire protection | ||||||
7 | and
regulation within the fire protection district from and | ||||||
8 | after the date
that it receives written notice from the State | ||||||
9 | Fire Marshal
to cease or refrain from the operation of any fire
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10 | protection facilities and the exercise of such powers, which | ||||||
11 | notice
shall be given only after the State Fire Marshal
has | ||||||
12 | ascertained that the Fire Protection District has placed
its | ||||||
13 | fire protection facilities in operation. Such city, village or
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14 | incorporated town shall not thereafter own, operate, maintain, | ||||||
15 | manage,
control or have an interest in any fire protection | ||||||
16 | facilities located
within the corporate limits of the fire | ||||||
17 | protection district, except
water mains and hydrants and except | ||||||
18 | as otherwise provided in this Act. If a city or village owns, | ||||||
19 | operates, or maintains any fire protection or advanced life | ||||||
20 | support services facility that is located in whole or in part | ||||||
21 | within or adjacent to the corporate limits of a fire protection | ||||||
22 | district organized under this Act, that city or village shall | ||||||
23 | not cease the operation and maintenance of these facilities | ||||||
24 | unless the proposed cessation is first submitted by referendum | ||||||
25 | to the voters of the city or village as provided by subsection | ||||||
26 | (b) of Section 15 of the Fire Protection District Act. If any |
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1 | city or village owns, operates, or maintains any fire | ||||||
2 | protection facilities located within the corporate limits of a | ||||||
3 | fire protection district organized under this Act, that city or | ||||||
4 | village
The State Fire Marshal, upon request of the
Board of | ||||||
5 | Trustees of any Fire Protection District, shall ascertain
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6 | whether the District's fire protection facilities are in | ||||||
7 | operation so
that it may supersede the power of any city, | ||||||
8 | village or incorporated
town to operate fire protection | ||||||
9 | facilities within the boundaries of the
District. Where in case | ||||||
10 | any city, village or incorporated town is in
fact owning, | ||||||
11 | operating and maintaining fire protection facilities
located | ||||||
12 | within the corporate limits of a fire protection district
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13 | organized under this Act, such city, village or incorporated | ||||||
14 | town shall
be paid and reimbursed for its actual expenditures | ||||||
15 | and for all existing
obligations incurred, including all | ||||||
16 | pension and annuity plans applicable
to the maintenance of fire | ||||||
17 | protection facilities theretofore made in
establishing such | ||||||
18 | facilities and in acquiring, constructing, improving
or | ||||||
19 | developing any such existing facilities in the manner provided | ||||||
20 | for by
this Act. The terms of payment shall provide for | ||||||
21 | reimbursement in full
within not less than 20 years from the | ||||||
22 | date of such agreement.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 80-147.)
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24 | (70 ILCS 705/15b new) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 15b. Petition to cease operations; referendum; |
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1 | transfer. | ||||||
2 | (a) Any fire department organized under the provisions of | ||||||
3 | the Municipal Code may cease the operation and maintenance of | ||||||
4 | fire protection and advanced life support services, | ||||||
5 | operations, and facilities by submitting a referendum to the | ||||||
6 | voters served by the fire department proposing to either | ||||||
7 | consolidate its services, operations, and facilities with an | ||||||
8 | existing fire protection district or by organizing a new | ||||||
9 | district in accordance with the procedures set forth under this | ||||||
10 | Act. | ||||||
11 | If the proposition involves consolidation of exiting fire | ||||||
12 | protection districts, the question shall be in substantially | ||||||
13 | the following form: | ||||||
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15 | Shall the services, operations,
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16 | and facilities provided by (name of fire
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17 | department) be discontinued and its YES
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18 | services, operations, facilities, duties, --------------------
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19 | powers, assets, liabilities, obligations, and NO
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20 | responsibilities be assumed by (name of Fire
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21 | Protection District)?
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22 | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||
23 | If the proposition involves consolidation of exiting fire | ||||||
24 | protection districts, the question shall be in substantially | ||||||
25 | the following form: | ||||||
26 | -
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1 | Shall the services, operations,
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2 | and facilities provided by (name of YES
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3 | fire department) be discontinued and -------------------------
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4 | assumed by organizing a new fire NO
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5 | protection district named (name of new
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6 | fire protection district)?
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7 | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||
8 | If a majority of the votes cast on the question are in | ||||||
9 | favor of discontinuance, the court shall enter an order | ||||||
10 | discontinuing the fire department. On the date that the court | ||||||
11 | order is entered discontinuing the fire department, all the | ||||||
12 | services, operations, facilities, rights, powers, duties,
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13 | assets, property, liabilities, obligations, and
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14 | responsibilities of the fire department shall be transferred by | ||||||
15 | the corporate authorities of the municipality and, by operation | ||||||
16 | of law, vest
in and be assumed the fire protection district | ||||||
17 | designated by the referendum. | ||||||
18 | All employees of the dissolved fire department shall be | ||||||
19 | transferred to the fire protection district designated by the | ||||||
20 | referendum. The status and rights of such employees under the | ||||||
21 | Personnel Code shall not be affected by the transfer. The | ||||||
22 | rights of the employees and the State of Illinois and its | ||||||
23 | agencies under the Personnel Code and applicable collective | ||||||
24 | bargaining agreements or under any pension, retirement, or | ||||||
25 | annuity plan shall not be affected by this amendatory Act of | ||||||
26 | the 98th General Assembly. |
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1 | All books, records, papers, documents, property (real and | ||||||
2 | personal), contracts, causes of action, and pending business | ||||||
3 | pertaining to the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities | ||||||
4 | transferred by this amendatory Act of the 98th General | ||||||
5 | Assembly, including, but not limited to, material in electronic | ||||||
6 | or magnetic format and necessary computer hardware and | ||||||
7 | software, shall be transferred to the fire protection district | ||||||
8 | designated by the referendum.
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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