(70 ILCS 705/16.01) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.01)
Sec. 16.01.
Every fire protection district having a fire department of which
any officers or members are full time, paid members shall be subject to
Sections 16.01 to 16.18, inclusive. In every such fire protection district the
board of trustees may appoint a board of fire commissioners. This board
shall consist of 3 members, whose terms of office shall be 3 years and
until their respective successors are appointed and have qualified, except
as provided in Section 16.02. No member of a board of trustees of any
fire protection district shall be appointed to any board of fire
commissioners. The Board of Trustees of any fire protection district
having a fire department of which 12 or more are full time, paid members
shall appoint a separate board of fire commissioners pursuant to Section
16.02 for the purpose of administering the provisions of Sections 16.01 to
16.18, inclusive. The board of trustees of any fire protection district
which is subject to Sections 16.01 to 16.18, inclusive, but which does not
have a board of fire commissioners, shall perform the duties and have the
powers of boards of fire commissioners as set forth in those Sections.
The provisions of Sections 16.01 through 16.18, inclusive, shall apply
only to full time, paid members of a fire protection district fire department.
Unless inconsistent with this Act, the provisions of Division 2.1 of
Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal Code shall apply, to the extent that
they may be made applicable, to fire protection districts subject to
Sections 16.01 to 16.18, inclusive.
(Source: P.A. 86-562.)
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