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91_SB1430
LRB9110784REdv
1 AN ACT concerning fire protection districts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended
5 by adding Section 25.4 as follows:
6 (70 ILCS 705/25.4 new)
7 Sec. 25.4. Ordinance violations; penalties.
8 (a) The board of trustees of any fire protection
9 district incorporated under this Act may, in connection with
10 the passage by the board of trustees of any ordinance
11 authorized by this Act or other law, make a violation of the
12 ordinance a petty offense punishable by the imposition of a
13 civil fine not to exceed $750.
14 (b) The board of trustees of any fire protection
15 district may, in connection with the passage by the board of
16 trustees of any ordinance authorized by this Act or other
17 law, make a violation of the ordinance a misdemeanor
18 punishable by incarceration in a penal institution other than
19 the penitentiary not to exceed 6 months. The fire protection
20 district is authorized to prosecute violations of penal
21 ordinances enacted under the authority of this subsection as
22 criminal offenses by its corporate attorney in the circuit
23 court by an information or by a sworn complaint charging the
24 offense. The prosecution must conform to the rules of
25 criminal procedure. To convict, the district must establish
26 the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.
27 (c) The penalty imposed for violation of an ordinance
28 authorized by this Act or other law and adopted by the board
29 of trustees of a fire protection district incorporated under
30 this Act may include, or consist of, a requirement that the
31 defendant perform some reasonable public service work.