HB5197 EngrossedLRB100 19037 AWJ 34291 b

1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-10-2 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-10-2)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-10-2)
7    Sec. 11-10-2. A department foreign fire insurance board
8shall be created within the fire department of each
9municipality with fewer than 500,000 inhabitants that has an
10organized fire department. The board shall consist of 7
11trustees; the fire chief, who shall hold office by virtue of
12rank, and 6 members, who shall be elected at large by the sworn
13members of the department. If there is an insufficient number
14of candidates to fill all these positions, the number of board
15members may be reduced, but not to fewer than 3 trustees. All
16members of the department shall be eligible to be elected as
17officers of the department foreign fire insurance board. The
18members of this board shall annually elect officers. These
19officers shall be a chairman and a treasurer. The trustees of
20the department foreign fire insurance board shall make all
21needful rules and regulations with respect to the department
22foreign fire insurance board and the management of the money to
23be appropriated to the board. The officers of the department

 

 

HB5197 Engrossed- 2 -LRB100 19037 AWJ 34291 b

1foreign fire insurance board shall develop and maintain a
2listing of those items that the board feels are appropriate
3expenditures under this Act. The treasurer of the department
4foreign fire insurance board shall give a sufficient bond to
5the municipality in which the fire department is organized.
6This bond shall be approved by the mayor or president, as the
7case may be, conditioned upon the faithful performance by the
8treasurer of his or her duties under the ordinance and the
9rules and regulations provided for in this section. The
10treasurer of the department foreign fire insurance board shall
11receive the appropriated money and shall pay out the money upon
12the order of the department foreign fire insurance board for
13the maintenance, use, and benefit of the department. As part of
14the annual municipal audit, these funds shall be audited to
15verify that the funds have been expended by that board only for
16the maintenance, use, and benefit of the department.
17    The provisions of this Section shall be the exclusive power
18of the State, pursuant to subsection (h) of Section 6 of
19Article VII of the Constitution.
20(Source: P.A. 95-807, eff. 8-12-08; 96-505, eff. 8-14-09.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.