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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 Fire Investigation Act is amended by
5changing Sections 6, 6.1, 7, 8, 9, 9a, 9b, 9e, 9f, 12, 13, and
613.1 and by adding Sections 3, 8a, and 9g as follows:
 
7    (425 ILCS 25/3 new)
8    Sec. 3. Definitions. In this Act:
9    "Chief of the fire department" means the senior fire
10officer of a municipal fire department, volunteer fire
11department, or fire protection district.
12    "Local authority having jurisdiction" means a unit of local
13government or fire protection district located within the
14State.
15    "Local fire prevention and life safety standards" means the
16fire prevention and life safety standards adopted by a local
17authority having jurisdiction.
18    "Local officers" means the officers responsible for fire
19and building code enforcement within their unit of local
20government or fire protection district.
21    "Notice" means a notice of violation issued to an owner,
22occupant, or other person interested in a premises that
23identifies violations of the fire prevention and life safety

 

 

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1rules adopted by the Office.
2    "Office" means the Office of the Illinois State Fire
3Marshal and its officers, investigators, inspectors, and
4administrative employees.
5    "Order" means an administrative order issued to an owner,
6occupant, or other person interested in a premises that directs
7immediate compliance with the fire prevention and life safety
8rules adopted by the Office.
9    "Owner, occupant, or other person interested in the
10premises" means the owner, occupant, or other person with a
11legal interest in any building, structure, or the real property
12upon which the building or structure is situated.
13    "Premises" means any building or structure or the real
14property upon which the building or structure is situated.
15    "State Fire Marshal" means the Illinois State Fire Marshal
16or his or her designee.
 
17    (425 ILCS 25/6)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 6)
18    Sec. 6. Investigation and record of fires; Office of the
19State Fire Marshal.
20    (a) The chief of the fire department of every municipality
21in which a fire department is established and the fire chief of
22every legally organized fire protection district shall
23investigate the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire
24occurring in a such municipality or fire protection district,
25or in any area or on any property which is furnished fire

 

 

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1protection by the fire department of such municipality or fire
2protection district, by which property has been destroyed or
3damaged, and shall especially make investigation as to whether
4such fire was the result of carelessness or design. Such
5investigation shall be begun within two days, not including
6Sunday, of the occurrence of such fire, and the Office of the
7State Fire Marshal shall have the right to supervise and direct
8such investigation whenever it deems it expedient or necessary.
9The officer making investigation of fires occurring in cities,
10villages, towns, fire protection districts or townships shall
11forthwith notify the Office of the State Fire Marshal and shall
12by the 15th of the month following the occurrence of the fire,
13furnish to the Office a statement of all facts relating to the
14cause and origin of the fire, and such other information as may
15be called for in a format approved or on forms provided by the
16Office.
17    (b) In every case in which a fire is determined to be a
18contributing factor in a death, the coroner of the county where
19the death occurred shall report the death to the Office of the
20State Fire Marshal as provided in Section 3-3013 of the
21Counties Code.
22    (c) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall keep a
23record of all fires occurring in the State, together with all
24facts, statistics and circumstances, including the origin of
25the fires, which may be determined by the investigations
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1the public inspection, and such portions of it as the State
2Director of Insurance may deem necessary shall be transcribed
3and forwarded to him within fifteen days from the first of
4January of each year.
5    (d) In addition to the reporting of fires, the chief of the
6fire department shall furnish to the Office such other
7information as the State Fire Marshal deems of importance to
8the fire services.
9(Source: P.A. 95-224, eff. 1-1-08; 96-1059, eff. 7-14-10.)
 
10    (425 ILCS 25/6.1)
11    Sec. 6.1. Fire and hazardous material incident reporting
12rules Rules. The State Fire Marshal may adopt necessary rules
13for the administration of the reporting of fires, hazardous
14material incidents, and other incidents or events that the
15State Fire Marshal deems of importance to the fire services.
16The reporting of such information shall be based upon the
17nationally recognized standards of the United States Fire
18Administration's National Fire fire Incident Reporting System
19(NFIRS NIFRS).
20(Source: P.A. 95-224, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
21    (425 ILCS 25/7)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 7)
22    Sec. 7. Arson investigations; arrests; prosecution. The
23Office of the State Fire Marshal shall, when in its opinion
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1the testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognizant
2of any facts or to have means of knowledge in relation to the
3matter as to which an examination is herein required to be
4made, and shall cause the same to be reduced to writing; and if
5it shall be of the opinion that there is evidence sufficient to
6charge any person with the crime of arson, or with the attempt
7to commit the crime of arson, or of conspiracy to defraud, or
8criminal conduct in connection with such fire, it shall cause
9such person to be arrested and charged with such offense or
10either of them, and shall furnish to the proper prosecuting
11attorney all such evidence, together with the names of
12witnesses and all of the information obtained by it, including
13a copy of all pertinent and material testimony taken in the
14case.
15(Source: P.A. 80-147.)
 
16    (425 ILCS 25/8)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 8)
17    Sec. 8. Summons, oaths, and affirmations. The Office of the
18State Fire Marshal shall have power in any county in the State
19of Illinois to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses
20before it to testify in relation to any matter which is by the
21provision of this Act a subject of inquiry and investigation,
22and may require the production of any book, paper or other
23document it deems pertinent thereto, and it may require the
24prompt disclosure of the beneficiaries of any trust by the
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1all persons who have any direct or indirect interest in the
2trust or who derive any direct or indirect benefit therefrom,
3the disclosure of a principal by his nominee, and the
4disclosure by a corporation of each person who holds 5% or more
5of the shares of stock of the corporation. The Office is hereby
6authorized and empowered to administer oaths and affirmations
7to any persons appearing as witnesses before it, and false
8swearing in any manner or proceeding aforesaid is perjury and
9shall be punished as such. Any witness who refuses to be sworn,
10or who refuses to testify, or disclose any information sought
11by the Office to which it is entitled, or who disobeys any
12lawful order of the Office, or who fails or refuses to produce
13any book, paper or other document touching any matter under
14examination, or who is guilty of any contemptuous conduct after
15being summoned to appear before the Office to give testimony in
16relation to any matter or subject under investigation as
17aforesaid, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and it shall be
18the duty of the State Fire Marshal to make complaint against
19the person or persons so refusing to comply with the summons or
20order of the State Fire Marshal, before the circuit court in
21the county in which the investigation is being had, and upon
22the filing of such complaint, such cause shall proceed in the
23same manner as other criminal cases. The Office of the State
24Fire Marshal shall have the authority at all times of day or
25night in the performance of the duties imposed by the
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1or premises where any fire has occurred and other buildings and
2premises adjoining or near the same. All investigations held by
3or under the direction of the Office of the State Fire Marshal
4may, in its discretion, be private, and persons other than
5those required to be present by the provisions of this Act, may
6be excluded from the place where such investigation is held,
7and witnesses may be kept separate and apart from each other
8and not allowed to communicate with each other until they have
9been examined.
10(Source: P.A. 80-147.)
 
11    (425 ILCS 25/8a new)
12    Sec. 8a. Right of entry; examination of witnesses. The
13Office shall have the authority at all times of day or night in
14the performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this
15Act, to enter upon and examine any building or premises where
16any fire has occurred and other buildings and premises
17adjoining or near the same. All investigations held by or under
18the direction of the Office may, in its discretion, be private,
19and persons other than those required to be present by the
20provisions of this Act, may be excluded from the place where
21such investigation is held, and witnesses may be kept separate
22and apart from each other and not allowed to communicate with
23each other until they have been examined.
 
24    (425 ILCS 25/9)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 9)

 

 

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1    Sec. 9. Inspections, duties, rules, and enforcement. No
2person, being the owner, occupant, or other person interested
3in the premises lessee of any building or other structure which
4is so occupied or so situated as to endanger persons or
5property, shall permit such building or structure by reason of
6faulty construction, age, lack of proper repair, or any other
7cause to become especially liable to fire, or to become liable
8to cause injury or damage by collapsing or otherwise. No
9person, being the owner, occupant, or other person interested
10in the premises lessee of any building, or structure, shall
11keep or maintain or allow to be kept or maintained on such
12premises, combustible or explosive material or flammable
13inflammable conditions, which endanger the safety of said
14buildings or premises.
15    The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall adopt and
16promulgate such reasonable fire prevention and life safety
17rules as may be necessary to protect the public from the
18dangers specified in the preceding paragraph. Such rules shall
19require the installation, inspection or maintenance of
20necessary fire extinguishers, fire suppression systems,
21chemical fire suppression systems and fire alarm and protection
22devices. A copy of any rule adopted by the Office under this
23Act that is , certified by the State Fire Marshal shall be
24received in evidence in all courts of this State with the same
25effect as the original.
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1the duty of investigating fires or conducting fire prevention
2and life safety inspections shall enforce such rules, under the
3direction of the Office of the State Fire Marshal, except in
4those localities which have adopted fire prevention and life
5safety standards that have been determined by the Office to be
6equal to or higher than such rules adopted by the Office of the
7State Fire Marshal.
8    Subject to Section 9g, the The Office of the State Fire
9Marshal, and the officers of cities, villages, towns,
10townships, municipalities, and fire protection districts by
11this Act, charged with the duty of investigating fires or
12conducting fire prevention and life safety inspections under
13this Act fire, shall, under the direction of the Office of the
14State Fire Marshal, inspect and examine at reasonable hours,
15any premises, and the buildings and other structures thereon,
16and if, such dangerous condition or fire hazard is found to
17exist contrary to the rules herein referred to, or if a
18dangerous condition or fire hazard is found to exist as
19specified in the first paragraph of this Section, and the rules
20herein referred to are not applicable to such dangerous
21condition or fire hazard, shall identify order the dangerous
22condition removed or remedied, and shall so notify the owner,
23occupant, or other person interested in the premises. Service
24of the notice upon the owner, occupant, or other person
25interested in the premises interested person shall be in
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1mail. If no corrective action is taken by the owner, occupant,
2or other person interested in the premises to remove or remedy
3the dangerous condition or fire hazard within a reasonable
4time, as determined by the Office or the local authority having
5jurisdiction, an order shall be served upon the owner,
6occupant, or other person interested in the premises directing
7that the dangerous condition be removed or remedied
8immediately. Service of the order upon the owner, occupant, or
9other person interested in the premises shall be in person, by
10electronic transmission, or by registered or certified mail.
11    The amendatory Act of 1975 is not a limit on any home rule
12unit.
13(Source: P.A. 85-1434.)
 
14    (425 ILCS 25/9a)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 10)
15    Sec. 9a. Appeals and hearings. The owner, occupant, or
16other person interested in such building or premises, within 10
17days after receiving an order from the Office such notice, may
18appeal the order in writing from orders of deputies of the
19Office of the State Fire Marshal, to the Office of the State
20Fire Marshal. The Office shall thereupon conduct a hearing
21pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, as
22amended, and the administrative hearing rules adopted by the
23Office, and the State Fire Marshal shall either sustain, modify
24or revoke the order. If the order is sustained or modified, or
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1owner, or occupant, or other person interested in the premises
2to immediately comply with such order. The process for appeals
3of orders served upon an owner, occupant, or other person
4interested in the premises by a local authority having
5jurisdiction shall be according to local ordinance.
6(Source: P.A. 84-954.)
 
7    (425 ILCS 25/9b)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 11)
8    Sec. 9b. Administrative review. When an order to remove or
9remedy a dangerous condition or fire hazard has been modified
10or sustained by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, the
11owner, occupant, or other person interested in the premises
12person against whom the order has been entered may seek review
13in the circuit court of the county in which the property
14affected by the order is located, pursuant to the
15Administrative Review Law, as amended.
16(Source: P.A. 84-1308.)
 
17    (425 ILCS 25/9e)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 14)
18    Sec. 9e. Penalties; concurrent jurisdiction. A willful
19Wilful failure, neglect, or refusal to comply (1) with the
20order of the Office of the State Fire Marshal or other officers
21after it has become final by reason of failure to prosecute an
22appeal as provided by this Act, or (2) with the judgment of the
23circuit court sustaining or modifying the order of the Office
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1willful wilful failure, neglect, or refusal to comply with such
2order, each day's continuance is a separate offense.
3    The provisions of Sections 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d and 9e shall
4not be construed to affect or repeal any ordinances of any
5local authority having jurisdiction municipality relating to
6building inspection, fire limits, fire prevention, or safety
7standards, but the jurisdiction of the Office of the State Fire
8Marshal shall, in such local authorities having jurisdiction
9municipalities, be concurrent with that of the local municipal
10authorities having jurisdiction.
11(Source: P.A. 80-147.)
 
12    (425 ILCS 25/9f)
13    Sec. 9f. Duties owed to fire fighters. The owner or
14occupier of the premises and his or her agents owe fire
15fighters who are on the premises in the performance of their
16official duties conducting fire investigations or inspections
17or responding to fire alarms or actual fires on the premises a
18duty of reasonable care in the maintenance of the premises
19according to applicable fire safety codes, regulations,
20ordinances, and generally applicable safety standards,
21including any decisions by the Illinois courts. The owner or
22occupier of the premises and his or her agents are not relieved
23of the duty of reasonable care if the fire fighter is injured
24due to the lack of maintenance of the premises in the course of
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1investigation of the premises.
2    For purposes of this Section, the term "premises" means any
3building or structure or the real property upon which the
4building or structure is situated.
5    This Section applies to all causes of action that have
6accrued, will accrue, or are currently pending before a court
7of competent jurisdiction, including courts of review.
8(Source: P.A. 93-233, eff. 7-22-03.)
 
9    (425 ILCS 25/9g new)
10    Sec. 9g. Applicability within home rule units. The
11provisions of Sections 9, 9a, 9b, and 9e of this Act do not
12apply within the geographical boundaries of home rule units
13that have adopted fire prevention and life safety standards by
14local ordinance, except with respect to State-owned buildings
15or State licensed facilities. Nothing in this Act prohibits any
16home rule unit from voluntarily adopting, in their entirety,
17the fire prevention and life safety rules adopted by the Office
18and enforcing those rules concurrently with the Office. Nothing
19in this Act prohibits the Office from inspecting State-owned
20buildings or State licensed facilities that are located within
21the geographical boundaries of home rule units.
 
22    (425 ILCS 25/12)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 16)
23    Sec. 12. Insurance assessment. Every fire insurance
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1personal or business entity doing any form of fire insurance
2business in the State of Illinois, shall pay to the Department
3of Insurance in the month of March, such amount as may be
4assessed by the Department of Insurance, which may not exceed
51% of the gross fire, sprinkler leakage, riot, civil commotion,
6explosion and motor vehicle fire risk premium receipts of such
7company or other entity from such business done in the State of
8Illinois during the preceding year, and shall make an annual
9report or statement under oath to the Department specifying the
10amount of such premiums received during the preceding year. The
11Department of Insurance shall pay the money so received into
12the Fire Prevention Fund, to be used as specified in Section
1313.1 of this Act.
14(Source: P.A. 85-718.)
 
15    (425 ILCS 25/13)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 17)
16    Sec. 13. Insurance assessment penalties. Every company,
17firm, co-partnership, association or aggregation of
18individuals, or body of persons insuring each other, or their
19agents, representatives, or attorneys in fact, who shall refuse
20or neglect to comply with the requirements of Section 12 of
21this Act, is liable, in addition to the amount due, for such
22penalty and interest charges as are provided for under Section
23412 of the "Illinois Insurance Code". The Director through the
24Attorney General, may institute an action in the name of the
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1jurisdiction for the recovery of the amount of such taxes and
2penalties due, and prosecute the same to final judgment, and
3take such steps as are necessary to collect the same. If such
4violation is by a company, association, co-partnership or
5aggregation of individuals licensed to do business in the State
6of Illinois, such license may be revoked by the Department of
7Insurance.
8(Source: P.A. 83-43.)
 
9    (425 ILCS 25/13.1)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 17.1)
10    Sec. 13.1. Fire Prevention Fund.
11    (a) There shall be a special fund in the State Treasury
12known as the Fire Prevention Fund.
13    (b) The following moneys shall be deposited into the Fund:
14        (1) Moneys received by the Department of Insurance
15    under Section 12 of this Act.
16        (2) All fees and reimbursements received by the Office
17    of the State Fire Marshal.
18        (3) All receipts from boiler and pressure vessel
19    certification, as provided in Section 13 of the Boiler and
20    Pressure Vessel Safety Act.
21        (4) Such other moneys as may be provided by law.
22    (c) The moneys in the Fire Prevention Fund shall be used,
23subject to appropriation, for the following purposes:
24        (1) Of the moneys deposited into the fund under Section
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1    maintenance of the Illinois Fire Service Institute and the
2    expenses, facilities, and structures incident thereto, and
3    for making transfers into the General Obligation Bond
4    Retirement and Interest Fund for debt service requirements
5    on bonds issued by the State of Illinois after January 1,
6    1986 for the purpose of constructing a training facility
7    for use by the Institute. An additional 2.5% of the moneys
8    deposited into the Fire Prevention Fund shall be available
9    to the Illinois Fire Service Institute for support of the
10    Cornerstone Training Program.
11        (2) Of the moneys deposited into the Fund under Section
12    12 of this Act, 10% shall be available for the maintenance
13    of the Chicago Fire Department Training Program and the
14    expenses, facilities and structures incident thereto, in
15    addition to any moneys payable from the Fund to the City of
16    Chicago pursuant to the Illinois Fire Protection Training
17    Act.
18        (3) For making payments to local governmental agencies
19    and individuals pursuant to Section 10 of the Illinois Fire
20    Protection Training Act.
21        (4) For the maintenance and operation of the Office of
22    the State Fire Marshal, and the expenses incident thereto.
23        (4.5) For the maintenance, operation, and capital
24    expenses of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS).
25        (4.6) For grants awarded by the Small Fire-fighting and
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1    Section 2.7 of the State Fire Marshal Act.
2        (5) For any other purpose authorized by law.
3    (c-5) As soon as possible after April 8, 2008 (the
4effective date of Public Act 95-717) this amendatory Act of the
595th General Assembly, the Comptroller shall order the transfer
6and the Treasurer shall transfer $2,000,000 from the Fire
7Prevention Fund to the Fire Service and Small Equipment Fund,
8$9,000,000 from the Fire Prevention Fund to the Fire Truck
9Revolving Loan Fund, and $4,000,000 from the Fire Prevention
10Fund to the Ambulance Revolving Loan Fund. Beginning on July 1,
112008, each month, or as soon as practical thereafter, an amount
12equal to $2 from each fine received shall be transferred from
13the Fire Prevention Fund to the Fire Service and Small
14Equipment Fund, an amount equal to $1.50 from each fine
15received shall be transferred from the Fire Prevention Fund to
16the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Fund, and an amount equal to $4
17from each fine received shall be transferred from the Fire
18Prevention Fund to the Ambulance Revolving Loan Fund. These
19moneys shall be transferred from the moneys deposited into the
20Fire Prevention Fund pursuant to Public Act 95-154, together
21with not more than 25% of any unspent appropriations from the
22prior fiscal year. These moneys may be allocated to the Fire
23Truck Revolving Loan Fund, Ambulance Revolving Loan Fund, and
24Fire Service and Small Equipment Fund at the discretion of the
25Office of the State Fire Marshal for the purpose of
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1    (d) Any portion of the Fire Prevention Fund remaining
2unexpended at the end of any fiscal year which is not needed
3for the maintenance and expenses of the Office of the State
4Fire Marshal or the maintenance and expenses of the Illinois
5Fire Service Institute, shall remain in the Fire Prevention
6Fund for the exclusive and restricted uses provided in
7subsections (c) and (c-5) of this Section.
8    (e) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall keep on file
9an itemized statement of all expenses incurred which are
10payable from the Fund, other than expenses incurred by the
11Illinois Fire Service Institute, and shall approve all vouchers
12issued therefor before they are submitted to the State
13Comptroller for payment. Such vouchers shall be allowed and
14paid in the same manner as other claims against the State.
15(Source: P.A. 96-286, eff. 8-11-09; 96-1176, eff. 7-22-10;
1697-114, eff. 1-1-12; 97-901, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
17    (425 ILCS 25/10 rep.)
18    Section 10. The Fire Investigation Act is amended by
19repealing Section 10.
 
20    Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
21severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.