101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3824

 

Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Cristina Castro

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2905/3  from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 3

    Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Corrects typographical errors and includes the Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators in the organizations from which ex officio members of the Illinois Fire Advisory Commission shall serve. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning fire safety.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by
5changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 2905/3)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 3)
7    Sec. 3. There is created the Illinois Fire Advisory
8Commission which shall advise the Office in the exercise of its
9powers and duties. The Commission shall be appointed by the
10Governor as follows:
11    3 professional, full-time fulltime paid firefighters;
12    one volunteer firefighter;
13    one Fire Protection Engineer who is registered in Illinois;
14    one person who is a representative of the fire insurance
15Fire Insurance industry in Illinois;
16    one person who is a representative of a registered United
17States Department of Labor apprenticeship program primarily
18instructing in the installation and repair of fire
19extinguishing systems;
20    one a licensed operating or stationary engineer who has an
21associate degree in facilities engineering technology and has
22knowledge of the operation and maintenance maintennce of fire
23alarm and fire extinguishing systems primarily for the life

 

 

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1safety of occupants in a variety of commercial or residential
2structures; and
3    3 persons with an interest in and knowledgeable about fire
4prevention methods.
5    In addition, the following shall serve as ex officio
6members of the Commission: the Chicago Fire Commissioner, or
7his or her designee; the executive officer, or his or her
8designee, of each of the following organizations: the Illinois
9Fire Chiefs Association, the Illinois Fire Protection District
10Association, the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association, the
11Illinois Professional Firefighters Association, the Illinois
12Firemen's Association, the Associated Firefighters of
13Illinois, the Illinois Society of Fire Service Instructors, the
14Illinois Chapter of the International Association of Arson
15Investigators, and the Fire Service Institute, University of
16Illinois.
17    The Governor shall designate, at the time of appointment, 3
18members to serve terms expiring on the third Monday in January,
191979; 3 members to serve terms expiring the third Monday in
20January, 1980; and 2 members to serve terms expiring the third
21Monday in January, 1981. The additional member appointed by the
22Governor pursuant to Public Act 85-718 this amendatory Act of
231987 shall serve for a term expiring the third Monday in
24January, 1990. Thereafter, all terms shall be for 3 years. A
25member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and
26qualified. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.

 

 

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1    The Governor shall designate one of the appointed members
2to be chairperson chairman of the Commission.
3    Members shall serve without compensation but shall be
4reimbursed for their actual reasonable expenses incurred in the
5performance of their duties.
6(Source: P.A. 101-234, eff. 8-9-19; revised 9-12-19.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.