Full Text of HB0610 94th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Fire Marshal Act is amended by | | 5 |
| changing Section 2.5 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2905/2.5)
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| Sec. 2.5. Equipment exchange program. | | 8 |
| (a) The Office shall
may create and maintain an
equipment | | 9 |
| exchange program under which fire departments, fire protection
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| districts, and township fire departments can donate or sell
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| equipment to, trade equipment with, or buy equipment from each | | 12 |
| other.
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| (b) Under this program, the Office shall maintain a website | | 14 |
| that allows fire departments, fire protection
districts, and | | 15 |
| township fire departments to post information and photographs | | 16 |
| about needed equipment and equipment that is available for | | 17 |
| trade, donation, or sale. This website must be separate from, | | 18 |
| and not a part of, the Office's main website; however, the | | 19 |
| Office must post a hyperlink on its main website that points to | | 20 |
| the website established under this subsection (b).
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| (c) The Office or a
A fire department, fire protection | | 22 |
| district, or township fire department that
donates, trades, or | | 23 |
| sells fire protection equipment to another fire department, | | 24 |
| fire protection
district, or township fire department under | | 25 |
| this Section
is
not liable for any damage or injury caused by | | 26 |
| the donated, traded, or sold fire protection
equipment, except | | 27 |
| for damage or injury caused by its
the donor's willful and | | 28 |
| wanton
misconduct,
if it
the donor discloses in writing to the | | 29 |
| recipient at the time of the
donation, trade, or sale any known | | 30 |
| damage to
or deficiencies in the equipment.
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| This Section does not relieve any fire department, fire | | 32 |
| protection district,
or
township fire department from |
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| liability, unless otherwise provided by law, for
any
damage or | | 2 |
| injury caused by donated, traded, or sold fire protection | | 3 |
| equipment that was received
through the equipment exchange | | 4 |
| program. | | 5 |
| (d) The Office must promote the program to encourage the | | 6 |
| efficient exchange of equipment among local government | | 7 |
| entities.
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| (e) The Office must implement the changes to the equipment | | 9 |
| exchange program required under this amendatory Act of the 94th | | 10 |
| General Assembly no later than July 1, 2006. | | 11 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-305, eff. 7-23-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 13 |
| becoming law.
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