Full Text of SB1495 99th General Assembly
SB1495 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB1495 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Thomas Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 705/11 | from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31 | 225 ILCS 447/10-10 | |
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Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board may adopt ordinances regulating the supervision and monitoring of fire alarm systems maintained within the district. Allows the board to collect reasonable fees for fire alarm services that are provided to customers by the district itself or through a vendor approved by the board. Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. Exempts from the requirements of the Act a unit of local government or its employee that directly engages in fire alarm supervision and monitoring pursuant to an ordinance adopted under the Fire Protection District Act. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 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 by | 5 | | changing Section 11 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 705/11) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 31)
| 7 | | Sec. 11.
The board of trustees of any fire protection | 8 | | district
incorporated under this Act has the power and it is | 9 | | its legal duty and
obligation to provide as nearly adequate | 10 | | protection from fire for all
persons and property within the | 11 | | said district as possible and to
prescribe necessary | 12 | | regulations for the prevention and control of fire
therein. | 13 | | (a) The board of trustees may provide
and maintain life | 14 | | saving and rescue equipment, services and facilities,
| 15 | | including an emergency ambulance service.
| 16 | | (b) Except in cities having a population of 500,000 or more | 17 | | inhabitants and
except in municipalities in which fire | 18 | | prevention codes have been
adopted, the board of trustees has | 19 | | the express power to adopt and
enforce fire prevention codes | 20 | | and standards parallel to national
standards. | 21 | | (c) The board of trustees may adopt ordinances regulating | 22 | | the supervision and monitoring of fire alarm systems maintained | 23 | | within the district's boundaries. The board may collect |
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| 1 | | reasonable fees for fire alarm monitoring services that are | 2 | | provided to customers either directly by the district or | 3 | | through a vendor approved by the board.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1375.)
| 5 | | Section 10. The Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | 6 | | Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and
Locksmith Act of 2004 is | 7 | | amended by changing Section 10-10 as follows:
| 8 | | (225 ILCS 447/10-10)
| 9 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
| 10 | | Sec. 10-10. General exemptions. This Act does not apply to | 11 | | any of the following:
| 12 | | (1) A person, firm, or corporation engaging in fire | 13 | | protection
engineering,
including the design, testing, and | 14 | | inspection of fire protection systems.
| 15 | | (2) The practice of professional engineering as | 16 | | defined in the
Professional
Engineering Practice Act of | 17 | | 1989.
| 18 | | (3) The practice of structural engineering as defined | 19 | | in the Structural
Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
| 20 | | (4) The practice of architecture as defined in the | 21 | | Illinois Architecture
Practice Act of 1989.
| 22 | | (5) The activities of persons or firms licensed under | 23 | | the Illinois Public
Accounting Act if performed in the | 24 | | course of their professional practice.
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| 1 | | (6) An attorney licensed to practice in Illinois while | 2 | | engaging in
the practice of law.
| 3 | | (7) A person engaged exclusively and employed by a | 4 | | person, firm,
association, or corporation in the business | 5 | | of transporting persons or property
in
interstate commerce | 6 | | and making an investigation related to the business of that
| 7 | | employer. | 8 | | (8) A person who provides canine odor detection | 9 | | services to a unit of federal, State, or local government | 10 | | on an emergency call-out or volunteer and not-for-hire | 11 | | basis.
| 12 | | (9) Any unit of local government or employee of a unit | 13 | | of local government that directly engages in fire alarm | 14 | | supervision and monitoring as permitted under an ordinance | 15 | | adopted under Section 11 of the Fire Protection District | 16 | | Act. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 95-613, eff. 9-11-07 .)
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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