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92_HB3778
LRB9209480JMtm
1 AN ACT concerning municipalities.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 11-37-2 as follows:
6 (65 ILCS 5/11-37-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-2)
7 Sec. 11-37-2. Any municipality by ordinance may regulate
8 the installation, alteration, and use of all electrical
9 equipment as provided in this Division 37 and may establish
10 an electrical inspection department for this regulation.
11 Each municipality which establishes such an electrical
12 inspection department shall also establish an electrical
13 commission, consisting of the following 6 members as follows:
14 The superintendent of electricity or the chief electrical
15 inspector of the municipality shall be a member and ex
16 officio chairman of the commission; there shall be (i) of the
17 other 5 members, one shall be a registered professional
18 engineer, one an electrical contractor, and one a journeyman
19 electrician or (ii) a professional engineering consultant;
20 there shall be, one a representative of an inspection bureau
21 maintained by the fire underwriters, if such a representative
22 resides in the municipality, and if no such representative
23 resides in the municipality then the chief of the fire
24 department; and there shall be a, and one representative of
25 an electricity supply company. If there is no person residing
26 in the municipality who is qualified under any one of these
27 descriptions, the mayor or president of the municipality may
28 appoint some other person to fill that position. All members
29 of the electrical commission shall be appointed by the mayor
30 or president of the municipality with the advice and consent
31 of the corporate authorities.
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1 (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2216.)