Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 705 — Fire Protection District Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fire Protection District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination that in order to promote and protect the health, safety, welfare and convenience of the public, it is necessary in the public interest to provide for the creation of municipal corporations known as fire protection districts and to confer upon and vest in th…

Where an election has been held to organize any territory as a Fire Protection District under this Act, at which election a majority of the votes cast in the territory proposed to be organized was against the organization of a Fire Protection District, or in case a city, village or incorporated town is in the territory…

When an election is held to organize a fire protection district and the proposition fails, and the proposed district is wholly included in, or is coterminous with, a municipality, the cost of conducting the election shall be paid by the municipality. Where the proposed fire protection district being voted upon in an el…

Whenever a proposition or public question is required to be submitted, pursuant to this Act, for approval or rejection by the electors at an election, the time and manner of conducting such referendum shall be in accordance with the general election law of the State. (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)

Whenever a county clerk or other election authority places upon a ballot the question of creating or altering a fire protection district, such clerk or other election authority shall notify the Office of the State Fire Marshal that such a proposition is to be put before the electorate. Such notice shall be sent to the…

The Office of the State Fire Marshal may distribute grants to groups of registered voters to defray the expenses of organizing a new fire protection district

The Office of the State Fire Marshal may distribute grants to groups of registered voters to defray the expenses of organizing a new fire protection district. Such grants shall not exceed $500 to any group or area. Where an area has obtained such a grant, the area, or any part of it, shall not be eligible for another s…

All courts in this State shall take judicial notice of the existence of all fire protection districts organized under this Act and every such district shall constitute a body corporate and as such may sue or be sued in all courts. (Source: P.A. 83-345.)

Additional contiguous territory having the qualifications set forth in Section 1 may be added to any fire protection district as provided for in this Act in the manner following: (a) One percent or more of the legal voters resident within the limits of the proposed addition to the fire protection district may petition…

Annexation under a comprehensive county fire protection plan

Annexation under a comprehensive county fire protection plan. (a) Additional contiguous territory having the qualifications set forth in Section 1 and in this Section may be added to a fire protection district as provided in this Section, but only if the ISO rating of the district will not be adversely affected by addi…

Annexation of surrounded unincorporated territory under 60 acres

Annexation of surrounded unincorporated territory under 60 acres. (a) Unincorporated territory containing 60 acres or less that is wholly bounded by (i) one or more fire protection districts, (ii) one or more fire protection districts and one or more municipalities that provide fire protection services within those mun…

Annexation of covered areas

Annexation of covered areas. A fire protection district may annex into its jurisdiction property for which the district is providing coverage under Section 10.2 of the Emergency Telephone System Act by adoption of an ordinance annexing the property. In addition to the required public notifications prior to an ordinance…

Trustees; conflict of interest; violations

Trustees; conflict of interest; violations. (a) A board of trustees consisting of 3 members for the government and control of the affairs and business of a fire protection district incorporated under this Act shall be created in the following manner: (1) If the district lies wholly within a single township but does not…

Five-member boards

Five-member boards. (a) Any appointed board of trustees of a fire protection district may provide for the establishment of a 5-member board of trustees by adopting an ordinance to that effect. An appointed board of trustees shall also be increased to a 5-member board upon the adoption of a proposition to increase the b…

In a district governed by an elected or appointed 5-member board, upon presentation of a petition, signed by not less than 5% of the electors of the district governed by the board, requesting that a proposition to increase the board of trustees to a 7-member board be submitted to the electors of the district, the secre…

Elected 5-member board

Elected 5-member board. (a) Any elected board of trustees of a fire protection district may provide for the establishment of a 5-member board of trustees by adopting an ordinance to that effect. If an ordinance is adopted to establish a 5-member board, then 2 trustees shall be elected at the next consolidated election…

Change from a 7-member board to a 5-member or 3-member board

Change from a 7-member board to a 5-member or 3-member board. In a district governed by an elected or appointed 7-member board, upon presentation of a petition, signed by not less than 5% of the electors of the district governed by the board, requesting that a proposition to decrease the board of trustees to a 5-member…

Change to elected board of trustees; petition; election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees

Change to elected board of trustees; petition; election; ballot; nomination and election of trustees. Any fire protection district organized under this Act may determine, in either manner provided in the following items (1) and (2) of this Section, to have an elected, rather than an appointed, board of trustees. (1) If…

Any fire protection district, that has determined to have an elected rather than an appointed board of trustees pursuant to Section 4a, may, in the manner provided in this Section, revert to an appointed board of trustees. Upon presentation to the board of trustees of a petition, signed by not less than 10% of the elec…

Whenever a member of an elected board of trustees of a fire protection district ceases to be an inhabitant of the district, his or her office shall become immediately vacant

Whenever a member of an elected board of trustees of a fire protection district ceases to be an inhabitant of the district, his or her office shall become immediately vacant. Whenever a vacancy in the board of trustees occurs, either by death, resignation, refusal to qualify, ceasing to be an inhabitant of the district…

Board of trustees; powers

Board of trustees; powers. (a) The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for the district for which they are appointed, which board of trustees is declared to be the corporate authority of the fire protection district, and shall exercise all of the powers and control all the affairs and property of such distric…

When an audit is required under the Governmental Account Audit Act, the trustees of the Fire Protection District created under this Act shall employ a person licensed to practice public accounting under the laws of this State to annually audit the district's financial statements of all accounts, funds, and other moneys…

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)

Health insurance; joint mental health therapy services

Health insurance; joint mental health therapy services. If a fire protection district is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for officers and members of the fire department, the insurance coverage shall include joint mental health therapy services for any officer or member of the fire dep…

Mental health counseling

Mental health counseling. (a) As used in this Section: "First responders" means firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, as that term is defined in Section 3.5 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, dispatched pursuant to a 9-1-1 call, emergency medical dispatchers, as that term is defined in S…