70 ILCS 715/0.01
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 715 — Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act.
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Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: "Unprotected area" means any part of an unincorporated area of a county, which is not part of a fire protection jurisdiction, or which does not have available on voluntary or contractual basis a source of fire protection coverage. "Fire Marshal" means the State Fire Marshal. "Fire Prot…
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Fire protection
Fire protection. After December 31, 1975, all unprotected areas of unincorporated portions of counties shall be eligible for assignment by the Fire Marshal of fire protection coverage from a fire protection jurisdiction. (Source: P.A. 96-1177, eff. 7-22-10.)
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Request for coverage
Request for coverage. Upon written request to the Fire Marshal, from registered voters or property owners of an unprotected area, the Fire Marshal is authorized to contact with all practicable speed fire protection jurisdictions near such unprotected area, to seek to arrange for fire protection coverage from a fire pro…
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Assignment of coverage; payment
Assignment of coverage; payment. (a) If unable to arrange or negotiate successfully for fire protection coverage on a fee basis to the unprotected area within a reasonable period of time, the Fire Marshal may assign a source of fire protection coverage to the unprotected area from a nearby fire protection jurisdiction.…
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Term of coverage
Term of coverage. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, an assignment under this Act shall be in force for 2 years. After such time no part of the area shall be eligible for another assignment. A person that has been assigned fire protection coverage services pursuant to this Act may petition the corporate auth…
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Priorities of assigned fire protection jurisdiction
Priorities of assigned fire protection jurisdiction. The provisions of this statute, as provided in Section 4, shall in no way supersede the responsibility of the assigned fire protection jurisdiction to respond to calls for fire protection coverage within their own jurisdiction, or under prior contractual agreements,…
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Exemptions from provisions of this Act
Exemptions from provisions of this Act. (a) Where a designated or assigned fire protection jurisdiction can show cause, to the satisfaction of the Fire Marshal, that assignment to provide fire protection coverage to an unprotected area would raise the Insurance Service Office rating classification of the jurisdiction t…
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Nothing in this Act limits an area from forming its own fire protection district or annexing to a fire protection district according to the laws of Illinois
Nothing in this Act limits an area from forming its own fire protection district or annexing to a fire protection district according to the laws of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 79-1054.)