Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 705/14.08) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.08) Sec. 14.08. In case any district consolidated into a consolidated district has bonds or notes outstanding which are a lien on funds on hand in the treasury at the time of consolidation, such lien shall be unimpaired by such conso…

(70 ILCS 705/14.09) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.09) Sec. 14.09. The consolidation of any district into a consolidated district shall not affect the obligation of any contract entered into by the district consolidated into the consolidated district. Such contracts shall be taken ov…

(70 ILCS 705/14.10) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.10) Sec. 14.10. Consolidation not to interfere with tax collection. The consolidation of the districts shall not adversely affect proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax but the said proceedings shall proceed to a fi…

(70 ILCS 705/14.11) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.11) Sec. 14.11. All suits pending in any court on behalf of or against any district, when the district is consolidated into a consolidated district, may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the consolidated district. All judgment…

(70 ILCS 705/14.12) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.12) Sec. 14.12. The title to all property of a district consolidated into a consolidated district is transferred to the consolidated district and is vested therein, to be held, however, for the same purposes and uses, and subject to …

(70 ILCS 705/14.13) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.13) Sec. 14.13. All firemen lawfully in the employment of any district consolidated into a consolidated district shall become members of the fire department of the consolidated district. (Source: Laws 1957, p. 626.)

(70 ILCS 705/14.14) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 34.14) Sec. 14.14. (a) In a county having a population of between 500,000 and 750,000, territory within the boundaries of a non-home rule municipality that receives fire protection services from more than a single fire protection distri…

(70 ILCS 705/15) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 35) Sec. 15. Whenever any property within a fire protection district, organized under this Act, does not have the territorial qualifications described in Section 1 of this Act, or is not reasonably protected by the district from the hazard…

(70 ILCS 705/15a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 36) Sec. 15a. Any fire protection district organized under the provisions of this Act may be dissolved and discontinued upon like petition, hearing and election as is provided in this Act for the organization of such district, except that…

(70 ILCS 705/15b) Sec. 15b. Petition to cease operations; referendum. (a) Any local unit of government serving 500 or more residents operating a fire department organized under the provisions of the Municipal Code may cease the operation and maintenance of the fire department or …

(70 ILCS 705/15c) Sec. 15c. Disconnection of fire protection district territory within a home rule municipality. Whenever any property within a fire protection district is located in a home rule municipality that provides fire service to at least 80% of the territory within the m…

(70 ILCS 705/15d) Sec. 15d. Disconnection of fire protection district territory by a municipality; economic impact analysis. (a) As used in this Section, "economic impact analysis" means a written report concerning the effect of a municipality's disconnection of territory located…

(70 ILCS 705/15e) Sec. 15e. Dissolution of Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District. (a) The Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District shall be dissolved by operation of law effective immediately upon the occurrence of all the conditions set forth in subsection (c). (b) The presid…

(70 ILCS 705/16) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37) Sec. 16. In order to facilitate circumstances in which fire protection may be materially improved by adjustment of jurisdictional boundaries of adjoining fire protection districts without impairing the overall provision of fire protect…

(70 ILCS 705/16.01) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.01) Sec. 16.01. Every fire protection district having a fire department of which any officers or members are full time, paid members shall be subject to Sections 16.01 to 16.18, inclusive. In every such fire protection district the b…

(70 ILCS 705/16.02) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.02) Sec. 16.02. Within thirty days after Sections 16.01 to 16.18, inclusive, become effective in a fire protection district, the Board of Trustees of a fire protection district having 12 or more full time paid members shall appoint t…

(70 ILCS 705/16.03) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.03) Sec. 16.03. Appointed members of a board of fire commissioners shall possess the qualifications required of other officers of the fire protection district and by Section 16.02 of this Act, shall take oath, or affirmation, of offi…

(70 ILCS 705/16.04a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.04a) Sec. 16.04a. The board of fire commissioners shall appoint all officers and members of the fire departments of the district, except the Chief of the fire department. The board of trustees shall appoint the Chief of the fire dep…

(70 ILCS 705/16.04b) Sec. 16.04b. Appointment of fire chief. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, a person shall not be appointed as the chief, the acting chief, the department head, or a p…

(70 ILCS 705/16.05) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.05) Sec. 16.05. The board shall make rules (1) to carry out the purpose of Sections 16.01 to 16.18 inclusive, and (2) for appointments and removals in accordance with the provisions of such sections. The board, from time to time, may…

(70 ILCS 705/16.06) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.06) Sec. 16.06. Eligibility for positions in fire department; disqualifications. (a) All applicants for a position in the fire department of the fire protection district shall be under 35 years of age and shall be subjected to examin…

(70 ILCS 705/16.06b) Sec. 16.06b. Original appointments; full-time fire department. (a) Applicability. Unless a commission elects to follow the provisions of Section 16.06c, this Section shall apply to all original appointments to an affected full-time fire department. Existing r…

(70 ILCS 705/16.06c) Sec. 16.06c. Alternative procedure; original appointment; full-time firefighter. (a) Authority. The Joint Labor and Management Committee (JLMC), as defined in Section 50 of the Fire Department Promotion Act, may establish a community outreach program to marke…

(70 ILCS 705/16.07) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.07) Sec. 16.07. Additional credit or points. (a) All persons who, when this amendatory Act takes effect, are, or have been, full-time paid officers or members of the fire department of such fire protection district or of a regularly …

(70 ILCS 705/16.08a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.08a) Sec. 16.08a. (a) Persons who were engaged in the military or naval service of the United States for a period of at least one year and who were honorably discharged therefrom, or who are now or may hereafter be on inactive or re…

(70 ILCS 705/16.08b) Sec. 16.08b. Emergency medical technician licensure; training. (a) The board of trustees of a fire protection district may require that all firefighters hired on or after January 1, 2005 (the effective date of Public Act 93-952) by any fire department within …

(70 ILCS 705/16.09) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.09) Sec. 16.09. Notice of the time and place of every eligibility examination shall be given by the board by a publication at least two weeks preceding the examination in a newspaper of general circulation within the fire protection …

(70 ILCS 705/16.10) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.10) Sec. 16.10. The board of fire commissioners shall prepare and keep a register of persons whose general average standing, upon examination, is not less than the minimum fixed by the rules of the board, and who are otherwise eligib…

(70 ILCS 705/16.11) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.11) Sec. 16.11. The board, by its rules, shall provide for promotion in the fire department on the basis of ascertained merit and seniority in service and examination, and shall provide in all cases, where it is practicable, that vac…

(70 ILCS 705/16.11a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.11a) Sec. 16.11a. Subject to the exemptions enumerated in Section 16.11b, no person employed in the fire department of any fire protection district organized under this Act shall be required to remain on duty in his employment for p…

(70 ILCS 705/16.11b) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.11b) Sec. 16.11b. The provisions of Section 16.11a do not apply: (1) To the person in command of a fire protection district fire department; (2) To employees of a fire protection district fire department who are employed subject to …

(70 ILCS 705/16.12) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.12) Sec. 16.12. In order to prevent a stoppage of public business, to meet extraordinary exigencies, or to prevent material impairment of the fire department, the board may make temporary appointments, to remain in force until regula…

(70 ILCS 705/16.13a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.13a) Sec. 16.13a. When the force of the Fire Department is reduced, and positions displaced or abolished, seniority shall prevail, and the officers and members so reduced in rank or removed from the service of the Fire Department sh…

(70 ILCS 705/16.13b) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.13b) Sec. 16.13b. Unless the employer and a labor organization have agreed to a contract provision providing for final and binding arbitration of disputes concerning the existence of just cause for disciplinary action, no officer or…

(70 ILCS 705/16.13c) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.13c) Sec. 16.13c. When the force of the fire department is reduced, and positions displaced or abolished, seniority shall prevail and the officers and members so reduced in rank, or removed from the service of the fire department sh…

(70 ILCS 705/16.13d) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.13d) Sec. 16.13d. (a) A firefighter who is an elected state officer of a statewide labor organization that is a representative of fire protection district firefighters in Illinois shall be granted leave by the district, without loss…

(70 ILCS 705/16.14) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.14) Sec. 16.14. Annually, at any time the corporate authorities may provide, the board of fire commissioners shall submit to the board of trustees a report of its activities, and of the rules in force and the practical effect thereof…

(70 ILCS 705/16.15) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.15) Sec. 16.15. The board may employ a secretary, or may designate one of its own members to act as secretary. The secretary (1) shall keep the minutes of the board's proceedings, (2) shall be the custodian of all papers pertaining t…

(70 ILCS 705/16.16) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.16) Sec. 16.16. No person holding a lucrative office under the United States, this State, or a municipality or fire protection districts shall be a member of the board of fire commissioners, and the acceptance of any such lucrative o…

(70 ILCS 705/16.16a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.16a) Sec. 16.16a. (a) No fire protection district may make or enforce any rule or ordinance which will in any way inhibit or prohibit any employee from exercising his full political rights to engage in political activities, includin…

(70 ILCS 705/16.17) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.17) Sec. 16.17. The board of trustees shall provide suitable rooms for the board of fire commissioners, and shall allow reasonable use of public buildings for holding examinations by the board. (Source: Laws 1951, p. 1782.)

(70 ILCS 705/16.18) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37.18) Sec. 16.18. The secretary shall be paid a reasonable compensation for his services, to be fixed by the board of trustees. The board of trustees shall also fix the compensation to be paid to the members of the board of fire commis…

(70 ILCS 705/16a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37a) Sec. 16a. The owner or owners of record of any area of land consisting of one or more tracts, lying within the corporate limits of any fire protection district, which (1) is located on the border of the fire protection district; (2) …

(70 ILCS 705/16b) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37b) Sec. 16b. Appeals from final orders and judgments may be taken from the circuit court as in other civil cases. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3748.)

(70 ILCS 705/16c) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 37c) Sec. 16c. Territory included within the limits of any fire protection district may be disconnected from the district and organized in a new fire protection district in the manner hereinafter set forth (1) if the territory would recei…

(70 ILCS 705/16d) Sec. 16d. Transfer of property between districts. When a fire protection district has another fire protection district adjoining it and the adjoining district can provide better fire protection to an area of land of no more than 60 acres, consisting of one or mo…

(70 ILCS 705/17) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38) Sec. 17. If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Act is held invalid, the invalidity of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the other sections, paragraphs, clauses or provisions of this A…

(70 ILCS 705/18) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.1) Sec. 18. In any case where a fire protection district does not own or operate any fire fighting equipment and there are no bonds of such district outstanding and part of its territory shall be annexed to a city, village or incorporat…

(70 ILCS 705/19) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.2) Sec. 19. Territory may be disconnected from a fire protection district in the manner provided by this section but only (1) when the territory comprised of property of a majority of the property owners of the fire protection district …

(70 ILCS 705/19a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.2a) Sec. 19a. (a) In any county having a population of more than 600,000 but less than 1,000,000, territory located within the corporate limits of any municipality and which is included within the limits of any fire protection district…