Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 705/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 22) Sec. 2. 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 court…

(70 ILCS 705/20) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.3) Sec. 20. Disconnection by operation of law. (a) Any territory within a fire protection district that is or has been annexed to a municipality that provides fire protection for property within such city, village or incorporated town i…

(70 ILCS 705/20a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.3a) Sec. 20a. (a) Territory not exceeding 100 acres included within the limits of any fire protection district and a home rule municipality that provides fire protection services or within the limits of any fire protection district and…

(70 ILCS 705/21) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.4) Sec. 21. The territory of a fire protection district within the limits of any city, village or incorporated town may be disconnected from the district in the manner hereinafter provided; (1) if more than 50% of the total territory of…

(70 ILCS 705/21.1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.4-1) Sec. 21.1. Any resident of a county containing a fire protection district which has no legal voters residing therein may file a petition to dissolve the fire protection district in the circuit court of the county where the distri…

(70 ILCS 705/22) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.5) Sec. 22. The Board of Trustees of any fire protection district incorporated under this Act is authorized under the terms and conditions hereinafter set out, to provide emergency ambulance service to or from points within or without t…

(70 ILCS 705/22.1) Sec. 22.1. Emergency ambulance service. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of trustees of a fire protection district may, by majority vote of the board of trustees, adopt a resolution to discontinue the district's emergency ambulance service …

(70 ILCS 705/23) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.6) Sec. 23. The board of trustees of a fire protection district which: (1) lies within a single county which has a population between 400,000 and 575,000; or (2) lies within 2 counties with respective populations of between 400,000 and …

(70 ILCS 705/24) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 38.7) Sec. 24. (a) In addition to any other tax authorized by law, the board of trustees of a fire protection district may, subject to the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), by ordinance levy a special annual tax at a rate not exceed…

(70 ILCS 705/25) Sec. 25. Reimbursement for specialized rescue services. A fire protection district may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for specialized rescue services provided by the district. The total amount collected may not exceed the reasonable cost of providing th…

(70 ILCS 705/26) Sec. 26. Technical rescue services. A fire protection district may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for technical rescue services provided by the district. The total amount collected may not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the technical rescue ser…

(70 ILCS 705/27) Sec. 27. Notification of sale of or changes to private or semi-private water systems. (a) For purposes of this Section, "private water system" and "semi-private water system" shall have the meanings ascribed to them in subsection (a) of Section 9 of the Illinois …

(70 ILCS 705/28) Sec. 28. Response-time study before closure of fire station or district. Before a fire station of a fire protection district may close or the district be dissolved, a response-time study must be conducted that shows, at a minimum, estimated response times to the …

(70 ILCS 705/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 23) Sec. 3. 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 resid…

(70 ILCS 705/3.1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 23.1) Sec. 3.1. 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 …

(70 ILCS 705/3.2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 23.2) Sec. 3.2. 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 protecti…

(70 ILCS 705/3.3) Sec. 3.3. 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…

(70 ILCS 705/4) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24) Sec. 4. 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…

(70 ILCS 705/4.01) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.01) Sec. 4.01. 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 trus…

(70 ILCS 705/4.02) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.02) Sec. 4.02. 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 incre…

(70 ILCS 705/4.03) Sec. 4.03. 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 boar…

(70 ILCS 705/4.04) Sec. 4.04. 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, request…

(70 ILCS 705/4a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.1) Sec. 4a. 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) …

(70 ILCS 705/4b) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 24.2) Sec. 4b. 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. U…

(70 ILCS 705/5) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 25) Sec. 5. 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, e…

(70 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 26) Sec. 6. 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, a…

(70 ILCS 705/6.1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 26.1) Sec. 6.1. 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 St…

(70 ILCS 705/6.2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 26.2) Sec. 6.2. 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.)

(70 ILCS 705/6.3) Sec. 6.3. 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 ment…

(70 ILCS 705/6.4) Sec. 6.4. 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…

(70 ILCS 705/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 27) Sec. 7. All ordinances imposing any penalty or making any appropriations shall, within one month after they are passed, be published at least once in a newspaper published in said district, or if no such newspaper of general circulation…

(70 ILCS 705/8) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 28) Sec. 8. All ordinances, orders, and resolutions and the date of publication thereof, may be proven by the certificate of the secretary under the seal of the corporation and when printed in book or pamphlet form and purporting to be publ…

(70 ILCS 705/8.20) Sec. 8.20. Open burning. (a) The board of trustees of any fire protection district incorporated under this Act may, by ordinance, require that the district be notified of open burning within the district before it takes place, but shall not require that a permi…

(70 ILCS 705/9) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 29) Sec. 9. In acquiring from any city or village or incorporated town any fire protection facilities including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all obligations under any pension or annuity plan or plans and all other contr…

(70 ILCS 710/0.01) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 45.3a) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fire Protection District Validation Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 710/1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 45.4) Sec. 1. In all cases where proceedings were had to organize a fire protection district under "An Act in relation to fire protection districts", approved July 8, 1927, as amended, and the court having jurisdiction of such proceedings o…

(70 ILCS 715/0.01) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 300) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Fire Protection of Unprotected Area Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 715/1) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 301) Sec. 1. 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 …

(70 ILCS 715/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 302) Sec. 2. 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. (Sourc…

(70 ILCS 715/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 303) Sec. 3. 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 jurisdiction…

(70 ILCS 715/4) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 304) Sec. 4. 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…

(70 ILCS 715/5) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 305) Sec. 5. 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 as…

(70 ILCS 715/6) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 306) Sec. 6. 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 fi…

(70 ILCS 715/7) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 307) Sec. 7. 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 unprotec…

(70 ILCS 715/8) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 308) Sec. 8. 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.)

(70 ILCS 750/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Flood Prevention District Act. (Source: P.A. 95-719, eff. 5-21-08.)

(70 ILCS 750/10) Sec. 10. Commissioners. The affairs of the district shall be managed by a board of 3 commissioners who shall be appointed by the chairman of the county board of the county in which the district is situated. All initial appointments under this Section must be made…

(70 ILCS 750/20) Sec. 20. Powers of the district. A district formed under this Act shall have the following powers: (1) To sue or be sued. (2) To apply for and accept gifts, grants, and loans from any public agency or private entity. (3) To enter into intergovernmental agreements…

(70 ILCS 750/25) Sec. 25. Flood prevention retailers' and service occupation taxes. (a) If the Board of Commissioners of a flood prevention district determines that an emergency situation exists regarding levee repair or flood prevention, and upon an ordinance confirming the dete…

(70 ILCS 750/30) Sec. 30. Disbursement of federal funds. (a) Any reimbursements for the construction of flood protection facilities shall be appropriated to each county flood prevention district in accordance with the location of the specific facility for which the federal approp…