2005 Illinois 65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code. Division 6 - Fire Departments and Protection
(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 6 heading) DIVISION 6. FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND PROTECTION
(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑1)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑1) Sec. 11‑6‑1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide and
operate fire stations, and all material and equipment that is needed for
the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and may enter into contracts or
agreements with other municipalities and fire protection districts for
mutual aid consisting of furnishing equipment and man power from and to
such other municipalities and fire protection districts. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑1.1) Sec. 11‑6‑1.1. Firefighting services outside corporate limits. A
municipality
may choose to provide firefighting services to property outside its corporate
limits. The corporate authorities of each municipality may fix, charge, and
collect
firefighting service fees not exceeding the actual cost of the service for all
firefighting services rendered by the municipality against persons, businesses,
and other entities that are not residents of the municipality. An additional
charge
may be levied to reimburse the municipality for extraordinary expenses of
materials used in rendering the services. Nothing in this Section shall impact
any
agreement entered into by a municipality and persons, businesses, and other
entities that are not residents of the municipality. Nothing in this Section
shall
require a municipality to supply any firefighting services to property located
outside the corporate limits of the municipality. (Source: P.A. 93‑304, eff. 7‑23‑03.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑2)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑2) Sec. 11‑6‑2. The corporate authorities of each municipality may contract
with fire protection districts organized under "An Act to create Fire
Protection Districts," approved July 8, 1927, as now or hereafter amended,
which are adjacent to the municipality, for the furnishing of fire
protection service for property located within the districts but outside
the limits of the municipality, and may supply fire protection service to
the owners of property which lies outside the limits of the municipality
and may set up by ordinance a scale of charges therefor. The
corporate
authorities of any municipality shall provide fire protection service for
public school buildings situated outside the municipality in accordance
with Section 16‑10 of "The School Code". (Source: P.A. 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑3)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑3) Sec. 11‑6‑3. The corporate authorities of a municipality may contract with
the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities or the Board of
Regents of Regency Universities to provide fire protection to any
university under the jurisdiction of the respective Board and located, in
whole or in part, within the municipality. Such contract shall be as
specified by Section 9 of "An Act to provide for the management, operation,
control and maintenance of the State Colleges and Universities System",
approved July 2, 1951, as heretofore or hereafter amended, or paragraph (j)
of Section 8 of "An Act providing for the management, operation, control
and maintenance of the Regency Universities System", approved May 11, 1967,
as the case may be. (Source: P. A. 76‑825.)
(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑4)(from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑4) Sec. 11‑6‑4. The corporate authorities of any municipality may contract with the
board of any public community college district to reimburse
the municipality for any
additional costs for fire protection service, including equipment,
apparatus, or firemen occasioned by the presence of any public community college
building within the municipality. (Source: P.A. 82‑622.)
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