The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall be served notice as to any plans of 2 or more units of local government to combine fire protection or emergency medical services, or both, as follows:
         (1) Whenever a county clerk or other election
    
authority places upon a ballot the question of creating or altering an Agency or fire protection jurisdiction, the clerk or other election authority shall notify the Office of the State Fire Marshal that the proposition is to be put before the electorate. The notice shall be sent to the Office of the State Fire Marshal within 10 business days after the question is certified to the clerk or other election authority.
        (2) Whenever the governing bodies of 2 or more
    
adjacent fire protection jurisdictions conduct a public hearing to consider a plan to combine 2 or more fire protection jurisdiction service areas by intergovernmental agreement, the clerk of each unit of local government to be party to such an intergovernmental agreement shall notify the Office of the State Fire Marshal that the units of local government are considering such a plan. The notice shall be sent to the Office of the State Fire Marshal within 10 business days after notice of the meeting is published.
        (3) Whenever the governing bodies of 2 or more
    
adjacent fire protection jurisdictions enter into an agreement to combine 2 or more fire protection jurisdiction service areas by intergovernmental agreement, the clerk of each unit of local government to be party to such an intergovernmental agreement shall notify the Office of the State Fire Marshal that the units of local government have entered into the intergovernmental agreement. The notice shall be sent to the Office of the State Fire Marshal within 10 business days after notice of the meeting is published.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 50 ILCS 741/20

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
  • Units of local government: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.28
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