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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Fire Hydrant Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (425 ILCS 20/2) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Recovery of costs; fire hydrant; dry hydrant. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: , |
| 9 | | "Dry hydrant" means a fire hydrant which is installed to |
| 10 | | provide access to water from a lake, pond, or other body of |
| 11 | | water rather than water from a public or private water supply |
| 12 | | system. |
| 13 | | "Fire fire hydrant" means a water hydrant connected to a |
| 14 | | water supply system installed for the express purpose of |
| 15 | | providing water for fire suppression and that a fire department |
| 16 | | can connect to and from which it can pump or draw water. "Fire |
| 17 | | hydrant" does not include flush hydrants. |
| 18 | | (b) Whoever fails to comply with any of the provisions of |
| 19 | | this Act within 30 days after written notice of noncompliance |
| 20 | | or violation should reasonably have been received from a fire |
| 21 | | protection district, township fire department, or municipality |
| 22 | | in whose jurisdiction a fire hydrant is located, shall be |
| 23 | | responsible for all reasonable costs that the fire protection |
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| 1 | | district, township fire department, or municipality incurs to |
| 2 | | correct the noncompliance, including attorney's fees and legal |
| 3 | | expenses incurred by the fire protection district, township |
| 4 | | fire department, or municipality in recovering the costs from |
| 5 | | the responsible party.
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| 6 | | (c) For dry hydrants that are installed pursuant to an |
| 7 | | agreement between a property owner and fire protection |
| 8 | | district, township fire department, or municipality in whose |
| 9 | | jurisdiction a dry hydrant is located, the maintenance and |
| 10 | | access to such dry hydrants shall be governed by the terms of |
| 11 | | the agreement between the property owner and the fire |
| 12 | | protection district, township fire department, or |
| 13 | | municipality. |
| 14 | | All other dry hydrants, including those installed and |
| 15 | | located on: public property; property owned or administered by |
| 16 | | a homeowner's association, condominium association, or held in |
| 17 | | some similar form of common ownership or subject to control and |
| 18 | | administration by such association or organization; or private |
| 19 | | property subject to an easement, covenant, plan of |
| 20 | | developments, or restriction dedicating or establishing the |
| 21 | | dry hydrant for the purpose of providing water supply for fire |
| 22 | | suppression shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1 and |
| 23 | | subsection (b) of Section 2 of this Act. In addition to the |
| 24 | | requirements of Section 1 and except as to dry hydrants |
| 25 | | installed and maintained by agreement with a fire protection |
| 26 | | district, township fire department, or municipality, |
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| 1 | | continuous access to dry hydrants subject to this subsection |
| 2 | | (c), and the maintenance necessary to keep dry hydrants in |
| 3 | | working condition sufficient for fire suppression, shall be the |
| 4 | | responsibility of the party on whose property the dry hydrant |
| 5 | | is located or who is responsible for the administration or |
| 6 | | control of the property on which the dry hydrant is located. |
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 99-205, eff. 7-30-15.)
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