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HB5253 • 2026
FIRE DIST-TRUSTEE COMPENSATION
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FIRE DIST-TRUSTEE COMPENSATION
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jason Plummer
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Balkema
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
Assigned to Executive
Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
First Reading
Referred to Assignments
Arrive in Senate
Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 14, 2026
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 095-000-000
Second Reading - Short Debate
Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
Do Pass / Short Debate Police & Fire Committee ; 014-000-000
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr.
Assigned to Police & Fire Committee
First Reading
Referred to Rules Committee
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Swanson
FIRE DIST-TRUSTEE COMPENSATION
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Full Text of HB5253 Home Legislation Full Text HB5253 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Printer Friendly Version Introduced Engrossed Open PDF HB5253 Engrossed LRB104 19370 RTM 32818 b 1 AN ACT concerning local government. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended by 5 changing Section 6 as follows: 6 (70 ILCS 705/6) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 26) 7 Sec. 6. Board of trustees; powers. 8 (a) The trustees shall constitute a board of trustees for 9 the district for which they are appointed, which board of 10 trustees is declared to be the corporate authority of the fire 11 protection district, and shall exercise all of the powers and 12 control all the affairs and property of such district. 13 The board of trustees at their initial meeting and at 14 their first meeting following the commencement of the term of 15 any trustee shall elect one of their number as president and 16 one of their number as secretary and shall elect a treasurer 17 for the district, who may be one of the trustees or may be any 18 other citizen of the district and who shall hold office during 19 the pleasure of the board and who shall give such bond as may 20 be required by the board. 21 (b) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 16.01 through 22 16.18, the board may appoint and enter into a multi-year 23 contract not exceeding 3 years with a fire chief and may HB5253 Engrossed - 2 - LRB104 19370 RTM 32818 b 1 appoint any firemen that may be necessary for the district, 2 who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board and who 3 shall give any bond that the board may require. The board may 4 prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all the 5 officers and employees of the fire protection district. 6 (c) A member of the board of trustees of a fire protection 7 district may be compensated as follows: in a district having 8 fewer than 4 full-time full time paid firemen, a sum not to 9 exceed $1,500 $1,000 per annum; in a district having more than 10 3 but fewer less than 10 full-time full time paid firemen, a 11 sum not to exceed $2,000 $1,500 per annum; in a district having 12 either 10 or more full-time full time paid firemen, a sum not 13 to exceed $2,500 $2,000 per annum. In addition, fire districts 14 that operate an ambulance service pursuant to authorization by 15 referendum, as provided in Section 22, may pay trustees an 16 additional annual compensation not to exceed 50% of the amount 17 otherwise authorized herein. The additional compensation shall 18 be an administrative expense of the ambulance service and 19 shall be paid from revenues raised by the ambulance tax levy. 20 In addition, any trustee of a fire protection district who 21 completes a training program on fire protection district 22 administration approved by the Office of the State Fire 23 Marshal may receive additional compensation above the 24 compensation otherwise provided in this Section. The 25 additional compensation shall be equal to 50% of such other 26 compensation. In order to continue to receive the additional HB5253 Engrossed - 3 - LRB104 19370 RTM 32818 b 1 compensation, the trustee must attend annual training approved 2 by the Office of the State Fire Marshal on a continuing basis 3 thereafter. 4 (d) The trustees also have the express power to execute a 5 note or notes and to execute a mortgage or trust deed to secure 6 the payment of such note or notes; such trust deed or mortgage 7 shall cover real estate, or some part thereof, or personal 8 property owned by the district and the lien of the mortgage 9 shall apply to the real estate or personal property so 10 mortgaged by the district, and the proceeds of the note or 11 notes may be used in the acquisition of personal property or of 12 real estate or in the erection of improvements on such real 13 estate. 14 The trustees have express power to purchase either real 15 estate or personal property to be used for the purposes of the 16 fire protection district through contracts which provide for 17 the consideration for such purchase to be paid through 18 installments to be made at stated intervals during a certain 19 period of time, but, in no case, shall such contracts provide 20 for the consideration to be paid during a period of time in 21 excess of 25 years. 22 (e) The trustees have express power to provide for the 23 benefit of its employees, volunteer firemen and paid firemen, 24 group life, health, accident, hospital and medical insurance, 25 or any combination thereof; and to pay for all or any portion 26 of the premiums on such insurance. Such insurance may include HB5253 Engrossed - 4 - LRB104 19370 RTM 32818 b 1 provisions for employees who rely on treatment by spiritual 2 means alone through prayer for healing in accord with the 3 tenets and practice of a well recognized religious 4 denomination. 5 (f) To encourage continued service with the district, the 6 board of trustees has the express power to award monetary 7 incentives, not to exceed $240 per year, to volunteer 8 firefighters of the district based on the length of service. 9 To be eligible for the incentives, the volunteer firefighters 10 must have at least 5 years of service with the district. The 11 amount of the incentives may not be greater than 2% of the 12 annual levy amount when all incentive awards are combined. 13 (g) The board of trustees has express power to change the 14 corporate name of the fire protection district by ordinance, 15 provided that notification of any change is given to the 16 circuit clerk and the Office of the State Fire Marshal. 17 (h) The board of trustees may impose reasonable civil 18 penalties on individuals who repeatedly cause false fire 19 alarms. 20 (i) The board of trustees has full power to pass all 21 necessary ordinances, and rules and regulations for the proper 22 management and conduct of the business of the board of 23 trustees of the fire protection district for carrying into 24 effect the objects for which the district was formed. 25 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-799, eff. 1-1-09; 26 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.) 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