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Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 291 - SMALL EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM › Section 291.40 - Grant Application Procedure and Content

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a) Application Procedure
1) Subject to the availability of
			 appropriated funds, the Office will make application forms for small equipment
			 grants under this program available to all Illinois fire departments and
			 ambulance services.
2) A completed
			 original application form shall be signed by the duly authorized officers of
			 the applicant.
3) Applications
			 shall be returned, by the date specified on the form, to the Office of the
			 State Fire Marshal, Attention: Small Equipment Grant Program, 1035 Stevenson
			 Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703-4259.
4) Applications received at the Office shall
			 be logged in as received and assigned an Application Number.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 291 - SMALL EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM › Section 291.50 - Grant Applications Review Committee

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a) The State Fire Marshal shall appoint a
			 Grant Review Committee to determine which applicants will receive grants and
			 the amount of the grant. If, for any reason, a successful applicant is unable
			 to fulfill the terms of the grant or withdraws the request after it has been
			 approved, the application's priority shall be used to determine which of the
			 unsuccessful applicants will be next to be offered a grant in place of the
			 withdrawing department.
b) The
			 Committee shall consist of the following seven members:
1) The State Fire Marshal, or his or her
			 designee, as Chair;
2) Three Fire
			 Chiefs (one each from a volunteer department, a combination department and a
			 career/municipal department);
3)
			 One representative from the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois;
4) One member who is a volunteer firefighter;
			 and
5) One member from the Illinois
			 Association of Fire Protection Districts.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 291 - SMALL EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM › Section 291.55 - Prescreening of Grant Applications by the Office

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The Office will conduct a prescreening of all grant
				applications received by the deadline to identify applicants with the greatest
				financial need. The steps of this prescreening are provided in this
				Section.
a) The Office will evaluate
			 whether each application was received by the deadline and whether the applicant
			 has met the eligibility requirements of Section
			 291.30 as of the
			 application deadline date. Only those applicants that meet these eligibility
			 requirements will receive further consideration.
b) The Office will determine whether each
			 eligible applicant has submitted a complete application as provided in Section
			 291.40.
			 The Office will attempt to assist applicants who have submitted a timely
			 application with submitting any missing information after the application
			 deadline.
c) To assist the
			 Committee in making final determinations of grant awards, the Office will then
			 rank complete applications of eligible applicants using the following criteria:
1) The Office will use information provided
			 by the applicant on its operating budget, square miles served and population
			 served in developing a ranking of financial need.
2) The Office will divide each applicant's
			 budget by the square miles served to determine the applicant's budget per
			 square mile and will rank the applicants lowest to highest.
3) The Office will divide each applicant's
			 budget by the population served to determine the applicant's budget per person
			 and will rank the applicants lowest to highest.
4) The Office will then average the two
			 rankings of each applicant to reach an overall ranking based on financial
			 need.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 291 - SMALL EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM › Section 291.60 - Criteria for Review of Grant Applications

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a) The Committee will consider the following
			 criteria and assign point totals when determining grant recipients. The
			 Committee will only consider applications that have met the eligibility
			 requirements of Section
			 291.30.
1) Equipment Need - 0-50 points
A) The applicant does not currently own the
			 requested item.
B) The applicant
			 currently owns one or more of an item being requested.
C) The applicant is unable to acquire the
			 equipment without a grant, cannot borrow the equipment on a consistent or need
			 basis (due to geographical distance, availability, etc.), or the item
			 represents a unique need for the district.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 291 - SMALL EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM › Section 291.70 - Terms and Conditions of Grant Agreement

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An applicant that has been approved to receive a grant under
				this program must enter into a Grant Agreement with the Office. The Grant
				Agreement shall contain, at a minimum, the following terms:
a) Grant recipients may receive advance
			 payment for the purchase of equipment approved as part of the grant
			 application.
b) Grant proceeds
			 shall be used exclusively for the purposes listed in Section
			 291.20 and shall be
			 expended in accordance with this Part and the Grant Agreement.
c) In the event that the grant proceeds are
			 not expended in the manner approved, the grant recipient, upon written
			 notification from the Office, shall refund the full amount of the grant award.
			 Recovery of grant funds shall be accomplished in accordance with the Illinois
			 Grant Funds Recovery Act [ 30 ILCS 705 ].
d) Use of grant proceeds shall be accounted
			 for in accordance with standard accounting practices. The grant recipient shall
			 provide documentation concerning the purchase of the equipment specified in the
			 grant application, the cost of the equipment and the delivery of the equipment
			 to the grant recipient by the vendor.
e) Grant recipients shall submit to the
			 Office a report detailing how the grant proceeds were used. This expenditure
			 report, to be submitted on a form supplied by the Office, shall be due not
			 later than nine months following receipt of the grant.
f) The grant recipient is responsible for
			 monitoring possession, use, condition and final disposition of the items
			 purchased with grant funds.
g)
			 Grant proceeds shall be included in the grant recipient's budget.
h)The availability of grant proceeds is
			 subject to availability of appropriated State funds.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 291 - SMALL EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM › Section 291.80 - Request for Reconsideration

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a)
			 Those applicants whose grant applications are denied by the Committee shall be
			 notified by mail.
b) Notice of
			 denial of a grant shall be deemed received on the date of the postmark. The
			 applicant has 30 calendar days from that date to forward to the Committee a
			 Request for Reconsideration.
c) The
			 Request for Reconsideration of a denial of a requested grant shall be submitted
			 to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Attention: Small Equipment Grant
			 Program, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703-4259 and shall be
			 deemed submitted on the date of the postmark.
d) The Request for Reconsideration of a
			 denial of a requested grant may be accompanied by supporting documents and
			 information not previously considered by the Committee. The Committee shall
			 review the Request for Reconsideration. A denial of the Request for
			 Reconsideration shall be final. While a Request for Reconsideration is pending,
			 the grant application that is the subject of the Request for Reconsideration
			 shall be deemed denied.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.10 - Definitions

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The following definitions are used in this Part:
"Ambulance" means an on-road vehicle that is specifically
				designed, constructed or modified and equipped, and is intended to be used for,
				and is maintained and operated for, the emergency transportation of persons who
				are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless.
"Applicant" means a not-for-profit emergency medical service
				provider or a unit of local government (township fire department, fire
				protection district or municipal fire department) that provides emergency
				medical service within a geographical area. Applicants may be either paid or
				volunteer not-for-profit or governmental emergency medical service
				providers.
"Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority created by the
				Illinois Finance Authority Act [20 ILCS 3501 ] or its successor agency.
"Board" means the governing body of the entity receiving the
				loan.
"Committee" means the Loan Application Review Committee
				established in Section
				292.40.
"Funding date" means the date on which a zero-interest or
				low-interest loan is closed and funded.
"Low-interest loan" means a loan with a rate of interest lower
				than commercially available.
"Office" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"Program" means the Illinois Ambulance Revolving Loan
				Program.
"Recipient" means an applicant that has successfully applied
				for and received all required approvals from the Office and the Authority,
				agreed to and executed loan documentation prepared by the Authority, and closed
				and funded its ambulance loan.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.15 - Severability

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If any Section, subsection, sentence or clause of this Part
				shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that holding
				shall not affect the remaining portions of this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.20 - Purpose and Qualifications

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a)
			 The Office and the Authority will jointly administer this Program to provide
			 zero-interest loans or low-interest loans to finance or reimburse all or a
			 portion of the cost of purchasing an ambulance or ambulances by a
			 not-for-profit emergency medical service or a unit of local government
			 (township fire department, fire protection district or municipal fire
			 department) that provides emergency medical service to a geographic
			 area.
b) The Office will recommend
			 loan awards to the Authority based on equipment needs, financial need, how
			 recently the applicant has received a previous loan under this Program, and the
			 applicant's participation in the National Fire Incident Reporting System
			 (NFIRS). Loan awards will be made by the Authority under its guidelines of
			 creditworthiness (see 74 Ill. Adm. Code
			 1100.917
			 ).
c) Applicants that are required
			 by Section 6 of the Fire Investigation Act [425
			 ILCS 25/6 ] to report fires to the Office must also
			 have participated in NFIRS for a minimum of two years immediately prior to the
			 date of the loan application in order to be eligible for a loan under the
			 Program.
d) Fire departments or
			 emergency medical service providers that are for-profit entities are not
			 eligible to apply for a loan under this Program. Units of local government that
			 do not provide emergency medical services are similarly not eligible (e.g., a
			 municipality that contracts for emergency medical services from another
			 municipality or fire district).
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.30 - Eligible Expenditures

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The Program provides
zero-interest
				loans or low-interest loans to applicants to finance
or reimburse the
				purchase of
ambulances up to a maximum of $200,000 per
				recipient
per fiscal year [
				20 ILCS
				3501/825-85 ]. Loan proceeds may be used to pay off a
				loan that was obtained no more than one year prior to the receipt of a loan
				under this Program if the loan being paid off was obtained to purchase the
				ambulance that is the subject of the application that was approved under this
				Program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.40 - Loan Application Review Committee

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The State Fire Marshal shall appoint a Loan Application Review
				Committee to determine, as described in Section
				292.60,
				which eligible applicants will be recommended to the Authority to receive a
				loan under this Program to finance or reimburse the purchase of an
				ambulance.
a) The Committee shall
			 consist of the following nine members, who shall also serve as the Loan
			 Application Review Committee for the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Program and the
			 Fire Station Revolving Loan Program:
1) The
			 State Fire Marshal, or his or her designee, as Chair;
2) Three Fire Chiefs (one each from a
			 volunteer department, a combination department and a career/municipal fire
			 department);
3) One representative
			 from the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois;
4) Two representatives from the Illinois
			 banking community (one from the Community Bankers Association of Illinois and
			 one from the Illinois Bankers Association);
5) One member who is a volunteer firefighter;
			 and
6) One member from the Illinois
			 Association of Fire Protection Districts.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.50 - Application Procedure and Content

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a) Subject to the availability of funds, the
			 Office will post application forms for zero-interest loans and low-interest
			 loans under this Program on the Office's web site at
www.sfm.illinois.gov
. The application
			 form shall identify the information applicants must include in their loan
			 requests and shall require that the loan application be returned to the Office
			 no later than the date specified in the application form. Applications shall be
			 returned to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Attention: Ambulance
			 Revolving Loan Program, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, Illinois
			 62703-4259.
b) Each loan
			 application shall include the following components:
1) A completed application form supplied by
			 the Office and signed by the duly authorized officers of the
			 applicant.
2) A description of the
			 applicant's need for the proposed ambulance, in light of the resources
			 available to the applicant.
3)
			 Name, address, phone, facsimile and email contact information of the persons
			 authorized to serve as contact for information regarding the
			 application.
4) Budget information,
			 including detailed information on income, expenditures and the source of loan
			 repayment funds. If repayment plans are based on charitable contributions
			 (local fundraisers, for example), the applicant must provide a history of
			 amounts raised in prior years. (See 74 Ill. Adm. Code
			 1100.925.)
5) Certifications and assurances as the
			 Office and/or Authority may require.
6) Any other information requested by the
			 Office or the Authority to aid that agency in making its determination under
			 this Program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.60 - Criteria for Review of Loan Applications

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a) Those applicants receiving a loan in
			 previous loan application cycles will not be considered until one of the
			 following conditions has been met:
1) all
			 applicants that have never received a loan have been considered; or
2) the previous loan received by the
			 applicant has been repaid.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.70 - Request for Reconsideration

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a)
			 The Office will notify by First Class U.S. Mail those applicants whose loans
			 were denied by the Authority.
b)
			 The applicant has 30 calendar days from the date of the postmark on the notice
			 to forward to the Committee a Request for Reconsideration.
c) The Request for Reconsideration shall be
			 sent to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Attention: Ambulance Revolving
			 Loan Program, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield , Illinois
			 62703-4259.
d) The Request for
			 Reconsideration may be accompanied by supporting documents and information not
			 previously considered by the Committee or Authority. The Committee or, if
			 appropriate, the Authority shall review the Request for Reconsideration. A
			 denial of the Request for Reconsideration shall be final. While a Request for
			 Reconsideration is pending, the application that is the subject of the Request
			 for Reconsideration shall be deemed denied.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 292 - AMBULANCE REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 292.90 - Recordkeeping and Recovery of Funds

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a) The loan recipient shall provide to the
			 Authority and the Office proof of use of loan proceeds.
b) In the event of default that is not cured
			 within 90 calendar days, the Office will notify the Office of the Comptroller
			 to deduct the amount owed from any payments from other State agencies in
			 accordance with the State Comptroller Act [15
			 ILCS 405/10.05 ]. In addition, the Office and/or the
			 Authority may avail itself of all remedies, rights and provisions of law
			 applicable in the circumstances, and the failure to exercise or exert any
			 rights or remedies provided by law may not be raised as a defense by the
			 recipient in default.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.10 - Definitions

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The following definitions are used in this Part:
"Act" means the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act [110 ILCS 47
				].
"Applicant" means a post-secondary educational institution
				applying to OSFM and the Authority for a low-interest loan under the
				program.
"Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority created by the
				Illinois Finance Authority Act [20 ILCS 3501 ] or its successor agency.
"Authority's Administrative Rules" means the Authority's
				administrative rules for the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan Fund (74
				Ill. Adm. Code 1100).
"Committee" means the Loan Application Review Committee
				established in Section
				293.40
				of this Part.
"Fire Sprinkler System" means a fire sprinkler system located
				in an existing or newly constructed dormitory or residence hall of a
				post-secondary educational institution that has received the permits,
				certifications and inspections required by federal, State and local law, rule,
				guideline or ordinance.
"Fund" means the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan
				Fund.
"Low-Interest Loan" means a loan with a rate of interest to be
				charged under the program as determined by the Board of the Authority at the
				time of the loan approval, at a rate lower than current market rates.
"OSFM" means the Office of the Illinois State Fire
				Marshal.
"Post-Secondary Educational Institution" or "Institution" means
				an Illinois public or private college or university offering degrees and
				instruction above the high school level. This term does not include:
any public or private college or university that does not
				provide on-campus housing for its students in dormitories or equivalent
				facilities that are owned, operated or maintained by the public or private
				college or university;
any public or private junior college or community college;
				or
any institution offering degrees and instruction that uses
				correspondence as its primary mode of student instruction.
"Program" means the Illinois Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving
				Loan Program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.20 - Purpose and Qualifications

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a)
			 OSFM and the Authority will jointly administer a program to provide
			 low-interest loans to post-secondary educational institutions for the planning,
			 purchasing, installing, upgrading, altering, modifying, fixing or repairing of
			 a fire sprinkler system or fire sprinkler systems.
b) OSFM will determine loan awards based on
			 system needs, financial need and how recently the applicant has received a
			 previous loan under this program, supplemented by recommendations from the
			 Authority based on creditworthiness. A loan for the purchase of fire sprinkler
			 systems shall not exceed $1,000,000 in any single fiscal year to any
			 post-secondary educational institution.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.30 - Eligible Expenditures

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Subject to the availability of funds, low-interest loans to
				post-secondary educational institutions will be available for the purpose of
				paying all or a portion of the costs associated with planning, purchasing,
				installing, upgrading, altering, modifying, fixing or repairing a fire
				sprinkler system.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.40 - Loan Application Review Committee Criteria

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The State Fire Marshal shall appoint a Loan Application Review
				Committee to determine, based on system needs, financial need, and how recently
				the applicant has received a previous loan under this program, which eligible
				post-secondary educational institution will be recommended to the Authority to
				receive a low-interest loan under this program.
a) The Committee shall consist of the
			 following seven members:
1) The State Fire
			 Marshal, as chair;
2) One Fire
			 Chief (from a community having a post-secondary educational institution within
			 its protection area);
3) One
			 representative from the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois;
4) One representative from the Illinois
			 Finance Authority, as vice chair;
5) One member from the Illinois Fire
			 Inspectors Association;
6) One
			 member from the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts;
			 and
7) One member representing the
			 post-secondary educational institutions.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.50 - Application Procedure and Content

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a) Subject to the availability of funds, OSFM
			 will post application forms for low-interest loans under this program on the
			 OSFM website. Each application form provided shall identify the information
			 applicants must include in their loan requests and shall require that the loan
			 application be returned to OSFM no later than the late date specified in the
			 application form. Applications shall be returned to the Office of the Illinois
			 State Fire Marshal, Attention: Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan Program,
			 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield , Illinois 62703-4259. Applications will be
			 reviewed as provided in this Part and subject to the funding criteria and
			 credit review process outlined in 74 Ill. Adm. Code
			 1100.1017.
b) Each loan application shall include the
			 following components:
1) A completed
			 application form supplied by OSFM and signed by the duly authorized
			 administrators of the post-secondary educational institution.
2) Information on the dormitory or
			 dormitories or residence hall or halls for which the loan is being sought and
			 whether the funding is for a new fire sprinkler system or for repairs,
			 alterations, modification or upgrades to an existing fire sprinkler system. The
			 estimated costs associated with planning, purchasing, installing, upgrading,
			 altering, modifying, fixing or repairing a fire sprinkler system must also be
			 included.
3) Contact information
			 for personnel able to provide additional information if necessary.
4) Policies and procedures related to the
			 expenditures (if any), as established by the institution.
5) Budget information, including copies of
			 the three most recent audits (and/or income and expense reports) for the
			 institution, as well as information on the source of loan repayment funds. If
			 repayment plans are based on charitable contributions (i.e., alumni
			 fundraisers), the applicant must provide a history of amounts raised in prior
			 years.
6) Other certifications and
			 assurances OSFM and/or the Authority may require. Such requirements will be
			 explicitly requested in the loan application.
7) All other information as requested on the
			 loan application form and in the program guidance section of the
			 application.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.60 - Loan Application Review Committee Criteria

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a) Institutions receiving a loan in previous
			 loan application cycles will not be considered until all applicants who have
			 never received a loan but are requesting a loan have been considered.
b) The institutions will be order-ranked
			 based on:
1) system needs;
2) financial need; and
3) how recently the applicant has received a
			 previous loan under this program.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.70 - Appeal Process

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a)
			 Institutions whose loans were denied by the Committee or the Authority shall be
			 notified via First Class Mail by OSFM.
b) Notice of denial shall be deemed received
			 on the date of mailing. The institution has 30 calendar days from that date to
			 forward to the Committee a Request for Reconsideration.
c) The Request for Reconsideration shall be
			 sent to the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, Attention: Fire
			 Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan Program, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield,
			 Illinois 62703-4259.
d) The Request
			 for Reconsideration may be accompanied by supporting documents and information
			 not previously considered by the Committee or Authority. The Committee or, if
			 appropriate, the Authority shall review the Request for Reconsideration. A
			 denial of the Request for Reconsideration shall be final. While a Request for
			 Reconsideration is pending, the application that is the subject of the Request
			 for Reconsideration shall be deemed complete for the purposes of this
			 Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.80 - Repayment Procedures

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a) The
			 maturity date of the loans shall be determined by OSFM and the Authority, but
			 shall not exceed 20 years.
b) The
			 rate of interest to be charged under the program will be determined by the
			 Authority at the time of the loan approval, at a rate lower than current market
			 rates.
c) Payments of principal and
			 interest on the loan shall be made according to the schedule determined by OSFM
			 and the Authority.
1) The Authority will
			 provide invoices to loan recipients for these payments. Checks shall be made
			 payable to the "Illinois Finance Authority - Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving
			 Loan Fund" and mailed to the Illinois Finance Authority, Fire Sprinkler
			 Dormitory Loan Program, Two Prudential Plaza, 180 North Stetson, Suite 2555,
			 Chicago IL 60601.
2) Payments not
			 received within 15 calendar days after the due date shall be assessed a penalty
			 of five percent of the payment due; however, the late payment penalty will be
			 waived when the postmark date on the envelope used to submit the payment is
			 five days or more before the end of the 15-day grace period.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 293 - FIRE SPRINKLER DORMITORY REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 293.90 - Terms and Conditions of Loan Agreement

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An approved loan application with OSFM and the Authority is
				subject to the following terms:
a)
			 Loan proceeds under this program shall be used exclusively for the purposes
			 listed in Section
			 293.30 and
			 shall be expended in accordance with the approved application and the
			 applicant's policies and procedures related to the expenditures.
b) Orders for payment will be submitted to
			 the Office of the Comptroller by the Authority.
c) Loan proceeds shall be spent no later than
			 six months following the receipt of the loan.
d) Use of loan proceeds shall be accounted
			 for in accordance with standard accounting practices. Loan recipients shall
			 submit to OSFM a report detailing and accounting for how the loan proceeds were
			 spent. This expenditure report, to be submitted on a form supplied by OSFM,
			 shall attach invoices and other documentation necessary to prove payment and
			 shall be due no later than nine months following receipt of the loan.
e) In the event that the loan proceeds are
			 not expended in the manner approved, the recipient, upon written notification
			 from the Authority, shall be required to submit, by the next payment due date,
			 payment of the outstanding principal and interest of the loan.
f) Loan proceeds shall be included in the
			 institution's budget.
g) In the
			 event of default that is not cured within 90 calendar days, the Authority shall
			 notify the Office of the Comptroller to deduct the amount owed from any
			 payments from other State agencies, and the institution shall be ineligible for
			 additional loans until good standing has been restored. In addition, OSFM
			 and/or the Authority may avail itself of all remedies, rights and provisions of
			 law applicable in the circumstances, and the failure to exercise or exert any
			 rights or remedies provided by law may not be raised as defense by the
			 institution in default.
h) The
			 institution agrees to pay the Authority a processing fee of up to $5,000, upon
			 approval of the loan, separate from the loan proceeds, to defray the costs of
			 the loan to the Authority.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.100 - Definitions

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The following definitions are used in this Part:
"Applicant" means a unit of local government, including any
				municipality, township, township fire department, or special district such as a
				fire protection district that operates a fire department or provides fire
				suppression services itself without contracting those services from another
				entity.
"Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority created by the
				Illinois Finance Authority Act [20 ILCS 3501 ] or its successor agency.
"Board" means the governing body of the entity receiving the
				loan.
"Committee" means the Loan Application Review Committee
				established in Section
				294.140.
"Fire department" means a fire department, fire protection
				district or township fire department that is a unit of local government in
				Illinois that provides fire suppression within a geographical area. For
				purposes of this Part, fire department is defined to include volunteer fire
				departments and volunteer fire protection districts.
"Fire station" means a building or structure set aside for
				storage of firefighting apparatus (including fire trucks, pumpers, ladder
				trucks, elevating platforms, rescue trucks, tankers, brush trucks, squad
				trucks, ambulances and related vehicles), personal protective equipment, fire
				hose and other fire extinguishing equipment. It may also include dormitory
				living facilities and work areas such as offices, meeting rooms, workshops or
				laundry facilities. The term includes additions to existing buildings as well
				as new construction.
"Funding date" means the date on which a zero-interest or
				low-interest loan is closed and funded.
"Low-interest loan" means a loan with a rate of interest lower
				than commercially available.
"Office" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"Program" means the Illinois Fire Station Revolving Loan
				Program.
"Recipient" means an applicant that has successfully applied
				for and received all required approvals from the Office and the Authority,
				agreed to and executed loan documentation prepared by the Authority, and closed
				and funded its fire station loan.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.110 - Severability

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If any Section, subsection, sentence or clause of this Part
				shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, that holding
				shall not affect the remaining portions of this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.120 - Purpose and Eligibility

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a) The
			 Office and the Authority will jointly administer this Program to provide
			 zero-interest loans or low-interest loans to fire departments, the proceeds of
			 which shall be used to finance all or any portion of the costs associated with
			 the construction, rehabilitation, remodeling or expansion of a fire
			 station.
b) The Office will
			 recommend loan awards to the Authority based on building need, financial need,
			 how recently the applicant has received a previous loan under this Program, and
			 the applicant's participation in the National Fire Incident Reporting System
			 (NFIRS). Loan awards will be made by the Authority under its guidelines of
			 creditworthiness (see 74 Ill. Adm. Code
			 1100.1117
			 ).
c) Applicants that are required
			 by Section 6 of the Fire Investigation Act [425
			 ILCS 25/6 ] to report fires to the Office must also
			 have participated in NFIRS for a minimum of two years immediately prior to the
			 date of the loan application in order to be eligible for a loan under the
			 Program.
d) Fire departments that
			 are not governmental bodies, including for-profit entities, non-profit
			 entities, associations or not-for-profit corporations, are not eligible to
			 apply for a loan under this Program. Units of local government that do not
			 operate fire departments or contract for fire suppression from another
			 municipality or fire protection district are similarly not eligible.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.130 - Eligible Expenditures

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Subject to the availability of monies in the Fire Station
				Revolving Loan Fund, zero-interest loans or low-interest loans will be
				available for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the costs associated
				with the
construction, rehabilitation, remodeling or expansion of a
				fire station or acquisition of land for the construction or expansion of a fire
				station up to a maximum loan amount of $2,000,000 per fire department
per fiscal year [20 ILCS
				3501/825-81 ].
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.140 - Loan Application Review Committee

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The State Fire Marshal shall appoint a Loan Application Review
				Committee to determine, as described in Section
				294.160,
				which eligible applicants will be recommended to the Authority to receive a
				loan under this Program.
a) The
			 Committee shall consist of the following nine members, who shall also serve as
			 the Loan Application Review Committee for the Fire Truck Revolving Loan Program
			 and the Ambulance Revolving Loan Program:
1)
			 The State Fire Marshal, or his or her designee, as Chair;
2) Three Fire Chiefs (one each from a
			 volunteer department, a combination department and a career/municipal fire
			 department);
3) One representative
			 from the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois;
4) Two representatives from the Illinois
			 banking community (one from the Community Bankers Association of Illinois and
			 one from the Illinois Bankers Association);
5) One member who is a volunteer firefighter;
			 and
6) One member from the Illinois
			 Association of Fire Protection Districts.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.150 - Loan Application Procedure and Content

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a) Subject to the availability of funds, the
			 Office will send a notification to all fire departments of fund availability
			 and post application forms for zero-interest loans and low-interest loans under
			 this Program on the Office's website at
www.sfm.illinois.gov
. The application form
			 shall identify the information applicants must include in their loan requests
			 and shall require that the loan application be returned to the Office no later
			 than the date specified in the application form. Applications shall be returned
			 to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Attention: Fire Station Revolving Loan
			 Program, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703-4259.
b) Each loan application shall include the
			 following components:
1) A completed
			 application form supplied by the Office and signed by the duly authorized
			 officers of the Board.
2) A
			 description of the applicant's need for the proposed fire station construction,
			 rehabilitation, remodeling or expansion as identified in the application in
			 light of the resources available to the fire department.
3) Identification of the personnel to serve
			 as contacts for information.
4)
			 Budget information, including detailed information on income, expenditures and
			 the source of loan repayment funds. If repayment plans are based on charitable
			 contributions or fundraisers, the applicant must provide a history of amounts
			 raised in prior years. (See 74 Ill. Adm. Code
			 1100.1125.)
5) Certifications and assurances as the
			 Office or Authority may require.
6)
			 Any other information requested by the Office or the Authority to aid that
			 agency in making its determination under this Part.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.160 - Criteria for Review of Loan Applications

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a) Applicants receiving a loan in previous
			 loan application cycles will not be considered until one of the following
			 conditions has been met:
1) all applicants
			 that have never received a loan have been considered; or
2) the previous loan received by the
			 applicant has been repaid.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.170 - Request for Reconsideration

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a)
			 The Office will notify by First Class U.S. Mail those applicants whose loans
			 are denied by the Authority.
b) The
			 applicant has 30 calendar days from the date of the postmark on the notice to
			 forward to the Committee a request for reconsideration.
c) The request for reconsideration shall be
			 sent to the Office of the State Fire Marshal, Attention: Fire Station Revolving
			 Loan Program, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703-4259.
d) The request for reconsideration may be
			 accompanied by supporting documents and information not previously considered
			 by the Committee or Authority. The Committee or, if appropriate, the Authority
			 shall review the request for reconsideration. A denial of the request for
			 reconsideration shall be final. While a request for reconsideration is pending,
			 the application that is the subject of the request for reconsideration shall be
			 deemed denied.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 294 - FIRE STATION REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM › Section 294.190 - Recordkeeping and Recovery of Funds

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A loan approved by the Office and the Authority is subject to
				the following terms:
a) The loan
			 recipient shall provide to the Authority and the Office proof of use of loan
			 proceeds.
b) In the event of
			 default that is not cured within 90 calendar days, the Office will notify the
			 Office of the Comptroller to deduct the amount owed from any payments from
			 other State agencies in accordance with the State Comptroller Act
			 [15
			 ILCS 405/10.05 ]. In addition, the Office and/or the
			 Authority may avail itself of all remedies, rights and provisions of law
			 applicable in the circumstances, and the failure to exercise or exert any
			 rights or remedies provided by law may not be raised as a defense by the
			 recipient in default.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 295 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT GRANT › Section 295.10 - Purpose

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The Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) shall administer a
				program to provide grant funds to groups of registered voters to defray the
				expenses of organizing a new fire protection district. The grant shall not
				exceed $500 and that group of registered voters shall not be eligible for
				another such grant for 2 years.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 295 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT GRANT › Section 295.20 - Grant Application Procedure and Required Supporting Documentation

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a) Application
			 Procedure
1) The attorney or individual of
			 record for the group of registered voters shall submit a letter to OSFM
			 requesting the grant.
2) The letter
			 shall be sent to: Office of the State Fire Marshal, Attention: Fire Protection
			 District Grant, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, Illinois
			 62703-4259.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 295 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT GRANT › Section 295.30 - Terms and Conditions of Grant

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a) Grants under this program will be paid to
			 recipients when the request is approved.
b) Grant proceeds shall be used exclusively
			 for the expenses of organizing a new fire protection district.
c) In the event that the grant is not
			 expended in the manner approved, the recipient, upon written notification from
			 OSFM, shall refund the full amount of the grant award. Recovery of grant funds
			 shall be accomplished in accordance with the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act
			 [30 ILCS 705 ].
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 400 - FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CIGARETTES › Section 400.10 - Scope

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a) On and after
			 January 1, 2008, no cigarettes subject to the provisions of the Cigarette Fire
			 Safety Standard Act or this Part shall be sold or offered for sale in this
			 State unless:
1) the cigarettes have been
			 tested in accordance with the test method prescribed in Section
			 400.30;
2) the cigarettes meet the performance
			 standard specified in Section
			 400.40;
			 and
3) a written certification has
			 been filed by the manufacturer with the Office of the State Fire Marshal,
			 Division of Safety Compliance, 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield IL 62703 and
			 the Office of the Attorney General, Tobacco Enforcement Bureau, 500 S. Second
			 Street, Springfield IL 62706, in accordance with Section
			 400.60.
Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 400 - FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CIGARETTES › Section 400.20 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this Part:
"Act" means the Cigarette Fire Safety Standard Act [425 ILCS 8
				].
"Agent" means any person licensed by the Department of Revenue
				to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of
				cigarettes.
"Cigarette" means any roll for smoking, whether made wholly or
				in part of tobacco or any other substance, irrespective of size or shape, and
				whether or not such tobacco or substance is flavored, adulterated, or mixed
				with any other ingredient, the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or
				any other substance or material except tobacco.
"Manufacturer" means:
any entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes
				or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that the
				manufacturer intends to be sold in this State, including cigarettes intended to
				be sold in the United States through an importer;
The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the
				United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer
				or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or
any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described
				above.
"OSFM" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"Quality Control and Quality Assurance Program" means the
				laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and
				nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not
				affect the results of the testing. This program ensures that the testing
				repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in
				Section
				400.30(e)
				of this Part for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with
				the Act.
"Repeatability" means the range of values within which the
				repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95%
				of the time.
"Retail Dealer" means any person, other than a manufacturer or
				wholesale dealer, engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products.
"Sale" means any transfer of title or possession or both,
				exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means
				whatever or any agreement therefore. In addition to cash and credit sales, the
				giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes, or gifts and the exchanging of
				cigarettes for any consideration other than money are considered sales.
"Sell" means to sell or to offer or agree to sell.
"Wholesale Dealer" means any person who sells cigarettes or
				tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, and
				any person who owns, operates or maintains one or more cigarette or tobacco
				product vending machines in, at or upon premises owned or occupied by any other
				person. [425 ILCS 8/5
				]