FIRE DIST-ANTITRUST EXEMPTION

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of any fire protection district incorporated under this Act may, by ordinance, regulate or prescribe the method of installing, monitoring, and maintaining fire alarm monitoring equipment used within the district. Authorizes a fire protection district to acquire, maintain, and mandate the use within all or a portion of the district of equipment and facilities to establish and operate a wireless radio network or other network. Provides that the State action exemption to application of the federal antitrust laws be fully available to each district to the extent its respective activities are either (i) expressly or by necessary implication authorized by the Act or any other State law or (ii) within traditional areas of local governmental activity. Provides that these provisions are declaratory of existing law.