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Public Act 91-0089
SB17 Enrolled LRB9100542NTmb
AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2-3.12a.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. If and only if a bill of the 90th General
Assembly that amends the School Code by adding Section
2-3.12a becomes law, the School Code is amended by changing
Section 2-3.12a as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.12a)
Sec. 2-3.12a. Health/Life Safety Code Advisory
Committee.
(a) The Health/Life Safety Code Advisory Committee is
created. The Committee shall be composed of 11 members. The
President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one
member each, the Governor shall appoint 4 members, and the
State Superintendent of Education shall appoint 3 members.
At least one member appointed by the Governor shall have
resided within a large unit school district for at least 5
years preceding the appointment. For the purposes of this
Section, a "large unit school district" means a grades K
through 12 district with a student enrollment of 3,500 or
more. All appointments to the Committee shall be made within
15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1998. Members of the Committee shall serve without
compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
The Committee shall hold an organizational meeting within 10
days after the last member has been appointed. The Committee
shall select one member as chairperson at this organizational
meeting. A majority of the members shall constitute a
quorum.
(b) The Committee shall review the establishment and
enforcement of life safety rules and requirements and the
categorization of life safety items as "urgent" or "required"
in safety survey reports, as set forth in Section 2-3.12 of
this Code and pursuant to the rules and procedures
promulgated by the State Board of Education in the
Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. In particular,
the Committee shall (i) review the process by which items are
designated as "urgent" or "required" life safety items and
inquire into the classification of life safety items as
"urgent" or "required", (ii) review the rules and procedures,
including the procedures for appeal and review of safety
survey reports and recommendations issued by the State
Superintendent of Education pursuant to the safety survey
reports, established for compelling, obtaining, and
implementing remedial construction and retrofitting of
school-related property and buildings mandated under the
school building code, known as the Health/Life Safety Code
for Public Schools, (iii) inquire into and identify budgetary
and other problems, difficulties, and matters of controversy
that are associated with the conducting of school safety
surveys, and (iv) inquire into the enforcement of the
Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. The Committee
shall report its findings and recommendations to the General
Assembly, the Governor, and the State Superintendent of
Education by September 1, April 15, 1999. The report shall
contain recommendations to remedy problems, difficulties, and
matters of controversy identified in the report, including
those related to the definition and classification of life
safety items as "urgent" or "required".
(c) This Section is repealed on December 31, May 1,
1999.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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