Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB3644

SB3644 Engrossed LRB104 18828 TRT 32273 b

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Rooftop Safety for First Responders Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(430 ILCS 180/15)

Sec. 15. Survey.

(a) No later than January 1, 2027, and every 2 years thereafter, each municipality with a population of 500,000 or more inhabitants shall complete a survey of buildings in its jurisdiction that have skylights and other openings located in the plane of a low-sloped roof.

(a-5) No later than January 1, 2027, and every 2 years thereafter, each municipality with a population of fewer than 500,000 inhabitants shall complete a survey of new buildings in its jurisdiction that have skylights and other openings located in the plane of a low-sloped roof.

(a-10) Within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, each municipality with a population of fewer than 500,000 inhabitants shall develop a methodology to collect data regarding the presence of skylights and other openings in the plane of low-sloped roofs of existing buildings by examining building permits for new renovation projects or collecting information during required inspections of existing buildings.

(b) The results of the survey shall be reported in a building inventory that shall be shared with local police departments and local fire departments.

(c) In counties with a population greater than 1,000,000, the results of the survey shall be shared with local police departments and local fire departments and shall be stored in all computer-aided dispatch systems.

(Source: P.A. 104-121, eff. 1-1-26.)