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90_HB0768
New Act
Creates the Truss Construction Fire Safety Act. Provides
that the Office of the State Fire Marshall shall require
identifying emblems on buildings that have a roof or floor
with truss construction. Provides that the county in
unincorporated areas and the municipality in incorporated
areas shall enforce the Act and authorizes the county or
municipality to charge a reasonable registration fee for
buildings requiring the emblem. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning fire safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Truss Construction Fire Safety Act.
6 Section 5. Truss construction emblem.
7 (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshall shall
8 promulgate reasonable regulations to require that a standard
9 identifying emblem be affixed to the front of structures with
10 truss construction.
11 (b) The truss construction emblem shall have a bright
12 and reflective color or be made of reflective material. The
13 shape of the emblem shall be an isosceles triangle and the
14 size shall be 12 inches horizontally by 6 inches vertically.
15 The following letters shall be printed on the emblem in a
16 size and color to make them conspicuous:
17 "F" to signify a floor with truss construction;
18 "R" to signify a roof with truss construction; and
19 "F/R" to signify both a floor and roof with truss
20 construction.
21 The emblem shall be permanently affixed to the left of the
22 main entrance door at a height between 4 to 6 feet above the
23 ground and shall be installed and maintained by the building
24 owner.
25 Section 10. Exemption.
26 (a) Detached one and 2 family residential structures
27 with truss construction that are not part of a planned unit
28 development shall be exempt from the provisions of this Act.
29 However, the governing body of a county or municipality may
30 require by ordinance that the emblems be affixed on
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1 structures with truss construction.
2 (b) Individual structures and dwelling units with truss
3 construction that are part of a planned unit development
4 shall not be required to have an identifying emblem if there
5 is a truss construction emblem affixed at each entrance to
6 the development.
7 Section 15. Registration fee. The Act shall be
8 administered and enforced by counties in unincorporated areas
9 and municipalities in incorporated areas. The county or
10 municipality may charge a reasonable registration fee to the
11 owners of buildings requiring a truss construction emblem for
12 reasonable costs in administering and enforcing this Act.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.
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