Public Act 93-0345

HB3095 Enrolled                      LRB093 10682 DRH 12046 b

    AN ACT in relation to public safety.

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

    Section 5.  The Emergency Evacuation Plan for People with
Disabilities Act is amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as
follows:

    (430 ILCS 130/10)
    Sec.  10.  Emergency  evacuation  plan  for  persons with
disabilities required. By January 1, 2004,  every  high  rise
building  owner  must  establish  and  maintain  an emergency
evacuation plan for disabled occupants of  the  building  who
have  notified  the  owner  of their need for assistance. The
evacuation plan must be established even if the owner has not
been notified of  a  need  for  evacuation  assistance  by  a
disabled occupant of the building. As used in this Act, "high
rise  building" means any building 80 feet or more in height.
The owner is responsible for  maintaining  and  updating  the
plan as necessary to ensure that the plan continues to comply
with the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-705, eff. 7-19-02.)

    (430 ILCS 130/15)
    Sec. 15.  Plan requirements.
    (a)  Each  plan  must establish procedures for evacuating
persons with disabilities from the building in the  event  of
an  emergency,  when those persons have notified the owner of
their need for assistance.
    (b)  Each plan must provide for a list to  be  maintained
of persons who have notified the owner that they are disabled
and  would  require  special  assistance  in  the event of an
emergency. The list must include the unit,  office,  or  room
number  location  that  the  disabled  person occupies in the
building.  It is the intent of this Act that these lists must
be maintained for the sole purpose of  emergency  evacuation.
The  lists  may  not  be  used  or disseminated for any other
purpose.
    (c)  The  plan  must  provide  for  a  means  to   notify
occupants  of  the  building  that a list identifying persons
with a disability in need of emergency evacuation  assistance
is maintained by the owner, and the method by which occupants
can place their name on the list.
    (d)  In  hotels  and  motels,  each  plan must provide an
opportunity for a guest to identify himself or herself  as  a
person  with  a  disability  in  need of emergency evacuation
assistance.
    (e)  The plan must identify the location and type of  any
evacuation  assistance devices or assistive technologies that
are available in the building.
    If the plan provides for areas of rescue assistance,  the
plan  must  provide  that these areas are to be identified by
signs that state "Area of Rescue Assistance" and display  the
international  symbol  of  accessibility.  Lettering  must be
permanent and must comply with  Americans  with  Disabilities
Act Accessibility Guidelines.
    (f)  Each  plan must include recommended procedures to be
followed by building employees, tenants, or guests to  assist
persons  with  disabilities  in  need of emergency evacuation
assistance.
    (g)  A copy of the plan must be maintained at  all  times
in  a  place  that is easily accessible by law enforcement or
fire safety personnel, such as in the  management  office  of
the  high  rise  building,  at  the  security desk, or in the
vicinity of the  fireman's  elevator  recall  key,  the  life
safety panel, or the fire pump room.
(Source: P.A. 92-705, eff. 7-19-02.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.