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Public Act 097-1033
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Energy
Efficient Building Act is amended by |
changing Sections 10, 20, and 25 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 3125/10)
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Sec. 10. Definitions.
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"Board" means the Capital Development Board.
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"Building" includes both residential buildings and |
commercial buildings.
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"Code" means the latest published edition of the |
International Code Council's International Energy Conservation |
Code as adopted by the Board, excluding published supplements |
but including the amendments and adaptations to the Code that |
are made by the
Board.
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"Commercial building" means any building except a building |
that is a residential building, as defined in this Section. |
"Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic |
Opportunity. |
"Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated |
town.
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"Residential building" means (i) a detached one-family or |
2-family dwelling or (ii) any building that is 3 stories or |
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less in height above grade that contains multiple dwelling |
units, in which the occupants reside on a primarily permanent |
basis, such as a townhouse, a row house, an apartment house, a |
convent, a monastery, a rectory, a fraternity or sorority |
house, a dormitory, and a rooming house; provided, however, |
that when applied to a building located within the boundaries |
of a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more, the |
term "residential building" means a building containing one or |
more dwelling units, not exceeding 4 stories above grade, where |
occupants are primarily permanent.
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(Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09.)
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(20 ILCS 3125/20)
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Sec. 20. Applicability.
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(a) The Board shall review and adopt the Code within one |
year 9 months after its publication. The Code shall take effect |
within 6 3 months after it is adopted by the Board, except |
that, beginning January 1, 2012, the Code adopted in 2012 shall |
take effect on January 1, 2013, and shall apply
to any new |
building or structure in this State for which a building permit
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application is received by a municipality or county, except as |
otherwise provided by this Act.
In the case of any addition, |
alteration, renovation, or repair to an existing commercial |
structure, the Code adopted under this Act applies only to the |
portions of that structure that are being added, altered, |
renovated, or repaired. The changes made to this Section by |
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this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall in no |
way invalidate or otherwise affect contracts entered into on or |
before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th |
General Assembly.
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(b) The following buildings shall be exempt from
the Code:
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(1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions of a |
locally adopted
building code and buildings that do not |
contain a conditioned space.
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(2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or |
fossil fuel for
comfort
conditioning. For purposes of |
determining whether this exemption applies, a
building |
will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the |
absence of
equipment used for electric comfort heating, |
whenever the building is provided
with electrical service |
in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement
official |
determines that this electrical service is necessary for |
purposes
other than providing electric comfort heating.
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(3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply to |
those buildings
that
are listed on the National Register of |
Historic Places or the Illinois
Register of Historic |
Places, and to those buildings that have been designated
as |
historically significant by a local governing body that is |
authorized to
make such designations.
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(4) (Blank). |
(5) Other buildings specified as exempt by the |
International Energy Conservation Code.
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(c) Additions, alterations, renovations, or repairs to an |
existing building, building system, or portion thereof shall |
conform to the provisions of the Code as they relate to new |
construction without requiring the unaltered portion of the |
existing building or building system to comply with the Code. |
The following need not comply with the Code, provided that the |
energy use of the building is not increased: (i) storm windows |
installed over existing fenestration, (ii) glass-only |
replacements in an existing sash and frame, (iii) existing |
ceiling, wall, or floor cavities exposed during construction, |
provided that these cavities are filled with insulation, and |
(iv) construction where the existing roof, wall, or floor is |
not exposed. |
(d) A unit of local government that does not regulate |
energy efficient building standards is not required to adopt, |
enforce, or administer the Code; however, any energy efficient |
building standards adopted by a unit of local government must |
comply with this Act. If a unit of local government does not |
regulate energy efficient building standards, any |
construction, renovation, or addition to buildings or |
structures is subject to the provisions contained in this Act. |
(Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09.)
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(20 ILCS 3125/25)
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Sec. 25. Technical assistance.
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(a) The Department shall make available to builders, |
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designers, engineers, and
architects implementation materials |
and training to that explain the requirements of the
Code and |
describe methods of compliance
acceptable to Code Enforcement |
Officials.
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(b) The materials shall include software tools, simplified |
prescriptive
options, and other materials as appropriate. The |
simplified materials shall be
designed for projects in which a |
design professional may not be involved.
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(c) The Department shall provide local jurisdictions with |
technical assistance
concerning implementation and enforcement |
of the
Code.
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(Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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