100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB2458
 
Introduced 1/30/2018, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
210 ILCS 115/9  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719
210 ILCS 115/9.17 new

     Amends the Mobile Home Park Act. Requires each mobile home park to contain a storm shelter with design plans, engineering calculations, diagrams, and other data prepared by an architect licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, a professional engineer licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or a structural engineer licensed under the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that each shelter must meet specified standards. Provides that a multi-purpose facility that contains an area meeting the standards satisfies the storm shelter requirements.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Mobile Home Park Act is amended  by changing 
5Section 9 and  by adding Section 9.17 as follows:
 



6    (210 ILCS 115/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719)



7    Sec. 9. 
Each mobile home park licensed or to be constructed 
8under the
provisions of this Act shall be operated and 
9maintained in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 9.1 
10to 9.17 9.16, inclusive, of this
Act.

11(Source: P.A. 98-540, eff. 1-1-14.)

 
12    (210 ILCS 115/9.17 new)
13    Sec. 9.17. Storm shelters required. Each mobile home park 
14shall contain a storm shelter with design plans, engineering 
15calculations, diagrams, and other data prepared by  an architect 
16licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, 
17a professional engineer licensed under the Professional 
18Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or a structural engineer 
19licensed under the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. 
20Each shelter must have:
21        (1) the ability to withstand wind speeds of 200 miles 
22    per hour;
 
 
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1        (2) 12 square feet of floor space per mobile home pad 
2    in the park;
3        (3) a ceiling height of not less than 7 feet;
4        (4) 2 exits, including at least one exit that is 
5    accessible by individuals with physical disabilities;
6        (5) underground electrical service;
7        (6) interior lighting and an emergency lighting system 
8    supplied from storage batteries or an on-site generator; 
9    and
10        (7) a location that is centrally located in relation to 
11    all mobile homes in the park. 
12    A multi-purpose facility that contains an area meeting the 
13standards in paragraphs (1) through (7) satisfies the 
14requirements of this Section.