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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 495
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 495 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 2-3.131 and changing Section 3-14.20 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new)
7 Sec. 2-3.131. Inspection and review of school
8 facilities; task force.
9 (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for
10 the documentation of inspections and reviews of school
11 facilities, including the responsible individual's signature.
12 Such documents shall be kept on file by the regional
13 superintendent of schools.
14 (b) The State Board of Education shall convene a task
15 force for the purpose of reviewing the documents required
16 under rules adopted under subsection (a) of this Section and
17 making recommendations regarding training and accreditation
18 of individuals, including regional superintendents of schools
19 (and their designees) and municipal and county building and
20 fire officials (and their designees), with respect to the
21 inspection of school facilities.
22 The task force shall consist of all of the following
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1 members:
2 (1) The Executive Director of the Capital
3 Development Board or his or her designee.
4 (2) The State Superintendent of Education or his or
5 her designee.
6 (3) A person appointed by the State Board of
7 Education.
8 (4) A person appointed by the Illinois Statewide
9 School Management Alliance.
10 (5) A person appointed by ED-RED.
11 (6) A person appointed by the American Institute of
12 Architects Illinois.
13 (7) The Chairman of the Illinois Building
14 Commission or his or her designee.
15 (8) A person appointed by the Illinois Association
16 of Regional Superintendents of Schools.
17 (9) A person appointed by the Illinois Fire
18 Inspectors Association.
19 (10) A person appointed by the Illinois Council of
20 Code Administrators.
21 (11) A person appointed by the Illinois Plumbing
22 Inspectors Association.
23 (12) A person appointed by the Illinois Congress of
24 Parents and Teachers.
25 (13) A person appointed by the Illinois Municipal
26 League.
27 The task force shall issue a report of its findings to
28 the Governor and the General Assembly no later than June 30,
29 2004.
30 (105 ILCS 5/3-14.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20)
31 Sec. 3-14.20. Building plans and specifications. To
32 inspect the building plans and specifications, including but
33 not limited to plans and specifications for the heating,
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1 ventilating, lighting, seating, water supply, toilets and
2 safety against fire of public school rooms and buildings
3 submitted to him by school boards, and to approve all those
4 which comply substantially with the building code authorized
5 in Section 2-3.12.
6 Within 10 days after the regional superintendent of
7 schools receives the plans and specifications from a school
8 board and prior to the bidding process, he or she shall
9 notify, in writing, the municipal clerk and, if applicable,
10 the fire chief for the fire protection district where the
11 school that is being constructed or altered lies that plans
12 and specifications have been received. In the case of an
13 unincorporated area, the county clerk shall be notified. If
14 the municipality, fire protection district, or county request
15 a review of the plans and specifications, then the school
16 board shall submit a copy of the plans and specifications.
17 The municipality and, if applicable, the fire protection
18 district or county may comment in writing on the plans and
19 specifications based on the building code authorized in
20 Section 2-3.12, referencing the specific code where a
21 discrepancy has been identified, and respond back to the
22 regional superintendent of schools within 15 days after a
23 copy of the plans and specifications have been received or,
24 if needed for plan review, such additional time as agreed to
25 by the regional superintendent of schools. The local fire
26 department or fire protection district where the school is
27 being constructed or altered may request a review of the
28 plans and specifications. The regional superintendent of
29 schools shall submit a copy of the plans and specifications
30 within 10 business days after the request. The fire
31 department or fire protection district may comment on the
32 plans and specifications based on the building code
33 authorized in Section 2-3.12 of the Code and, if any
34 corrective action must be taken, shall respond to the
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1 regional superintendent of schools within 15 days after
2 receipt of the plans and specifications. The Office of the
3 State Fire Marshal may review the plans and specifications at
4 the request of the fire department or fire protection
5 district. The review must be conducted at no cost to the
6 school district.
7 If such plans and specifications are not approved or
8 denied approval by the regional superintendent of schools
9 within 3 months after the date on which they are submitted to
10 him or her, the school board may submit such plans and
11 specifications directly to the State Superintendent of
12 Education for approval or denial.
13 (Source: P.A. 92-593, eff. 1-1-03.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.".