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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5163
Introduced , by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Provides that those members of the Elevator Safety Review Board who serve as representatives of municipalities shall be employed by the municipalities that they represent (instead of just being a representative of such municipality). Changes the membership of the Board from 14 members to 15 members by adding one member who is a representative employed as a code official by a municipality or county in the State.
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 312/25)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 25. Elevator Safety Review Board.
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| (a) There is hereby created within the Office of the State |
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| Fire Marshal
the Elevator Safety Review Board, consisting of 15 |
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| 14 members. The Administrator
shall appoint 3 members who shall |
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| be representatives
of fire
service communities. The Governor |
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| shall appoint the remaining 12 11 members of
the Board as |
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| follows: one representative from a major elevator |
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| manufacturing
company or its authorized representative; one |
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| representative from an elevator
servicing company; one |
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| representative of the architectural design
profession; one |
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| representative of the general public; one representative of an |
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| advocacy group for people with physical disabilities; one |
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| representative of the senior citizen population; one |
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| representative
employed by of a municipality in this State with |
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| a population under 25,000; one
representative employed by of a |
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| municipality in this State with a population of 25,000 or
over |
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| but under 50,000; one representative employed by of a |
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| municipality in this State with
a population of 50,000 or over |
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| but under 500,000; one representative employed as a code |
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| official by a municipality or county in this State; one |
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| representative of a
building owner or manager; and one |
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| representative of labor involved in the
installation, |
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| maintenance, and repair of elevators.
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| (b) The members constituting the Board shall be appointed |
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| for initial terms
as follows:
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| (1) Of the members appointed by the Administrator, 2 |
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| shall serve
for a term of 2 years, and one for a term of 4 |
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| years.
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| (2) Of the members appointed by the Governor, 2 shall |
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| serve for a term
of one year, 2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for |
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| terms of 3 years, and 4 for terms of
4 years. The |
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| representative of the senior citizen population and the |
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| representative employed as a code official by a |
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| municipality or county in this State shall serve an initial |
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| term of 4 years.
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| At the expiration of their initial terms of office, the |
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| members or their
successors shall be appointed for terms of 4 |
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| years each. Upon the expiration
of a member's term of office, |
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| the officer who appointed
that member shall reappoint that |
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| member or appoint a successor who is a
representative of the |
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| same interests with which his or her predecessor was
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| identified. The Administrator and the Governor may at any time |
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| remove any
of their respective appointees for inefficiency or |
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| neglect of duty in office.
Upon the death or incapacity of a |
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| member, the officer who appointed that member
shall fill the |
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| vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term by appointing a
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| member who is a representative of the same interests with which |
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| his or her
predecessor was identified. The members shall serve |
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| without salary, but shall
receive from the State expenses |
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| necessarily incurred by them in performance
of their duties. |
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| The Governor shall appoint one of the members to serve as
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| chairperson. The chairperson shall be the deciding vote in the |
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| event of a tie
vote.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-698, eff. 11-22-05; 95-573, eff. 8-31-07.)
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