HB0825eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0825 Engrossed LRB097 03654 JDS 43691 b

AN ACT concerning safety.

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

Section 5. The Carbon Monoxide Alarm Detector Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

(430 ILCS 135/10)

Sec. 10. Carbon monoxide detector.

(a) Every dwelling unit shall be equipped with at least one approved carbon monoxide alarm in an operating condition within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping purposes. The carbon monoxide alarm may be combined with smoke detecting devices provided that the combined unit complies with the respective provisions of the administrative code, reference standards, and departmental rules relating to both smoke detecting devices and carbon monoxide alarms and provided that the combined unit emits an alarm in a manner that clearly differentiates the hazard.

(b) Every structure that contains more than one dwelling unit shall contain at least one approved carbon monoxide alarm in operating condition within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping purposes.

(b-5) Every single family residence that shares an entrance with an attached garage, as well as every living unit that is located in a multiple family residence or a mixed use building and that shares an entrance with an attached garage, must contain an additional approved carbon monoxide alarm in operating condition within 15 feet of the entrance to the attached garage.

(c) It is the responsibility of the owner of a structure to supply and install all required alarms, and he or she must not enter into a contract to sell or lease that structure before installing the required alarms. It is the responsibility of a tenant to test and to provide general maintenance for the alarms within the tenant's dwelling unit or rooming unit, and to notify the owner or the authorized agent of the owner in writing of any deficiencies that the tenant cannot correct. The owner is responsible for providing one tenant per dwelling unit with written information regarding alarm testing and maintenance.

The tenant is responsible for replacement of any required batteries in the carbon monoxide alarms in the tenant's dwelling unit, except that the owner shall ensure that the batteries are in operating condition at the time the tenant takes possession of the dwelling unit. The tenant shall provide the owner or the authorized agent of the owner with access to the dwelling unit to correct any deficiencies in the carbon monoxide alarm that have been reported in writing to the owner or the authorized agent of the owner.

(d) The carbon monoxide alarms required under this Act may be either battery powered, plug-in with battery back-up, or wired into the structure's AC power line with secondary battery back-up.

(Source: P.A. 94-741, eff. 1-1-07.)