100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4558

 

Introduced , by Rep. Margo McDermed

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 25/3  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3713
410 ILCS 25/5.1 new

    Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Provides that a public facility or multi-story housing shall have a detectable warning at the bottom step and top step of each stair run. Exempts stairs in dwelling units, stairs in enclosed stair towers, and stairs set to the side of the path of travel. Defines "detectable warning".


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Barriers Act is amended by
5changing Section 3 and by adding Section 5.1 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 25/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3713)
7    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act and the Illinois
8Accessibility Code (71 Ill. Adm. Code 400):
9    "2010 Standards for Accessible Design" means the
10regulations promulgated by the Department of Justice, 28 CFR
11Parts 35 and 36, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities
12Act of 1990 (ADA).
13    "Accessibility Code" or "Code" means those standards,
14known as the Illinois Accessibility Code, 71 Ill. Adm. Code
15400, adopted by the Capital Development Board pursuant to
16Section 4 of this Act.
17    "Accessible" means that a site, building, facility, or
18portion thereof is compliant with the Code.
19    "Accessible means of egress" means a continuous and
20unobstructed way of egress travel from any point in a building
21or facility that provides an accessible route to an area of
22refuge, a horizontal exit, or a public way.
23    "Accessible route" means a continuous unobstructed path

 

 

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1connecting all accessible elements and spaces of a building or
2facility. Interior accessible routes may include corridors,
3floors, ramps, elevators, lifts, skywalks, tunnels, and clear
4floor space at fixtures. Exterior accessible routes may include
5parking access aisles, curb ramps, crosswalks at vehicular
6ways, walks, ramps, and lifts.
7    "Adaptability" or "adaptable" means the ability of certain
8building spaces and elements, such as kitchen counters, sinks
9and grab bars, to be added or altered so as to accommodate the
10needs of individuals with different types or degrees of
11disability.
12    "Adaptable dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit
13constructed and equipped so it can be converted with minimal
14structural change for use by persons with different types and
15degrees of disability.
16    "Alteration" means any modification or renovation that
17affects or could affect the usability of the building or
18facility or part of the building or facility. "Alteration"
19includes, but is not limited to, remodeling, renovation,
20rehabilitation, reconstruction, historic preservation,
21historic reconstruction, historic rehabilitation, historic
22restoration, changes to or rearrangement of the structural
23parts or elements, changes to or replacement of plumbing
24fixtures or controls, changes to or rearrangement in the plan
25configuration of walls and full-height partitions, resurfacing
26of circulation paths or vehicular ways, and changes or

 

 

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1improvements to parking lots. The following work is not
2considered to be an alteration unless it affects the usability
3of the building or facility: normal maintenance, reroofing,
4painting or wallpapering, or changes to mechanical and
5electrical systems.
6    "Built environment" means those parts of the physical
7environment which are designed, constructed or altered by
8people, including all public facilities and multi-story
9housing units.
10    "Circulation path" means an exterior or interior way of
11passage provided for pedestrian travel, including, but not
12limited to, walks, hallways, courtyards, elevators, platform
13lifts, ramps, stairways, and landings.
14    "Common use areas" or "common areas" means areas, including
15interior and exterior rooms, spaces, or elements, which are
16held out for use by all tenants and owners in public facilities
17and multi-story housing, including, but not limited to,
18residents of an apartment building or condominium complex,
19occupants of an office building, or the guests of such
20residents or occupants. "Common use areas" or "common areas"
21includes, but is not limited to, lobbies, elevators, hallways,
22laundry rooms, swimming pools, storage rooms, recreation
23areas, parking garages, building offices, conference rooms,
24patios, restrooms, telephones, drinking fountains,
25restaurants, cafeterias, delicatessens and stores.
26    "Detectable warning" means a standardized surface feature

 

 

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1built in or applied to walking surfaces or other elements to
2warn people with visual impairments of hazards on the
3circulation path.
4    "Disability" means a physical or mental impairment that
5substantially limits one or more major life activities; a
6record or history of such an impairment; or regarded as having
7such an impairment.
8    "Dwelling unit" means a single unit of residence which
9provides a kitchen or food preparation area, in addition to
10rooms and spaces for living, bathing, sleeping, and the like.
11Dwelling units are found in housing types such as townhouses
12and apartment buildings.
13    "Element" means an architectural, mechanical (including
14plumbing), or electrical component of a building, facility,
15space, site, or public right-of-way.
16    "Entrance" means any access point to a building or portion
17of a building or facility or multi-story housing used for the
18purpose of entering. An entrance includes the approach walk,
19the vertical access leading to the entrance platform, the
20entrance platform itself, vestibules if provided, and the entry
21door or doors or gate or gates.
22    "Environmental barrier" means an element or space of the
23built environment which limits accessibility to or use of the
24built environment by individuals with disabilities.
25    "Facility" means all or any portion of buildings,
26structures, site improvements, elements, and pedestrian routes

 

 

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1or vehicular ways located on a site.
2    "Governmental unit" means State agencies as defined in the
3State Auditing Act, circuit courts, units of local government
4and their officers, boards of election commissioners, public
5colleges and universities, and school districts.
6    "Multi-story housing" means any building of 4 or more
7stories containing 10 or more dwelling units constructed to be
8held out for sale or lease by any person to the public.
9"Multi-story housing" includes, but is not limited to, the
10following building types: apartment buildings, condominium
11buildings, convents, housing for the elderly, and monasteries.
12    "Owner" means the owner of the real property or existing
13facility or the tenant of the real property or existing
14facility.
15    "Primary function area" means an area of a building or
16facility containing a major activity for which the building or
17facility is intended. There can be multiple areas containing a
18primary function in a single building. Primary function areas
19are not limited to public use areas. Mixed use facilities may
20include numerous primary function areas for each use. Areas
21containing a primary function do not include: mechanical rooms,
22boiler rooms, supply storage rooms, employee lounges or
23employee locker rooms, janitorial closets, entrances,
24corridors, or restrooms. Restrooms are not areas containing a
25primary function unless the provision of restrooms is a primary
26purpose of the area, such as in highway rest stops.

 

 

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1    "Public" means any group of people who are users of the
2building or employees of the building. The term "public" is not
3intended to include those people who are employed by the owner
4of a building for the sole purpose of construction or
5alteration of a building during the time in which the building
6is being constructed or altered.
7    "Public facility" means:
8        (1) any building, structure, or site improvement which
9    is:
10            (i) owned by or on behalf of a governmental unit,
11            (ii) leased, rented or used, in whole or in part,
12        by a governmental unit, or
13            (iii) financed, in whole or in part, by a grant or
14        a loan made or guaranteed by a governmental unit;
15        (2) any building, structure, or site improvement used
16    or held out for use or intended for use by the public or by
17    employees for one or more of, but not limited to, the
18    following:
19            (i) the purpose of gathering, recreation,
20        transient lodging, education, employment,
21        institutional care, or the purchase, rental, sale or
22        acquisition of any goods, personal property or
23        services;
24            (ii) places of public display or collection;
25            (iii) social service establishments; and
26            (iv) stations used for specified public

 

 

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1        transportation; or
2        (3) a public right-of-way.
3    "Public right-of-way" means public land or property,
4usually in interconnected corridors, that is acquired for or
5dedicated to transportation purposes.
6    "Public way" means any street, alley, or other parcel of
7land open to the outside air leading to a public street, which
8has been deeded, dedicated, or otherwise permanently
9appropriated to the public for public use, and which has a
10clear width and height of not less than 10 feet (3048 mm).
11    "State" means the State of Illinois and any instrumentality
12or agency thereof.
13    "Technically infeasible" means, with respect to an
14alteration of a building or a facility, that a requirement of
15this Act or the Code has little likelihood of being
16accomplished because existing structural conditions would
17require removing or altering a load-bearing member that is an
18essential part of the structural frame; or because other
19existing physical or site constraints prohibit modification or
20addition of elements, spaces, or features that are in full and
21strict compliance with the minimum requirements.
22(Source: P.A. 99-582, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
23    (410 ILCS 25/5.1 new)
24    Sec. 5.1. Detectable warnings at stairs. Except as
25otherwise provided in this Section, a public facility or

 

 

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1multi-story housing the construction of which commences after
2the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General
3Assembly shall have a detectable warning at the bottom step and
4top step of each stair run. This Section does not apply to
5stairs in dwelling units, stairs in enclosed stair towers, or
6stairs set to the side of the path of travel.