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 1        AN ACT in relation to schools.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 3-14.20 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/3-14.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20)
 7        Sec.  3-14.20.  Building  plans  and  specifications.  To
 8    inspect the building plans and specifications, including  but
 9    not  limited  to  plans  and  specifications for the heating,
10    ventilating, lighting, seating,  water  supply,  toilets  and
11    safety  against  fire  of  public  school rooms and buildings
12    submitted to him by school boards, and to approve  all  those
13    which  comply substantially with the building code authorized
14    in Section 2-3.12. Within 10 business days after the regional
15    superintendent of schools receives plans  and  specifications
16    from  a  school board and prior to the bidding process, he or
17    she shall notify the municipality  and,  if  applicable,  the
18    fire  protection  district  where  the  school  that is being
19    constructed or altered lies that plan and specifications have
20    been submitted. In the case of an  unincorporated  area,  the
21    county  shall  be  notified.  If (i) local fire, building, or
22    plumbing inspectors  in  the  municipality,  fire  protection
23    district,  or  county    request  a  review  of the plans and
24    specifications or (ii) the regional superintendent of schools
25    requests that any of these local inspectors review the  plans
26    and  specifications  and  the  municipality,  fire protection
27    district, or county determines that it can  accommodate  this
28    request,  then  the  school  board shall submit a copy of the
29    plans and specifications to the local inspectors.  The  local
30    inspectors or, on behalf of the local inspectors, a certified
31    plan  reviewer  or  certified  inspector shall comment on the
 
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 1    plans  and  specifications  based  on   the   building   code
 2    authorized  in  Section  2-3.12  and  respond to the regional
 3    superintendent of schools within 15  business  days  after  a
 4    copy of the plans and specifications has been received by the
 5    local  inspectors.   "Certified plan reviewer" and "certified
 6    inspector" mean an individual who has been certified as  such
 7    by  a  national  model code organization or equivalent agency
 8    approved by the  Capital  Development  Board.  If  the  local
 9    inspectors  or certified inspector wish to inspect the actual
10    school construction or alteration, the  local  inspectors  or
11    certified  inspector  must set up an initial pre-construction
12    meeting  with  the  regional   superintendent   of   schools,
13    outlining  the  inspection schedule and construction reviews.
14    The regional superintendent of schools shall then notify  the
15    school  district. The local inspectors or certified inspector
16    shall respond to the regional superintendent of schools  with
17    any  comments  at  the  completion  of  each inspection.  The
18    review and inspection shall be done at no cost to the  school
19    district.  With  respect  to  the  provisions of this Section
20    concerning the review of the plans and specifications and the
21    inspection of the actual school construction  or  alteration,
22    in  the  case  of  Cook  County,  references  to the regional
23    superintendent of schools shall be deemed  to  refer  to  the
24    intermediate  service  center  for  the school district.  The
25    local fire department or fire protection district  where  the
26    school  is  being constructed or altered may request a review
27    of the plans and specifications. The regional  superintendent
28    of   schools   shall   submit   a   copy  of  the  plans  and
29    specifications within 10 business days after the request. The
30    fire department or fire protection district  may  comment  on
31    the  plans  and  specifications  based  on  the building code
32    authorized  in  Section  2-3.12  of  the  Code  and,  if  any
33    corrective  action  must  be  taken,  shall  respond  to  the
34    regional superintendent  of  schools  within  15  days  after
 
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 1    receipt  of  the  plans and specifications. The Office of the
 2    State Fire Marshal may review the plans and specifications at
 3    the  request  of  the  fire  department  or  fire  protection
 4    district. The review must be conducted  at  no  cost  to  the
 5    school district.
 6        If  such  plans  and  specifications  are not approved or
 7    denied approval by the  regional  superintendent  of  schools
 8    within 3 months after the date on which they are submitted to
 9    him  or  her,  the  school  board  may  submit such plans and
10    specifications  directly  to  the  State  Superintendent   of
11    Education for approval or denial.
12    (Source: P.A. 92-593, eff. 1-1-03.)

13        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
14    becoming law.