Ira I. Silverstein

Filed: 2/19/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2147

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2147 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Public Building Egress Act is amended by
5 adding Section 1.5 as follows:
 
6     (425 ILCS 55/1.5 new)
7     Sec. 1.5. Stairwell door access.
8     (a) Stairwell enclosures in buildings greater than 4
9 stories shall comply with one of the following requirements:
10         (1) No stairwell enclosure door shall be locked at any
11     time in order to provide re-entry from the stair enclosure
12     to the interior of the building; or
13         (2) Stairwell enclosure doors that are locked shall be
14     equipped with an electronic lock release system that is
15     activated upon loss of power, manually by a single switch
16     accessible to building management or firefighting
17     personnel, and automatically by activation of the
18     building's fire alarm system.
19     A telephone or other two-way communications system
20     connected to an approved constantly attended location shall be
21     provided at not less than every fifth floor in each stairway
22     where the doors to the stairway are locked. If this option is
23     selected, the building must comply with these requirements by
24     January 1, 2005.

 

 

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1     (b) Regardless of which option is selected under subsection
2     (a), stairwell enclosure doors at the main egress level of the
3     building shall remain unlocked from the stairwell enclosure
4     side at all times.
5     (c) Building owners that select the option under paragraph
6     (2) of subsection (a) must comply with the following
7     requirements during the time necessary to install a lock
8     release system and the two-way communication system:
9         (1) Re-entry into the building interior shall be
10     possible at all times on the highest story or second
11     highest story, whichever allows access to another exit
12     stair;
13         (2) There shall not be more than 4 stories intervening
14     between stairwell enclosure doors that provided access to
15     another exit stair;
16         (3) Doors allowing re-entry shall be identified as such
17     on the stair side of the door;
18         (4) Doors not allowing re-entry shall be provided with
19     a sign on the stair side indicating the location of the
20     nearest exit, in each direction of travel that allows
21     re-entry; and
22         (5) The information required to be posted on the door
23     under paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, shall be
24     posted at eye level and at the bottom of the door.
25     (d) A home rule unit, other than a home rule municipality
26     having a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants, may not
27     regulate stairwell door access in a manner less restrictive
28     than the regulation by the State of stairwell door access under
29     this Act. This subsection (d) is a limitation under subsection
30     (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on
31     the concurrent exercise by home rule units, other than any home
32     rule municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more
33     inhabitants, of powers and functions exercised by the State.".