HB5163 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 16247 RAS 42266 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5163

Introduced , by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 312/25

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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(225 ILCS 312/25)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)

Sec. 25. Elevator Safety Review Board.

(a) There is hereby created within the Office of the State Fire Marshal the Elevator Safety Review Board, consisting of 15 14 members. The Administrator shall appoint 3 members who shall be representatives of fire service communities. The Governor shall appoint the remaining 12 11 members of the Board as follows: one representative from a major elevator manufacturing company or its authorized representative; one representative from an elevator servicing company; one representative of the architectural design profession; one representative of the general public; one representative of an advocacy group for people with physical disabilities; one representative of the senior citizen population; one representative employed by of a municipality in this State with a population under 25,000; one representative employed by of a municipality in this State with a population of 25,000 or over but under 50,000; one representative employed by of a municipality in this State with a population of 50,000 or over but under 500,000; one representative employed as a code official by a municipality or county in this State; one representative of a building owner or manager; and one representative of labor involved in the installation, maintenance, and repair of elevators.

(b) The members constituting the Board shall be appointed for initial terms as follows:

(1) Of the members appointed by the Administrator, 2 shall serve for a term of 2 years, and one for a term of 4 years.

(2) Of the members appointed by the Governor, 2 shall serve for a term of one year, 2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for terms of 3 years, and 4 for terms of 4 years. The representative of the senior citizen population and the representative employed as a code official by a municipality or county in this State shall serve an initial term of 4 years.

At the expiration of their initial terms of office, the members or their successors shall be appointed for terms of 4 years each. Upon the expiration of a member's term of office, the officer who appointed that member shall reappoint that member or appoint a successor who is a representative of the same interests with which his or her predecessor was identified. The Administrator and the Governor may at any time remove any of their respective appointees for inefficiency or neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of a member, the officer who appointed that member shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term by appointing a member who is a representative of the same interests with which his or her predecessor was identified. The members shall serve without salary, but shall receive from the State expenses necessarily incurred by them in performance of their duties. The Governor shall appoint one of the members to serve as chairperson. The chairperson shall be the deciding vote in the event of a tie vote.

(Source: P.A. 94-698, eff. 11-22-05; 95-573, eff. 8-31-07.)