Full Text of SB2174 93rd General Assembly
SB2174 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 SB2174
Introduced 1/14/2004, by Denny Jacobs SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 3918/10 |
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20 ILCS 3918/15 |
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20 ILCS 3918/20 |
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20 ILCS 3918/25 |
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20 ILCS 3918/30 |
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20 ILCS 3918/35 |
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Amends the Illinois Building Commission Act. Provides that the Commission shall consist of 15 Board members (now 11), the additional member to be legislators appointed by the legislative leaders. Provides guidelines for the creation of subcommittees and the selection of subcommittee members. Provides for the Commission to appoint an Executive Director from a list of persons nominated by the governor. Makes other various changes.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB093 15174 RAS 40770 b |
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| AN ACT concerning boards and commissions.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Building Commission Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Sections 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3918/10)
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| Sec. 10. Creation. An advisory commission, to be known as | 8 |
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Illinois Building Commission, is created. The Commission
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| shall consist of 15 Board
11
members, including: a fire | 10 |
| official, a building official, an
architect,
a professional | 11 |
| engineer, a structural engineer, a commercial contractor
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| representative, a residential construction industry | 13 |
| representative, a
mechanical and specialty contractor | 14 |
| representative, a labor
representative, a disability advocate, | 15 |
| and a member of the public. Eleven members of the
Commission | 16 |
| shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent | 17 |
| of
the Senate. The President of the Senate, the Minority leader | 18 |
| of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and | 19 |
| the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each | 20 |
| appoint one legislative member to serve on the Commission. | 21 |
| From nominations received from the Governor, the members of | 22 |
| the Commission shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be | 23 |
| a person knowledgeable in the area of design and construction | 24 |
| requirements.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-269, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 3918/15)
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| Sec. 15. Terms and reimbursement. The fire official, | 28 |
| architect,
structural engineer, commercial contractor | 29 |
| representative, labor
representative, and member of the public | 30 |
| shall serve initial terms of 2 years.
The building official, | 31 |
| professional engineer, residential construction industry
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| representative, mechanical and specialty contractor | 2 |
| representative, and
disability advocate shall serve initial | 3 |
| terms of 3 years. Each subsequent
term shall be for 3 years. | 4 |
| Legislators shall serve terms of 2 years. Board Members may be | 5 |
| appointed for more than one term. A
chairman of the Commission | 6 |
| shall be elected annually
each year by the members of the
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| Commission. Commission Board members shall be reimbursed for | 8 |
| travel expenses .
and
shall receive a per diem for each day that | 9 |
| the Commission or a subcommittee on
which the member serves | 10 |
| meets. Reimbursement shall be consistent with
the rules of the | 11 |
| Governor's
Travel Control Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-269, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 3918/20)
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| Sec. 20. Subcommittees. The Commission may create | 15 |
| subcommittees and appoint members and non-members to those | 16 |
| subcommittees as determined necessary by the Commission. | 17 |
| Subcommittee members shall be appointed by the Executive | 18 |
| Committee with the approval of the full Commission. A member of | 19 |
| the Commission shall be designated as an ex-officio member of | 20 |
| each designated subcommittee. All subcommittee recommendations | 21 |
| are subject to full Commission approval.
The Commission shall | 22 |
| create and appoint members
and non-members to
the following | 23 |
| subcommittees: the planning subcommittee, the building and | 24 |
| fire
protection subcommittee, the building envelope
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| subcommittee, the structural systems subcommittee, the | 26 |
| building services
subcommittee, and the
accessibility | 27 |
| subcommittee. There shall be at least 5 members but not more
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| than 9 members on each subcommittee. The subcommittees shall | 29 |
| advise the
Commission on any item before the Commission that | 30 |
| deals with the area of
expertise of the subcommittee.
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| Commission may create any other subcommittee that it deems | 32 |
| necessary.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-269, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 3918/25)
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| Sec. 25. Forum; dispute resolution. The Commission shall | 2 |
| provide an
ongoing forum for continuing dialogue regarding the | 3 |
| purpose and duties of the
Commission. The Commission shall also | 4 |
| serve as a forum to recommend
suggest resolution
of conflicts | 5 |
| between State agencies, or between a State agency and another
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| entity that consents to the resolution forum, concerning State | 7 |
| building
requirements.
As used in this Section, for dispute | 8 |
| resolution arising out of Section 8 or
8.5 of the Hospital | 9 |
| Licensing Act, "building requirements" includes the
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| application of building codes for new and existing construction | 11 |
| and related
Department rules and standards under the Hospital | 12 |
| Licensing Act, including
without limitation rules and | 13 |
| standards for (i) design and construction, (ii)
engineering and | 14 |
| maintenance of the physical plant, site, equipment, and
systems | 15 |
| (heating, cooling, electrical, ventilation, plumbing, water, | 16 |
| sewer,
and solid waste disposal), and (iii) fire and safety.
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| If the recommended
suggested resolution of a conflict | 18 |
| between the Department of Public
Health and a health care | 19 |
| provider is to (i) accept an equivalency determined
by the Fire | 20 |
| Safety Evaluation System, (ii) waive State rules or standards, | 21 |
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(iii) seek a waiver of federal rules or standards, the | 22 |
| Commission may take
steps it deems reasonably necessary to | 23 |
| facilitate the recommended
suggested resolution,
including | 24 |
| preparing a waiver request and directing the Department of | 25 |
| Public
Health to recommend the request to the appropriate | 26 |
| federal agency.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-803, eff. 8-16-02.)
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| (20 ILCS 3918/30)
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| Sec. 30. State building requirements review; compliance | 30 |
| alternatives. The
Commission
shall review proposed State | 31 |
| building requirement amendments and proposed
legislation
for
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| conflicting requirements to current State law or current | 33 |
| building requirements
and make recommendations concerning | 34 |
| those amendments or laws to the proper
authority.
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| Commission shall (i) recommend
suggest a
standard form for |
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| requesting compliance alternatives and modifications of State
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| building
requirements; (ii)
forward compliance alternatives | 3 |
| requests to the appropriate State agency for
action;
and (iii) | 4 |
| recommend
suggest procedures and formats for appeals of State | 5 |
| agency decisions.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-269, eff. 1-1-98.)
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| (20 ILCS 3918/35)
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| Sec. 35. Administration and enforcement of State building
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| requirements. The Commission shall also recommend
suggest a | 10 |
| long-term plan to improve
administration and enforcement of | 11 |
| State building requirements
statewide. The plan shall include | 12 |
| (i)
recommendations for ways the Department of Commerce and | 13 |
| Economic Opportunity
Community Affairs
could create a | 14 |
| consolidated clearinghouse on all information concerning
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| existing
State building requirements, (ii) recommendations for
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| a consistent format for State building requirements,
(iii)
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| recommendations for a system or procedure for updating existing | 18 |
| State building
requirements that shall include a procedure for | 19 |
| input from the public,
(iv) recommendations for a system or | 20 |
| procedure for the review, approval, and
appeal of building | 21 |
| plans, and (v) recommendations for a system or procedure to
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| enforce the State building requirements.
The Commission shall
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| submit
its suggestions for creating the consolidated | 24 |
| clearinghouse to the Department
of Commerce
and
Community | 25 |
| Affairs as soon as practical after the effective
date
of this | 26 |
| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-269, eff. 1-1-98.)
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