Full Text of SB0239 100th General Assembly
SB0239sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Antonio Muñoz Filed: 5/22/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 239
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 239 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | In-Building Radio Coverage Enhancement Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Purpose. This Act implements the provisions of | 7 | | the International Fire Code that assure proper communications | 8 | | among emergency response personnel to protect life and | 9 | | commercial buildings during fire and other hazardous threats | 10 | | through the enhancement of in-building radio signal strength of | 11 | | the public safety radio system. | 12 | | Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 13 | | "Approved radio coverage" means that emergency responders | 14 | | are able to transmit and receive radio signals of the public | 15 | | safety radio system signal in 95% of all areas on each floor of |
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| 1 | | a commercial building and in 99% of its critical building | 2 | | areas. | 3 | | "Authority having jurisdiction" means an organization, | 4 | | office, or individual responsible for enforcing the | 5 | | requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, | 6 | | materials, an installation, or a procedure.
| 7 | | "Commercial building" means a building other than a | 8 | | single-family home; a dwelling containing 2 or fewer | 9 | | apartments, condominiums, or townhomes; or a farm building as | 10 | | exempted from Section 3 of the Illinois Architecture Practice | 11 | | Act. | 12 | | "Critical building area" includes a fire command center, | 13 | | fire pump room, exit stair, exit passageway, elevator lobby, | 14 | | standpipe cabinet, sprinkler sectional valve location, and | 15 | | other areas deemed critical by the authority having | 16 | | jurisdiction. | 17 | | "In-building emergency radio coverage enhancement system" | 18 | | means the products, such as repeaters, transmitters, | 19 | | receivers, signal boosters and battery charging systems, used | 20 | | to provide reliable 2-way wireless radio signal coverage for | 21 | | emergency responders inside buildings. | 22 | | "Public safety radio system" means a radio system | 23 | | provisioned, installed, and maintained for the purpose of | 24 | | providing wireless communication to serve the requirements of | 25 | | emergency response agencies. |
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| 1 | | Section 15. Approved radio coverage required; in-building | 2 | | emergency radio enhancement systems. | 3 | | (a) Within 18 months after the effective date of this Act: | 4 | | (1) each applicant for a new construction permit for a | 5 | | commercial building shall include an assessment of whether | 6 | | the commercial building has approved radio coverage; and | 7 | | (2) each owner of a commercial building not under | 8 | | paragraph (1) shall conduct an assessment to determine | 9 | | whether the commercial building has approved radio | 10 | | coverage. | 11 | | (b) All new and existing commercial buildings shall have | 12 | | approved radio coverage to assure proper emergency response and | 13 | | recovery mechanisms are available. If an assessment under | 14 | | subsection (a) demonstrates that the in-building radio signal | 15 | | strength of a public safety radio system fails to provide | 16 | | approved radio coverage, then: | 17 | | (1) if it is a commercial building under paragraph (1) | 18 | | of subsection (a), an approved emergency radio coverage | 19 | | enhancement system shall be installed and maintained in | 20 | | accordance with Sections 510 and 1103.2 of the 2018 | 21 | | International Fire Code and the 2016 edition of National | 22 | | Fire Protection Association Standard 1221 before occupancy | 23 | | of the commercial building; or | 24 | | (2) if it is a commercial building under paragraph (2) | 25 | | of subsection (a), an approved emergency radio coverage | 26 | | enhancement system shall be installed and maintained in |
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| 1 | | accordance with Sections 510 and 1103.2 of the 2018 | 2 | | International Fire Code and the 2016 edition of National | 3 | | Fire Protection Association Standard 1221 within 18 months | 4 | | of the completion of the assessment. | 5 | | The in-building emergency radio enhancement system shall | 6 | | be listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory that is | 7 | | accredited by the United States Occupational Safety and Health | 8 | | Administration to test and certify to American National | 9 | | Standards Institute/Underwriters Laboratories Standard 2524. | 10 | | Section 20. Existing public safety radio systems. This Act | 11 | | does not require improvement of existing public safety radio | 12 | | systems. | 13 | | Section 25. Rules. The Office of the State Fire Marshal | 14 | | shall adopt rules to implement and enforce this Act, including | 15 | | rules for an accelerated timeline to conduct assessments of | 16 | | compliance with approved radio coverage in schools, hospitals, | 17 | | and other areas of mass congregation as determined by the | 18 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal.
| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 | | becoming law.".
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