(410 ILCS 30/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3901)
Sec. 1.
In each building, including commercial, residential and institutional
structures, served during regular business hours by an unsupervised automatic
passenger elevator for use by the general public, the elevator, or at least
the left elevator where there is more than one elevator in any bank of elevators,
shall be equipped with elevator controls, within the elevator and at each
floor level served by the elevator, which have tactile
identification or braille markings, pursuant to the following schedule:
(a) New elevators for which building permits are |
| issued after the effective date of this Act or October 1, 1977, whichever date is later - immediately;
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(b) Existing elevators undergoing renovation of the
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| control panel for which building permits are issued after the effective date of this Act or October 1, 1977, whichever date is later - immediately;
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(c) Existing elevators not undergoing renovation, the
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(1) 90 days after the effective date of Federal
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(2) June 30, 1980.
All tactile identification except braille shall be in contrasting colors
and consist of raised letters, numbers, labels or plaques for persons with a visual disability.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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