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90_HB0768enr
New Act
Creates the Truss Construction Fire Safety Act. Provides
that the Office of the State Fire Marshall shall require
identifying emblems on buildings that have a roof or floor
with truss construction. Provides that the county in
unincorporated areas and the municipality in incorporated
areas shall enforce the Act and authorizes the county or
municipality to charge a reasonable registration fee for
buildings requiring the emblem. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning fire safety.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Truss Construction Fire Safety Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act:
7 "Truss" means a framed structural unit made up of a group
8 of triangles arranged in a single plane in such a manner that
9 if loads are applied at the points of intersection of the
10 truss members, only compressive or tensile (nonbending)
11 forces will result in the members.
12 "Truss construction" means a structure, excluding a
13 residential structure, in which the roof or floor is
14 supported by trusses.
15 Section 10. Display requirement.
16 (a) A municipality may by ordinance require that a truss
17 construction emblem be affixed to the front of all or any
18 class of structures, excluding residential structures, within
19 the municipality that have truss construction.
20 (b) A county may by ordinance require that a truss
21 construction emblem be affixed to the front of all or any
22 class of structures, excluding residential structures, within
23 the unincorporated area of the county that have truss
24 construction.
25 (c) Where individual structures, excluding residential
26 structures, with truss construction are part of a planned
27 unit development or subdivision, the municipality or county
28 may require the truss construction emblem to be displayed at
29 each entrance to the development or subdivision rather than
30 on each individual structure.
HB0768 Enrolled -2- LRB9003879PTcw
1 Section 15. Registration requirement; fee.
2 (a) A municipality or county that requires display of a
3 truss construction emblem on all or any class of structures,
4 excluding residential structures, may require the owners of
5 those structures to register them with the fire department or
6 other appropriate agency of the municipality or county.
7 (b) The municipality or county may charge a reasonable
8 registration fee to the owners of structures that are
9 required to be registered under subsection (a). These fees
10 shall be used for reasonable costs related to identifying,
11 maintaining records of, and inspecting structures with truss
12 construction; and any other costs of implementing,
13 administering, or enforcing an ordinance adopted under this
14 Act.
15 Section 20. Truss construction emblem.
16 (a) The truss construction emblem shall have a bright
17 and reflective color or be made of reflective material. The
18 shape of the emblem shall be an isosceles triangle and the
19 size shall be 12 inches horizontally by 6 inches vertically.
20 The following letters shall be printed on the emblem in a
21 conspicuous size and color:
22 "F" to signify a floor with truss construction;
23 "R" to signify a roof with truss construction; and
24 "F/R" to signify both a floor and roof with truss
25 construction.
26 (b) The emblem shall be permanently affixed to the left
27 of the main entrance door at a height between 4 and 6 feet
28 above the ground and shall be installed and maintained by the
29 building owner.
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
31 becoming law.