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90_SB0428
New Act
Creates the Illinois Building Commission Act. Creates an
11-member advisory Commission. Allows the Commission to
suggest resolutions for conflicts between State agencies or a
State agency and other entities concerning the agency's
building requirements. Provides that the Commission shall
review building requirement amendments and proposed
legislation for conflicting requirements to current law.
Requires the Commission to suggest a standard form for
requesting compliance alternatives and modifications of State
building requirements, to forward all compliance alternative
requests to the appropriate State agency for action, and to
suggest procedures and formats for appeals of State agency
decisions. Provides that the Commission shall suggest a
long-term plan to improve the administration and enforcement
of State building requirements. Requires the Commission to
submit an annual report to the Governor and the General
Assembly. Requires the report to be available to the public.
Provides that the Commission members shall appoint members to
subcommittees.
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1 AN ACT to create the Illinois Building Commission.
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 Illinois Building Commission Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. When used in this Act:
7 "Commission" means the Illinois Building Commission.
8 "State agency" has the same meaning as in Section 1-7 of
9 the Illinois State Auditing Act.
10 "State building requirements" means any law, rule, or
11 executive order implemented by the State of Illinois
12 affecting the construction of buildings in Illinois.
13 Section 10. Creation. An advisory commission, to be
14 known as the Illinois Building Commission, is created. The
15 Commission shall consist of 11 members, including: a fire
16 official, a building official, an architect, a professional
17 engineer, a structural engineer, a commercial contractor
18 representative, a residential construction industry
19 representative, a mechanical and specialty contractor
20 representative, a labor representative, a disability
21 advocate, and a member of the public. The Commission shall
22 be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of
23 the Senate.
24 Section 15. Terms and reimbursement. The fire official,
25 architect, structural engineer, commercial contractor
26 representative, labor representative, and member of the
27 public shall serve initial terms of 2 years. The building
28 official, professional engineer, residential construction
29 industry representative, mechanical and specialty contractor
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1 representative, and disability advocate shall service initial
2 terms of 3 years. Each subsequent term shall be for 3 years.
3 Members may be appointed for more than one term. A chairman
4 of the Commission shall be elected each year by the members
5 of the Commission. Commission members shall be reimbursed
6 for travel expenses and shall receive a per diem for each day
7 that the Commission or a subcommittee on which the member
8 serves meets. Reimbursement shall be consistent with Illinois
9 Department of Central Management Services rules, as approved
10 by the Governor's Travel Control Board.
11 Section 20. Subcommittees. The Commission shall create
12 and appoint members to the following subcommittees: the
13 planning subcommittee, the building and fire protection
14 subcommittee, the building envelope subcommittee, the
15 structural systems subcommittee, the building services
16 subcommittee, and the accessibility subcommittee. There
17 shall be at least 5 members but not more than 9 members on
18 each subcommittee. The subcommittees shall advise the
19 Commission on any item before the Commission that deals with
20 the area of expertise of the subcommittee. The Commission may
21 create any other subcommittee that it deems necessary.
22 Section 25. Forum; dispute resolution. The Commission
23 shall provide an ongoing forum for continuing dialogue
24 regarding the purpose and duties of the Commission. The
25 Commission shall also serve as a forum to suggest resolution
26 of conflicts between State agencies, or between a State
27 agency and another entity that consents to the resolution
28 forum, concerning building requirements.
29 Section 30. Building requirements review; compliance
30 alternatives. The Commission shall review proposed State
31 building requirement amendments and proposed legislation for
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1 conflicting requirements to current law or current building
2 requirements and make recommendations concerning those
3 amendments or laws to the proper authority. The Commission
4 shall (i) suggest a standard form for requesting compliance
5 alternatives and modifications of State building
6 requirements; (ii) forward compliance alternatives requests
7 to the appropriate State agency for action; and (iii) suggest
8 procedures and formats for appeals of State agency decisions.
9 Section 35. Administration and enforcement of State
10 building requirements. The Commission shall also suggest a
11 long-term plan to improve administration and enforcement of
12 State building requirements statewide. The plan shall
13 include (i) consolidated information on existing State
14 building requirements, (ii) recommendations for a consistent
15 format for State building requirements, (iii) recommendations
16 for a system or procedure for updating existing building
17 requirements that shall include a procedure for input from
18 the public, (iv) recommendations for a system or procedure
19 for the review, approval, and appeal of building plans, and
20 (v) recommendations for a system or procedure to enforce the
21 State building requirements.
22 Section 40. Annual report. The Commission shall submit
23 an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly
24 regarding (i) the approval of compliance alternative
25 requests, (ii) the responsibilities of the Commission, (iii)
26 any progress toward coordination of the State's building
27 requirements, and (iv) recommendations for legislative action
28 by the General Assembly. The annual report shall be made
29 available to the public. The Commission may charge a
30 reasonable fee for reproduction of the report.