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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 844
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 844, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Municipal Code by changing
5 Sections 11-31-1 and 11-31.1-1."; and
6 in Section 5, in the introductory clause, by replacing
7 "Section 11-31-1" with "Sections 11-31-1 and 11-31.1-1"; and
8 in Section 5, by inserting below Sec. 11-31-1 the following:
9 "(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-1)
10 Sec. 11-31.1-1. Definitions. As used in this Division,
11 unless the context requires otherwise:
12 (a) "Code" means any municipal ordinance, law, housing
13 or building code or zoning ordinance that establishes
14 construction, plumbing, heating, electrical, fire prevention,
15 sanitation or other health and safety standards that are
16 applicable to structures in a municipality or any municipal
17 ordinance that requires, after notice, the cutting of weeds,
18 the removal of garbage and debris, the removal of inoperable
19 motor vehicles, or the abatement of nuisances from private
20 property;
21 (b) "Building inspector" means a full time state, county
22 or municipal employee whose duties include the inspection or
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1 examination of structures or property in a municipality to
2 determine if zoning or other code violations exist;
3 (c) "Property owner" means the legal or beneficial owner
4 of a structure;
5 (d) "Hearing officer" means a municipal employee or an
6 officer or agent of a municipality, other than a building
7 inspector or law enforcement officer, whose duty it is to:
8 (1) preside at an administrative hearing called to
9 determine whether or not a code violation exists;
10 (2) hear testimony and accept evidence from the
11 building inspector, the building owner and all interested
12 parties relevant to the existence of a code violation;
13 (3) preserve and authenticate the transcript and
14 record of the hearing and all exhibits and evidence
15 introduced at the hearing;
16 (4) issue and sign a written finding, decision and
17 order stating whether a code violation exists.
18 (Source: P.A. 89-372, eff. 1-1-96.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.".