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92_HB5780

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to schools.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
 5    Section 3-14.20 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/3-14.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20)
 7        Sec.  3-14.20.  Building  plans  and  specifications.  To
 8    inspect the building plans and specifications, including  but
 9    not  limited  to  plans  and  specifications for the heating,
10    ventilating, lighting, seating,  water  supply,  toilets  and
11    safety  against  fire  of  public  school rooms and buildings
12    submitted to him by school boards, and to approve  all  those
13    which  comply substantially with the building code authorized
14    in Section 2-3.12.  If local  fire,  building,  and  plumbing
15    inspectors  in  the municipality, fire district, or county in
16    which the school is being constructed or  altered  request  a
17    review  of  the  plans  and specifications or if the regional
18    superintendent  of  schools   requests   that   these   local
19    inspectors  review  the  plans  and  specifications, then the
20    school  board  shall  submit  a  copy  of   the   plans   and
21    specifications  to the local inspectors. The local inspectors
22    or, on behalf of  the  local  inspectors,  a  certified  plan
23    reviewer  and  certified inspector shall comment on the plans
24    and specifications based on the building code  authorized  in
25    Section  2-3.12 and respond to the regional superintendent of
26    schools in a timely manner as  determined  by  administrative
27    rule.  "Certified  plan  reviewer"  and "certified inspector"
28    mean an individual who  has  been  certified  as  such  by  a
29    national   model   code  organization  or  equivalent  agency
30    approved  by  the  Capital  Development  Board.   The   local
31    inspectors,  a certified inspector, or a licensed plumber, as
 
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 1    determined by the local  inspectors,  may  also  periodically
 2    inspect  the  actual  school  construction  or alteration and
 3    respond with  comments  to  the  regional  superintendent  of
 4    schools  in  a  timely manner as determined by administrative
 5    rule.  If the such plans and specifications are not  approved
 6    or  denied approval by the regional superintendent of schools
 7    within 3 months after the date on which they are submitted to
 8    him or her, the  school  board  may  submit  such  plans  and
 9    specifications   directly  to  the  State  Superintendent  of
10    Education for approval or denial.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-1312; 87-984.)

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