House Sponsors: CROTTY-KRAUSE-KLINGLER-BROSNAHAN-MCGUIRE, BOLAND, LYONS,EILEEN, MYERS,RICHARD, NOVAK, O'BRIEN, RYAN, YARBROUGH, FEIGENHOLTZ, OSTERMAN, DELGADO, COULSON, LANG, GRANBERG, GARRETT AND MEYER. Senate Sponsors: WALSH,T-MADIGAN,L-OBAMA Short description: EMERGENCY EVACUAT-DISABILITIES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Emergency Evacuation Plan for People With Disabilities Act. Provides that an emergency evacuation plan must be in place for every high rise structure (defined as an office structure, hotel, or residential building with a height that exceeds 80 feet) for the safe and timely evacuation of people with disabilities. Specifies elements of plans. Specifies additional requirements for hotels that are high rise structures. Provides that emergency evacuation drills shall be conducted at least 4 times a year. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall adopt rules for implementing the new Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Emergency Management Agency) Implementation of HB 3695 will require expenditure of staff salary and fringes. Legal Counsel will be required to draft the emergency evacuation rule with the assistance of a Disaster Services Planner. The Agency estimates a minimum of six months for adoption of new rules. Immediate costs of the State to implement the Act total $61,794. The ongoing costs to implement this Act will be funded by municipal government. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything. Creates the Emergency Evacuation Plan for People With Disabilities Act. Requires municipalities, by January 1, 2004, to adopt ordinances requiring owners and managers of high-rise buildings and hotels to adopt emergency evacuation plans for persons with disabilities. Lists requirements for the ordinances. Provides that in the process of developing their ordinances, municipalities must conduct public hearings to receive comments from concerned citizens and must consult authorities, experts, and existing standards and regulations, including but not limited to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Deletes everything. Creates the Emergency Evacuation Plan for People with Disabilities Act. Reinserts provisions similar to those of the original bill, with changes, additions, and deletions. Provides that by January 1, 2004, every owner of a building 80 feet or more in height must establish and maintain an emergency evacuation plan for disabled occupants of the building. Specifies elements of plans. Requires that an evacuation drill be conducted at least once a year. Provides that the Act does not apply within a municipality with a population of over 1,000,000 that, before the effective date of the Act, has adopted an ordinance establishing emergency procedures for high rise buildings. Provides that failure to comply with any provision of the Act is a petty offense punishable by a fine of $500. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status