99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0152

 

Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.56 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.49 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require that each school building in the district be equipped with approved carbon monoxide alarms in accordance with the rules of the State Fire Marshal. Sets forth how the alarms are to be powered. Provides that the State Fire Marshal shall, by rule, (i) determine the number of alarms a public school building must have and where those alarms must be located, (ii) require that the alarms be in operating condition and be inspected annually, (iii) exempt school buildings from the alarm requirement if they do not have or are not close to any sources of carbon monoxide, and (iv) require plans, protocols, and procedures in response to the activation of a carbon monoxide alarm. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.56 and 34-18.49 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.56 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.56. Carbon monoxide alarm required.
8    (a) In this Section, "approved carbon monoxide alarm" and
9"alarm" have the meaning ascribed to those terms in the Carbon
10Monoxide Alarm Detector Act.
11    (b) A school board shall require that each school building
12in the district be equipped with approved carbon monoxide
13alarms in accordance with the rules of the State Fire Marshal.
14The alarms must be powered as follows:
15        (1) For a school building designed before the effective
16    date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly,
17    alarms powered by a battery are permitted.
18        (2) For a school building designed on or after the
19    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
20    Assembly, alarms must be permanently powered by the
21    building's electrical system and must be monitored by any
22    required fire alarm system.
23    (c) The State Fire Marshal shall, by rule, (i) determine

 

 

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1the number of alarms a public school building must have and
2where those alarms must be located, (ii) require that the
3alarms be in operating condition and be inspected annually,
4(iii) exempt school buildings from the alarm requirement if
5they do not have or are not close to any sources of carbon
6monoxide, and (iv) require plans, protocols, and procedures in
7response to the activation of a carbon monoxide alarm. The
8State Fire Marshal may adopt any other rules necessary.
 
9    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.49 new)
10    Sec. 34-18.49. Carbon monoxide alarm required.
11    (a) In this Section, "approved carbon monoxide alarm" and
12"alarm" have the meaning ascribed to those terms in the Carbon
13Monoxide Alarm Detector Act.
14    (b) The board shall require that each school building in
15the district be equipped with approved carbon monoxide alarms
16in accordance with the rules of the State Fire Marshal. The
17alarms must be powered as follows:
18        (1) For a school building designed before the effective
19    date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly,
20    alarms powered by a battery are permitted.
21        (2) For a school building designed on or after the
22    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General
23    Assembly, alarms must be permanently powered by the
24    building's electrical system and must be monitored by any
25    required fire alarm system.

 

 

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1    (c) The State Fire Marshal shall, by rule, (i) determine
2the number of alarms a public school building must have and
3where those alarms must be located, (ii) require that the
4alarms be in operating condition and be inspected annually,
5(iii) exempt school buildings from the alarm requirement if
6they do not have or are not close to any sources of carbon
7monoxide, and (iv) require plans, protocols, and procedures in
8response to the activation of a carbon monoxide alarm. The
9State Fire Marshal may adopt any other rules necessary.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.