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 1        AN ACT in relation to public safety.

 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    Emergency Evacuation Plan for People with Disabilities Act.

 6        Section  5.   Scope  of the Act.  This Act does not apply
 7    within a municipality with a  population  of  over  1,000,000
 8    that,  before  the effective date of this Act, has adopted an
 9    ordinance establishing emergency  procedures  for  high  rise
10    buildings.

11        Section  10.  Emergency  evacuation plan for persons with
12    disabilities required. By January 1, 2004,  every  high  rise
13    building  owner  must  establish  and  maintain  an emergency
14    evacuation plan for disabled occupants of  the  building  who
15    have notified the owner of their need for assistance. As used
16    in  this Act, "high rise building" means any building 80 feet
17    or more in height. The owner is responsible  for  maintaining
18    and  updating  the  plan as necessary to ensure that the plan
19    continues to comply with the provisions of this Act.

20        Section 15.  Plan requirements.
21        (a)  Each plan must establish procedures  for  evacuating
22    persons  with  disabilities from the building in the event of
23    an emergency, when those persons have notified the  owner  of
24    their need for assistance.
25        (b)  Each  plan  must provide for a list to be maintained
26    of persons who have notified the owner that they are disabled
27    and would require special  assistance  in  the  event  of  an
28    emergency.  The  list  must include the unit, office, or room
29    number location that the  disabled  person  occupies  in  the

 
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 1    building.  It is the intent of this Act that these lists must
 2    be  maintained  for the sole purpose of emergency evacuation.
 3    The lists may not be  used  or  disseminated  for  any  other
 4    purpose.
 5        (c)  The   plan  must  provide  for  a  means  to  notify
 6    occupants of the building that  a  list  identifying  persons
 7    with  a disability in need of emergency evacuation assistance
 8    is maintained by the owner, and the method by which occupants
 9    can place their name on the list.
10        (d)  In hotels and motels,  each  plan  must  provide  an
11    opportunity  for  a guest to identify himself or herself as a
12    person with a disability  in  need  of  emergency  evacuation
13    assistance.
14        (e)  The  plan must identify the location and type of any
15    evacuation assistance devices or assistive technologies  that
16    are available in the building.
17        If  the plan provides for areas of rescue assistance, the
18    plan must provide that these areas are to  be  identified  by
19    signs  that state "Area of Rescue Assistance" and display the
20    international symbol  of  accessibility.  Lettering  must  be
21    permanent  and  must  comply with Americans with Disabilities
22    Act Accessibility Guidelines.
23        (f)  Each plan must include recommended procedures to  be
24    followed  by building employees, tenants, or guests to assist
25    persons with disabilities in  need  of  emergency  evacuation
26    assistance.
27        (g)  A  copy  of the plan must be maintained at all times
28    in a place that is easily accessible by  law  enforcement  or
29    fire  safety  personnel,  such as in the management office of
30    the high rise building, at  the  security  desk,  or  in  the
31    vicinity  of  the  fireman's  elevator  recall  key, the life
32    safety panel, or the fire pump room.

33        Section 20.  Implementation.
 
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 1        (a)  The  plan  must  be  made  available  to  local  law
 2    enforcement and fire safety personnel upon request.
 3        (b)  The plan must  provide  the  names  of  and  contact
 4    information  regarding any building personnel to be contacted
 5    by law enforcement or fire safety personnel in the  event  of
 6    an emergency requiring implementation of the plan.
 7        (c)  The   plan   must   provide   for  dissemination  or
 8    availability  of  the   appropriate   evacuation   procedures
 9    portions  of  the  plan  to  building  employees, tenants, or
10    guests.
11        (d)  The   plan   must    identify    the    roles    and
12    responsibilities  of  building  personnel in carrying out the
13    evacuation  plan.  The  plan  must  provide  for  appropriate
14    training for building personnel  regarding  their  roles  and
15    responsibilities.
16        (e)  The   plan   must   provide   for  drills  regarding
17    evacuation procedures not less than once per year. A  written
18    record  of  the  date  of  the  drill  must  be kept with the
19    evacuation plan.

20        Section 25. Penalty. Failure to comply with  any  Section
21    of this Act is a petty offense punishable by a fine of $500.

22        Section 905.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
23    Section 8.26 as follows:

24        (30 ILCS 805/8.26 new)
25        Sec.  8.26.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
26    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
27    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
28    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

29        Section 999.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
30    becoming law.

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