Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 3/30/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 149 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 149 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is 
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amended  by changing Sections 25 and 125 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 312/25)


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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)

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    Sec. 25. Elevator Safety Review Board. 

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    (a) There is hereby created within the Office of the State 
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Fire Marshal
the Elevator Safety Review Board, consisting of 16 
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14 members.  The Administrator
shall appoint 3 members who shall 
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be representatives
of fire
service communities.  The Governor 
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shall appoint the remaining 13 11 members of
the Board as 
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follows: one representative from a major elevator 
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manufacturing
company or its authorized representative; one 
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representative from an elevator
servicing company; one 
 


 






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representative of the architectural design
profession; one 
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representative of the general public; one representative of an 
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advocacy group for people with physical disabilities; one 
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representative of an advocacy group for senior citizens the 
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senior citizen population; one representative
of a 
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municipality in this State with a population under 25,000; one

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representative of a municipality in this State with a 
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population of 25,000 or
over but under 50,000; one 
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representative of a municipality in this State with
a 
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population of 50,000 or over but under 500,000 one

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representative of an advocacy group for condominium owners;
one 
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representative of institute of higher education that
operates 
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an in-house elevator maintenance program; one representative 
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of a
building owner or manager; and one representative of labor 
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involved in the
installation, maintenance, and repair of 
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elevators.

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    (b) The members constituting the Board shall be appointed 
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for initial terms
as follows:


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        (1) Of the members appointed by the Administrator, 2 
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    shall serve
for a term of 2 years, and one for a term of 4 
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    years.


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        (2) Of the members appointed by the Governor, 2 shall 
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    serve for a term
of one year, 2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for 
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    terms of 3 years, and 4 for terms of
4 years. The 
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    representative of the advocacy group for senior
citizens 
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    senior citizen population shall serve an initial term of 4 
 


 






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    years. The representative of an advocacy
group for 
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    condominium owners and the representative of
institute of 
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    higher education that operates an in-house
elevator 
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    maintenance program shall both serve an initial
term of 4 
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    years.


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    At the expiration of their initial terms of office, the 
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members or their
successors shall be appointed for terms of 4 
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years each.  Upon the expiration
of a member's term of office, 
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the officer who appointed
that member shall reappoint that 
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member or appoint a successor who is a
representative of the 
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same interests with which his or her predecessor was

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identified. The Administrator and the Governor may at any time 
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remove any
of their respective appointees for inefficiency or 
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neglect of duty in office.
Upon the death or incapacity of a 
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member, the officer who appointed that member
shall fill the 
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vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term by appointing a

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member who is a representative of the same interests with which 
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his or her
predecessor was identified.  The members shall serve 
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without salary, but shall
receive from the State expenses 
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necessarily incurred by them in performance
of their duties.  
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The Governor shall appoint one of the members to serve as

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chairperson.  The chairperson shall be the deciding vote in the 
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event of a tie
vote.

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(Source: P.A. 94-698, eff. 11-22-05; 95-573, eff. 8-31-07.)

 



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    (225 ILCS 312/125)



 


 






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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)

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    Sec. 125. State law, code, or regulation; rule compliance. 
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Whenever a provision in this
Act is found to be inconsistent 
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with any provision of another applicable State
law, code, or

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rule, the State law shall prevail. This Act, unless 
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specifically
stated otherwise, is
not intended to establish 
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more stringent or more restrictive standards than
standards set

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forth in other applicable State laws.
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    Any rule adopted under this Act that requires compliance 
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specifically beginning in  2009 and any rule adopted under this 
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Act that requires compliance specifically beginning in 2011 
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shall be deemed to require compliance beginning in  2013 instead 
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of 2009 or 2011. 

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    Nothwithstanding anything else in this Section, compliance 
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with upgrade code requirements, pursuant to ASME A17.3, that 
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relate to door restrictors, emergency battery pack lights and 
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alarms, phase reversal protection, emergency phones, reopening 
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devices, pit ladders, pit stop switches, or pit lights and 
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ground fault circuit interrupters shall not be required to be 
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completed prior to January 1, 2013.  Nothwithstanding anything 
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else in this Section, compliance with upgrade code 
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requirements, pursuant to ASME A17.3, that relate to fire 
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service recall, cylinder replacement, car safeties, or plunger 
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grippers shall not be required to be completed prior to January 
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1, 2018.
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(Source: P.A. 95-767, eff. 7-29-08.)

 

 


 






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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".