100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5810

 

Introduced , by Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 810/1  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3401
50 ILCS 810/5 new

    Amends the Building Code Violation Notice Posting Act. Provides that in addition to any other notice required by law, a police officer or firefighter who, while in the performance of his or her duties, believes that a building or structure may be an unsafe structure shall immediately notify the designated building official in the county, township, or municipality in which the building or structure is located. Provides that the building shall be examined or caused to be examined by the designated building official within 24 hours after receiving notice of an unsafe structure. Provides that if deemed necessary, the police officer or firefighter shall take the required action to clearly post a notice on or cordon off the building or structure to clearly notify anyone near the unsafe structure of impending danger until the designated building official can make the assessment and officially post a notice on the unsafe structure. Provides the wording of the notice the designated building official must post on the unsafe structure and whom the designated building official must notify. Limits home rule powers.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Building Code Violation Notice Posting Act
5is amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 5 as
6follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 810/1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3401)
8    Sec. 1. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
9following terms have the following meaning in this Act:
10    "Municipality" means any city, village or incorporated
11town which has enacted a building code.
12    "County" means any county which has enacted a building
13code.
14    "Building code" means any municipal or county ordinance or
15resolution regulating the construction and maintenance of all
16structures within the municipality or county.
17    "Building code department" means the agency or officer of
18the municipality or county charged with administration of the
19building code.
20    "Building official" means an officer or other designated
21authority charged with the administration and enforcement of a
22building code or a duly authorized representative.
23    "Unsafe structure" means a structure that is found to be

 

 

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1dangerous to the life, health, property, or safety of the
2public or the occupants of the structure by not providing
3minimum safeguards to protect or warn occupants in the event of
4fire, or because such structure contains unsafe equipment or is
5so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, structurally unsafe, or of
6such faulty construction or unstable foundation, that partial
7or complete collapse is possible. "Unsafe structure" also means
8a vacant structure that is not secure against entry.
9    "Governmental unit" means a municipality, township, or
10county that has a building code.
11(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2414.)
 
12    (50 ILCS 810/5 new)
13    Sec. 5. Notices for unsafe structures.
14    (a) In addition to any other notice required by law, a
15police officer or firefighter who, while in the performance of
16his or her duties, believes that a building or structure may be
17an unsafe structure shall immediately notify the designated
18building official in the governmental unit in which the
19building or structure is located. Within 24 hours after
20receiving notice of an unsafe structure by a police officer or
21firefighter, the designated building official shall examine or
22cause to be examined the building or structure and determine if
23the building or structure is an unsafe structure and whether
24the structure shall be posted as such. If deemed necessary, the
25police officer or firefighter shall take the required action to

 

 

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1clearly post a notice on or cordon off the building or
2structure to clearly notify anyone near the unsafe structure of
3impending danger until the designated building official can
4make the assessment and officially post a notice on the unsafe
5structure.
6    (b) Upon determining that a structure is unsafe, the
7designated building official shall post at each entrance to the
8structure the following statement or any other posting required
9by locally adopted codes: "This structure is unsafe and its
10occupancy has been prohibited by the building official. It is
11unlawful for any person to enter this structure except for the
12purpose of securing the structure, making the required repairs,
13removing the hazardous condition, or demolishing the
14structure."
15    The designated building official must: (1) notify the
16building owner by registered mail of the unsafe structure
17posting and to abate or cause to be abated or correct such
18unsafe conditions either by repair, rehabilitation,
19demolition, or other approved corrective action; and (2)
20immediately notify in writing (or in electronic form) the
21police and fire dispatch center in which the structure is
22located of the unsafe structure and its condition so that any
23emergency responders will be notified of its condition.
24    (c) A home rule county or home rule municipality that has a
25building code may not regulate unsafe structures in a manner
26inconsistent with this Section. This Section is a limitation

 

 

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1under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the
2Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
3units of powers and functions exercised by the State.