Full Text of SB3724 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Energy
Efficient Building Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 10, 20, and 25 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 3125/10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Definitions.
| 8 | | "Board" means the Capital Development Board.
| 9 | | "Building" includes both residential buildings and | 10 | | commercial buildings.
| 11 | | "Code" means the latest published edition of the | 12 | | International Code Council's International Energy Conservation | 13 | | Code as adopted by the Board , excluding published supplements | 14 | | but including the amendments and adaptations to the Code that | 15 | | are made by the
Board.
| 16 | | "Commercial building" means any building except a building | 17 | | that is a residential building, as defined in this Section. | 18 | | "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic | 19 | | Opportunity. | 20 | | "Municipality" means any city, village, or incorporated | 21 | | town.
| 22 | | "Residential building" means (i) a detached one-family or | 23 | | 2-family dwelling or (ii) any building that is 3 stories or |
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| 1 | | less in height above grade that contains multiple dwelling | 2 | | units, in which the occupants reside on a primarily permanent | 3 | | basis, such as a townhouse, a row house, an apartment house, a | 4 | | convent, a monastery, a rectory, a fraternity or sorority | 5 | | house, a dormitory, and a rooming house; provided, however, | 6 | | that when applied to a building located within the boundaries | 7 | | of a municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more, the | 8 | | term "residential building" means a building containing one or | 9 | | more dwelling units, not exceeding 4 stories above grade, where | 10 | | occupants are primarily permanent.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09.) | 12 | | (20 ILCS 3125/20)
| 13 | | Sec. 20. Applicability.
| 14 | | (a) The Board shall review and adopt the Code within one | 15 | | year 9 months after its publication. The Code shall take effect | 16 | | within 6 3 months after it is adopted by the Board , except | 17 | | that, beginning January 1, 2012, the Code adopted in 2012 shall | 18 | | take effect on January 1, 2013, and shall apply
to any new | 19 | | building or structure in this State for which a building permit
| 20 | | application is received by a municipality or county, except as | 21 | | otherwise provided by this Act.
In the case of any addition, | 22 | | alteration, renovation, or repair to an existing commercial | 23 | | structure, the Code adopted under this Act applies only to the | 24 | | portions of that structure that are being added, altered, | 25 | | renovated, or repaired. The changes made to this Section by |
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| 1 | | this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly shall in no | 2 | | way invalidate or otherwise affect contracts entered into on or | 3 | | before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 4 | | General Assembly.
| 5 | | (b) The following buildings shall be exempt from
the Code:
| 6 | | (1) Buildings otherwise exempt from the provisions of a | 7 | | locally adopted
building code and buildings that do not | 8 | | contain a conditioned space.
| 9 | | (2) Buildings that do not use either electricity or | 10 | | fossil fuel for
comfort
conditioning. For purposes of | 11 | | determining whether this exemption applies, a
building | 12 | | will be presumed to be heated by electricity, even in the | 13 | | absence of
equipment used for electric comfort heating, | 14 | | whenever the building is provided
with electrical service | 15 | | in excess of 100 amps, unless the code enforcement
official | 16 | | determines that this electrical service is necessary for | 17 | | purposes
other than providing electric comfort heating.
| 18 | | (3) Historic buildings. This exemption shall apply to | 19 | | those buildings
that
are listed on the National Register of | 20 | | Historic Places or the Illinois
Register of Historic | 21 | | Places, and to those buildings that have been designated
as | 22 | | historically significant by a local governing body that is | 23 | | authorized to
make such designations.
| 24 | | (4) (Blank). | 25 | | (5) Other buildings specified as exempt by the | 26 | | International Energy Conservation Code.
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| 1 | | (c) Additions, alterations, renovations, or repairs to an | 2 | | existing building, building system, or portion thereof shall | 3 | | conform to the provisions of the Code as they relate to new | 4 | | construction without requiring the unaltered portion of the | 5 | | existing building or building system to comply with the Code. | 6 | | The following need not comply with the Code, provided that the | 7 | | energy use of the building is not increased: (i) storm windows | 8 | | installed over existing fenestration, (ii) glass-only | 9 | | replacements in an existing sash and frame, (iii) existing | 10 | | ceiling, wall, or floor cavities exposed during construction, | 11 | | provided that these cavities are filled with insulation, and | 12 | | (iv) construction where the existing roof, wall, or floor is | 13 | | not exposed. | 14 | | (d) A unit of local government that does not regulate | 15 | | energy efficient building standards is not required to adopt, | 16 | | enforce, or administer the Code; however, any energy efficient | 17 | | building standards adopted by a unit of local government must | 18 | | comply with this Act. If a unit of local government does not | 19 | | regulate energy efficient building standards, any | 20 | | construction, renovation, or addition to buildings or | 21 | | structures is subject to the provisions contained in this Act. | 22 | | (Source: P.A. 96-778, eff. 8-28-09.) | 23 | | (20 ILCS 3125/25)
| 24 | | Sec. 25. Technical assistance.
| 25 | | (a) The Department shall make available to builders, |
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| 1 | | designers, engineers, and
architects implementation materials | 2 | | and training to that explain the requirements of the
Code and | 3 | | describe methods of compliance
acceptable to Code Enforcement | 4 | | Officials.
| 5 | | (b) The materials shall include software tools, simplified | 6 | | prescriptive
options, and other materials as appropriate. The | 7 | | simplified materials shall be
designed for projects in which a | 8 | | design professional may not be involved.
| 9 | | (c) The Department shall provide local jurisdictions with | 10 | | technical assistance
concerning implementation and enforcement | 11 | | of the
Code.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 93-936, eff. 8-13-04.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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