Full Text of HB5821 96th General Assembly
HB5821eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Facilities Requiring Smoke Detectors Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| (425 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 822)
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| Sec. 2.
(a) Every facility shall be equipped with at least | 8 |
| one
approved smoke detector in an operating condition within 15 | 9 |
| feet of every room
used for sleeping purposes. The detector | 10 |
| shall be installed on the ceiling
and at least 6 inches from | 11 |
| any wall, or on a wall located between 4 and 6
inches from the | 12 |
| ceiling.
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| (b) Every facility shall have at least one approved smoke | 14 |
| detector installed on
every story of the facility, including | 15 |
| basements but not including
unoccupied attics; provided that | 16 |
| there shall be at least one detector at
the beginning and at | 17 |
| the end of each separate corridor or hallway 200 feet
or more | 18 |
| in length in any occupied story, including basements.
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| (c) Every facility shall have at least
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approved smoke | 20 |
| detector at the uppermost ceiling of
each interior stairwell, | 21 |
| except in fire resistive structures. The detector
shall be | 22 |
| installed on the ceiling,
at least 6 inches from the wall, or | 23 |
| on a wall located between 4 and 6
inches from the ceiling.
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| (d) The requirements of this Section shall apply to any | 2 |
| facility
in existence on July 1, 1988, beginning on that date. | 3 |
| Except as provided
in subsection (e), the smoke
detectors | 4 |
| required in such facilities may be either battery powered or
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| wired into the structure's AC power line, and need not be | 6 |
| interconnected.
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| (e) In the case of any facility unit that is newly | 8 |
| constructed,
reconstructed or substantially remodelled after | 9 |
| December 31, 1987, the
requirements of this Section shall apply | 10 |
| beginning on the first day of
occupancy of the facility after | 11 |
| such construction, reconstruction or
substantial remodelling. | 12 |
| The smoke detectors required in such facility
shall be | 13 |
| permanently wired into the structure's AC power line and, if
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| more than one detector is required to be installed within the | 15 |
| facility,
the detectors shall be wired so that the actuation of | 16 |
| one detector will
actuate all the detectors in the facility | 17 |
| unit. | 18 |
| In the case of any facility unit that is newly constructed,
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| reconstructed, or substantially remodeled on or after January | 20 |
| 1, 2011, smoke detectors permanently wired into the structure's | 21 |
| AC power line must also maintain an alternative back-up power | 22 |
| source, which may be either a battery or batteries or an | 23 |
| emergency generator.
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| (f) Compliance with an applicable federal, State or local | 25 |
| law, rule or
building code which requires the installation and | 26 |
| maintenance of smoke
detectors in a manner different from this |
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| Section, but providing a level of
safety for occupants which is | 2 |
| equal to or greater than that provided by
this Section, shall | 3 |
| be deemed to be compliance with this Section, and the | 4 |
| requirements of
such more stringent law shall govern over the | 5 |
| requirements of this Section.
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| (g) In
the case of a
facility subject to this Act, the | 7 |
| provisions of this Act shall be enforced
by the State agency | 8 |
| which licenses that facility.
The State licensing agency may | 9 |
| suspend the
facility's license for a violation of this Act | 10 |
| where appropriate.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-936.)
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| Section 10. The Smoke Detector Act is amended by changing | 13 |
| Section 3 as follows:
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| (425 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 803)
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| Sec. 3.
(a) Every dwelling unit shall be equipped with at | 16 |
| least one
approved smoke detector in an operating condition | 17 |
| within 15 feet of every room
used for sleeping purposes. The | 18 |
| detector shall be installed on the ceiling
and at least 6 | 19 |
| inches from any wall, or on a wall located between 4 and 6
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| inches from the ceiling.
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| (b) Every single family residence shall have at least one | 22 |
| approved smoke
detector installed on every story of the | 23 |
| dwelling unit, including basements
but not including | 24 |
| unoccupied attics. In dwelling units with split levels,
a smoke |
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| detector installed on the upper level shall suffice for the
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| adjacent lower level if the lower level is less than one full | 3 |
| story below
the upper level; however, if there is an | 4 |
| intervening door between the
adjacent levels, a smoke detector | 5 |
| shall be installed on each level.
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| (c) Every structure which (1) contains more than one | 7 |
| dwelling unit, or
(2) contains at least one dwelling unit and | 8 |
| is a mixed-use structure, shall
contain at least one approved | 9 |
| smoke detector at the uppermost ceiling of
each interior | 10 |
| stairwell. The detector shall be installed on the ceiling,
at | 11 |
| least 6 inches from the wall, or on a wall located between 4 | 12 |
| and 6
inches from the ceiling.
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| (d) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of a | 14 |
| structure to supply
and install all required detectors. The | 15 |
| owner shall be responsible for
making reasonable efforts to | 16 |
| test and maintain detectors in common
stairwells and hallways. | 17 |
| It shall be the responsibility of a tenant to
test and to | 18 |
| provide general maintenance for the detectors within the
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| tenant's dwelling unit or rooming unit, and to notify the owner | 20 |
| or the
authorized agent of the owner in writing of any | 21 |
| deficiencies which the
tenant cannot correct. The owner shall | 22 |
| be responsible for providing one
tenant per dwelling unit with | 23 |
| written information regarding detector
testing and | 24 |
| maintenance.
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| The tenant shall be responsible for replacement of any | 26 |
| required batteries
in the smoke detectors in the tenant's |
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| dwelling unit, except that the owner
shall ensure that such | 2 |
| batteries are in operating condition at the time
the tenant | 3 |
| takes possession of the dwelling unit. The tenant shall provide
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| the owner or the authorized agent of the owner with access to | 5 |
| the dwelling
unit to correct any deficiencies in the smoke | 6 |
| detector which have been
reported in writing to the owner or | 7 |
| the authorized agent of the owner.
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| (e) The requirements of this Section shall apply to any | 9 |
| dwelling unit
in existence on July 1, 1988, beginning on that | 10 |
| date. Except as provided
in subsections (f) and (g), the smoke | 11 |
| detectors required in such dwelling
units may be either battery | 12 |
| powered or wired into the structure's AC power
line, and need | 13 |
| not be interconnected.
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| (f) In the case of any dwelling unit that is newly | 15 |
| constructed,
reconstructed, or substantially remodelled after | 16 |
| December 31, 1987, the
requirements of this Section shall apply | 17 |
| beginning on the first day of
occupancy of the dwelling unit | 18 |
| after such construction, reconstruction or
substantial | 19 |
| remodelling. The smoke detectors required in such dwelling
unit | 20 |
| shall be permanently wired into the structure's AC power line, | 21 |
| and if
more than one detector is required to be installed | 22 |
| within the dwelling
unit, the detectors shall be wired so that | 23 |
| the actuation of one detector
will actuate all the detectors in | 24 |
| the dwelling unit.
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| In the case of any dwelling unit that is newly constructed,
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| reconstructed, or substantially remodeled on or after January |
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| 1, 2011, smoke detectors permanently wired into the structure's | 2 |
| AC power line must also maintain an alternative back-up power | 3 |
| source, which may be either a battery or batteries or an | 4 |
| emergency generator. | 5 |
| (g) Every hotel shall be equipped with operational portable
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| smoke-detecting alarm devices for the deaf and hearing impaired | 7 |
| of audible
and visual design, available for units of occupancy.
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| Specialized smoke-detectors for the deaf and hearing | 9 |
| impaired shall be
available upon request by guests in such | 10 |
| hotels at a rate
of at least one such smoke detector per 75 | 11 |
| occupancy units or portions
thereof, not to exceed 5 such smoke | 12 |
| detectors per hotel.
Incorporation or connection into an | 13 |
| existing interior alarm system, so as
to be capable of being | 14 |
| activated by the system, may be utilized in lieu of
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| portable alarms.
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| Operators of any hotel shall post conspicuously at the main | 17 |
| desk a
permanent notice, in letters at least 3 inches in | 18 |
| height, stating that
smoke detector alarm devices for the deaf | 19 |
| and hearing impaired are
available. The proprietor may require | 20 |
| a refundable deposit for a portable
smoke detector not to | 21 |
| exceed the cost of the detector.
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| (h) Compliance with an applicable federal, State or local | 23 |
| law or
building code which requires the installation and | 24 |
| maintenance of smoke
detectors in a manner different from this | 25 |
| Section, but providing a level of
safety for occupants which is | 26 |
| equal to or greater than that provided by
this Section, shall |
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| be deemed to be in compliance with this Section, and
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| requirements of such more stringent law shall govern over the
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| requirements of this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 85-1404.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 6 |
| 1, 2011.
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