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90_HB0768enr

      New Act
          Creates the Truss Construction Fire Safety Act.  Provides
      that the Office of the  State  Fire  Marshall  shall  require
      identifying  emblems  on  buildings that have a roof or floor
      with  truss  construction.    Provides  that  the  county  in
      unincorporated areas and  the  municipality  in  incorporated
      areas  shall  enforce  the  Act  and authorizes the county or
      municipality to charge  a  reasonable  registration  fee  for
      buildings requiring the emblem.  Effective immediately.
                                                     LRB9003879PTcw
HB0768 Enrolled                                LRB9003879PTcw
 1        AN ACT concerning fire 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    Truss Construction Fire Safety Act.
 6        Section 5.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Act:
 7        "Truss" means a framed structural unit made up of a group
 8    of triangles arranged in a single plane in such a manner that
 9    if  loads  are  applied  at the points of intersection of the
10    truss  members,  only  compressive  or  tensile  (nonbending)
11    forces will result in the members.
12        "Truss  construction"  means  a  structure,  excluding  a
13    residential  structure,  in  which  the  roof  or  floor   is
14    supported by trusses.
15        Section 10.  Display requirement.
16        (a)  A municipality may by ordinance require that a truss
17    construction  emblem  be  affixed  to the front of all or any
18    class of structures, excluding residential structures, within
19    the municipality that have truss construction.
20        (b)  A county may  by  ordinance  require  that  a  truss
21    construction  emblem  be  affixed  to the front of all or any
22    class of structures, excluding residential structures, within
23    the  unincorporated  area  of  the  county  that  have  truss
24    construction.
25        (c)  Where individual structures,  excluding  residential
26    structures,  with  truss  construction  are part of a planned
27    unit development or subdivision, the municipality  or  county
28    may  require the truss construction emblem to be displayed at
29    each entrance to the development or subdivision  rather  than
30    on each individual structure.
HB0768 Enrolled            -2-                 LRB9003879PTcw
 1        Section 15.  Registration requirement; fee.
 2        (a)  A  municipality or county that requires display of a
 3    truss construction emblem on all or any class of  structures,
 4    excluding  residential  structures, may require the owners of
 5    those structures to register them with the fire department or
 6    other appropriate agency of the municipality or county.
 7        (b)  The municipality or county may charge  a  reasonable
 8    registration  fee  to  the  owners  of  structures  that  are
 9    required  to  be registered under subsection (a).  These fees
10    shall be used for reasonable costs  related  to  identifying,
11    maintaining  records of, and inspecting structures with truss
12    construction;  and   any   other   costs   of   implementing,
13    administering,  or  enforcing an ordinance adopted under this
14    Act.
15        Section 20.  Truss construction emblem.
16        (a)  The truss construction emblem shall  have  a  bright
17    and  reflective color or be made of reflective material.  The
18    shape of the emblem shall be an isosceles  triangle  and  the
19    size  shall be 12 inches horizontally by 6 inches vertically.
20    The following letters shall be printed on  the  emblem  in  a
21    conspicuous size and color:
22        "F" to signify a floor with truss construction;
23        "R" to signify a roof with truss construction; and
24        "F/R"  to  signify  both  a  floor  and  roof  with truss
25    construction.
26        (b)  The emblem shall be permanently affixed to the  left
27    of  the  main  entrance door at a height between 4 and 6 feet
28    above the ground and shall be installed and maintained by the
29    building owner.
30        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
31    becoming law.

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