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90_HB0768eng
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.
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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 in which the roof
13 or floor is supported by trusses.
14 Section 10. Display requirement.
15 (a) A municipality may by ordinance require that a truss
16 construction emblem be affixed to the front of all or any
17 class of structures within the municipality that have truss
18 construction.
19 (b) A county may by ordinance require that a truss
20 construction emblem be affixed to the front of all or any
21 class of structures within the unincorporated area of the
22 county that have truss construction.
23 (c) Where individual structures with truss construction
24 are part of a planned unit development or subdivision, the
25 municipality or county may require the truss construction
26 emblem to be displayed at each entrance to the development or
27 subdivision rather than on each individual structure.
28 Section 15. Registration requirement; fee.
29 (a) A municipality or county that requires display of a
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1 truss construction emblem on all or any class of structures
2 may require the owners of those structures to register them
3 with the fire department or other appropriate agency of the
4 municipality or county.
5 (b) The municipality or county may charge a reasonable
6 registration fee to the owners of structures that are
7 required to be registered under subsection (a). These fees
8 shall be used for reasonable costs related to identifying,
9 maintaining records of, and inspecting structures with truss
10 construction; preparing to respond and responding to fires
11 and other safety-related situations in those structures; and
12 any other costs of implementing, administering, or enforcing
13 an ordinance adopted under this Act.
14 Section 20. Truss construction emblem.
15 (a) The truss construction emblem shall have a bright
16 and reflective color or be made of reflective material. The
17 shape of the emblem shall be an isosceles triangle and the
18 size shall be 12 inches horizontally by 6 inches vertically.
19 The following letters shall be printed on the emblem in a
20 conspicuous size and color:
21 "F" to signify a floor with truss construction;
22 "R" to signify a roof with truss construction; and
23 "F/R" to signify both a floor and roof with truss
24 construction.
25 (b) The emblem shall be permanently affixed to the left
26 of the main entrance door at a height between 4 and 6 feet
27 above the ground and shall be installed and maintained by the
28 building owner.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.