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 1        AN ACT in relation to public safety.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Emergency Evacuation Plan for People with
 5    Disabilities Act is amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as
 6    follows:

 7        (430 ILCS 130/10)
 8        Sec. 10.  Emergency  evacuation  plan  for  persons  with
 9    disabilities  required.  By  January 1, 2004, every high rise
10    building owner  must  establish  and  maintain  an  emergency
11    evacuation  plan  for  disabled occupants of the building who
12    have notified the owner of their  need  for  assistance.  The
13    evacuation plan must be established even if the owner has not
14    been  notified  of  a  need  for  evacuation  assistance by a
15    disabled occupant of the building. As used in this Act, "high
16    rise building" means any building 80 feet or more in  height.
17    The  owner  is  responsible  for maintaining and updating the
18    plan as necessary to ensure that the plan continues to comply
19    with the provisions of this Act.
20    (Source: P.A. 92-705, eff. 7-19-02.)

21        (430 ILCS 130/15)
22        Sec. 15.  Plan requirements.
23        (a)  Each plan must establish procedures  for  evacuating
24    persons  with  disabilities from the building in the event of
25    an emergency, when those persons have notified the  owner  of
26    their need for assistance.
27        (b)  Each  plan  must provide for a list to be maintained
28    of persons who have notified the owner that they are disabled
29    and would require special  assistance  in  the  event  of  an
30    emergency.  The  list  must include the unit, office, or room
 
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 1    number location that the  disabled  person  occupies  in  the
 2    building.  It is the intent of this Act that these lists must
 3    be  maintained  for the sole purpose of emergency evacuation.
 4    The lists may not be  used  or  disseminated  for  any  other
 5    purpose.
 6        (c)  The   plan  must  provide  for  a  means  to  notify
 7    occupants of the building that  a  list  identifying  persons
 8    with  a disability in need of emergency evacuation assistance
 9    is maintained by the owner, and the method by which occupants
10    can place their name on the list.
11        (d)  In hotels and motels,  each  plan  must  provide  an
12    opportunity  for  a guest to identify himself or herself as a
13    person with a disability  in  need  of  emergency  evacuation
14    assistance.
15        (e)  The  plan must identify the location and type of any
16    evacuation assistance devices or assistive technologies  that
17    are available in the building.
18        If  the plan provides for areas of rescue assistance, the
19    plan must provide that these areas are to  be  identified  by
20    signs  that state "Area of Rescue Assistance" and display the
21    international symbol  of  accessibility.  Lettering  must  be
22    permanent  and  must  comply with Americans with Disabilities
23    Act Accessibility Guidelines.
24        (f)  Each plan must include recommended procedures to  be
25    followed  by building employees, tenants, or guests to assist
26    persons with disabilities in  need  of  emergency  evacuation
27    assistance.
28        (g)  A  copy  of the plan must be maintained at all times
29    in a place that is easily accessible by  law  enforcement  or
30    fire  safety  personnel,  such as in the management office of
31    the high rise building, at  the  security  desk,  or  in  the
32    vicinity  of  the  fireman's  elevator  recall  key, the life
33    safety panel, or the fire pump room.
34    (Source: P.A. 92-705, eff. 7-19-02.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.