Ira I. Silverstein
Filed: 2/19/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2147 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2147  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Public Building Egress Act is amended by 
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adding Section 1.5 as follows:
 
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    (425 ILCS 55/1.5 new)

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    Sec. 1.5. Stairwell door access.
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    (a) Stairwell enclosures in buildings greater than 4 
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stories shall comply with one of the following requirements:
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        (1) No stairwell enclosure door shall be locked at any 
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    time in order to provide re-entry from the stair enclosure 
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    to the interior of the building; or
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        (2) Stairwell enclosure doors that are locked shall be 
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    equipped with an electronic lock release system that is 
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    activated upon loss of power, manually by a single switch 
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    accessible to building management or firefighting 
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    personnel, and automatically by activation of the 
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    building's fire alarm system.
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    A telephone or other two-way communications system 
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    connected to an approved constantly attended location shall be 
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    provided at not less than every fifth floor in each stairway 
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    where the doors to the stairway are locked.  If this option is 
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    selected, the building must comply with these requirements by 
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    January 1, 2005.
 


 






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    (b) Regardless of which option is selected under subsection 
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    (a), stairwell enclosure doors at the main egress level of the 
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    building shall remain unlocked from the stairwell enclosure 
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    side at all times.
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    (c) Building owners that select the option under paragraph 
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    (2) of subsection (a) must comply with the following 
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    requirements during the time necessary to install a lock 
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    release system and the two-way communication system:
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        (1) Re-entry into the building interior shall be 
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    possible at all times on the highest story or second 
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    highest story, whichever allows access to another exit 
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    stair;
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        (2) There shall not be more than 4 stories intervening 
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    between stairwell enclosure doors that provided access to 
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    another exit stair;
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        (3) Doors allowing re-entry shall be identified as such 
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    on the stair side of the door;
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        (4) Doors not allowing re-entry shall be provided with 
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    a sign on the stair side indicating the location of the 
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    nearest exit, in each direction of travel that allows 
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    re-entry; and
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        (5) The information required to be posted on the door 
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    under paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, shall be 
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    posted at eye level and at the bottom of the door.
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    (d) A home rule unit, other than a  home rule municipality 
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    having  a population  of  1,000,000  or  more  inhabitants, may not 
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    regulate stairwell door access in a manner less restrictive 
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    than the regulation by the State of stairwell door access under 
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    this Act. This subsection (d) is a limitation under subsection 
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    (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on 
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    the concurrent exercise by home rule units, other than any home 
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    rule municipality having a population of 1,000,000 or more 
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    inhabitants, of powers and functions exercised by the State.".