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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB1446
Introduced 2/10/2005, by Rep. Patricia Bailey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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425 ILCS 55/Act title |
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425 ILCS 55/0.01 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3500 |
425 ILCS 55/1 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3501 |
425 ILCS 55/1.5 new |
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425 ILCS 55/3 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3503 |
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Amends the Public Building Egress Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Emergency Egress Act. Provides that the Act shall apply to all buildings (rather than all public buildings). Requires doors serving a room or area with an occupant load of 50 or more in any building, to swing in the direction of egress travel (rather than swing upon their hinges and be constructed so that the doors shall open outward). Requires stairwell enclosures in buildings serving more than 4 stories to comply with one of the following requirements: (1) no stairwell enclosure door shall be locked at any time; or (2) stairwell enclosure doors that are locked shall be equipped with an electronic lock release system that is activated upon loss of power. Provides that stairwell enclosure doors at the main egress level of the building shall remain unlocked from the stairwell enclosure side at all times. Provides that building owners who lock stairwell enclosure doors shall comply with specific requirements during the time necessary to install a lock release system and two-way communication system. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
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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 Public Building Egress Act is amended by |
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| changing the title of the Act and Sections 0.01, 1, and 3 and |
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| by adding Section 1.5 as follows:
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| (425 ILCS 55/Act title)
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| An Act to regulate the means of egress from public |
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| buildings.
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| (425 ILCS 55/0.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3500)
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| Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
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| Emergency
Public Building Egress Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
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| (425 ILCS 55/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3501)
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| Sec. 1. Doors serving a room or area with an occupant load |
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| of 50 or more in any building shall swing in the direction of |
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| egress travel
That all public buildings now in process of
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| construction or hereafter to be built or constructed, which may |
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| or shall be
used for churches, school houses, operas, theatres, |
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| lecture rooms, hotels,
public meetings, town halls, or which |
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| may or shall be used for any purpose
whereby a collection of |
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| people may be assembled together for religious
worship, |
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| amusement or instruction, shall be so built and constructed |
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| that
all doors leading from the main hall or place where said |
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| collection of
people may be assembled, or from the principal |
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| room which may be used for
any of the purposes aforesaid, shall |
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| be so swung upon their hinges and
constructed that said doors |
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| shall open outward; and that all means of
egress for the public |
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| from the main hall or principal room, and from the
building, |
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| shall be by means of doors which shall open outwards from the
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