94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0978


 
Introduced 2/3/2005, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













105 ILCS 5/3-14.20
  from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20







    Amends the School Code. Provides that within 10 business days after the regional superintendent of schools receives school building plans and specifications from a school board and prior to the bidding process, the regional superintendent shall notify the municipality (or county in an unincorporated area) and, if applicable, the fire protection district where the school is being constructed or altered that the plans and specifications have been submitted. Allows local fire, building, and plumbing inspectors to review the plans and specifications.  Removes a provision regarding requests by the local fire department or fire protection district where the school is being constructed or altered to review the plans and specifications.
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    AN ACT concerning education. 

 
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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 School Code is amended by changing
Section 
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3-14.20 as follows:


 
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    (105 ILCS 5/3-14.20)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3-14.20)

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    Sec. 3-14.20. Building plans and specifications. To 
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inspect the building
plans and specifications, including but 
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not limited to plans and specifications
for the heating, 
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ventilating, lighting, seating, water supply, toilets and

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safety against fire of public school rooms and buildings 
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submitted to him by
school boards, and to approve all those 
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which comply substantially with the
building code authorized in 
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Section 2-3.12.
Within 10 business days after the regional 
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superintendent of schools
receives plans and specifications 
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from a school board and prior to the bidding
process,
he or she 
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shall notify the municipality and, if applicable, the fire

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protection district where the school that is being constructed 
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or altered
lies that plans and specifications have been 
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submitted. In the case of an
unincorporated area, the county 
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shall be notified.
If (i) local fire, building, or plumbing

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inspectors in
the municipality, fire protection district, or 
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county
 request a review
of the plans and specifications or
(ii) 
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the regional superintendent of
schools requests that any of 
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these local inspectors review the plans and
specifications and 
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the municipality, fire protection district, or county

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determines that
it can accommodate this request,
then the 
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school board shall submit a copy of the plans and 
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specifications
to the local inspectors. The
local inspectors 
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or, on behalf of the local inspectors, a certified plan

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reviewer or
certified inspector
shall comment on the plans and 
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specifications
based on the building code authorized in Section 
 


 






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2-3.12 and respond to
the regional superintendent of schools 
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within 15 business days after a copy of
the plans and 
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specifications has been received by the local inspectors.
 
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"Certified plan reviewer" and "certified inspector"
mean an 
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individual who has been certified as such by a national model 
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code
organization or equivalent agency approved by the Capital 
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Development
Board. The Office of the State Fire Marshal may 
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review the plans and specifications at the request of the local 
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fire department or fire protection district. If the local 
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inspectors or certified inspector wish to inspect the
actual

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school construction or alteration, the local inspectors or 
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certified
inspector must set up an initial pre-construction 
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meeting with the
regional superintendent of schools, outlining 
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the inspection schedule and
construction reviews. The regional 
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superintendent of schools shall then
notify the school 
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district.
The local inspectors or certified inspector shall 
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respond to the
regional superintendent of schools with any 
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comments at the completion
of each inspection.
 The review and 
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inspection shall be done at no cost to the school district.
The 
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local fire department or
fire protection district where the

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school is being constructed or altered may request a review of 
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the plans
and specifications. The regional superintendent of 
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schools shall submit
a copy of the plans and specifications 
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within 10 business days after the
request. The fire department 
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or fire protection district may comment
on the plans and 
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specifications based on the building code
authorized in Section 
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2-3.12 of the Code and, if any
corrective action must be taken, 
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shall respond to the
regional superintendent of schools within 
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15 days after
receipt of the plans and specifications. The 
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Office of the
State Fire Marshal may review the plans and 
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specifications at
the request of the fire department or fire 
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protection
district. The review must be conducted at no cost to 
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the
school district.


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    If
such plans and
specifications
are not approved or denied 
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approval by the regional superintendent of schools
within 3 
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months after the date on which they are submitted to him or 
 


 






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her, the
school board may submit such plans and specifications 
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directly to the State
Superintendent of Education for approval 
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or denial.


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(Source: P.A. 92-593, eff. 1-1-03.)


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.