Sen. Don Harmon

Filed: 3/30/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 149

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 149 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is
5 amended by changing Sections 25 and 125 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 312/25)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
8     Sec. 25. Elevator Safety Review Board.
9     (a) There is hereby created within the Office of the State
10 Fire Marshal the Elevator Safety Review Board, consisting of 16
11 14 members. The Administrator shall appoint 3 members who shall
12 be representatives of fire service communities. The Governor
13 shall appoint the remaining 13 11 members of the Board as
14 follows: one representative from a major elevator
15 manufacturing company or its authorized representative; one
16 representative from an elevator servicing company; one

 

 

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1 representative of the architectural design profession; one
2 representative of the general public; one representative of an
3 advocacy group for people with physical disabilities; one
4 representative of an advocacy group for senior citizens the
5 senior citizen population; one representative of a
6 municipality in this State with a population under 25,000; one
7 representative of a municipality in this State with a
8 population of 25,000 or over but under 50,000; one
9 representative of a municipality in this State with a
10 population of 50,000 or over but under 500,000 one
11 representative of an advocacy group for condominium owners; one
12 representative of institute of higher education that operates
13 an in-house elevator maintenance program; one representative
14 of a building owner or manager; and one representative of labor
15 involved in the installation, maintenance, and repair of
16 elevators.
17     (b) The members constituting the Board shall be appointed
18 for initial terms as follows:
19         (1) Of the members appointed by the Administrator, 2
20     shall serve for a term of 2 years, and one for a term of 4
21     years.
22         (2) Of the members appointed by the Governor, 2 shall
23     serve for a term of one year, 2 for terms of 2 years, 2 for
24     terms of 3 years, and 4 for terms of 4 years. The
25     representative of the advocacy group for senior citizens
26     senior citizen population shall serve an initial term of 4

 

 

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1     years. The representative of an advocacy group for
2     condominium owners and the representative of institute of
3     higher education that operates an in-house elevator
4     maintenance program shall both serve an initial term of 4
5     years.
6     At the expiration of their initial terms of office, the
7 members or their successors shall be appointed for terms of 4
8 years each. Upon the expiration of a member's term of office,
9 the officer who appointed that member shall reappoint that
10 member or appoint a successor who is a representative of the
11 same interests with which his or her predecessor was
12 identified. The Administrator and the Governor may at any time
13 remove any of their respective appointees for inefficiency or
14 neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of a
15 member, the officer who appointed that member shall fill the
16 vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term by appointing a
17 member who is a representative of the same interests with which
18 his or her predecessor was identified. The members shall serve
19 without salary, but shall receive from the State expenses
20 necessarily incurred by them in performance of their duties.
21 The Governor shall appoint one of the members to serve as
22 chairperson. The chairperson shall be the deciding vote in the
23 event of a tie vote.
24 (Source: P.A. 94-698, eff. 11-22-05; 95-573, eff. 8-31-07.)
 
25     (225 ILCS 312/125)

 

 

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1     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
2     Sec. 125. State law, code, or regulation; rule compliance.
3 Whenever a provision in this Act is found to be inconsistent
4 with any provision of another applicable State law, code, or
5 rule, the State law shall prevail. This Act, unless
6 specifically stated otherwise, is not intended to establish
7 more stringent or more restrictive standards than standards set
8 forth in other applicable State laws.
9     Any rule adopted under this Act that requires compliance
10 specifically beginning in 2009 and any rule adopted under this
11 Act that requires compliance specifically beginning in 2011
12 shall be deemed to require compliance beginning in 2013 instead
13 of 2009 or 2011.
14     Nothwithstanding anything else in this Section, compliance
15 with upgrade code requirements, pursuant to ASME A17.3, that
16 relate to door restrictors, emergency battery pack lights and
17 alarms, phase reversal protection, emergency phones, reopening
18 devices, pit ladders, pit stop switches, or pit lights and
19 ground fault circuit interrupters shall not be required to be
20 completed prior to January 1, 2013. Nothwithstanding anything
21 else in this Section, compliance with upgrade code
22 requirements, pursuant to ASME A17.3, that relate to fire
23 service recall, cylinder replacement, car safeties, or plunger
24 grippers shall not be required to be completed prior to January
25 1, 2018.
26 (Source: P.A. 95-767, eff. 7-29-08.)
 

 

 

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