98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1462
 
Introduced , by Rep. Carol A. Sente
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



410 ILCS 25/4  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3714

     Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Provides that the accessibility standards that the Capital Development Board shall adopt and
publish shall, to the greatest extent possible, incorporate by reference or be in concert with the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. Effective January 1, 2014.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Environmental Barriers Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 4 as follows:
 



6    (410 ILCS 25/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3714)



7    Sec. 4. Standards. The Capital Development Board shall 
8adopt and
publish accessibility standards. Accessibility 
9standards for public
facilities shall dictate minimum design, 
10construction and alteration
requirements to facilitate access 
11to and use of the public facility by
environmentally limited 
12persons. Accessibility standards for multi-story
housing units 
13shall dictate minimum design and construction requirements to

14facilitate access to and use of the common areas by 
15environmentally limited
persons and create a number of 
16adaptable dwelling units in accordance with
Section 5. With 
17respect to areas within public facilities or multi-story

18housing units which areas are restricted to use by the 
19employees of
businesses or concerns occupying such restricted 
20areas, the Capital
Development Board shall promulgate 
21standards designed to ensure that such
areas will be accessible 
22to those environmentally limited persons who can
reasonably be 
23expected to perform the duties of a job therein.

 
 
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1    The standards shall be adopted and revised in accordance

2with The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. To the greatest 
3extent possible, the standards shall incorporate by reference 
4or be in concert with the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible 
5Design.

6    The Capital Development Board may issue written 
7interpretation of the
standards adopted under Section 4 of this 
8Act. The Capital Development
Board shall issue an 
9interpretation within 30 calendar days of receipt of a
request 
10by certified mail unless a longer period is agreed to by the

11parties. Interpretations issued under this Section are project 
12specific and
do not constitute precedent for future or 
13different circumstances.

14(Source: P.A. 87-393.)

 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
161, 2014.