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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.56 and 34-18.49 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.56 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.56. Carbon monoxide alarm required.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Approved carbon monoxide alarm" and "alarm" have the
10meaning ascribed to those terms in the Carbon Monoxide Alarm
11Detector Act.
12    "Carbon monoxide detector" and "detector" mean a device
13having a sensor that responds to carbon monoxide gas and that
14is connected to an alarm control unit and approved in
15accordance with rules adopted by the State Fire Marshal.
16    (b) A school board shall require that each school under its
17authority be equipped with approved carbon monoxide alarms or
18carbon monoxide detectors. The alarms must be powered as
19follows:
20        (1) For a school designed before the effective date of
21    this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, alarms
22    powered by batteries are permitted. In accordance with
23    Section 17-2.11 of this Code, alarms permanently powered by

 

 

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1    the building's electrical system and monitored by any
2    required fire alarm system are also permitted. Fire
3    prevention and safety tax levy proceeds or bond proceeds
4    may be used for alarms.
5        (2) For a school designed on or after the effective
6    date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly,
7    alarms must be permanently powered by the building's
8    electrical system or be an approved carbon monoxide
9    detection system. An installation required in this
10    subdivision (2) must be monitored by any required fire
11    alarm system.
12    Alarms or detectors must be located within 20 feet of a
13carbon monoxide emitting device. Alarms or detectors must be in
14operating condition and be inspected annually. A school is
15exempt from the requirements of this Section if it does not
16have or is not close to any sources of carbon monoxide. A
17school must require plans, protocols, and procedures in
18response to the activation of a carbon monoxide alarm or carbon
19monoxide detection system.
 
20    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.49 new)
21    Sec. 34-18.49. Carbon monoxide alarm required.
22    (a) In this Section:
23    "Approved carbon monoxide alarm" and "alarm" have the
24meaning ascribed to those terms in the Carbon Monoxide Alarm
25Detector Act.

 

 

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1    "Carbon monoxide detector" and "detector" mean a device
2having a sensor that responds to carbon monoxide gas and that
3is connected to an alarm control unit and approved in
4accordance with rules adopted by the State Fire Marshal.
5    (b) The board shall require that each school under its
6authority be equipped with approved carbon monoxide alarms or
7carbon monoxide detectors. The alarms must be powered as
8follows:
9        (1) For a school designed before the effective date of
10    this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, alarms
11    powered by batteries are permitted. Alarms permanently
12    powered by the building's electrical system and monitored
13    by any required fire alarm system are also permitted.
14        (2) For a school designed on or after the effective
15    date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly,
16    alarms must be permanently powered by the building's
17    electrical system or be an approved carbon monoxide
18    detection system. An installation required in this
19    subdivision (2) must be monitored by any required fire
20    alarm system.
21    Alarms or detectors must be located within 20 feet of a
22carbon monoxide emitting device. Alarms or detectors must be in
23operating condition and be inspected annually. A school is
24exempt from the requirements of this Section if it does not
25have or is not close to any sources of carbon monoxide. A
26school must require plans, protocols, and procedures in

 

 

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1response to the activation of a carbon monoxide alarm or carbon
2monoxide detection system.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
41, 2016.