Full Text of HB0247 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services | 5 | | Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | 6 | | adding Section 405-317 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 405/405-317 new) | 8 | | Sec. 405-317. Bird-safe State buildings. | 9 | | (a) Each State building constructed, acquired, or of which | 10 | | more than 50% of the façade is substantially altered, in the | 11 | | opinion of the Department's Bureau of Property Management, | 12 | | shall meet, as determined by the Director, the following | 13 | | standards: | 14 | | (1) at least 90% of the exposed façade material from | 15 | | ground level to 40 feet: | 16 | | (A) shall not be composed of glass; or | 17 | | (B) shall be composed of glass employing: (i) | 18 | | elements that preclude bird collisions without | 19 | | completely obscuring vision, such as secondary | 20 | | facades, netting, screens, shutters, and exterior | 21 | | shades; (ii) ultraviolet (UV) patterned glass that | 22 | | contains UV-reflective or contrasting patterns that | 23 | | are visible to birds; (iii) patterns on glass designed |
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| 1 | | in accordance with a rule that restricts horizontal | 2 | | spaces to less than 2 inches high and vertical spaces | 3 | | to less than 4 inches wide; (iv) opaque, etched, | 4 | | stained, frosted, or translucent glass; or (v) any | 5 | | combination of the methods described in this | 6 | | subparagraph (B); | 7 | | (2) at least 60% of the exposed facade material above | 8 | | 40 feet shall meet the standard described in paragraph | 9 | | (1); | 10 | | (3) there shall not be any transparent passageways or | 11 | | corners; | 12 | | (4) all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards | 13 | | containing water features, plants, and other materials | 14 | | attractive to birds shall meet the standard described in | 15 | | subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1); and | 16 | | (5) outside lighting shall be appropriately shielded | 17 | | and minimized subject to security and other mission | 18 | | related requirements. | 19 | | (b) The Director shall take such actions as may be | 20 | | necessary to ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at | 21 | | each State building. | 22 | | (c) The Director, where practicable and consistent with | 23 | | security and other mission related requirements, shall reduce | 24 | | exterior building and site lighting for each State building. | 25 | | This subsection (c) shall not apply to buildings in which the | 26 | | Director does not have control of the exterior building and |
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| 1 | | site lighting. In implementing the requirements of this | 2 | | subsection (c), the Director shall make use of automatic | 3 | | control technologies, including timers, photo-sensors, and | 4 | | infrared and motion detectors. | 5 | | (d) In implementing the requirements of this Section, the | 6 | | Director may employ any available methods and strategies that | 7 | | are in accordance with existing effective best practices to | 8 | | reduce bird mortality. | 9 | | (e) The requirements of this Section shall not apply to | 10 | | any acquisition or substantial alteration described in | 11 | | subsection (a) if the Director, after consideration of | 12 | | multiple options, determines that the use of the required | 13 | | building materials and design features would result in a | 14 | | significant additional cost for the project. | 15 | | (f) Any construction which may be required as a result of
| 16 | | the requirements of this Section shall be under the authority
| 17 | | of the Capital Development Board in consultation with the
| 18 | | Department. | 19 | | (g) The requirements of this Section shall only apply to
| 20 | | State buildings under the management or control of the
| 21 | | Department, but does not include buildings leased by the
| 22 | | Department. | 23 | | (h) The requirements of this Section shall not apply to | 24 | | any project in the design or construction phase as of the | 25 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 26 | | Assembly. |
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| 1 | | (i) This Section shall not apply to the following | 2 | | buildings: | 3 | | (1) any building or site listed, or eligible for | 4 | | listing, on the National Register of Historic Places; | 5 | | (2) the Executive Mansion and its grounds; | 6 | | (3) the Illinois Supreme Court Building and its | 7 | | grounds; | 8 | | (4) the Old State Capitol Building in Springfield, | 9 | | Illinois, and its related buildings and grounds; | 10 | | (5) the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and | 11 | | Museum and its related buildings and grounds; and | 12 | | (6) the Illinois State Capitol Building and its | 13 | | related buildings and grounds.
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