Full Text of SB1511 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Counties Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 5-1063 as follows:
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| (55 ILCS 5/5-1063) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1063)
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| Sec. 5-1063.
Building construction, alteration and
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| maintenance. For the purpose of promoting and
safeguarding the | 9 |
| public health, safety, comfort and welfare, a county
board may | 10 |
| prescribe by resolution or ordinance reasonable
rules and | 11 |
| regulations (a) governing the construction and alteration of | 12 |
| all
buildings, structures and camps or parks accommodating | 13 |
| persons in house
trailers, house cars, cabins or tents and | 14 |
| parts and appurtenances thereof
and governing the maintenance | 15 |
| thereof in a condition reasonably safe from
hazards of fire, | 16 |
| explosion, collapse, electrocution, flooding,
asphyxiation, | 17 |
| contagion and the spread of infectious disease, where such
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| buildings, structures and camps or parks are located outside | 19 |
| the limits of
cities, villages and incorporated towns, but | 20 |
| excluding those for
agricultural purposes on farms including | 21 |
| farm residences, but any such
resolution or ordinance shall be | 22 |
| subject to any rule or regulation
heretofore or hereafter | 23 |
| adopted by the State Fire Marshal
pursuant to "An Act to |
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| regulate the storage, transportation, sale and use
of gasoline | 2 |
| and volatile oils", approved June 28, 1919, as amended; (b) for
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| prohibiting the use for residential purposes of buildings and | 4 |
| structures
already erected or moved into position which do not | 5 |
| comply with such rules
and regulations; and (c) for the | 6 |
| restraint, correction and abatement of any
violations.
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| In addition, the county board may by resolution or | 8 |
| ordinance require
that each occupant of an industrial or | 9 |
| commercial building located outside
the limits of cities, | 10 |
| villages and incorporated towns obtain an occupancy
permit | 11 |
| issued by the county. The county board may by resolution or | 12 |
| ordinance require
that an occupancy permit be obtained for each | 13 |
| newly constructed residential dwelling located outside
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| limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns, but may not | 15 |
| require more than one occupancy permit per newly constructed | 16 |
| residential dwelling. Such permit may be valid for the duration | 17 |
| of
the occupancy or for a specified period of time, and shall | 18 |
| be valid only
with respect to the occupant to which it is | 19 |
| issued. A county board may not impose a fee on an occupancy | 20 |
| permit for a newly constructed residential dwelling issued | 21 |
| pursuant to this Section. If, before the effective date of this | 22 |
| amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, a county board | 23 |
| imposes a fee on an occupancy permit for a newly constructed | 24 |
| residential dwelling, then the county board may continue to | 25 |
| impose the occupancy permit fee.
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| Within 30 days after its adoption, such resolution or |
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| ordinance shall be
printed in book or pamphlet form, published | 2 |
| by authority of the County
Board; or it shall be published at | 3 |
| least once in a newspaper published and
having general | 4 |
| circulation in the county; or if no newspaper is published
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| therein, copies shall be posted in at least 4 conspicuous | 6 |
| places in each
township or Road District. No such resolution or | 7 |
| ordinance shall take
effect until 10 days after it is published | 8 |
| or posted. Where such building
or camp or park rules and | 9 |
| regulations have been published previously in
book or pamphlet | 10 |
| form, the resolution or ordinance may provide for the
adoption | 11 |
| of such rules and regulations or portions thereof, by reference
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| thereto without further printing, publication or posting, | 13 |
| provided that not
less than 3 copies of such rules and | 14 |
| regulations in book or pamphlet form
shall have been filed, in | 15 |
| the office of the County Clerk, for use and
examination by the | 16 |
| public for at least 30 days prior to the adoption
thereof by | 17 |
| the County Board.
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| Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 19 |
| the 92nd General
Assembly,
any county adopting a new building | 20 |
| code or amending an existing
building code under this Section | 21 |
| must, at least 30 days before adopting the
building code or
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| amendment, provide an identification of the building code, by | 23 |
| title and
edition, or the amendment to the
Illinois Building
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| Commission for identification on the Internet.
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| of this Section, "building code" means any ordinance,
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| resolution, law,
housing or building code, or zoning ordinance |
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| that establishes construction
related activities
applicable to | 2 |
| structures in the county.
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| The violation of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to | 4 |
| this Section,
except for a violation of the provisions of this | 5 |
| amendatory Act of the 92nd
General Assembly and the rules and | 6 |
| regulations adopted under those
provisions,
shall be a petty | 7 |
| offense.
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| All rules and regulations enacted by resolution or | 9 |
| ordinance under the
provisions of this Section shall be | 10 |
| enforced by such officer of the county
as may be designated by | 11 |
| resolution of the County Board.
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| No such resolution or ordinance shall be enforced if it is | 13 |
| in conflict
with any law of this State or with any rule of the | 14 |
| Department of Public
Health.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-489, eff. 7-1-02.)
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