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90_HB3182

      425 ILCS 68/5
      425 ILCS 68/10
      425 ILCS 68/15
          Amends the Truss Construction Fire Safety Act.   Provides
      that  a  municipality  or  county  may  require the owners of
      multi-family, single-family, or duplex residential structures
      that have  truss  construction  to  register  them  with  the
      appropriate  fire  department  or other agency without a fee.
      Provides that  a  municipality  or  county  may  require  the
      display  of  a  truss  construction  emblem on a multi-family
      residential structure.  Defines multi-family,  single-family,
      and duplex residential structures.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Truss Construction Fire Safety Act by
 2    changing Sections 5, 10, and 15.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Truss Construction  Fire  Safety  Act  is
 6    amended by changing Sections 5, 10, and 15 as follows:
 7        (425 ILCS 68/5)
 8        Sec. 5.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Act:
 9        "Duplex   residential   structure"   means   a   building
10    containing  2  residential  dwelling  units  for 2 households
11    living independently of each other.
12        "Multi-family residential  structure"  means  a  building
13    containing 3 or more residential dwelling units for 3 or more
14    households living independently of each other.
15        "Single-family  residential  structure"  means a building
16    containing one residential dwelling unit.
17        "Truss" means a framed structural unit made up of a group
18    of triangles arranged in a single plane in such a manner that
19    if loads are applied at the points  of  intersection  of  the
20    truss  members,  only  compressive  or  tensile  (nonbending)
21    forces will result in the members.
22        "Truss  construction"  means  a  structure,  excluding  a
23    residential   structure,  in  which  the  roof  or  floor  is
24    supported by trusses.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-434, eff. 8-16-97.)
26        (425 ILCS 68/10)
27        Sec. 10.  Display requirement.
28        (a)  A municipality may by ordinance require that a truss
29    construction emblem be affixed to the front  of  all  or  any
30    class   of  structures,  excluding  single-family  or  duplex
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 1    residential structures, within  the  municipality  that  have
 2    truss construction.
 3        (b)  A  county  may  by  ordinance  require  that a truss
 4    construction emblem be affixed to the front  of  all  or  any
 5    class   of  structures,  excluding  single-family  or  duplex
 6    residential structures, within the unincorporated area of the
 7    county that have truss construction.
 8        (c)  Where individual structures, excluding single-family
 9    or duplex residential structures, with truss construction are
10    part of  a  planned  unit  development  or  subdivision,  the
11    municipality  or  county  may  require the truss construction
12    emblem to be displayed at each entrance to the development or
13    subdivision rather than on each individual structure.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-434, eff. 8-16-97.)
15        (425 ILCS 68/15)
16        Sec. 15.  Registration requirement; fee.
17        (a)  A municipality or county that requires display of  a
18    truss  construction emblem on all or any class of structures,
19    excluding single-family or duplex residential structures, may
20    require the owners of those structures to register them  with
21    the  fire  department  or  other  appropriate  agency  of the
22    municipality or county.
23        (b)  The municipality or county may charge  a  reasonable
24    registration  fee  to  the  owners  of  structures, excluding
25    multi-family residential structures, that are required to  be
26    registered  under  subsection  (a).  These fees shall be used
27    for reasonable  costs  related  to  identifying,  maintaining
28    records    of,   and   inspecting   structures   with   truss
29    construction;  and   any   other   costs   of   implementing,
30    administering,  or  enforcing an ordinance adopted under this
31    Act.
32        (c)  A municipality or county may require the  owners  of
33    single-family  or  duplex  residential  structures  that have
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 1    truss construction to register them with the fire  department
 2    or  other  appropriate  agency of the municipality or county,
 3    but may not charge a registration fee to the owners for those
 4    structures.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-434, eff. 8-16-97.)

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