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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3695
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3695, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Emergency Evacuation Plan for People with Disabilities Act.
7 Section 5. Scope of the Act. This Act does not apply
8 within a municipality with a population of over 1,000,000
9 that, before the effective date of this Act, has adopted an
10 ordinance establishing emergency procedures for high rise
11 buildings.
12 Section 10. Emergency evacuation plan for persons with
13 disabilities required. By January 1, 2004, every high rise
14 building owner must establish and maintain an emergency
15 evacuation plan for disabled occupants of the building who
16 have notified the owner of their need for assistance. As used
17 in this Act, "high rise building" means any building 80 feet
18 or more in height. The owner is responsible for maintaining
19 and updating the plan as necessary to ensure that the plan
20 continues to comply with the provisions of this Act.
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1 Section 15. Plan requirements.
2 (a) Each plan must establish procedures for evacuating
3 persons with disabilities from the building in the event of
4 an emergency, when those persons have notified the owner of
5 their need for assistance.
6 (b) Each plan must provide for a list to be maintained
7 of persons who have notified the owner that they are disabled
8 and would require special assistance in the event of an
9 emergency. The list must include the unit, office, or room
10 number location that the disabled person occupies in the
11 building. It is the intent of this Act that these lists must
12 be maintained for the sole purpose of emergency evacuation.
13 The lists may not be used or disseminated for any other
14 purpose.
15 (c) The plan must provide for a means to notify
16 occupants of the building that a list identifying persons
17 with a disability in need of emergency evacuation assistance
18 is maintained by the owner, and the method by which occupants
19 can place their name on the list.
20 (d) In hotels and motels, each plan must provide an
21 opportunity for a guest to identify himself or herself as a
22 person with a disability in need of emergency evacuation
23 assistance.
24 (e) The plan must identify the location and type of any
25 evacuation assistance devices or assistive technologies that
26 are available in the building.
27 If the plan provides for areas of rescue assistance, the
28 plan must provide that these areas are to be identified by
29 signs that state "Area of Rescue Assistance" and display the
30 international symbol of accessibility. Lettering must be
31 permanent and must comply with Americans with Disabilities
32 Act Accessibility Guidelines.
33 (f) Each plan must include recommended procedures to be
34 followed by building employees, tenants, or guests to assist
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1 persons with disabilities in need of emergency evacuation
2 assistance.
3 (g) A copy of the plan must be maintained at all times
4 in a place that is easily accessible by law enforcement or
5 fire safety personnel, such as in the management office of
6 the high rise building, at the security desk, or in the
7 vicinity of the fireman's elevator recall key, the life
8 safety panel, or the fire pump room.
9 Section 20. Implementation.
10 (a) The plan must be made available to local law
11 enforcement and fire safety personnel upon request.
12 (b) The plan must provide the names of and contact
13 information regarding any building personnel to be contacted
14 by law enforcement or fire safety personnel in the event of
15 an emergency requiring implementation of the plan.
16 (c) The plan must provide for dissemination or
17 availability of the appropriate evacuation procedures of the
18 plan to building employees, tenants, or guests.
19 (d) The plan must identify the roles and
20 responsibilities of building personnel in carrying out the
21 evacuation plan. The plan must provide for appropriate
22 training for building personnel regarding their roles and
23 responsibilities.
24 (e) The plan must provide for drills regarding
25 evacuation procedures not less than once per year. A written
26 record of the date of the drill must be kept with the
27 evacuation plan.
28 Section 25. Penalty. Failure to comply with any Section
29 of this Act is a petty offense punishable by a fine of $500.
30 Section 905. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
31 Section 8.26 as follows:
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1 (30 ILCS 805/8.26 new)
2 Sec. 8.26. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
3 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
4 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
5 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
6 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.".