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1 AN ACT in relation to building codes.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Building Commission Act is
5 amended by adding Section 55 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 3918/55 new)
7 Sec. 55. Identification of local building codes.
8 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
9 92nd General Assembly, a municipality with a population of
10 less than 1,000,000 or a county adopting a new building code
11 or amending an existing building code must, at least 30 days
12 before adopting the code or amendment, provide an
13 identification of the code, by title and edition, or the
14 amendment to the Commission. The Commission must identify
15 the proposed code, by the title and edition, or the amendment
16 to the public on the Internet through the State of Illinois
17 World Wide Web site.
18 The Commission may adopt any rules necessary to implement
19 this Section.
20 For the purposes of this Section, "building code" means
21 any ordinance, resolution, law, housing or building code, or
22 zoning ordinance that establishes construction related
23 activities applicable to structures in a municipality or
24 county, as the case may be.
25 Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
26 Sections 5-1063 and 5-1064 as follows:
27 (55 ILCS 5/5-1063) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1063)
28 Sec. 5-1063. Building construction, alteration and
29 maintenance. For the purpose of promoting and safeguarding
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1 the public health, safety, comfort and welfare, a county
2 board may prescribe by resolution or ordinance reasonable
3 rules and regulations (a) governing the construction and
4 alteration of all buildings, structures and camps or parks
5 accommodating persons in house trailers, house cars, cabins
6 or tents and parts and appurtenances thereof and governing
7 the maintenance thereof in a condition reasonably safe from
8 hazards of fire, explosion, collapse, electrocution,
9 flooding, asphyxiation, contagion and the spread of
10 infectious disease, where such buildings, structures and
11 camps or parks are located outside the limits of cities,
12 villages and incorporated towns, but excluding those for
13 agricultural purposes on farms including farm residences, but
14 any such resolution or ordinance shall be subject to any rule
15 or regulation heretofore or hereafter adopted by the State
16 Fire Marshal pursuant to "An Act to regulate the storage,
17 transportation, sale and use of gasoline and volatile oils",
18 approved June 28, 1919, as amended; (b) for prohibiting the
19 use for residential purposes of buildings and structures
20 already erected or moved into position which do not comply
21 with such rules and regulations; and (c) for the restraint,
22 correction and abatement of any violations.
23 In addition, the county board may by resolution or
24 ordinance require that each occupant of an industrial or
25 commercial building located outside the limits of cities,
26 villages and incorporated towns obtain an occupancy permit
27 issued by the county. Such permit may be valid for the
28 duration of the occupancy or for a specified period of time,
29 and shall be valid only with respect to the occupant to which
30 it is issued.
31 Within 30 days after its adoption, such resolution or
32 ordinance shall be printed in book or pamphlet form,
33 published by authority of the County Board; or it shall be
34 published at least once in a newspaper published and having
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1 general circulation in the county; or if no newspaper is
2 published therein, copies shall be posted in at least 4
3 conspicuous places in each township or Road District. No such
4 resolution or ordinance shall take effect until 10 days after
5 it is published or posted. Where such building or camp or
6 park rules and regulations have been published previously in
7 book or pamphlet form, the resolution or ordinance may
8 provide for the adoption of such rules and regulations or
9 portions thereof, by reference thereto without further
10 printing, publication or posting, provided that not less than
11 3 copies of such rules and regulations in book or pamphlet
12 form shall have been filed, in the office of the County
13 Clerk, for use and examination by the public for at least 30
14 days prior to the adoption thereof by the County Board.
15 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
16 the 92nd General Assembly, any county adopting a new building
17 code or amending an existing building code under this Section
18 must, at least 30 days before adopting the building code or
19 amendment, provide an identification of the building code, by
20 title and edition, or the amendment to the Illinois Building
21 Commission for identification on the Internet. For the
22 purposes of this Section, "building code" means any
23 ordinance, resolution, law, housing or building code, or
24 zoning ordinance that establishes construction related
25 activities applicable to structures in the county.
26 The violation of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant
27 to this Section, except for a violation of the provisions of
28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and the
29 rules and regulations adopted under those provisions, shall
30 be a petty offense.
31 All rules and regulations enacted by resolution or
32 ordinance under the provisions of this Section shall be
33 enforced by such officer of the county as may be designated
34 by resolution of the County Board.
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1 No such resolution or ordinance shall be enforced if it
2 is in conflict with any law of this State or with any rule of
3 the Department of Public Health.
4 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
5 (55 ILCS 5/5-1064) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1064)
6 Sec. 5-1064. Buildings in certain counties of less than
7 1,000,000 population. The county board in any county with a
8 population not in excess of 1,000,000 located in the area
9 served by the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area
10 Planning Commission may prescribe by resolution or ordinance
11 reasonable rules and regulations (a) governing the
12 construction and alteration of all buildings and structures
13 and parts and appurtenances thereof and governing the
14 maintenance thereof in a condition reasonably safe from the
15 hazards of fire, explosion, collapse, contagion and the
16 spread of infectious disease, but any such resolution or
17 ordinance shall be subject to any rule or regulation now or
18 hereafter adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to "An
19 Act to regulate the storage, transportation, sale and use of
20 gasoline and volatile oils", approved June 28, 1919, as
21 amended, (b) for prohibiting the use for residential purposes
22 of buildings and structures already erected or moved into
23 position which do not comply with such rules and regulations,
24 and (c) for the restraint, correction and abatement of any
25 violations. However, the county shall exempt all
26 municipalities located wholly or partly within the county
27 where the municipal building code is equal to the county
28 regulation and where the local authorities are enforcing the
29 municipal building code. Such rules and regulations shall be
30 applicable throughout the county but this Section shall not
31 be construed to prevent municipalities from establishing
32 higher standards nor shall such rules and regulations apply
33 to the construction or alteration of buildings and structures
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1 used or to be used for agricultural purposes and located upon
2 a tract of land which is zoned and used for agricultural
3 purposes.
4 In the adoption of rules and regulations under this
5 Section the county board shall be governed by the publication
6 and posting requirements set out in Section 5-1063.
7 Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
8 the 92nd General Assembly, any county adopting a new building
9 code or amending an existing building code under this Section
10 must, at least 30 days before adopting the building code or
11 amendment, provide an identification of the building code, by
12 title and edition, or the amendment to the Illinois Building
13 Commission for identification on the Internet.
14 For the purposes of this Section, "building code" means
15 any ordinance, resolution, law, housing or building code, or
16 zoning ordinance that establishes construction related
17 activities applicable to structures in the county.
18 Violation of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to
19 this Section, except for a violation of the provisions of
20 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly and the
21 rules and regulations adopted under those provisions, shall
22 be deemed a petty offense.
23 All rules and regulations enacted by resolution or
24 ordinance under the provisions of this Section shall be
25 enforced by such officer of the county as may be designated
26 by resolution of the county board.
27 (Source: P.A. 86-962.)
28 Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
29 adding Section 1-2-3.1 as follows:
30 (65 ILCS 5/1-2-3.1 new)
31 Sec. 1-2-3.1. Building codes. Beginning on the
32 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
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1 Assembly, any municipality with a population of less than
2 1,000,000 adopting a new building code or amending an
3 existing building code must, at least 30 days before adopting
4 the code or amendment, provide an identification of the code,
5 by title and edition, or the amendment to the Illinois
6 Building Commission for identification on the Internet.
7 For the purposes of this Section, "building code" means
8 any ordinance, resolution, law, housing or building code, or
9 zoning ordinance that establishes construction related
10 activities applicable to structures in the municipality.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
12 July 1, 2002.
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