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91_HB0615
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1 AN ACT to amend the Smoke Detector Act by changing
2 Section 3.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Smoke Detector Act is amended by changing
6 Section 3 as follows:
7 (425 ILCS 60/3) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 803)
8 Sec. 3. (a) Every dwelling unit shall be equipped with
9 at least one approved smoke detector in an operating
10 condition within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping
11 purposes. The detector shall be installed on the ceiling and
12 at least 6 inches from any wall, or on a wall located between
13 4 and 6 inches from the ceiling.
14 (b) Every single family residence shall have at least
15 one approved smoke detector installed on every story of the
16 dwelling unit, including basements but not including
17 unoccupied attics. In dwelling units with split levels, a
18 smoke detector installed on the upper level shall suffice for
19 the adjacent lower level if the lower level is less than one
20 full story below the upper level; however, if there is an
21 intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke
22 detector shall be installed on each level.
23 (c) Every structure which (1) contains more than one
24 dwelling unit, or (2) contains at least one dwelling unit and
25 is a mixed-use structure, shall contain at least one approved
26 smoke detector at the uppermost ceiling of each interior
27 stairwell. The detector shall be installed on the ceiling,
28 at least 6 inches from the wall, or on a wall located between
29 4 and 6 inches from the ceiling.
30 (d) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of a
31 structure to supply and install all required detectors. The
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1 owner shall be responsible for making reasonable efforts to
2 test and maintain detectors, but shall test them at least
3 once every 30 days in common stairwells and hallways. There
4 shall be posted on each smoke detector a notice indicating
5 the last date it was tested. All of the detectors in one
6 building shall be tested on the same day, so that the notice
7 of date tested on one detector in a building will reflect the
8 same test date as the notice on any other detector in the
9 same building. It shall be the responsibility of a tenant to
10 test and to provide general maintenance for the detectors
11 within the tenant's dwelling unit or rooming unit, and to
12 notify the owner or the authorized agent of the owner in
13 writing of any deficiencies which the tenant cannot correct.
14 The owner shall be responsible for providing one tenant per
15 dwelling unit with written information regarding detector
16 testing and maintenance.
17 The tenant shall be responsible for replacement of any
18 required batteries in the smoke detectors in the tenant's
19 dwelling unit, except that the owner shall ensure that such
20 batteries are in operating condition at the time the tenant
21 takes possession of the dwelling unit. The tenant shall
22 provide the owner or the authorized agent of the owner with
23 access to the dwelling unit to correct any deficiencies in
24 the smoke detector which have been reported in writing to the
25 owner or the authorized agent of the owner.
26 (e) The requirements of this Section shall apply to any
27 dwelling unit in existence on July 1, 1988, beginning on that
28 date. Except as provided in subsections (f) and (g), the
29 smoke detectors required in such dwelling units may be either
30 battery powered or wired into the structure's AC power line,
31 and need not be interconnected.
32 (f) In the case of any dwelling unit that is newly
33 constructed, reconstructed, or substantially remodelled after
34 December 31, 1987, the requirements of this Section shall
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1 apply beginning on the first day of occupancy of the dwelling
2 unit after such construction, reconstruction or substantial
3 remodelling. The smoke detectors required in such dwelling
4 unit shall be permanently wired into the structure's AC power
5 line, and if more than one detector is required to be
6 installed within the dwelling unit, the detectors shall be
7 wired so that the actuation of one detector will actuate all
8 the detectors in the dwelling unit.
9 (g) Every hotel shall be equipped with operational
10 portable smoke-detecting alarm devices for the deaf and
11 hearing impaired of audible and visual design, available for
12 units of occupancy.
13 Specialized smoke-detectors for the deaf and hearing
14 impaired shall be available upon request by guests in such
15 hotels at a rate of at least one such smoke detector per 75
16 occupancy units or portions thereof, not to exceed 5 such
17 smoke detectors per hotel. Incorporation or connection into
18 an existing interior alarm system, so as to be capable of
19 being activated by the system, may be utilized in lieu of the
20 portable alarms.
21 Operators of any hotel shall post conspicuously at the
22 main desk a permanent notice, in letters at least 3 inches in
23 height, stating that smoke detector alarm devices for the
24 deaf and hearing impaired are available. The proprietor may
25 require a refundable deposit for a portable smoke detector
26 not to exceed the cost of the detector.
27 (h) Compliance with an applicable federal, State or
28 local law or building code which requires the installation
29 and maintenance of smoke detectors in a manner different from
30 this Section, but providing a level of safety for occupants
31 which is equal to or greater than that provided by this
32 Section, shall be deemed to be in compliance with this
33 Section, and the requirements of such more stringent law
34 shall govern over the requirements of this Section.
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1 (Source: P.A. 85-1404.)