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91_SB0017
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 2-3.12a.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. If and only if a bill of the 90th General
6 Assembly that amends the School Code by adding Section
7 2-3.12a becomes law, the School Code is amended by changing
8 Section 2-3.12a as follows:
9 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.12a)
10 Sec. 2-3.12a. Health/Life Safety Code Advisory
11 Committee.
12 (a) The Health/Life Safety Code Advisory Committee is
13 created. The Committee shall be composed of 11 members. The
14 President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate,
15 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority
16 Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one
17 member each, the Governor shall appoint 4 members, and the
18 State Superintendent of Education shall appoint 3 members.
19 At least one member appointed by the Governor shall have
20 resided within a large unit school district for at least 5
21 years preceding the appointment. For the purposes of this
22 Section, a "large unit school district" means a grades K
23 through 12 district with a student enrollment of 3,500 or
24 more. All appointments to the Committee shall be made within
25 15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
26 1998. Members of the Committee shall serve without
27 compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
28 necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose.
29 The Committee shall hold an organizational meeting within 10
30 days after the last member has been appointed. The Committee
31 shall select one member as chairperson at this organizational
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1 meeting. A majority of the members shall constitute a
2 quorum.
3 (b) The Committee shall review the establishment and
4 enforcement of life safety rules and requirements and the
5 categorization of life safety items as "urgent" or "required"
6 in safety survey reports, as set forth in Section 2-3.12 of
7 this Code and pursuant to the rules and procedures
8 promulgated by the State Board of Education in the
9 Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. In particular,
10 the Committee shall (i) review the process by which items are
11 designated as "urgent" or "required" life safety items and
12 inquire into the classification of life safety items as
13 "urgent" or "required", (ii) review the rules and procedures,
14 including the procedures for appeal and review of safety
15 survey reports and recommendations issued by the State
16 Superintendent of Education pursuant to the safety survey
17 reports, established for compelling, obtaining, and
18 implementing remedial construction and retrofitting of
19 school-related property and buildings mandated under the
20 school building code, known as the Health/Life Safety Code
21 for Public Schools, (iii) inquire into and identify budgetary
22 and other problems, difficulties, and matters of controversy
23 that are associated with the conducting of school safety
24 surveys, and (iv) inquire into the enforcement of the
25 Health/Life Safety Code for Public Schools. The Committee
26 shall report its findings and recommendations to the General
27 Assembly, the Governor, and the State Superintendent of
28 Education by September 1, April 15, 1999. The report shall
29 contain recommendations to remedy problems, difficulties, and
30 matters of controversy identified in the report, including
31 those related to the definition and classification of life
32 safety items as "urgent" or "required".
33 (c) This Section is repealed on December 31, May 1,
34 1999.
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.