Bill Text: IL HB1462 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Provides that the accessibility standards that the Capital Development Board shall adopt and publish shall, to the greatest extent possible, incorporate by reference or be in concert with the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. Effective January 1, 2014.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-5)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0224 [HB1462 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB1462-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Environmental Barriers Act is amended by
changing Section 4 as follows:
(410 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 3714)
Sec. 4. Standards. The Capital Development Board shall
adopt and publish accessibility standards. Accessibility
standards for public facilities shall dictate minimum design,
construction and alteration requirements to facilitate access
to and use of the public facility by environmentally limited
persons. Accessibility standards for multi-story housing units
shall dictate minimum design and construction requirements to
facilitate access to and use of the common areas by
environmentally limited persons and create a number of
adaptable dwelling units in accordance with Section 5. With
respect to areas within public facilities or multi-story
housing units which areas are restricted to use by the
employees of businesses or concerns occupying such restricted
areas, the Capital Development Board shall promulgate
standards designed to ensure that such areas will be accessible
to those environmentally limited persons who can reasonably be
expected to perform the duties of a job therein.

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The standards shall be adopted and revised in accordance
with The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Beginning on
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
Assembly, the Capital Development Board shall begin the process
of updating the 1997 Illinois Accessibility Code and shall
model the updates on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible
Design. By no later than January 1, 2016, the Capital
Development Board shall adopt and publish the updated Illinois
Accessibility Code. The updated Illinois Accessibility Code
may be more stringent than the 2010 ADA Standards for
Accessible Design and may identify specific standards.
Beginning on January 1, 2016, if the ADA Standards for
Accessible Design are updated, then the Capital Development
Board shall update its accessibility standards, in keeping with
the ADA Standards for Accessible Design, within 2 years after
the ADA Standards for Accessible Design updates and shall adopt
and publish an updated Illinois Accessibility Code.
The Capital Development Board may issue written
interpretation of the standards adopted under Section 4 of this
Act. The Capital Development Board shall issue an
interpretation within 30 calendar days of receipt of a request
by certified mail unless a longer period is agreed to by the
parties. Interpretations issued under this Section are project
specific and do not constitute precedent for future or
different circumstances.
(Source: P.A. 87-393.)