Bill Text: IL SB2458 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Mobile Home Park Act. Requires each mobile home park to contain a storm shelter with design plans, engineering calculations, diagrams, and other data prepared by an architect licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, a professional engineer licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or a structural engineer licensed under the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that each shelter must meet specified standards. Provides that a multi-purpose facility that contains an area meeting the standards satisfies the storm shelter requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB2458 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB2458-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Mobile Home Park Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 9 and by adding Section 9.17 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 115/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 719)
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7 | Sec. 9.
Each mobile home park licensed or to be constructed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | under the
provisions of this Act shall be operated and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | maintained in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 9.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | to 9.17 9.16 , inclusive, of this
Act.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 98-540, eff. 1-1-14.)
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12 | (210 ILCS 115/9.17 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Sec. 9.17. Storm shelters required. Each mobile home park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | shall contain a storm shelter with design plans, engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | calculations, diagrams, and other data prepared by an architect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | a professional engineer licensed under the Professional | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Engineering Practice Act of 1989, or a structural engineer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | licensed under the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Each shelter must have: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (1) the ability to withstand wind speeds of 200 miles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | per hour; |
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1 | (2) 12 square feet of floor space per mobile home pad | ||||||
2 | in the park; | ||||||
3 | (3) a ceiling height of not less than 7 feet; | ||||||
4 | (4) 2 exits, including at least one exit that is | ||||||
5 | accessible by individuals with physical disabilities; | ||||||
6 | (5) underground electrical service; | ||||||
7 | (6) interior lighting and an emergency lighting system | ||||||
8 | supplied from storage batteries or an on-site generator; | ||||||
9 | and | ||||||
10 | (7) a location that is centrally located in relation to | ||||||
11 | all mobile homes in the park. | ||||||
12 | A multi-purpose facility that contains an area meeting the | ||||||
13 | standards in paragraphs (1) through (7) satisfies the | ||||||
14 | requirements of this Section.
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