Illinois: Carbon Monoxide Alarm Detector Act

[rcramer]

Is anyone aware of this law? and how does it affect or inspection?

Public Act 094-0741

HB5284 Enrolled

LRB094 17775 LCT 53074 b

AN ACT concerning safety.



Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,


represented in the General Assembly:



Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Carbon


Monoxide Alarm Detector Act.



Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:


"Approved carbon monoxide alarm" or "alarm" means a carbon


monoxide alarm that complies with all the requirements of the


rules and regulations of the Illinois State Fire Marshal, bears


the label of a nationally recognized testing laboratory, and


complies with the most recent standards of the Underwriters


Laboratories or the Canadian Standard Association.


"Dwelling unit" means a room or suite of rooms used for


human habitation, and includes a single family residence as


well as each living unit of a multiple family residence and


each living unit in a mixed use building.



Section 10. Carbon monoxide detector.


(a) Every dwelling unit shall be equipped with at least one


approved carbon monoxide alarm in an operating condition within


15 feet of every room used for sleeping purposes. The carbon


monoxide alarm may be combined with smoke detecting devices


provided that the combined unit complies with the respective


provisions of the administrative code, reference standards,


and departmental rules relating to both smoke detecting devices


and carbon monoxide alarms and provided that the combined unit


emits an alarm in a manner that clearly differentiates the


hazard.


(b) Every structure that contains more than one dwelling


unit shall contain at least one approved carbon monoxide alarm


in operating condition within 15 feet of every room used for


sleeping purposes.



(c) It is the responsibility of the owner of a structure to


supply and install all required alarms. It is the


responsibility of a tenant to test and to provide general


maintenance for the alarms within the tenant's dwelling unit or


rooming unit, and to notify the owner or the authorized agent


of the owner in writing of any deficiencies that the tenant


cannot correct. The owner is responsible for providing one


tenant per dwelling unit with written information regarding


alarm testing and maintenance.


The tenant is responsible for replacement of any required


batteries in the carbon monoxide alarms in the tenant's


dwelling unit, except that the owner shall ensure that the


batteries are in operating condition at the time the tenant


takes possession of the dwelling unit. The tenant shall provide


the owner or the authorized agent of the owner with access to


the dwelling unit to correct any deficiencies in the carbon


monoxide alarm that have been reported in writing to the owner


or the authorized agent of the owner.


(d) The carbon monoxide alarms required under this Act may


be either battery powered, plug-in with battery back-up, or


wired into the structure's AC power line with secondary battery


back-up.



Section 15. Violation.


(a) Willful failure to install or maintain in operating


condition any carbon monoxide alarm required by this Act is a


Class B misdemeanor.


(b) Tampering with, removing, destroying, disconnecting,


or removing the batteries from any installed carbon monoxide


alarm, except in the course of inspection, maintenance, or


replacement of the alarm, is a Class A misdemeanor in the case


of a first conviction and a Class 4 felony in the case of a


second or subsequent conviction.



Section 20. Exemptions. The following residential units


shall not require carbon monoxide detectors:



(1) A residential unit in a building that: (i) does not


rely on combustion of fossil fuel for heat, ventilation, or


hot water; (ii) is not connected in any way to a garage;


and (iii) is not sufficiently close to any ventilated


source of carbon monoxide, as determined by the local


building commissioner, to receive carbon monoxide from


that source.


(2) A residential unit that is not sufficiently close


to any source of carbon monoxide so as to be at risk of


receiving carbon monoxide from that source, as determined


by the local building commissioner.

www.ilga.gov/search/LISGSApage.asp?target=carbon+monoxide+alarm+detect or+act&scope=pa95

[A Dan Leleika]

Yes.

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How should it effect your inspection? It shouldn't, or at least it hasn't with mine except now I tell the client it is required instead of a good idea.

[jwortham1]

I just changed one narrative.

Now, like Dan, instead of it say it's a good idea, it tells them it's a requirement due to state law.