For house corporations, alums, chapter RM officers, Greek life college administrators, and Illinois and national fraternity and sorority officers, just so you know.
Please note the important dates; one for new construction, one for
installation in existing houses.
From a state government press release at
http://www.illinois.gov/PressRelease...=1&RecNum=8686
Excerpt from press release:
BLOOMINGTON – July 27, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a bill into law that requires fraternity and sorority housing in Illinois to install automatic fire sprinkler systems. Governor Quinn also highlighted a new law that requires housing units in Illinois to have a backup power supply for all smoke detectors that are wired to a building’s electrical supply.
“Fire safety starts at home. These important new laws help ensure that the smoke detectors where you live don’t fail when you need them the most, and help make our college students safer,” said Governor Quinn. “These laws will help prevent potentially tragic situations like we saw last year at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.”
House Bill 5664 requires fraternities and sororities
built after Jan. 1, 2011 to have an automatic fire sprinkler system. Any fraternity or sorority that does not comply with the new law will not be allowed to occupy its housing facility. Fraternities and sororities
built before Jan. 1, 2011 will have until Jan. 1, 2019 to install a automatic fire sprinkler system.
The new law will be enforced by the local government or institution of higher education, depending upon whose jurisdiction the fraternity or sorority falls. . . .