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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act is amended by |
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| changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 47/10)
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| Sec. 10. Fire sprinkler systems required. Subject to the |
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| establishment of a fire sprinkler dormitory revolving loan |
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| program under Section 15 of this Act, fire sprinkler systems |
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| are required in the dormitories of all post-secondary |
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| educational institutions by 2013. This includes current |
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| structures as well as newly constructed dormitories. Nothing in |
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| this Act may be construed to abrogate any statute, rule, or |
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| ordinance requiring that a fire extinguisher be present in a |
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| dormitory.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-887, eff. 1-1-05.)
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| (110 ILCS 47/15)
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| Sec. 15. Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan Program. |
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| The Illinois Finance Authority and the Office of the State Fire |
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| Marshal shall jointly administer a fire sprinkler dormitory |
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| revolving loan program. The program shall provide low-interest |
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| loans for the installation of fire sprinkler systems in college |
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| dormitories by post-secondary educational institutions. The |
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| loan funds, subject to appropriation or other funding sources, |
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| shall be paid out of the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving |
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| Loan Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund shall |
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| consist of any moneys transferred into or appropriated to the |
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| Fund as well as all repayments of loans made under this |
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| Section. The Fund shall be used for loans to post-secondary |
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| educational institutions for costs associated with the |
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| installation of fire sprinkler systems in dormitories and for |