Illinois Administrative Code › Title 71 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, FACILITIES AND REAL PROPERTY › Part 2005 - PUBLIC USE OF THE CAPITOL COMPLEX AND SPRINGFIELD FACILITIES › Section 2005.40 - Prohibited Activities

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) No
			 animals, except service animals to assist persons with disabilities, or animals
			 utilized by police officers and firefighters in the performance of their
			 official duties, shall be permitted in the buildings in the Capitol
			 Complex.
b) No person or
			 organization shall camp, erect a tent, fixture, whether or not affixed to the
			 grounds (except as authorized by the Secretary of State or General Assembly to
			 commemorate a deceased public official or a historical event), structure,
			 portable toilet, platform, sign, or similar device on the grounds of or within
			 the State Capitol, Visitors' Center, the State Library, the Howlett Building,
			 or the Stratton Building, except as provided in subsection (i). No person shall
			 sleep or shelter on the Capitol Grounds in a manner or place that may create a
			 fire hazard or threaten the property or safety of any person on the Capitol
			 Complex.
c) No person or
			 organization shall block, obstruct, or impede any doorway, stairway, corridor,
			 ventilation duct, or elevator in or on the Capitol Complex.
d) No demonstrations are allowed above the
			 first floor of the Capitol Building; this includes singing, chanting, or
			 shouting in a loud voice in such a manner that could interfere with the
			 business conducted in the building.
e) No banners, posters, placards, signs, or
			 symbols may be carried above the first floor of the Capitol Building. No
			 sticks, poles, or laths may be used to carry any sign or placard into the
			 buildings. No chains or ropes may be carried into the buildings, except by
			 authorized workers and State employees, with the permission of the
			 Director.
f) No person or group of
			 persons may use any electronic loudspeaker, bullhorn, or other amplifying
			 device within the Capitol Complex buildings or grounds, unless prior permission
			 of the Director is obtained pursuant to Section
			 2005.50(d).
			 Permission will be granted for demonstrations only.
g) No banners, posters, placards, signs, or
			 symbols may be affixed in any way by any person to the railing of the second,
			 third, or fourth floor of the State Capitol Building. No banners, posters,
			 placards, signs, or symbols for demonstration purposes may be affixed in any
			 way to the walls, railings, floors, or ceilings of any of the buildings in the
			 Capitol Complex.
h) No banners,
			 posters, placards, signs, or symbols may be displayed within the Capitol
			 Complex buildings or grounds for more than two weeks within a six-month
			 period.
i) No displays or
			 structures (including tents) in Capitol Complex buildings or grounds may be
			 erected without the permission of the Director pursuant to Section
			 2005.50(d).
			 Permission shall be granted only if the display structure is part of symbolic
			 expression in the exercise of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to
			 the United States Constitution and Article I, Sections 4 and 5 of the 1970
			 Illinois Constitution. No more than 2 tents or small structures may be erected
			 at the location designated by the Director. The location shall not impede
			 pedestrian or vehicular traffic or substantially damage Capitol Complex grounds
			 (e.g., damage to grass or grounds that would require replacement). The only
			 locations that are authorized for structures and displays shall be the paved
			 areas between the Howlett Building and the Capitol Building, in the north front
			 of the Howlett Building, between the Stratton Building and the Archives
			 Building, and in the Capitol Rotunda pursuant to Section
			 2005.60(i). No
			 structures or displays will be placed on grass areas that have an underground
			 watering system on them.
j) The
			 display of commercial signs, placards, or other forms of advertisement, or the
			 sale, display, or vending of commercial products or articles in Capitol Complex
			 buildings or grounds is prohibited, except pursuant to a contract with a unit
			 of State government.
k) The noise
			 level from demonstrators, picketers, and protesters of any group or groups, or
			 as individuals, within the Capitol Building rotunda must not exceed 75dB(A). If
			 the noise level from these persons exceeds this limit, the Director or the
			 Director of the Department of Police, or a designee, shall direct all persons
			 to decrease the noise, or to reduce the number of people, within the Capitol
			 Building to lower the noise level to the specified level, which must not exceed
			 75dB(A).
l) No person or
			 organization shall damage, destroy, remove, deface, defile, tarnish, or injure
			 in any way State property within Capitol Complex buildings or grounds. All
			 persons and organizations engaging in this type of prohibited activity will be
			 responsible for all costs, expenses, damages, and liability resulting from
			 their own actions or the actions of persons or organizations controlled or
			 directed by them at the time of the damage to State property.
m) No smoking, vaping, or use of electronic
			 cigarettes is permitted in any building or structure in the Capitol
			 Complex.
n) No skateboard riding,
			 rollerblading, recreational scooter riding, or skating is allowed on the
			 Capitol Complex. The riding of bicycles is permitted only in parking lots of
			 the Capitol Complex and not on any Capitol Complex sidewalks or
			 pathways.
o) No masks that cover a
			 person's face may be worn on the Capitol Complex grounds or within any of the
			 Capitol Complex buildings with the exception of the following:
1) Masks designed to cover the nose and mouth
			 for the purposes of preventing the spread or contraction of a respiratory
			 infection;
2) Religious head or
			 face coverings when worn in accordance with sincerely held religious
			 beliefs;
3) Masks required to
			 protect a worker while completing a construction task; or
4) Hazmat or other masks worn by first
			 responders.