HB1228 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1228

Introduced 02/08/11, by Rep. Angelo Saviano

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 320/42

Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Changes the home rule provision to provide that the power to regulate the licensing of plumbers, to adopt a minimum plumbing code of standards, and the regulation of the registration of irrigation contractors and plumbing contractors, except as otherwise provided within and under the provisions of this Act, shall be exercised by the State and may not be exercised by any unit of local government, including home rule units. Effective immediately.

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by changing Section 42 as follows:

(225 ILCS 320/42)

Sec. 42. Home rule. Pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 the power to regulate the licensing of plumbers, to adopt the promulgation of a minimum plumbing code of standards, and the power to regulate the registration of irrigation contractors and plumbing contractors shall, except as may otherwise be provided within and pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 and Section 16.1 of this Act, be exercised by the State and may not be exercised by any unit of local government, including home rule units.

(Source: P.A. 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.