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91_HB0539eng HB0539 Engrossed LRB9100612ACdvA 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Plumbing License Law by 2 changing Section 2. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended 6 by changing Section 2 as follows: 7 (225 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1102) 8 Sec. 2. Definitions. When used in this Act: 9 "Agent" means a person designated by a sponsor as 10 responsible for supervision of an apprentice plumber and who 11 is also an Illinois licensed plumber. 12 "Apprentice plumber" means any licensed person who is 13 learning and performing plumbing under the supervision of a 14 sponsor or his agent in accordance with the provisions of 15 this Act. 16 "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship 17 program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of 18 Apprenticeship and Training and the Department under rules. 19 "Board" means the Illinois State Board of Plumbing 20 Examiners. 21 "Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal 22 piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from 23 soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of a 24 building and conveys it to 5 feet beyond the foundation walls 25 where it is connected to the building sewer. 26 "Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping 27 of a drainage system that extends from the end of the 28 building drain, receives the discharge of the building drain 29 and conveys it to a public sewer or private sewage disposal 30 system. 31 "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public HB0539 Engrossed -2- LRB9100612ACdvA 1 Health. 2 "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department 3 of Public Health. 4 "Governmental unit" means a city, village, incorporated 5 town, county, or sanitary or water district. 6 "Lawn sprinkler system" means any irrigation system of 7 lawn, shrubbery and other vegetation from any potable water 8 sources; and from any water sources, whether or not potable, 9 in: (i) any county with a population of 3,000,000 or more; 10 (ii) any county with a population of 275,000 or more which is 11 contiguous in whole or in part to a county with a population 12 of 3,000,000 or more; and (iii) any county with a population 13 of 37,000 or more but less than 150,000 which is contiguous 14 to 2 or more counties with respective populations in excess 15 of 275,000. Such system includes without limitation the water 16 supply piping, valves and sprinkler heads or other irrigation 17 outlets. Lawn sprinkler system does not include an 18 irrigation system used primarily for agricultural purposes. 19 "Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation, 20 partnership, or association. 21 "Plumber" means any licensed person authorized to perform 22 plumbing as defined in this Act, but does not include retired 23 plumbers as defined in this Act. 24 "Plumbing" means the actual installation, repair, 25 maintenance, alteration or extension of a plumbing system by 26 any person. 27 Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances and 28 appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, including 29 without limitation lawn sprinkler systems, from the source of 30 a private water supply on the premises or from the main in 31 the street, alley or at the curb to, within and about any 32 building or buildings where a person or persons live, work or 33 assemble. 34 Plumbing includes all piping, from discharge of pumping HB0539 Engrossed -3- LRB9100612ACdvA 1 units to and including pressure tanks in water supply 2 systems. 3 Plumbing includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, 4 and appliances for a building drain and a sanitary drainage 5 and related ventilation system of any building or buildings 6 where a person or persons live, work or assemble from the 7 point of connection of such building drain to the building 8 sewer or private sewage disposal system 5 feet beyond the 9 foundation walls. 10 Plumbing does not mean or include the trade of 11 drain-laying, the trade of drilling water wells which 12 constitute the sources of private water supplies, and of 13 making connections between such wells and pumping units in 14 the water supply systems of buildings served by such private 15 water supplies, or the business of installing water softening 16 equipment and of maintaining and servicing the same, or the 17 business of manufacturing or selling plumbing fixtures, 18 appliances, equipment or hardware, or to the installation and 19 servicing of electrical equipment sold by a not-for-profit 20 corporation providing electrification on a cooperative basis, 21 that either on or before January 1, 1971, is or has been 22 financed in whole or in part under the federal "Rural 23 Electrification Act of 1936" and the Acts amendatory thereof 24 and supplementary thereto, to its members for use on farms 25 owned by individuals or operated by individuals, nor does it 26 mean or include minor repairs which do not require changes in 27 the piping to or from plumbing fixtures or involve the 28 removal, replacement, installation or re-installation of any 29 pipe or plumbing fixtures. Plumbing does not include the 30 installation, repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of 31 building sewers. 32 "Plumbing fixtures" means installed receptacles, devices 33 or appliances that are supplied with water or that receive or 34 discharge liquids or liquid borne wastes, with or without HB0539 Engrossed -4- LRB9100612ACdvA 1 discharge into the drainage system with which they may be 2 directly or indirectly connected. 3 "Plumbing system" means the water service, water supply 4 and distribution pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, 5 waste and vent pipes; building drains; including their 6 respective connections, devices and appurtenances. Plumbing 7 system does not include building sewers as defined in this 8 Act. 9 "Retired plumber" means any licensed plumber in good 10 standing who meets the requirements of this Act and the 11 requirements prescribed by Department rule to be licensed as 12 a retired plumber and voluntarily surrenders his plumber's 13 license to the Department, in exchange for a retired 14 plumber's license. Retired plumbers cannot perform plumbing 15 as defined in this Act, cannot sponsor or supervise 16 apprentice plumbers, and cannot inspect plumbing under this 17 Act. A retired plumber cannot fulfill the requirements of 18 subsection (3) of Section 3 of this Act. 19 "Supervision" with respect to first and second year 20 licensed apprentice plumbers means that such apprentices must 21 perform all designing and planning of plumbing systems and 22 all plumbing as defined in this Act under the direct personal 23 supervision of the sponsor or his or her agent who must also 24 be an Illinois licensed plumber, except for maintenance and 25 repair work on existing plumbing systems done by second year 26 apprentice plumbers; provided that before performing any 27 maintenance and repair work without such supervision, such 28 apprentice has received the minimum number of hours of annual 29 classroom instruction recommended by the United States 30 Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training 31 for apprentice plumbers in a Bureau of Apprenticeship and 32 Training approved plumber apprenticeship program or its 33 equivalent. "Supervision" with respect to all other 34 apprentice plumbers means that, except for maintenance and HB0539 Engrossed -5- LRB9100612ACdvA 1 repair work on existing plumbing systems, any plumbing done 2 by such apprentices must be inspected daily, after initial 3 rough-in and after completion by the sponsor or his or her 4 agent who is also an Illinois licensed plumber. In addition, 5 all repair and maintenance work done by a licensed apprentice 6 plumber on an existing plumbing system must be approved by 7 the sponsor or his or her agent who is also an Illinois 8 licensed plumber. 9 "Sponsor" is an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved 10 apprenticeship program that has accepted an individual as an 11 Illinois licensed apprentice plumber for education and 12 training in the field of plumbing and whose name and license 13 number or apprenticeship program number shall appear on the 14 individual's application for an apprentice plumber's license. 15 "Sponsored" means that each Illinois licensed apprentice 16 plumber has been accepted by an Illinois licensed plumber or 17 an approved apprenticeship program for apprenticeship 18 training. 19 (Source: P.A. 89-665, eff. 8-14-96.)