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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2370
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2370 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended
5 by changing Sections 13.1, 18, and 42 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 320/13.1)
7 Sec. 13.1. Plumbing contractors; registration;
8 applications.
9 (1) On and after May 1, 2002, all persons or
10 corporations desiring to engage in the business of plumbing
11 contractor, other than any entity that maintains an audited
12 net worth of shareholders' equity equal to or exceeding
13 $100,000,000, shall register in accordance with the
14 provisions of this Act.
15 (2) Application for registration shall be filed with the
16 Department each year, on or before the last day of September
17 April, in writing and on forms prepared and furnished by the
18 Department. All plumbing contractor registrations expire on
19 the last day of September April of each year.
20 (3) Applications shall contain the name, address, and
21 telephone number of the person and the plumbing license of
22 (i) the individual, if a sole proprietorship; (ii) the
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1 partner, if a partnership; or (iii) an officer, if a
2 corporation. The application shall contain the business
3 name, address, and telephone number, a current copy of the
4 plumbing license, and any other information the Department
5 may require by rule.
6 (4) Applicants shall submit an original certificate of
7 insurance documenting that the contractor carries general
8 liability insurance with a minimum of $100,000 per
9 occurrence, bodily injury insurance with a minimum of
10 $300,000 per occurrence, property damage insurance with a
11 minimum of $50,000, and workers compensation insurance with a
12 minimum $500,000. No registration may be issued in the
13 absence of this certificate. Certificates must be in force
14 at all times for registration to remain valid.
15 (5) Applicants shall submit, on a form provided by the
16 Department, an indemnification bond in the amount of $20,000
17 or a letter of credit in the same amount for work performed
18 in accordance with this Act and the rules promulgated under
19 this Act.
20 (6) All employees of a registered plumbing contractor
21 who engage in plumbing work shall be licensed plumbers or
22 apprentice plumbers in accordance with this Act.
23 (7) Plumbing contractors shall submit an annual
24 registration fee in an amount to be established by rule.
25 (8) The Department shall be notified in advance of any
26 changes in the business structure, name, or location or of
27 the addition or deletion of the owner or officer who is the
28 licensed plumber listed on the application. Failure to
29 notify the Department of this information is grounds for
30 suspension or revocation of the plumbing contractor's
31 registration.
32 (9) In the event that the plumber's license on the
33 application for registration of a plumbing contractor is a
34 license issued by the City of Chicago, it shall be the
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1 responsibility of the applicant to forward a copy of the
2 plumber's license to the Department, noting the name of the
3 registered plumbing contractor, when it is renewed.
4 (Source: P.A. 92-338, eff. 8-10-01.)
5 (225 ILCS 320/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 1117)
6 Sec. 18. Local regulation; Department standards.
7 (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State
8 that each city, town, village, township or county with a
9 water supply system or sewage disposal system or both should
10 so soon after the enactment of this Act as practicable, with
11 the advice of the State Department of Public Health, provide
12 by ordinance, bylaws or rules and regulations for the
13 materials, construction, alteration, and inspection of all
14 plumbing placed in or in connection with any building in any
15 such city, town, village, township, or county and to provide
16 for and appoint a competent Plumbing Inspector or more as
17 required. The Department may by rule establish voluntary
18 standards for the content and conduct of local plumbing
19 regulation and inspection programs and may evaluate and
20 certify local programs that are in compliance with the
21 voluntary standards. The Department may by rule establish
22 voluntary education, training, and experience standards for
23 Plumbing Inspectors and may certify Plumbing Inspectors who
24 are in compliance with the voluntary standards. Nothing
25 contained in this Act shall prohibit any city, town, village,
26 township or county from providing for a Plumbing Inspector or
27 from requiring permits for the installation and repair of
28 plumbing and collecting a fee therefor, but a city, town,
29 village, township, or county that requires a permit for
30 installation and repair of plumbing may not issue that permit
31 without verification that the applicant has a valid plumbing
32 license. No person shall be appointed as a Plumbing Inspector
33 who is not a licensed plumber under this Act, including
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1 persons employed as Plumbing Inspectors in home rule units.
2 (2) The Department of Public Health shall conduct
3 inquiry in any city, town, village, township, or county or at
4 any other place in the State when reasonably necessary in the
5 judgment of the Director of the Department of Public Health
6 to safeguard the health of any person or persons in this
7 State, on account of piping or appurtenant appliances within
8 any building, or outside, when such piping and appliances are
9 for the use of plumbing as defined in this Act and for the
10 use of carrying sewage or waste within or from any building.
11 The Department of Public Health may conduct such
12 inquiries in any city, town, village, township or county in
13 this State by directing the Plumbing Inspector thereof to aid
14 in or conduct such inquiry or investigation in behalf of the
15 Department of Public Health or the Department of Public
16 Health may designate some other person or persons to conduct
17 such investigation.
18 (Source: P.A. 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)"
19 (225 ILCS 320/42)
20 Sec. 42. Home rule. Pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section
21 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 the
22 power to regulate the licensing of plumbers, to promulgate
23 the promulgation of a minimum plumbing code of standards, and
24 the power to regulate the registration of irrigation
25 contractors and plumbing contractors shall, except as may
26 otherwise be provided within and pursuant to the provisions
27 of Section 16 and Section 16.1 of this Act, be exercised by
28 the State and may not be exercised by any unit of local
29 government, including home rule units.
30 (Source: P.A. 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)".