93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4411

 

Introduced 02/03/04, by Angelo Saviano

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 320/13.1
225 ILCS 320/18   from Ch. 111, par. 1117
225 ILCS 320/37   from Ch. 111, par. 1135
225 ILCS 320/42

    Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that, in any municipality in a county with a population over 500,000, a letter of intent shall be included with all plumbing permit applications and that the letter shall be written on the licensed plumber of record's personal stationary and shall include the license holder's signature and corporate seal. Preempts home rule. Provides that persons who advertise plumbing services shall, at their place of business, display the registration of at least one member of the business who is registered as a plumbing contractor (rather than the licensed plumber's license). Provides that an application for registration as a plumbing contractor shall be filed on or before the last day of September (rather than the last day of April) and that all plumbing contractor's registrations expire on the last day of September (rather than the last day of April) of each year. Provides that a city, village, or county that requires a permit for the installation and repair of plumbing may issue that permit upon verification that the applicant is the owner occupant of a single family residence that is the subject of the permit. Makes changes concerning the amount of general liability and workers compensation insurance coverage that a contractor must carry. Effective immediately.


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HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by
5 changing Section 13.1, 18, 37, 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 corporations
10 desiring to engage in the business of plumbing contractor,
11 other than any entity that maintains an audited net worth of
12 shareholders' equity equal to or exceeding $100,000,000, shall
13 register in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
14     (2) Application for registration shall be filed with the
15 Department each year, on or before the last day of September
16 April, in writing and on forms prepared and furnished by the
17 Department. All plumbing contractor registrations expire on
18 the last day of September April of each year.
19     (3) Applications shall contain the name, address, and
20 telephone number of the person and the plumbing license of (i)
21 the individual, if a sole proprietorship; (ii) the partner, if
22 a partnership; or (iii) an officer, if a corporation. The
23 application shall contain the business name, address, and
24 telephone number, a current copy of the plumbing license, and
25 any other information the Department may require by rule.
26     (4) Applicants shall submit an original certificate of
27 insurance documenting that the contractor carries general
28 liability insurance with a minimum of $100,000 per occurrence,
29 bodily injury insurance with a minimum of $300,000 aggregate
30 for bodily injury per occurrence, property damage insurance
31 with a minimum of $50,000 or a minimum of $300,000 combined
32 single limit, and workers compensation insurance with a minimum

 

 

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1 $500,000 employer's liability. No registration may be issued in
2 the absence of this certificate. Certificates must be in force
3 at all times for registration to remain valid.
4     (5) Applicants shall submit, on a form provided by the
5 Department, an indemnification bond in the amount of $20,000 or
6 a letter of credit in the same amount for work performed in
7 accordance with this Act and the rules promulgated under this
8 Act.
9     (6) All employees of a registered plumbing contractor who
10 engage in plumbing work shall be licensed plumbers or
11 apprentice plumbers in accordance with this Act.
12     (7) Plumbing contractors shall submit an annual
13 registration fee in an amount to be established by rule.
14     (8) The Department shall be notified in advance of any
15 changes in the business structure, name, or location or of the
16 addition or deletion of the owner or officer who is the
17 licensed plumber listed on the application. Failure to notify
18 the Department of this information is grounds for suspension or
19 revocation of the plumbing contractor's registration.
20     (9) In the event that the plumber's license on the
21 application for registration of a plumbing contractor is a
22 license issued by the City of Chicago, it shall be the
23 responsibility of the applicant to forward a copy of the
24 plumber's license to the Department, noting the name of the
25 registered plumbing contractor, when it is renewed.
26 (Source: P.A. 92-338, eff. 8-10-01.)
 
27     (225 ILCS 320/18)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1117)
28     Sec. 18. Local regulation; Department standards.
29     (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State
30 that each city, town, village, township or county with a water
31 supply system or sewage disposal system or both should so soon
32 after the enactment of this Act as practicable, with the advice
33 of the State Department of Public Health, provide by ordinance,
34 bylaws or rules and regulations for the materials,
35 construction, alteration, and inspection of all plumbing

 

 

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1 placed in or in connection with any building in any such city,
2 town, village, township, or county and to provide for and
3 appoint a competent Plumbing Inspector or more as required. The
4 Department may by rule establish voluntary standards for the
5 content and conduct of local plumbing regulation and inspection
6 programs and may evaluate and certify local programs that are
7 in compliance with the voluntary standards. The Department may
8 by rule establish voluntary education, training, and
9 experience standards for Plumbing Inspectors and may certify
10 Plumbing Inspectors who are in compliance with the voluntary
11 standards. Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit any
12 city, town, village, township or county from providing for a
13 Plumbing Inspector or from requiring permits for the
14 installation and repair of plumbing and collecting a fee
15 therefor, but a city, town, village, township, or county that
16 requires a permit for installation and repair of plumbing may
17 not issue that permit without verification that the applicant
18 has a valid plumbing license or that the applicant is the owner
19 occupant of a single family residence that is the subject of
20 the permit. For the purpose of this Section, the term
21 "occupant" has the same meaning as in subsection (2) of Section
22 3 of this Act. No person shall be appointed as a Plumbing
23 Inspector who is not a licensed plumber under this Act,
24 including persons employed as Plumbing Inspectors in home rule
25 units.
26     (2) The Department of Public Health shall conduct inquiry
27 in any city, town, village, township, or county or at any other
28 place in the State when reasonably necessary in the judgment of
29 the Director of the Department of Public Health to safeguard
30 the health of any person or persons in this State, on account
31 of piping or appurtenant appliances within any building, or
32 outside, when such piping and appliances are for the use of
33 plumbing as defined in this Act and for the use of carrying
34 sewage or waste within or from any building.
35     The Department of Public Health may conduct such inquiries
36 in any city, town, village, township or county in this State by

 

 

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1 directing the Plumbing Inspector thereof to aid in or conduct
2 such inquiry or investigation in behalf of the Department of
3 Public Health or the Department of Public Health may designate
4 some other person or persons to conduct such investigation.
5 (Source: P.A. 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)
 
6     (225 ILCS 320/37)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1135)
7     Sec. 37. Each governmental unit which is authorized to
8 adopt and has adopted any ordinance or resolution regulating
9 plumbing may provide for its administration and enforcement by
10 requiring permits for any plumbing system installation, the
11 inspection of plumbing system installations by inspectors who
12 are licensed as plumbers in accordance with the Illinois
13 Plumbing License Law, and the issue of certificates of approval
14 or compliance which shall be evidence that a plumbing system
15 has been installed in compliance with the Code of standards so
16 adopted.
17     In any municipality in a county with a population over
18 500,000, a letter of intent shall be included with all plumbing
19 permit applications. The letter shall be written on the
20 licensed plumber of record's personal stationary and shall
21 include the license holder's signature and corporate seal. A
22 home rule unit in a county with a population over 500,000 may
23 not regulate the information required to be included with an
24 application for a plumbing permit in a manner less restrictive
25 than this Section. This Section is a limitation under
26 subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
27 Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of
28 powers and functions exercised by the State.
29     A governmental unit authorized to adopt regulations may, by
30 ordinance or resolution, prescribe reasonable fees for the
31 issue of permits for installation work, the issue of
32 certificates of compliance or approval, and for the inspection
33 of plumbing installations.
34 (Source: P.A. 79-1000.)
 

 

 

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1     (225 ILCS 320/42)
2     Sec. 42. Home rule. Pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6
3 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 the power
4 to regulate the licensing of plumbers, to promulgate the
5 promulgation of a minimum plumbing code of standards, and the
6 power to regulate the registration of irrigation contractors
7 and plumbing contractors shall, except as may otherwise be
8 provided within and pursuant to the provisions of Section 16
9 and Section 16.1 of this Act, be exercised by the State and may
10 not be exercised by any unit of local government, including
11 home rule units.
12 (Source: P.A. 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)
 
13     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14 becoming law.