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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 18 and 37 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 320/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 1117)
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| 7 | Sec. 18. Local regulation; Department standards.
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| 8 | (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State | ||||||
| 9 | that each
city, town, village, township or county with a
water | ||||||
| 10 | supply system or sewage disposal system or both should so soon | ||||||
| 11 | after
the enactment of this Act as practicable, with the advice | ||||||
| 12 | of the State
Department
of Public Health, provide by ordinance, | ||||||
| 13 | bylaws or rules and regulations for
the
materials, | ||||||
| 14 | construction, alteration, and inspection of all plumbing | ||||||
| 15 | placed
in or in connection with any building in any such city, | ||||||
| 16 | town, village,
township,
or county and to provide
for and | ||||||
| 17 | appoint a competent Plumbing Inspector or more as required.
The | ||||||
| 18 | Department may by rule establish voluntary standards for the | ||||||
| 19 | content and
conduct of local plumbing regulation and inspection | ||||||
| 20 | programs and may evaluate
and certify local programs that are | ||||||
| 21 | in compliance with the voluntary standards.
The
Department may | ||||||
| 22 | by rule establish voluntary education, training, and
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| 23 | experience standards for Plumbing Inspectors and may certify | ||||||
| 24 | Plumbing
Inspectors who are in compliance with the voluntary | ||||||
| 25 | standards.
Nothing
contained in this Act shall prohibit any | ||||||
| 26 | city, town, village, township or
county from providing for a | ||||||
| 27 | Plumbing Inspector or from requiring permits
for the | ||||||
| 28 | installation and repair of plumbing and
collecting a fee | ||||||
| 29 | therefor, but a city, town, village, township, or county that | ||||||
| 30 | requires a permit for installation and repair of plumbing may | ||||||
| 31 | not issue that permit without verification that the applicant | ||||||
| 32 | has a valid plumbing license or that the applicant is the owner | ||||||
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| 1 | occupant of a single family residence that is the subject of | ||||||
| 2 | the permit. For the purpose of this Section, the term | ||||||
| 3 | "occupant" has the same meaning as in subsection (2) of Section | ||||||
| 4 | 3 of this Act. No person shall be appointed as a Plumbing
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| 5 | Inspector
who is not a licensed plumber under this Act, | ||||||
| 6 | including persons employed
as Plumbing Inspectors in home rule | ||||||
| 7 | units.
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| 8 | (2) The Department of Public Health shall conduct inquiry | ||||||
| 9 | in any city,
town, village, township, or county or at any other | ||||||
| 10 | place in the State when
reasonably necessary in the judgment of | ||||||
| 11 | the Director of the Department of
Public Health to safeguard | ||||||
| 12 | the health of any person or persons in this
State, on
account | ||||||
| 13 | of piping or appurtenant appliances within any building, or | ||||||
| 14 | outside,
when such piping and appliances are for the use of | ||||||
| 15 | plumbing as defined in
this Act and for the use of carrying | ||||||
| 16 | sewage or waste within or from any
building.
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| 17 | The Department of Public Health may conduct such inquiries | ||||||
| 18 | in any city,
town, village, township or county in this State by | ||||||
| 19 | directing the Plumbing
Inspector thereof to aid in or conduct | ||||||
| 20 | such inquiry or investigation in
behalf of the Department of | ||||||
| 21 | Public Health or the Department of Public Health
may designate | ||||||
| 22 | some other person or persons to conduct such investigation.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)
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| 24 | (225 ILCS 320/37) (from Ch. 111, par. 1135)
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| 25 | Sec. 37. Each governmental unit which is authorized to | ||||||
| 26 | adopt and has adopted
any ordinance or resolution regulating | ||||||
| 27 | plumbing may provide for its administration
and enforcement
by | ||||||
| 28 | requiring permits for any plumbing system installation, the | ||||||
| 29 | inspection of plumbing
system installations by inspectors who | ||||||
| 30 | are licensed as plumbers in accordance with the
Illinois | ||||||
| 31 | Plumbing License Law, and the issue of certificates of approval
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| 32 | or compliance which
shall be evidence that a plumbing system | ||||||
| 33 | has been installed in compliance with the Code
of standards so | ||||||
| 34 | adopted.
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| 35 | A letter of intent shall be included with all plumbing | ||||||
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| 1 | permit applications. The letter shall be written on the | ||||||
| 2 | licensed plumber of record's business stationery and shall | ||||||
| 3 | include the license holder's signature and, if the license | ||||||
| 4 | holder is incorporated, the license holder's corporate seal. If | ||||||
| 5 | the license holder is not incorporated, the letter must be | ||||||
| 6 | notarized. A home rule unit in a county with a population over | ||||||
| 7 | 500,000 may not regulate the information required to be | ||||||
| 8 | included with an application for a plumbing permit in a manner | ||||||
| 9 | less restrictive than this Section. This Section is a | ||||||
| 10 | limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of | ||||||
| 11 | the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home | ||||||
| 12 | rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
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| 13 | A governmental unit authorized to adopt regulations may, by | ||||||
| 14 | ordinance or resolution,
prescribe reasonable fees for the | ||||||
| 15 | issue of permits for installation work, the issue of
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| 16 | certificates of compliance or approval, and for the inspection | ||||||
| 17 | of plumbing
installations.
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| 18 | (Source: P.A. 79-1000.)
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.
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