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Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 5/18/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 930
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 930 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by |
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| changing Sections 18 and 37 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 320/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 1117)
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| Sec. 18. Local regulation; Department standards.
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| (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State |
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| that each
city, town, village, township or county with a
water |
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| supply system or sewage disposal system or both should so soon |
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| after
the enactment of this Act as practicable, with the advice |
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| of the State
Department
of Public Health, provide by ordinance, |
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| bylaws or rules and regulations for
the
materials, |
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| construction, alteration, and inspection of all plumbing |
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| placed
in or in connection with any building in any such city, |
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| town, village,
township,
or county and to provide
for and |
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| appoint a competent Plumbing Inspector or more as required.
The |
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| Department may by rule establish voluntary standards for the |
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| content and
conduct of local plumbing regulation and inspection |
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| programs and may evaluate
and certify local programs that are |
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| in compliance with the voluntary standards.
The
Department may |
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| by rule establish voluntary education, training, and
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| experience standards for Plumbing Inspectors and may certify |
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| Plumbing
Inspectors who are in compliance with the voluntary |
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| standards.
Nothing
contained in this Act shall prohibit any |
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| city, town, village, township or
county from providing for a |
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| Plumbing Inspector or from requiring permits
for the |
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| installation and repair of plumbing and
collecting a fee |
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| therefor, but a city, town, village, township, or county that |
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| requires a permit for installation and repair of plumbing may |
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| not issue that permit without verification that the applicant |
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| has a valid plumbing license or that the applicant is the owner |
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| occupant of a single family residence that is the subject of |
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| the permit. For the purpose of this Section, the term |
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| "occupant" has the same meaning as in subsection (2) of Section |
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| 3 of this Act. No person shall be appointed as a Plumbing
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| Inspector
who is not a licensed plumber under this Act, |
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| including persons employed
as Plumbing Inspectors in home rule |
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| units.
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| (2) The Department of Public Health shall conduct inquiry |
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| in any city,
town, village, township, or county or at any other |
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| place in the State when
reasonably necessary in the judgment of |
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| the Director of the Department of
Public Health to safeguard |
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| the health of any person or persons in this
State, on
account |
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| of piping or appurtenant appliances within any building, or |
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| outside,
when such piping and appliances are for the use of |
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| plumbing as defined in
this Act and for the use of carrying |
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| sewage or waste within or from any
building.
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| The Department of Public Health may conduct such inquiries |
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| in any city,
town, village, township or county in this State by |
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| directing the Plumbing
Inspector thereof to aid in or conduct |
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| such inquiry or investigation in
behalf of the Department of |
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| Public Health or the Department of Public Health
may designate |
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| some other person or persons to conduct such investigation.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)
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| (225 ILCS 320/37) (from Ch. 111, par. 1135)
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| Sec. 37. Each governmental unit which is authorized to |
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| adopt and has adopted
any ordinance or resolution regulating |
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| plumbing may provide for its administration
and enforcement
by |
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| requiring permits for any plumbing system installation, the |
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| inspection of plumbing
system installations by inspectors who |
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| are licensed as plumbers in accordance with the
Illinois |
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| Plumbing License Law, and the issue of certificates of approval
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| or compliance which
shall be evidence that a plumbing system |
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| has been installed in compliance with the Code
of standards so |
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| adopted.
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| A letter of intent shall be included with all plumbing |
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| permit applications. The letter shall be written on the |
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| licensed plumber of record's business stationery and shall |
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| include the license holder's signature and, if the license |
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| holder is incorporated, the license holder's corporate seal. If |
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| the license holder is not incorporated, the letter must be |
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| notarized.
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| A governmental unit authorized to adopt regulations may, by |
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| ordinance or resolution,
prescribe reasonable fees for the |
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| issue of permits for installation work, the issue of
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| certificates of compliance or approval, and for the inspection |
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| of plumbing
installations.
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| (Source: P.A. 79-1000.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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