Registration and Regulation Committee
Filed: 3/9/2005
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1445
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1445 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 317/30)
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7 | Sec. 30. Requirements for the installation and repair of | ||||||
8 | fire protection
systems. | ||||||
9 | (a) Equipment shall be listed by a nationally recognized | ||||||
10 | testing laboratory,
such as
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. or | ||||||
11 | Factory Mutual Laboratories, Inc., or shall
comply with | ||||||
12 | nationally
accepted standards. The State Fire Marshal shall | ||||||
13 | adopt by rule procedures for
determining
whether a laboratory | ||||||
14 | is
nationally recognized, taking into account the laboratory's | ||||||
15 | facilities,
procedures, use of nationally
recognized | ||||||
16 | standards, and any other criteria reasonably calculated to | ||||||
17 | reach an
informed
determination.
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18 | (b) Equipment shall be installed in accordance with the | ||||||
19 | applicable standards
of the National
Fire Protection | ||||||
20 | Association and the manufacturer's specifications.
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21 | (c) The contractor shall furnish the user with operating | ||||||
22 | instructions for
all equipment
installed, together with a | ||||||
23 | diagram of the final installation.
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24 | (d) All fire sprinkler systems shall have a backflow |
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1 | prevention device or,
in a municipality with a population over | ||||||
2 | 500,000, a double detector check
assembly installed by a | ||||||
3 | licensed plumber before the fire sprinkler system
connection to | ||||||
4 | the water service. Connection to the backflow prevention device
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5 | or, in a municipality with a population over 500,000, a double | ||||||
6 | detector
assembly shall be done in a manner consistent with the | ||||||
7 | Department of Public
Health's Plumbing Code.
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8 | (d-5) Prior to submitting any layout drawing of sprinkler | ||||||
9 | systems to the authority that has jurisdiction, the layout | ||||||
10 | drawing must be stamped by a professional engineer who is | ||||||
11 | licensed under the laws of the State or certified by a holder | ||||||
12 | of a valid NICET level 3 or higher certification in "fire | ||||||
13 | protection technology, automatic sprinkler system layout" who | ||||||
14 | is licensed under this Act or is employed by a person or an | ||||||
15 | organization licensed under this Act.
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16 | (e) This licensing Act is not intended to require any | ||||||
17 | additional fire
inspections at State level.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 92-871, eff. 1-3-03.)".
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