94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB0313


 
Introduced 2/15/2005, by Sen. William R. Haine
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













225 ILCS 320/18
  from Ch. 111, par. 1117








    Amends the
Illinois Plumbing License Law.
Provides that a city, village, or county that requires a permit for the
installation and repair of plumbing may issue that permit only upon verification
that the applicant is a licensed plumber or the owner occupant of a single family residence that is
the subject of the permit. Effective immediately.















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    AN ACT concerning regulation. 

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended  by 
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changing Section 18 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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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.