95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0354


 
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Sen. Bill Brady
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














225 ILCS 320/35
  from Ch. 111, par. 1133







    Amends the Plumbing License Law.  Provides that nothing in the plumbing code promulgated by the Department of Public Health shall be construed to require the installation or provision of service sinks in office buildings.
















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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 35 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 320/35)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1133)



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    Sec. 35. The Department shall promulgate and publish and 
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may from time
to time amend a minimum code of standards for 
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plumbing and the fixtures,
materials, design and installation 
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methods of plumbing systems based upon
the findings of the 
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sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics, after consideration
of 
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the recommendations of the Plumbing Code Advisory Council.
The 
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Department may promulgate and publish rules in the State's 
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minimum
code of standards for the minimum number of plumbing 
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fixtures required  for
the comfort and convenience of workers 
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and the public not inconsistent
with, but not limited to, the 
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requirements of the federal Americans With
Disabilities Act, 
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the Equitable Restrooms Act, and the U.S. Department
of Labor, 
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Office of Safety and Health Administration.  The minimum
code of 
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standards for plumbing and any amendments thereto shall be 
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filed
with the Secretary of State as a public record.  In 
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preparing plumbing code
standards and amendments thereto the 
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Department may give consideration to
the recommendations 
 


 






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contained in nationally recognized plumbing codes and

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recommendations of nationally recognized material and 
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equipment testing
laboratories.  The plumbing code promulgated 
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by the Department under
authority of this Act shall remain in 
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effect as the minimum
code authorized by this Act until the 
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Department promulgates a new code
under authority of this Act.  
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At least 20 days' notice of a public hearing
shall be given by 
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the Department in a manner which the Department considers

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adequate to bring the hearing to the attention of persons 
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interested in
plumbing code standards.  Notice of any public 
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hearing shall be given by
the Department to those who file a 
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request for a notice of hearings.

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    Nothing in the plumbing code may require or shall be 
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construed to require the installation or provision of service 
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sinks, including without limitation mop sinks and utility 
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sinks, in office buildings.

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(Source: P.A. 87-885.)