97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3279
 
Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 



225 ILCS 335/5  from Ch. 111, par. 7505

     Amends the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act. Provides that a building permit applicant must present a government-issued photo identification along with the building permit application and the official issuing the building permit shall maintain a copy of the photo identification  in the building permit file. Effective immediately. 
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 5 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 335/5)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7505)


7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

8    Sec. 5. Display of license number; advertising. 

9    (a) Each State licensed roofing contractor shall
affix the 
10roofing contractor license number and the licensee's name, as 
11it appears on the license, to all of his
or
her contracts and 
12bids.  In
addition, the official issuing building permits shall 
13affix the
roofing contractor license number to each application 
14for a building permit
and on
each building permit issued and 
15recorded.

16    (a-5) A person who knowingly, in the course of applying for 
17a building permit with a unit of local government, provides the 
18roofing license number of a roofing contractor whom he or she 
19does not intend to have perform the work on the roofing portion 
20of the project commits identity theft under paragraph (8) of 
21subsection (a) of Section 16-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961. 
22    (a-10) A building permit applicant must present a 
23government-issued photo identification along with the building 
 
 
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1permit application. The official issuing the building permit 
2shall maintain a copy of the photo identification  in the 
3building permit file. It is not necessary that the building 
4permit applicant be the qualifying party. 
5    (b) (Blank).

6    (c) Every holder of a license shall
display it in a

7conspicuous place in his or her principal office, place of 
8business, or place
of employment.

9    (d) No person licensed under this Act may advertise 
10services regulated by
this Act unless that person includes in 
11the advertisement the roofing contractor license number and the 
12licensee's name, as it appears on the license. Nothing 
13contained in this subsection requires the publisher of

14advertising for roofing contractor services to investigate or 
15verify the
accuracy of the
license number provided by the 
16licensee.

17    (e) A person who advertises services regulated by this Act 
18who knowingly (i)
fails to display the license number and the 
19licensee's name, as it appears on the license, in any manner 
20required by this Section,
(ii) fails to provide a publisher 
21with the correct license number as required
by subsection (d), 
22or (iii) provides a publisher with a false license number or
a 
23license number of another person, or a person who knowingly 
24allows his or her
license number to be displayed or used by 
25another person to circumvent any
provisions of this Section, is 
26guilty of a Class A misdemeanor with a fine of
$1,000, and, in 
 
 
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1addition, is subject to the administrative enforcement

2provisions of this Act.
Each day that an advertisement runs or 
3each day that a person knowingly allows
his or her license to 
4be displayed or used in violation of this Section
constitutes a 
5separate offense.

6(Source: P.A. 96-624, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1324, eff. 7-27-10; 
797-235, eff. 1-1-12; 97-597, eff. 1-1-12; revised 9-30-11.)

 
 
8    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
9becoming law.