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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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by
5 changing Section 18 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 320/18)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1117)
7     Sec. 18. Local regulation; Department standards.
8     (1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State
9 that each city, town, village, township or county with a water
10 supply system or sewage disposal system or both should so soon
11 after the enactment of this Act as practicable, with the advice
12 of the State Department of Public Health, provide by ordinance,
13 bylaws or rules and regulations for the materials,
14 construction, alteration, and inspection of all plumbing
15 placed in or in connection with any building in any such city,
16 town, village, township, or county and to provide for and
17 appoint a competent Plumbing Inspector or more as required. The
18 Department may by rule establish voluntary standards for the
19 content and conduct of local plumbing regulation and inspection
20 programs and may evaluate and certify local programs that are
21 in compliance with the voluntary standards. The Department may
22 by rule establish voluntary education, training, and
23 experience standards for Plumbing Inspectors and may certify
24 Plumbing Inspectors who are in compliance with the voluntary
25 standards. Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit any
26 city, town, village, township or county from providing for a
27 Plumbing Inspector or from requiring permits for the
28 installation and repair of plumbing and collecting a fee
29 therefor, but a city, town, village, township, or county that
30 requires a permit for installation and repair of plumbing may
31 not issue that permit without verification that the applicant
32 has a valid plumbing license or that the applicant is the owner

 

 

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1 occupant of a single family residence that is the subject of
2 the permit. For the purpose of this Section, the term
3 "occupant" has the same meaning as in subsection (2) of Section
4 3 of this Act. No person shall be appointed as a Plumbing
5 Inspector who is not a licensed plumber under this Act,
6 including persons employed as Plumbing Inspectors in home rule
7 units.
8     (2) The Department of Public Health shall conduct inquiry
9 in any city, town, village, township, or county or at any other
10 place in the State when reasonably necessary in the judgment of
11 the Director of the Department of Public Health to safeguard
12 the health of any person or persons in this State, on account
13 of piping or appurtenant appliances within any building, or
14 outside, when such piping and appliances are for the use of
15 plumbing as defined in this Act and for the use of carrying
16 sewage or waste within or from any building.
17     The Department of Public Health may conduct such inquiries
18 in any city, town, village, township or county in this State by
19 directing the Plumbing Inspector thereof to aid in or conduct
20 such inquiry or investigation in behalf of the Department of
21 Public Health or the Department of Public Health may designate
22 some other person or persons to conduct such investigation.
23 (Source: P.A. 90-714, eff. 8-7-98.)
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25 becoming law.