96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5009

 

Introduced 1/21/2010, by Rep. Keith Farnham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 320/35   from Ch. 111, par. 1133

    Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. In provisions concerning the plumbing code promulgated by the Department of Public Health, provides that the calculation of water service demand load for residential use shall not exceed the simultaneous use of more than 60% of the total number of fixtures installed in a building and shall not include water service for irrigation systems that are not required to be separate lines.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 35 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 320/35)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1133)
7     Sec. 35. Minimum code of standards. The Department shall
8 promulgate and publish and may from time to time amend a
9 minimum code of standards for plumbing and the fixtures,
10 materials, design and installation methods of plumbing systems
11 based upon the findings of the sciences of pneumatics and
12 hydraulics, after consideration of the recommendations of the
13 Plumbing Code Advisory Council. The Department may promulgate
14 and publish rules in the State's minimum code of standards for
15 the minimum number of plumbing fixtures required for the
16 comfort and convenience of workers and the public not
17 inconsistent with, but not limited to, the requirements of the
18 federal Americans With Disabilities Act, the Equitable
19 Restrooms Act, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of
20 Safety and Health Administration. Beginning on the effective
21 date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the
22 calculation of water service demand load for residential use
23 shall not exceed the simultaneous use of more than 60% of the

 

 

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1 total number of fixtures installed in a building and shall not
2 include water service for irrigation systems that are not
3 required to be separate lines.
4     The minimum code of standards for plumbing and any
5 amendments thereto shall be filed with the Secretary of State
6 as a public record. In preparing plumbing code standards and
7 amendments thereto the Department may give consideration to the
8 recommendations contained in nationally recognized plumbing
9 codes and recommendations of nationally recognized material
10 and equipment testing laboratories. The plumbing code
11 promulgated by the Department under authority of this Act shall
12 remain in effect as the minimum code authorized by this Act
13 until the Department promulgates a new code under authority of
14 this Act. At least 20 days' notice of a public hearing shall be
15 given by the Department in a manner which the Department
16 considers adequate to bring the hearing to the attention of
17 persons interested in plumbing code standards. Notice of any
18 public hearing shall be given by the Department to those who
19 file a request for a notice of hearings.
20 (Source: P.A. 87-885.)