Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1663

Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Provides that the Administrator shall (now, may) issue a limited elevator contractor's license authorizing a firm or company that employs individuals to carry on a business of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, requiring, or maintaining certain items (now, just platform lifts and chairlifts). Makes a change concerning the qualifications for an elevator mechanic's license. Requires an applicant for a limited elevator mechanic's license to demonstrate certain qualifications equal to those that must be demonstrated by an applicant for a elevator mechanic's license. Provides that an applicant for an elevator mechanic's or a limited elevator mechanic's license who provides acceptable proof that he or she has worked as an elevator constructor, maintenance, or repair person, must make application within one year of the effective date of this amendatory Act. Requires the Administrator to issue a limited elevator mechanic's license to a person who has demonstrated the ability to construct, install, alter, service, repair, or maintain certain items; makes corresponding changes. Removes the exclusion of a provision of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act concerning a licensee's right to show compliance at hearings from the adoption and incorporation of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act into the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Provides that no permit fee, certificate of operation fee, or similar fee shall be applied to a conveyance installed in a private residence. Effective immediately.

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