HB5009 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:

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

Sec. 35. Minimum code of standards. The Department shall promulgate and publish and may from time to time amend a minimum code of standards for plumbing and the fixtures, materials, design and installation methods of plumbing systems based upon the findings of the sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics, after consideration of the recommendations of the Plumbing Code Advisory Council. The Department may promulgate and publish rules in the State's minimum code of standards for the minimum number of plumbing fixtures required for the comfort and convenience of workers and the public not inconsistent with, but not limited to, the requirements of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, the Equitable Restrooms Act, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Safety and Health Administration. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, 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.

The minimum code of standards for plumbing and any amendments thereto shall be filed with the Secretary of State as a public record. In preparing plumbing code standards and amendments thereto the Department may give consideration to the recommendations contained in nationally recognized plumbing codes and recommendations of nationally recognized material and equipment testing laboratories. The plumbing code promulgated by the Department under authority of this Act shall remain in effect as the minimum code authorized by this Act until the Department promulgates a new code under authority of this Act. At least 20 days' notice of a public hearing shall be given by the Department in a manner which the Department considers adequate to bring the hearing to the attention of persons interested in plumbing code standards. Notice of any public hearing shall be given by the Department to those who file a request for a notice of hearings.

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