Full Text of HB1479 95th General Assembly
HB1479 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1479
Introduced 2/21/2007, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 317/10 |
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225 ILCS 317/15 |
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Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Makes a change to the definition of "fire protection system layout documents". Provides that all design drawings and design specifications (design documents) of engineered sprinkler systems must be stamped by a licensed professional engineer or a licensed architect. Provides that all fire protection system layout documents and shop drawings (now, just fire protection system layout documents) of fire sprinkler systems shall be prepared based on the design documents for approval and submittal (now, there is no requirement of basis documents) by (i) a licensed professional engineer, (ii) a licensed architect, or (iii) a holder of a valid NICET level 3 or 4 certification in fire protection technology automatic sprinkler system layout who is licensed under the Act or employed by an organization licensed under the Act.
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 317/10)
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| Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 |
| context otherwise
requires:
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| "Design drawings and design specifications (design | 10 |
| documents) of engineered sprinkler systems" means design | 11 |
| documents that consist of those criteria necessary to establish | 12 |
| the objectives and criteria of the system, including without | 13 |
| limitation items concerning (i) the identification of the | 14 |
| building use; (ii) the scope of the work, occupancy, and hazard | 15 |
| classification; (iii) the identification of the codes and | 16 |
| standards to be followed; and (iv) the system type and | 17 |
| preliminary hydraulics to establish the adequacy of the water | 18 |
| supply for the proposed system.
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| "Designated certified person" means an individual who has | 20 |
| met the
qualifications set forth
under Section 20 of this Act.
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| "Fire protection system layout documents" means layout or | 22 |
| shop drawings, catalog information on standard products, and | 23 |
| other construction data that provide detail on the location of |
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| risers, cross mains, branch lines, sprinklers, piping per | 2 |
| applicable standard, and hanger locations. "Fire protection | 3 |
| system layout documents" serve as a guide for fabrication and | 4 |
| installation of a fire sprinkler system and shall be based upon | 5 |
| applicable standards pursuant to Section 30 of this Act.
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| "Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds | 7 |
| himself or herself out
to
be in the
business of or contracts | 8 |
| with a person to install or repair a fire sprinkler
system.
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| "Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic | 10 |
| fire extinguishing
system employing
fire sprinklers, including | 11 |
| accessory fire pumps and associated piping, fire
standpipes, or
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| underground fire main systems starting at the
connection to the | 13 |
| water service after the approved backflow
device
is installed | 14 |
| under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code and ending | 15 |
| at
the most
remote fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler system" | 16 |
| includes but is not
limited to a fire sprinkler
system in a | 17 |
| residential, commercial, institutional, educational, public, | 18 |
| or
private occupancy.
"Fire sprinkler system" does not include | 19 |
| single sprinkler heads that are in
a loop of the potable water | 20 |
| system, as referenced in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.1130
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| 890.1200.
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| "Licensee" means a person or business organization | 23 |
| licensed in accordance
with this Act.
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| "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in | 25 |
| Engineering
Technologies.
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| "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, |
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| association, trust,
partnership,
corporation, person doing | 2 |
| business under an assumed name, the State of
Illinois, or | 3 |
| department
thereof, any other state-owned and operated | 4 |
| institution, or any other entity.
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| "Supervision" means the direction and management by a | 6 |
| designated certified
person of the
activities of non-certified | 7 |
| personnel in the installation or repair of fire
sprinkler | 8 |
| systems.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (225 ILCS 317/15)
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| Sec. 15. Licensing requirements.
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| (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or business to | 13 |
| engage in, advertise,
or hold
itself out to be
in the business | 14 |
| of installing or repairing fire sprinkler systems in this State
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| after 6 months after
the effective date of this Act, unless | 16 |
| such person or business is licensed by
the State
Fire Marshal. | 17 |
| This
license must be renewed every year.
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| (b) In order to obtain a license, a person or business must | 19 |
| submit an
application to the State
Fire Marshal, on a form | 20 |
| provided by the State Fire Marshal containing the
information | 21 |
| prescribed,
along with the application fee.
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| (c) A business applying for a license must have a | 23 |
| designated certified person employed at the
business location | 24 |
| and the designated certified person shall be identified on the | 25 |
| license application.
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| (d) A person or business applying for a license must show | 2 |
| proof of having liability and
property damage insurance in such | 3 |
| amounts and under such circumstances as may
be determined by | 4 |
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State Fire Marshal.
The amount of liability and property | 5 |
| damage insurance, however, shall not be
less than
the amount | 6 |
| specified in Section 35 of this Act.
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| (e) A person or business applying for a license must show | 8 |
| proof of having
workers' compensation
insurance covering its | 9 |
| employees or be approved as a self-insurer of workers'
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| compensation in
accordance with the laws of this State.
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| (f) A person or business so licensed shall have a separate | 12 |
| license for each
business location
within the State or outside | 13 |
| the State when the business location is responsible
for any | 14 |
| installation
or repair of fire sprinkler systems performed | 15 |
| within the State.
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| (g) When an individual proposes to do business in her or | 17 |
| his own name, a
license, when granted,
shall be issued only to | 18 |
| that individual.
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| (h) If the applicant requesting licensure to engage in | 20 |
| contracting is a
business organization,
such as a partnership, | 21 |
| corporation, business trust, or other legal entity, the
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| application shall
state the name of the partnership and its | 23 |
| partners, the name of the corporation
and its officers and
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| directors, the name of the business trust and its trustees, or | 25 |
| the name of such
other legal entity
and its members and shall | 26 |
| furnish evidence of statutory compliance if a
fictitious name |
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| is used. Such
application shall also show that the business | 2 |
| entity employs a designated
certified person as
required under | 3 |
| Section 20. The license, when issued upon application of a
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| business organization,
shall be in the name of the business | 5 |
| organization and the name of the
qualifying designated | 6 |
| certified
person shall be noted thereon.
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| (i) No license is required for a person or business that is
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| engaged in the installation of fire sprinkler systems only in
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| single family or multiple family residential dwellings up to | 10 |
| and including 8
family units that do not exceed 2 1/2 stories | 11 |
| in height from the lowest grade
level.
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| (i-5) All design drawings and design specifications | 13 |
| (design documents) of engineered sprinkler systems, as defined | 14 |
| in Section 10 of this Act, must be stamped by a professional | 15 |
| engineer licensed under the Professional Engineering Act of | 16 |
| 1989 or an architect licensed under the Illinois Architecture | 17 |
| Practice Act of 1989.
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| (j) All fire protection system layout documents and shop | 19 |
| drawings of fire sprinkler systems, as defined in Section 10 of | 20 |
| this Act, shall be prepared based on the design documents for | 21 |
| approval and submittal by (i) a professional engineer who is | 22 |
| licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of | 23 |
| 1989, (ii) an architect who is licensed under the Illinois | 24 |
| Architecture Practice Act of 1989, or (iii) a holder of a valid | 25 |
| NICET level 3 or 4 certification in fire protection technology | 26 |
| automatic sprinkler system layout who is either licensed under |
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| this Act or employed by an organization licensed under this | 2 |
| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)
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