Full Text of HB1228 97th General Assembly
HB1228eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 Sections 13.1, 16, and 42 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 320/13.1)
| 7 | | Sec. 13.1. Plumbing contractors; registration; | 8 | | applications.
| 9 | | (1) On and after May 1, 2002, all persons or corporations | 10 | | desiring to
engage in
the
business of plumbing contractor, | 11 | | other than any entity that maintains an
audited net worth of | 12 | | shareholders' equity equal to or exceeding $100,000,000,
shall
| 13 | | register in accordance with the
provisions of this
Act.
| 14 | | (2) Application for registration shall be filed with the | 15 | | Department each
year, on
or before the last day of
September, | 16 | | in writing and on forms
prepared and
furnished by the | 17 | | Department. All plumbing contractor registrations expire
on | 18 | | the last
day of
September of each year.
| 19 | | (3) Applications shall contain the name, address, and | 20 | | telephone number of
the
person and the plumbing license of (i) | 21 | | the individual, if a sole
proprietorship; (ii) the
partner, if | 22 | | a partnership; or (iii) an officer, if a corporation. The
| 23 | | application shall contain
the business name, address, and |
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| 1 | | telephone number, a current copy of the
plumbing
license, and | 2 | | any other information the Department may require by rule.
| 3 | | (4) Applicants shall submit an original certificate of | 4 | | insurance
documenting that
the contractor carries general | 5 | | liability insurance with a minimum of $100,000
per
occurrence, | 6 | | a minimum of $300,000 aggregate
for bodily injury,
property | 7 | | damage insurance with a minimum of $50,000 or a minimum of | 8 | | $300,000
combined single limit, and workers compensation
| 9 | | insurance with a minimum $500,000 employer's liability. No | 10 | | registration
may be issued in the
absence of this
certificate. | 11 | | Certificates must be in force at all times for registration to
| 12 | | remain valid.
| 13 | | (5) Applicants shall submit, on a form provided by the | 14 | | Department, an
indemnification bond in the amount of $20,000 or | 15 | | a letter of credit in the same
amount
for work performed in | 16 | | accordance with this Act and the rules promulgated under
this | 17 | | Act.
| 18 | | (6) All employees of a registered
plumbing
contractor who | 19 | | engage in plumbing work shall be licensed plumbers or | 20 | | apprentice
plumbers in accordance with this Act.
| 21 | | (7) Plumbing contractors shall submit an annual | 22 | | registration fee in an
amount to
be established by rule.
| 23 | | (8) The Department shall be notified in advance of any | 24 | | changes in the
business
structure, name, or location or of the | 25 | | addition or deletion of the owner or
officer who is the
| 26 | | licensed plumber listed on the application. Failure to notify |
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| 1 | | the Department
of this
information is grounds for suspension or | 2 | | revocation of the plumbing
contractor's
registration.
| 3 | | (9) In the event that the plumber's license on the | 4 | | application for
registration of a
plumbing contractor is a | 5 | | license issued by the City of Chicago, it shall be the
| 6 | | responsibility of the
applicant to forward a copy of the | 7 | | plumber's license to the Department, noting
the name of the
| 8 | | registered
plumbing contractor, when it is renewed. In the | 9 | | event that the plumbing contractor's registration is suspended | 10 | | or revoked, the Department shall notify the City of Chicago and | 11 | | any corresponding plumbing contractor's license issued by the | 12 | | City of Chicago shall be suspended or revoked.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 94-55, eff. 6-17-05; 94-258, eff. 7-19-05; | 14 | | 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 15 | | (225 ILCS 320/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 1115)
| 16 | | Sec. 16.
(1) Any city, village or incorporated town, having | 17 | | a population of
500,000 or more may, by an ordinance containing | 18 | | provisions substantially
the same as those in this Act and | 19 | | specifying educational or experience
requirements equivalent | 20 | | to those prescribed in this Act, provide for a
board of | 21 | | plumbing examiners to conduct examinations for, and to issue,
| 22 | | suspend, or revoke, plumbers' licenses, within such city, | 23 | | village or
incorporated town. Upon the enactment of such | 24 | | ordinance the provisions of
this act shall not apply within any | 25 | | such municipality except as otherwise
provided herein.
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| 1 | | (2) Any person licensed as a plumber pursuant to such | 2 | | ordinance, or
licensed by the Department under this Act, may | 3 | | engage in plumbing anywhere
in this State.
| 4 | | (3) Any board of plumbing examiners created pursuant to | 5 | | this Section
shall maintain a current record similar to that | 6 | | required of the Director by
Section 8 of this Act, and shall | 7 | | provide the Department with a copy
thereof. The Department | 8 | | shall be advised of changes in such record at least
every six | 9 | | months.
| 10 | | (4) In the event that the plumbing contractor's license is | 11 | | suspended or revoked by any city, village, or incorporated | 12 | | town, having a population of 500,000 or more, the city, | 13 | | village, or incorporated town shall notify the Department. | 14 | | (Source: Laws 1953, p. 1293.)
| 15 | | (225 ILCS 320/42)
| 16 | | Sec. 42. Home rule. Pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 | 17 | | of Article
VII
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 the power | 18 | | to regulate the licensing of
plumbers, to promulgate the | 19 | | promulgation of a minimum plumbing code of
standards,
and the | 20 | | power to regulate the registration of irrigation contractors | 21 | | and plumbing contractors shall,
except as may otherwise be | 22 | | provided within and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 16 | 23 | | and Section 16.1 of this Act, be exercised by the State and may
| 24 | | not be exercised by
any unit of local government, including | 25 | | home rule units.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)
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