Full Text of HB4665 97th General Assembly
HB4665 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB4665 Introduced , by Rep. Emily McAsey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 815 ILCS 670/10 | | 815 ILCS 670/15 | | 815 ILCS 670/20 | |
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Amends the Illinois Residential Building Code Act. Provides that a contract to build a home must contain, in addition to the adoption of a referenced building code, a provision requiring that a radon mitigation system be included in the construction. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning residential construction.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Residential Building
Code
Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Sections 10, 15, and 20 as follows: | 6 | | (815 ILCS 670/10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
| 8 | | "International Residential Code" means the International | 9 | | Residential Code for
One and Two Family Dwellings published by | 10 | | the International Code Council, as
now
or hereafter amended by | 11 | | the Council.
| 12 | | "Radon mitigation system" means components and measures | 13 | | designed to permanently reduce or eliminate indoor radon | 14 | | concentrations according to procedures described in 32 | 15 | | Illinois Administrative code Part 422. | 16 | | "New residential construction" means any original | 17 | | construction of a
single-family home or a dwelling containing 2 | 18 | | or fewer apartments,
condominiums,
or town houses.
| 19 | | "Residential building code" means an ordinance, | 20 | | resolution, law, housing or
building code, or zoning ordinance | 21 | | that establishes, for residential building
contractors, | 22 | | construction-related
activities
applicable to single-family or | 23 | | 2-family residential structures.
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| 1 | | "Residential building contractor" means any individual, | 2 | | corporation, or
partnership that constructs a fixed building or | 3 | | structure for sale or use by
another as a residence or that, | 4 | | for a price, commission, fee, wage, or other
compensation, | 5 | | undertakes or offers to undertake the construction of any
| 6 | | building or structure to be used by another as a residence, if | 7 | | the individual,
corporation, or partnership reasonably expects | 8 | | to earn a financial profit from
that activity.
| 9 | | (Source: P.A. 93-778, eff. 1-1-05.) | 10 | | (815 ILCS 670/15)
| 11 | | Sec. 15. Adoption of building code. A contract to build a | 12 | | home (1) in any municipality in this State that does not have a | 13 | | residential building code in effect or (2) in any portion of a | 14 | | county that is not located within a municipality and does not | 15 | | have a residential building code in effect must adopt as part | 16 | | of the construction contract the applicability of a residential | 17 | | building code that is agreed to by the home builder and the | 18 | | home purchaser as provided in this Section and must contain a | 19 | | provision requiring that a radon mitigation system be included | 20 | | in the construction . The home builder and the home purchaser | 21 | | may agree to adopt any municipal residential building code or | 22 | | county residential building code that is in effect on the first | 23 | | day of construction in any county or municipality that is | 24 | | within 100 miles of the location of the new home. If the home | 25 | | builder and the home purchaser fail to agree to a residential |
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| 1 | | building code or if no residential building code is stated in | 2 | | the contract, the plumbing code promulgated by the Illinois | 3 | | Department of Public Health under Section 35 of the Illinois | 4 | | Plumbing License Law, the National Electric Code as adopted by | 5 | | the American National Standards Institute, and the | 6 | | International Residential Code shall, by law, be adopted as | 7 | | part of the construction contract.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 93-778, eff. 1-1-05.)
| 9 | | (815 ILCS 670/20)
| 10 | | Sec. 20. Homes constructed for resale. If a builder | 11 | | constructs a home for resale, the builder must certify to the | 12 | | buyer that the builder has constructed the home in compliance | 13 | | with a code and contract as authorized and required under | 14 | | Section 15 and must identify that code.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 93-778, eff. 1-1-05.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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