HB0201 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0201

Introduced , by Rep. Laura Fine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2105/2105-340 new

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall accept proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage from general contractors, painters, drywallers, HVAC technicians, and electricians and publish the proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage submitted from those people on a publicly-accessible website. Provides that no unit of local government may require a general contractor, painter, drywaller, HVAC technician, or electrician to submit additional proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage or assess a fee associated with the proof of bond insurance in order to do business in that jurisdiction if the general contractor, painter, drywaller, HVAC technician, or electrician has submitted proof of bond insurance to the Department and the Department's website displays the proof of bond insurance. Effective January 1, 2016.

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

Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2105-340 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-340 new)

Sec. 2105-340. Proof of bond insurance for contractors, painters, drywallers, HVAC technicians, and electricians.

(a) The Department shall accept proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage from general contractors, painters, drywallers, HVAC technicians, and electricians. The Department shall publish the proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage submitted from those people on a publicly-accessible website.

(b) The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section. The Department may prepare a standard form for general contractors, painters, drywallers, HVAC technicians, and electricians to submit to demonstrate their proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage.

(c) No unit of local government may require a general contractor, painter, drywaller, HVAC technician, or electrician to submit additional proof of bond insurance for general liability coverage or assess a fee associated with the proof of bond insurance in order to do business in that jurisdiction if the general contractor, painter, drywaller, HVAC technician, or electrician has submitted proof of bond insurance to the Department and the Department's website displays the proof of bond insurance. Nothing in the Section prohibits a unit of local government from requiring a general contractor, painter, drywaller, HVAC technician, or electrician to apply for and receive a license in order to do business in the jurisdiction.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016.