98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4457

 

Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 441/5-5

    Amends the Home Inspector Licensing Act. Deletes a provision that exempts any person acting within the scope of his or her employment as a code enforcement official for a unit of local government from the licensing requirements of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Home Inspector License Act is amended by
5changing Section 5-5 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 441/5-5)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
8    Sec. 5-5. Necessity of license; use of title; exemptions.
9    (a) It is unlawful for any person, including any entity, to
10act or assume to act as a home inspector, to engage in the
11business of home inspection, to develop a home inspection
12report, to practice as a home inspector, or to advertise or
13hold himself, herself, or itself out to be a home inspector
14without a home inspector license issued under this Act. A
15person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class A
16misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for the
17second and any subsequent offenses.
18    (b) It is unlawful for any person, other than a person who
19holds a valid home inspector license issued pursuant to this
20Act, to use the title "home inspector" or any other title,
21designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression
22that the person is licensed as a home inspector pursuant to
23this Act. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a

 

 

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1Class A misdemeanor.
2    (c) The licensing requirements of this Article do not apply
3to:
4        (1) any person who is employed as a code enforcement
5    official by the State of Illinois or any unit of local
6    government, while acting within the scope of that
7    government employment;
8        (2) any person licensed by the State of Illinois while
9    acting within the scope of his or her license; or
10        (3) any person engaged by the owner or lessor of
11    residential real property for the purpose of preparing a
12    bid or estimate as to the work necessary or the costs
13    associated with performing home construction, home
14    remodeling, or home repair work on the residential real
15    property, provided such person does not hold himself or
16    herself out, or advertise himself or herself, as being
17    engaged in business as a home inspector.
18(Source: P.A. 97-226, eff. 7-28-11.)