Full Text of HB6001 96th General Assembly
HB6001sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
Filed: 4/21/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6001
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6001 on page 1, line | 3 |
| 5, after "50,", by inserting "54,"; and | 4 |
| on page 1, line 7, by deleting "and by adding Section 51"; and | 5 |
| on page 1, by deleting lines 15 through 17; and
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| on page 1, by deleting line 23; and | 7 |
| on page 2, by deleting lines 1 through 5; and | 8 |
| on page 8, line 11, by deleting " or for enrollment as a | 9 |
| Geologist Intern, "; and | 10 |
| on page 8, line 15, by deleting " or enrollments "; and | 11 |
| on page 8, line 16, by deleting " or enrolled "; and |
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| on page 8, line 17, by deleting " or "; and | 2 |
| on page 8, line 18, by deleting " enrollments "; and | 3 |
| on page 8, line 19, by deleting " or enrolled "; and | 4 |
| on page 9, by replacing line 3 with "for licensing."; and | 5 |
| on page 9, by replacing lines 5 and 6 with "licensees, and all | 6 |
| persons whose licenses"; and | 7 |
| on page 12, by replacing lines 1 through 19 with the following:
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| "(225 ILCS 745/40)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 40. Application for original license. Applications | 11 |
| for original
licenses shall be made to the Department on forms | 12 |
| prescribed by the Department
and accompanied by the required | 13 |
| fee. All applications shall contain the
information that, in | 14 |
| the judgment of the Department, will enable the Department
to | 15 |
| pass on the qualifications of the applicant for a license to | 16 |
| practice as a Licensed Professional Geologist
licensed | 17 |
| professional geologist .
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| (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96 .)"; and
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| on page 13, line 1, by deleting " and enrollment as a Geologist | 2 |
| Intern "; and | 3 |
| on page 13, by replacing lines 11 through 14 with " and science | 4 |
| of geology ."; and | 5 |
| on page 13, by replacing lines 15 through 17 with the | 6 |
| following: | 7 |
| "(b) Applicants for examinations shall pay, either to the | 8 |
| Department or to the"; and | 9 |
| on page 13, line 19, by deleting " required "; and | 10 |
| on page 13, line 25, by deleting " for licensure "; and | 11 |
| on page 13, by replacing line 26 with "refuses to take an | 12 |
| examination or fails to pass"; and | 13 |
| on page 14, by replacing line 1 with "an examination for a | 14 |
| license under this Act within 6 3 "; and | 15 |
| on page 14, by replacing lines 13 and 14 with "applicant for | 16 |
| licensure as a Licensed Professional Geologist professional | 17 |
| geologist ."; and | 18 |
| on page 16, immediately below line 14, by inserting the |
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| following: | 2 |
| " (c) The Department may establish by rule an intern process | 3 |
| to, in part, allow (1) a graduate who has earned a degree in | 4 |
| geology from an accredited college or university in accordance | 5 |
| with this Act or (2) a student in a degree program at an | 6 |
| accredited college or university who has completed the | 7 |
| necessary course requirements established in this Section to | 8 |
| request to take one or both parts of the examination required | 9 |
| by the Department. The Department may set by rule the criteria | 10 |
| for the process, including, but not limited to, the educational | 11 |
| requirements, exam requirements, experience requirements, | 12 |
| remediation requirements, and any fees or applications | 13 |
| required for the process. The Department may also set by rule | 14 |
| provisions concerning disciplinary guidelines and the use of | 15 |
| the title "intern" or "trainee" by a graduate or student who | 16 |
| has passed the required examination. "; and | 17 |
| on page 16, immediately below line 15, by inserting the | 18 |
| following:
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| "(225 ILCS 745/54)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 54. Previous qualification in other jurisdiction. The | 22 |
| Department
may, upon the recommendation of the Board, issue a
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| license by endorsement to any applicant who, upon applying to | 24 |
| the Department
and remitting the required application fee, |
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| meets all of the following
qualifications:
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| (1) The applicant holds an active, valid license to | 3 |
| practice professional
geology in at least one jurisdiction | 4 |
| in the United States in which the
current requirements for | 5 |
| licensure are substantially equivalent to or more
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| stringent than
those
required by this Act.
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| (2) The applicant is of good ethical character as | 8 |
| established by the
Department in the Code
of Professional | 9 |
| Conduct and Ethics under this Act and has not committed any | 10 |
| act
or offense in any jurisdiction that would constitute | 11 |
| the basis for discipline
under this Act.
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| (3) The applicant has met any other qualifications | 13 |
| recommended to the
Department by the Board.
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| An applicant has 3 years from the date of application to | 15 |
| complete the application process. If the process has not been | 16 |
| completed within this 3 year period, then the application shall | 17 |
| be denied, the fee shall be forfeited, and the applicant must | 18 |
| re-apply and meet the requirements in effect at the time of | 19 |
| re-application. | 20 |
| (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96 .)"; and
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| by deleting line 16 on page 16 through line 1 on page 18; and | 22 |
| by replacing line 24 on page 19 through line 18 on page 21 with | 23 |
| the following:
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| "(225 ILCS 745/65)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 65. Expiration and renewal of license. The expiration | 4 |
| date and
renewal period for each license shall be set by rule. | 5 |
| A Licensed Professional Geologist
professional geologist whose | 6 |
| license has expired may reinstate
his or her license or | 7 |
| enrollment at any time within 5 years after the
expiration | 8 |
| thereof, by making a renewal application and by paying the | 9 |
| required
fee. However, any Licensed Professional Geologist | 10 |
| professional geologist whose license expired
while he or she | 11 |
| was (i) on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United
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| States or called into service or training by the State militia | 13 |
| or (ii) in
training or education under the supervision of the | 14 |
| United States preliminary to
induction into the military | 15 |
| service, may have his or her Licensed Professional Geologist | 16 |
| professional geologist
license renewed, reinstated, or | 17 |
| restored without paying any
lapsed renewal fees if within 2 | 18 |
| years after termination of the service,
training, or education | 19 |
| the Licensed Professional Geologist professional geologist | 20 |
| furnishes the Department with
satisfactory evidence of | 21 |
| service, training, or education and that it has been
terminated | 22 |
| under honorable conditions.
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| Any professional geologist whose Licensed Professional | 24 |
| Geologist license has expired for more
than 5 years may have it | 25 |
| restored by making application to the Department,
paying the | 26 |
| required fee, and
filing acceptable proof of fitness to have |
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| the license restored.
The proof may include sworn evidence | 2 |
| certifying active practice in another
jurisdiction.
If the | 3 |
| geologist
has not practiced for 5 years or more, the Board | 4 |
| shall determine by an
evaluation program established by rule, | 5 |
| whether that individual is fit to
resume active status as a | 6 |
| Licensed Professional Geologist. The Board and may require the | 7 |
| professional geologist to complete a
period of
evaluated | 8 |
| professional experience and may require successful
completion | 9 |
| of an examination.
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| The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the | 11 |
| license of any person
who fails to file a tax return, or to pay | 12 |
| the tax, penalty , or interest shown in a
filed return, or to | 13 |
| pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as
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| required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department | 15 |
| of Revenue,
until such time as the requirements of any such tax | 16 |
| Act are satisfied.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96; 90-61, eff. 12-30-97 .)"; and
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| on page 21, line 24, by deleting " or enrollment "; and | 19 |
| on page 23, line 11, by deleting " or Geologist Intern | 20 |
| enrollment ".
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