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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB0271
Introduced 2/3/2005, by Sen. Dave Sullivan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that all automatically operated lawn sprinkler systems shall have furnished and installed technology that inhibits or interrupts operation of the system during periods of sufficient moisture or rainfall. Provides that this requirement does not apply to systems operating on golf courses or agricultural lands. Effective January 1, 2008.
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A BILL FOR
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SB0271 |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by |
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| changing Section 2.5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 320/2.5)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 2.5. Irrigation contractors; lawn sprinkler systems.
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| (a) Every irrigation contractor doing business in this |
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| State shall annually
register with the
Department. Every |
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| irrigation contractor shall provide to the Department
his or |
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| her business name and address, telephone number, name of |
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| principal,
and FEIN number.
Every irrigation contractor doing |
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| business in this State shall also register
with the Department |
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| each and every employee who installs or supervises the
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| installation of lawn sprinkler systems. The registration shall |
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| include the
employee's name, home address, and telephone |
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| number. The
Department
may provide by rule for the |
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| administration of registrations under
this subsection.
The |
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| annual registration fee shall be set by the Department pursuant |
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| to
Section 30 of this Act.
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| (b) A licensed plumber or licensed apprentice plumber may |
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| install
a lawn sprinkler system connected to any water source
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| without registration under this Section.
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| (c) A licensed plumber shall inspect every
sprinkler system |
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| installed by an irrigation contractor to ensure the provisions
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| of this Section have been met and that the system works |
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| mechanically. A
licensed plumber shall make the physical
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| connection between a lawn sprinkler system and the backflow |
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| prevention device.
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| Upon the installation of every lawn sprinkler system in |
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| this State from the
effective date of this amendatory Act of |