Public Act 100-0920
 
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    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by changing
Section 4.32 as follows:
 
    (5 ILCS 80/4.32)
    Sec. 4.32. Acts repealed on January 1, 2022. The following
Acts are repealed on January 1, 2022:
    The Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act.
    The Collateral Recovery Act.
    The Detection of Deception Examiners Act.
    The Home Inspector License Act.
    The Registered Interior Designers Design Title Act.
    The Massage Licensing Act.
    The Petroleum Equipment Contractors Licensing Act.
    The Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
    The Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's License
Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-24, eff. 6-28-11; 97-119, eff. 7-14-11;
97-168, eff. 7-22-11; 97-226, eff. 7-28-11; 97-428, eff.
8-16-11; 97-514, eff. 8-23-11; 97-576, eff. 7-1-12; 97-598,
eff. 8-26-11; 97-602, eff. 8-26-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
    Section 10. The Interior Design Title Act is amended by
changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 13 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 310/1)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8201)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Registered Interior Designers Design Title Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-104, eff. 7-20-01.)
 
    (225 ILCS 310/2)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8202)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 2. Public policy. Interior design in the State of
Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health,
safety, and welfare and to be subject to regulation and control
in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter
of public interest and concern that the interior design
profession professions merit and receive the confidence of the
public and that only qualified persons be permitted to use the
title of registered interior designer in the State of Illinois.
This Act shall be liberally construed to carry out these
objectives and purposes.
(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
    (225 ILCS 310/3)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8203)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    "Board" means the Board of Registered Interior Design
Professionals established under Section 6 of this Act.
    "Department" means the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    "The profession of interior design", within the meaning and
intent of this Act, refers to persons qualified by education,
experience, and examination, who administer contracts for
fabrication, procurement, or installation in the
implementation of designs, drawings, and specifications for
any interior design project and offer or furnish professional
services, such as consultations, studies, drawings, and
specifications in connection with the location of lighting
fixtures, lamps and specifications of ceiling finishes as shown
in reflected ceiling plans, space planning, furnishings, or the
fabrication of non-loadbearing structural elements within and
surrounding interior spaces of buildings but specifically
excluding mechanical and electrical systems, except for
specifications of fixtures and their location within interior
spaces.
    "Public member" means a person who is not an interior
designer, educator in the field, architect, structural
engineer, or professional engineer. For purposes of board
membership, any person with a significant financial interest in
the design or construction service or profession is not a
public member.
    "Registered interior designer" means a person who has
received registration under Section 8 of this Act. A person
represents himself or herself to be a "registered interior
designer" within the meaning of this Act if he or she holds
himself or herself out to the public by any title incorporating
the words "registered interior designer" or any title that
includes the words "registered interior design".
    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and
Professional Regulation.
    "The profession of interior design", within the meaning and
intent of this Act, refers to persons qualified by education,
experience, and examination, who administer contracts for
fabrication, procurement, or installation in the
implementation of designs, drawings, and specifications for
any interior design project and offer or furnish professional
services, such as consultations, studies, drawings, and
specifications in connection with the location of lighting
fixtures, lamps and specifications of ceiling finishes as shown
in reflected ceiling plans, space planning, furnishings, or the
fabrication of non-loadbearing structural elements within and
surrounding interior spaces of buildings but specifically
excluding mechanical and electrical systems, except for
specifications of fixtures and their location within interior
spaces.
    A person represents himself or herself to be a "registered
interior designer" within the meaning of this Act if he or she
holds himself or herself out to the public by any title
incorporating the words "registered interior designer" or any
title that includes the words "registered interior design".
(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
    (225 ILCS 310/5)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8205)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 5. Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to the
provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the
following functions, powers, and duties:
        (a) To conduct or authorize examinations to ascertain
    the fitness and qualifications of applicants for
    registration and issue certificates of registration to
    those who are found to be fit and qualified.
        (b) To prescribe rules and regulations for a method of
    examination of candidates. The Department shall designate
    as its examination for registered interior designers the
    National Council for Interior Design Qualification
    examination.
        (c) To adopt as its own rules relating to education
    requirements, those guidelines published from time to time
    by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation
    Foundation for Interior Design Education Research or its
    successor entity equivalent.
        (d) To conduct hearings on proceedings to revoke,
    suspend, or refuse to issue certificates of registration.
        (e) To promulgate rules and regulations required for
    the administration of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
    (225 ILCS 310/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8208)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 8. Requirements for registration.
    (a) Each applicant for registration shall apply to the
Department in writing on a form provided by the Department.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, each applicant shall
take and pass the examination approved by the Department. Prior
to registration, the applicant shall provide substantial
evidence to the Board that the applicant:
        (1) is a graduate of a 5-year 5 year interior design
    program from an accredited institution and has completed at
    least 2 years of full-time full time diversified interior
    design experience;
        (2) is a graduate of a 4-year 4 year interior design
    program from an accredited institution and has completed at
    least 2 years of full-time full time diversified interior
    design experience;
        (3) has completed at least 3 years of interior design
    curriculum from an accredited institution and has
    completed 3 years of full-time full time diversified
    interior design experience;
        (4) is a graduate of a 2-year 2 year interior design
    program from an accredited institution and has completed 4
    years of full-time full time diversified interior design
    experience; or
        (5) (blank).
    (b) In addition to providing evidence of meeting the
requirements of subsection (a), each : (1) Each applicant for
registration as a registered interior designer shall provide
substantial evidence that he or she has successfully completed
the examination administered by the National Council for
Interior Design Qualifications.
        (2) (Blank).
    Examinations for applicants under this Act may be held at
the direction of the Department from time to time but not less
than once each year. The scope and form of the examination
shall conform to the National Council for Interior Design
Qualification examination for interior designers.
    (b-5) Each applicant for registration who possesses the
necessary qualifications shall pay to the Department the
required registration fee, which is not refundable, at the time
of filing his or her application.
    (c) An individual may apply applying for original
registration prior to passing the examination. He or she shall
have 2 years after 3 years from the date of filing an
application to pass the examination complete the application
process. If evidence and documentation of passing the
examination is received by the Department later than 2 years
after the individual's filing the process has not been
completed in 3 years, the application shall be denied and the
fee forfeited. The applicant may reapply at any time, but shall
meet the requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
    (c) (Blank).
    (c-5) (Blank).
    (d) Upon payment of the required fee, which shall be
determined by rule, an applicant who is an architect licensed
under the laws of this State may, without examination, be
granted registration as a registered interior designer by the
Department provided the applicant submits proof of an active
architectural license in Illinois.
    (e) (Blank).
(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
    (225 ILCS 310/9)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8209)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 9. Expiration; renewal; restoration.
    (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each
certificate of registration issued under this Act shall be set
by rule. A registrant may renew such registration during the
month preceding its expiration date by paying the required
renewal fee.
    (b) Inactive status.
        (1) Any registrant who notifies the Department in
    writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to
    place his or her certificate of registration on an inactive
    status and shall, subject to rules of the Department, be
    excused from payment of renewal fees until he or she
    notifies the Department in writing of his or her desire to
    resume active status.
        (2) Any registrant requesting restoration from
    inactive status shall be required to pay the current
    renewal fee and shall be required to restore his or her
    registration.
        (3) Any registrant whose registration is on inactive
    status shall not use the title "registered interior
    designer" in the State of Illinois.
        (4) Any registrant who uses the title "registered
    interior designer" while his or her certificate of
    registration is lapsed or inactive shall be considered to
    be using the title without a registration which shall be
    grounds for discipline under Section 13 of this Act.
    (c) Any registrant whose registration has expired may have
his or her certificate of registration restored at any time
within 5 years after its expiration, upon payment of the
required fee.
    (d) Any person whose registration has been expired for more
than 5 years may have his or her registration restored by
making application to the Department and filing proof
acceptable to the Department of his or her fitness to have his
or her registration restored, including sworn evidence
certifying to active lawful practice in another jurisdiction,
and by paying the required restoration fee. A person using the
title "registered interior designer" on an expired
registration is deemed to be in violation of this Act.
    (e) If a person whose certificate of registration has
expired has not maintained active status in another
jurisdiction, the Department shall determine, by an evaluation
process established by rule, his or her fitness to resume
active status and may require the person to complete a period
of evaluated practical experience, and may require successful
completion of an examination.
    (f) Any person whose certificate of registration has
expired while he or she has been engaged (1) in federal or
State service active duty, or (2) in training or education
under the supervision of the United States preliminary to
induction into the military service, may have his or her
registration restored without paying any lapsed renewal or
restoration fee if, within 2 years after termination of such
service, training or education, he or she furnishes the
Department with satisfactory proof that he or she has been so
engaged and that his or her service, training, or education has
been so terminated.
    (g) An individual applying for restoration of a
registration shall have 3 years from the date of application to
complete the application process. If the process has not been
completed in 3 years, the application shall be denied and the
fee forfeited. The applicant may reapply at any time , but shall
meet the requirement in effect at the time of reapplication.
(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
    (225 ILCS 310/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8210)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 10. Foreign applicants. Upon payment of the required
fee, an applicant who is an interior designer currently
registered, certified, or licensed under the laws of another
state or territory of the United States or a foreign country or
province shall, without further examination, be granted
registration as an interior designer, as the case may be, by
the Department: (a) whenever the requirements of such state or
territory of the United States or a foreign country or province
were, at the date of registration, certification, or licensure,
substantially equal to or greater than the requirements then in
force in this State. ; or
        (b) whenever such requirements of another state or
    territory of the United States or a foreign country or
    province together with educational and professional
    qualifications, as distinguished from practical
    experience, of the applicant since obtaining a license as
    an interior designer in such state or territory of the
    United States are substantially equal to the requirements
    in force in Illinois at the time of application for
    registration.
(Source: P.A. 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
    (225 ILCS 310/13)  (from Ch. 111, par. 8213)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
    Sec. 13. Refusal, revocation or suspension of
registration. The Department may refuse to issue, renew, or
restore or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand
or take other disciplinary action as the Department may deem
proper, including fines not to exceed $5,000 for each
violation, with regard to any registration for any one or
combination of the following causes:
        (a) Fraud in procuring the certificate of
    registration.
        (b) Habitual intoxication or addiction to the use of
    drugs.
        (c) Making any misrepresentations or false promises,
    directly or indirectly, to influence, persuade, or induce
    patronage.
        (d) Professional connection or association with, or
    lending his or her name, to another for illegal use of the
    title "registered interior designer", or professional
    connection or association with any person, firm, or
    corporation holding itself out in any manner contrary to
    this Act.
        (e) Obtaining or seeking to obtain checks, money, or
    any other items of value by false or fraudulent
    representations.
        (f) Use of the title under a name other than his or her
    own.
        (g) Improper, unprofessional, or dishonorable conduct
    of a character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the
    public.
        (h) Conviction in this or another state, or federal
    court, of any crime which is a felony, if the Department
    determines, after investigation, that such person has not
    been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public
    trust.
        (i) A violation of any provision of this Act or its
    rules.
        (j) Revocation by another state, the District of
    Columbia, territory, or foreign nation of an interior
    design or residential interior design license,
    certification, or registration if at least one of the
    grounds for that revocation is the same as or the
    equivalent of one of the grounds for revocation set forth
    in this Act.
        (k) Mental incompetence as declared by a court of
    competent jurisdiction.
        (l) Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated report
    by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant
    to the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, and upon
    proof by clear and convincing evidence that the registrant
    has caused a child to be an abused child or neglected child
    as defined in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
        (m) Aiding or assisting another person in violating any
    provision of this Act or its rules.
        (n) Failure to provide information in response to a
    written request made by the Department within 30 days after
    receipt of the written request.
        (o) Physical illness, including, but not limited to,
    deterioration through the aging process or loss of motor
    skill that results in the inability to practice interior
    design with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
    The Department shall deny a registration or renewal
authorized by this Act to any person who has defaulted on an
educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois Student Assistance
Commission; however, the Department may issue a certificate of
registration or renewal if such person has established a
satisfactory repayment record as determined by the Illinois
Student Assistance Commission.
    The Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the
registration of any person who fails to file a return, or to
pay the tax, penalty, or interest showing in a filed return, or
to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest, as
required by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department
of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of any such tax
Act are satisfied.
    The entry of a decree by any circuit court establishing
that any person holding a certificate of registration under
this Act is a person subject to involuntary admission under the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code shall
operate as a suspension of that registration. That person may
resume using the title "registered interior designer" only upon
a finding by the Board that he or she has been determined to be
no longer subject to involuntary admission by the court and
upon the Board's recommendation to the Director that he or she
be permitted to resume using the title "registered interior
designer".
(Source: P.A. 95-1023, eff. 6-1-09; 96-1334, eff. 7-27-10.)
 
    Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
changing Section 5-5-5 as follows:
 
    (730 ILCS 5/5-5-5)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-5)
    Sec. 5-5-5. Loss and Restoration of Rights.
    (a) Conviction and disposition shall not entail the loss by
the defendant of any civil rights, except under this Section
and Sections 29-6 and 29-10 of The Election Code, as now or
hereafter amended.
    (b) A person convicted of a felony shall be ineligible to
hold an office created by the Constitution of this State until
the completion of his sentence.
    (c) A person sentenced to imprisonment shall lose his right
to vote until released from imprisonment.
    (d) On completion of sentence of imprisonment or upon
discharge from probation, conditional discharge or periodic
imprisonment, or at any time thereafter, all license rights and
privileges granted under the authority of this State which have
been revoked or suspended because of conviction of an offense
shall be restored unless the authority having jurisdiction of
such license rights finds after investigation and hearing that
restoration is not in the public interest. This paragraph (d)
shall not apply to the suspension or revocation of a license to
operate a motor vehicle under the Illinois Vehicle Code.
    (e) Upon a person's discharge from incarceration or parole,
or upon a person's discharge from probation or at any time
thereafter, the committing court may enter an order certifying
that the sentence has been satisfactorily completed when the
court believes it would assist in the rehabilitation of the
person and be consistent with the public welfare. Such order
may be entered upon the motion of the defendant or the State or
upon the court's own motion.
    (f) Upon entry of the order, the court shall issue to the
person in whose favor the order has been entered a certificate
stating that his behavior after conviction has warranted the
issuance of the order.
    (g) This Section shall not affect the right of a defendant
to collaterally attack his conviction or to rely on it in bar
of subsequent proceedings for the same offense.
    (h) No application for any license specified in subsection
(i) of this Section granted under the authority of this State
shall be denied by reason of an eligible offender who has
obtained a certificate of relief from disabilities, as defined
in Article 5.5 of this Chapter, having been previously
convicted of one or more criminal offenses, or by reason of a
finding of lack of "good moral character" when the finding is
based upon the fact that the applicant has previously been
convicted of one or more criminal offenses, unless:
        (1) there is a direct relationship between one or more
    of the previous criminal offenses and the specific license
    sought; or
        (2) the issuance of the license would involve an
    unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare
    of specific individuals or the general public.
    In making such a determination, the licensing agency shall
consider the following factors:
        (1) the public policy of this State, as expressed in
    Article 5.5 of this Chapter, to encourage the licensure and
    employment of persons previously convicted of one or more
    criminal offenses;
        (2) the specific duties and responsibilities
    necessarily related to the license being sought;
        (3) the bearing, if any, the criminal offenses or
    offenses for which the person was previously convicted will
    have on his or her fitness or ability to perform one or
    more such duties and responsibilities;
        (4) the time which has elapsed since the occurrence of
    the criminal offense or offenses;
        (5) the age of the person at the time of occurrence of
    the criminal offense or offenses;
        (6) the seriousness of the offense or offenses;
        (7) any information produced by the person or produced
    on his or her behalf in regard to his or her rehabilitation
    and good conduct, including a certificate of relief from
    disabilities issued to the applicant, which certificate
    shall create a presumption of rehabilitation in regard to
    the offense or offenses specified in the certificate; and
        (8) the legitimate interest of the licensing agency in
    protecting property, and the safety and welfare of specific
    individuals or the general public.
    (i) A certificate of relief from disabilities shall be
issued only for a license or certification issued under the
following Acts:
        (1) the Animal Welfare Act; except that a certificate
    of relief from disabilities may not be granted to provide
    for the issuance or restoration of a license under the
    Animal Welfare Act for any person convicted of violating
    Section 3, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.03-1, or 4.01 of the Humane
    Care for Animals Act or Section 26-5 or 48-1 of the
    Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;
        (2) the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act;
        (3) the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, Hair Braiding,
    and Nail Technology Act of 1985;
        (4) the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Repairer Regulation
    Act;
        (5) the Boxing and Full-contact Martial Arts Act;
        (6) the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of
    1984;
        (7) the Illinois Farm Labor Contractor Certification
    Act;
        (8) the Registered Interior Designers Design Title
    Act;
        (9) the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of
    1989;
        (10) the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989;
        (11) the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act;
        (12) the Private Employment Agency Act;
        (13) the Professional Counselor and Clinical
    Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act;
        (14) the Real Estate License Act of 2000;
        (15) the Illinois Roofing Industry Licensing Act;
        (16) the Professional Engineering Practice Act of
    1989;
        (17) the Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's
    License Act;
        (18) the Electrologist Licensing Act;
        (19) the Auction License Act;
        (20) the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989;
        (21) the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act;
        (22) the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing
    Act;
        (23) the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing
    Code;
        (24) (blank);
        (25) the Professional Geologist Licensing Act;
        (26) the Illinois Public Accounting Act; and
        (27) the Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989.
(Source: P.A. 100-534, eff. 9-22-17.)
 
    Section 20. The Mechanics Lien Act is amended by changing
Section 1 as follows:
 
    (770 ILCS 60/1)  (from Ch. 82, par. 1)
    Sec. 1. Contractor defined; amount of lien; waiver of lien;
attachment of lien; agreement to waive; when not enforceable.
    (a) Any person who shall by any contract or contracts,
express or implied, or partly expressed or implied, with the
owner of a lot or tract of land, or with one whom the owner has
authorized or knowingly permitted to contract, to improve the
lot or tract of land or for the purpose of improving the tract
of land, or to manage a structure under construction thereon,
is known under this Act as a contractor and has a lien upon the
whole of such lot or tract of land and upon adjoining or
adjacent lots or tracts of land of such owner constituting the
same premises and occupied or used in connection with such lot
or tract of land as a place of residence or business; and in
case the contract relates to 2 or more buildings, on 2 or more
lots or tracts of land, upon all such lots and tracts of land
and improvements thereon for the amount due to him or her for
the material, fixtures, apparatus, machinery, services or
labor, and interest at the rate of 10% per annum from the date
the same is due. This lien extends to an estate in fee, for
life, for years, or any other estate or any right of redemption
or other interest that the owner may have in the lot or tract
of land at the time of making such contract or may subsequently
acquire and this lien attaches as of the date of the contract.
    (b) As used in subsection (a) of this Section, "improve"
means to furnish labor, services, material, fixtures,
apparatus or machinery, forms or form work in the process of
construction where cement, concrete or like material is used
for the purpose of or in the building, altering, repairing or
ornamenting any house or other building, walk or sidewalk,
whether the walk or sidewalk is on the land or bordering
thereon, driveway, fence or improvement or appurtenances to the
lot or tract of land or connected therewith, and upon, over or
under a sidewalk, street or alley adjoining; or fill, sod or
excavate such lot or tract of land, or do landscape work
thereon or therefor; or raise or lower any house thereon or
remove any house thereto, or remove any house or other
structure therefrom, or perform any services or incur any
expense as an architect, structural engineer, professional
engineer, land surveyor, registered interior designer, or
property manager in, for, or on a lot or tract of land for any
such purpose; or drill any water well thereon; or furnish or
perform labor or services as superintendent, time keeper,
mechanic, laborer or otherwise, in the building, altering,
repairing or ornamenting of the same; or furnish material,
fixtures, apparatus, machinery, labor or services, forms or
form work used in the process of construction where concrete,
cement or like material is used, or drill any water well on the
order of his agent, architect, structural engineer, registered
interior designer, or superintendent having charge of the
improvements, building, altering, repairing, or ornamenting
the same.
    (c) The taking of additional security by the contractor or
sub-contractor is not a waiver of any right of lien which he
may have by virtue of this Act, unless made a waiver by express
agreement of the parties and the waiver is not prohibited by
this Act.
    (d) An agreement to waive any right to enforce or claim any
lien under this Act, or an agreement to subordinate the lien,
where the agreement is in anticipation of and in consideration
for the awarding of a contract or subcontract, either express
or implied, to perform work or supply materials for an
improvement upon real property is against public policy and
unenforceable. This Section does not prohibit release of lien
under subsection (b) of Section 35 of this Act, nor does it
prohibit an agreement to subordinate a mechanics lien to a
mortgage lien that secures a construction loan if that
agreement is made after more than 50% of the loan has been
disbursed to fund improvements to the property.
(Source: P.A. 98-764, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2018.