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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 Roofing Industry Licensing Act is |
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| amended by changing Sections 4.5 and 5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 335/4.5)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 4.5. Duties of qualifying party; replacement. While |
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| engaged as or
named as a
qualifying party for a licensee, no |
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| person
may be the named qualifying party for any other |
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| licensee.
However, the person may act in the capacity of the |
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| qualifying party for
one additional licensee of the same type |
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| of licensure if one of the following
conditions exists:
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| (1) There is a common ownership of at least 25% of each |
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| licensed entity
for
which the person acts as a qualifying |
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| party.
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| (2) The same person acts as a qualifying party
for one |
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| licensed entity and its licensed subsidiary.
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| "Subsidiary" as used in this Section means a corporation of |
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| which at least
25% is owned by another licensee.
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| In the event that a qualifying party is terminated or |
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| terminating his or her
status
as qualifying party of a |
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| licensee, the qualifying party and the licensee shall
notify |
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| the Department of that fact in writing. Thereafter, the |
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| licensee shall
notify the Department of the name and address of |
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| the newly designated
qualifying party. The newly designated |
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| qualifying party must take the
examination prescribed in |
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| Section 3.5 of this Act; however, a newly designated qualifying |
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| party is exempt from the examination requirement until January |
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| 1, 2012 if he or she has acted in the capacity of a roofing |
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| contractor for a period of at least 15 years for the licensee |
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| for which he or she seeks to be the qualifying party. These
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| requirements shall be met in a timely manner as established by |
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| rule of the
Department.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-950, eff. 2-9-01.)
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| (225 ILCS 335/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7505)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 5. Display of license number; advertising.
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| (a) Each State licensed roofing contractor shall
affix the
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| license number of his or her license to all of his
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her |
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| contracts and bids. In
addition, the official issuing building |
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| permits shall affix the
roofing contractor license number to |
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| each application for a building permit
and on
each building |
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| permit issued and recorded.
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| (a-5) If an applicant for a building permit with a unit of |
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| local government knowingly submits a roofing license number |
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| that is not that of the roofing contractor who will be the |
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| subcontractor for the project for which the applicant has |
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| requested the permit, the applicant shall be guilty of identity |
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| theft under subsection (a) of Section 16G-15 of the Criminal |
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| Code of 1961. |
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| (b) In addition, every roofing contractor shall affix the
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| roofing
contractor license number and the licensee's name, as |
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| it appears on the license, on all commercial vehicles used as
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| part
of his
or her business as a roofing contractor.
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| (c) Every holder of a license shall
display it in a
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| conspicuous place in his or her principal office, place of |
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| business, or place
of employment.
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| (d) No person licensed under this Act may advertise |
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| services regulated by
this Act unless that person includes in |
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| the advertisement his or her license
number. Nothing contained |
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| in this subsection requires the publisher of
advertising for |
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| roofing contractor services to investigate or verify the
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| accuracy of the
license number provided by the licensee.
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| (e) A person who advertises services regulated by this Act |
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| who knowingly (i)
fails to display the license number in any |
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| manner required by this Section,
(ii) fails to provide a |
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| publisher with the correct license number as required
by |
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| subsection (d), or (iii) provides a publisher with a false |
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| license number or
a license number of another person, or a |
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| person who knowingly allows his or her
license number to be |
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| displayed or used by another person to circumvent any
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| provisions of this Section, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor |
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| with a fine of
$1,000, and, in addition, is subject to the |