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Rep. Daniel J. Burke
Filed: 4/23/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1479
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1479, AS AMENDED, by |
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| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the |
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| following:
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| "Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is |
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| amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 317/10)
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| Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the |
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| context otherwise
requires:
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| "Design drawings and design specifications of engineered |
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| sprinkler systems" means technical submissions consisting of |
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| those criteria necessary to establish the objectives and |
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| criteria of the system, including without limitation items |
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| concerning (i) the identification of the building use; (ii) the |
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| scope of the work, occupancy, and hazard classification; (iii) |
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| the identification of the codes and standards to be followed; |
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| and (iv) the system type and preliminary hydraulics to |
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| establish the adequacy of the water supply for the proposed |
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| system.
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| "Designated certified person" means an individual who has |
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| met the
qualifications set forth
under Section 20 of this Act.
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| "Fire protection system shop drawings
layout documents " |
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| means layout drawings, catalog information on standard |
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| products, and other construction data that provide detail on |
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| the location of risers, cross mains, branch lines, sprinklers, |
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| piping per applicable standard, and hanger locations. "Fire |
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| protection system shop drawings
layout documents " serve as a |
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| guide for fabrication and installation of a fire sprinkler |
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| system and shall be based upon applicable standards pursuant to |
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| Section 30 of this Act.
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| "Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds |
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| himself or herself out
to
be in the
business of or contracts |
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| with a person to install or repair a fire sprinkler
system.
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| "Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic |
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| fire extinguishing
system employing
fire sprinklers, including |
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| accessory fire pumps and associated piping, fire
standpipes, or
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| underground fire main systems starting at the
connection to the |
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| water service after the approved backflow
device
is installed |
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| under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code and ending |
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| at
the most
remote fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler system" |
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| includes but is not
limited to a fire sprinkler
system in a |
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| residential, commercial, institutional, educational, public, |
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| or
private occupancy.
"Fire sprinkler system" does not include |
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| single sprinkler heads that are in
a loop of the potable water |
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| system, as referenced in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.1130
and |
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| 890.1200.
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| "Licensee" means a person or business organization |
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| licensed in accordance
with this Act.
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| "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in |
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| Engineering
Technologies.
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| "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, |
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| association, trust,
partnership,
corporation, person doing |
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| business under an assumed name, the State of
Illinois, or |
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| department
thereof, any other state-owned and operated |
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| institution, or any other entity.
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| "Responsible charge" means work that is prepared under the |
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| control of a licensed professional engineer or architect or |
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| work that the licensed design professional has the detailed |
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| professional knowledge to assure has been prepared and |
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| administered in accordance with standards of reasonable |
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| professional skill and diligence.
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| "Supervision" means the direction and management by a |
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| designated certified
person of the
activities of non-certified |
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| personnel in the installation or repair of fire
sprinkler |
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| systems.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (225 ILCS 317/15)
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| Sec. 15. Licensing requirements.
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| (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or business to |
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| engage in, advertise,
or hold
itself out to be
in the business |
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| of installing or repairing fire sprinkler systems in this State
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| after 6 months after
the effective date of this Act, unless |
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| such person or business is licensed by
the State
Fire Marshal. |
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| This
license must be renewed every year.
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| (b) In order to obtain a license, a person or business must |
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| submit an
application to the State
Fire Marshal, on a form |
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| provided by the State Fire Marshal containing the
information |
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| prescribed,
along with the application fee.
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| (c) A business applying for a license must have a |
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| designated certified person employed at the
business location |
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| and the designated certified person shall be identified on the |
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| license application.
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| (d) A person or business applying for a license must show |
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| proof of having liability and
property damage insurance in such |
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| amounts and under such circumstances as may
be determined by |
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| the
State Fire Marshal.
The amount of liability and property |
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| damage insurance, however, shall not be
less than
the amount |
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| specified in Section 35 of this Act.
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| (e) A person or business applying for a license must show |
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| proof of having
workers' compensation
insurance covering its |
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| employees or be approved as a self-insurer of workers'
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| compensation in
accordance with the laws of this State.
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| (f) A person or business so licensed shall have a separate |
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| license for each
business location
within the State or outside |
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| the State when the business location is responsible
for any |
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| installation
or repair of fire sprinkler systems performed |
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| within the State.
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| (g) When an individual proposes to do business in her or |
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| his own name, a
license, when granted,
shall be issued only to |
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| that individual.
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| (h) If the applicant requesting licensure to engage in |
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| contracting is a
business organization,
such as a partnership, |
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| corporation, business trust, or other legal entity, the
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| application shall
state the name of the partnership and its |
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| partners, the name of the corporation
and its officers and
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| directors, the name of the business trust and its trustees, or |
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| the name of such
other legal entity
and its members and shall |
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| furnish evidence of statutory compliance if a
fictitious name |
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| is used. Such
application shall also show that the business |
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| entity employs a designated
certified person as
required under |
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| Section 20. The license, when issued upon application of a
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| business organization,
shall be in the name of the business |
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| organization and the name of the
qualifying designated |
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| certified
person shall be noted thereon.
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| (i) No license is required for a person or business that is
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| engaged in the installation of fire sprinkler systems only in
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| single family or multiple family residential dwellings up to |
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| and including 8
family units that do not exceed 2 1/2 stories |
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| in height from the lowest grade
level.
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| (i-5) All design drawings and design specifications of |
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| engineered sprinkler systems, as defined in Section 10 of this |
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| Act, must be sealed by a professional engineer licensed under |
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| the Professional Engineering Act of 1989 or an architect |
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| licensed under the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989.
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| (j) All fire protection system shop drawings
layout |
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| documents of fire sprinkler systems, as defined in Section 10 |
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| of this Act, shall be prepared by (i) a professional engineer |
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| who is licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice Act |
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| of 1989, (ii) an architect who is licensed under the Illinois |
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| Architecture Practice Act of 1989, or (iii) a holder of a valid |
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| NICET level 3 or 4 certification in fire protection technology |
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| automatic sprinkler system layout who is either licensed under |
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| this Act or employed by an organization licensed under this Act |
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| for approval by a person, entity, or jurisdiction, as required |
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| by code. In the case of a non-exempt professional engineering |
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| or architecture project, the fire protection system shop |
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| drawings submitted to an authority having jurisdiction must be |
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| completed under the responsible charge of the sealing licensed |
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| design professional .
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| (Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)".
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