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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 Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 317/30)
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| Sec. 30. Requirements for the installation,
and repair, |
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| inspection, and testing of fire protection
systems.
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| (a) Equipment shall be listed by a nationally recognized |
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| testing laboratory,
such as
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. or |
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| Factory Mutual Laboratories, Inc., or shall
comply with |
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| nationally
accepted standards. The State Fire Marshal shall |
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| adopt by rule procedures for
determining
whether a laboratory |
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| is
nationally recognized, taking into account the laboratory's |
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| facilities,
procedures, use of nationally
recognized |
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| standards, and any other criteria reasonably calculated to |
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| reach an
informed
determination.
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| (b) Equipment shall be installed in accordance with the |
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| applicable standards
of the National
Fire Protection |
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| Association and the manufacturer's specifications.
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| (c) The contractor shall furnish the user with operating |
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| instructions for
all equipment
installed, together with a |
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| diagram of the final installation.
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| (d) All fire sprinkler systems shall have a backflow |
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| prevention device or,
in a municipality with a population over |
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| 500,000, a double detector check
assembly installed by a |
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| licensed plumber before the fire sprinkler system
connection to |
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| the water service. Connection to the backflow prevention device
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| or, in a municipality with a population over 500,000, a double |
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| detector
assembly shall be done in a manner consistent with the |
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| Department of Public
Health's Plumbing Code.
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| (e) This licensing Act is not intended to require any |
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| additional fire
inspections at State level.
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| (f) Inspections and testing of existing fire sprinkler |
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| systems and control equipment must be performed by a licensee |
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| or an individual employed or contracted by a licensee. Any |
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| individual who performs inspection and testing duties under |
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| this subsection (f) must possess proof of (i) certification by |
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| a nationally recognized certification organization at an |
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| appropriate level, such as NICET Level II in Inspection and |
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| Testing of Water Based Systems or the equivalent, by January 1, |
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| 2009 or (ii) satisfactory completion of a certified sprinkler |
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| fitter apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. Department |
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| of Labor. State employees who perform inspections and testing |
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| on behalf of State institutions and who meet all other |
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| requirements of this subsection (f) need not be licensed under |
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| this Act or employed by a licensee under this Act in order to |
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| perform inspection and testing duties under this subsection |
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| (f). The requirements of this subsection (f) do not apply to |
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| individuals performing inspections or testing of fire |
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| sprinkler systems on behalf of a municipality, a county, a fire |
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| protection district, or the Office of the State Fire Marshal. |
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| This subsection (f) does not apply to cursory
weekly and |
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| monthly inspections of gauges and control valves conducted in
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| accordance with the standards of the National Fire Protection |
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| Association.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-871, eff. 1-3-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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