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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0484
Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act. Replaces the license exemption for a person or business that is engaged in the installation of fire sprinkler systems from only in single family or multiple family residential dwellings up to and including 8 family units that do not exceed 2.5 stories in height from the lowest grade level with a license exemption for a person or business that is engaged in the installation of single sprinkler heads that are installed in single family residential furnace rooms. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 15 as follows:
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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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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 single sprinkler heads that are |
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| installed in single family residential furnace rooms No license |
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| is required for a person or business that is
engaged in the |
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| installation of fire sprinkler systems only in
single family or |
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| multiple family residential dwellings up to and including 8
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| family units that do not exceed 2 1/2 stories in height from |
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| the lowest grade
level.
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| (j) All fire protection system layout documents of fire |
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| sprinkler systems, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, shall |
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| be prepared by (i) a professional engineer who is licensed |
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| under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989, (ii) |
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| an architect who is licensed under the Illinois Architecture |
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| Practice Act of 1989, or (iii) a holder of a valid NICET level |
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| 3 or 4 certification in fire protection technology automatic |
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| sprinkler system layout who is either licensed under this Act |
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| or employed by an organization licensed under this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)
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