Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
Filed: 5/4/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1175
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1175 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 10 and 30 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 317/10)
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7 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
8 | context otherwise
requires:
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9 | "Designated certified person" means an individual who has | ||||||
10 | met the
qualifications set forth
under Section 20 of this Act.
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11 | "Fire protection system layout documents" means layout | ||||||
12 | drawings, catalog information on standard products, | ||||||
13 | supplemental calculations, and other construction data that | ||||||
14 | provide detail on the location of risers, cross mains, branch | ||||||
15 | lines, sprinklers, piping per applicable standard, and hanger | ||||||
16 | locations. "Fire protection system layout documents" serve as a |
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1 | guide for fabrication and installation of a fire sprinkler | ||||||
2 | system and shall be based upon applicable standards pursuant to | ||||||
3 | Section 30 of this Act. Fire protection system layout documents | ||||||
4 | do not require an engineering seal if prepared by a technician | ||||||
5 | who holds a valid NICET level 3 or 4 certification in fire | ||||||
6 | protection technology automatic sprinkler system layout.
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7 | "Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds | ||||||
8 | himself or herself out
to
be in the
business of or contracts | ||||||
9 | with a person to install or repair a fire sprinkler
system.
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10 | "Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic | ||||||
11 | fire extinguishing
system employing
fire sprinklers, including | ||||||
12 | accessory fire pumps and associated piping, fire
standpipes, or
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13 | underground fire main systems starting at the
connection to the | ||||||
14 | water service after the approved backflow
device
is installed | ||||||
15 | under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code and ending | ||||||
16 | at
the most
remote fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler system" | ||||||
17 | includes but is not
limited to a fire sprinkler
system in a | ||||||
18 | residential, commercial, institutional, educational, public, | ||||||
19 | or
private occupancy.
"Fire sprinkler system" does not include | ||||||
20 | single sprinkler heads that are in
a loop of the potable water | ||||||
21 | system, as referenced in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.1130
and | ||||||
22 | 890.1200.
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23 | "Licensee" means a person or business organization | ||||||
24 | licensed in accordance
with this Act.
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25 | "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in | ||||||
26 | Engineering
Technologies.
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1 | "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, | ||||||
2 | association, trust,
partnership,
corporation, person doing | ||||||
3 | business under an assumed name, the State of
Illinois, or | ||||||
4 | department
thereof, any other state-owned and operated | ||||||
5 | institution, or any other entity.
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6 | "Supervision" means the direction and management by a | ||||||
7 | designated certified
person of the
activities of non-certified | ||||||
8 | personnel in the installation or repair of fire
sprinkler | ||||||
9 | systems.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)
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11 | (225 ILCS 317/30)
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12 | Sec. 30. Requirements for the installation, repair, | ||||||
13 | inspection, and testing of fire protection
systems.
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14 | (a) Equipment shall be listed by a nationally recognized | ||||||
15 | testing laboratory,
such as
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. or | ||||||
16 | Factory Mutual Laboratories, Inc., or shall
comply with | ||||||
17 | nationally
accepted standards. The State Fire Marshal shall | ||||||
18 | adopt by rule procedures for
determining
whether a laboratory | ||||||
19 | is
nationally recognized, taking into account the laboratory's | ||||||
20 | facilities,
procedures, use of nationally
recognized | ||||||
21 | standards, and any other criteria reasonably calculated to | ||||||
22 | reach an
informed
determination.
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23 | (b) Equipment shall be installed in accordance with the | ||||||
24 | applicable standards
of the National
Fire Protection | ||||||
25 | Association and the manufacturer's specifications.
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1 | (c) The contractor shall furnish the user with operating | ||||||
2 | instructions for
all equipment
installed, together with a | ||||||
3 | diagram of the final installation.
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4 | (d) All fire sprinkler systems shall have a backflow | ||||||
5 | prevention device or,
in a municipality with a population over | ||||||
6 | 500,000, a double detector check
assembly installed by a | ||||||
7 | licensed plumber before the fire sprinkler system
connection to | ||||||
8 | the water service. Connection to the backflow prevention device
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9 | or, in a municipality with a population over 500,000, a double | ||||||
10 | detector
assembly shall be done in a manner consistent with the | ||||||
11 | Department of Public
Health's Plumbing Code.
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12 | (e) This licensing Act is not intended to require any | ||||||
13 | additional fire
inspections at State level.
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14 | (f) Inspections and testing of existing fire sprinkler | ||||||
15 | systems and control equipment must be performed by a licensee | ||||||
16 | or an individual employed or contracted by a licensee. Any | ||||||
17 | individual who performs inspection and testing duties under | ||||||
18 | this subsection (f) must possess proof of (i) certification by | ||||||
19 | a nationally recognized certification organization at an | ||||||
20 | appropriate level, such as NICET Level II in Inspection and | ||||||
21 | Testing of Water Based Systems or the equivalent, by January 1, | ||||||
22 | 2009 or (ii) satisfactory completion of a certified sprinkler | ||||||
23 | fitter apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. Department | ||||||
24 | of Labor. State employees who perform inspections and testing | ||||||
25 | on behalf of State institutions and who meet all other | ||||||
26 | requirements of this subsection (f) need not be licensed under |
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1 | this Act or employed by a licensee under this Act in order to | ||||||
2 | perform inspection and testing duties under this subsection | ||||||
3 | (f). The requirements of this subsection (f) do not apply to | ||||||
4 | individuals performing inspections or testing of fire | ||||||
5 | sprinkler systems on behalf of a municipality, a county, a fire | ||||||
6 | protection district, or the Office of the State Fire Marshal. | ||||||
7 | This subsection (f) does not apply to cursory
weekly and | ||||||
8 | monthly inspections of gauges and control valves conducted in
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9 | accordance with the standards of the National Fire Protection | ||||||
10 | Association.
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11 | A copy of the inspection report for an inspection performed | ||||||
12 | pursuant to this subsection (f) must be forwarded by the entity | ||||||
13 | performing the inspection to the local fire department or fire | ||||||
14 | protection district in which the sprinkler system is located. | ||||||
15 | (Source: P.A. 95-305, eff. 8-20-07.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
17 | 1, 2010.".
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