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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Sections 13.1 and 42 and by adding Section 16.2 as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | follows:
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| 7 | (225 ILCS 320/13.1)
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| 8 | Sec. 13.1. Plumbing contractors; registration; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | applications.
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| 10 | (1) All On and after May 1, 2002, all persons or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | corporations desiring to
engage in
the
business of plumbing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | contractor, other than any entity that maintains an
audited net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | worth of shareholders' equity equal to or exceeding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | $100,000,000,
shall
register in accordance with either the
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| 15 | provisions of this
Section or an ordinance authorized under | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Section 16.2 Act.
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| 17 | (2) Application for registration shall be filed with the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Department each
year, on
or before the last day of
September, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | in writing and on forms
prepared and
furnished by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Department. All plumbing contractor registrations expire
on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | the last
day of
September of each year.
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| 22 | (3) Applications shall contain the name, address, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | telephone number of
the
person and the plumbing license of (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | the individual, if a sole
proprietorship; (ii) the
partner, if | ||||||
| 2 | a partnership; or (iii) an officer, if a corporation. The
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| 3 | application shall contain
the business name, address, and | ||||||
| 4 | telephone number, a current copy of the
plumbing
license, and | ||||||
| 5 | any other information the Department may require by rule.
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| 6 | (4) Applicants shall submit an original certificate of | ||||||
| 7 | insurance
documenting that
the contractor carries general | ||||||
| 8 | liability insurance with a minimum of $100,000
per
occurrence, | ||||||
| 9 | a minimum of $300,000 aggregate
for bodily injury,
property | ||||||
| 10 | damage insurance with a minimum of $50,000 or a minimum of | ||||||
| 11 | $300,000
combined single limit, and workers compensation
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| 12 | insurance with a minimum $500,000 employer's liability. No | ||||||
| 13 | registration
may be issued in the
absence of this
certificate. | ||||||
| 14 | Certificates must be in force at all times for registration to
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| 15 | remain valid.
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| 16 | (5) Applicants shall submit, on a form provided by the | ||||||
| 17 | Department, an
indemnification bond in the amount of $20,000 or | ||||||
| 18 | a letter of credit in the same
amount
for work performed in | ||||||
| 19 | accordance with this Act and the rules promulgated under
this | ||||||
| 20 | Act.
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| 21 | (6) All employees of a registered
plumbing
contractor who | ||||||
| 22 | engage in plumbing work shall be licensed plumbers or | ||||||
| 23 | apprentice
plumbers in accordance with this Act.
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| 24 | (7) Plumbing contractors shall submit an annual | ||||||
| 25 | registration fee in an
amount to
be established by rule.
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| 26 | (8) The Department shall be notified in advance of any | ||||||
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| 1 | changes in the
business
structure, name, or location or of the | ||||||
| 2 | addition or deletion of the owner or
officer who is the
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| 3 | licensed plumber listed on the application. Failure to notify | ||||||
| 4 | the Department
of this
information is grounds for suspension or | ||||||
| 5 | revocation of the plumbing
contractor's
registration.
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| 6 | (9) In the event that the plumber's license on the | ||||||
| 7 | application for
registration of a
plumbing contractor is a | ||||||
| 8 | license issued by the City of Chicago, it shall be the
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| 9 | responsibility of the
applicant to forward a copy of the | ||||||
| 10 | plumber's license to the Department, noting
the name of the
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| 11 | registered
plumbing contractor, when it is renewed.
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| 12 | (10) The
Department shall
maintain a current record of | ||||||
| 13 | plumbing contractors registered under this Section. The | ||||||
| 14 | Department shall provide a copy of the record to any | ||||||
| 15 | municipality that enacts an ordinance under Section 16.2, and | ||||||
| 16 | shall advise the municipality of changes in the record at least | ||||||
| 17 | once every 6
months. | ||||||
| 18 | (Source: P.A. 94-55, eff. 6-17-05; 94-258, eff. 7-19-05; | ||||||
| 19 | 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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| 20 | (225 ILCS 320/16.2 new) | ||||||
| 21 | Sec. 16.2. Local ordinances; plumbing contractors. | ||||||
| 22 | (a) Any municipality having a population
of 500,000 or | ||||||
| 23 | more, by an ordinance containing provisions substantially the
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| 24 | same as those in this Act with respect to the registration of
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| 25 | plumbing contractors, may provide for the registration of | ||||||
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| 1 | plumbing contractors
within that municipality. Upon the | ||||||
| 2 | effective date of the
ordinance, the provisions of this Act | ||||||
| 3 | relating to the registration of plumbing contractors shall
not | ||||||
| 4 | apply within that
municipality except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
| 5 | this Act. | ||||||
| 6 | (b) Any person registered as a plumbing contractor either | ||||||
| 7 | (i) by the municipality under such
an ordinance or (ii) by the | ||||||
| 8 | Department under Section 13.1 may engage in the business of | ||||||
| 9 | plumbing contractor anywhere in this State. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) A municipality enacting an ordinance under this Section | ||||||
| 11 | shall
maintain a current record of registered plumbing | ||||||
| 12 | contractors similar to that required of the Department under | ||||||
| 13 | Section
13.1, and shall provide the Department with a copy of | ||||||
| 14 | the record. The
Department shall be advised of changes in the | ||||||
| 15 | record at least once every 6
months.
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| 16 | (225 ILCS 320/42)
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| 17 | Sec. 42. Home rule. Pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 | ||||||
| 18 | of Article
VII
of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 the power | ||||||
| 19 | to regulate the licensing of
plumbers, to promulgate the | ||||||
| 20 | promulgation of a minimum plumbing code of
standards,
and the | ||||||
| 21 | power to regulate the registration of irrigation contractors | ||||||
| 22 | and plumbing contractors shall,
except as may otherwise be | ||||||
| 23 | provided within and pursuant to the provisions of
Section 16, | ||||||
| 24 | and Section 16.1, and Section 16.2 of this Act, be exercised by | ||||||
| 25 | the State and may
not be exercised by
any unit of local | ||||||
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| 1 | government, including home rule units.
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| 2 | (Source: P.A. 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)
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| 3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 4 | becoming law.
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