96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0328


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the Illinois Residential Building Code Act.  Defines "International Residential Code" as the 2006 International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings published by the International Code Council, without amendment or appendices (rather than the International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings published by the International Code Council, as now or hereafter amended by the Council).  Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning business.

 
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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 Illinois Residential Building
Code
Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
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    (815 ILCS 670/10)

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    Sec. 10. Definitions.  In this Act:


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    "International Residential Code" means the 2006 
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International Residential Code for
One and Two Family Dwellings 
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published by the International Code Council, without amendment 
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or appendices as
now
or hereafter amended by the Council.


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    "New residential construction" means any original 
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construction of a
single-family home or a dwelling containing 2 
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or fewer apartments,
condominiums,
or town houses.


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    "Residential building code" means an ordinance, 
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resolution, law, housing or
building code, or zoning ordinance 
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that establishes, for residential building
contractors, 
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construction-related
activities
applicable to single-family or 
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2-family residential structures.


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    "Residential building contractor" means any individual, 
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corporation, or
partnership that constructs a fixed building or 
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structure for sale or use by
another as a residence or that, 
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for a price, commission, fee, wage, or other
compensation, 
 


 






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undertakes or offers to undertake the construction of any

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building or structure to be used by another as a residence, if 
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the individual,
corporation, or partnership reasonably expects 
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to earn a financial profit from
that activity.


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(Source: P.A. 93-778, eff. 1-1-05.)
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.