98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4457
 
Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
225 ILCS 441/5-5

     Amends the Home Inspector Licensing Act. Deletes a provision that exempts any person acting within the scope of his or her employment as a code enforcement official for a unit of local government from the licensing requirements of the Act.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Home Inspector License Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 5-5 as follows:
 



6    (225 ILCS 441/5-5)



7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)

8    Sec. 5-5. Necessity of license; use of title; exemptions. 

9    (a) It is unlawful for any person, including any
entity, to 
10act or assume
to act as a home
inspector, to engage in the 
11business of home inspection, to develop a home
inspection 
12report, to practice as a home inspector, or to advertise or 
13hold
himself, herself, or itself
out to be a home inspector 
14without a home inspector license issued under this
Act.  A 
15person who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class A 
16misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for the 
17second and any subsequent offenses.

18    (b) It is unlawful for any person, other than a
person who 
19holds a valid
home inspector license issued pursuant to this 
20Act, to use the title "home
inspector" or
any other title, 
21designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression

22that the person is licensed as a home inspector pursuant to 
23this Act.  A person
who violates this subsection is guilty of a 
 
 
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1Class A misdemeanor.

2    (c) The licensing requirements of this Article do not apply 
3to:


4        (1) any person who is employed as a code enforcement 
5    official by the State
of Illinois or any unit of local 
6    government, while acting within the scope of
that 
7    government employment;


8        (2) any person licensed by the State of Illinois while

9    acting within the scope of his or her license; or


10        (3) any person engaged by the owner or lessor of 
11    residential real
property for the purpose of preparing a 
12    bid or estimate as to the work
necessary or the costs 
13    associated with performing home construction, home

14    remodeling, or home repair work on the residential real 
15    property, provided
such person does not hold himself or 
16    herself out, or advertise himself or
herself, as being 
17    engaged in business as a home inspector.

18(Source: P.A. 97-226, eff. 7-28-11.)