Sen. Ram Villivalam
Filed: 3/13/2024
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2702 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2702 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following: | ||||||
4 | "Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 10 and 17 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 317/10) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
8 | context otherwise requires: | ||||||
9 | "Designated certified person" means an individual who has | ||||||
10 | met the qualifications set forth under Section 20. | ||||||
11 | "Fire protection system layout documents" means layout | ||||||
12 | drawings, catalog information on standard products, and other | ||||||
13 | construction data that provide detail on the location of | ||||||
14 | risers, cross mains, branch lines, sprinklers, piping per | ||||||
15 | applicable standard, and hanger locations. "Fire protection | ||||||
16 | system layout documents" serve as a guide for fabrication and |
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1 | installation of a fire sprinkler system and shall be based | ||||||
2 | upon applicable standards pursuant to Section 30. | ||||||
3 | "Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds | ||||||
4 | himself or herself out to be in the business of providing | ||||||
5 | service for a fire sprinkler system or contracts with a person | ||||||
6 | to provide service for a fire sprinkler system. | ||||||
7 | "Fire sprinkler contractor license" means a license issued | ||||||
8 | to a qualified fire sprinkler contractor. | ||||||
9 | "Fire sprinkler inspector" means an individual who is | ||||||
10 | qualified to perform routine inspection or testing of fire | ||||||
11 | sprinkler systems pursuant to Section 17 and who is employed | ||||||
12 | or contracted by a single fire sprinkler contractor at a time | ||||||
13 | to perform fire sprinkler inspections . | ||||||
14 | "Fire sprinkler inspector license" means a license issued | ||||||
15 | to a qualified fire sprinkler inspector. | ||||||
16 | "Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic | ||||||
17 | fire extinguishing system employing fire sprinklers, including | ||||||
18 | accessory fire pumps and associated piping, fire standpipes, | ||||||
19 | or underground fire main systems starting at the connection to | ||||||
20 | the water service after the approved backflow device is | ||||||
21 | installed under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code | ||||||
22 | and ending at the most remote fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler | ||||||
23 | system" includes but is not limited to a fire sprinkler system | ||||||
24 | in a residential, commercial, institutional, educational, | ||||||
25 | public, or private occupancy. "Fire sprinkler system" does not | ||||||
26 | include single sprinkler heads that are in a loop of the |
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1 | potable water system, as referenced in 77 Ill. Adm. Code | ||||||
2 | 890.1130 and 890.1200. | ||||||
3 | "Licensee" means a person or business organization | ||||||
4 | licensed in accordance with this Act. | ||||||
5 | "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in | ||||||
6 | Engineering Technologies. | ||||||
7 | "Office" means the Office of the State Fire Marshal. | ||||||
8 | "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, | ||||||
9 | association, trust, partnership, corporation, limited | ||||||
10 | liability company, firm, business, person doing business under | ||||||
11 | an assumed name, the State of Illinois, or department thereof, | ||||||
12 | any other state-owned and operated institution, or any other | ||||||
13 | entity. | ||||||
14 | "Responsible managing employee" means the individual | ||||||
15 | designated by the fire sprinkler contractor that is not | ||||||
16 | required to have a designated certified person under Section | ||||||
17 | 120. | ||||||
18 | "Routine inspection or testing" means inspection or | ||||||
19 | testing to verify the condition of an existing fire sprinkler | ||||||
20 | system at predetermined intervals in accordance with the | ||||||
21 | standards of the National Fire Protection Association. | ||||||
22 | "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to this Act. | ||||||
23 | "Service" means work on a fire sprinkler system, | ||||||
24 | including, but not limited to, installation, repair, | ||||||
25 | inspection, testing, and maintenance, within the scope of this | ||||||
26 | Act. |
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1 | "Standards" means those standards or codes referenced in | ||||||
2 | this Act or its rules. | ||||||
3 | "Supervision" means the direction and management by a | ||||||
4 | designated certified person or responsible managing employee | ||||||
5 | of the activities of non-certified personnel in the service of | ||||||
6 | fire sprinkler systems. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 102-612, eff. 8-27-21.) | ||||||
8 | (225 ILCS 317/17) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 17. Fire sprinkler inspector license; application; | ||||||
10 | minimum qualifications for routine inspection or testing. | ||||||
11 | (a) Any individual who performs routine inspection or | ||||||
12 | testing of any fire sprinkler system under this Act shall: (i) | ||||||
13 | be employed by a single licensed fire sprinkler contractor at | ||||||
14 | a time to perform fire sprinkler inspections ; and (ii) meet | ||||||
15 | the minimum qualifications of this Section except where the | ||||||
16 | individual is exempted by subsection (c). | ||||||
17 | Beginning January 1, 2024, any individual who performs | ||||||
18 | routine inspection or testing of any fire sprinkler system | ||||||
19 | under this Act shall be individually licensed and possess on | ||||||
20 | his or her person a fire sprinkler inspector license including | ||||||
21 | a photo identification issued by the Office. | ||||||
22 | A person applying for an initial fire sprinkler inspector | ||||||
23 | license or renewing a fire sprinkler inspector license shall | ||||||
24 | demonstrate to the Office proof of minimum qualifications as | ||||||
25 | required by subsection (b) of this Section, except where the |
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1 | individual is exempted by subsection (c). | ||||||
2 | (b) Any individual who performs routine inspection or | ||||||
3 | testing of any fire sprinkler system under this Act shall | ||||||
4 | possess proof of: | ||||||
5 | (1) current certification by a nationally recognized | ||||||
6 | certification organization, such as NICET certification in | ||||||
7 | Inspection and Testing of Water Based Systems, at an | ||||||
8 | appropriate level, or the equivalent; on or after the | ||||||
9 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | ||||||
10 | assembly through December 31, 2022, an appropriate level | ||||||
11 | in NICET certification in Inspection and Testing of Water | ||||||
12 | Based Systems shall be level II; on and after January 1, | ||||||
13 | 2023, an appropriate level in NICET certification in | ||||||
14 | Inspection and Testing of Water Based Systems shall be | ||||||
15 | level III; | ||||||
16 | (2) current ASSE 15010 certification in inspection, | ||||||
17 | testing, and maintenance for water-based fire protection | ||||||
18 | systems by the American Society of Sanitary Engineering; | ||||||
19 | or | ||||||
20 | (3) satisfactory completion of a certified sprinkler | ||||||
21 | fitter apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. | ||||||
22 | Department of Labor. | ||||||
23 | (c) The following are exemptions to the licensing | ||||||
24 | requirements of this Section: | ||||||
25 | (1) State employees who perform routine inspection or | ||||||
26 | testing on behalf of State institutions and who meet the |
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1 | requirements of subsection (b) need not be licensed under | ||||||
2 | this Section or employed by a fire sprinkler contractor | ||||||
3 | under this Act in order to perform routine inspection or | ||||||
4 | testing duties while engaged in the performance of their | ||||||
5 | official duties. | ||||||
6 | (2) The requirements of this Section do not apply to | ||||||
7 | individuals performing inspection or testing of fire | ||||||
8 | sprinkler systems on behalf of a municipality, a county, a | ||||||
9 | fire department, a fire protection district, or the Office | ||||||
10 | while engaged in the performance of their official duties. | ||||||
11 | (3) The requirements of this Section do not apply to a | ||||||
12 | stationary engineer, operating engineer, or other | ||||||
13 | individual employed on a full-time basis by the facility | ||||||
14 | owner or owner's representative performing weekly and | ||||||
15 | monthly inspections and tests in accordance with | ||||||
16 | applicable standards adopted under the rules. | ||||||
17 | (d) Each fire sprinkler inspector shall be subject to the | ||||||
18 | requirements for license renewal and continuing education | ||||||
19 | under Section 35. | ||||||
20 | (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit an | ||||||
21 | individual who is licensed as a fire sprinkler inspector from | ||||||
22 | being employed by another employer or self-employed to perform | ||||||
23 | duties that would not require a fire sprinkler inspector | ||||||
24 | license. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 102-612, eff. 8-27-21.)". |