Rep. Michael W. Tryon

Filed: 4/8/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 308

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 308 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Water Well and Pump Installation
5Contractor's License Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 6
6and 13 as follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 345/2)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7103)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
9    Sec. 2. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise
10requires:
11    (1) "Water well" and "well" mean any excavation that is
12drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted or otherwise
13constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the
14location, diversion, artificial recharge, or acquisition of
15ground water, but such term does not include an excavation made
16for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural

 

 

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1gas, minerals or products of mining or quarrying or for
2inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas bearing
3formation or for storing petroleum, natural gas or other
4products, or monitoring wells;
5    (2) "Ground water" means water of under-ground aquifers,
6streams, channels, artesian basins, reservoirs, lakes and
7other water under the surface of the ground whether percolating
8or otherwise;
9    (3) "Drill" and "drilling" mean all acts necessary to the
10construction of a water well including the sealing of unused
11water well holes;
12    (4) "Water Well Contractor" and "Contractor" mean any
13person who contracts to drill, alter or repair any water well;
14    (5) "Water Well Pump Installation" means the selection of
15and the procedure employed in the placement and preparation for
16operation of equipment and materials utilized in withdrawing or
17obtaining water from a well for any use, including all
18construction involved in making entrance to the well and
19establishing such seals and safeguards as may be necessary to
20protect such water from contamination and all construction
21involved in connecting such wells and pumping units or pressure
22tanks in the water supply systems of buildings served by such
23well, including repair to any existing installation;
24    (6) "Water Well Pump Installation Contractor" means any
25person engaged in the business of installing or repairing pumps
26and pumping equipment owned by others;

 

 

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1    (7) "Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor" means any
2person engaged in both businesses described in subsections 4,
35, and 6 above;
4    (8) "Department" means the Department of Public Health of
5this State;
6    (9) "Director" means the Director of the Department of
7Public Health;
8    (10) "Board" means the Water Well and Pump Installation
9Contractors Licensing Board created by Section 6 of this Act;
10    (11) "Person" includes any natural person, partnership,
11association, trust and public or private corporation;
12    (12) "Monitoring well" means a water well intended for the
13purpose of determining groundwater quality or quantity; .
14    (13) "Closed loop well" means a sealed, watertight loop of
15pipe buried outside of a building foundation intended to
16recirculate a liquid solution through a heat exchanger but is
17limited to the construction of the bore hole and the grouting
18of the bore hole and does not include the piping and
19appurtenances used in any other capacity. "Closed loop well"
20does not include any horizontal closed loop well systems where
21grouting is not necessary by law or standard industry practice;
22    (14) "Closed loop well contractor" means any person who
23installs closed loop wells for another person. "Closed loop
24well contractor" does not include the employee of a closed loop
25contractor.
26(Source: P.A. 86-843.)
 

 

 

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1    (225 ILCS 345/6)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7107)
2    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
3    Sec. 6. Water Well and Pump Installation Contractors
4Licensing Board; Closed Loop Well Contractors Certification
5Board.
6    (a) There is created in the Department the Water Well and
7Pump Installation Contractors Licensing Board which shall
8exercise its duties provided in this Act under the supervision
9of the Department. The Water Well and Pump Installation
10Contractors Licensing Board shall consist of 6 members,
11designated from time to time by the Director. Two members shall
12be licensed water well contractors, 2 two members shall be
13licensed water well pump installation contractors, and 2 two
14members shall be licensed water well and pump installation
15contractors. In making the appointments to the Water Well and
16Pump Installation Contractors Licensing Board, the Director
17shall consider the recommendation of the Illinois Association
18of Groundwater Professionals or its successor organization.
19    The members of the Water Well and Pump Installation
20Contractors Licensing Board shall be reimbursed for necessary
21traveling expenses in accordance with travel regulations
22prescribed by the Department of Finance.
23    The Water Well and Pump Installation Contractors Licensing
24Board shall advise and aid the Director in:
25        (1) (a) preparing subject matter for continuing

 

 

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1    education sessions and examinations to test the knowledge
2    and skills of applicants for license in the construction,
3    installation and repair of water wells, well pumps, water
4    pressure storage tanks, connecting piping and related
5    appurtenances, including proper sealing of abandoned water
6    wells, and the rules and regulations of the Department
7    promulgated pursuant to the Illinois Pump Installation
8    Code Law and the Illinois Water Well Construction Code Law;
9        (2) (b) promulgating rules to govern the number of
10    hours of continuing education required for a continuing
11    education session, examinations, hearings for suspension
12    or revocation of or refusal to issue or renew a license,
13    clarifying the law as it relates to water well and pump
14    installation contracting;
15        (3) (c) holding examinations of applicants for license
16    at least once a year prior to November 1st in each year;
17        (4) (d) holding hearings for the revocation or
18    suspension of, or refusal to issue, renew or reinstate
19    licenses;
20        (5) (e) submitting recommendations to the Director
21    from time to time for the efficient administration of this
22    Act;
23        (6) (f) grading all tests and examinations for licenses
24    and promptly reporting the results to the Director; and
25        (7) (g) performing such other duties from time to time
26    prescribed by the Director; and .

 

 

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1        (8) consulting and agreeing with the Closed Loop Well
2    Contractors Certification Board regarding:
3            (i) the registering and certification of closed
4        loop well contractors; and
5            (ii) the installation of closed loop wells.
6    For purposes of this item (8), the term "closed loop well"
7    shall be limited to the construction, installation,
8    repair, and abandonment of the bore hole and the grouting
9    of the bore hole.
10    (b) There is created in the Department the Closed Loop Well
11Contractors Certification Board, which shall exercise its
12duties provided in this Act under the supervision of the
13Department. The Closed Loop Well Contractors Certification
14Board shall consist of 6 members, designated from time to time
15by the Director. A temporary board shall be appointed by the
16Department for the sole purpose of assisting with the process
17of initial certification and registration of closed loop well
18contractors and shall remain in place until 2 years after the
19effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
20Assembly. On the dissolution of the temporary board, the 6
21members must be closed loop well contractors who are registered
22and certified under this Act. In making appointments to the
23Closed Loop Well Contractors Certification Board, the Director
24shall consider the recommendations of organizations that are
25representative of the closed loop well industry in Illinois.
26Recommendations shall include consideration of statewide

 

 

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1geographical representation.
2    The Closed Loop Well Contractors Certification Board shall
3advise and aid the Director in:
4        (1) preparing subject matter for continuing education
5    sessions relating to closed loop wells and preparing
6    examinations to test the knowledge and skills of applicants
7    for certification relating to the construction,
8    installation, repair, and abandonment of closed loop wells
9    and the rules of the Department adopted under this Act for
10    closed loop wells;
11        (2) adopting rules relating to (i) closed loop wells,
12    (ii) continuing education requirements, (iii)
13    examinations, (iv) hearings for suspension or revocation
14    of or refusal to issue or renew a certification, and (v)
15    the construction, installation, repair, and abandonment of
16    closed loop wells;
17        (3) holding examinations of applicants for
18    certification at least once a year prior to November 1st in
19    each year;
20        (4) holding hearings for the revocation or suspension
21    of, or refusal to issue, renew, or reinstate,
22    certifications;
23        (5) submitting recommendations to the Director from
24    time to time for the efficient administration of this Act;
25        (6) grading all tests and examinations for
26    certifications, and promptly reporting the results to the

 

 

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1    Director;
2        (7) performing such other duties as may be from time to
3    time prescribed by the Director; and
4        (8) conferring with the Water Well and Pump
5    Installation Contractors Licensing Board regarding the
6    construction, installation, repair, and abandonment of
7    closed loop wells.
8(Source: P.A. 90-692, eff. 1-1-99.)
 
9    (225 ILCS 345/13)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7114)
10    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
11    Sec. 13. The fee to be paid by an applicant for an
12examination to determine his fitness to receive a license as a
13water well contractor is $50.
14    The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to
15determine his fitness to receive a license as a water well pump
16installation contractor is $50.
17    The fee to be paid by an applicant for an examination to
18determine his fitness to receive a license as a water well and
19pump installation contractor is $80.
20    The fee to be paid by an applicant for the annual renewal
21of a license as a water well contractor or water well pump
22installation contractor is $25.
23    The fee to be paid by an applicant for the annual renewal
24of a license as a water well and pump installation contractor
25is $35.

 

 

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1    The fee to be paid by an applicant for the reinstatement of
2a water well contractor license or a water well pump
3installation contractor license which has lapsed less than 3
4years is $10, plus all lapsed renewal fees.
5    The fee to be paid by an applicant for restoration of a
6water well contractor's license or water well pump installation
7contractor's license which has lapsed more than three years is
8$150.
9    The fee to be paid by an applicant for the reinstatement of
10a water well and pump installation contractor license which has
11lapsed less than 3 years is $15, plus all lapsed renewal fees.
12    The fee to be paid by an applicant for the restoration of a
13license as a water well and pump installation contractor which
14has lapsed more than 3 years is $175.
15    There shall be no reduction in such fees because a license
16when issued may be valid for less time than a full license
17year.
18(Source: P.A. 77-1626.)
 
19    Section 10. The Illinois Water Well Construction Code is
20amended by changing Sections 3, 5, and 6 and by adding Sections
219.1 and 9.2 as follows:
 
22    (415 ILCS 30/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.113)
23    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
24context otherwise requires:

 

 

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1    (a) "Construction" means all acts necessary to obtaining
2ground water by any method, including without limitation the
3location of and the excavation for the well, but not including
4prospecting, surveying or other acts preparatory thereto, nor
5the installation of pumps and pumping equipment.
6    (b) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
7    (c) "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
8    (d) "Modification" means any change, replacement or other
9alteration of any water well which shall be contrary to the
10rules and regulations regarding the construction of a well.
11    (e) "Water well" means any excavation that is drilled,
12cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted or otherwise
13constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the
14location, diversion, artificial recharge, or acquisition of
15ground water, but such term does not include an excavation made
16for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural
17gas, minerals or products of mining or quarrying or for
18inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas bearing
19formation or for storing petroleum, natural gas or other
20products or for observation or any other purpose in connection
21with the development or operation of a gas storage project.
22    (f) "Public water system", "community water system",
23"non-community water system", "semi-private water system" and
24"private water system" have the meanings ascribed to them in
25the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act.
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1"potential secondary source" have the meanings ascribed to them
2in the Environmental Protection Act.
3    (h) "Closed loop well" means a sealed, watertight loop of
4pipe buried outside of a building foundation intended to
5recirculate a liquid solution through a heat exchanger but is
6limited to the construction of the bore hole and the grouting
7of the bore hole and does not include the piping and
8appurtenances used in any other capacity. "Closed loop well"
9does not include any horizontal closed loop well systems where
10grouting is not necessary by law or standard industry practice.
11    (i) "Monitoring well" means a water well intended for the
12purpose of determining groundwater quality or quantity.
13    (j) "Closed loop well contractor" means any person who
14installs closed loop wells for another person. "Closed loop
15well contractor" does not include the employee of a closed loop
16contractor.
17(Source: P.A. 86-843.)
 
18    (415 ILCS 30/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.115)
19    Sec. 5. Department powers and duties.
20    The Department has general supervision and authority over
21the location, construction and modification of water wells,
22closed loop wells and monitoring wells and for the
23administration of this Act. With respect thereto it shall:
24    (a) Adopt and publish, and from time to time amend rules
25and regulations as hereinafter provided;

 

 

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1    (b) Commencing no later than January 1, 1988, issue permits
2for the construction or change in depth of any water well other
3than community public water systems and monitoring wells; and
4    (b-5) Commencing no later than one year after the effective
5date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, issue
6permits for the construction, modification, and abandonment of
7closed loop wells; and
8    (c) Exercise such other powers as are practical and
9reasonably necessary to carry out and enforce the provisions of
10this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 86-843.)
 
12    (415 ILCS 30/6)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.116)
13    Sec. 6. Rules and regulations. The Department shall adopt
14and amend rules and regulations reasonably necessary to
15effectuate the policy declared by this Act. Such rules and
16regulations shall provide criteria for the proper location and
17construction of any water well, closed loop well or monitoring
18well and shall, no later than January 1, 1988, provide for the
19issuance of permits for the construction and operation of water
20wells other than community public water systems, closed loop
21wells and monitoring wells. The Department shall by regulation
22require a one time fee, not to exceed $100, for permits for
23construction, modification, or abandonment of water wells. The
24Department shall by rule require a one-time fee for permits for
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1wells. issued under the authority of this Act.
2(Source: P.A. 86-843.)
 
3    (415 ILCS 30/9.1 new)
4    Sec. 9.1. Closed loop well contractor certification.
5    (a) Within 2 years after the effective date of this
6amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, all closed loop
7contractors, shall be certified by the Department. The
8Department shall issue closed loop well contractor
9certificates to those applicants who are qualified and have
10successfully passed the Department's closed loop well
11contractor's certification exam. Application for certification
12as a closed loop well contractor must be made to the Department
13in writing and under oath or affirmation on forms prescribed
14and furnished by the Department. Applications may require any
15information the Department deems necessary in order to carry
16out the provisions of this Act. The Department shall collect a
17fee for the closed loop well contractor's qualification exam.
18    (b) Any person holding a valid water well contractor's
19license issued under the Water Well and Pump Installation
20Contractor's License Act may apply and receive, without
21examination or fee, a closed loop well contractor's
22certification, provided that all other requirements of this Act
23are met.
24    (c) Any person who only installs horizontal closed loop
25wells using the open trench method shall be exempt from

 

 

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1certification under this Section.
 
2    (415 ILCS 30/9.2 new)
3    Sec. 9.2. Closed loop well contractor registration.
4    (a) Beginning one year after the effective date of this
5amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, no person may
6engage in the occupation of a closed loop well contractor
7unless he or she holds a valid certificate of registration as a
8closed loop well contractor issued by the Department.
9    (b) All closed loop well contractors doing business in this
10State must annually file an application for registration with
11the Department.
12    (c) One year after the effective date of this amendatory
13Act of the 97th General Assembly, all applications filed for
14registration under this Section must be accompanied by
15verification of the certification of the applicant by an
16organization approved by the Department for its
17appropriateness in determining the knowledge and expertise as a
18closed loop well contractor, and the applicant must submit
19proof of certification under Section 9.1 of this Act, unless
20specifically exempt from certification in subsection (c) of
21Section 9.1 of this Act.
22    (d) Certificates of registration issued under this Section
23shall expire and must be renewed on an annual basis.
24    (e) The Department shall collect an annual fee for
25registration of a closed loop well contractor.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.".