Sen. Daniel Biss

Filed: 3/3/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3055

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3055 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 Section 2 as
6follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 345/2)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7103)
8    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2022)
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, piping in the
18bore hole, heat exchange fluid, and the grouting of the bore
19hole and does not include the piping and appurtenances used in
20any other capacity. "Closed loop well" does not include any
21horizontal closed loop well systems where grouting is not
22necessary by law or standard industry practice;
23    (14) "Closed loop well contractor" means any person who
24installs closed loop wells for another person. "Closed loop
25well contractor" does not include the employee of a closed loop
26contractor.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-363, eff. 8-15-11.)
 
2    Section 10. The Illinois Water Well Construction Code is
3amended by changing Sections 3, 5, and 6 as follows:
 
4    (415 ILCS 30/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.113)
5    Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
6context otherwise requires:
7    (a) "Construction" means all acts necessary to obtaining
8ground water by any method, including without limitation the
9location of and the excavation for the well, but not including
10prospecting, surveying or other acts preparatory thereto, nor
11the installation of pumps and pumping equipment.
12    (b) "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
13    (c) "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
14    (d) "Modification" means the alteration of the structure of
15an existing water well, including, but not limited to,
16deepening, elimination of a buried suction line, installation
17of a liner, replacing, repairing, or extending casing, or
18replacement of a well screen. Pertaining to closed loop wells,
19"modification" also means any alteration to the construction of
20the bore hole of an existing closed loop well, including, but
21not limited to, regrouting and installation of additional bore
22holes any change, replacement or other alteration of any water
23well which shall be contrary to the rules and regulations
24regarding the construction of a well.

 

 

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1    (e) "Water well" means any excavation that is drilled,
2cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted or otherwise
3constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the
4location, diversion, artificial recharge, or acquisition of
5ground water, but such term does not include an excavation made
6for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural
7gas, minerals or products of mining or quarrying or for
8inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas bearing
9formation or for storing petroleum, natural gas or other
10products or for observation or any other purpose in connection
11with the development or operation of a gas storage project.
12    (f) "Public water system", "community water system",
13"non-community water system", "semi-private water system" and
14"private water system" have the meanings ascribed to them in
15the Illinois Groundwater Protection Act.
16    (g) "Potential route", "potential primary source" and
17"potential secondary source" have the meanings ascribed to them
18in the Environmental Protection Act.
19    (h) "Closed loop well" means a sealed, watertight loop of
20pipe buried outside of a building foundation intended to
21recirculate a liquid solution through a heat exchanger but is
22limited to the construction of the bore hole, piping in the
23bore hole, heat exchange fluid, and the grouting of the bore
24hole and does not include the piping and appurtenances used in
25any other capacity. "Closed loop well" does not include any
26horizontal closed loop well systems where grouting is not

 

 

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1necessary by law or standard industry practice.
2    (i) "Monitoring well" means a water well intended for the
3purpose of determining groundwater quality or quantity.
4    (j) "Closed loop well contractor" means any person who
5installs closed loop wells for another person. "Closed loop
6well contractor" does not include the employee of a closed loop
7contractor.
8(Source: P.A. 97-363, eff. 8-15-11.)
 
9    (415 ILCS 30/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.115)
10    Sec. 5. Department powers and duties.
11    The Department has general supervision and authority over
12the location, construction and modification of water wells,
13closed loop wells and monitoring wells and for the
14administration of this Act. With respect thereto it shall:
15        (a) Adopt and publish, and from time to time amend
16    rules and regulations as hereinafter provided;
17        (b) Commencing no later than January 1, 1988, issue
18    permits for the construction, modification, abandonment,
19    or change in depth of any water well other than community
20    public water systems and monitoring wells;
21        (b-5) Commencing no later than one year after the
22    effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
23    Assembly, issue permits for the construction,
24    modification, and abandonment of closed loop wells; and
25        (c) Exercise such other powers as are practical and

 

 

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1    reasonably necessary to carry out and enforce the
2    provisions of this Act.
3(Source: P.A. 97-363, eff. 8-15-11.)
 
4    (415 ILCS 30/6)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 116.116)
5    Sec. 6. Rules and regulations. The Department shall adopt
6and amend rules and regulations reasonably necessary to
7effectuate the policy declared by this Act. Such rules and
8regulations shall provide criteria for the proper location and
9construction of any water well, closed loop well or monitoring
10well and shall, no later than January 1, 1988, provide for the
11issuance of permits for the construction, modification, and
12abandonment operation of water wells other than community
13public water systems and monitoring wells. The Department shall
14by regulation require a one time fee, not to exceed $100, for
15permits for construction, modification, or abandonment of
16water wells. The Department shall by rule require a one-time
17fee for permits for the construction, modification, or
18abandonment of closed loop wells.
19(Source: P.A. 97-363, eff. 8-15-11.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.".