Public Act 103-0627
 
SB2819 EnrolledLRB103 33740 SPS 63554 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 
is amended  by changing Section 12 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 305/12)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1312)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)

    Sec. 12. Examinations. 
    (a)     The Department shall authorize examinations of 
applicants for a license under this Act at such times and 
places as it may determine. The examination shall be of a 
character to give a fair test of the qualifications of the 
applicant to practice as an architect.
    (b)    An applicant for examination is required to pay, 
either to the Department or the designated testing service, a 
fee covering the cost of providing the examination. Failure to 
appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time 
and place specified, after the applicant's application for 
examination has been received and acknowledged by the 
Department or the designated testing service, shall result in 
the forfeiture of the examination fee.
    (c)    If an applicant fails to pass an examination for 
licensure under this Act within 3 years after filing the 
application, the application shall be denied. However, such 
applicant may thereafter make a new application for 
examination accompanied by the required fee and must furnish 
proof of meeting the qualifications for examination in effect 
at the time of the new application. 











    Examination subject matter headings and bases on which 
examinations are
graded shall be indicated in rules pertaining 
to this Act.  The Department
may adopt the examinations and 
grading procedures of the National Council
of Architectural 
Registration Boards.


    (d) An applicant shall have 5 years from the passage of the 
first examination to successfully complete all examinations 
required by rule of the Department. 

    (e) An applicant has one year from the date of 
notification of
successful completion of all the examination 
and experience requirements to apply to the
Department for a 
license.  If an applicant fails to apply within one year,
the 
applicant shall be required to again take and pass the 
examination, unless the Department, upon recommendation of the 
Board, determines that there is sufficient cause for the delay 
that is not due to the fault of the applicant.

(Source: P.A. 101-346, eff. 8-9-19.)