Full Text of HB1445 94th General Assembly
HB1445eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 317/10)
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| Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | 8 |
| context otherwise
requires:
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| "Designated certified person" means an individual who has | 10 |
| met the
qualifications set forth
under Section 20 of this Act.
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| "Fire protection system layout documents" means and | 12 |
| includes, but is not limited to, layout drawings, catalog | 13 |
| information on standard products, and other construction data | 14 |
| that provide detail on the location of risers, cross mains, | 15 |
| branch lines, sprinklers, sizing of piping per applicable | 16 |
| standard, and hanger locations. "Fire protection system layout | 17 |
| documents" serve as a guide for fabrication and installation of | 18 |
| a fire sprinkler system and shall be based upon applicable | 19 |
| standards pursuant to Section 30 of this Act.
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| "Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds | 21 |
| himself or herself out
to
be in the
business of or contracts | 22 |
| with a person to install or repair a fire sprinkler
system.
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| "Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic | 24 |
| fire extinguishing
system employing
fire sprinklers, including | 25 |
| accessory fire pumps and associated piping, fire
standpipes, or
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| underground fire main systems starting at the
connection to the | 27 |
| water service after the approved backflow
device
is installed | 28 |
| under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code and ending | 29 |
| at
the most
remote fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler system" | 30 |
| includes but is not
limited to a fire sprinkler
system in a | 31 |
| residential, commercial, institutional, educational, public, | 32 |
| or
private occupancy.
"Fire sprinkler system" does not include |
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| single sprinkler heads that are in
a loop of the potable water | 2 |
| system, as referenced in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.1130
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| 890.1200.
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| "Licensee" means a person or business organization | 5 |
| licensed in accordance
with this Act.
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| "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in | 7 |
| Engineering
Technologies.
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| "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, | 9 |
| association, trust,
partnership,
corporation, person doing | 10 |
| business under an assumed name, the State of
Illinois, or | 11 |
| department
thereof, any other state-owned and operated | 12 |
| institution, or any other entity.
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| "Supervision" means the direction and management by a | 14 |
| designated certified
person of the
activities of non-certified | 15 |
| personnel in the installation or repair of fire
sprinkler | 16 |
| systems.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-871, eff. 1-3-03.)
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| (225 ILCS 317/15)
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| Sec. 15. Licensing requirements.
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| (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or business to | 21 |
| engage in, advertise,
or hold
itself out to be
in the business | 22 |
| of installing or repairing fire sprinkler systems in this State
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| after 6 months after
the effective date of this Act, unless | 24 |
| such person or business is licensed by
the State
Fire Marshal. | 25 |
| This
license must be renewed every year.
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| (b) In order to obtain a license, a person or business must | 27 |
| submit an
application to the State
Fire Marshal, on a form | 28 |
| provided by the State Fire Marshal containing the
information | 29 |
| prescribed,
along with the application fee.
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| (c) A business applying for a license must have a | 31 |
| designated certified person employed at the
business location | 32 |
| and the designated certified person shall be identified on the | 33 |
| license application.
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| (d) A person or business applying for a license must show | 35 |
| proof of having liability and
property damage insurance in such |
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| amounts and under such circumstances as may
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State Fire Marshal.
The amount of liability and property | 3 |
| damage insurance, however, shall not be
less than
the amount | 4 |
| specified in Section 35 of this Act.
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| (e) A person or business applying for a license must show | 6 |
| proof of having
workers' compensation
insurance covering its | 7 |
| employees or be approved as a self-insurer of workers'
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| compensation in
accordance with the laws of this State.
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| (f) A person or business so licensed shall have a separate | 10 |
| license for each
business location
within the State or outside | 11 |
| the State when the business location is responsible
for any | 12 |
| installation
or repair of fire sprinkler systems performed | 13 |
| within the State.
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| (g) When an individual proposes to do business in her or | 15 |
| his own name, a
license, when granted,
shall be issued only to | 16 |
| that individual.
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| (h) If the applicant requesting licensure to engage in | 18 |
| contracting is a
business organization,
such as a partnership, | 19 |
| corporation, business trust, or other legal entity, the
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| application shall
state the name of the partnership and its | 21 |
| partners, the name of the corporation
and its officers and
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| directors, the name of the business trust and its trustees, or | 23 |
| the name of such
other legal entity
and its members and shall | 24 |
| furnish evidence of statutory compliance if a
fictitious name | 25 |
| is used. Such
application shall also show that the business | 26 |
| entity employs a designated
certified person as
required under | 27 |
| Section 20. The license, when issued upon application of a
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| business organization,
shall be in the name of the business | 29 |
| organization and the name of the
qualifying designated | 30 |
| certified
person shall be noted thereon.
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| (i) No license is required for a person or business that is
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| engaged in the installation of fire sprinkler systems only in
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| single family or multiple family residential dwellings up to | 34 |
| and including 8
family units that do not exceed 2 1/2 stories | 35 |
| in height from the lowest grade
level.
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| (j) All fire protection system layout documents of fire |
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| sprinkler systems, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, shall | 2 |
| be prepared by either (i) a professional engineer who is | 3 |
| licensed by the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 | 4 |
| or (ii) a holder of a valid NICET level 3 or 4 certification in | 5 |
| fire protection technology automatic sprinkler system layout | 6 |
| who is licensed under this Act or employed by an organization | 7 |
| licensed under this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-871, eff. 1-3-03.)
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