Full Text of HB3045 94th General Assembly
HB3045eng 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 Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 2, 2.5, and 29.5 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1102)
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| Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
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| "Agent" means a person designated by a sponsor as | 9 |
| responsible for
supervision of an apprentice plumber and who is | 10 |
| also an Illinois
licensed plumber.
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| "Apprentice plumber" means any licensed person who is | 12 |
| learning and
performing plumbing under the supervision of a | 13 |
| sponsor or his agent in
accordance with the provisions of this | 14 |
| Act.
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| "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship | 16 |
| program
approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of | 17 |
| Apprenticeship and
Training and the Department under rules.
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| "Board" means the Illinois State Board of Plumbing | 19 |
| Examiners.
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| "Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal | 21 |
| piping
of a drainage system that receives the discharge from | 22 |
| soil, waste, and
other drainage pipes inside the walls of a | 23 |
| building and conveys it to 5
feet beyond the foundation walls | 24 |
| where it is connected to the building sewer.
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| "Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping | 26 |
| of a drainage
system that extends from the end of the building | 27 |
| drain, receives the discharge
of the building drain and conveys | 28 |
| it to a public sewer or private sewage
disposal system.
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| "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | 30 |
| Health.
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| "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | 32 |
| Public Health.
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| "Governmental unit" means a city, village, incorporated | 2 |
| town, county,
or sanitary or water district.
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| "Irrigation contractor" means a person who installs or | 4 |
| supervises the
installation of lawn sprinkler systems subject | 5 |
| to Section 2.5 of this Act,
other than a licensed plumber or a
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| licensed apprentice plumber.
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| "Irrigation employee" means a person who is employed by a | 8 |
| registered irrigation contractor or a licensed plumber, and who | 9 |
| designs, repairs, alters, maintains, or installs lawn | 10 |
| sprinkler systems that are subject to Section 2.5 of this Law.
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| "Lawn sprinkler system" means any underground irrigation | 12 |
| system of lawn,
shrubbery and other vegetation from any potable | 13 |
| water sources; and from any
water sources, whether or not | 14 |
| potable . , in: (i) any county with a population of
3,000,000 or | 15 |
| more; (ii) any county with a population of 275,000 or more | 16 |
| which
is contiguous in whole or in part to a county with a | 17 |
| population of 3,000,000 or
more; and (iii) any county with a | 18 |
| population of 37,000 or more but less than
150,000 which is | 19 |
| contiguous to 2 or more counties with respective populations
in | 20 |
| excess of 275,000. "Lawn sprinkler system" includes
without | 21 |
| limitation the water supply piping, valves, control systems, | 22 |
| low voltage wiring,
and sprinkler heads or
other irrigation | 23 |
| outlets, and moisture or rainfall sensing equipment, but does | 24 |
| not include the backflow prevention
device. "Lawn sprinkler | 25 |
| system" does not include an irrigation
system used primarily | 26 |
| for agricultural purposes.
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| "Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation, | 28 |
| partnership, or
association.
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| "Plumber" means any licensed person authorized to perform | 30 |
| plumbing
as defined in this Act, but does not include retired | 31 |
| plumbers as defined in
this Act.
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| "Plumbing" means the actual installation, repair, | 33 |
| maintenance, alteration
or extension of a plumbing system by | 34 |
| any person.
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| "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances | 36 |
| and
appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, |
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| including without limitation
lawn sprinkler systems and | 2 |
| backflow prevention devices connected to lawn
sprinkler | 3 |
| systems, from the
source of a private water supply on the | 4 |
| premises or from
the main in the street, alley or at the curb | 5 |
| to, within and about any building
or buildings where a person | 6 |
| or persons live, work or assemble.
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| "Plumbing" includes all piping, from discharge of pumping | 8 |
| units to
and including pressure tanks in water supply systems.
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| "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, | 10 |
| and
appliances for
a building drain and a sanitary drainage and | 11 |
| related ventilation system
of any building or buildings where a | 12 |
| person or persons live, work or assemble
from the point of | 13 |
| connection of such building drain to the building sewer
or | 14 |
| private sewage disposal system 5 feet beyond the foundation | 15 |
| walls.
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| "Plumbing" does not mean or include the trade of | 17 |
| drain-laying, the
trade of drilling water wells which | 18 |
| constitute the sources of private water
supplies, and of making | 19 |
| connections between such wells and pumping units
in the water | 20 |
| supply systems of buildings served by such private water
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| supplies, or the business of installing water softening | 22 |
| equipment and of
maintaining and servicing the same, or the | 23 |
| business of manufacturing or
selling plumbing fixtures, | 24 |
| appliances, equipment or hardware, or to the
installation and | 25 |
| servicing of electrical equipment sold by a not-for-profit
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| corporation providing electrification on a cooperative basis, | 27 |
| that either
on or before January 1, 1971, is or has been | 28 |
| financed in whole or in part
under the federal Rural | 29 |
| Electrification Act of 1936 and the Acts
amendatory
thereof and | 30 |
| supplementary thereto, to its members for use on farms owned
by | 31 |
| individuals or operated by individuals, nor does it mean or | 32 |
| include minor
repairs which do not require changes in the | 33 |
| piping to or from plumbing fixtures
or involve the removal, | 34 |
| replacement, installation or re-installation of
any pipe or | 35 |
| plumbing fixtures. Plumbing does not include the installation,
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| repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of building |
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| sewers.
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| "Plumbing contractor" means any person who performs | 3 |
| plumbing,
as defined in this Act, for another person. "Plumbing | 4 |
| contractor"
shall not include licensed plumbers and licensed | 5 |
| apprentice plumbers
who
either
are employed by persons engaged | 6 |
| in the plumbing business or are
employed by another person for | 7 |
| the performance of
plumbing
solely
for that other person, | 8 |
| including, but not limited to, a
hospital, university, or | 9 |
| business maintenance staff.
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| "Plumbing fixtures" means installed receptacles, devices | 11 |
| or appliances
that are supplied with water or that receive or | 12 |
| discharge liquids or liquid
borne wastes, with or without | 13 |
| discharge into the drainage system with which
they may be | 14 |
| directly or indirectly connected.
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| "Plumbing system" means the water service, water supply and | 16 |
| distribution
pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, waste | 17 |
| and vent pipes; building
drains; including their respective | 18 |
| connections, devices and appurtenances.
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| "Plumbing system" does not include building sewers as | 20 |
| defined in this
Act.
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| "Retired plumber" means any licensed plumber in good | 22 |
| standing who meets the
requirements of this Act and the | 23 |
| requirements prescribed by Department rule to
be licensed as a | 24 |
| retired plumber and voluntarily surrenders his plumber's
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| license to the Department, in exchange for a retired plumber's | 26 |
| license.
Retired
plumbers cannot perform plumbing as defined in | 27 |
| this Act, cannot sponsor or
supervise apprentice plumbers, and | 28 |
| cannot inspect plumbing under this Act. A
retired plumber | 29 |
| cannot fulfill the requirements of subsection (3) of Section 3
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| of this Act.
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| "Supervision" with respect to first and second year | 32 |
| licensed apprentice
plumbers means that such apprentices must | 33 |
| perform all designing and
planning of plumbing systems and all | 34 |
| plumbing as defined in this Act under
the direct personal | 35 |
| supervision of the sponsor or his or her agent who must
also be | 36 |
| an Illinois licensed plumber, except for maintenance and repair
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| work on existing plumbing systems done by second year | 2 |
| apprentice plumbers;
provided that before performing any | 3 |
| maintenance and repair work
without such supervision, such | 4 |
| apprentice has received the minimum number of
hours of annual | 5 |
| classroom instruction recommended by the United States
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| Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for | 7 |
| apprentice
plumbers in a Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training | 8 |
| approved plumber
apprenticeship program or its equivalent. | 9 |
| "Supervision" with respect to
all other apprentice plumbers | 10 |
| means that, except for maintenance and repair
work on existing | 11 |
| plumbing systems, any plumbing done by such apprentices
must be | 12 |
| inspected daily, after initial rough-in and after completion by | 13 |
| the
sponsor or his or her agent who is also an Illinois | 14 |
| licensed plumber. In
addition, all repair and maintenance work | 15 |
| done by a licensed apprentice
plumber on an existing plumbing | 16 |
| system must be approved by the sponsor or
his or her agent who | 17 |
| is also an Illinois licensed plumber.
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| "Sponsor" is an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved | 19 |
| apprenticeship
program that has accepted an individual as an | 20 |
| Illinois licensed apprentice
plumber for education and | 21 |
| training in the field of plumbing and whose name
and license | 22 |
| number or apprenticeship program number shall appear on the
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| individual's application for an apprentice plumber's license.
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| "Sponsored" means that each Illinois licensed apprentice | 25 |
| plumber
has been accepted by an Illinois licensed plumber or an | 26 |
| approved
apprenticeship program for apprenticeship training.
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| "Telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications | 28 |
| carrier as defined
in the Public Utilities Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-184, eff. 1-1-00; 91-678, eff. 1-26-00; | 30 |
| 92-338, eff. 8-10-01.)
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| (225 ILCS 320/2.5)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 2.5. Irrigation contractors; lawn sprinkler systems.
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| (a) Every irrigation contractor doing business in this | 35 |
| State shall annually
register with the
Department. Every |
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| irrigation contractor shall provide to the Department
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| her business name and address, telephone number, name of | 3 |
| principal,
and FEIN number , and an original certificate of | 4 |
| insurance documenting that the irrigation contractor carries | 5 |
| general liability insurance with a minimum of $100,000 per | 6 |
| occurrence, bodily injury insurance with a minimum of $300,000 | 7 |
| per occurrence, property damage insurance with a minimum of | 8 |
| $50,000, and worker's compensation insurance with a minimum of | 9 |
| $500,000. No registration may be issued in the absence of the | 10 |
| certificate of insurance. The certificate must be in force at | 11 |
| all times for registration to remain valid . | 12 |
| On a form provided by the Department, every irrigation | 13 |
| contractor must provide to the Department an indemnification | 14 |
| bond in the amount of $20,000 or an irrevocable letter of | 15 |
| credit from a financial institution guaranteeing that funds | 16 |
| shall be available only to the Department and shall be released | 17 |
| upon written notification by the Department in the same amount | 18 |
| for any work on lawn sprinkler systems performed by the | 19 |
| registered irrigation contractor. The letter of credit shall be | 20 |
| printed on the letterhead of the issuing financial institution, | 21 |
| be signed by an officer of the same financial institution, name | 22 |
| the Department as the sole beneficiary, and expire on February | 23 |
| 28 of each year. | 24 |
| Every irrigation contractor doing business in this State | 25 |
| shall also
register
with the Department each and every employee | 26 |
| who installs or supervises the
installation of lawn sprinkler | 27 |
| systems. The
registration shall include the
employee's name, | 28 |
| home address, and telephone number. The
Department
may provide | 29 |
| by rule for the administration of
registrations under
this | 30 |
| subsection.
The annual
registration fee shall be set by the | 31 |
| Department pursuant to
Section 30 of this Act. Each registered | 32 |
| irrigation contractor must provide proof that he or she employs | 33 |
| at least one irrigation employee who has completed and passed | 34 |
| an approved class in the design and installation of lawn | 35 |
| sprinkler systems.
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| (b) A licensed plumber or licensed apprentice plumber may |
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| install
a lawn sprinkler system connected to any water source
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| without
registration under this Section.
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| (c) A licensed plumber shall inspect every
sprinkler system | 4 |
| installed by an irrigation contractor to ensure the provisions
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| of this Section have been met and that the system works | 6 |
| mechanically. A
licensed plumber shall make the physical
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| connection between a lawn sprinkler system and the backflow | 8 |
| prevention device.
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| Upon the installation of every lawn sprinkler system in | 10 |
| this State from the
effective date of this amendatory Act of | 11 |
| the 91st General Assembly forward, a
licensed
plumber shall | 12 |
| affix to the backflow prevention
device a tag certifying that | 13 |
| the installation of that system has been completed
in | 14 |
| compliance with the minimum code of plumbing standards | 15 |
| promulgated under
this Act. The
Department shall provide by | 16 |
| rule for the
registration of every lawn sprinkler
system | 17 |
| installed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 18 |
| the 91st
General Assembly, including the means by which the | 19 |
| Department shall be able to
identify by
registration number the | 20 |
| identity of the responsible irrigation
contractor and by | 21 |
| license number the identity of the responsible licensed
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| plumber. No lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective | 23 |
| date of this
amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly may be
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| operated without the certification tag required under this | 25 |
| Section.
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| The
registered irrigation contractor and the licensed | 27 |
| plumber
whose identifying information is contained on the
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| certification tag shall both be subject to the penalty | 29 |
| provisions of this Act
for violations for improper installation | 30 |
| of a lawn sprinkler system installed
after the effective date | 31 |
| of this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
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| (d) An irrigation contractor who
that has
registered with | 33 |
| the Department 7 or
fewer
persons who are authorized to install | 34 |
| or supervise the installation of lawn
sprinkler systems shall | 35 |
| either employ or contract with at least one licensed
plumber | 36 |
| who shall
install or be responsible for the installation of |
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| every
lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective date | 2 |
| of this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly. The | 3 |
| licensed plumber shall inspect the risers
and sprinkler heads | 4 |
| before backfilling.
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| An irrigation contractor who
that has
registered with the | 6 |
| Department 8 to 12
persons who are authorized to install or | 7 |
| supervise the installation of lawn
sprinkler systems shall | 8 |
| either employ or contract with at least 2 licensed
plumbers who | 9 |
| shall install or be responsible for the
installation of every
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| lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective date of | 11 |
| this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly.
A licensed | 12 |
| plumber shall inspect the risers and sprinkler heads before
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| backfilling.
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| An irrigation contractor who
that has
registered with the | 15 |
| Department 13 to 20
persons who are authorized to install or | 16 |
| supervise the installation of lawn
sprinkler systems shall | 17 |
| either employ or contract with at least 3 licensed
plumbers who | 18 |
| shall install or be responsible for the
installation of every
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| lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective date of | 20 |
| this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly.
A licensed | 21 |
| plumber shall inspect the risers and sprinkler heads before
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| backfilling.
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| An irrigation contractor who
that has
registered with the | 24 |
| Department 21 to 28
persons who are authorized to install or | 25 |
| supervise the installation of lawn
sprinkler systems shall | 26 |
| either employ or contract with at least 4 licensed
plumbers who | 27 |
| shall install or be responsible for the
installation of every
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| lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective date of | 29 |
| this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly.
A licensed | 30 |
| plumber shall inspect the risers and sprinkler heads before
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| backfilling.
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| An irrigation contractor who
that has
registered with the | 33 |
| Department 29 to 35
persons who are authorized to install or | 34 |
| supervise the installation of lawn
sprinkler systems shall | 35 |
| either employ or contract with at least 5 licensed
plumbers who | 36 |
| shall install or be responsible for the
installation of every
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| lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective date of | 2 |
| this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly.
A licensed | 3 |
| plumber shall inspect the risers and sprinkler heads before
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| backfilling.
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| An irrigation contractor who
that has
registered with the | 6 |
| Department 36 or more
persons who are authorized to install or | 7 |
| supervise the installation of lawn
sprinkler systems shall | 8 |
| either employ or contract with at least 6 licensed
plumbers who | 9 |
| shall install or be responsible for the
installation of every
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| lawn sprinkler system installed after the effective date of | 11 |
| this amendatory Act
of the 91st General Assembly.
A licensed | 12 |
| plumber shall inspect the risers and sprinkler heads before
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| backfilling.
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| The Department may provide by rule for the temporary waiver | 15 |
| process for
registered irrigation contractors who are unable to | 16 |
| comply with the
requirements of this subsection. When a | 17 |
| temporary waiver is granted, it shall
not be for a duration of | 18 |
| more than 3 consecutive months. Upon the expiration
of a | 19 |
| temporary waiver issued by the Department, the
registered | 20 |
| irrigation
contractor shall demonstrate that justifiable | 21 |
| reasons exist why he or she is
still unable to comply with the | 22 |
| requirements of this subsection, despite good
faith efforts to | 23 |
| comply with the requirements. In no case shall a temporary
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| waiver be granted for an irrigation contractor for more than a | 25 |
| total of 6
months in a two-year period. In no case shall an | 26 |
| irrigation
contractor be relieved of the requirement that a | 27 |
| licensed plumber
shall inspect every sprinkler system | 28 |
| installed by an
irrigation contractor to ensure the provisions | 29 |
| of this Section have been met
and that the system works | 30 |
| mechanically and make the physical connection
between a | 31 |
| sprinkler system and the backflow prevention device.
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| (e) No person shall attach to a lawn sprinkler system any | 33 |
| fixture intended
to supply water for human consumption.
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| No person shall attach to a lawn sprinkler system any | 35 |
| fixture other
than the backflow prevention device, sprinkler | 36 |
| heads, valves, and other parts
integral to the operation of the |
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| system, unless the fixture is clearly marked
as being for | 2 |
| non-potable uses only.
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| (f) A college, university, trade school, vocational | 4 |
| school, or association that has established a program providing | 5 |
| a course of instruction in lawn sprinkler design and | 6 |
| installation may submit a letter to the Department requesting | 7 |
| approval of its program or course of instruction.
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| The request for approval shall include information on the | 9 |
| curriculum offered by the program and the qualifications of the | 10 |
| organization. The course shall consist of a minimum of 2 days | 11 |
| of classroom education and an exam and shall include a | 12 |
| provision for continuing education. | 13 |
| The Department shall evaluate the curriculum and | 14 |
| organization before making a determination to approve or deny a | 15 |
| request for approval.
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| In addition to providing to the Department the names of | 17 |
| licensed plumbers who are employed by or contract with an | 18 |
| irrigation contractor, an irrigation contractor must also | 19 |
| provide to the Department the names of employees who have | 20 |
| successfully completed an approved course on the installation | 21 |
| of lawn sprinkler systems and proof that the course was | 22 |
| successfully completed and that continuing education is also | 23 |
| being completed.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-678, eff. 1-26-00; 92-778, eff. 8-6-02.)
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| (225 ILCS 320/29.5)
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| Sec. 29.5. Unlicensed and unregistered practice; | 27 |
| violation; civil
penalties
penalty .
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| (a) A person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to | 29 |
| practice, or
holds himself or herself out to practice as a | 30 |
| plumber or plumbing
contractor without being licensed
or | 31 |
| registered under this Act, or as an irrigation contractor | 32 |
| without being
registered under
this Act, shall, in addition to | 33 |
| any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to
the | 34 |
| Department in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each offense | 35 |
| as determined
by the Department. The civil penalty shall be |
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| assessed by the Department after
a hearing is held in | 2 |
| accordance with the provisions set forth in this Act
regarding | 3 |
| the provision of a hearing for the discipline of a licensee or
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| registrant.
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| (b) The Department has the authority and power to | 6 |
| investigate any person who
practices, offers to practice, | 7 |
| attempts to practice, or holds himself or
herself
out to | 8 |
| practice as a plumber or plumbing contractor without being | 9 |
| licensed
or registered under this Act, or as an
irrigation | 10 |
| contractor without being
registered under this Act.
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| (c) The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after | 12 |
| the effective date
of the order imposing the civil penalty. The | 13 |
| order shall constitute a judgment
and may be filed and | 14 |
| execution had on the judgment in the same manner as a
judgment
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| from a court of record. All fines and penalties collected by | 16 |
| the Department
under this Section of the Act and accrued | 17 |
| interest shall be deposited
into the Plumbing Licensure and | 18 |
| Program Fund for use by the Department in
performing activities | 19 |
| relating to the administration and enforcement of this
Act.
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| (d) A person who practices, offers to practice, or holds | 21 |
| himself or herself out to practice as an irrigation contractor | 22 |
| without being registered under this Act shall be subject to the | 23 |
| following: | 24 |
| (1) For a first offense:
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| (A) Where no violations of the Illinois Plumbing | 26 |
| Code are found, the person shall pay a civil penalty of | 27 |
| $1,000 and may be referred to the State's Attorney or | 28 |
| the Attorney General for prosecution under Section 29 | 29 |
| of this Act. | 30 |
| (B) Where violations of the Illinois Plumbing Code | 31 |
| are found, the person shall pay a civil penalty of | 32 |
| $3,000 (the amount of $3,000 may be reduced to $1,000 | 33 |
| upon the condition that the unregistered person pays | 34 |
| for a licensed plumber who is acceptable to the other | 35 |
| party to the original contract or agreement to correct | 36 |
| the violations of the Illinois Plumbing Code) and may |
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| be referred to the State's Attorney or the Attorney | 2 |
| General for prosecution under Section 29 of this Act.
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| (2) For a second offense: | 4 |
| (A) Where no violations of the Illinois Plumbing | 5 |
| Code are found, the person shall pay a civil penalty of | 6 |
| $3,000 and may be referred to the State's Attorney or | 7 |
| the Attorney General for prosecution under Section 29 | 8 |
| of this Act.
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| (B) Where violations of the Illinois Plumbing Code | 10 |
| are found, the person shall pay a civil penalty of | 11 |
| $5,000 (the amount of $5,000 may be reduced to $3,000 | 12 |
| upon the condition that the unregistered person pays | 13 |
| for a licensed plumber who is acceptable to the other | 14 |
| party to the original contract or agreement to correct | 15 |
| the violations of the Illinois Plumbing Code) and may | 16 |
| be referred to the State's Attorney or the Attorney | 17 |
| General for prosecution under Section 29 of this Act. | 18 |
| (3) For a third or subsequent offense, the person shall | 19 |
| pay a civil penalty of $5,000 and be referred to the | 20 |
| State's Attorney or the Attorney General for prosecution | 21 |
| under Section 29 of this Act.
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| (e) A registered irrigation contractor, firm, corporation, | 23 |
| partnership, or association that directs, authorizes, or | 24 |
| allows a person to practice, offer to practice, attempt to | 25 |
| practice, or hold himself or herself out to practice as an | 26 |
| irrigation employee without being registered under the | 27 |
| provisions of this Act, shall be subject to the following: | 28 |
| (1) For a first offense, the registrant:
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| (A) shall pay a civil penalty of $5,000;
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| (B) shall be required to pay for a licensed plumber | 31 |
| who is acceptable to the other party to the original | 32 |
| contract or agreement to correct any violations of the | 33 |
| Illinois Plumbing Code;
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| (C) shall have his, her, or its plumbing license | 35 |
| suspended; and | 36 |
| (D) may be referred to the State's Attorney or the |
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| Attorney General for prosecution under Section 29 of | 2 |
| this Act. | 3 |
| (2) For a second offense, the registrant:
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| (A) shall pay a civil penalty of $5,000; | 5 |
| (B) shall be required to pay for a licensed plumber | 6 |
| who is acceptable to the other party to the original | 7 |
| contract or agreement to correct any violations of the | 8 |
| Illinois Plumbing Code; | 9 |
| (C) shall have his, her, or its registration | 10 |
| revoked; and | 11 |
| (D) shall be referred to the State's Attorney or | 12 |
| the Attorney General for prosecution under Section 29 | 13 |
| of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-678, eff. 1-26-00; 92-338, eff. 8-10-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 16 |
| 1, 2008.
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