Full Text of HB1175 96th General Assembly
HB1175sam001 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Michael W. Frerichs
Filed: 5/4/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1175
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1175 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Sections 10 and 30 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 layout | 12 |
| drawings, catalog information on standard products, | 13 |
| supplemental calculations, and other construction data that | 14 |
| provide detail on the location of risers, cross mains, branch | 15 |
| lines, sprinklers, piping per applicable standard, and hanger | 16 |
| locations. "Fire protection system layout documents" serve as a |
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| guide for fabrication and installation of a fire sprinkler | 2 |
| system and shall be based upon applicable standards pursuant to | 3 |
| Section 30 of this Act. Fire protection system layout documents | 4 |
| do not require an engineering seal if prepared by a technician | 5 |
| who holds a valid NICET level 3 or 4 certification in fire | 6 |
| protection technology automatic sprinkler system layout.
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| "Fire sprinkler contractor" means a person who holds | 8 |
| himself or herself out
to
be in the
business of or contracts | 9 |
| with a person to install or repair a fire sprinkler
system.
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| "Fire sprinkler system" means any water-based automatic | 11 |
| fire extinguishing
system employing
fire sprinklers, including | 12 |
| accessory fire pumps and associated piping, fire
standpipes, or
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| underground fire main systems starting at the
connection to the | 14 |
| water service after the approved backflow
device
is installed | 15 |
| under the requirements of the Illinois Plumbing Code and ending | 16 |
| at
the most
remote fire sprinkler. "Fire sprinkler system" | 17 |
| includes but is not
limited to a fire sprinkler
system in a | 18 |
| residential, commercial, institutional, educational, public, | 19 |
| or
private occupancy.
"Fire sprinkler system" does not include | 20 |
| single sprinkler heads that are in
a loop of the potable water | 21 |
| 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 | 24 |
| licensed in accordance
with this Act.
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| "NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in | 26 |
| Engineering
Technologies.
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| "Person" means an individual, group of individuals, | 2 |
| association, trust,
partnership,
corporation, person doing | 3 |
| business under an assumed name, the State of
Illinois, or | 4 |
| department
thereof, any other state-owned and operated | 5 |
| institution, or any other entity.
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| "Supervision" means the direction and management by a | 7 |
| designated certified
person of the
activities of non-certified | 8 |
| personnel in the installation or repair of fire
sprinkler | 9 |
| systems.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-367, eff. 1-1-06.)
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| (225 ILCS 317/30)
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| Sec. 30. Requirements for the installation, repair, | 13 |
| inspection, and testing of fire protection
systems.
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| (a) Equipment shall be listed by a nationally recognized | 15 |
| testing laboratory,
such as
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. or | 16 |
| Factory Mutual Laboratories, Inc., or shall
comply with | 17 |
| nationally
accepted standards. The State Fire Marshal shall | 18 |
| adopt by rule procedures for
determining
whether a laboratory | 19 |
| is
nationally recognized, taking into account the laboratory's | 20 |
| facilities,
procedures, use of nationally
recognized | 21 |
| standards, and any other criteria reasonably calculated to | 22 |
| reach an
informed
determination.
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| (b) Equipment shall be installed in accordance with the | 24 |
| applicable standards
of the National
Fire Protection | 25 |
| Association and the manufacturer's specifications.
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| (c) The contractor shall furnish the user with operating | 2 |
| instructions for
all equipment
installed, together with a | 3 |
| diagram of the final installation.
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| (d) All fire sprinkler systems shall have a backflow | 5 |
| prevention device or,
in a municipality with a population over | 6 |
| 500,000, a double detector check
assembly installed by a | 7 |
| licensed plumber before the fire sprinkler system
connection to | 8 |
| the water service. Connection to the backflow prevention device
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| or, in a municipality with a population over 500,000, a double | 10 |
| detector
assembly shall be done in a manner consistent with the | 11 |
| Department of Public
Health's Plumbing Code.
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| (e) This licensing Act is not intended to require any | 13 |
| additional fire
inspections at State level.
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| (f) Inspections and testing of existing fire sprinkler | 15 |
| systems and control equipment must be performed by a licensee | 16 |
| or an individual employed or contracted by a licensee. Any | 17 |
| individual who performs inspection and testing duties under | 18 |
| this subsection (f) must possess proof of (i) certification by | 19 |
| a nationally recognized certification organization at an | 20 |
| appropriate level, such as NICET Level II in Inspection and | 21 |
| Testing of Water Based Systems or the equivalent, by January 1, | 22 |
| 2009 or (ii) satisfactory completion of a certified sprinkler | 23 |
| fitter apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. Department | 24 |
| of Labor. State employees who perform inspections and testing | 25 |
| on behalf of State institutions and who meet all other | 26 |
| requirements of this subsection (f) need not be licensed under |
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| this Act or employed by a licensee under this Act in order to | 2 |
| perform inspection and testing duties under this subsection | 3 |
| (f). The requirements of this subsection (f) do not apply to | 4 |
| individuals performing inspections or testing of fire | 5 |
| sprinkler systems on behalf of a municipality, a county, a fire | 6 |
| protection district, or the Office of the State Fire Marshal. | 7 |
| This subsection (f) does not apply to cursory
weekly and | 8 |
| monthly inspections of gauges and control valves conducted in
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| accordance with the standards of the National Fire Protection | 10 |
| Association.
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| A copy of the inspection report for an inspection performed | 12 |
| pursuant to this subsection (f) must be forwarded by the entity | 13 |
| performing the inspection to the local fire department or fire | 14 |
| protection district in which the sprinkler system is located. | 15 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-305, eff. 8-20-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | 17 |
| 1, 2010.".
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