Full Text of HB4221 93rd General Assembly
HB4221 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4221
Introduced 1/26/2004, by David R. Leitch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 312/40 |
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225 ILCS 312/55 |
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Amends the Elevator
Safety and Regulation Act. Exempts persons, firms,
or companies who install specified
equipment from the requirements for licensure as an elevator contractor.
Effective June 1, 2004.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4221 |
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LRB093 19268 AMC 45003 b |
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| AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Elevator Safety and Regulation Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing
Sections 40 and 55 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 312/40)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 40. Application for contractor's license.
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| (a) Any person, firm, or company wishing to engage in the | 10 |
| business of
installing,
altering, repairing, servicing, | 11 |
| replacing, or maintaining elevators,
dumbwaiters,
escalators, | 12 |
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moving walks within this State shall make application for a | 13 |
| license with the
Administrator.
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| (b) All applications shall contain the following | 15 |
| information:
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| (1) if the applicant is a person, the name, residence, | 17 |
| and business address
of the applicant;
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| (2) if the applicant is a partnership, the name, | 19 |
| residence, and business
address of each partner;
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| (3) if the applicant is a domestic corporation, the | 21 |
| name and business
address of the corporation and the name | 22 |
| and residence address of the principal
officer of the | 23 |
| corporation;
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| (4) if the applicant is a corporation other than a | 25 |
| domestic corporation,
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name and address of an agent | 26 |
| locally located who shall be authorized to accept
service | 27 |
| of process and official notices;
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| (5) the number of years the applicant has engaged in | 29 |
| the business of
installing, inspecting, maintaining, or | 30 |
| servicing elevators or platform
lifts or both;
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| (6) if applying for an elevator contractor's license, | 32 |
| the approximate
number of persons, if any, to be employed |
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| by the elevator contractor applicant
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| satisfactory evidence that the employees are or will be
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| covered
by workers' compensation insurance;
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| (7) satisfactory evidence that the applicant is or will | 5 |
| be covered by
general
liability, personal injury, and | 6 |
| property damage insurance;
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| (8) any criminal record of convictions; and
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| (9) any other information as the Administrator may | 9 |
| require.
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| (c) This Section does not apply to a person, firm, or | 11 |
| company located in a
municipality with a population over | 12 |
| 500,000 that provides for the licensure of
contractors
for work | 13 |
| performed
within the corporate boundaries of a municipality | 14 |
| with a population over
500,000.
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| (d) This Section does not apply to a person, firm, or | 16 |
| company who installs
the following equipment:
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| (1) limited use/limited application elevators (as | 18 |
| defined by ASME A17.1);
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| (2) private residence elevators (as defined by ASME | 20 |
| A17.1);
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| (3) vertical platform lifts (as defined by ASME A18.1);
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| (4) inclined platform lifts (as defined by ASME A18.1); | 23 |
| and
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| (5) stairway chairlifts (as defined by ASME A18.1).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-873, eff. 6-1-03.)
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| (225 ILCS 312/55)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2013)
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| Sec. 55. Qualifications for elevator contractor's license.
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| (a) No license shall be granted to any person or firm | 30 |
| unless the appropriate
application fee is paid.
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| (b) No license shall be granted to any person or firm who | 32 |
| has not proven the
required qualifications and abilities. An | 33 |
| applicant must demonstrate one of the
following
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| qualifications:
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| (1) five years work experience in the elevator industry |
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| in construction,
maintenance, and service or repair, as | 2 |
| verified by current and previous
elevator
contractor's | 3 |
| licenses to do business, or satisfactory completion of a | 4 |
| written
examination administered by the Elevator Safety | 5 |
| Review Board on the most
recent referenced codes and | 6 |
| standards; or
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| (2) proof that the individual or firm holds a valid | 8 |
| license from a state
having standards substantially equal | 9 |
| to those of this State.
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| (c) This Section does not apply to a person or firm engaged | 11 |
| in
business as an elevator contractor in a
municipality
with
a | 12 |
| population over 500,000 that provides for the licensure of | 13 |
| elevator
contractors
for work performed
within the corporate | 14 |
| boundaries of a municipality with a population over
500,000.
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| (d) This Section does not apply to a person, firm, or | 16 |
| company who installs
the following equipment:
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| (1) limited use/limited application elevators (as | 18 |
| defined by ASME A17.1);
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| (2) private residence elevators (as defined by ASME | 20 |
| A17.1);
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| (3) vertical platform lifts (as defined by ASME A18.1);
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| (4) inclined platform lifts (as defined by ASME A18.1); | 23 |
| and
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| (5) stairway chairlifts (as defined by ASME A18.1).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-873, eff. 6-1-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June | 27 |
| 1, 2004.
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