Full Text of HB5927 100th General Assembly
HB5927 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5927 Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 225 ILCS 320/10 | from Ch. 111, par. 1109 | 225 ILCS 320/17 | from Ch. 111, par. 1116 |
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Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Removes language providing that an applicant for a plumber's license shall provide evidence indicating that he or she is a citizen of the United States or has declared his or her intention to become a citizen. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 10 and 17 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 320/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 1109)
| 7 | | Sec. 10.
(1) An applicant for a plumber's license shall | 8 | | file a written
application in the office of the Department on | 9 | | the form designated by the
Department at least 30 days before | 10 | | the date set by the Department for the
examination.
| 11 | | (2) The Director shall promptly approve the application for | 12 | | examination if:
| 13 | | (a) the required application fee has been paid, and
| 14 | | (b) (blank), the applicant has submitted evidence that | 15 | | he or she is a citizen
of the United States or has declared | 16 | | his or her intention to become a
citizen, and
| 17 | | (c) the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she | 18 | | has completed
at least a 2 year course of study in a high | 19 | | school, or an equivalent
course of study, and
| 20 | | (d) the applicant has been employed as an Illinois | 21 | | licensed apprentice
plumber under supervision in | 22 | | accordance with this Act for at least 4 years
preceding the | 23 | | date of application and has submitted evidence that he or |
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| 1 | | she
has worked at the plumbing trade in accordance with | 2 | | this Act for the 4 year
Illinois licensed apprentice | 3 | | plumber apprenticeship period, or
| 4 | | (e) the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she | 5 | | has
successfully completed an approved course of | 6 | | instruction in plumbing supervised directly by an Illinois | 7 | | licensed plumber in
colleges, universities, or trade | 8 | | schools.
| 9 | | (3) If the application for examination is approved, the | 10 | | Department shall
promptly notify the applicant in writing of | 11 | | such approval and of the place
and time of the examination. If | 12 | | the application is disapproved, the Department
shall promptly | 13 | | notify the applicant in writing of such disapproval, stating
| 14 | | the reasons for disapproval.
| 15 | | (4) If an applicant neglects, fails or refuses to take an | 16 | | examination
for license under this Act, the application is | 17 | | denied. However, such
applicant may submit a new application | 18 | | for examination, accompanied by the
required application fee. | 19 | | Application fees for examination for a plumber's
license are | 20 | | not refundable.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 99-504, eff. 1-1-17 .)
| 22 | | (225 ILCS 320/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 1116)
| 23 | | Sec. 17.
(a)
Upon the payment of the required fee, an | 24 | | applicant who is a plumber,
registered or licensed in another | 25 | | state, or municipality, may, without examination,
be granted a |
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| 1 | | license as a licensed plumber by the Department provided:
| 2 | | (1) that the applicant is at least twenty-one years of age | 3 | | and is a citizen
of the United States, or has declared his
| 4 | | intention to become a citizen , and
| 5 | | (2) that the Board finds that the requirements for the | 6 | | registration or
licensing of plumbers in such other state or | 7 | | municipality,
were, at the date of the registration or license,
| 8 | | substantially equal to the requirements then in force in this | 9 | | State, and
provided that the same privilege of registration is | 10 | | accorded by said state or
municipality, to licensed plumbers in | 11 | | the
State of Illinois.
| 12 | | (b) A plumber licensed or registered as a plumber by | 13 | | another state or municipality,
whose license requirements are | 14 | | substantially equal
to the requirements for an Illinois | 15 | | Plumber's license, and such governmental unit,
does not have a | 16 | | reciprocal agreement with the State of Illinois, may apply for | 17 | | and be
issued an Illinois Plumber's license provided that the | 18 | | applicant successfully passes the
Illinois plumber's | 19 | | examination and pays the required fees.
| 20 | | (Source: P.A. 79-1000.)
| 21 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 | | becoming law.
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