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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-37-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-37-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-2)
    Sec. 11-37-2. Any municipality by ordinance may regulate the installation, alteration, and use of all electrical equipment as provided in this Division 37 and may establish an electrical inspection department for this regulation.
    Each municipality which establishes such an electrical inspection department shall also establish an electrical commission, consisting of 6 members as follows: The superintendent of electricity or the chief electrical inspector of the municipality shall be a member and ex officio chairman of the commission; of the other 5 members, one shall be a registered professional engineer, one an electrical contractor, one a journeyman electrician, one a representative of an inspection bureau maintained by the fire underwriters, if such a representative resides in the municipality, and if no such representative resides in the municipality then the chief of the fire department, and one representative of an electricity supply company. If there is no person residing in the municipality who is qualified under any one of these descriptions, the mayor or president of the municipality may appoint some other person to fill that position. All members of the electrical commission shall be appointed by the mayor or president of the municipality with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2216.)

65 ILCS 5/11-37-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-37-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-3)
    Sec. 11-37-3. The electrical commission shall recommend (1) safe and practical standards and specifications for the installation, alteration, and use of electrical equipment designed to meet the necessities and conditions of the particular locality, (2) reasonable rules and regulations governing the issuance of permits by the electrical inspection department, and (3) reasonable fees to be paid for the inspection by the inspection department of all electrical equipment installed or altered within the municipality. The standards, specifications, rules, regulations, and fees so recommended shall not become effective until adopted by ordinance by the corporate authorities of the municipality. All fees so adopted shall be paid into the municipal treasury.
    In a municipality which has established an electrical inspection department, no electrical equipment shall be installed or altered except upon a permit first issued by that department. The electrical inspection department shall issue permits for the installation and alteration of electrical equipment in all cases where application is made in accordance with the rules and regulations applicable thereto. That department shall inspect all electrical equipment installed or altered in the municipality and shall require that it conform to the standards and specifications applicable and adopted as provided in this section.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-37-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-37-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-4)
    Sec. 11-37-4. In a municipality which has established an electrical inspection department, any wilful failure or refusal to comply with the ordinance specified in Section 11-37-3 constitutes a petty offense punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense.
(Source: P.A. 77-2500.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 38

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 38 heading)
DIVISION 38. INSPECTION OF LODGING HOUSE PLANS

65 ILCS 5/11-38-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-38-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-38-1)
    Sec. 11-38-1. All architects, builders of, or other persons interested in any projected tenement, lodging house, or other place of habitation, in any city with a population of 50,000 or more, shall submit plans and specifications of a specified building to the board of health or public health board of the city, or other officer designated by the corporate authorities, for their approval or rejection, as to the proposed plans for the ventilation of rooms, light and air shafts, windows, ventilation of water closets, drainage, and plumbing.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-38-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-38-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-38-2)
    Sec. 11-38-2. All plumbers or other persons interested in the contract for the plumbing work of a building specified in Section 11-38-1 shall receive a written certificate of instruction from the examining board or officer of a specified city before commencing work on the building and shall proceed according to the plans, specifications, and instructions, as approved by the examining board or officer.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-38-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-38-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-38-3)
    Sec. 11-38-3. All plumbers or other persons interested in the plumbing work, after the completion of the plumbing work, and before any plumbing work is covered up in such a building, or on the premises connected with such a building, shall notify in writing the examining board or officer that the building, or the premises, are now ready for inspection. It is unlawful for any plumber or other person to cover up, or in any way conceal any plumbing work in or about such a building or premises until the examining board or officer approves of the plumbing work.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-38-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-38-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-38-4)
    Sec. 11-38-4. If any architect or builder violates any of the provisions of this Division 38, he shall be guilty of a petty offense for each offense.
    If any plumber or other person interested in the plumbing work, violates any of the provisions of this Division 38, he shall be guilty of a petty offense for the first offense, and the further penalty of $10 for each day the plumber or other interested person, after first conviction, neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this Division 38, or the written instructions of the examining board or officer, and for the second offense, a like penalty and a forfeiture of his license to do business in that city for one year after conviction.
(Source: P.A. 77-2500.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 39

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 39 heading)
DIVISION 39. RECORDING OF BUILDING PERMITS

65 ILCS 5/11-39-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-39-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-39-1)
    Sec. 11-39-1. Every municipality in counties containing 200,000 or more inhabitants which issues building permits shall forward a copy of the building permit to the township assessor and a copy to the county assessor of the county in which the municipality is situated within 15 days of issuance of the permit. The permit shall show the complete legal description of the area to which the permit pertains; and, if the area has a "property index number", as defined and referred to in Section 9-45 of the Property Tax Code, then there shall be included in the permit the index number.
(Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

65 ILCS 5/11-39-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-39-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-39-2)
    Sec. 11-39-2. Every municipality in counties containing 200,000 or more inhabitants which issues building permits shall require each applicant for such a building permit to include, in his application for said building permit, the real estate index number referred to in Section 11-39-1 hereof.
(Source: P.A. 85-1421.)