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      225 ILCS 345/4            from Ch. 111, par. 7105
      225 ILCS 345/6            from Ch. 111, par. 7107
      225 ILCS 345/7            from Ch. 111, par. 7108
      225 ILCS 345/12           from Ch. 111, par. 7113
          Amends the Water Well and Pump Installation  Contractor's
      License  Act.   Waives  certain  licensing  requirements  for
      persons  already licensed under the Illinois Plumbing License
      Act.   Requires  the  Water  Well   and   Pump   Installation
      Contractors  Licensing  Board  to consider recommendations of
      the  Illinois  Association   of   Groundwater   Professionals
      regarding   appointments   to   the  Board.    Provides  that
      applicants  for  renewal  licenses   must   fulfill   certain
      continuing education requirements.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Water Well and Pump Installation
 2    Contractor's License Act by changing Sections 4,  6,  7,  and
 3    12.
 4        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 5    represented in the General Assembly:
 6        Section   5.   The  Water  Well  and  Pump   Installation
 7    Contractor's  License  Act is amended by changing Sections 4,
 8    6, 7, and 12 as follows:
 9        (225 ILCS 345/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 7105)
10        Sec. 4.  License requirement. Subject to  the  provisions
11    of  Section  3,  no  contractor  shall  drill a water well or
12    engage in the occupation of a water well contractor unless he
13    holds a valid license as a water well  contractor  issued  by
14    the  Department  under this Act. Subject to the provisions of
15    Section 3, after January 1, 1972, no  person  shall  drill  a
16    water well, install or repair a water well pump or equipment,
17    or  engage  in  the  occupation  of  a  Water  Well  and Pump
18    Installation Contractor unless he holds a valid license as  a
19    Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor issued under this
20    Act.
21        Provided,  however,  that  nothing in this Section or any
22    other statute or  regulation  of  this  State  prohibits  any
23    person from making a water well pump installation or engaging
24    in  the  business  of  connecting water pressure tanks to the
25    water supply systems of buildings  or  to  pumps  or  pumping
26    units,  so  long  as  such  person  possesses  either a valid
27    license as a water well pump  installation  contractor  or  a
28    water well and pump installation contractor issued under this
29    Act or has a valid license issued under the Illinois Plumbing
30    License  Law.   Any  person holding a valid license under the
31    Illinois Plumbing License Act may apply and receive,  without
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 1    examination or fee, a water well pump installation contractor
 2    license  provided that all other requirements of this Act are
 3    met.
 4    (Source: P.A. 80-670.)
 5        (225 ILCS 345/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 7107)
 6        Sec. 6. Board. There is created  in  the  Department  the
 7    Water  Well and Pump Installation Contractors Licensing Board
 8    which shall exercise its duties provided in  this  Act  under
 9    the supervision of the Department. The Board shall consist of
10    6  members, designated from time to time by the Director. Two
11    members shall be licensed water well contractors, two members
12    shall be licensed water well pump  installation  contractors,
13    and  two  members  shall  be  licensed  water  well  and pump
14    installation contractors. In making the appointments  to  the
15    Board,  the Director shall consider the recommendation of the
16    Illinois Association of  Groundwater  Professionals  Illinois
17    Water Well Association.
18        The  members  of  the  Board  shall  be   reimbursed  for
19    necessary   traveling  expenses  in  accordance  with  travel
20    regulations prescribed by the Department of Finance.
21        The Board shall advise and aid the Director in:
22             (a)  preparing   subject   matter   for   continuing
23        education sessions and examinations to test the knowledge
24        and skills of applicants for license in the construction,
25        installation and repair of water wells, well pumps, water
26        pressure storage tanks,  connecting  piping  and  related
27        appurtenances,  including  proper  sealing  of  abandoned
28        water  wells,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the
29        Department  promulgated  pursuant  to  the  Illinois Pump
30        Installation  Code  Law  and  the  Illinois  Water   Well
31        Construction Code Law;
32             (b)  promulgating  rules  and  regulations to govern
33        the number of hours of continuing education required  for
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 1        a  continuing  education  session, examinations, hearings
 2        for suspension or revocation of or refusal  to  issue  or
 3        renew  a  license,  clarifying  the  law as it relates to
 4        water well and pump installation contracting;.
 5             (c)  holding examinations of applicants for  license
 6        at least once a year prior to November 1st in each year;
 7             (d)  holding   hearings   for   the   revocation  or
 8        suspension of, or refusal to issue,  renew  or  reinstate
 9        licenses;
10             (e)  submitting recommendations to the Director from
11        time  to  time  for  the efficient administration of this
12        Act;
13             (f)  grading all tests and examinations for licenses
14        and promptly reporting the results to the Director; and
15             (g)  performing such other duties from time to  time
16        prescribed by the Director.
17    (Source: P.A. 80-670.)
18        (225 ILCS 345/7) (from Ch. 111, par. 7108)
19        Sec. 7. Department duties. The Department shall:
20             (a) Fix and announce dates for examinations;
21             (b)  Prepare  forms for application for a water well
22        Contractor's license,  a  water  well  pump  installation
23        contractor's  license, and a water well drilling and pump
24        installation  contractor's  license,  which   application
25        shall  state  thereon the scope of the examination as set
26        forth in paragraph (a) of Section 6 of this Act;
27             (c)  Prepare and issue license certificates to those
28        entitled thereto;
29             (d)  With the aid of the Board, prescribe rules  and
30        regulations   for   the   conduct   of  examinations  and
31        continuing education sessions;
32             (e)  Prescribe rules for hearings to suspend, revoke
33        or reinstate licenses as provided in this Act;
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 1             (f)  Maintain and publish annually a roster  showing
 2        (1)  the  names  and  addresses  of  licensed  water well
 3        contractors, water well  pump  installation  contractors,
 4        and  water  well  and  pump installation contractors. The
 5        Department may impose a fee for  each  roster  which  fee
 6        shall be set forth in the rules and regulations.
 7             The  Department  shall  maintain  a  record  in  the
 8        Springfield office showing (1) the names and addresses of
 9        all registrants under this Act, (2) the dates of issuance
10        of  the  licenses,  (3)  the  date  and  substance of the
11        charges set forth in  any  complaint  for  suspension  or
12        revocation  of any license, (4) the date and substance of
13        all petitions for reinstatement of licenses and  (5)  the
14        final  order  on  such  complaints  and  petitions.  Upon
15        written  request  the  Department in its discretion shall
16        make this information available to any  registrant  under
17        this Act.
18    (Source: P. A. 77-1626.)
19        (225 ILCS 345/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 7113)
20        Sec.  12. License renewal. All licenses issued under this
21    Act shall expire on January 31, next following  the  date  of
22    issuance,  except  that a license issued after October 31 and
23    before January 31 shall expire on January 31  next  occurring
24    after the license has been in effect for one year.  A license
25    may   be   renewed   for  an  ensuing  license  year  without
26    examination by making application  therefor  and  paying  the
27    prescribed  fee at least 30 days prior to the expiration date
28    of the current license and such application shall extend  the
29    period of validity of the current license until a new license
30    is  received or the Department refuses to issue a new license
31    under the provisions of this Act.   A  license  issued  under
32    this Act which has expired may be reinstated immediately upon
33    payment of the reinstatement fee, provided, however, not more
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 1    than  3  years  have  elapsed since the date of expiration. A
 2    license which has expired  for  more  than  3  years  may  be
 3    restored   only   by  payment  of  the  restoration  fee  and
 4    submitting evidence satisfactory to  the  Department  of  the
 5    current  qualifications and fitness of the registrant, and by
 6    successfully  passing  the  examination  for  a  Water   Well
 7    Contractor, Water Well Pump Installation Contractor, or Water
 8    Well and Pump Installation Contractor's License.
 9        Beginning January 1, 2000, a contractor seeking a renewal
10    license  under  this  Act  shall provide substantial evidence
11    that he or she has attended at least one continuing education
12    session in the preceding 2 years in order to  qualify  for  a
13    renewal license.
14    (Source: P.A. 84-489.)

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