HB5927 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by changing Sections 10 and 17 as follows:

(225 ILCS 320/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 1109)

Sec. 10. (1) An applicant for a plumber's license shall file a written application in the office of the Department on the form designated by the Department at least 30 days before the date set by the Department for the examination.

(2) The Director shall promptly approve the application for examination if:

(a) the required application fee has been paid, and

(b) (blank), the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she is a citizen of the United States or has declared his or her intention to become a citizen, and

(c) the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she has completed at least a 2 year course of study in a high school, or an equivalent course of study, and

(d) the applicant has been employed as an Illinois licensed apprentice plumber under supervision in accordance with this Act for at least 4 years preceding the date of application and has submitted evidence that he or she has worked at the plumbing trade in accordance with this Act for the 4 year Illinois licensed apprentice plumber apprenticeship period, or

(e) the applicant has submitted evidence that he or she has successfully completed an approved course of instruction in plumbing supervised directly by an Illinois licensed plumber in colleges, universities, or trade schools.

(3) If the application for examination is approved, the Department shall promptly notify the applicant in writing of such approval and of the place and time of the examination. If the application is disapproved, the Department shall promptly notify the applicant in writing of such disapproval, stating the reasons for disapproval.

(4) If an applicant neglects, fails or refuses to take an examination for license under this Act, the application is denied. However, such applicant may submit a new application for examination, accompanied by the required application fee. Application fees for examination for a plumber's license are not refundable.

(Source: P.A. 99-504, eff. 1-1-17.)

(225 ILCS 320/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 1116)

Sec. 17. (a) Upon the payment of the required fee, an applicant who is a plumber, registered or licensed in another state, or municipality, may, without examination, be granted a license as a licensed plumber by the Department provided:

(1) that the applicant is at least twenty-one years of age and is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become a citizen, and

(2) that the Board finds that the requirements for the registration or licensing of plumbers in such other state or municipality, were, at the date of the registration or license, substantially equal to the requirements then in force in this State, and provided that the same privilege of registration is accorded by said state or municipality, to licensed plumbers in the State of Illinois.

(b) A plumber licensed or registered as a plumber by another state or municipality, whose license requirements are substantially equal to the requirements for an Illinois Plumber's license, and such governmental unit, does not have a reciprocal agreement with the State of Illinois, may apply for and be issued an Illinois Plumber's license provided that the applicant successfully passes the Illinois plumber's examination and pays the required fees.

(Source: P.A. 79-1000.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.