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 1        AN ACT in relation to housing.

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

 4        Section 1.  Short title. This Act may  be  cited  as  the
 5    Residential Building Code Act.

 6        Section  5.  Purpose.  The  purpose  of  this  Act  is to
 7    provide minimum requirements  for  safety  and  to  safeguard
 8    property and the public welfare by regulating and controlling
 9    the   design,  construction,  installation,  and  quality  of
10    materials of new residential  construction  as  regulated  by
11    this Act.

12        Section 10.  Definition. In this Act:
13        "International  Residential Code" means the International
14    Residential Code for One and Two Family  Dwellings  published
15    by  the  International  Code  Council,  as  now  or hereafter
16    amended by the Council.
17        "New  residential  construction"   means   any   original
18    construction of a single-family home or a dwelling containing
19    2 or fewer apartments, condominiums, or town houses.
20        "Residential   building   code"   means   an   ordinance,
21    resolution,   law,   housing  or  building  code,  or  zoning
22    ordinance  that   establishes,   for   residential   building
23    contractors,  construction-related  activities  applicable to
24    single-family or 2-family residential structures.
25        "Residential building contractor" means  any  individual,
26    corporation,  or partnership that constructs a fixed building
27    or structure for sale or use by another  as  a  residence  or
28    that,   for   a   price,  commission,  fee,  wage,  or  other
29    compensation,  undertakes  or   offers   to   undertake   the
30    construction  of  any  building  or  structure  to be used by
 
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 1    another as a residence, if the  individual,  corporation,  or
 2    partnership  reasonably  expects  to  earn a financial profit
 3    from that activity.

 4        Section  15.  Adoption   of   Code.   The   International
 5    Residential  Code is incorporated and adopted by reference as
 6    though fully set forth in this Act.

 7        Section 20.  Applicability  of  Code.  The  International
 8    Residential  Code applies to every area of this State that is
 9    not otherwise subject to a residential building code  adopted
10    by a county or municipality.

11        Section 25.  Administration. The Office of Banks and Real
12    Estate  shall  administer  this Act and shall adopt all rules
13    necessary for that administration.

14        Section 30.  Illinois Building Commission.  The  Illinois
15    Building Commission shall advise the Office of Banks and Real
16    Estate concerning the administration of this Act.

17        Section  90.  The  Illinois  Building  Commission  Act is
18    amended by adding Section 37 as follows:

19        (20 ILCS 3918/37 new)
20        Sec. 37.  Residential Building Code Act.  The  Commission
21    shall  advise  the Office of Banks and Real Estate concerning
22    the administration of the Residential Building Code Act.

23        Section 99.  Effective date. This  Act  takes  effect  on
24    January 1, 2004.