SB2004 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 15972 HLH 41984 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2004

Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. William R. Haine

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-42000 new

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board of Madison County may require the registration of electrical contractors and may impose an annual registration fee of $25 on each registered contractor. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-42000 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-42000 new)

Sec. 5-42000. Registration of electrical contractors. The county board of Madison County may require the registration of electrical contractors and may impose an annual registration fee of $25 on each registered contractor. An electrical contractor who is registered by a municipality within the State, however, shall not be required to be registered or to pay a registration fee under this Section.

The term "electrical contractor", as used in this Section, means any person engaged in the business of installing or altering by contract electrical equipment for the utilization of electricity for light, heat, or power. The term "electrical contractor" does not include the installing or altering of (1) radio apparatus or equipment for wireless reception of sounds and signals or (2) apparatus, conductors, or other equipment installed for or by public utilities, including common carriers, which are under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, for use in their operation as public utilities, and does not include the persons employed by an electrical contractor to do or supervise electrical contracting work.

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