Full Text of HB1004 93rd General Assembly
HB1004sam003 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 5/25/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1004
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| AMENDMENT NO. ____ . Amend House Bill 1004 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after
the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Electricians
Licensing
Act.
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| Section 5. Purpose and policy. It has been established by | 7 |
| documented
evidence that improper electrical wiring can | 8 |
| adversely affect the well
being of the public. Improper | 9 |
| electrical wiring can cause fires due to
short circuits and | 10 |
| overloading of protection devices. Faulty wiring is
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| potentially lethal and can cause widespread fires with | 12 |
| disastrous
consequences to persons and property. To protect the | 13 |
| health of the public,
it is essential that electrical wiring be | 14 |
| installed by persons who have
proven their
skill in installing | 15 |
| electrical wiring.
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| Consistent with its duty to safeguard the health of the | 17 |
| people of this
State, the General Assembly declares that | 18 |
| individuals who plan,
inspect, install, alter, extend, repair, | 19 |
| and maintain electrical wiring
systems shall be individuals of | 20 |
| proven skill. Further, the General
Assembly declares that a | 21 |
| guide for minimum control of electrical materials
and | 22 |
| equipment, the design of electrical systems, and the | 23 |
| construction and
installation methods of electrical systems is | 24 |
| essential for the protection
of public health. In order to |
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| insure proper electrical wiring practice,
this Act provides for | 2 |
| the licensing of electricians and electrical
contractors and | 3 |
| for the adoption of the National Electrical Code as
standards | 4 |
| by the Department. This Act is therefore declared to be | 5 |
| essential
to the public interest. | 6 |
| Section 10. Definitions. As used in this Act: | 7 |
| "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship | 8 |
| program approved by
the United States Department of Labor | 9 |
| Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
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| "Board" means the Illinois State Board of Electrical | 11 |
| Examiners.
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| "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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| "Director" means the Director of Public Health.
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| "Electrical contractor" means a person, firm, corporation, | 15 |
| or other legal entity operating a
business that undertakes or | 16 |
| offers to undertake to plan for, lay out,
supervise, or install | 17 |
| or to make additions, alterations, maintenance, or
repairs in | 18 |
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installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for | 19 |
| electric light, heat, or
power with or without compensation and | 20 |
| who is licensed as an electrical
contractor by the Department | 21 |
| of Public Health. An electrical contractor's license
does not | 22 |
| of itself qualify its holder to perform the electrical work
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| authorized by holding any class of electrician's license.
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| "Electrical work" means the wiring, installation, | 25 |
| maintenance, and
repair of electrical wiring, apparatus, and | 26 |
| equipment and the
planning, laying out, and supervision of the | 27 |
| installation,
maintenance, and repair of such wiring, | 28 |
| apparatus, and equipment for
electric heat, light, or
power.
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| "Farm" means land or a building, including but not limited | 30 |
| to barns, livestock facilities, residences, grain storage | 31 |
| facilities, and machine sheds, appurtenant to land that is used | 32 |
| for production agriculture or for a purpose accessory to | 33 |
| production agriculture. |
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| "Governmental unit" means the State, a school district, | 2 |
| community college district, or unit of local government as | 3 |
| defined in Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
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| "Journeyman electrician" means a person having the | 5 |
| necessary
qualifications, training, experience, and technical | 6 |
| knowledge to wire for,
install, maintain, and repair electrical | 7 |
| wiring, apparatus, and equipment for electric light, heat, or | 8 |
| power who
is
licensed as a journeyman electrician by the | 9 |
| Department.
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| "Maintenance worker" means a person who is a regular, bona | 11 |
| fide employee or agent of a property owner, property lessor, | 12 |
| property management company, or firm that is not in the | 13 |
| electrical business, but has jurisdiction over the property | 14 |
| where the routine maintenance of electrical systems is being | 15 |
| performed. | 16 |
| "Master electrician" means a person having the necessary | 17 |
| qualifications,
training, experience, and technical knowledge | 18 |
| to install, maintain, and repair
and to
properly plan, lay out, | 19 |
| and supervise the installation of wiring,
apparatus, and | 20 |
| equipment for electric light, heat, or power who is licensed as | 21 |
| a master electrician by the Department.
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| "Owner" means a natural person who physically performs | 23 |
| electrical work on
premises the person owns and actually | 24 |
| occupies as a
single family
residence or owns and
will occupy | 25 |
| as a single family residence upon completion of construction.
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| "Production agriculture" has the same meaning as defined in | 27 |
| Section 3-35 of the Service Use Tax Act. | 28 |
| "Registered apprentice" means a person registered with the
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| Department who is learning the trade through an apprenticeship | 30 |
| program approve by the United States Department of Labor Bureau | 31 |
| of Apprenticeship and Training under
the supervision of a
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| licensed electrician.
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| "Residential electrician" means a person having the | 34 |
| necessary
qualifications, training, experience, and technical |
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| knowledge involving the
construction, wiring, alteration, | 2 |
| maintenance, or repair of a single-family
detached residential | 3 |
| dwelling or a multi-family residential dwelling not exceeding 8 | 4 |
| units per building and who is
licensed as a residential | 5 |
| electrician by the Department.
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| "Routine maintenance of electrical systems" means the | 7 |
| routine and periodic servicing of electrical systems, | 8 |
| including cleaning, inspecting, and making adjustments to | 9 |
| ensure the proper operation and the removal or replacement of | 10 |
| component parts. "Routine maintenance of electrical systems" | 11 |
| does not include the installation of complete electrical | 12 |
| systems. | 13 |
| "Supervision" means that any new electrical work done by a | 14 |
| registered
apprentice electrician must be inspected at least | 15 |
| once after initial
rough-in and once upon completion by
an | 16 |
| Illinois licensed electrician. In addition, all renovation, | 17 |
| alteration,
repair, extension, modification, and maintenance | 18 |
| work done by a registered
apprentice electrician on an existing | 19 |
| electrical system must be approved by
an Illinois licensed | 20 |
| electrician. | 21 |
| Section 15. Board of Electrical Examiners. There is created | 22 |
| the Illinois
State Board of Electrical
Examiners which shall | 23 |
| exercise its duties provided in this Act under the
supervision | 24 |
| of the Department of Public Health. The Board shall consist of | 25 |
| 11
members appointed by the Director of Public Health. The | 26 |
| Board shall be composed of
3 licensed master electricians, 2 | 27 |
| licensed electrical contractors who are
members of the National | 28 |
| Electrical Contractors Association, one licensed electrical | 29 |
| contractor who is not a member of the National Electrical | 30 |
| Contractors Association, one licensed
electrical engineer, one | 31 |
| electrical inspector who holds a master or journeyman | 32 |
| electrician's license, one representative of a public utility, | 33 |
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State Fire Marshal or his or her designee, and a licensed |
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| real estate professional. In making the
appointments to the | 2 |
| Board, the Director shall consider the recommendations
of | 3 |
| individuals, firms, or organizations involved in electrical
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| wiring installation in this State. The Director shall also take | 5 |
| into
consideration the minority representation in the | 6 |
| population when making
appointments to the Board.
Members of | 7 |
| the Board shall serve 4 year terms
and until their successors | 8 |
| are appointed and qualified. The initial
appointments, | 9 |
| however, shall be as follows: 3 members for terms of 2 years, 3
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| members for 3 years, and 4 members for 4 years. The State Fire | 11 |
| Marshal's
service on the Board shall be continuous. For the | 12 |
| initial appointments of the licensed electrical contractors, | 13 |
| licensed master electricians, and electrical inspector prior | 14 |
| to the Board developing the rules for examination of license | 15 |
| applicants, the Director may appoint individuals whose | 16 |
| qualifications are similar to those outlined in Section 25. | 17 |
| Following the expiration of those terms, the Director may | 18 |
| reappoint those individuals or others only if such individuals | 19 |
| are licensed under this Act. Board members shall
receive no | 20 |
| compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in
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| connection with their duties as Board members. | 22 |
| Section 20. Powers and duties of the Director. The Director | 23 |
| shall take all
actions necessary under this Act to carry out | 24 |
| the duties and responsibilities
of the Department under this | 25 |
| Act. The Director, with the assistance of the
Board, shall:
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| (a) prepare and issue licenses and provide for | 27 |
| registration as provided in
this Act;
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| (b) prescribe rules and regulations for examination of | 29 |
| applicants for
master, journeyman, and residential | 30 |
| licenses;
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| (c) prepare and give uniform
examinations to | 32 |
| applicants for master, journeyman, and
residential | 33 |
| licenses that shall test their knowledge and |
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| qualifications
in the planning and design of electrical | 2 |
| systems, their knowledge,
qualifications, and manual | 3 |
| skills in electrical installations, and their
knowledge of | 4 |
| materials and methods used in electrical work according to | 5 |
| the standards prescribed in Section 85;
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| (d) issue electrical contractor and master, | 7 |
| journeyman, and residential
licenses and license renewals | 8 |
| to applicants who have met the requirements for
licensure | 9 |
| and complied with all the prerequisites to licensure;
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| (e) prescribe rules for hearings to deny, suspend, | 11 |
| revoke, or reinstate
licenses as provided in this Act;
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| (f) maintain a current record showing (i) the names and | 13 |
| addresses of
licensed electrical contractors, master, | 14 |
| journeyman, and residential
electricians, and registered
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| apprentices; (ii) the dates of issuance of licenses; (iii) | 16 |
| the date and
substance for the charges set forth in any | 17 |
| hearing for denial, suspension,
or revocation of any | 18 |
| license; (iv) the date and substance of the final order
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| issued upon a hearing; and (v) the date and substance of | 20 |
| all petitions
for reinstatement of license and final orders | 21 |
| on petitions;
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| (g) establish and collect fees for the examination, | 23 |
| issuance, and renewal
of licenses;
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| (h) provide for the inspection of new electrical | 25 |
| installations in
construction, remodeling, replacement, | 26 |
| maintenance, and repair work, where
required by this Act;
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| (i) establish and collect fees for the handling and | 28 |
| inspection of new
electrical installations; and
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| (j) formulate and publish rules necessary or | 30 |
| appropriate to carrying out
the provisions of this Act.
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| Section 25. License and registration. | 32 |
| (a) On or after January 1, 2006, except as otherwise | 33 |
| provided by this Act, no person
shall perform electrical work |
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| unless the person is:
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| (1) licensed by the Department as a master, journeyman, | 3 |
| or residential electrician;
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| (2) registered with the Department as a person in an | 5 |
| approved apprenticeship program and performing electrical | 6 |
| work under the supervision of a licensed electrician; or
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| (3) licensed as an electrical contractor. | 8 |
| (b) Master electrician. An applicant for a master | 9 |
| electrician's license shall have (i) a Bachelor of Science | 10 |
| degree from an accredited electrical engineering
program and | 11 |
| had at least one year of job-related experience, acceptable to | 12 |
| the Board, performing electrical work under the supervision | 13 |
| under a licensed electrician; (ii) completed an approved | 14 |
| apprenticeship program and have at least one year of experience | 15 |
| as a licensed journeyman electrician; or (iii) at least 6 years
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| of experience, acceptable to the Board, with an electrical | 17 |
| contracting company
in planning,
estimating,
laying out, and | 18 |
| supervising electrical work, under the
supervision
of a | 19 |
| licensed electrician. The Board shall determine if | 20 |
| unsupervised work experience prior to January 1, 2006 counts | 21 |
| towards the licensing requirements.
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| A person practicing as an electrician on the effective date | 23 |
| of this Act with 6 years of experience performing electrical | 24 |
| work, acceptable to the Board, who files a license application | 25 |
| with the Department on or before January 1, 2006 and meets all | 26 |
| the other requirements of this Act shall be granted a temporary | 27 |
| master electrician's license without examination. The | 28 |
| temporary master electrician's license shall be valid for 2 | 29 |
| years from the date of issuance. As a condition of renewal, the | 30 |
| licensee shall pass the examination specified in Section 30 for | 31 |
| all master electrician applicants but shall not be required to | 32 |
| meet the specified continuing education requirements while | 33 |
| holding a temporary master electrician's license. Nothing | 34 |
| shall prevent the holder of a temporary license from taking the |
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| required examination prior to the expiration of the temporary | 2 |
| license. A temporary master electrician may petition the Board | 3 |
| for an extension of a one-year period in the event he or she | 4 |
| can demonstrate undue hardship or other special circumstances. | 5 |
| (c) Journeyman electrician. An applicant for a journeyman | 6 |
| electrician's license shall have (i) completed an approved | 7 |
| apprenticeship program under the supervision of a licensed | 8 |
| electrician or (ii) at
least 5 years of experience, acceptable | 9 |
| to the Board, performing electrical work under the supervision | 10 |
| of a licensed electrician.
The Department may by rule provide
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| for the allowance of one year of experience credit for | 12 |
| successful
completion of a 2 year post high school electrical | 13 |
| course approved by
the Board. The Board shall determine if | 14 |
| unsupervised work experience prior to January 1, 2006 counts | 15 |
| towards the licensing requirements.
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| A person practicing as an electrician on the effective date | 17 |
| of this Act with 5 years of experience performing electrical | 18 |
| work, acceptable to the Board, who files a license application | 19 |
| with the Department on or before January 1, 2006 and meets all | 20 |
| the other requirements of this Act shall be granted a temporary | 21 |
| journeyman electrician's license without examination. The | 22 |
| temporary journeyman electrician's license shall be valid for 2 | 23 |
| years from the date of issuance. As a condition of renewal, the | 24 |
| licensee shall pass the examination specified in Section 30 for | 25 |
| all journeyman electrician applicants but shall not be required | 26 |
| to meet the specified continuing education requirements while | 27 |
| holding a temporary journeyman electrician's license. Nothing | 28 |
| shall prevent the holder of a temporary license from taking the | 29 |
| required examination prior to the expiration of the temporary | 30 |
| license. A temporary master electrician may petition the Board | 31 |
| for an extension of a one-year period in the event he or she | 32 |
| can demonstrate undue hardship or other special circumstances. | 33 |
| (d) Registered apprentice. On or after January 1, 2006, a | 34 |
| person who is enrolled in an approved
apprenticeship program |
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| may perform electrical work only under the
supervision of a | 2 |
| licensed electrician. All apprentices shall be registered with
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| the Department. The Department shall provide the apprentice | 4 |
| with a verification of his or her registration.
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| (e) Residential electrician. An applicant for a | 6 |
| residential electrician's license shall have (i) completed an | 7 |
| approved apprenticeship program in residential wiring for a | 8 |
| single-family detached residential dwelling or multi-family | 9 |
| residential dwelling or its equivalent or (ii) at
least 4 years | 10 |
| of experience, acceptable to the Board, performing electrical | 11 |
| work under the supervision of a licensed electrician and the
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| necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge | 13 |
| involving the
construction, wiring, alteration, or repair of a | 14 |
| single-family detached residential dwelling or multi-family | 15 |
| residential dwelling. The Department may by rule provide
for | 16 |
| the
allowance of one year of experience credit for successful | 17 |
| completion of a 2
year post high school electrical course | 18 |
| approved by the Board. The Board shall determine if | 19 |
| unsupervised work experience prior to January 1, 2006 counts | 20 |
| towards the licensing requirements.
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| A person practicing as an electrician on the effective date | 22 |
| of this Act with 4 years of experience performing electrical | 23 |
| work, acceptable to the Board, and having the necessary | 24 |
| qualifications, training, and technical knowledge, acceptable | 25 |
| to the Board, involving the construction, wiring, alteration, | 26 |
| or repair of a single-family detached residential dwelling or | 27 |
| multi-family residential dwelling, who files a license | 28 |
| application with the Department on or before January 1, 2006 | 29 |
| and meets all the other requirements of this Act shall be | 30 |
| granted a temporary residential electrician's license without | 31 |
| examination. The temporary residential electrician's license | 32 |
| shall be valid for 2 years from the date of issuance. As a | 33 |
| condition of renewal, the licensee shall pass the exam | 34 |
| specified in Section 30 for all residential electrician |
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| applicants but shall not be required to meet the specified | 2 |
| continuing education requirements while holding a temporary | 3 |
| residential electrician's license. Nothing shall prevent the | 4 |
| holder of a temporary license from taking the required | 5 |
| examination prior to the expiration of the temporary license. A | 6 |
| temporary residential electrician may petition the Board for an | 7 |
| extension of a one-year period in the event he or she can | 8 |
| demonstrate undue hardship or other special circumstances. | 9 |
| (e) Contractors. On or after January 1, 2006, except as | 10 |
| otherwise provided by law, no person, firm, corporation, or | 11 |
| other legal entity shall operate as an electrical contractor | 12 |
| without employing a licensed master electrician, who shall be | 13 |
| responsible for the performance of all electrical work in | 14 |
| accordance with this Act. The application for an electrical | 15 |
| contractor's license shall include a verified statement that | 16 |
| the designated responsible master electrician is a full-time | 17 |
| employee of the applicant. For the purposes of this Section, a | 18 |
| full-time employee of a applicant for an electrical | 19 |
| contractor's license is an individual who is not employed in | 20 |
| any capacity as a licensed electrician by any other electrical | 21 |
| contractor. The Department shall establish by rule conditions | 22 |
| under which a contractor may petition the Department to perform | 23 |
| electrical work under this subsection with the supervision of a | 24 |
| licensed journeyman or residential electrician. | 25 |
| An electrical contractor in business on the effective date | 26 |
| of this Act who files a license application with the Department | 27 |
| on or before January 1, 2006 and meets all the other | 28 |
| requirements of this Act shall be granted a temporary | 29 |
| electrical contractors license pursuant to other provisions of | 30 |
| this Act, which shall be valid for 2 years from the date of | 31 |
| issuance. Thereafter, an electrical contractor shall comply | 32 |
| with all of the requirements of this Act. An electrical | 33 |
| contractor with a temporary license may petition the Board for | 34 |
| an extension of a one-year period in the event he or she can |
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| demonstrate undue hardship or other special circumstances.
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| An electrical
contractor giving bond to the State in
an | 3 |
| amount to be determined by the Department and meeting all other | 4 |
| requirements of this Act shall be issued a licensed by the | 5 |
| Department.
The bond shall be
filed with the Department and | 6 |
| shall be in lieu of all other license bonds
to any political | 7 |
| subdivision. The bond shall be written by a corporate
surety | 8 |
| licensed to do business in the State of Illinois.
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| Each licensed electrical contractor shall have and | 10 |
| maintain in effect
insurance. Specific insurance requirements | 11 |
| and minimum limits per occurrence
shall be determined by the | 12 |
| Department in consultation with the Board.
The insurance shall | 13 |
| be written by an insurer licensed to do business in the
State | 14 |
| of Illinois and each licensed electrical contractor shall | 15 |
| maintain on
file with the Department a certificate evidencing | 16 |
| insurance that provides
that the insurance shall not be | 17 |
| cancelled without the insurer first giving
15 days written | 18 |
| notice to the Department of the cancellation.
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| (f) The Department shall prepare guidelines as to what work | 20 |
| experience
qualifies in determining whether an applicant meets | 21 |
| the requirements for
licensure under the Act. The Department | 22 |
| may establish by rule the number of work hours required for one | 23 |
| year of work experience to qualify in determining whether an | 24 |
| applicant meets the requirements for licensure under the Act. | 25 |
| The Board has discretion in determining whether any
particular | 26 |
| applicant's experience shall count toward the experience | 27 |
| necessary
for licensure under this Act.
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| Section 30. Examination. In addition to other requirements | 29 |
| imposed by
this Act and except as otherwise provided in this | 30 |
| Act, as a precondition to
issuance of an electrician's license, | 31 |
| each applicant must pass a written
examination given by the | 32 |
| Department for the type of license sought to
insure the | 33 |
| competence of each license applicant. The examination shall |
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| test the applicant's knowledge of materials and methods used in | 2 |
| electrical work according to the standards prescribed in | 3 |
| Section 85. No person failing an examination for a license | 4 |
| classification 2 times within a period of 2 years may retake | 5 |
| the examination for one year from the date of failure of the | 6 |
| second examination, but may, within 6 months, take an
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| examination for a lesser grade of license. Any licensee failing | 8 |
| to renew
his or her license for 2 years or more after its | 9 |
| expiration shall be required
to
retake the examination before | 10 |
| he or she is issued a new license. As a condition of renewal, | 11 |
| the Department shall require each licensee to complete a
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| minimum number of hours of continuing education. The continuing | 13 |
| education requirement shall not exceed 16 hours of classroom | 14 |
| instruction during a 24-month period. The Department shall | 15 |
| establish by rule the curricula for the continuing education | 16 |
| requirement. A licensee shall provide to the Department | 17 |
| evidence of completing the continuing education requirement. | 18 |
| The curricula shall include updates to the codes specified in | 19 |
| Section 85. The Department shall approve any continuing | 20 |
| education programs and by rule any means for verification of | 21 |
| the continuing education requirement. | 22 |
| Section 40. Expiration of license; fees. | 23 |
| (a)
All licenses issued under this Act shall expire
every 2 | 24 |
| years in a manner as provided by the Department. Application, | 25 |
| renewal, and
all other fees provided for in this Act shall be | 26 |
| established by the Department
by rule.
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| (b) Any licensee failing to renew his or her license for 2 | 28 |
| years or more after its expiration shall be required to retake | 29 |
| the required examination specified in Section 30 before he or | 30 |
| she is issued a new license. | 31 |
| (c) The Department shall reinstate a license that expires | 32 |
| while a licensee is in active military service of the United | 33 |
| States upon application to the Department by the licensee |
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| within 2 years after termination of the military service, | 2 |
| payment of the annual license fee, and submission of evidence | 3 |
| of the military service. The license shall be reinstated | 4 |
| without examination and without payment of the lapsed renewal | 5 |
| fee. | 6 |
| (d) All fees and fines collected under this Act shall be | 7 |
| deposited into the Electricians Licensing Dedicated Fund, | 8 |
| which is hereby created as a special fund the State treasury. | 9 |
| The Department and Board may utilize moneys in this fund for | 10 |
| the administration of this Act.
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| Section 45. Grounds for discipline. The Department
may
by | 12 |
| order deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license, or | 13 |
| may
censure a licensee if it finds that it is in the public | 14 |
| interest to do so
and that the applicant or licensee:
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| (a) has filed an application for a license that
contains | 17 |
| any statement that, in light of the
circumstances under which | 18 |
| it is made, is false or misleading with respect
to any material | 19 |
| fact;
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| (b) has engaged in any fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest | 21 |
| practice;
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| (c) has been convicted within the past 5 years of a | 23 |
| misdemeanor
involving a violation of this Act; or
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| (d) has violated or failed to comply with this Act or its | 25 |
| rules
or any order issued under this Act. A violation need not | 26 |
| be willful.
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| The Department may adopt rules further specifying the | 28 |
| grounds for suspension,
revocation, and refusal to renew a | 29 |
| license and establishing standards of
conduct for licensees. | 30 |
| Section 50. Hearing procedure. | 31 |
| (a) The Board, may upon its own motion,
investigate the
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| actions of any person holding or claiming to hold a license if |
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| there is reason
to believe such person has engaged or is | 2 |
| engaging in activity that constitutes
grounds for discipline | 3 |
| under Section 45 of this Act.
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| (b) The Board shall, at least 10 days prior to the date set | 5 |
| for the hearing
and before refusing to issue or renew, suspend, | 6 |
| or revoke any
license,
notify the
applicant
or holder of the | 7 |
| license, in writing, of any charges made, and shall afford him
| 8 |
| or her an
opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel.
The | 9 |
| notice
may be served by personal delivery to the accused person | 10 |
| or
by registered mail to the last place of business specified | 11 |
| by the
accused person in the notification to the Agency.
| 12 |
| (c) At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Board | 13 |
| shall proceed to
the hearing of the charges and both the | 14 |
| accused person and the complainant
shall be accorded ample | 15 |
| opportunity to present, in person or by counsel, any
statement, | 16 |
| testimony, evidence, or argument that may be pertinent to the
| 17 |
| charges
or to any defense against the charges. The Board may | 18 |
| continue the hearing from
time to
time. If the Board is not | 19 |
| sitting at the time and place to which the hearing
has
been | 20 |
| continued, the Department may continue the hearing for a period | 21 |
| not to
exceed 30 days, and all parties in interest shall be | 22 |
| given notice in writing
of the
date and hour to which the | 23 |
| hearing has been continued and the place at which
it
is to be | 24 |
| held. | 25 |
| Section 55. Nonpayment of taxes. The Department may refuse | 26 |
| to issue or may
suspend the license of any person
who fails (i) | 27 |
| to file a federal or State tax return, (ii) to pay the tax,
| 28 |
| penalty, or interest shown
in
a filed return, or (iii) to pay | 29 |
| any final assessment of tax, penalty, or
interest,
as required | 30 |
| by any tax Act administered by the Illinois Department of
| 31 |
| Revenue, until the time the requirements of the tax Act are | 32 |
| satisfied. |
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| Section 60. Continuation of business by estates. Upon the | 2 |
| death of a
master electrician who is an electrical contractor, | 3 |
| the Department may
permit the decedent's representative to
| 4 |
| carry on the business of the decedent for a period not in | 5 |
| excess of one year,
for the purpose of completing work under | 6 |
| contract or otherwise to
comply with this Act. The decedent's | 7 |
| representative may petition the Board
for an extension of the | 8 |
| one-year period in the event he or she can demonstrate
undue | 9 |
| hardship or other special circumstances. The extension may be | 10 |
| granted at
the recommendation of the Board, subject to | 11 |
| Department approval. The
representative shall give any bond as | 12 |
| the
Department may require conditioned upon the faithful and | 13 |
| lawful performance
of the work. The bond shall be for the | 14 |
| benefit of persons injured or
suffering financial loss by | 15 |
| reason of failure of performance. The
bond shall be written by | 16 |
| a corporate surety licensed to do business in the
State of | 17 |
| Illinois. The decedent's representative shall also comply with | 18 |
| all
public
liability and property damage insurance | 19 |
| requirements imposed by this
Act upon a licensed electrical | 20 |
| contractor.
| 21 |
| Section 65. Reciprocity. The Department
may grant a | 22 |
| license, without examination, of the same grade and class to an
| 23 |
| electrician who has been licensed by any other state that | 24 |
| provides for the
licensing of electricians in a similar manner. | 25 |
| The license may be granted for
at least 2 years, upon payment | 26 |
| by the applicant of the required fee and upon the
Department | 27 |
| being furnished with proof that the qualifications of the
| 28 |
| applicant are equal to the qualifications of Section 25 of this | 29 |
| Act. | 30 |
| Section 70. Exemptions. | 31 |
| (a) Employees of, or independent contractors performing | 32 |
| work for, any
electric utility or electric utility affiliate, |
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| independent electric power generator, public utility as | 2 |
| defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, | 3 |
| generating station or generating unit of an electric utility as | 4 |
| described in Section 16-102 of the Public Utilities Act, | 5 |
| communications or railway
utility, electric system owned and
| 6 |
| operated by a municipal corporation or governmental unit | 7 |
| (notwithstanding any other provision of this Act), electric | 8 |
| cooperative as
defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier | 9 |
| Act, telephone or
telecommunications cooperative as defined in | 10 |
| Section 13-212 of the Public
Utilities Act, or a | 11 |
| telecommunications carrier as defined in Section 13-202 of the | 12 |
| Public Utilities Act or its affiliate or co-generation | 13 |
| facilities shall not be required to hold a license
while | 14 |
| performing work on installations, materials, or equipment
that | 15 |
| are owned or leased, operated, serviced, or maintained by the | 16 |
| electric utility or
electric utility affiliate, independent | 17 |
| electric power generator, public utility, generating station | 18 |
| or generating unit of an electric utility, communications or | 19 |
| railway utility, electric system
owned and operated by a | 20 |
| municipal corporation or governmental unit,
electric | 21 |
| cooperative, telephone or telecommunications cooperative, or | 22 |
| telecommunications carrier or its affiliate or co-generation | 23 |
| facilities in the exercise of its utility or telephone | 24 |
| function, and that (i) are used
exclusively for the generation, | 25 |
| transformation,
distribution, transmission, or metering of | 26 |
| electric current, or the
operation of railway signals, traffic | 27 |
| signals, or street lights, or the transmission of intelligence | 28 |
| and do
not have as a principal function the consumption or use | 29 |
| of electric current
by or for the benefit of any person other | 30 |
| than the
electric utility or electric utility affiliate, | 31 |
| independent electric power generator, public utility, | 32 |
| generating station or generating unit of an electric utility, | 33 |
| communications or railway
utility, electric system owned and | 34 |
| operated by a municipal corporation or
governmental unit, |
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| electric, telephone, or telecommunications
cooperative, or | 2 |
| telecommunications carrier or its affiliate or their end users | 3 |
| and (ii) are generally accessible only to employees of the
| 4 |
| electric utility or electric utility affiliate, independent | 5 |
| electric power generator, public utility, generating station | 6 |
| or generating unit of an electric utility, communications or | 7 |
| railway
utility, electric system owned and operated by a | 8 |
| municipal corporation or
governmental unit, electric, | 9 |
| telephone, or telecommunications
cooperative, or | 10 |
| telecommunications carrier or its affiliate or persons acting | 11 |
| under its control or
direction. Persons performing work | 12 |
| subcontracted out to an electrical contractor or other | 13 |
| contractors, however, shall be in compliance with the licensure
| 14 |
| requirements of this Act.
| 15 |
| (b) Contractors employing pipefitters, sprinkler fitters, | 16 |
| licensed plumbers, or sheet metal workers performing | 17 |
| modification, service, maintenance, retro fit, or warranty | 18 |
| work in plumbing, heating, sprinkler fitting, irrigation, | 19 |
| ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration (HVACR) systems, | 20 |
| instrumentation, control work, or stress relieving is exempt | 21 |
| from this Act. For the installation or replacement of equipment | 22 |
| in the HVACR industry, modifications to the external power | 23 |
| wiring to the equipment is exempt. The installation of wiring | 24 |
| for irrigation when being installed by a registered or licensed | 25 |
| irrigation worker shall be exempt from this Act. Persons | 26 |
| performing work subcontracted out to an electrical contractor | 27 |
| or other contractors, however, shall be in compliance with the | 28 |
| licensure requirements of this Act. | 29 |
| (c) Employees of contractors performing construction or | 30 |
| maintenance work on any transmission or distribution lines | 31 |
| owned, leased, operated and maintained by the utilities | 32 |
| described in subsection (a) shall be exempt from the provisions | 33 |
| and licensing requirements of this Act, and employees of | 34 |
| contractors performing construction or maintenance work on any |
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| transmission lines owned, leased, operated, and maintained by | 2 |
| an independent transmission company, system, or entity | 3 |
| approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the | 4 |
| Illinois Commerce Commission shall be exempt from this Act. | 5 |
| (d) Employees of contractors performing construction or | 6 |
| maintenance work on highway lighting or street lighting owned, | 7 |
| leased, operated, and maintained by governmental units and | 8 |
| their departments and political subdivisions shall be exempt | 9 |
| from this Act. | 10 |
| (e) Employees of contractors performing construction or | 11 |
| maintenance work on traffic signals owned, leased, operated, | 12 |
| and maintained by a governmental unit and its departments and | 13 |
| political subdivisions shall be exempt from this Act, provided | 14 |
| that these employees are Traffic Signal Level II certified | 15 |
| under the International Municipal Sign Association (IMSA). | 16 |
| (f) An owner shall not be required to hold a license under
| 17 |
| this Act. Nevertheless, electrical work performed by an owner | 18 |
| shall comply
with the minimum standards contained in the | 19 |
| National Electrical Code and any additional standards or | 20 |
| requirements established by a political subdivision and shall
| 21 |
| be subject to inspection by the Department. Unless otherwise | 22 |
| specified in this Act, an owner shall not employ
anyone other | 23 |
| than an electrician licensed under this Act to assist him or | 24 |
| her.
| 25 |
| (g) Any city, village, or incorporated town having a | 26 |
| population of
500,000 or more may, by an ordinance containing | 27 |
| provisions substantially
the same as those in this Act and | 28 |
| specifying educational or experience
requirements equivalent | 29 |
| to those prescribed in the Act, provide for a board
of | 30 |
| electrical examiners to conduct examinations for, and to issue,
| 31 |
| suspend, or revoke, electricians' licenses within the city, | 32 |
| village, or
incorporated town. Upon the enactment of such an | 33 |
| ordinance, the provisions of
this Act shall not apply within | 34 |
| that municipality except as otherwise
provided in this Act. Any |
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| person
licensed as an electrician under the local ordinance, or | 2 |
| licensed by the
Department under this Act, shall meet the | 3 |
| requirements to perform electrical work anywhere in this State.
| 4 |
| (h) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent an | 5 |
| owner or operator
of a farm or his or her employees from | 6 |
| installing, making additions to,
altering, maintaining, or
| 7 |
| repairing wiring, apparatus, or equipment for electric light, | 8 |
| heat, or power on the farm that he or she owns or operates.
| 9 |
| (i) Employees of a manufacturing corporation
that engage in | 10 |
| activities normally requiring licensure under this Act shall be
| 11 |
| exempt when such activities are pursuant to the operation or | 12 |
| maintenance of
its existing business and facilities. Persons | 13 |
| performing work subcontracted out to an electrical contractor | 14 |
| or other contractor, however, shall be in compliance with the | 15 |
| licensure requirements of this Act.
| 16 |
| (j) The minor repair of existing electrical systems does | 17 |
| not require
licensure under this Act. For the purposes of this | 18 |
| subsection, "minor repair"
means repairs to existing | 19 |
| electrical systems that do not require a permit to be
issued | 20 |
| under any local ordinance. | 21 |
| (k) The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the | 22 |
| installation, replacement, service, or repair of household | 23 |
| products, including but not limited to audio and video | 24 |
| equipment, appliances, fans, garbage disposals, and garage | 25 |
| door openers by a business entity that may be engaged in the | 26 |
| retail sale of consumer products.
| 27 |
| (l) Any person, firm, or company licensed under and | 28 |
| performing work in accordance with the Elevator Safety and | 29 |
| Regulation Act shall be exempt from this Act. | 30 |
| (m) Employees of a governmental unit that engage in | 31 |
| activities normally requiring licensure under this Act are | 32 |
| exempt when such activities are pursuant to their normal duties | 33 |
| in the operation or maintenance of its existing facilities. | 34 |
| Unless otherwise specified in this Act, a governmental unit |
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| that is involved in new construction that results in the | 2 |
| expansion of its facilities must utilize licensed electricians | 3 |
| for any associated electrical work. | 4 |
| (n) Electrical engineers licensed under the Professional | 5 |
| Engineering Practice Act of 1989 practicing in accordance with | 6 |
| that Act shall be exempt from this Act. | 7 |
| (o) Architects licensed under the Illinois Architecture | 8 |
| Practice Act of 1989 practicing in accordance with that Act | 9 |
| shall be exempt from this Act.
| 10 |
| (p) Any person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity | 11 |
| laying out, installing, maintaining, or repairing alarm, | 12 |
| security, or communication systems and practicing in | 13 |
| accordance with the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private | 14 |
| Security, and Locksmith Act of 2004 shall be exempt from this | 15 |
| Act.
| 16 |
| (q) Nothing in this Act shall require or be construed to | 17 |
| apply to the registration or licensure of any community antenna | 18 |
| television system franchised pursuant to Illinois law, nor any | 19 |
| agent or employee of any such community antenna television | 20 |
| system in relation to the installation, removal, repair, | 21 |
| servicing, or maintenance of any community antenna television | 22 |
| system or equipment. | 23 |
| (r) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a factory-authorized | 24 |
| representative from installing, maintaining, or servicing a | 25 |
| medical equipment device. This exemption shall not include work | 26 |
| providing electrical feeds into the power distribution unit or | 27 |
| installation of conduits and raceways. This exemption shall | 28 |
| cover only those factory engineers or third-party service | 29 |
| companies with equivalent training who are qualified to perform | 30 |
| such service. For the purposes of this Act, "medical equipment | 31 |
| device" includes any "medical device" as defined in the Medical | 32 |
| Device Amendments of 1976, as amended, and as interpreted by | 33 |
| the Food and Drug Administration of the United States | 34 |
| Department of Health and Human Services or its successor. |
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| (s) Nothing in this Act shall require that a maintenance | 2 |
| worker performing routine maintenance of electrical systems be | 3 |
| licensed. | 4 |
| Section 80. Display of license. Persons who advertise | 5 |
| electrical wiring
services shall, at their place of business, | 6 |
| display the master
electrician's license of at least one member | 7 |
| of the firm, partnership or
officer of the corporation and | 8 |
| shall maintain a register listing the names
and license numbers | 9 |
| of all licensed electricians and all registered
apprentices | 10 |
| currently employed by them. When advertising electrical wiring
| 11 |
| services, the license number shall be included in all forms of | 12 |
| written or
printed advertising and included with the electrical | 13 |
| wiring identification
of vehicles. The Department may, by rule | 14 |
| or regulation, require additional
information concerning | 15 |
| licensed electricians and
registered apprentices to be | 16 |
| maintained in the register. | 17 |
| Section 85. Safety standards. All electrical wiring, | 18 |
| apparatus, and
equipment for
electric light, heat, or power | 19 |
| shall comply with all applicable rules
of the Department and | 20 |
| shall be installed in conformity
with accepted standards of | 21 |
| construction for safety to life and property.
For the purposes | 22 |
| of this Act, the regulations and safety standards stated
at the | 23 |
| time the work is designed in the then most recently published | 24 |
| edition of
the National Electrical Code as adopted by the | 25 |
| National Fire Protection
Association, Inc. and approved by the | 26 |
| American National Standards
Institute, and the National | 27 |
| Electrical Safety Code as published by the
Institute of | 28 |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. and approved by the
| 29 |
| American National Standards Institute, shall be prima facie | 30 |
| evidence of
accepted standards of construction for safety to | 31 |
| life and property. | 32 |
| Nothing in this Act shall prohibit any political |
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| subdivision from making and enforcing more stringent | 2 |
| requirements than those set forth in this Act and all licensed | 3 |
| electricians working within the jurisdiction of that political | 4 |
| subdivision shall comply with those requirements. Nothing in | 5 |
| this Act, however, shall be construed to give a political | 6 |
| subdivision the authority to apply its standards or | 7 |
| requirements to electrical work performed on a farm. | 8 |
| Section 90. Inspections. | 9 |
| (a) Except where any political subdivision has by
ordinance | 10 |
| provided for electrical inspection similar to that provided in
| 11 |
| this Act, every new electrical installation on and after | 12 |
| January 1, 2006 in any construction,
remodeling, replacement, | 13 |
| or repair shall be inspected by the Department
for compliance | 14 |
| with accepted standards of construction for safety to life and
| 15 |
| property.
| 16 |
| (b) No such inspections shall be required for electrical | 17 |
| work performed by
persons exempt from licensure under Section | 18 |
| 70 of this Act, except that
inspections shall be required for | 19 |
| work performed under subsection (f) of
Section 70.
| 20 |
| (c) The Department may appoint or employ inspectors to be | 21 |
| employed on a full-time or part-time basis. All inspectors for | 22 |
| the Department shall hold a license as a master electrician or | 23 |
| journeyman electrician or be certified to conduct electrical | 24 |
| inspections by a nationally recognized inspector certification | 25 |
| program approved by the Board. In areas of this State
where a | 26 |
| sufficient number of licensed master electricians, licensed | 27 |
| journeyman electricians, or individuals certified to conduct | 28 |
| electrical inspections by a nationally recognized inspector | 29 |
| certification program approved by the Board are not
available | 30 |
| to the Department to perform inspections under this Act, the
| 31 |
| Department may designate other persons whom it determines to be | 32 |
| suitably
qualified by training or experience. |
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| Section 95. Procedures for inspection. | 2 |
| (a) At or before commencement of any installation required
| 3 |
| to be
inspected by the Department, the electrical contractor or | 4 |
| owner making the
installation shall submit to the Department a | 5 |
| request for inspection, in a
form prescribed by the Department, | 6 |
| together with the fees required for the
installation.
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| (b) The fees required are a handling fee and an inspection | 8 |
| fee. The
handling fee shall be set by the Department in an | 9 |
| amount sufficient to pay
the cost of bringing and handling the | 10 |
| form requesting an inspection. The
inspection fee shall be set | 11 |
| by the Department in an amount sufficient to
pay the actual | 12 |
| costs of the inspection and the Department's costs in
| 13 |
| administering the inspection.
| 14 |
| (c) If the inspector finds that the installation is not in | 15 |
| compliance
with accepted standards of construction for safety | 16 |
| to life and property as
required by this Act, the inspector | 17 |
| shall, by written order, condemn the
installation or the | 18 |
| noncomplying portion of the installation, or order service
to | 19 |
| the
installation disconnected, and shall send a copy of the | 20 |
| order to the
Department. If the installation or the | 21 |
| noncomplying part will seriously
and proximately endanger | 22 |
| human life and property, the order of the
inspector, when | 23 |
| approved by the inspector's superior, shall require
immediate | 24 |
| condemnation or disconnection. In all other cases, the order of
| 25 |
| the inspector shall permit a reasonable opportunity for the | 26 |
| installation to
be brought into compliance with accepted | 27 |
| standards of construction for
safety to life and property prior | 28 |
| to the effective time established for
condemnation or | 29 |
| disconnection.
| 30 |
| (d) Copies of each condemnation or disconnection order | 31 |
| shall be served
personally or by mail upon the property owner, | 32 |
| the electrical
contractor or electrician making the | 33 |
| installation, and other persons as the
Department by rule may | 34 |
| direct. An aggrieved party may appeal
any condemnation or |
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| disconnection order by filing with the Department a
notice of | 2 |
| appeal within 10 days after (i) service upon the aggrieved | 3 |
| party
of the condemnation or disconnection order, if this | 4 |
| service is required or
(ii) filing of the order with the | 5 |
| Department, whichever is later.
The Department shall adopt | 6 |
| rules providing procedures for the conduct of
appeals, | 7 |
| including provisions for the stay of enforcement of the order | 8 |
| of
the inspector pending an appeal when justified by the | 9 |
| circumstances.
| 10 |
| (e) The inspectors of the Department shall have the | 11 |
| authority to enter
any building or premises at any reasonable | 12 |
| working hour in the discharge of their
duties, and they shall | 13 |
| have the authority, when necessary, to order the
removal of any | 14 |
| existing obstructions such as laths, plastering, boarding,
or | 15 |
| partitions that may prevent a proper inspection of the | 16 |
| electrical
installation.
| 17 |
| (f) No electrical installation subject to
inspection by the | 18 |
| Department shall be newly connected or reconnected for
use | 19 |
| until there is filed, with the electrical utility supplying | 20 |
| power, a
certificate of the property owner or licensed | 21 |
| electrician directing the
work that inspection has been | 22 |
| requested and that the conditions of the
installation are safe | 23 |
| for energization. In all cases
where an order of condemnation | 24 |
| or disconnection has been issued against the
installation or | 25 |
| any part of the installation, prior to connection or
| 26 |
| reconnection, there shall also first be filed with the | 27 |
| electrical utility
supplying the power a
copy of an order of | 28 |
| the inspector or the Department dismissing the prior
order of | 29 |
| condemnation or disconnection or approving the installation as
| 30 |
| being in compliance with accepted standards of construction for | 31 |
| safety to
life and property. With respect to transient | 32 |
| projects, this
certificate shall also contain a certification | 33 |
| that the request for
inspection has been or will be filed with | 34 |
| the Department so as to be
received by it at least 5 days prior |
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| to the date and time energization
of the installation by the | 2 |
| utility is to occur, and that the request for
inspection states | 3 |
| the date and time. It shall be the responsibility of
the | 4 |
| Department to have inspection of the transient project occur | 5 |
| prior to
the date and time at which the request states | 6 |
| energization is to occur.
| 7 |
| (g) Any political subdivision may make
provision for | 8 |
| inspection of electrical installations within its
| 9 |
| jurisdiction, in which case it shall keep on file with the | 10 |
| Department
copies of its current inspection ordinances and | 11 |
| codes. Any political
subdivision may require any individual, | 12 |
| partnership, corporation, or other
business association | 13 |
| holding a license from the Department
to pay any license, | 14 |
| registration fee, or permit fees.
Any political subdivision may | 15 |
| provide by ordinance a
requirement that each individual, | 16 |
| partnership, corporation, or other
business association doing | 17 |
| electrical work within the jurisdiction of the
political | 18 |
| subdivision have on file with the political subdivision a copy
| 19 |
| of the current license issued by the Department or other | 20 |
| evidence of
the license as may be provided by the Department. | 21 |
| Each electrical
inspector of any political subdivision shall | 22 |
| hold a license as a master electrician or journeyman | 23 |
| electrician or be certified to conduct electrical inspections | 24 |
| by a nationally recognized inspector certification program | 25 |
| approved by the Board. An electrical inspector employed by a | 26 |
| political subdivision and engaged in the regulation and | 27 |
| inspection of electrical wiring activities regulated under | 28 |
| this Act on January 1, 2006 shall be permitted to conduct | 29 |
| electrical inspections for 2 years from the application date. | 30 |
| Thereafter, the inspector must meet all of the requirements of | 31 |
| this Act. | 32 |
| Section 100. Violations. | 33 |
| (a) Any person violating any provision of this Act or its |
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| rules
shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor
and fined a | 2 |
| minimum of $100 for the first offense. A second or
subsequent | 3 |
| violation of this Act shall be a Class A misdemeanor
with a | 4 |
| minimum fine of $200. Each day a violation continues | 5 |
| constitutes a
separate
offense. The State's Attorney of the | 6 |
| County in which the violation occurred
or the Attorney General | 7 |
| may prosecute these actions in the name of the People
of the | 8 |
| State of Illinois. The court may enjoin the use of electricity
| 9 |
| installed in violation of this Act or its rules
until it has | 10 |
| been corrected to comply with the National Electrical Code.
| 11 |
| (b) If it is established that the defendant, contrary to | 12 |
| this Act, has
been engaging, is engaging, or is about to engage | 13 |
| in electrical work without
having been
issued a license, or has | 14 |
| been engaging or is about to engage in electrical work
after
| 15 |
| his or her license has been suspended or revoked or after his | 16 |
| or her license
has not been
renewed, the Department may levy a | 17 |
| penalty not to exceed $5,000 per offense.
This penalty shall be | 18 |
| assessed by the Department after a hearing is held in
| 19 |
| accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 50 of this | 20 |
| Act. | 21 |
| Section 110. Administrative Procedure Act; application. | 22 |
| The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act
are | 23 |
| expressly adopted and shall apply to all
administrative rules | 24 |
| and procedures of the Department of Public Health under this
| 25 |
| Act, except that Section 5 of the Illinois Administrative | 26 |
| Procedure Act
relating to procedures for rulemaking does not | 27 |
| apply to the adoption of
any rule required by federal law in | 28 |
| connection with which the Department is
precluded by law from | 29 |
| exercising any discretion. | 30 |
| Section 115. Review under Administrative Review Law. All | 31 |
| final administrative decisions of the Director under this Act | 32 |
| shall be
subject to judicial review under the Administrative
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| Review Law and its rules. | 2 |
| Section 120. Home rule. A
home rule unit may not regulate | 3 |
| electricians and electrical contractors in a manner less | 4 |
| restrictive than
the regulation by the State of electricians | 5 |
| and electrical contractors.
This Section is a limitation under | 6 |
| subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article
VII of the Illinois | 7 |
| Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule
units of | 8 |
| powers and functions exercised by the State.
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| Section 900. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by adding | 10 |
| Section
4.25 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 80/4.25 new)
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| Sec. 4.25. Act repealed on January 1, 2015. The following | 13 |
| Act is repealed on January 1, 2015:
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| The Electricians Licensing Act.
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| Section 905. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 16 |
| Section
5.625 as follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.625 new)
| 18 |
| Sec. 5.625. The Electricians Licensing Dedicated Fund.
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| Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 20 |
| becoming law.".
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