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90_HB1884

      225 ILCS 335/1            from Ch. 111, par. 7501
      225 ILCS 335/2            from Ch. 111, par. 7502
      225 ILCS 335/4            from Ch. 111, par. 7504
      225 ILCS 335/5            from Ch. 111, par. 7505
      225 ILCS 335/6            from Ch. 111, par. 7506
      225 ILCS 335/8            from Ch. 111, par. 7508
      225 ILCS 335/9            from Ch. 111, par. 7509
      225 ILCS 335/9.1          from Ch. 111, par. 7509.1
      225 ILCS 335/9.6          from Ch. 111, par. 7509.6
      225 ILCS 335/9.10         from Ch. 111, par. 7509.10
      225 ILCS 335/9.15         from Ch. 111, par. 7509.15
      225 ILCS 335/10           from Ch. 111, par. 7510
      225 ILCS 335/11           from Ch. 111, par. 7511
          Amends  the  Illinois  Roofing  Industry  Licensing  Act.
      Renames the certification program  as  a  licensure  program.
      Requires  a  licensee to display his or her license number in
      all advertising for services regulated by the Act.
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 1        AN ACT concerning roofing contractors, amending  a  named
 2    Act.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Illinois Roofing Industry  Licensing  Act
 6    is  amended  by  changing  Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 9.1,
 7    9.6, 9.10, 9.15, 10, and 11 as follows:
 8        (225 ILCS 335/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7501)
 9        Sec. 1. Legislative purpose. It is hereby declared to  be
10    the  public  policy of this State that, in order to safeguard
11    the  life,  health,  property,  and  public  welfare  of  its
12    citizens,   the    business    of    roofing    construction,
13    reconstruction,  alteration,  maintenance  and  repair  is  a
14    matter affecting the public interest, and any person desiring
15    to  obtain a license certificate to engage in the business as
16    herein defined shall be required  to  establish  his  or  her
17    qualifications to be licensed certified as herein provided.
18    (Source: P.A. 83-1513.)
19        (225 ILCS 335/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 7502)
20        Sec.  2.   Definitions.  As  used in this Act, unless the
21    context otherwise requires:
22        (a)  "Licensure"  "Certification"  means   the   act   of
23    obtaining  or  holding  a  license  issued  by certificate of
24    registration from the Department as provided in this Act.
25        (b)  "Department" means the  Department  of  Professional
26    Regulation.
27        (c)  "Director"   means   the  Director  of  Professional
28    Regulation.
29        (d)  "Person"   means   any   individual,    partnership,
30    corporation,  business  trust,  limited liability company, or
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 1    other legal entity.
 2        (e)  "Roofing  contractor"  is  one  whose  services  are
 3    unlimited in the roofing trade and who  has  the  experience,
 4    knowledge   and   skill  to  construct,  reconstruct,  alter,
 5    maintain and repair roofs and use materials and items used in
 6    the construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance and
 7    repair of all kinds of roofing and waterproofing, all in such
 8    manner to comply with all plans, specifications, codes, laws,
 9    and regulations applicable thereto, but does not include such
10    contractor's employees to  the  extent  the  requirements  of
11    Section 3 of this Act apply and extend to such employees.
12        (f)  "Board" means the Roofing Advisory Board.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96; 89-594, eff. 8-1-96.)
14        (225 ILCS 335/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 7504)
15        Sec. 4. Designation of licensee.
16        (1)  When an individual proposes to do business in his or
17    her own name, a license certification, when granted, shall be
18    issued only to that individual.
19        (2)  If   the   applicant   is  proposing  to  qualify  a
20    partnership, corporation,  business  trust,  or  other  legal
21    entity,  application  shall  be made for each such entity and
22    shall state the name of the partnership and of its  partners,
23    the   name  of  the  corporation  and  of  its  officers  and
24    directors, the name of the business trust and  its  trustees,
25    or  the  name of such other legal entity and its members, and
26    furnish   evidence   of   compliance   with   any   statutory
27    requirements  pertaining  to  such  legal  entity,  including
28    compliance with any laws pertaining to the use of  fictitious
29    names,  if  a fictitious name is used. Such application shall
30    also  show  that  the  person  applying  for  licensure   the
31    certification  is  legally  qualified to act for the business
32    organization  in  all  matters  connected  with  its  roofing
33    contracting business and that he  or  she  has  authority  to
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 1    supervise  roofing  operations  undertaken  by  such business
 2    organization.
 3    (Source: P.A. 83-1513.)
 4        (225 ILCS 335/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 7505)
 5        Sec. 5.  Display of license number; advertising.
 6        (a)  Each State  licensed  certified  roofing  contractor
 7    shall  affix  the  license  number  of  his  or  her  license
 8    certification  to  all  of his or her contracts and bids.  In
 9    addition, the official issuing building permits  shall  affix
10    the  certified  roofing  contractor  license  number  to each
11    application for a building permit and on each building permit
12    issued and recorded.
13        (b)  In addition, every roofing  contractor  shall  affix
14    the  certified  roofing  contractor  license  number  and the
15    licensee's name on all vehicles used as part of his  business
16    as a roofing contractor.
17        (c)  Every   holder   of   a   license   certificate   of
18    registration  shall  display it in a conspicuous place in his
19    or her principal office,  place  of  business,  or  place  of
20    employment.
21        (d)  No  person  licensed  under  this  Act may advertise
22    services regulated by this Act unless that person includes in
23    the  advertisement  his  or  her  license   number.   Nothing
24    contained  in  this  subsection  requires  the  publisher  of
25    advertising for roofing contractor services to investigate or
26    verify  the  accuracy  of  the license number provided by the
27    licensee.
28        (e)  A person who advertises services regulated  by  this
29    Act  who knowingly (i) fails to display the license number in
30    any manner required by this Section, (ii) fails to provide  a
31    publisher  with  the  correct  license  number as required by
32    subsection (d), or (iii) provides a publisher  with  a  false
33    license  number  or  a license number of another person, or a
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 1    person who knowingly allow his or her license  number  to  be
 2    displayed  or  used  by  another  person  to  circumvent  any
 3    provisions   of   this  Section,  is  guilty  of  a  Class  A
 4    misdemeanor with a fine  of  $1,000,  and,  in  addition,  is
 5    subject  to the administrative enforcement provisions of this
 6    Act. Each day that an advertisement runs or each day  that  a
 7    person knowingly allows his or her license to be displayed or
 8    used  in  violation  of  this  Section constitutes a separate
 9    offense.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)
11        (225 ILCS 335/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 7506)
12        Sec. 6. Expiration of license.
13        (1)  Licenses Certificates  shall  expire  biennially  at
14    midnight on June 30 of each odd-numbered year.
15        (2)  Failure  to  renew  the license certificate prior to
16    the expiration thereof shall cause the license certificate to
17    become nonrenewed and it shall be unlawful thereafter for the
18    licensee to engage, offer  to  engage,  or  hold  himself  or
19    herself  out  as  engaging,  in  roofing contracting business
20    under the license certificate unless and  until  the  license
21    certificate is restored or reissued as defined by rule.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)
23        (225 ILCS 335/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 7508)
24        Sec. 8. Public records.
25        (1)  All  information  required  by the Department of any
26    applicant for  licensure  certification  shall  be  a  public
27    record, except financial information.
28        (2)  If  a licensee certificate holder changes his or her
29    name style, address or employment from that which appears  on
30    his  or  her  current  license  certificate,  he or she shall
31    notify the Department of the change within 30 days  after  it
32    occurs.
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 1        (3)  All  public  records  of  the  Department, when duly
 2    certified by the Director, shall be received as  prima  facie
 3    evidence in any State administrative or judicial proceedings.
 4    (Source: P.A. 83-1513.)
 5        (225 ILCS 335/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 7509)
 6        Sec. 9. Licensure requirement.
 7        (1)  It  is  unlawful  for  any  person  to engage in the
 8    business or act in the capacity of or hold himself or herself
 9    out in any manner as a roofing contractor without having been
10    duly licensed certified under the provisions of this Act.
11        (2)  No work involving the construction,  reconstruction,
12    alteration,  maintenance  or repair of any kind of roofing or
13    waterproofing may be done  except  by  a  roofing  contractor
14    licensed certified under this Act.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)
16        (225 ILCS 335/9.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 7509.1)
17        Sec.   9.1.    Grounds   for  disciplinary  action.   The
18    Department may refuse to issue or to renew,  or  may  revoke,
19    suspend,   place   on  probation,  reprimand  or  take  other
20    disciplinary  action  as  the  Department  may  deem  proper,
21    including fines not to exceed $1,000 for each violation, with
22    regard  to  any  license  or  certificate  for  any  one   or
23    combination of the following causes:
24             (a)  violation of this Act or its rules;
25             (b)  conviction  of  any crime under the laws of any
26        U.S. jurisdiction  which  is  a  felony  or  which  is  a
27        misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty,
28        or of any crime which directly relates to the practice of
29        the profession;
30             (c)  making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
31        obtaining a license or certificate;
32             (d)  professional  incompetence  or gross negligence
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 1        in the practice of roofing contracting;
 2             (e)  gross  malpractice,  prima  facie  evidence  of
 3        which may be a conviction or judgment of  malpractice  in
 4        any court of competent jurisdiction;
 5             (f)  aiding or assisting another person in violating
 6        any provision of this Act or rules;
 7             (g)  failing, within 60 days, to provide information
 8        in  response  to a written request made by the Department
 9        which has been sent by certified or  registered  mail  to
10        the licensee's last known address;
11             (h)  engaging   in   dishonorable,   unethical,   or
12        unprofessional  conduct of a character likely to deceive,
13        defraud, or harm the public;
14             (i)  habitual  or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
15        alcohol, narcotics,  stimulants  or  any  other  chemical
16        agent  or drug which results in the inability to practice
17        with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety;
18             (j)  discipline  by  another  U.S.  jurisdiction  or
19        foreign nation, if at least one of the  grounds  for  the
20        discipline  is  the  same  or substantially equivalent to
21        those set forth in this Section;
22             (k)  directly or indirectly giving to  or  receiving
23        from  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership,  or
24        association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
25        compensation  for  any professional services not actually
26        or personally rendered;
27             (l)  a finding by the Department that the  licensee,
28        after  having  his  or her license placed on probationary
29        status has violated the terms of probation;
30             (m)  conviction   by   any   court   of    competent
31        jurisdiction, either within or without this State, of any
32        violation  of  any  law governing the practice of roofing
33        contracting,  if   the   Department   determines,   after
34        investigation, that such person has not been sufficiently
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 1        rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
 2             (n)  a  finding  that licensure has been applied for
 3        or obtained by fraudulent means;
 4             (o)  practicing,   attempting   to   practice,    or
 5        advertising  under  a  name  other  than the full name as
 6        shown on the license  or  any  other  legally  authorized
 7        name;
 8             (p)  gross and willful overcharging for professional
 9        services including filing false statements for collection
10        of fees or monies for which services are not rendered;
11             (q)  failure  to  file  a return, or to pay the tax,
12        penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or  to  pay
13        any  final  assessment  of  tax,  penalty or interest, as
14        required by any tax  Act  administered  by  the  Illinois
15        Department   of   Revenue,   until   such   time  as  the
16        requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied;
17             (r)  the  Department  shall  deny  any  license   or
18        renewal under this Act to any person who has defaulted on
19        an  educational  loan  guaranteed  by  the Illinois State
20        Scholarship Commission; however, the Department may issue
21        a license  or  renewal  if  the  person  in  default  has
22        established a satisfactory repayment record as determined
23        by the Illinois State Scholarship Commission;
24             (s)  failure to continue to meet the requirements of
25        this Act shall be deemed a violation;
26             (t)  physical   or   mental   disability,  including
27        deterioration  through  the  aging  process  or  loss  of
28        abilities and skills  that  result  in  an  inability  to
29        practice  the profession with reasonable judgment, skill,
30        or safety;
31             (u)  material misstatement in furnishing information
32        to the Department or to any other State agency;
33             (v)  the determination by a court that a licensee is
34        subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
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 1        provided  in  the   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 2        Disabilities  Code will result in an automatic suspension
 3        of his or her license.  The suspension will  end  upon  a
 4        finding by a court that the licensee is no longer subject
 5        to  involuntary  admission  or  judicial  admission,  the
 6        issuance  of  an  order  so  finding  and discharging the
 7        patient, and the  recommendation  of  the  Board  to  the
 8        Director   that   the   licensee  be  allowed  to  resume
 9        professional practice;
10        (w)  advertising in any manner that is false, misleading,
11    or deceptive.
12        The changes to this Act made by this  amendatory  Act  of
13    1997  apply  only  to disciplinary actions relating to events
14    occurring after the effective date of this amendatory Act  of
15    1997.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)
17        (225 ILCS 335/9.6) (from Ch. 111, par. 7509.6)
18        Sec.   9.6.   Temporary   suspension.  The  Director  may
19    temporarily suspend the license or certificate of  a  roofing
20    contractor   without   a  hearing,  simultaneously  with  the
21    institution of proceedings for a hearing provided for in this
22    Act, if the Director  finds  that  evidence  in  his  or  her
23    possession  indicates  that  continuation  in  practice would
24    constitute an imminent danger to the  public.  In  the  event
25    that   the   Director   temporarily  suspends  a  license  or
26    certificate without a hearing, a hearing  by  the  Department
27    shall  be  held  within  30  days  after  such suspension has
28    occurred.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)
30        (225 ILCS 335/9.10) (from Ch. 111, par. 7509.10)
31        Sec.  9.10.  Returned  checks;  fines.  Any  person   who
32    delivers  a  check or other payment to the Department that is
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 1    returned  to  the  Department   unpaid   by   the   financial
 2    institution   upon  which  it  is  drawn  shall  pay  to  the
 3    Department, in addition to the amount  already  owed  to  the
 4    Department,  a fine of $50. If the check or other payment was
 5    for a renewal or  issuance  fee  and  that  person  practices
 6    without  paying  the renewal fee or issuance fee and the fine
 7    due, an additional fine of $100 shall be imposed.  The  fines
 8    imposed  by  this  Section  are  in  addition  to  any  other
 9    discipline provided under this Act for unlicensed practice or
10    practice on a nonrenewed license. The Department shall notify
11    the  person  that  payment of fees and fines shall be paid to
12    the Department by certified check or money  order  within  30
13    calendar  days  of the notification. If, after the expiration
14    of 30 days from the date of the notification, the person  has
15    failed  to  submit  the  necessary remittance, the Department
16    shall automatically terminate the license or  certificate  or
17    deny  the application, without hearing. If, after termination
18    or denial, the person seeks a license or certificate,  he  or
19    she shall apply to the Department for restoration or issuance
20    of  the license or certificate and pay all fees and fines due
21    to the Department. The Department may establish a fee for the
22    processing of an application for restoration of a license  or
23    certificate   to   pay   all   expenses  of  processing  this
24    application. The Director may waive the fines due under  this
25    Section in individual cases where the Director finds that the
26    fines would be unreasonable or unnecessarily burdensome.
27    (Source: P.A. 86-615; 87-1031.)
28        (225 ILCS 335/9.15) (from Ch. 111, par. 7509.15)
29        Sec. 9.15. Investigation; notice; default. The Department
30    may investigate the actions of any applicant or any person or
31    persons   holding   or  claiming  to  hold  a  license.   The
32    Department shall, before  suspending,  revoking,  placing  on
33    probationary  status, or taking any other disciplinary action
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 1    as the Department may deem proper with regard to any  license
 2    or  certificate,  at  least 30 days prior to the date set for
 3    the hearing, notify the accused in  writing  of  any  charges
 4    made  and  the  time  and  place for a hearing on the charges
 5    before the hearing officer, direct him or  her  to  file  his
 6    written  answer with the hearing officer under oath within 30
 7    days after the service on him or  her  of  such  notice,  and
 8    inform him or her that if he or she fails to file such answer
 9    default  will  be  taken  against  him  or her and his or her
10    license or certificate may be suspended, revoked,  placed  on
11    probationary  status, or other disciplinary action, including
12    limiting the scope, nature or extent of his or her  practice,
13    as the Department may deem proper, taken. This written notice
14    may be served by personal delivery or certified or registered
15    mail  to  the Department. In case the person fails to file an
16    answer  after  receiving  notice,  his  or  her  license   or
17    certificate  may,  in  the  discretion  of the Department, be
18    suspended, revoked, or placed on probationary status, or  the
19    Department  may  take  whatever  disciplinary  action  deemed
20    proper,  including  limiting  the scope, nature, or extent of
21    the person's practice or the imposition of a fine, without  a
22    hearing,  if  the  act  or acts charged constitute sufficient
23    grounds for such action under this Act. At the time and place
24    fixed in the notice, the Department shall proceed to hear the
25    charges and the parties or their counsel  shall  be  accorded
26    ample  opportunity  to  present  such  statements, testimony,
27    evidence and argument as may be pertinent to the  charges  or
28    to  their  defense.  The Department may continue such hearing
29    from time to time.  At the discretion of the  Director  after
30    having  first  received  the  recommendation  of  the hearing
31    officer, the  accused  person's  license  may  be  suspended,
32    revoked, placed on probationary status, or other disciplinary
33    action  may  be  taken  as  the  Director  may  deem  proper,
34    including  limiting  the  scope,  nature,  or  extent of said
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 1    person's practice without a  hearing,  if  the  act  or  acts
 2    charged  constitute  sufficient grounds for such action under
 3    this Act.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-615; 87-1031.)
 5        (225 ILCS 335/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 7510)
 6        Sec. 10. Enforcement; petition to court.
 7        (1)  If any person violates the provisions of  this  Act,
 8    the Director through the Attorney General of Illinois, or the
 9    State's  Attorney  of  any  county  in  which  a violation is
10    alleged to exist, may in the name of the People of the  State
11    of Illinois petition for an order enjoining such violation or
12    for  an  order  enforcing compliance with this Act.  Upon the
13    filing of a verified petition in such court,  the  court  may
14    issue  a temporary restraining order, without notice or bond,
15    and may preliminarily and permanently enjoin such  violation,
16    and  if it is established that such person has violated or is
17    violating the injunction, the Court may punish  the  offender
18    for contempt of court.
19        (2)  If   any   person   shall  practice  as  a  licensee
20    registrant or hold himself  or  herself  out  as  a  licensee
21    registrant   without  being  licensed  registered  under  the
22    provisions of this Act, then any person  licensed  registered
23    under  this  Act,  any interested party or any person injured
24    thereby may, in addition  to  those  officers  identified  in
25    subsection  (1)  of  this  Section,  petition  for  relief as
26    provided therein.
27        (3)  Proceedings under this Section shall be in  addition
28    to,  and  not  in  lieu  of, all other remedies and penalties
29    which may be provided by law.
30    (Source: P.A. 83-1513.)
31        (225 ILCS 335/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 7511)
32        Sec. 11. Application of Act.
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 1        (1)  Nothing  in  this  Act  limits  the   power   of   a
 2    municipality,  city  or  county  to  regulate the quality and
 3    character of work performed by roofing contractors through  a
 4    system  of  permits, fees, and inspections which are designed
 5    to secure compliance with and aid in  the  implementation  of
 6    State  and local building laws or to enforce other local laws
 7    for the protection of the public health and safety.
 8        (2)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require  a
 9    seller  of  roofing  materials  or  services  to  be licensed
10    certified as a  roofing  contractor  when  the  construction,
11    reconstruction,  alteration, maintenance or repair of roofing
12    or waterproofing is to be performed by a  person  other  than
13    the seller or the seller's employees.
14        (3)  Nothing  in this Act shall be construed to require a
15    person who performs roofing or waterproofing work to  his  or
16    her  own  property,  or  for no consideration, to be licensed
17    certified as a roofing contractor.
18        (4)  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require  a
19    person  who  performs roofing or waterproofing work to his or
20    her employer's property to be licensed certified as a roofing
21    contractor,   where   there   exists   an   employer-employee
22    relationship.  Nothing in this  Act  shall  be  construed  to
23    apply to the installation of plastics, glass or fiberglass to
24    greenhouses  and  related horticultural structures, or to the
25    repair or construction of farm buildings.
26        (5)  Nothing  in  this  Act  limits  the   power   of   a
27    municipality, city, or county to collect occupational license
28    and inspection fees for engaging in roofing contracting.
29        (6)  Nothing   in  this  Act  limits  the  power  of  the
30    municipalities, cities or counties to  adopt  any  system  of
31    permits   requiring   submission   to  and  approval  by  the
32    municipality, city, or county of plans and specifications for
33    work  to  be  performed   by   roofing   contractors   before
34    commencement of the work.
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 1        (7)  Any  official  authorized to issue building or other
 2    related permits shall ascertain that the applicant contractor
 3    is duly licensed certified before issuing  the  permit.   The
 4    evidence  shall  consist only of the exhibition to him or her
 5    of current evidence of licensure certification.
 6        (8)  This  Act  applies   to   any   roofing   contractor
 7    performing  work for the State or any county or municipality.
 8    Officers of the State  or  any  county  or  municipality  are
 9    required   to  determine  compliance  with  this  Act  before
10    awarding  any  contracts   for   construction,   improvement,
11    remodeling, or repair.
12        (9)  If  an  incomplete  contract  exists  at the time of
13    death of a contractor, the contract may be completed  by  any
14    person  even though not licensed certified. Such person shall
15    notify the Department within 30 days after the death  of  the
16    contractor  of his or her name and address.  For the purposes
17    of this subsection, an incomplete contract is one  which  has
18    been  awarded  to,  or entered into by, the contractor before
19    his or her death or on which he or she was the low bidder and
20    the contract is subsequently awarded to him or her regardless
21    of whether any actual work has commenced under  the  contract
22    before his or her death.
23        (10)  The State or any county or municipality may require
24    that  bids  submitted  for roofing construction, improvement,
25    remodeling, or repair of public buildings be  accompanied  by
26    evidence  that  that  bidder  holds  an  appropriate  license
27    certificate issued pursuant to this Act.
28        (11)  A municipality that requires a building permit or a
29    county  that  requires  a  building  permit  may  not issue a
30    building  permit  to  a  roofing   contractor   unless   that
31    contractor  has  provided  sufficient proof that he or she is
32    licensed certified currently as a roofing contractor  by  the
33    State of Illinois.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 1-1-96.)

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