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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 737

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 737  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to housing."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 1.  Short title. This Act may be  cited  as  the
 8    Residential Building Code Act.

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

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

17        Section  15.  Adoption   of   Code.   The   International
18    Residential  Code is incorporated and adopted by reference as
19    though fully set forth in this Act.

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

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

27        Section 30.  Illinois Building Commission.  The  Illinois
28    Building Commission shall advise the Office of Banks and Real
29    Estate concerning the administration of this Act.
 
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 1        Section  90.  The  Illinois  Building  Commission  Act is
 2    amended by adding Section 37 as follows:

 3        (20 ILCS 3918/37 new)
 4        Sec. 37.  Residential Building Code Act.  The  Commission
 5    shall  advise  the Office of Banks and Real Estate concerning
 6    the administration of the Residential Building Code Act.

 7        Section 99.  Effective date. This  Act  takes  effect  on
 8    January 1, 2004.".