Full Text of SB1684 101st General Assembly
SB1684 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1684 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 5 ILCS 80/4.30 | | 5 ILCS 80/4.40 new | | 225 ILCS 305/11 | from Ch. 111, par. 1311 | 225 ILCS 305/13 | from Ch. 111, par. 1313 |
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Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes language requiring an applicant who has graduated from an architectural program outside the
United
States or its territories and whose first language is not English to submit
certification of passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language and a test of spoken English. Removes obsolete language in provisions concerning qualifications for licensure. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 4.30 and by adding Section 4.40 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 80/4.30) | 7 | | Sec. 4.30. Acts repealed on January 1, 2020. The following | 8 | | Acts are repealed on January 1, 2020: | 9 | | The Auction License Act. | 10 | | The Community Association Manager Licensing and | 11 | | Disciplinary Act. | 12 | | The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. | 13 | | The Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. | 14 | | The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of 1989. | 15 | | The Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act. | 16 | | The Perfusionist Practice Act.
| 17 | | The Pharmacy Practice Act. | 18 | | The Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. | 19 | | The Real Estate License Act of 2000. | 20 | | The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 100-497, eff. 9-8-17; 100-534, eff. 9-22-17; | 22 | | 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.) |
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| 1 | | (5 ILCS 80/4.40 new) | 2 | | Sec. 4.40. Act repealed on January 1, 2030. The following | 3 | | Act is repealed on January 1, 2030: | 4 | | The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. | 5 | | Section 10. The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 | 6 | | is amended by changing Sections 11 and 13 as follows:
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 305/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 1311)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| 9 | | Sec. 11. Application for original license. Applications | 10 | | for original
licensure shall be made to the Department in | 11 | | writing on forms prescribed by
the Department and shall be | 12 | | accompanied by the required fee, which is
not refundable. Any | 13 | | such application shall require information as in
the judgment | 14 | | of the Department will enable the Department to pass on the
| 15 | | qualifications of the applicant to practice architecture.
The | 16 | | Department may require an applicant, at the applicant's | 17 | | expense, to have
an evaluation of the applicant's education in | 18 | | a foreign country by an evaluation service approved by the | 19 | | Board in accordance with rules
prescribed by the Department.
| 20 | | An applicant who has graduated from an architectural | 21 | | program outside the
United
States or its territories and whose | 22 | | first language is not English shall submit
certification of | 23 | | passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
| 24 | | and a test of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any |
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| 1 | | such applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from | 2 | | an accredited educational institution in the United States or | 3 | | its territories shall not be subject to this requirement.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-993, eff. 1-1-15 .)
| 5 | | (225 ILCS 305/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 1313)
| 6 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| 7 | | Sec. 13. Qualifications of applicants. Any person who is of | 8 | | good
moral character may apply for licensure if he
or she
is
a | 9 | | graduate with a first professional degree in architecture from | 10 | | a program
accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting | 11 | | Board, has completed the
examination requirements set forth | 12 | | under Section 12 of this Act, and has
completed such | 13 | | diversified professional training, including academic
| 14 | | training, as is required by rules of the Department. Until | 15 | | January 1, 2016, in lieu of the
requirement of graduation with | 16 | | a first professional degree in architecture
from a program | 17 | | accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board,
| 18 | | the Department may admit an applicant who is a graduate with a
| 19 | | pre-professional 4 year baccalaureate degree accepted for | 20 | | direct entry into
a first professional master of architecture | 21 | | degree program, and who has
completed such additional | 22 | | diversified professional training, including
academic | 23 | | training, as is required by rules of the Department. The
| 24 | | Department may adopt, as its own rules relating to diversified | 25 | | professional
training, those guidelines published from time to |
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| 1 | | time by the National
Council of Architectural Registration | 2 | | Boards.
| 3 | | Good moral character means such character as will enable a | 4 | | person to
discharge the fiduciary duties of an architect to | 5 | | that person's client and
to the public in a manner which | 6 | | protects health, safety and welfare. Evidence
of inability to | 7 | | discharge such duties may include the commission of an
offense | 8 | | justifying discipline under Section 22. In addition, the
| 9 | | Department may take into consideration whether the applicant | 10 | | has engaged in
conduct or actions that would constitute grounds | 11 | | for discipline under this
Act.
| 12 | | (Source: P.A. 98-288, eff. 8-9-13.)
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.
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