Full Text of SB0032 96th General Assembly
SB0032eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 2 and 35 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1102)
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| Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
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| "Agent" means a person designated by a sponsor as | 9 |
| responsible for
supervision of an apprentice plumber and who is | 10 |
| also an Illinois
licensed plumber.
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| "Apprentice plumber" means any licensed person who is | 12 |
| learning and
performing plumbing under the supervision of a | 13 |
| sponsor or his agent in
accordance with the provisions of this | 14 |
| Act.
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| "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship | 16 |
| program
approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of | 17 |
| Apprenticeship and
Training and the Department under rules.
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| "Board" means the Illinois State Board of Plumbing | 19 |
| Examiners.
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| "Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal | 21 |
| piping
of a drainage system that receives the discharge from | 22 |
| soil, waste, and
other drainage pipes inside the walls of a | 23 |
| building and conveys it to 5
feet beyond the foundation walls |
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| where it is connected to the building sewer.
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| "Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping | 3 |
| of a drainage
system that extends from the end of the building | 4 |
| drain, receives the discharge
of the building drain and conveys | 5 |
| it to a public sewer or private sewage
disposal system.
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| "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | 7 |
| Health.
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| "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | 9 |
| Public Health.
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| "Governmental unit" means a city, village, incorporated | 11 |
| town, county,
or sanitary or water district.
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| "Irrigation contractor" means a person who installs or | 13 |
| supervises the
installation of lawn sprinkler systems subject | 14 |
| to Section 2.5 of this Act,
other than a licensed plumber or a
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| licensed apprentice plumber.
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| "Irrigation employee" means a person who is employed by a | 17 |
| registered irrigation contractor or a licensed plumber, and who | 18 |
| designs, repairs, alters, maintains, or installs lawn | 19 |
| sprinkler systems that are subject to Section 2.5 of this Law.
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| "Lawn sprinkler system" means any underground irrigation | 21 |
| system of lawn,
shrubbery and other vegetation from any potable | 22 |
| water sources; and from any
water sources, whether or not | 23 |
| potable. "Lawn sprinkler system" includes
without limitation | 24 |
| the water supply piping, valves, control systems, low voltage | 25 |
| wiring, sprinkler heads or
other irrigation outlets, and | 26 |
| moisture or rainfall sensing equipment, but does not include |
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| the backflow prevention
device. "Lawn sprinkler system" does | 2 |
| not include an irrigation
system used primarily for | 3 |
| agricultural purposes.
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| "Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation, | 5 |
| partnership, or
association.
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| "Plumber" means any licensed person authorized to perform | 7 |
| plumbing
as defined in this Act, but does not include retired | 8 |
| plumbers as defined in
this Act.
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| "Plumbing" means the actual installation, repair, | 10 |
| maintenance, alteration
or extension of a plumbing system by | 11 |
| any person.
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| "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances | 13 |
| and
appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, | 14 |
| including without limitation
lawn sprinkler systems and | 15 |
| backflow prevention devices connected to lawn
sprinkler | 16 |
| systems, from the
source of a private water supply on the | 17 |
| premises or from
the main in the street, alley or at the curb | 18 |
| to, within and about any building
or buildings where a person | 19 |
| or persons live, work or assemble.
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| "Plumbing" includes rainwater harvesting distribution | 21 |
| systems for indoor use only. "Plumbing" does not include any | 22 |
| rainwater harvesting distribution system or rainwater | 23 |
| harvesting collection system used for lawn sprinkler systems. | 24 |
| Rainwater harvesting distribution systems shall be constructed | 25 |
| in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code. | 26 |
| "Plumbing" includes all piping, from discharge of pumping |
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| units to
and including pressure tanks in water supply systems.
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| "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, | 3 |
| and
appliances for
a building drain and a sanitary drainage and | 4 |
| related ventilation system
of any building or buildings where a | 5 |
| person or persons live, work or assemble
from the point of | 6 |
| connection of such building drain to the building sewer
or | 7 |
| private sewage disposal system 5 feet beyond the foundation | 8 |
| walls.
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| "Plumbing" does not mean or include the trade of | 10 |
| drain-laying, the
trade of drilling water wells which | 11 |
| constitute the sources of private water
supplies, and of making | 12 |
| connections between such wells and pumping units
in the water | 13 |
| supply systems of buildings served by such private water
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| supplies, or the business of installing water softening | 15 |
| equipment and of
maintaining and servicing the same, or the | 16 |
| business of manufacturing or
selling plumbing fixtures, | 17 |
| appliances, equipment or hardware, or to the
installation and | 18 |
| servicing of electrical equipment sold by a not-for-profit
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| corporation providing electrification on a cooperative basis, | 20 |
| that either
on or before January 1, 1971, is or has been | 21 |
| financed in whole or in part
under the federal Rural | 22 |
| Electrification Act of 1936 and the Acts
amendatory
thereof and | 23 |
| supplementary thereto, to its members for use on farms owned
by | 24 |
| individuals or operated by individuals, nor does it mean or | 25 |
| include minor
repairs which do not require changes in the | 26 |
| piping to or from plumbing fixtures
or involve the removal, |
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| replacement, installation or re-installation of
any pipe or | 2 |
| plumbing fixtures. Plumbing does not include the installation,
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| repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of building | 4 |
| sewers , or the installation, repair, or maintenance of | 5 |
| rainwater harvesting collection systems .
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| "Plumbing contractor" means any person who performs | 7 |
| plumbing,
as defined in this Act, for another person. "Plumbing | 8 |
| contractor"
shall not include licensed plumbers and licensed | 9 |
| apprentice plumbers
who
either
are employed by persons engaged | 10 |
| in the plumbing business or are
employed by another person for | 11 |
| the performance of
plumbing
solely
for that other person, | 12 |
| including, but not limited to, a
hospital, university, or | 13 |
| business maintenance staff.
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| "Plumbing fixtures" means installed receptacles, devices | 15 |
| or appliances
that are supplied with water or that receive or | 16 |
| discharge liquids or liquid
borne wastes, with or without | 17 |
| discharge into the drainage system with which
they may be | 18 |
| directly or indirectly connected.
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| "Plumbing system" means the water service, water supply and | 20 |
| distribution
pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, waste | 21 |
| and vent pipes; building
drains; including their respective | 22 |
| connections, devices and appurtenances.
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| "Plumbing system" does not include building sewers as | 24 |
| defined in this
Act.
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| "Rainwater harvesting collection system" is a system for | 26 |
| the capture, diversion, and storage of rainwater and consists |
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| of a cistern(s), pipe, fittings, and appurtenances required for | 2 |
| or used to harvest rainwater for non-potable purposes. These | 3 |
| systems must be constructed in accordance with the Illinois | 4 |
| Plumbing Code. | 5 |
| "Rainwater harvesting distribution system" is a system for | 6 |
| the distribution of rainwater collected by an approved | 7 |
| rainwater harvesting collection system. This system consists | 8 |
| of pumps, pipe, fittings or other plumbing appurtenances and | 9 |
| must be constructed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing | 10 |
| Code. | 11 |
| "Retired plumber" means any licensed plumber in good | 12 |
| standing who meets the
requirements of this Act and the | 13 |
| requirements prescribed by Department rule to
be licensed as a | 14 |
| retired plumber and voluntarily surrenders his plumber's
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| license to the Department, in exchange for a retired plumber's | 16 |
| license.
Retired
plumbers cannot perform plumbing as defined in | 17 |
| this Act, cannot sponsor or
supervise apprentice plumbers, and | 18 |
| cannot inspect plumbing under this Act. A
retired plumber | 19 |
| cannot fulfill the requirements of subsection (3) of Section 3
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| of this Act.
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| "Supervision" with respect to first and second year | 22 |
| licensed apprentice
plumbers means that such apprentices must | 23 |
| perform all designing and
planning of plumbing systems and all | 24 |
| plumbing as defined in this Act under
the direct personal | 25 |
| supervision of the sponsor or his or her agent who must
also be | 26 |
| an Illinois licensed plumber, except for maintenance and repair
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| work on existing plumbing systems done by second year | 2 |
| apprentice plumbers;
provided that before performing any | 3 |
| maintenance and repair work
without such supervision, such | 4 |
| apprentice has received the minimum number of
hours of annual | 5 |
| classroom instruction recommended by the United States
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| Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for | 7 |
| apprentice
plumbers in a Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training | 8 |
| approved plumber
apprenticeship program or its equivalent. | 9 |
| "Supervision" with respect to
all other apprentice plumbers | 10 |
| means that, except for maintenance and repair
work on existing | 11 |
| plumbing systems, any plumbing done by such apprentices
must be | 12 |
| inspected daily, after initial rough-in and after completion by | 13 |
| the
sponsor or his or her agent who is also an Illinois | 14 |
| licensed plumber. In
addition, all repair and maintenance work | 15 |
| done by a licensed apprentice
plumber on an existing plumbing | 16 |
| system must be approved by the sponsor or
his or her agent who | 17 |
| is also an Illinois licensed plumber.
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| "Sponsor" is an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved | 19 |
| apprenticeship
program that has accepted an individual as an | 20 |
| Illinois licensed apprentice
plumber for education and | 21 |
| training in the field of plumbing and whose name
and license | 22 |
| number or apprenticeship program number shall appear on the
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| individual's application for an apprentice plumber's license.
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| "Sponsored" means that each Illinois licensed apprentice | 25 |
| plumber
has been accepted by an Illinois licensed plumber or an | 26 |
| approved
apprenticeship program for apprenticeship training.
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| "Telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications | 2 |
| carrier as defined
in the Public Utilities Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-101, eff. 1-1-08 .)
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| (225 ILCS 320/35) (from Ch. 111, par. 1133)
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| Sec. 35.
The Department shall promulgate and publish and | 6 |
| may from time
to time amend a minimum code of standards for | 7 |
| plumbing and the fixtures,
materials, design and installation | 8 |
| methods of plumbing systems based upon
the findings of the | 9 |
| sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics, after consideration
of | 10 |
| the recommendations of the Plumbing Code Advisory Council.
The | 11 |
| Department may promulgate and publish rules in the State's | 12 |
| minimum
code of standards for the minimum number of plumbing | 13 |
| fixtures required for
the comfort and convenience of workers | 14 |
| and the public not inconsistent
with, but not limited to, the | 15 |
| requirements of the federal Americans With
Disabilities Act, | 16 |
| the Equitable Restrooms Act, and the U.S. Department
of Labor, | 17 |
| Office of Safety and Health Administration. The Department | 18 |
| shall promulgate and publish a minimum code of standards for | 19 |
| rainwater harvesting collection systems and rainwater | 20 |
| harvesting distribution systems by January 1, 2010. The minimum
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| code of standards for plumbing and any amendments thereto shall | 22 |
| be filed
with the Secretary of State as a public record. In | 23 |
| preparing plumbing code
standards and amendments thereto the | 24 |
| Department may give consideration to
the recommendations | 25 |
| contained in nationally recognized plumbing codes and
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| recommendations of nationally recognized material and | 2 |
| equipment testing
laboratories. The plumbing code promulgated | 3 |
| by the Department under
authority of this Act shall remain in | 4 |
| effect as the minimum
code authorized by this Act until the | 5 |
| Department promulgates a new code
under authority of this Act. | 6 |
| At least 20 days' notice of a public hearing
shall be given by | 7 |
| the Department in a manner which the Department considers
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| adequate to bring the hearing to the attention of persons | 9 |
| interested in
plumbing code standards. Notice of any public | 10 |
| hearing shall be given by
the Department to those who file a | 11 |
| request for a notice of hearings.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-885.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 |
| becoming law.
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