65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-12.2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-12.2)

Sec. 11-31.1-12.2. (a) A person who contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, including without limitation the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to care for vacant residential real estate shall be responsible for maintaining the property to prevent and correct municipal health and safety code violations.

(b) A person who intentionally violates this Section is guilty of a business offense and shall be fined not less than $501 and not more than $1,000.

(Source: P.A. 86-315.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-13)

Sec. 11-31.1-13. Adoption of Division by municipality. This Division may be adopted by a municipality by incorporating the provisions of this Division in an ordinance and passing and publishing the ordinance in the manner provided in Division 2 of Article 1 of this Act.

(Source: Laws 1967, p. 1905.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-14)

Sec. 11-31.1-14. Application for grants. Any municipality adopting this Division may make application to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for grants to help defray the cost of establishing and maintaining a code hearing department as provided in this Division. The application for grants shall be in the manner and form prescribed by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 32 heading) DIVISION 32. REGULATION OF HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION INSTALLATIONS

(65 ILCS 5/11-32-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-32-1)

Sec. 11-32-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may:

(1) provide for the regulation, safe construction, installation, alteration, inspection, testing and maintenance of heating, air conditioning and refrigerating systems specified in this section.

(2) provide for examination, licensing and regulation of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration contractors; and fix the amount of license fees, not exceeding $50, and the terms and manner of issuing and revoking licenses of such contractors.

(3) provide for the appointment of a board of examiners which shall examine applicants for and issue licenses to such contractors as are found capable and trustworthy.

A. The term "heating, air conditioning and refrigeration contractor" means:

(a) any person engaged in the business of installing, altering or servicing heating, air conditioning or refrigerating systems;

(b) any private or municipally owned public utility if such public utility installs heating, air conditioning or refrigerating systems.

The term "heating, air conditioning and refrigeration contractor" does not include: (i) any private or municipally owned public utility, fuel supplier or dealer that supplies fuel and services or repairs heating or air conditioning appliances or equipment in connection with or as a part of their business of supplying the fuel used in such appliances or equipment; or (ii) any liquefied petroleum gas dealer subject to "An Act to regulate the storage, transportation, sale and use of liquefied petroleum gases", approved July 11, 1955, as now or hereafter amended, and the rules and regulations of the Illinois State Police promulgated pursuant to such Act; or (iii) any electrical contractor registered or licensed as such under the provisions of this Act or any other statute.

B. The term "heating system" means any heating unit intended to warm the atmosphere of any building or rooms therein used for human occupancy.

C. The term "air conditioning system" means any air conditioning unit designed to cool the atmosphere of any building or rooms therein used for human occupancy, which unit has a rated heat removal capacity in excess of 20,000 British thermal units per hour; and also any such unit regardless of size or rating that is installed in such a manner that it projects from a building where pedestrian traffic will pass below it.

D. The term "refrigerating system" means any refrigerating unit, other than an air conditioning system as defined in this section, which is to be used in conjunction with or as an aid to any commercial enterprise but does not include a refrigerating unit used for family household purposes.

Any heating, air conditioning and refrigeration contractor properly licensed under paragraph (2) of this section in the municipality of his principal place of business in this State may install heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems in any other municipality without securing an additional license, provided that such contractor complies with the rules and regulations of the municipality where such systems are installed.

(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 33 heading) DIVISION 33. REGISTRATION OF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

(65 ILCS 5/11-33-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-33-1)

Sec. 11-33-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may require the registration of electrical contractors, and may impose an annual registration fee of $25 on each registered contractor. An electrical contractor who is registered in one municipality, however, shall not be required by any other municipality to be registered or to pay a registration fee in the other municipality.

The term "electrical contractor," as used in this section, means any person engaged in the business of installing or altering by contract electrical equipment for the utilization of electricity for light, heat, or power. But the term "electrical contractor" shall not include the installing or altering of (1) radio apparatus or equipment for wireless reception of sounds and signals, or (2) apparatus, conductors, or other equipment installed for or by public utilities, including common carriers, which are under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, for use in their operation as public utilities. Nor shall the term include the employees employed by an electrical contractor to do or supervise his work.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 34 heading) DIVISION 34. STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND OPERATOR LICENSING

(65 ILCS 5/11-34-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-34-1)

Sec. 11-34-1. The corporate authorities of each municipality may:

(1) provide for the inspection of steam boilers and elevators.

(2) provide for the examination, licensing, and regulation of persons having charge of steam boilers under steam pressure, exhausting through an engine, and of persons having charge as starters or operators of all freight and passenger elevators run by hydraulic, electric, steam, water balance, compressed air, or any other motive power.

(3) fix the amount of the license fee, terms, and manner of issuing to and revoking the licenses of the specified persons.

(4) provide for the appointment by the mayor or the president of the board of trustees of competent boards of examiners, which shall examine applicants and license those found capable and trustworthy to operate steam boilers or elevators, as the case may be.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 35 heading) DIVISION 35. BOARD OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS IN MUNICIPALITIES OF 500,000 OR MORE

(65 ILCS 5/11-35-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-35-1)

Sec. 11-35-1. Any municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, by ordinance may provide for a board of plumbing examiners (1) to conduct examinations for journeyman plumbers and master plumbers, (2) to register plumbers' apprentices, and (3) to issue and revoke plumber's licenses within such a municipality.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 36 heading) DIVISION 36. LICENSING OF MASON CONTRACTORS IN MUNICIPALITIES OF 500,000 OR MORE

(65 ILCS 5/11-36-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-36-1)

Sec. 11-36-1. Every person desiring to engage in the business of a mason contractor or employing mason within a municipality with a population of 500,000 or more, is required to obtain an annual license authorizing him to do so, in the manner provided by Sections 11-36-2 through 11-36-6. However, where a firm or corporation consists of more than one mason contractor or employing mason, it is not necessary for more than one member of the firm or corporation to procure a license.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-36-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-36-2)

Sec. 11-36-2. Every person specified in Section 11-36-1 shall apply to the board of examiners provided by Section 11-36-3 and, at such time and place as the board may designate, must pass such an examination as to his qualifications as the board may direct. This examination may be wholly or partly written. It shall be of a practical and elementary character but it shall be sufficiently strict to test his qualifications.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-36-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-36-3)

Sec. 11-36-3. In every municipality with a population of 500,000 or over there shall be a board of examiners of mason contractors or employing masons consisting of 3 members, all of whom are practical masons. The members shall be appointed annually by the mayor or president, as the case may be, with the approval of the corporate authorities, before the first day of May. They shall hold office for a term of one year and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. They shall be paid from the treasury of the municipality such sum as the corporate authorities may designate.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-36-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-36-4)

Sec. 11-36-4. As soon as is convenient after their appointment, the members of the board of examiners shall meet and designate the times and places for the examination of all persons specified in Section 11-36-1 who apply to them. The board shall examine these applicants as to their practical knowledge of masonry and mason construction and all matters pertaining to mason construction, and, if satisfied as to the competency of an applicant, shall thereupon issue a license to him, authorizing him to engage in the business of mason contracting or employing mason. The license fee for such a mason contractor or employing mason shall be fixed by the corporate authorities of the municipality. The license shall be valid and have force throughout the state for a period of one year from its date of issuance and may be renewed upon its expiration by paying in advance an annual renewal fee to be fixed by the corporate authorities. All license fees received shall be paid into the treasury of the municipality where the licenses are issued.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-36-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-36-5)

Sec. 11-36-5. Each municipality specified in Section 11-36-1, by ordinance, shall prescribe rules and regulations for the materials, construction, alteration, and inspection of all mason work placed in or upon or in connection with any building in the municipality. The specified municipality shall provide also that no mason work shall be done upon any building without a permit being first issued therefor by the building department upon such terms and conditions as the municipality shall prescribe.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-36-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-36-6)

Sec. 11-36-6. Any person violating any provision of Section 11-36-1 through 11-36-5 is guilty of a petty offense and is subject to a fine of not less than $5 nor exceeding $50 for each violation thereof. He may have his certificate revoked by the proper authorities in the municipality.

(Source: P.A. 77-2500.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 37 heading) DIVISION 37. INSPECTION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT

(65 ILCS 5/11-37-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-1)

Sec. 11-37-1. The term "electrical equipment" as used in this Division 37 means conductors and other equipment installed for the utilization of electricity for light, heat, or power. It does not include radio apparatus or equipment for wireless reception of sounds and signals, and it does not include apparatus, conductors, or other equipment installed for or by public utilities, including common carriers, which are under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, for use in their operation as public utilities.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-37-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-2)

Sec. 11-37-2. Any municipality by ordinance may regulate the installation, alteration, and use of all electrical equipment as provided in this Division 37 and may establish an electrical inspection department for this regulation.

Each municipality which establishes such an electrical inspection department shall also establish an electrical commission, consisting of 6 members as follows: The superintendent of electricity or the chief electrical inspector of the municipality shall be a member and ex officio chairman of the commission; of the other 5 members, one shall be a registered professional engineer, one an electrical contractor, one a journeyman electrician, one a representative of an inspection bureau maintained by the fire underwriters, if such a representative resides in the municipality, and if no such representative resides in the municipality then the chief of the fire department, and one representative of an electricity supply company. If there is no person residing in the municipality who is qualified under any one of these descriptions, the mayor or president of the municipality may appoint some other person to fill that position. All members of the electrical commission shall be appointed by the mayor or president of the municipality with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2216.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-37-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-3)

Sec. 11-37-3. The electrical commission shall recommend (1) safe and practical standards and specifications for the installation, alteration, and use of electrical equipment designed to meet the necessities and conditions of the particular locality, (2) reasonable rules and regulations governing the issuance of permits by the electrical inspection department, and (3) reasonable fees to be paid for the inspection by the inspection department of all electrical equipment installed or altered within the municipality. The standards, specifications, rules, regulations, and fees so recommended shall not become effective until adopted by ordinance by the corporate authorities of the municipality. All fees so adopted shall be paid into the municipal treasury.

In a municipality which has established an electrical inspection department, no electrical equipment shall be installed or altered except upon a permit first issued by that department. The electrical inspection department shall issue permits for the installation and alteration of electrical equipment in all cases where application is made in accordance with the rules and regulations applicable thereto. That department shall inspect all electrical equipment installed or altered in the municipality and shall require that it conform to the standards and specifications applicable and adopted as provided in this section.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11-37-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-4)

Sec. 11-37-4. In a municipality which has established an electrical inspection department, any wilful failure or refusal to comply with the ordinance specified in Section 11-37-3 constitutes a petty offense punishable upon conviction by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense.

(Source: P.A. 77-2500.)

(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 38 heading) DIVISION 38. INSPECTION OF LODGING HOUSE PLANS

(65 ILCS 5/11-38-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-38-1)

Sec. 11-38-1. All architects, builders of, or other persons interested in any projected tenement, lodging house, or other place of habitation, in any city with a population of 50,000 or more, shall submit plans and specifications of a specified building to the board of health or public health board of the city, or other officer designated by the corporate authorities, for their approval or rejection, as to the proposed plans for the ventilation of rooms, light and air shafts, windows, ventilation of water closets, drainage, and plumbing.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)