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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2148

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 2148,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 4    following:

 5        "Section 5.  The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended
 6    by changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 8, 20, and 29.5 and  by  adding
 7    Section 13.1 as follows:

 8        (225 ILCS 320/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 1101)
 9        Sec.  1.  Purpose.  It has been established by scientific
10    evidence  that  improper   plumbing   can   result   in   the
11    introduction  of  pathogenic organisms into the potable water
12    supply,  result  in  the  escape  of  toxic  gases  into  the
13    environment, and result in  potentially  lethal  disease  and
14    epidemic.  It  is  further  found  that  minimum  numbers  of
15    plumbing  facilities  and  fixtures  are  necessary  for  the
16    comfort  and  convenience  of  workers  and persons in public
17    places.
18        Consistent with its duty to safeguard the health  of  the
19    people of this State, the General Assembly therefore declares
20    that  the  regulation  of  plumbing and the plumbing trade is
21    necessary  for  the  protection   of   the   public   health,
22    convenience,  and  welfare.  The  General  Assembly therefore
 
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 1    declares that individuals who plan, inspect, install,  alter,
 2    extend,   repair  and  maintain  plumbing  systems  shall  be
 3    individuals of proven skill.  Further, the  General  Assembly
 4    declares  that  a guide for the minimum control and number of
 5    plumbing materials  and  fixtures,  the  design  of  plumbing
 6    systems,  and  the  construction  and installation methods of
 7    plumbing systems is essential for the  protection  of  public
 8    health and convenience. In order to insure plumbing skill and
 9    to  authoritatively  establish  what  shall  be good plumbing
10    practice, this Act provides for the licensing of plumbers and
11    registration of plumbing contractors and for the promulgation
12    of a Minimum Plumbing Code of standards by  the  Department.,
13    This  Act is therefore declared to be essential to the public
14    interest.
15    (Source: P.A. 87-885.)

16        (225 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1102)
17        Sec. 2.  When used in this Act:
18        "Agent"  means  a  person  designated  by  a  sponsor  as
19    responsible for supervision of an apprentice plumber and  who
20    is also an Illinois licensed plumber.
21        "Apprentice  plumber"  means  any  licensed person who is
22    learning and performing plumbing under the supervision  of  a
23    sponsor  or  his  agent  in accordance with the provisions of
24    this Act.
25        "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship
26    program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau  of
27    Apprenticeship and Training and the Department under rules.
28        "Board"  means  the  Illinois  State  Board  of  Plumbing
29    Examiners.
30        "Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal
31    piping  of a drainage system that receives the discharge from
32    soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls  of  a
33    building and conveys it to 5 feet beyond the foundation walls
 
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 1    where it is connected to the building sewer.
 2        "Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping
 3    of  a  drainage  system  that  extends  from  the  end of the
 4    building drain, receives the discharge of the building  drain
 5    and  conveys  it to a public sewer or private sewage disposal
 6    system.
 7        "Department" means  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public
 8    Health.
 9        "Director"  means the Director of the Illinois Department
10    of Public Health.
11        "Governmental unit" means a city,  village,  incorporated
12    town, county, or sanitary or water district.
13        "Irrigation  contractor"  means  a person who installs or
14    supervises the installation of lawn sprinkler systems subject
15    to Section 2.5 of this Act, other than a licensed plumber  or
16    a licensed apprentice plumber.
17        "Lawn  sprinkler system" means any underground irrigation
18    system of lawn,  shrubbery  and  other  vegetation  from  any
19    potable water sources; and from any water sources, whether or
20    not  potable,  in:   (i)  any  county  with  a  population of
21    3,000,000 or more; (ii)  any  county  with  a  population  of
22    275,000  or more which is contiguous in whole or in part to a
23    county with a population of 3,000,000 or more; and (iii)  any
24    county  with  a  population  of  37,000 or more but less than
25    150,000 which is  contiguous  to  2  or  more  counties  with
26    respective populations in excess of 275,000.  "Lawn sprinkler
27    system"  includes without limitation the water supply piping,
28    valves, and sprinkler heads or other irrigation outlets,  but
29    does  not  include  the  backflow  prevention  device.  "Lawn
30    sprinkler system" does not include an irrigation system  used
31    primarily for agricultural purposes.
32        "Person"  means  any  natural  person, firm, corporation,
33    partnership, or association.
34        "Plumber" means any licensed person authorized to perform
 
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 1    plumbing as defined in this Act, but does not include retired
 2    plumbers as defined in this Act.
 3        "Plumbing"  means  the   actual   installation,   repair,
 4    maintenance,  alteration or extension of a plumbing system by
 5    any person.
 6        "Plumbing" includes all piping,  fixtures,  appurtenances
 7    and  appliances  for  a  supply  of  water  for all purposes,
 8    including  without  limitation  lawn  sprinkler  systems  and
 9    backflow  prevention  devices  connected  to  lawn  sprinkler
10    systems, from the source of a private  water  supply  on  the
11    premises or from the main in the street, alley or at the curb
12    to, within and about any building or buildings where a person
13    or persons live, work or assemble.
14        "Plumbing" includes all piping, from discharge of pumping
15    units  to  and  including  pressure  tanks  in  water  supply
16    systems.
17        "Plumbing"  includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances,
18    and appliances for a building drain and a  sanitary  drainage
19    and  related  ventilation system of any building or buildings
20    where a person or persons live, work  or  assemble  from  the
21    point  of  connection  of such building drain to the building
22    sewer or private sewage disposal system  5  feet  beyond  the
23    foundation walls.
24        "Plumbing"   does  not  mean  or  include  the  trade  of
25    drain-laying,  the  trade  of  drilling  water  wells   which
26    constitute  the  sources  of  private  water supplies, and of
27    making connections between such wells and  pumping  units  in
28    the  water supply systems of buildings served by such private
29    water supplies, or the business of installing water softening
30    equipment and of maintaining and servicing the same,  or  the
31    business  of  manufacturing  or  selling  plumbing  fixtures,
32    appliances, equipment or hardware, or to the installation and
33    servicing  of  electrical  equipment sold by a not-for-profit
34    corporation providing electrification on a cooperative basis,
 
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 1    that either on or before January 1,  1971,  is  or  has  been
 2    financed  in  whole  or  in  part  under  the  federal  Rural
 3    Electrification  Act  of 1936 and the Acts amendatory thereof
 4    and supplementary thereto, to its members for  use  on  farms
 5    owned  by individuals or operated by individuals, nor does it
 6    mean or include minor repairs which do not require changes in
 7    the piping to  or  from  plumbing  fixtures  or  involve  the
 8    removal,  replacement, installation or re-installation of any
 9    pipe or plumbing fixtures.  Plumbing  does  not  include  the
10    installation, repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of
11    building sewers.
12        "Plumbing  contractor"  means  any  person  who  performs
13    plumbing,  as  defined  in  this  Act,  for  another  person.
14    "Plumbing contractor" shall not include licensed plumbers and
15    licensed  apprentice  plumbers  who  either  are  employed by
16    persons engaged in the plumbing business or are  employed  by
17    another  person  for  the  performance of plumbing solely for
18    that other person, including, but not limited to, a hospital,
19    university, or business maintenance staff.
20        "Plumbing fixtures" means installed receptacles,  devices
21    or appliances that are supplied with water or that receive or
22    discharge  liquids  or  liquid  borne wastes, with or without
23    discharge into the drainage system with  which  they  may  be
24    directly or indirectly connected.
25        "Plumbing  system" means  the water service, water supply
26    and distribution pipes; plumbing fixtures  and  traps;  soil,
27    waste  and  vent  pipes;  building  drains;  including  their
28    respective connections, devices and appurtenances.
29        "Plumbing  system"  does  not  include building sewers as
30    defined in this Act.
31        "Retired plumber" means  any  licensed  plumber  in  good
32    standing  who  meets  the  requirements  of  this Act and the
33    requirements prescribed by Department rule to be licensed  as
34    a  retired  plumber  and voluntarily surrenders his plumber's
 
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 1    license  to  the  Department,  in  exchange  for  a   retired
 2    plumber's  license.  Retired plumbers cannot perform plumbing
 3    as  defined  in  this  Act,  cannot  sponsor   or   supervise
 4    apprentice  plumbers,  and cannot inspect plumbing under this
 5    Act.  A retired plumber cannot fulfill  the  requirements  of
 6    subsection (3) of Section 3 of this Act.
 7        "Supervision"  with  respect  to  first  and  second year
 8    licensed apprentice plumbers means that such apprentices must
 9    perform all designing and planning of  plumbing  systems  and
10    all plumbing as defined in this Act under the direct personal
11    supervision  of the sponsor or his or her agent who must also
12    be an Illinois licensed plumber, except for  maintenance  and
13    repair  work on existing plumbing systems done by second year
14    apprentice plumbers;  provided  that  before  performing  any
15    maintenance  and  repair  work without such supervision, such
16    apprentice has received the minimum number of hours of annual
17    classroom  instruction  recommended  by  the  United   States
18    Department  of  Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
19    for apprentice plumbers in a  Bureau  of  Apprenticeship  and
20    Training  approved  plumber  apprenticeship  program  or  its
21    equivalent.    "Supervision"   with   respect  to  all  other
22    apprentice plumbers means that, except  for  maintenance  and
23    repair  work  on existing plumbing systems, any plumbing done
24    by such apprentices must be inspected  daily,  after  initial
25    rough-in  and  after  completion by the sponsor or his or her
26    agent who is also an Illinois licensed plumber.  In addition,
27    all repair and maintenance work done by a licensed apprentice
28    plumber on an existing plumbing system must  be  approved  by
29    the  sponsor  or  his  or  her  agent who is also an Illinois
30    licensed plumber.
31        "Sponsor" is an Illinois licensed plumber or an  approved
32    apprenticeship  program that has accepted an individual as an
33    Illinois  licensed  apprentice  plumber  for  education   and
34    training  in the field of plumbing and whose name and license
 
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 1    number or apprenticeship program number shall appear  on  the
 2    individual's application for an apprentice plumber's license.
 3        "Sponsored"  means that each Illinois licensed apprentice
 4    plumber has been accepted by an Illinois licensed plumber  or
 5    an   approved   apprenticeship   program  for  apprenticeship
 6    training.
 7        "Telecommunications carrier" means  a  telecommunications
 8    carrier as defined in the Public Utilities Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-184, eff. 1-1-00; 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)

10        (225 ILCS 320/3) (from Ch. 111, par. 1103)
11        Sec.  3.  (1)  All  planning  and  designing  of plumbing
12    systems and all plumbing shall be performed only by  plumbers
13    licensed  under the provisions of this Act hereinafter called
14    "licensed plumbers" and "licensed apprentice plumbers".   The
15    inspection  of  plumbing  and  plumbing systems shall be done
16    only by the sponsor or his or  her  agent  who  shall  be  an
17    Illinois  licensed  plumber.   Nothing herein contained shall
18    prohibit licensed plumbers or  licensed  apprentice  plumbers
19    under   supervision  from  planning,  designing,  inspecting,
20    installing, repairing,  maintaining,  altering  or  extending
21    building  sewers  in accordance with this Act.  No person who
22    holds a license or  certificate  of  registration  under  the
23    Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989, or the Structural
24    Engineering   Practice  Act  of  1989,  or  the  Professional
25    Engineering Practice Act of  1989  shall  be  prevented  from
26    planning and designing plumbing systems.
27        (2)  Nothing  herein  contained  shall prohibit the owner
28    occupant or lessee occupant of a single family residence,  or
29    the owner of a single family residence under construction for
30    his  or her occupancy, from planning, installing, altering or
31    repairing the plumbing system  of  such  residence,  provided
32    that   (i)  such  plumbing  shall  comply  with  the  minimum
33    standards  for  plumbing  contained  in  the  Illinois  State
 
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 1    Plumbing Code, and shall be  subject  to  inspection  by  the
 2    Department  or  the  local  governmental unit if it retains a
 3    licensed plumber as an inspector; and (ii) such owner,  owner
 4    occupant  or  lessee  occupant  shall not employ other than a
 5    plumber licensed pursuant to this Act to assist him or her.
 6        For purposes  of  this  subsection,  a  person  shall  be
 7    considered  an  "occupant" if and only if he or she has taken
 8    possession of and is living in the premises  as  his  or  her
 9    bona  fide  sole and exclusive residence, or, in the case  of
10    an owner of a single family residence under construction  for
11    his or her occupancy, he or she expects to take possession of
12    and  live  in  the  premises as his or her bona fide sole and
13    exclusive residence, and he or she has a current intention to
14    live in such premises as  his  or  her  bona  fide  sole  and
15    exclusive  residence  for  a period of not less than 6 months
16    after the completion of the plumbing work performed  pursuant
17    to  the  authorization of this subsection, or, in the case of
18    an owner of a single family residence under construction  for
19    his  or her occupancy, for a period of not less than 6 months
20    after  the  completion  of  construction  of  the  residence.
21    Failure to possess and live in the premises  as  a  sole  and
22    exclusive  residence  for  a period of 6 months or more shall
23    create a rebuttable presumption of a lack of such intention.
24        (3)  The employees of a firm, association, partnership or
25    corporation who engage in plumbing shall be licensed plumbers
26    or licensed apprentice plumbers. At least one member of every
27    firm, association or partnership engaged  in  plumbing  work,
28    and  at  least  one  corporate  officer  of every corporation
29    engaged in plumbing work, as the case  may  be,  shall  be  a
30    licensed  plumber.  A  retired  plumber  cannot  fulfill  the
31    requirements  of  this  subsection (3).  Plumbing contractors
32    are also required to be registered pursuant to the provisions
33    of this Act.
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 1    shall be lawful for an irrigation contractor registered under
 2    Section 2.5 of this Act to employ or  contract  with  one  or
 3    more  licensed  plumbers  in  connection  with  work  on lawn
 4    sprinkler systems pursuant to Section 2.5 of this Act.
 5        (4) (a)  A licensed apprentice plumber shall plan, design
 6        and install plumbing only under the  supervision  of  the
 7        sponsor  or  his  or  her  agent  who is also an Illinois
 8        licensed plumber.
 9             (b)  An applicant for  licensing  as  an  apprentice
10        plumber  shall  be  at least 16 years of age and apply on
11        the application form provided  by  the  Department.  Such
12        application  shall verify that the applicant is sponsored
13        by  an  Illinois  licensed   plumber   or   an   approved
14        apprenticeship  program  and  shall  contain the name and
15        license  number  of  the  licensed  plumber  or   program
16        sponsor.
17             (c)  No  licensed  plumber shall sponsor more than 2
18        licensed apprentice plumbers  at  the  same  time.  If  2
19        licensed  apprentice  plumbers are sponsored by a plumber
20        at the same time, one of the apprentices must have, at  a
21        minimum,  2 years experience as a licensed apprentice. No
22        licensed  plumber  sponsor  or  his  or  her  agent   may
23        supervise  2  licensed apprentices with less than 2 years
24        experience at the same time. The sponsor or  agent  shall
25        supervise  and  be responsible for the plumbing performed
26        by a licensed apprentice.
27             (d)  No agent shall supervise more than  2  licensed
28        apprentices at the same time.
29             (e)  No  licensed  plumber  may,  in  any  capacity,
30        supervise more than 2 licensed apprentice plumbers at the
31        same time.
32             (f)  No  approved apprenticeship program may sponsor
33        more licensed apprentices than  2  times  the  number  of
34        licensed  plumbers  available to supervise those licensed
 
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 1        apprentices.
 2             (g)  No approved apprenticeship program may  sponsor
 3        more   licensed   apprentices  with  less  than  2  years
 4        experience than it has  licensed  plumbers  available  to
 5        supervise those licensed apprentices.
 6             (h)  No  individual  shall  work  as  an  apprentice
 7        plumber  unless he or she is properly licensed under this
 8        Act.  The Department shall issue an apprentice  plumber's
 9        license to each approved applicant.
10             (i)  No licensed apprentice plumber shall serve more
11        than  a  6 year licensed apprenticeship period.  If, upon
12        completion of a 6 year  licensed  apprenticeship  period,
13        such  licensed  apprentice plumber does not apply for the
14        examination for a plumber's license and successfully pass
15        the examination for  a  plumber's  license,  his  or  her
16        apprentice plumber's license shall not be renewed.
17        Nothing  contained  in  P.A.  83-878, entitled "An Act in
18    relation to professions", approved September  26,  1983,  was
19    intended  by  the General Assembly nor should it be construed
20    to require the employees of a governmental unit or  privately
21    owned  municipal  water  supplier  who  operate,  maintain or
22    repair a water or sewer plant  facility  which  is  owned  or
23    operated   by  such  governmental  unit  or  privately  owned
24    municipal water supplier to be licensed plumbers  under  this
25    Act.   In  addition,  nothing  contained  in  P.A. 83-878 was
26    intended by the General Assembly nor should it  be  construed
27    to permit persons other than licensed plumbers to perform the
28    installation,  repair, maintenance or replacement of plumbing
29    fixtures, such as toilet facilities,  floor  drains,  showers
30    and  lavatories,  and the piping attendant to those fixtures,
31    within  such  facility  or  in  the  construction  of  a  new
32    facility.
33        Nothing contained in P.A. 83-878,  entitled  "An  Act  in
34    relation  to  professions",  approved September 26, 1983, was
 
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 1    intended by the General Assembly nor should it  be  construed
 2    to  require the employees of a governmental unit or privately
 3    owned  municipal  water  supplier  who  install,  repair   or
 4    maintain  water service lines from water mains in the street,
 5    alley or curb line to private property lines and who install,
 6    repair or maintain water meters to be licensed plumbers under
 7    this Act if such work was customarily performed prior to  the
 8    effective  date of such Act by employees of such governmental
 9    unit or privately owned municipal water supplier who were not
10    licensed plumbers.   Any  such  work  which  was  customarily
11    performed  prior to the effective date of such Act by persons
12    who were licensed plumbers or subcontracted  to  persons  who
13    were  licensed  plumbers  must  continue  to  be performed by
14    persons who are licensed plumbers or subcontracted to persons
15    who are licensed plumbers.  When necessary  under  this  Act,
16    the  Department  shall  make the determination whether or not
17    persons who are licensed plumbers customarily performed  such
18    work.
19    (Source: P.A. 91-91, eff. 1-1-00; 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)

20        (225 ILCS 320/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 1107)
21        Sec. 8.  The Director shall:
22        (1)  Prepare  forms for application for examination for a
23    plumber's license.
24        (2)  Prepare and issue licenses as provided in this Act.
25        (3)  With the  aid  of  the  Board  prescribe  rules  and
26    regulations  for  examination  of  applicants  for  plumber's
27    licenses.
28        (4)  With  the  aid of the Board prepare and give uniform
29    and comprehensive examinations to applicants for a  plumber's
30    license  which  shall test their knowledge and qualifications
31    in  the  planning  and  design  of  plumbing  systems,  their
32    knowledge, qualifications, and manual skills in plumbing, and
33    their knowledge of the  State's  minimum  code  of  standards
 
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 1    relating  to  fixtures,  materials,  design  and installation
 2    methods of plumbing systems,  promulgated  pursuant  to  this
 3    Act.
 4        (5)  Issue  a  plumber's  license  and license renewal to
 5    every applicant who has passed the examination  and  who  has
 6    paid the required license and renewal fee.
 7        (6)  Prescribe  rules  for  hearings  to  deny,  suspend,
 8    revoke or reinstate licenses as provided in this Act.
 9        (7)  Maintain  a current record showing (a) the names and
10    addresses  of  registered  plumbing   contractors,   licensed
11    plumbers,  licensed apprentice plumbers, and licensed retired
12    plumbers, (b) the dates of issuance of licenses, (c) the date
13    and substance of the charges set forth  in  any  hearing  for
14    denial, suspension or revocation of any license, (d) the date
15    and  substance  of  the  final  order  issued  upon each such
16    hearing, and (e) the date and substance of all petitions  for
17    reinstatement of license and final orders on such petitions.
18        (8)  Prescribe,  in  consultation with the Board, uniform
19    and reasonable rules defining what  constitutes  an  approved
20    course of instruction in plumbing, in colleges, universities,
21    or  trade  schools,  and approve or disapprove the courses of
22    instruction offered by such colleges, universities, or  trade
23    schools  by  reference  to  their compliance or noncompliance
24    with such rules. Such rules shall be designed to assure  that
25    an  approved  course of instruction will adequately teach the
26    design,  planning,  installation,   replacement,   extension,
27    alteration and repair of plumbing.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-665, eff. 8-14-96.)

29        (225 ILCS 320/13.1 new)
30        Sec.    13.1.     Plumbing   contractors;   registration;
31    applications.
32             (1)  On and  after  May  1,  2002,  all  persons  or
33        corporations  desiring  to  engage  in  the  business  of
 
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 1        plumbing contractor, other than any entity that maintains
 2        an  audited net worth of shareholders' equity equal to or
 3        exceeding $100,000,000, shall register in accordance with
 4        the provisions of this Act.
 5             (2)  Application for  registration  shall  be  filed
 6        with  the Department each year, on or before the last day
 7        of April, in writing and on forms prepared and  furnished
 8        by the Department.  All plumbing contractor registrations
 9        expire on the last day of April of each year.
10             (3)  Applications  shall  contain the name, address,
11        and telephone number  of  the  person  and  the  plumbing
12        license of  (i) the individual, if a sole proprietorship;
13        (ii)  the partner, if a partnership; or (iii) an officer,
14        if a corporation.   The  application  shall  contain  the
15        business  name,  address, and telephone number, a current
16        copy of the plumbing license, and any  other  information
17        the Department may require by rule.
18             (4)  Applicants shall submit an original certificate
19        of  insurance  documenting  that  the  contractor carries
20        general liability insurance with a  minimum  of  $100,000
21        per occurrence, bodily injury insurance with a minimum of
22        $300,000 per occurrence, property damage insurance with a
23        minimum  of  $50,000,  and workers compensation insurance
24        with a minimum $500,000.  No registration may  be  issued
25        in the absence of this certificate.  Certificates must be
26        in force at all times for registration to remain valid.
27             (5)  Applicants  shall submit, on a form provided by
28        the Department, an indemnification bond in the amount  of
29        $20,000 or a letter of credit in the same amount for work
30        performed  in  accordance  with  this  Act  and the rules
31        promulgated under this Act.
32             (6)  All  employees   of   a   registered   plumbing
33        contractor  who engage in plumbing work shall be licensed
34        plumbers or apprentice plumbers in accordance  with  this
 
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 1        Act.
 2             (7)  Plumbing  contractors  shall  submit  an annual
 3        registration fee in an amount to be established by rule.
 4             (8)  The Department shall be notified in advance  of
 5        any  changes in the business structure, name, or location
 6        or of the addition or deletion of the  owner  or  officer
 7        who  is  the  licensed plumber listed on the application.
 8        Failure to notify the Department of this  information  is
 9        grounds  for  suspension  or  revocation  of the plumbing
10        contractor's registration.
11             (9)  In the event that the plumber's license on  the
12        application  for registration of a plumbing contractor is
13        a license issued by City of  Chicago,  it  shall  be  the
14        responsibility  of the applicant to forward a copy of the
15        plumber's license to the Department, noting the  name  of
16        the registered plumbing contractor, when it is renewed.

17        (225 ILCS 320/20) (from Ch. 111, par. 1119)
18        Sec.  20.  Grounds  for  discipline. (1) The Director may
19    deny, revoke  or  suspend  a  license  or  registration  when
20    findings show one or more of the following:
21             (a)  That  the  licensee  or  registrant obtained or
22        conspired with others to obtain a license or registration
23        by inducing the issuance thereof in consideration of  the
24        payment  of money or delivery of any other thing of value
25        or by and through misrepresentation of facts.
26             (b)  That  the  licensee  or  registrant   willfully
27        violated any law of this State or any rule, regulation or
28        code promulgated thereunder regulating plumbing, licensed
29        or  registered  plumbing  contractors, licensed plumbers,
30        licensed apprentice plumbers, licensed retired  plumbers,
31        water well pump installations and private sewage disposal
32        systems.
33             (c)  That  the  licensee  or  registrant   has  been
 
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 1        guilty  of  negligence or incompetence in the performance
 2        of plumbing.
 3             (d)  That the licensee or registrant has  loaned  or
 4        in  any  manner transferred his or her license to another
 5        person.
 6             (e)  That the sponsor or his or her agent has failed
 7        to properly supervise a licensed apprentice plumber.
 8             (f)  That the  owner  or  officer  of  a  registered
 9        plumbing  contractor  failed to maintain a valid plumbing
10        license.
11             (g)  That the registered plumbing contractor used  a
12        plumbing license without the permission of the licensee.
13        (2)  If  a  license  is suspended or revoked, the license
14    shall be surrendered to the Department but, if suspended,  it
15    shall be returned to the licensee upon the termination of the
16    suspension period.
17        The  Department  may  refuse  to issue or may suspend the
18    license of any person who fails to file a return, or  to  pay
19    the  tax,  penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or to
20    pay any final assessment of  tax,  penalty  or  interest,  as
21    required   by  any  tax  Act  administered  by  the  Illinois
22    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
23    any such tax Act are satisfied.
24    (Source: P.A. 87-885.)

25        (225 ILCS 320/29.5)
26        Sec.   29.5.  Unlicensed   and   unregistered   practice;
27    violation; civil penalty.
28        (a)  A person who practices, offers to practice, attempts
29    to practice, or holds himself or herself out to practice as a
30    plumber or plumbing  contractor  without  being  licensed  or
31    registered  under  this  Act,  or as an irrigation contractor
32    without being registered under this Act, shall,  in  addition
33    to  any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil penalty to
 
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 1    the Department in an amount not to  exceed  $5,000  for  each
 2    offense  as  determined  by the Department. The civil penalty
 3    shall be assessed by the Department after a hearing  is  held
 4    in  accordance  with  the  provisions  set  forth in this Act
 5    regarding the provision of a hearing for the discipline of  a
 6    licensee or registrant.
 7        (b)  The  Department  has  the  authority  and  power  to
 8    investigate  any  person  who  practices, offers to practice,
 9    attempts to practice, or holds  himself  or  herself  out  to
10    practice  as  a  plumber or plumbing contractor without being
11    licensed or registered under this Act, or  as  an  irrigation
12    contractor without being registered under this Act.
13        (c)  The civil penalty shall be paid within 60 days after
14    the  effective  date of the order imposing the civil penalty.
15    The order shall constitute a judgment and may  be  filed  and
16    execution  had  on  the  judgment  in  the  same  manner as a
17    judgment from a court of  record.  All  fines  and  penalties
18    collected by the Department under this Section of the Act and
19    accrued   interest  shall  be  deposited  into  the  Plumbing
20    Licensure and Program Fund  for  use  by  the  Department  in
21    performing  activities  relating  to  the  administration and
22    enforcement of this Act.
23    (Source: P.A. 90-714, eff. 8-7-98; 91-678, eff. 1-26-00.)

24        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
25    becoming law.".

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