Bill Text: IL HB4535 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the fiscal year of credit unions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0993 [HB4535 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4535-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the fiscal year of credit unions.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0993 [HB4535 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4535-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 | ||||||
5 | is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 305/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 1311)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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8 | Sec. 11. Application for original license. Applications | ||||||
9 | for original
licensure shall be made to the Department in | ||||||
10 | writing on forms prescribed by
the Department and shall be | ||||||
11 | accompanied by the required fee, which is
not refundable. Any | ||||||
12 | such application shall require information as in
the judgment | ||||||
13 | of the Department will enable the Department to pass on the
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14 | qualifications of the applicant to practice architecture.
The | ||||||
15 | Department may require an applicant, at the applicant's | ||||||
16 | expense, to have
an evaluation of the applicant's education in | ||||||
17 | a foreign country by an evaluation service approved by the | ||||||
18 | Board in accordance with rules
prescribed by the Department.
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19 | An applicant who has graduated from an architectural | ||||||
20 | program outside the
United
States or its territories and whose | ||||||
21 | first language is not English shall submit
certification of | ||||||
22 | passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
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23 | 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.
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4 | (Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
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5 | Section 10. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of | ||||||
6 | 1989 is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 325/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 5208)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 8. Applications for licensure. | ||||||
10 | (a) Applications for licensure
shall (1) be on forms | ||||||
11 | prescribed and furnished by the Department, (2) contain
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12 | statements made under oath showing the applicant's education | ||||||
13 | and
a detailed summary of the applicant's technical work, and | ||||||
14 | (3) contain
references as required by the Department. | ||||||
15 | (b) Applicants shall have obtained the education and | ||||||
16 | experience as
required in Section 10 or Section 11 prior to | ||||||
17 | submittal of application
for licensure.
Allowable experience | ||||||
18 | shall commence at the date of the baccalaureate
degree, except: | ||||||
19 | (1) Credit for one year of experience shall be given | ||||||
20 | for a graduate of
a baccalaureate curriculum providing a | ||||||
21 | cooperative program, which is
supervised industrial or | ||||||
22 | field experience of at least one academic year
which | ||||||
23 | alternates with periods of full-time academic training, | ||||||
24 | when such
program is certified by the university, or |
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1 | (2) Partial credit may be given
for professional | ||||||
2 | engineering experience as
defined by rule for employment | ||||||
3 | prior to receipt of a baccalaureate
degree if the | ||||||
4 | employment is full-time while the applicant is a
part-time | ||||||
5 | student
taking fewer than 12 hours per semester or 8 hours | ||||||
6 | per quarter
to earn the degree concurrent with the
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7 | full-time engineering experience. | ||||||
8 | (3) If an applicant files an application and supporting | ||||||
9 | documents
containing a material misstatement of | ||||||
10 | information or a
misrepresentation for the purpose of | ||||||
11 | obtaining licensure or
enrollment or if an applicant | ||||||
12 | performs
any fraud or deceit in taking any examination to | ||||||
13 | qualify for
licensure or enrollment
under this Act, the | ||||||
14 | Department may issue a rule of intent to deny
licensure or | ||||||
15 | enrollment
and may conduct a hearing in accordance
with | ||||||
16 | Sections 26 through 33 and Sections 37 and 38 of this Act. | ||||||
17 | The Board may conduct oral interviews of any applicant | ||||||
18 | under Sections
10, 11, or 19 to assist in the evaluation of the | ||||||
19 | qualifications of the
applicant. | ||||||
20 | It is the responsibility of the applicant to supplement the
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21 | application, when requested by the Board, by provision of | ||||||
22 | additional
documentation of education, including transcripts, | ||||||
23 | course content and
credentials of the engineering college or | ||||||
24 | college granting related
science degrees, or of work experience | ||||||
25 | to permit the Board to determine
the qualifications of the | ||||||
26 | applicant. The Department may require an
applicant, at the |
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1 | applicant's expense, to have an evaluation of the applicant's
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2 | education in a foreign country by a nationally recognized | ||||||
3 | evaluating service
approved by the Department. | ||||||
4 | An applicant who graduated from an engineering program | ||||||
5 | outside the United
States or its territories and whose first | ||||||
6 | language is not English shall submit
certification of passage | ||||||
7 | of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
and a test | ||||||
8 | of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any such | ||||||
9 | applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from an | ||||||
10 | accredited educational institution in the United States or its | ||||||
11 | territories shall not be subject to this requirement. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10 .)
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13 | Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989 | ||||||
14 | is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
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15 | (225 ILCS 340/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 6609)
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16 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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17 | Sec. 9.
Applications for original licenses shall be made to | ||||||
18 | the
Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department | ||||||
19 | and shall be
accompanied by the required fee, which is not | ||||||
20 | refundable. The application
shall require such information as | ||||||
21 | in the judgment of the Department will
enable the Department to | ||||||
22 | pass on the qualifications of the applicant for
a license.
The | ||||||
23 | Department may require an applicant, at the applicant's | ||||||
24 | expense, to have
an evaluation of the applicant's education in |
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1 | a foreign county by a nationally
recognized evaluation service | ||||||
2 | approved by the Department in accordance with rules
prescribed | ||||||
3 | by the Department.
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4 | An applicant who graduated from a structural engineering | ||||||
5 | program outside the
United States or its territories and whose | ||||||
6 | first language is not English shall
submit certification of | ||||||
7 | passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) | ||||||
8 | and a test of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any | ||||||
9 | such applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from | ||||||
10 | an accredited educational institution in the United States or | ||||||
11 | its territories shall not be subject to this requirement.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
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