Bill Text: IL HB4267 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that no governmental unit shall act as a plumbing contractor. Further provides that a person employed by a governmental unit as a Plumbing Inspector is prohibited from acting as a plumbing contractor on behalf of the governmental unit.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB4267 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB4267-Introduced.html

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB4267 Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 320/6 from Ch. 111, par. 1105
225 ILCS 320/13.1
225 ILCS 320/18 from Ch. 111, par. 1117
Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that no governmental unit shall act as a plumbing contractor. Further provides that a person employed by a governmental unit as a Plumbing Inspector is prohibited from acting as a plumbing contractor on behalf of the governmental unit.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by
changing Sections 6, 13.1, and 18 as follows:
(225 ILCS 320/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 1105)
Sec. 6. No municipal corporation or political subdivision
shall engage in plumbing unless such plumbing is performed on
property owned by the governmental unit and is performed by one
or more licensed plumbers, or licensed apprentice plumbers
under supervision in accordance with this Act, provided that
any such governmental unit may contract for plumbing with any
person authorized to engage in plumbing in this State.
(Source: P.A. 83-878.)
(225 ILCS 320/13.1)
Sec. 13.1. Plumbing contractors; registration;
applications.
(1) On and after May 1, 2002, all persons or corporations
desiring to engage in the business of plumbing contractor,
other than any entity that maintains an audited net worth of
shareholders' equity equal to or exceeding $100,000,000, shall
register in accordance with the provisions of this Act. No

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governmental unit shall act as a plumbing contractor.
(2) Application for registration shall be filed with the
Department each year, on or before the last day of September,
in writing and on forms prepared and furnished by the
Department. All plumbing contractor registrations expire on
the last day of September of each year.
(3) Applications shall contain the name, address, and
telephone number of the person and the plumbing license of (i)
the individual, if a sole proprietorship; (ii) the partner, if
a partnership; or (iii) an officer, if a corporation. The
application shall contain the business name, address, and
telephone number, a current copy of the plumbing license, and
any other information the Department may require by rule.
(4) Applicants shall submit an original certificate of
insurance documenting that the contractor carries general
liability insurance with a minimum of $100,000 per occurrence,
a minimum of $300,000 aggregate for bodily injury, property
damage insurance with a minimum of $50,000 or a minimum of
$300,000 combined single limit, and workers compensation
insurance with a minimum $500,000 employer's liability. No
registration may be issued in the absence of this certificate.
Certificates must be in force at all times for registration to
remain valid.
(5) Applicants shall submit, on a form provided by the
Department, an indemnification bond in the amount of $20,000 or
a letter of credit in the same amount for work performed in

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accordance with this Act and the rules promulgated under this
Act.
(6) All employees of a registered plumbing contractor who
engage in plumbing work shall be licensed plumbers or
apprentice plumbers in accordance with this Act.
(7) Plumbing contractors shall submit an annual
registration fee in an amount to be established by rule.
(8) The Department shall be notified in advance of any
changes in the business structure, name, or location or of the
addition or deletion of the owner or officer who is the
licensed plumber listed on the application. Failure to notify
the Department of this information is grounds for suspension or
revocation of the plumbing contractor's registration.
(9) In the event that the plumber's license on the
application for registration of a plumbing contractor is a
license issued by the City of Chicago, it shall be the
responsibility of the applicant to forward a copy of the
plumber's license to the Department, noting the name of the
registered plumbing contractor, when it is renewed. In the
event that the plumbing contractor's registration is suspended
or revoked, the Department shall notify the City of Chicago and
any corresponding plumbing contractor's license issued by the
City of Chicago shall be suspended or revoked.
(Source: P.A. 97-365, eff. 1-1-12.)
(225 ILCS 320/18) (from Ch. 111, par. 1117)

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Sec. 18. Local regulation; Department standards.
(1) It is hereby declared to be the policy of this State
that each city, town, village, township or county with a water
supply system or sewage disposal system or both should so soon
after the enactment of this Act as practicable, with the advice
of the State Department of Public Health, provide by ordinance,
bylaws or rules and regulations for the materials,
construction, alteration, and inspection of all plumbing
placed in or in connection with any building in any such city,
town, village, township, or county and to provide for and
appoint a competent Plumbing Inspector or more as required. The
Department may by rule establish voluntary standards for the
content and conduct of local plumbing regulation and inspection
programs and may evaluate and certify local programs that are
in compliance with the voluntary standards. The Department may
by rule establish voluntary education, training, and
experience standards for Plumbing Inspectors and may certify
Plumbing Inspectors who are in compliance with the voluntary
standards. Nothing contained in this Act shall prohibit any
city, town, village, township or county from providing for a
Plumbing Inspector or from requiring permits for the
installation and repair of plumbing and collecting a fee
therefor, but a city, town, village, township, or county that
requires a permit for installation and repair of plumbing may
not issue that permit without verification that the applicant
has a valid plumbing license or that the applicant is the owner

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occupant of a single family residence that is the subject of
the permit. For the purpose of this Section, the term
"occupant" has the same meaning as in subsection (2) of Section
3 of this Act. No person shall be appointed as a Plumbing
Inspector who is not a licensed plumber under this Act,
including persons employed as Plumbing Inspectors in home rule
units. A person employed by a governmental unit as a Plumbing
Inspector is prohibited from acting as a plumbing contractor on
behalf of the governmental unit.
(2) The Department of Public Health shall conduct inquiry
in any city, town, village, township, or county or at any other
place in the State when reasonably necessary in the judgment of
the Director of the Department of Public Health to safeguard
the health of any person or persons in this State, on account
of piping or appurtenant appliances within any building, or
outside, when such piping and appliances are for the use of
plumbing as defined in this Act and for the use of carrying
sewage or waste within or from any building.
The Department of Public Health may conduct such inquiries
in any city, town, village, township or county in this State by
directing the Plumbing Inspector thereof to aid in or conduct
such inquiry or investigation in behalf of the Department of
Public Health or the Department of Public Health may designate
some other person or persons to conduct such investigation.
(Source: P.A. 94-132, eff. 7-7-05.)