Bill Text: IL HB4496 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that by January 1, 2013, the Illinois Department of Public Health shall amend the existing minimum code of standards for plumbing and the fixtures, materials, design, and installation methods of plumbing systems to reflect advances in those technologies and methods that more efficiently utilize natural resources and protect public health. Provides that the Department shall consider the recommendations contained in nationally and internationally recognized plumbing codes and recommendations of nationally and internationally recognized material and equipment testing laboratories so that the State's plumbing code standards are consistent with the leading technologies and methods that more efficiently utilize natural resources and protect public health. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-7)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0852 [HB4496 Detail]

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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 Section 35 as follows:
(225 ILCS 320/35) (from Ch. 111, par. 1133)
Sec. 35. The Department shall promulgate and publish and
may from time to time amend a minimum code of standards for
plumbing and the fixtures, materials, design and installation
methods of plumbing systems based upon the findings of the
sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics, after consideration of
the recommendations of the Plumbing Code Advisory Council. By
January 1, 2013, the Plumbing Code Advisory Council shall
recommend amendments to the existing minimum code of standards
for plumbing and the fixtures, materials, design, and
installation methods of plumbing systems to reflect advances in
those technologies and methods that more efficiently utilize
natural resources and protect public health. Upon
consideration of those recommendations, the Department shall
submit the amendments to the existing minimum code of standards
to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules by May 31, 2013.
The Department may promulgate and publish rules in the State's
minimum code of standards for the minimum number of plumbing

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fixtures required for the comfort and convenience of workers
and the public not inconsistent with, but not limited to, the
requirements of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act,
the Equitable Restrooms Act, and the U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of Safety and Health Administration. The minimum code of
standards for plumbing and any amendments thereto shall be
filed with the Secretary of State as a public record. In
preparing plumbing code standards and amendments thereto the
Department may give consideration to the recommendations
contained in nationally recognized plumbing codes and
recommendations of nationally recognized material and
equipment testing laboratories. The plumbing code promulgated
by the Department under authority of this Act shall remain in
effect as the minimum code authorized by this Act until the
Department promulgates a new code under authority of this Act.
At least 20 days' notice of a public hearing shall be given by
the Department in a manner which the Department considers
adequate to bring the hearing to the attention of persons
interested in plumbing code standards. Notice of any public
hearing shall be given by the Department to those who file a
request for a notice of hearings.
(Source: P.A. 87-885.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.