Bill Text: IL SB0032 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that, if a unit of local government regulates reclaimed water systems, then those reclaimed water systems must meet specific requirements. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Sponsor Removed Sen. Dan Duffy [SB0032 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB0032-Engrossed.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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Sections 2 and 35 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 320/2) (from Ch. 111, par. 1102)
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7 | Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
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8 | "Agent" means a person designated by a sponsor as | ||||||
9 | responsible for
supervision of an apprentice plumber and who is | ||||||
10 | also an Illinois
licensed plumber.
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11 | "Apprentice plumber" means any licensed person who is | ||||||
12 | learning and
performing plumbing under the supervision of a | ||||||
13 | sponsor or his agent in
accordance with the provisions of this | ||||||
14 | Act.
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15 | "Approved apprenticeship program" means an apprenticeship | ||||||
16 | program
approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of | ||||||
17 | Apprenticeship and
Training and the Department under rules.
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18 | "Board" means the Illinois State Board of Plumbing | ||||||
19 | Examiners.
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20 | "Building drain" means that part of the lowest horizontal | ||||||
21 | piping
of a drainage system that receives the discharge from | ||||||
22 | soil, waste, and
other drainage pipes inside the walls of a | ||||||
23 | building and conveys it to 5
feet beyond the foundation walls |
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1 | where it is connected to the building sewer.
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2 | "Building sewer" means that part of the horizontal piping | ||||||
3 | of a drainage
system that extends from the end of the building | ||||||
4 | drain, receives the discharge
of the building drain and conveys | ||||||
5 | it to a public sewer or private sewage
disposal system.
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6 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | ||||||
7 | Health.
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8 | "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
9 | Public Health.
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10 | "Governmental unit" means a city, village, incorporated | ||||||
11 | town, county,
or sanitary or water district.
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12 | "Irrigation contractor" means a person who installs or | ||||||
13 | supervises the
installation of lawn sprinkler systems subject | ||||||
14 | to Section 2.5 of this Act,
other than a licensed plumber or a
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15 | licensed apprentice plumber.
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16 | "Irrigation employee" means a person who is employed by a | ||||||
17 | registered irrigation contractor or a licensed plumber, and who | ||||||
18 | designs, repairs, alters, maintains, or installs lawn | ||||||
19 | sprinkler systems that are subject to Section 2.5 of this Law.
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20 | "Lawn sprinkler system" means any underground irrigation | ||||||
21 | system of lawn,
shrubbery and other vegetation from any potable | ||||||
22 | water sources; and from any
water sources, whether or not | ||||||
23 | potable. "Lawn sprinkler system" includes
without limitation | ||||||
24 | the water supply piping, valves, control systems, low voltage | ||||||
25 | wiring, sprinkler heads or
other irrigation outlets, and | ||||||
26 | moisture or rainfall sensing equipment, but does not include |
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1 | the backflow prevention
device. "Lawn sprinkler system" does | ||||||
2 | not include an irrigation
system used primarily for | ||||||
3 | agricultural purposes.
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4 | "Person" means any natural person, firm, corporation, | ||||||
5 | partnership, or
association.
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6 | "Plumber" means any licensed person authorized to perform | ||||||
7 | plumbing
as defined in this Act, but does not include retired | ||||||
8 | plumbers as defined in
this Act.
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9 | "Plumbing" means the actual installation, repair, | ||||||
10 | maintenance, alteration
or extension of a plumbing system by | ||||||
11 | any person.
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12 | "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances | ||||||
13 | and
appliances for a supply of water for all purposes, | ||||||
14 | including without limitation
lawn sprinkler systems and | ||||||
15 | backflow prevention devices connected to lawn
sprinkler | ||||||
16 | systems, from the
source of a private water supply on the | ||||||
17 | premises or from
the main in the street, alley or at the curb | ||||||
18 | to, within and about any building
or buildings where a person | ||||||
19 | or persons live, work or assemble.
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20 | "Plumbing" includes rainwater harvesting distribution | ||||||
21 | systems for indoor use only. "Plumbing" does not include any | ||||||
22 | rainwater harvesting distribution system or rainwater | ||||||
23 | harvesting collection system used for lawn sprinkler systems. | ||||||
24 | Rainwater harvesting distribution systems shall be constructed | ||||||
25 | in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing Code. | ||||||
26 | "Plumbing" includes all piping, from discharge of pumping |
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1 | units to
and including pressure tanks in water supply systems.
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2 | "Plumbing" includes all piping, fixtures, appurtenances, | ||||||
3 | and
appliances for
a building drain and a sanitary drainage and | ||||||
4 | related ventilation system
of any building or buildings where a | ||||||
5 | person or persons live, work or assemble
from the point of | ||||||
6 | connection of such building drain to the building sewer
or | ||||||
7 | private sewage disposal system 5 feet beyond the foundation | ||||||
8 | walls.
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9 | "Plumbing" does not mean or include the trade of | ||||||
10 | drain-laying, the
trade of drilling water wells which | ||||||
11 | constitute the sources of private water
supplies, and of making | ||||||
12 | connections between such wells and pumping units
in the water | ||||||
13 | supply systems of buildings served by such private water
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14 | supplies, or the business of installing water softening | ||||||
15 | equipment and of
maintaining and servicing the same, or the | ||||||
16 | business of manufacturing or
selling plumbing fixtures, | ||||||
17 | appliances, equipment or hardware, or to the
installation and | ||||||
18 | servicing of electrical equipment sold by a not-for-profit
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19 | corporation providing electrification on a cooperative basis, | ||||||
20 | that either
on or before January 1, 1971, is or has been | ||||||
21 | financed in whole or in part
under the federal Rural | ||||||
22 | Electrification Act of 1936 and the Acts
amendatory
thereof and | ||||||
23 | supplementary thereto, to its members for use on farms owned
by | ||||||
24 | individuals or operated by individuals, nor does it mean or | ||||||
25 | include minor
repairs which do not require changes in the | ||||||
26 | piping to or from plumbing fixtures
or involve the removal, |
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1 | replacement, installation or re-installation of
any pipe or | ||||||
2 | plumbing fixtures. Plumbing does not include the installation,
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3 | repair, maintenance, alteration or extension of building | ||||||
4 | sewers , or the installation, repair, or maintenance of | ||||||
5 | rainwater harvesting collection systems .
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6 | "Plumbing contractor" means any person who performs | ||||||
7 | plumbing,
as defined in this Act, for another person. "Plumbing | ||||||
8 | contractor"
shall not include licensed plumbers and licensed | ||||||
9 | apprentice plumbers
who
either
are employed by persons engaged | ||||||
10 | in the plumbing business or are
employed by another person for | ||||||
11 | the performance of
plumbing
solely
for that other person, | ||||||
12 | including, but not limited to, a
hospital, university, or | ||||||
13 | business maintenance staff.
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14 | "Plumbing fixtures" means installed receptacles, devices | ||||||
15 | or appliances
that are supplied with water or that receive or | ||||||
16 | discharge liquids or liquid
borne wastes, with or without | ||||||
17 | discharge into the drainage system with which
they may be | ||||||
18 | directly or indirectly connected.
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19 | "Plumbing system" means the water service, water supply and | ||||||
20 | distribution
pipes; plumbing fixtures and traps; soil, waste | ||||||
21 | and vent pipes; building
drains; including their respective | ||||||
22 | connections, devices and appurtenances.
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23 | "Plumbing system" does not include building sewers as | ||||||
24 | defined in this
Act.
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25 | "Rainwater harvesting collection system" is a system for | ||||||
26 | the capture, diversion, and storage of rainwater and consists |
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1 | of a cistern(s), pipe, fittings, and appurtenances required for | ||||||
2 | or used to harvest rainwater for non-potable purposes. These | ||||||
3 | systems must be constructed in accordance with the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Plumbing Code. | ||||||
5 | "Rainwater harvesting distribution system" is a system for | ||||||
6 | the distribution of rainwater collected by an approved | ||||||
7 | rainwater harvesting collection system. This system consists | ||||||
8 | of pumps, pipe, fittings or other plumbing appurtenances and | ||||||
9 | must be constructed in accordance with the Illinois Plumbing | ||||||
10 | Code. | ||||||
11 | "Retired plumber" means any licensed plumber in good | ||||||
12 | standing who meets the
requirements of this Act and the | ||||||
13 | requirements prescribed by Department rule to
be licensed as a | ||||||
14 | retired plumber and voluntarily surrenders his plumber's
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15 | license to the Department, in exchange for a retired plumber's | ||||||
16 | license.
Retired
plumbers cannot perform plumbing as defined in | ||||||
17 | this Act, cannot sponsor or
supervise apprentice plumbers, and | ||||||
18 | cannot inspect plumbing under this Act. A
retired plumber | ||||||
19 | cannot fulfill the requirements of subsection (3) of Section 3
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20 | of this Act.
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21 | "Supervision" with respect to first and second year | ||||||
22 | licensed apprentice
plumbers means that such apprentices must | ||||||
23 | perform all designing and
planning of plumbing systems and all | ||||||
24 | plumbing as defined in this Act under
the direct personal | ||||||
25 | supervision of the sponsor or his or her agent who must
also be | ||||||
26 | an Illinois licensed plumber, except for maintenance and repair
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1 | work on existing plumbing systems done by second year | ||||||
2 | apprentice plumbers;
provided that before performing any | ||||||
3 | maintenance and repair work
without such supervision, such | ||||||
4 | apprentice has received the minimum number of
hours of annual | ||||||
5 | classroom instruction recommended by the United States
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6 | Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for | ||||||
7 | apprentice
plumbers in a Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training | ||||||
8 | approved plumber
apprenticeship program or its equivalent. | ||||||
9 | "Supervision" with respect to
all other apprentice plumbers | ||||||
10 | means that, except for maintenance and repair
work on existing | ||||||
11 | plumbing systems, any plumbing done by such apprentices
must be | ||||||
12 | inspected daily, after initial rough-in and after completion by | ||||||
13 | the
sponsor or his or her agent who is also an Illinois | ||||||
14 | licensed plumber. In
addition, all repair and maintenance work | ||||||
15 | done by a licensed apprentice
plumber on an existing plumbing | ||||||
16 | system must be approved by the sponsor or
his or her agent who | ||||||
17 | is also an Illinois licensed plumber.
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18 | "Sponsor" is an Illinois licensed plumber or an approved | ||||||
19 | apprenticeship
program that has accepted an individual as an | ||||||
20 | Illinois licensed apprentice
plumber for education and | ||||||
21 | training in the field of plumbing and whose name
and license | ||||||
22 | number or apprenticeship program number shall appear on the
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23 | individual's application for an apprentice plumber's license.
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24 | "Sponsored" means that each Illinois licensed apprentice | ||||||
25 | plumber
has been accepted by an Illinois licensed plumber or an | ||||||
26 | approved
apprenticeship program for apprenticeship training.
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1 | "Telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications | ||||||
2 | carrier as defined
in the Public Utilities Act.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 94-101, eff. 1-1-08 .)
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4 | (225 ILCS 320/35) (from Ch. 111, par. 1133)
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5 | Sec. 35.
The Department shall promulgate and publish and | ||||||
6 | may from time
to time amend a minimum code of standards for | ||||||
7 | plumbing and the fixtures,
materials, design and installation | ||||||
8 | methods of plumbing systems based upon
the findings of the | ||||||
9 | sciences of pneumatics and hydraulics, after consideration
of | ||||||
10 | the recommendations of the Plumbing Code Advisory Council.
The | ||||||
11 | Department may promulgate and publish rules in the State's | ||||||
12 | minimum
code of standards for the minimum number of plumbing | ||||||
13 | fixtures required for
the comfort and convenience of workers | ||||||
14 | and the public not inconsistent
with, but not limited to, the | ||||||
15 | requirements of the federal Americans With
Disabilities Act, | ||||||
16 | the Equitable Restrooms Act, and the U.S. Department
of Labor, | ||||||
17 | Office of Safety and Health Administration. The Department | ||||||
18 | shall promulgate and publish a minimum code of standards for | ||||||
19 | rainwater harvesting collection systems and rainwater | ||||||
20 | harvesting distribution systems by January 1, 2010. The minimum
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21 | code of standards for plumbing and any amendments thereto shall | ||||||
22 | be filed
with the Secretary of State as a public record. In | ||||||
23 | preparing plumbing code
standards and amendments thereto the | ||||||
24 | Department may give consideration to
the recommendations | ||||||
25 | contained in nationally recognized plumbing codes and
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1 | recommendations of nationally recognized material and | ||||||
2 | equipment testing
laboratories. The plumbing code promulgated | ||||||
3 | by the Department under
authority of this Act shall remain in | ||||||
4 | effect as the minimum
code authorized by this Act until the | ||||||
5 | Department promulgates a new code
under authority of this Act. | ||||||
6 | At least 20 days' notice of a public hearing
shall be given by | ||||||
7 | the Department in a manner which the Department considers
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8 | adequate to bring the hearing to the attention of persons | ||||||
9 | interested in
plumbing code standards. Notice of any public | ||||||
10 | hearing shall be given by
the Department to those who file a | ||||||
11 | request for a notice of hearings.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 87-885.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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