Registration and Regulation Committee
Filed: 3/9/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1445




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1445 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Fire Sprinkler Contractor Licensing Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 30 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 317/30)



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    Sec. 30. Requirements for the installation and repair of 
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fire protection
systems.
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    (a) Equipment shall be listed by a nationally recognized 
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testing laboratory,
such as
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. or 
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Factory Mutual Laboratories, Inc., or shall
comply with 
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nationally
accepted standards. The State Fire Marshal shall 
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adopt by rule procedures for
determining
whether a laboratory 
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is
nationally recognized, taking into account the laboratory's 
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facilities,
procedures, use of nationally
recognized 
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standards, and any other criteria reasonably calculated to 
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reach an
informed
determination.

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    (b) Equipment shall be installed in accordance with the 
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applicable standards
of the National
Fire Protection 
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Association and the manufacturer's specifications.

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    (c) The contractor shall furnish the user with operating 
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instructions for
all equipment
installed, together with a 
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diagram of the final installation.

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    (d) All fire sprinkler systems shall have a backflow 
 


 






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prevention device or,
in a municipality with a population over 
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500,000, a double detector check
assembly installed by a 
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licensed plumber before the fire sprinkler system
connection to 
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the water service.  Connection to the backflow prevention device

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or, in a municipality with a population over 500,000, a double 
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detector
assembly shall be done in a manner consistent with the 
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Department of Public
Health's Plumbing Code.

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    (d-5) Prior to submitting any layout drawing of sprinkler 
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systems to the authority that has jurisdiction, the layout 
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drawing must be stamped by a professional engineer who is 
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licensed under the laws of the State or certified by a holder 
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of a valid NICET level 3 or higher certification in "fire 
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protection technology, automatic sprinkler system layout" who 
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is licensed under this Act or is employed by a person or an 
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organization licensed under this Act.

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    (e) This licensing Act is not intended to require any 
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additional fire
inspections at State level.

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(Source: P.A. 92-871, eff. 1-3-03.)".