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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1809 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 3105/10.09-120 ILCS 3105/10.1820 ILCS 3105/10.20 new110 ILCS 805/2-13 new Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall establish uniform statewide minimum qualification requirements for code inspectors and shall maintain a statewide registry and certification program for qualified inspectors to demonstrate their compliance with the minimum qualification requirements. Provides that any municipal building code or county building code must ensure that all code inspectors meet at least the minimum certification requirements required by the Board for non-building code jurisdictions. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall create a specific listing in its directory of programs for courses and programs that prepare students to become code inspectors. Provides that the State Board shall conduct a survey of all community colleges in the State to determine the current and historical enrollment in currently existing building code-related courses. LRB104 10472 HLH 20547 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB1809 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 20 ILCS 3105/10.09-120 ILCS 3105/10.1820 ILCS 3105/10.20 new110 ILCS 805/2-13 new 20 ILCS 3105/10.09-1 20 ILCS 3105/10.18 20 ILCS 3105/10.20 new 110 ILCS 805/2-13 new Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall establish uniform statewide minimum qualification requirements for code inspectors and shall maintain a statewide registry and certification program for qualified inspectors to demonstrate their compliance with the minimum qualification requirements. Provides that any municipal building code or county building code must ensure that all code inspectors meet at least the minimum certification requirements required by the Board for non-building code jurisdictions. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall create a specific listing in its directory of programs for courses and programs that prepare students to become code inspectors. Provides that the State Board shall conduct a survey of all community colleges in the State to determine the current and historical enrollment in currently existing building code-related courses. LRB104 10472 HLH 20547 b LRB104 10472 HLH 20547 b A BILL FOR
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88 Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall establish uniform statewide minimum qualification requirements for code inspectors and shall maintain a statewide registry and certification program for qualified inspectors to demonstrate their compliance with the minimum qualification requirements. Provides that any municipal building code or county building code must ensure that all code inspectors meet at least the minimum certification requirements required by the Board for non-building code jurisdictions. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall create a specific listing in its directory of programs for courses and programs that prepare students to become code inspectors. Provides that the State Board shall conduct a survey of all community colleges in the State to determine the current and historical enrollment in currently existing building code-related courses.
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning State government.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by
1818 5 changing Sections 10.09-1 and 10.18 and by adding Section
1919 6 10.20 as follows:
2020 7 (20 ILCS 3105/10.09-1)
2121 8 Sec. 10.09-1. Certification of inspection.
2222 9 (a) No person may occupy a newly constructed commercial
2323 10 building or a substantially improved commercial building in a
2424 11 non-building code jurisdiction until:
2525 12 (1) The property owner or property owner's agent has
2626 13 first contracted for the inspection of the building by an
2727 14 inspector who meets the qualifications established by the
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2929 16 (2) The qualified inspector files a certification of
3030 17 inspection with the municipality or county having such
3131 18 jurisdiction over the property indicating that the
3232 19 building complies with all of the following:
3333 20 (A) to the extent they do not conflict with the
3434 21 codes and rules listed in subparagraphs (C) through
3535 22 (F), the current edition or most recent preceding
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4646 Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall establish uniform statewide minimum qualification requirements for code inspectors and shall maintain a statewide registry and certification program for qualified inspectors to demonstrate their compliance with the minimum qualification requirements. Provides that any municipal building code or county building code must ensure that all code inspectors meet at least the minimum certification requirements required by the Board for non-building code jurisdictions. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall create a specific listing in its directory of programs for courses and programs that prepare students to become code inspectors. Provides that the State Board shall conduct a survey of all community colleges in the State to determine the current and historical enrollment in currently existing building code-related courses.
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7777 1 International Code Council:
7878 2 (i) the International Building Code, including
7979 3 Appendix G and excluding Chapters 11, 13, and 29;
8080 4 (ii) the International Existing Building Code;
8181 5 (B) to the extent it does not conflict with the
8282 6 codes and rules listed in subparagraphs (C) through
8383 7 (F), the current edition or most recent preceding
8484 8 edition of the National Electrical Code published by
8585 9 the National Fire Protection Association;
8686 10 (C) either:
8787 11 (i) The Energy Efficient Building Code adopted
8888 12 under Section 15 of the Energy Efficient Building
8989 13 Act; or
9090 14 (ii) The Illinois Stretch Energy Code adopted
9191 15 under Section 55 of the Energy Efficient Building
9292 16 Act;
9393 17 (D) the Illinois Accessibility Code adopted under
9494 18 Section 4 of the Environmental Barriers Act;
9595 19 (E) the Illinois Plumbing Code adopted under
9696 20 Section 35 of the Illinois Plumbing License Law; and
9797 21 (F) the rules adopted in accordance with Section 9
9898 22 of the Fire Investigation Act.
9999 23 (3) Once a building permit is issued, the applicable
100100 24 requirements that are in effect on January 1 of the calendar
101101 25 year when the building permit was applied for, or, where a
102102 26 building permit is not required, on January 1 of the calendar
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113113 1 year when construction begins, shall be the only requirements
114114 2 that apply for the duration of the building permit or
115115 3 construction.
116116 4 (b) (Blank).
117117 5 (c) Before January 1, 2027, the The qualification
118118 6 requirements of this Section do not apply to building
119119 7 enforcement personnel employed by a municipality or county who
120120 8 are acting in their official capacity. On and after January 1,
121121 9 2027, the qualification requirements of this Section shall
122122 10 apply to building enforcement personnel employed by a
123123 11 municipality or county who are acting in their official
124124 12 capacity. This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i)
125125 13 of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
126126 14 concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
127127 15 exercised by the State.
128128 16 (d) For purposes of this Section:
129129 17 "Commercial building" means any building other than: (i) a
130130 18 single-family home or a dwelling containing 2 or fewer
131131 19 apartments, condominiums, or townhouses; or (ii) a farm
132132 20 building as exempted from Section 3 of the Illinois
133133 21 Architecture Practice Act of 1989.
134134 22 "Newly constructed commercial building" means any
135135 23 commercial building for which original construction has
136136 24 commenced on or after July 1, 2011.
137137 25 "Non-building code jurisdiction" means any area of the
138138 26 State in a municipality or county having jurisdiction that:
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149149 1 (i) has not adopted a building code; or (ii) is required to but
150150 2 has not identified its adopted building code to the Board
151151 3 under Section 10.18 of the Capital Development Board Act.
152152 4 "Qualified inspector" means an individual certified as a
153153 5 commercial building inspector by the International Code
154154 6 Council or an equivalent nationally recognized building
155155 7 inspector certification organization, qualified as a
156156 8 construction and building inspector by successful completion
157157 9 of an apprentice program certified by the United States
158158 10 Department of Labor, or who has filed verification of
159159 11 inspection experience according to rules adopted by the Board
160160 12 for the purposes of conducting inspections in non-building
161161 13 code jurisdictions.
162162 14 "Substantial damage" means damage of any origin sustained
163163 15 by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to
164164 16 its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50% of the
165165 17 market value of the structure before damage occurred.
166166 18 "Substantially improved commercial building" means, for
167167 19 work commenced on or after January 1, 2025, any commercial
168168 20 building that has undergone any repair, reconstruction,
169169 21 rehabilitation, alteration, addition, or other improvement,
170170 22 the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of
171171 23 the structure before the improvement or repair is started. If
172172 24 a commercial building has sustained substantial damage, any
173173 25 repairs are considered substantial improvement regardless of
174174 26 the actual repair work performed. "Substantially improved
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185185 1 commercial building" does not include: (i) any project for
186186 2 improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of
187187 3 State or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications
188188 4 which have been identified by the local code enforcement
189189 5 official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe
190190 6 living conditions or (ii) any alteration of a historic
191191 7 structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the
192192 8 structure's continued designation as a historic structure.
193193 9 (e) Except as provided in Section 15 of the Illinois
194194 10 Residential Building Code Act, new residential construction is
195195 11 exempt from this Section and is defined as any original
196196 12 construction of a single-family home or a dwelling containing
197197 13 2 or fewer apartments, condominiums, or townhouses.
198198 14 (f) Local governments may establish agreements with other
199199 15 governmental entities within the State to issue permits and
200200 16 enforce building codes and may hire third-party providers that
201201 17 are qualified in accordance with this Section to provide
202202 18 inspection services.
203203 19 (g) This Section does not limit the applicability of any
204204 20 other statutorily authorized code or regulation administered
205205 21 by State agencies. These include, without limitation, the
206206 22 codes and regulations listed in subparagraphs (C) through (F)
207207 23 of paragraph (2) of subsection (a).
208208 24 (h) The changes to this Section made by Public Act 103-510
209209 25 this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly shall apply
210210 26 beginning on January 1, 2025.
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221221 1 (Source: P.A. 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 103-510, eff. 1-1-24;
222222 2 revised 7-24-24.)
223223 3 (20 ILCS 3105/10.18)
224224 4 Sec. 10.18. Identification of local building codes.
225225 5 (a) Any municipality or county adopting a new building
226226 6 code edition must, at least 30 days before the effective date
227227 7 of the building code, identify the model code being adopted,
228228 8 by title and edition, and any local amendments to the Board in
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230230 10 (b) No later than 180 days after the effective date of this
231231 11 amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, any municipality
232232 12 or county that has adopted and is enforcing a building code
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234234 14 and any local amendments, to the Board in writing.
235235 15 (c) For each municipality and county subject to this
236236 16 Section, the Board must identify the adopted model code or
237237 17 codes, by title and edition, note if any local amendments were
238238 18 adopted, and identify the date when this information was
239239 19 reported to the Board on the Board's public website.
240240 20 (d) For the purposes of this Section, "building code"
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242242 22 regulate the construction or rehabilitation of structures
243243 23 within the municipality or county. "Building code" does not
244244 24 include any zoning ordinance adopted under Division 13 of
245245 25 Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Division 5-12 of
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256256 1 Article 5 of the Counties Code.
257257 2 (e) Beginning January 1, 2025, any municipal building code
258258 3 or county building code must:
259259 4 (1) regulate the structural design of new buildings,
260260 5 other than residential buildings, in a manner that is at
261261 6 least as stringent as the baseline building code;
262262 7 (2) regulate the structural design of rehabilitation
263263 8 work in existing buildings, other than residential
264264 9 buildings, in a manner that is at least as stringent as the
265265 10 baseline existing building code; and
266266 11 (3) regulate the structural design of residential
267267 12 buildings in a manner that is at least as stringent as the
268268 13 baseline residential code.
269269 14 On and after January 1, 2027, any municipal building code
270270 15 or county building code must ensure that all code inspectors
271271 16 meet at least the minimum certification requirements required
272272 17 by the Board for non-building code jurisdictions.
273273 18 In this subsection:
274274 19 "Baseline building code" means the edition of the
275275 20 International Building Code, including Appendix G, first
276276 21 published by the International Code Council during the current
277277 22 year or preceding 9 calendar years with the least restrictive
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279279 24 "Baseline existing building code" means the edition of the
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292292 1 preceding 9 calendar years with the least restrictive
293293 2 provisions for structural design.
294294 3 "Baseline residential code" means the edition of the
295295 4 International Residential Code for One- and Two-Family
296296 5 Dwellings first published by the International Code Council
297297 6 during the current year or preceding 9 calendar years with the
298298 7 least restrictive provisions for structural design.
299299 8 "Residential building" means a single-family home or a
300300 9 dwelling containing 2 or fewer apartments, condominiums, or
301301 10 townhouses.
302302 11 "Structural design" means the capacity of a newly
303303 12 constructed structure or altered or repaired existing
304304 13 structure, including its foundation, to withstand forces,
305305 14 including, but not limited to, dead loads, live loads, snow
306306 15 loads, wind loads, soil loads and hydrostatic pressure, rain
307307 16 loads, and earthquake loads, and to resist flood damage.
308308 17 This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i) of
309309 18 Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the
310310 19 concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions
311311 20 exercised by the State.
312312 21 (f) On an annual basis, the Board shall send written
313313 22 notification to the corporate authorities of each municipality
314314 23 and county subject to this Section of their obligations under
315315 24 this Section.
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327327 1 (20 ILCS 3105/10.20 new)
328328 2 Sec. 10.20. Minimum qualifications; code inspectors.
329329 3 (a) The Board shall establish uniform statewide minimum
330330 4 qualification requirements for code inspectors and shall
331331 5 maintain a statewide registry and certification program for
332332 6 qualified inspectors to demonstrate their compliance with the
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334334 8 (b) The qualification requirements shall, at a minimum,
335335 9 require an inspector to (i) be certified as a commercial
336336 10 building inspector by the International Code Council or an
337337 11 equivalent nationally recognized building inspector
338338 12 certification organization, (ii) be qualified as a
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341341 15 Department of Labor, or (iii) file a verification of
342342 16 inspection experience according to rules adopted by the Board
343343 17 for the purposes of conducting inspections.
344344 18 (c) The Board shall adopt rules to implement this Section
345345 19 no later than January 1, 2027.
346346 20 Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by
347347 21 adding Section 2-13 as follows:
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349349 23 Sec. 2-13. Code inspectors.
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