Bill Text: IL SB0328 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Residential Building Code Act. Defines "International Residential Code" as the 2006 International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings published by the International Code Council, without amendment or appendices (rather than the International Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings published by the International Code Council, as now or hereafter amended by the Council). Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-01-21 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0865 [SB0328 Detail]

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AN ACT concerning business.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Residential Building Code Act is
amended by changing Sections 10 and 15 as follows:
(815 ILCS 670/10)
Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
"International Residential Code" means the International
Residential Code for One and Two Family Dwellings published by
the International Code Council, as now or hereafter amended by
the Council.
"New residential construction" means any original
construction of a single-family home or a dwelling containing 2
or fewer apartments, condominiums, or town houses.
"Residential building code" means an ordinance,
resolution, law, housing or building code developed and adopted
by a recognized model code organization, or zoning ordinance
that establishes, for residential building contractors,
construction-related activities applicable to single-family or
2-family residential structures.
"Residential building contractor" means any individual,
corporation, or partnership that constructs a fixed building or
structure for sale or use by another as a residence or that,

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for a price, commission, fee, wage, or other compensation,
undertakes or offers to undertake the construction of any
building or structure to be used by another as a residence, if
the individual, corporation, or partnership reasonably expects
to earn a financial profit from that activity.
(Source: P.A. 93-778, eff. 1-1-05.)
(815 ILCS 670/15)
Sec. 15. Adoption of building code. A contract to build a
home (1) in any municipality in this State that does not have a
residential building code in effect or (2) in any portion of a
county that is not located within a municipality and does not
have a residential building code in effect must adopt as part
of the construction contract the applicability of a residential
building code that is agreed to by the home builder and the
home purchaser as provided in this Section. The home builder
and the home purchaser may agree to adopt any extant municipal
residential building code or county residential building code
that is in effect on the first day of construction in any
county or municipality within the State of Illinois that is
within 100 miles of the location of the new home. If the home
builder and the home purchaser fail to agree to a residential
building code or if no residential building code is stated in
the contract, the plumbing code promulgated by the Illinois
Department of Public Health under Section 35 of the Illinois
Plumbing License Law, the National Electric Code as adopted by

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the American National Standards Institute, and the
International Residential Code shall, by law, be adopted as
part of the construction contract.
(Source: P.A. 93-778, eff. 1-1-05.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.