Bill Text: IL SB2819 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. Removes the 5-year cap an applicant has to successfully complete all examinations required by rule of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-24 - Assigned to Labor & Commerce Committee [SB2819 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB2819-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 Architecture Practice Act of 1989 | ||||||
| 5 | is amended by changing Section 12 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 305/12) (from Ch. 111, par. 1312)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2030)
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| 8 | Sec. 12. Examinations. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The Department shall authorize examinations of | ||||||
| 10 | applicants for a license under this Act at such times and | ||||||
| 11 | places as it may determine. The examination shall be of a | ||||||
| 12 | character to give a fair test of the qualifications of the | ||||||
| 13 | applicant to practice as an architect. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) An applicant for examination is required to pay, | ||||||
| 15 | either to the Department or the designated testing service, a | ||||||
| 16 | fee covering the cost of providing the examination. Failure to | ||||||
| 17 | appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time | ||||||
| 18 | and place specified, after the applicant's application for | ||||||
| 19 | examination has been received and acknowledged by the | ||||||
| 20 | Department or the designated testing service, shall result in | ||||||
| 21 | the forfeiture of the examination fee. | ||||||
| 22 | (c) If an applicant fails to pass an examination for | ||||||
| 23 | licensure under this Act within 3 years after filing the | ||||||
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| 1 | application, the application shall be denied. However, such | ||||||
| 2 | applicant may thereafter make a new application for | ||||||
| 3 | examination accompanied by the required fee and must furnish | ||||||
| 4 | proof of meeting the qualifications for examination in effect | ||||||
| 5 | at the time of the new application.
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| 6 | Examination subject matter headings and bases on which | ||||||
| 7 | examinations are
graded shall be indicated in rules pertaining | ||||||
| 8 | to this Act. The Department
may adopt the examinations and | ||||||
| 9 | grading procedures of the National Council
of Architectural | ||||||
| 10 | Registration Boards.
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| 11 | (d) An applicant shall have 5 years from the passage of the | ||||||
| 12 | first examination to successfully complete all examinations | ||||||
| 13 | required by rule of the Department.
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| 14 | (e) An applicant has one year from the date of | ||||||
| 15 | notification of
successful completion of all the examination | ||||||
| 16 | and experience requirements to apply to the
Department for a | ||||||
| 17 | license. If an applicant fails to apply within one year,
the | ||||||
| 18 | applicant shall be required to again take and pass the | ||||||
| 19 | examination, unless the Department, upon recommendation of the | ||||||
| 20 | Board, determines that there is sufficient cause for the delay | ||||||
| 21 | that is not due to the fault of the applicant.
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| 22 | (Source: P.A. 101-346, eff. 8-9-19.)
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