(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028)

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Sec. 40. Application for contractor's license.

(a)Any person, firm, or company wishing to engage in the business of installing, altering, repairing, servicing, replacing, or maintaining elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, or moving walks within this State shall make application for a license with the Administrator. However, if the State, a unit of local government, or an institution of higher education maintains in its employ licensed or limited licensed elevator mechanics who maintain only conveyances owned or leased by that entity, the employing entity is not required to be licensed as a contractor under this Section and none of the provisions of this Act concerning licensed contractors shall apply to these entities.

(b)All applications shall contain the following information:

(1)if the applicant is a person, the name, residence, and business address of the

applicant;

(2)if the applicant is a partnership, the name, residence, and business address of each

partner;

(3)if the applicant is a domestic corporation, the name and business address of the

corporation and the name and residence address of the principal officer of the corporation;

(4)if the applicant is a corporation other than a domestic corporation, the name and

address of an agent locally located who shall be authorized to accept service of process and official notices;

(5)the number of years the applicant has engaged in the business of installing,

inspecting, maintaining, or servicing elevators or platform lifts or both;

(6)if applying for an elevator contractor's license, the approximate number of persons,

if any, to be employed by the elevator contractor applicant and, if applicable, satisfactory evidence that the employees are or will be covered by workers' compensation insurance;

(7)satisfactory evidence that the applicant is or will be covered by general liability,

personal injury, and property damage insurance;

(8)any criminal record of convictions; and

(9)any other information as the Administrator may require.

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