(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:

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 ILCS 312/40

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

        (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.
    (c) (Blank).
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