(20 ILCS 5050/10)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
Sec. 10. Definition. As used in this Act, "home repair and construction" means the building of a new structure primarily designed or used as a residence or the fixing, replacing, altering, converting, modernizing, improving, or making of an addition to any real property primarily designed or used as a residence other than maintenance, service, or repairs under $500. "Home repair and construction" includes the construction, installation, replacement, or improvement of driveways, swimming pools, porches, kitchens, bathrooms, basements, chimneys, chimney liners, garages, fences, fallout shelters, central air conditioning, central heating, boilers, furnaces, electrical wiring, sewers, plumbing fixtures, storm doors, windows, roofs, and awnings and other improvements to structures within the residence or upon the land adjacent to the residence. "Home repair and construction" does not include the sale, installation, cleaning, or repair of carpets; the repair, installation, replacement, or connection of any home appliance, including, but not limited to, disposals, refrigerators, ranges, garage door openers, televisions or television antennas, washing machines, telephones, hot water heaters, satellite dishes, or other appliances when the person replacing, installing, repairing, or connecting the home appliance is an employee or agent of the merchant that sold the home appliance or sold new products of the same type; or landscaping.
(Source: P.A. 98-1030, eff. 8-25-14.)
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