It shall be unlawful for any licensee or for any person requiring a license under this chapter to engage in any of the following conduct:
(A) Knowingly to allow any person to use the licensee's name or license identification on a permit application unless the licensee will be performing the work attributed to the licensee in the permit application;
(B) To do work or to direct, permit, encourage, assist, aid, abet or cause others to do work without first having obtained any permit required by this Code, or in violation of Section 14A-4-401.1, or in violation of Section 13-20-590;
(C) To violate or to direct, permit, encourage, assist, aid, abet or cause others to violate any stop work order issued under this Code;
(D) To hire any subcontractor or to direct, permit, encourage, assist, aid, abet or cause others to hire any subcontractor who lacks a valid license to perform the work for which the subcontractor is hired;
(E) To submit any bid on general contracting work without a valid license issued under this chapter;
(F) To fail to allow the Department or the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection to examine pursuant to Section 4-36-120(B) the financial books and records of the business within three business days of the time a written request for such an examination is made by the Commissioner or the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection;
(G) To fail to comply with the Workers' Compensation Act, as amended;
(H) To fail to maintain any insurance required by law, including but not limited to workers' compensation insurance and automobile liability insurance;
(I) To knowingly make or cause to be made a false statement of material fact on or in connection with a permit application;
(J) To knowingly submit or cause to be submitted in support of a permit application any document containing false or fraudulent information;
(K) To knowingly affix or cause to be affixed a false signature on a permit application;
(L) To bribe or attempt to bribe or cause others to bribe or attempt to bribe any building inspector, government official, city personnel or other person in connection with an act related to general contracting as defined in Section 4-36-010;
(M) To knowingly engage or cause others to engage in any conduct in connection with a building permit application in violation of the Illinois Architecture Practice Act, the Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act, the Illinois Professional Engineering Practice Act or the Illinois Structural Engineering Act, as amended;
(N) To do work or to direct, permit, encourage, assist, aid, abet or cause others to do work in violation of the Zoning Ordinance or the Chicago Construction Codes or any other applicable law, or that otherwise endangers the health or safety of construction site workers, the current or eventual users or occupants of a building or premises, or the public;
(O) To fail to comply with any requirement applicable to the contractor on a project as set forth in Articles XIV and XVIII of Chapter 11-4; or
(P) To knowingly violate Chapter 2-156.
The prohibitions set forth in subsections (A) through (P) of this section shall apply to the licensee and to all controlling persons.
(Added Coun. J. 10-1-03, p. 9163, § 2.1; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 53211, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-14-05, p. 55252, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-30-08, p. 34713, § 7; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 2-9-11, p. 112149, § 21; Amend Coun. J. 9-6-17, p. 55278, Art. IV, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 4-10-19, p. 100029, Art. II, § 29; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39543, Art. V, § 3)