Bill Amendment: IL HB3427 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: WATER HEATER SAFETY VALVE ACT
Status: 2020-06-24 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB3427 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3427-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: WATER HEATER SAFETY VALVE ACT
Status: 2020-06-24 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB3427 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3427-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3427
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3427 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Residential Hot Water Safety Act.
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6 | Section 3. Applicability. This Act applies only to a | ||||||
7 | residence or a residential facility.
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8 | Section 4. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
9 | "Residential facility" means a self-contained unit of | ||||||
10 | accommodation used by one or more persons as a home where the | ||||||
11 | person or persons live, either permanently or temporarily, | ||||||
12 | whether or not the unit is owned, rented, or borrowed. | ||||||
13 | "Residential facility" includes, but is not limited to, houses, | ||||||
14 | semi-detached houses, townhomes, mobile homes, apartments, | ||||||
15 | condominiums of any kind or character, duplexes, triplexes, |
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1 | hotels, motels, public or private facilities, or rented | ||||||
2 | accommodations of any kind for residential use that include, at | ||||||
3 | minimum, sleeping quarters and indoor plumbing.
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4 | Section 5. Water heating safety. | ||||||
5 | (a) Whenever a water heater of any kind or a bathtub | ||||||
6 | spigot, individual shower head, tub and shower combination | ||||||
7 | fixture, sink faucet, or other fixture supplied with hot or | ||||||
8 | tempered water is installed, replaced, or repaired in a | ||||||
9 | residential facility, a temperature actuated mixing valve, | ||||||
10 | automatic compensating valve, automatic temperature control | ||||||
11 | mixing valve, thermostatic mixing valve, a valve conforming | ||||||
12 | with ASSE 1017 or ASSE 1070, a water temperature limiting | ||||||
13 | device, or other device approved in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890 shall | ||||||
14 | be installed at the water heater or other fixture, on the hot | ||||||
15 | water distribution piping, or at the point of use in a manner | ||||||
16 | that prevents water with a temperature above 120 degrees | ||||||
17 | Fahrenheit from coming into direct contact with a person. | ||||||
18 | Installation may be made at the water heater or other fixture, | ||||||
19 | on the hot water distribution piping, at the point of use, or | ||||||
20 | any combination thereof. Installation may allow for thermal | ||||||
21 | control strategies for opportunistic pathogens and shall be | ||||||
22 | completed in a manner that protects individuals from scalding | ||||||
23 | or burning injuries from water above 120 degrees Fahrenheit | ||||||
24 | coming into direct contact with a person. Tankless water | ||||||
25 | heaters shall be programmed to prevent water with a temperature |
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1 | above 120 degrees Fahrenheit from coming into direct contact | ||||||
2 | with a person in cases where a valve or temperature limiting | ||||||
3 | device is not necessary. This Section does not apply to mop | ||||||
4 | sinks. | ||||||
5 | (b) All temperature control devices supplied under this Act | ||||||
6 | shall comply with the requirements of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890 and | ||||||
7 | materials used shall conform to the materials listed in 77 Ill. | ||||||
8 | Adm. Code 890.APPENDIX A.
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9 | Section 10. Enforcement and administration; civil | ||||||
10 | penalties. | ||||||
11 | (a) The Department of Public Health shall administer and | ||||||
12 | enforce the provisions of this Act. | ||||||
13 | (b) Any person or entity that violates this Act shall be | ||||||
14 | subject to the fines and penalties under Sections 29 and 29.5 | ||||||
15 | of the Illinois Plumbing License Law.
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16 | Section 90. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by | ||||||
17 | changing Section 40 as follows:
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18 | (225 ILCS 320/40) (from Ch. 111, par. 1138)
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19 | Sec. 40.
All persons engaged in plumbing as defined in this | ||||||
20 | Act shall
comply with the minimum code of standards for | ||||||
21 | plumbing and the fixtures,
materials, design and installation | ||||||
22 | methods of plumbing systems published
by the Department and | ||||||
23 | filed with the Secretary of State as required by this Act.
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1 | All installations of equipment, fixtures, appliances or | ||||||
2 | piping which
are used or intended for use entirely for or as a | ||||||
3 | part of a water supply
system or sewage disposal system and | ||||||
4 | thereby can affect the public health
shall comply with the | ||||||
5 | provisions of the State Plumbing Code for design,
materials, | ||||||
6 | installation and maintenance. The installation, repair, | ||||||
7 | maintenance,
alteration or extension of building sewers shall | ||||||
8 | be done in accordance
with the State Plumbing Code. Any person | ||||||
9 | engaged in any of such work
shall upon investigation and | ||||||
10 | determination of non-compliance with the provisions
of the | ||||||
11 | State Plumbing Code be subject to the penalties contained in | ||||||
12 | this
Act. Such prosecution shall be the responsibility of the | ||||||
13 | State's Attorney
or other authority as authorized by this Act.
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14 | Whenever a water heater of any kind or a bathtub spigot, | ||||||
15 | individual shower head, tub and shower combination fixture, | ||||||
16 | sink faucet, or other fixture supplied with hot or tempered | ||||||
17 | water is installed, replaced, or repaired in a residential | ||||||
18 | facility, a temperature actuated mixing valve, automatic | ||||||
19 | compensating valve, automatic temperature control mixing | ||||||
20 | valve, thermostatic mixing valve, a valve conforming with ASSE | ||||||
21 | 1017 or ASSE 1070, a water temperature limiting device, or | ||||||
22 | other device approved in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890 shall be | ||||||
23 | installed at the water heater or other fixture, on the hot | ||||||
24 | water distribution piping, or at the point of use in a manner | ||||||
25 | that prevents water with a temperature above 120 degrees | ||||||
26 | Fahrenheit from coming into direct contact with a person. |
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1 | Installation may be made at the water heater or other fixture, | ||||||
2 | on the hot water distribution piping, at the point of use, or | ||||||
3 | any combination thereof. Installation may allow for thermal | ||||||
4 | control strategies for opportunistic pathogens and shall be | ||||||
5 | completed in a manner that protects individuals from scalding | ||||||
6 | or burning injuries from water above 120 degrees Fahrenheit | ||||||
7 | coming into direct contact with a person. Tankless water | ||||||
8 | heaters shall be programmed to prevent water with a temperature | ||||||
9 | above 120 degrees Fahrenheit from coming into direct contact | ||||||
10 | with a person in cases where a valve or temperature limiting | ||||||
11 | device is not necessary. This Section does not apply to mop | ||||||
12 | sinks. | ||||||
13 | All temperature control devices supplied under this | ||||||
14 | Section shall comply with the requirements of 77 Ill. Adm. Code | ||||||
15 | 890 and materials used shall conform to the materials listed in | ||||||
16 | 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890.APPENDIX A. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 83-878.)".
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