Bill Text: IL HB0696 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Safe and Hygienic Bed Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB0696 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB0696-Introduced.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Safe and Hygienic Bed Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 5 as follows:
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| 6 | (410 ILCS 68/5)
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| 7 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| 8 | "Attorney General" means the
the Attorney General of the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | State of Illinois. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | "Bedding" means any mattress, box spring, foundation, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | studio couch made in
whole or part from new or secondhand | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | fabric, filling material, or other
textile product or material | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | and which can be used for sleeping or reclining
purposes.
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| 14 | "Consumer" means a person who purchases or otherwise | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | acquires bedding for
sleeping or reclining purposes in that | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | person's home or business such as a
medical facility
or lodging | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | establishment, and does not include wholesalers, retailers, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | other
persons
who acquire bedding for purposes of resale or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | other distribution.
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| 20 | "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Health.
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| 22 | "Manufacturer" means a person who makes any article of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | bedding in whole or
in part using new or secondhand fabric, | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | filling material, or other textile
product or material.
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| 2 | "New material" means any fabric, filling material, other | ||||||
| 3 | textile product or
material, or article
of bedding that has not | ||||||
| 4 | been previously used for any purpose, and includes
by-products | ||||||
| 5 | of any textile or manufacturing process that are free from | ||||||
| 6 | dirt,
insects, and other contamination.
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| 7 | "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, | ||||||
| 8 | partnership, limited
liability company, corporation, joint | ||||||
| 9 | venture, association, trust, and any
other entity, and the | ||||||
| 10 | officers, employees, and agents of any of them.
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| 11 | "Renovator", "Rebuilder", and "Repairer" mean a person who | ||||||
| 12 | repairs, makes
over, recovers, restores, sanitizes, | ||||||
| 13 | germicidally treats, cleans, or renews
bedding.
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| 14 | "Sanitizer" means any person who sanitizes or germicidally | ||||||
| 15 | treats or cleans
(but does not otherwise alter) any fabric, | ||||||
| 16 | filling material, other textile
product or material, or
article | ||||||
| 17 | of bedding for use in manufacturing or renovating bedding.
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| 18 | "Secondhand material" means any fabric, filling material, | ||||||
| 19 | other textile
product or material, or
article of bedding that | ||||||
| 20 | has been previously used for any purpose or that is
derived
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| 21 | from post-consumer or industrial waste, and that may be used in | ||||||
| 22 | place of or in
addition to new
material in manufacturing or | ||||||
| 23 | renovating bedding.
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| 24 | (Source: P.A. 91-164, eff. 7-16-99.)
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