Bill Text: IL SB1388 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act. Provides that no legal action shall be commenced or maintained against any person engaged in the business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or transporting liquefied petroleum gas in this State if the alleged injury, damage, or loss was caused by: (1) the alteration, modification, or repair of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance if done without the knowledge and consent of the liquefied petroleum gas seller, supplier, handler, or transporter; or (2) the use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a purpose other than that for which the equipment or appliance was intended and that could not reasonably have been expected.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1388 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1388-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1388 Introduced 2/11/2009, by Sen. John J. Millner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
430 ILCS 5/4.5 new
Amends the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act. Provides that no legal action shall be commenced or maintained against any person engaged in the business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or transporting liquefied petroleum gas in this State if the alleged injury, damage, or loss was caused by: (1) the alteration, modification, or repair of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance if done without the knowledge and consent of the liquefied petroleum gas seller, supplier, handler, or transporter; or (2) the use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a purpose other than that for which the equipment or appliance was intended and that could not reasonably have been expected.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning safety.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Liquefied Petroleum Gas Regulation Act is
amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
(430 ILCS 5/4.5 new)
Sec. 4.5. Liability limited. No legal action shall be
commenced or maintained against any person engaged in the
business of selling at retail, supplying, handling, or
transporting liquefied petroleum gas in this State if the
alleged injury, damage, or loss was caused by:
(1) the alteration, modification, or repair of
liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a liquefied petroleum
gas appliance if done without the knowledge and consent of
the liquefied petroleum gas seller, supplier, handler, or
transporter; or
(2) the use of liquefied petroleum gas equipment or a
liquefied petroleum gas appliance in a manner or for a
purpose other than that for which the equipment or
appliance was intended and that could not reasonably have
been expected.