Bill Text: IL SB3347 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2011, a person may not (i) use a weight or other product to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury or (ii) sell, offer to sell, distribute, or offer to distribute a weight or other product for balancing a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. Also provides that, on and after January 1, 2012, a person may not sell a new vehicle equipped with a weight or other product used to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1296 [SB3347 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB3347-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 22.23c as follows:
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| 6 | (415 ILCS 5/22.23c new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 22.23c. Vehicle wheel weights. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section: | ||||||
| 9 | "New vehicle" has the same meaning as ascribed in | ||||||
| 10 | Section 1-148.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
| 11 | "Vehicle" has the same meaning as ascribed in Section | ||||||
| 12 | 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) On and after January 1, 2012, no person shall use a | ||||||
| 14 | weight or other product to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if | ||||||
| 15 | the weight or other product contains mercury that was | ||||||
| 16 | intentionally added during the manufacturing process or | ||||||
| 17 | contains more than 0.1 percent lead by weight. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) On and after January 1, 2012, no person shall sell, | ||||||
| 19 | offer to sell, distribute, or offer to distribute a weight or | ||||||
| 20 | other product for balancing a vehicle wheel or tire if the | ||||||
| 21 | weight or other product contains mercury that was intentionally | ||||||
| 22 | added during the manufacturing process or contains more than | ||||||
| 23 | 0.1 percent lead by weight. | ||||||
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| 1 | (d) On and after January 1, 2012, no person shall sell a | ||||||
| 2 | new vehicle equipped with a weight or other product used to | ||||||
| 3 | balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product | ||||||
| 4 | contains mercury that was intentionally added during the | ||||||
| 5 | manufacturing process or contains more than 0.1 percent lead by | ||||||
| 6 | weight.
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.
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