Bill Text: IL SB3547 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Beginning January 1, 2022, prohibits the sale or manufacture for sale in this State of garden hoses that are not lead free. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3547 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB3547-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | adding Section 6.4 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 45/6.4 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 6.4. Regulation of lead in garden hoses. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) For purposes of this Section: | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | "Lead free" means: | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | (1) not containing more than 0.2 percent lead when used | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | with respect to solder and flux; and | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | (2) not more than a weighted average of 0.25 percent | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | lead when used with respect to the wetted surfaces of | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | garden hoses. | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (b) Beginning January 1, 2022, no person shall sell or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | manufacture for sale in this State a garden hose that is not | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | lead free.
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | becoming law.
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