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Full Text of HB2719 100th General Assembly

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HB2719ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. William Davis
Filed: 2/22/2017

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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2719
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2719 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 5. The Radon Resistant Construction Act is amended
5 by changing Section 15 as follows:

6     (420 ILCS 52/15)
7     Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
8 context requires otherwise:
9     "Active mitigation system", also known as "active soil
10 depressurization" or "ASD", means a family of radon mitigation
11 systems involving mechanically driven soil depressurization,
12 including sub-slab depressurization (SSD), drain tile
13 depressurization (DTD), block wall depressurization (BWD), and
14 sub-membrane depressurization (SMD).
15     "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
16     "New residential construction" means any original

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1 construction of a single-family home or a dwelling containing 2
2 or fewer apartments, condominiums, or town houses.
3     "Passive new construction pipe" means a pipe installed in
4 new construction that relies solely on the convective flow of
5 air upward for soil gas depressurization and may consist of
6 multiple pipes routed through conditioned space from below the
7 foundation to above the roof.
8     "Radon" means a gaseous radioactive decay product of
9 uranium or thorium.
10     "Radon contractor" means a person licensed in accordance
11 with the Radon Industry Licensing Act to perform radon or radon
12 progeny mitigation or to perform measurements of radon or radon
13 progeny in an indoor atmosphere.
14     "Radon resistant construction" means the installation of
15 passive new construction pipe during new residential
16 construction.
17     "Residential building code" means an ordinance,
18 resolution, or law that establishes standards applicable to new
19 residential construction.
20     "Residential building contractor" means any individual,
21 corporation, or partnership that constructs new residential
22 construction.
23     ~~"Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes" means the~~
24 ~~Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes as authorized by~~
25 ~~the Radon Industry Licensing Act.~~
26 (Source: P.A. 97-953, eff. 6-1-13.)".

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