Public Act 100-0126
 
HB2719 EnrolledLRB100 08199 MJP 18295 b


  
    AN ACT concerning safety.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
 
    Section 5. The Radon Resistant Construction Act is amended 
by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
    (420 ILCS 52/15)

    Sec. 15. Definitions.  As used in this Act, unless the 
context requires otherwise:
    "Active mitigation system", also known as "active soil 
depressurization" or "ASD", means a family of radon mitigation 
systems involving mechanically driven soil depressurization, 
including sub-slab depressurization (SSD), drain tile 
depressurization (DTD), block wall depressurization (BWD), and 
sub-membrane depressurization (SMD).
    "Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

    "New residential construction" means any original 
construction of a single-family home or a dwelling containing 2 
or fewer apartments, condominiums, or town houses.

    "Passive new construction pipe" means a pipe installed in 
new construction that relies solely on the convective flow of 
air upward for soil gas depressurization and may consist of 
multiple pipes routed through conditioned space from below the 
foundation  to above the roof.

    "Radon" means a gaseous radioactive decay product of 
uranium or thorium.

    "Radon contractor" means a person licensed in accordance 
with the Radon Industry Licensing Act to perform radon or radon 
progeny mitigation or to perform measurements of radon or radon 
progeny in an indoor atmosphere.

    "Radon resistant construction" means the installation of 
passive new construction pipe  during new residential 
construction.

    "Residential building code" means an ordinance, 
resolution, or law that establishes standards  applicable to new 
residential construction.

    "Residential building contractor" means any individual, 
corporation, or partnership that constructs new residential 
construction.

    "Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes" means the 
Task Force on Radon-Resistant Building Codes as authorized by 
the Radon Industry Licensing Act.


(Source: P.A. 97-953, eff. 6-1-13.)