HB4812 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB4812

Introduced , by Rep. Karen May

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 405/405-216 new
105 ILCS 140/5

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department must require every State-owned building to establish a green cleaning policy whereby the building purchases and uses only environmentally-sensitive cleaning products. Amends the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Makes changes to a provision concerning legislative findings. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 405-216 as follows:

(20 ILCS 405/405-216 new)

Sec. 405-216. Green cleaning policy. To require every State-owned building to establish a green cleaning policy whereby the building purchases and uses only environmentally-sensitive cleaning products, in compliance with the guidelines and specifications established by the Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council pursuant to Section 15 of the Green Cleaning Schools Act. The Department shall allow a State-owned building to deplete its existing cleaning and maintenance supply stocks and implement the new requirements in the procurement cycle for the following year and shall exempt a State-owned building from the green cleaning policy requirement if adhering to the requirement would not be economically feasible for the building.

For the purposes of this Section, adopting a green cleaning policy is not economically feasible if such adoption would result in an increase in the cleaning costs of the building.

Section 10. The Green Cleaning Schools Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 140/5)

Sec. 5. Legislative findings. Both children and adults Children are vulnerable to and may be severely affected by exposure to chemicals, hazardous waste, and other environmental hazards. The Federal Environmental Protection Agency estimates that human exposure to indoor air pollutants can be 2 to 5 times and up to 100 times higher than outdoor levels. Children, workers, teachers, janitors, and other staff members spend a significant amount of time inside school and other institutional buildings and are continuously exposed to chemicals from cleaners, waxes, deodorizers, and other maintenance products.

(Source: P.A. 95-84, eff. 8-13-07.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.