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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1853
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Maria Antonia Berrios SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Safe and Hygienic Bed Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 05542 RPM 15608 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Safe and Hygienic Bed Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 5 as follows:
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| (410 ILCS 68/5)
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| Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "Attorney General" means the
the Attorney General of the |
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| State of Illinois. |
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| "Bedding" means any mattress, box spring, foundation, or |
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| studio couch made in
whole or part from new or secondhand |
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| fabric, filling material, or other
textile product or material |
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| and which can be used for sleeping or reclining
purposes.
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| "Consumer" means a person who purchases or otherwise |
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| acquires bedding for
sleeping or reclining purposes in that |
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| person's home or business such as a
medical facility
or lodging |
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| establishment, and does not include wholesalers, retailers, or |
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| other
persons
who acquire bedding for purposes of resale or |
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| other distribution.
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| "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public |
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| Health.
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| "Manufacturer" means a person who makes any article of |
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| bedding in whole or
in part using new or secondhand fabric, |
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| filling material, or other textile
product or material.
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| "New material" means any fabric, filling material, other |
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| textile product or
material, or article
of bedding that has not |
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| been previously used for any purpose, and includes
by-products |
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| of any textile or manufacturing process that are free from |
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| dirt,
insects, and other contamination.
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| "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, |
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| partnership, limited
liability company, corporation, joint |
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| venture, association, trust, and any
other entity, and the |
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| officers, employees, and agents of any of them.
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| "Renovator", "Rebuilder", and "Repairer" mean a person who |
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| repairs, makes
over, recovers, restores, sanitizes, |
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| germicidally treats, cleans, or renews
bedding.
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| "Sanitizer" means any person who sanitizes or germicidally |
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| treats or cleans
(but does not otherwise alter) any fabric, |
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| filling material, other textile
product or material, or
article |
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| of bedding for use in manufacturing or renovating bedding.
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| "Secondhand material" means any fabric, filling material, |
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| other textile
product or material, or
article of bedding that |
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| has been previously used for any purpose or that is
derived
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| from post-consumer or industrial waste, and that may be used in |
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| place of or in
addition to new
material in manufacturing or |
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| renovating bedding.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-164, eff. 7-16-99.)
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