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
 
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410 ILCS 68/5









    Amends the Safe and Hygienic Bed Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning definitions.
















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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.)