96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5177


 
Introduced 2/1/2010, by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







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     Amends the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act.  Provides that whenever a State or local law enforcement agency becomes aware that an inhabitable property has been contaminated by its use as a clandestine methamphetamine drug lab, the agency shall report the contamination to the Department of State Police and to the local public health officer.  Provides that the Department of State Police shall maintain a list of inhabitable property that has been reported as contaminated, and the list must be made available to the public through a website.  Provides that the property shall be removed from the list when the contamination has been removed.  Provides that once an inhabitable property has been removed from the list, a property owner, landlord, or real estate agent is not required to report or otherwise disclose the past contamination.
  















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    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
  
 
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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 Methamphetamine Control and Community 
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Protection Act is amended  by adding Section 36 as follows:
 
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    (720 ILCS 646/36 new)
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    Sec. 36. Clandestine methamphetamine drug lab; reports.
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    (a) Whenever a State or local law enforcement agency 
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becomes aware that an inhabitable property has been 
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contaminated by its use as a clandestine methamphetamine drug 
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lab, the agency shall report the contamination to the 
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Department of State Police and to the local public health 
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officer.
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    (b) The Department of State Police shall maintain a list of 
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inhabitable property that has been reported as contaminated, 
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and the list must be made available to the public through a 
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website except as provided in subsection (c).
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    (c) Upon confirmation by the Department of State Police 
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that an inhabitable property has been properly remediated to 
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the standards established by the Department of State Police or 
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that the inhabitable property meets the decontamination 
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standards without decontamination, the Department of State 
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Police shall remove the inhabitable property from the list 
 


 






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required in subsection (b). The Department of State Police 
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shall provide written notification to the local public health 
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officer and the property owner of record when the documentation 
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shows that the inhabitable property has been properly assessed 
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or remediated.
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    (d) The Department of State Police may adopt rules 
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establishing reasonable requirements for the sufficiency of 
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documentation to be provided by a certified contractor.
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    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, once an 
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inhabitable property has been removed from the list required in 
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subsection (b), a property owner, landlord, or real estate 
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agent is not required to report or otherwise disclose the past 
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contamination. 
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    (f)  For the purposes of this Section, "clandestine 
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methamphetamine drug lab" means any parts of a dwelling, 
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building, motor vehicle, trailer, or appliance occupied or 
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affected by conditions or chemicals, or both, typically 
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associated with the unlawful manufacture or attempt to 
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manufacture methamphetamine.