Rep. Dan Reitz
Filed: 3/9/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 141 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 141 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Radon Awareness Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 15 and  by adding Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (420 ILCS 46/15)

7    Sec. 15. Applicability.   This Act shall only apply only to 
8leased properties to the extent specified in Section 25 of this 
9Act and to transfers by sale of residential real property.

10(Source: P.A. 95-210, eff. 1-1-08.)
 
11    (420 ILCS 46/25 new)
12    Sec. 25. Disclosure of Radon hazard to current and 
13prospective tenants. 
14    (a) A lessor of a dwelling unit shall disclose to lessees 
15the existence of a radon hazard consistent with the provisions 
 
 
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1of this Section.  For the purposes of this Section, "dwelling 
2unit" means a room or suite of rooms used for human habitation 
3and for which a lessor and a lessee have a written lease 
4agreement.
5    (b) The provisions of this Section apply only to dwelling 
6units located below the third story above ground level.
7    (c) If a current lessee has provided in writing to the 
8lessor the results of a radon test that indicate that a radon 
9hazard exists in a dwelling unit covered by this Section, then 
10the lessor shall disclose in writing to any individual seeking 
11to enter into a lease of that dwelling unit that a radon test 
12has indicated that a radon hazard may exist in the dwelling 
13unit.  After receiving a notification of a radon test that 
14indicates a radon hazard, the lessor may choose to conduct a 
15radon test in the dwelling unit.  If the lessor's radon test 
16indicates that a radon hazard does not exist on the premises, 
17the lessor shall not be required to disclose that a radon 
18hazard exists in the dwelling unit.
19    (d) If a lessor conducts a radon test in a dwelling unit 
20and the radon test indicates that a radon hazard exists in the 
21dwelling unit, the lessor shall disclose in writing to the 
22current lessee, and any individual seeking to enter into a 
23lease of that dwelling unit, the existence of a radon hazard in 
24the dwelling unit.
25    (e) If a lessor has undertaken mitigation activities and a 
26subsequent radon test indicates that a radon hazard does not 
 
 
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1exist in the dwelling unit, then the lessor is not required to 
2provide the disclosure required by this Section.
3    (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a 
4lessor to conduct radon testing.
 

5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
61, 2012.".