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Rep. Ann Williams

Filed: 5/14/2015

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 679

2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 679 as follows:

3 on page 1, line 5, immediately after "40", by inserting "and by

4 adding Section 51"; and

5 on page 2, immediately below line 23, by inserting the

6 following:

7 ""Commercial building" has the meaning ascribed to that

8 term in subsection (d) of Section 10.09-1 of the Capital

9 Development Board Act."; and

10 on page 16, immediately below line 23, by inserting the

11 following:

12 "(415 ILCS 98/51 new)

13 Sec. 51. Removal of mercury thermostats from commercial

14 buildings prior to demolition. Beginning January 1, 2016, no

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1 person shall demolish a commercial building unless (i) all

2 mercury thermostats have been removed from the building and

3 (ii) the person who removed the thermostats from the building

4 has arranged for them to be delivered to a collection site

5 established under this Act.".