SB1715 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1715

Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

225 ILCS 320/40.5 new

Amends the Illinois Plumbing License Law. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, there shall also be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain. Provides that the rules required to be adopted shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026. Defines "bottle filling station".

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Plumbing License Law is amended by adding Section 40.5 as follows:

(225 ILCS 320/40.5 new)

Sec. 40.5. Bottle filling stations.

(a) For the purposes of this Section, "bottle filling station" means a plumbing fixture connected to the potable water distribution system and sanitary drainage system that is designed and intended for filling personal use drinking water bottles or containers not less than 10 inches (254 millimeters) in height. A "bottle filling station" may be separate from or integral to a drinking fountain and may incorporate a water filter and a cooling system for chilling the drinking water.

(b) The Department shall adopt a rule requiring that for each drinking fountain in any construction where a drinking fountain is required under the Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code 890, there shall also be a bottle filling station or a combined bottle filling station and drinking fountain.

(c) The rules required to be adopted under this Section shall take effect and be implemented by July 1, 2026.