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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Lead Poisoning Prevention Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 6 and 12 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 45/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1306)
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7 | Sec. 6. Warning statement. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) Children's products. No person, firm, or corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall sell, have, offer for sale, or transfer toys, furniture, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | clothing, accessories, jewelry, decorative objects, edible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | items, candy, food, dietary supplements, or other articles used | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | by or intended to be chewable by children that contain a total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | lead content in any component part of the item that is more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | than 0.004% (40 parts per million) by total weight unless that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | item bears a warning statement that indicates that at least one | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | component part of the item contains lead. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The warning statement shall be as follows: "WARNING: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. MAY GENERATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | DUST CONTAINING LEAD. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN.".
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20 | This subsection does not require an entity to separately | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | warn each exposed individual. An entity is in compliance with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | this subsection if the warning statement is provided by general | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | methods such as on a label on the immediate container of any |
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1 | consumer product, posting of notices in public places in | ||||||
2 | prominent locations, placing notices in public news media, and | ||||||
3 | the like, provided that the warning accomplished is clear and | ||||||
4 | reasonable. In order to minimize the burden on retailer sellers | ||||||
5 | of consumer products, to the extent practical, the entity | ||||||
6 | responsible for the warning statement shall provide such | ||||||
7 | warning statement on the product itself.
This subsection does | ||||||
8 | not apply to any product for which federal law governs warning | ||||||
9 | in a manner that preempts State authority. | ||||||
10 | (b) Other leadbearing substances. No person, firm, or | ||||||
11 | corporation shall have,
offer for sale, sell, or give away any | ||||||
12 | lead bearing substance that may be
used by the general public , | ||||||
13 | except as otherwise required in subsection (a), unless it bears | ||||||
14 | the warning statement as
prescribed by federal regulation. If | ||||||
15 | no regulation is prescribed the
warning statement shall be as | ||||||
16 | follows when the lead bearing substance is a lead-based paint | ||||||
17 | or surface coating: "WARNING--CONTAINS LEAD. DRIED FILM
OF THIS | ||||||
18 | SUBSTANCE MAY BE HARMFUL IF EATEN OR CHEWED. See Other Cautions | ||||||
19 | on
(Side or Back) Panel. Do not apply on toys, or other | ||||||
20 | children's articles,
furniture, or interior, or exterior | ||||||
21 | exposed surfaces of any residential
building or facility that | ||||||
22 | may be occupied or used by children. KEEP OUT OF
THE REACH OF | ||||||
23 | CHILDREN.". If no regulation is prescribed the warning | ||||||
24 | statement shall be as follows when the lead bearing substance | ||||||
25 | contains lead-based paint or a form of lead other than | ||||||
26 | lead-based paint: "WARNING CONTAINS LEAD. MAY BE HARMFUL IF |
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1 | EATEN OR CHEWED. MAY GENERATE DUST CONTAINING LEAD. KEEP OUT OF | ||||||
2 | THE REACH OF CHILDREN.".
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3 | (c) (a) The generic term of a product, such as "paint" may | ||||||
4 | be substituted
for the word "substance" in the above labeling.
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5 | (d) (b) The placement, conspicuousness, and contrast of the | ||||||
6 | above labeling
shall be in accordance with 16 C.F.R. 1500.121.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 94-879, eff. 6-20-06.)
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8 | (410 ILCS 45/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1312)
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9 | Sec. 12. Violations of Act.
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10 | (a) Violation of any Section of this Act other than Section | ||||||
11 | 6.01 or Section 7 shall be
punishable as a Class A misdemeanor. | ||||||
12 | A violation of Section 6.01 shall cause the Department to issue | ||||||
13 | a written warning for a first offense and shall be a petty | ||||||
14 | offense for a second or subsequent offense if the violation | ||||||
15 | occurs at the same location within 12 months after the first | ||||||
16 | offense.
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17 | (b) In cases where a person is found to have mislabeled,
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18 | possessed, offered for sale or transfer, sold or transferred,
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19 | or given away lead-bearing substances, a representative of the
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20 | Department shall confiscate the lead-bearing substances and
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21 | retain the substances until they are shown to be in compliance
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22 | with this Act.
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23 | (c) In addition to any other penalty provided under this | ||||||
24 | Act, the court in
an action brought under subsection (f) (e) | ||||||
25 | may impose upon any person who violates
or does not comply with |
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1 | a notice of deficiency and a mitigation order issued
under | ||||||
2 | subsection (7) of Section 9 of this Act or who fails to comply | ||||||
3 | with subsection (3) or subsection (5) of Section 9 of this Act | ||||||
4 | a civil penalty not exceeding
$2,500 for each violation, plus | ||||||
5 | $250 for each day that the violation continues.
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6 | Any civil penalties collected in a court proceeding shall | ||||||
7 | be deposited into a
delegated county lead poisoning screening, | ||||||
8 | prevention, and abatement fund or,
if no delegated county or | ||||||
9 | lead poisoning screening, prevention, and abatement
fund | ||||||
10 | exists, into the Lead Poisoning Screening, Prevention, and | ||||||
11 | Abatement Fund
established under Section 7.2.
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12 | (d) In addition to any other penalty provided under this | ||||||
13 | Act, the court in an action brought under subsection (f) may | ||||||
14 | impose a civil penalty not exceeding $2,500 for each violation, | ||||||
15 | plus $250 for each day the violation continues for any | ||||||
16 | violation of Section 4, Section 5, or Section 6 of this Act.
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17 | Any penalties collected in a court proceeding shall be | ||||||
18 | deposited into the Lead Poisoning Screening, Prevention, and | ||||||
19 | Abatement Fund established under Section 7.2. | ||||||
20 | (e) (d) Whenever the Department finds that an emergency | ||||||
21 | exists that requires
immediate action to protect the health of | ||||||
22 | children under this Act, it may,
without administrative | ||||||
23 | procedure or notice, cause an action to be brought by
the | ||||||
24 | Attorney General or the State's Attorney of the county in which | ||||||
25 | a violation
has occurred for a temporary restraining order or a | ||||||
26 | preliminary injunction to
require such action as is required to |
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1 | meet the emergency and protect the health
of children.
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2 | (f) (e) The State's Attorney of the county in which a | ||||||
3 | violation occurs or the
Attorney General may bring an action | ||||||
4 | for the enforcement of this Act and the
rules adopted and | ||||||
5 | orders issued under this Act, in the name of the People of
the | ||||||
6 | State of Illinois, and may, in addition to other remedies | ||||||
7 | provided in
this Act, bring an action for a temporary | ||||||
8 | restraining order or preliminary
injunction as described in | ||||||
9 | subsection (e) (d) or an injunction to restrain any
actual or | ||||||
10 | threatened violation or to impose or collect a civil penalty | ||||||
11 | for any
violation.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 94-879, eff. 6-20-06.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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