Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
Filed: 3/10/2010
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6439
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6439 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Findings. The General Assembly makes the | ||||||
5 | following findings: | ||||||
6 | (1) The quality of life of a growing number of Illinois | ||||||
7 | families has been impacted by a significant increase in bed | ||||||
8 | bug (Cimex lectularius) infestations. | ||||||
9 | (2) A joint EPA/CDC statement recognizes bed bugs as a | ||||||
10 | pest of public health importance. | ||||||
11 | (3) Bed bug infestations are ubiquitous, uniquely | ||||||
12 | difficult to abate, and pose a challenge to the rights and | ||||||
13 | responsibilities of those affected by such infestations. | ||||||
14 | (4) There is a substantial lack of public knowledge | ||||||
15 | about bed bug treatment and prevention, necessitating the | ||||||
16 | need for targeted consumer education and communication. | ||||||
17 | (5) In April of 2009, the United States Environmental |
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1 | Protection Agency held its first National Bed Bug Summit to | ||||||
2 | solicit recommendations on dealing with the growing public | ||||||
3 | nuisance of bed bugs; among the major recommendations | ||||||
4 | emanating from the summit was the importance of legislative | ||||||
5 | support and better education about bed bugs for governments | ||||||
6 | and elected officials. | ||||||
7 | (6) It is in the public interest to create a task force | ||||||
8 | to study the increase in bed bug infestations and make | ||||||
9 | specific recommendations for public policy measures to | ||||||
10 | combat this growing public nuisance. | ||||||
11 | Section 5. The Safe and Hygienic Bed Act is amended by | ||||||
12 | adding Section 50 as follows: | ||||||
13 | (410 ILCS 68/50 new) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 50. Illinois Bed Bug Task Force. The Illinois Bed Bug | ||||||
15 | Task Force is hereby created within the Department. The | ||||||
16 | Department shall provide staff and administrative support to | ||||||
17 | the Task Force. | ||||||
18 | The Task Force shall make recommendations on the prevention | ||||||
19 | and treatment of bed bug infestations in private dwellings, | ||||||
20 | public accommodations, and institutions; State standards for | ||||||
21 | the disposal of bed bug-infested items; the training, | ||||||
22 | education, and certification of pest management professionals; | ||||||
23 | and the development of public education materials on bed bug | ||||||
24 | prevention and treatment, including specific information on |
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1 | the rights and responsibilities of tenants, landlords, and | ||||||
2 | property owners. | ||||||
3 | The Task Force shall consist of 10 members appointed by the | ||||||
4 | Governor, one of which shall have advanced experience in | ||||||
5 | entomology and at least one of which shall come from each of | ||||||
6 | the following fields: | ||||||
7 | (1) a representative of the pest management industry; | ||||||
8 | (2) a representative of an organization involved in | ||||||
9 | higher education issues; | ||||||
10 | (3) a representative of a nonprofit organization, | ||||||
11 | particularly one involved with tenant advocacy issues; and | ||||||
12 | (4) a representative of apartment associations. | ||||||
13 | In addition to these members, the following officials or | ||||||
14 | their designees may serve as ex officio members of the Task | ||||||
15 | Force: the Director of Public Health; the Director of | ||||||
16 | Agriculture; the Illinois Attorney General; and the Executive | ||||||
17 | Director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority. | ||||||
18 | The Task Force shall report its findings to the General | ||||||
19 | Assembly on or before January 1, 2011.
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.".
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