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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB3347
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Heather Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2011, a person may not (i) use a weight or other product to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury or (ii) sell, offer to sell, distribute, or offer to distribute a weight or other product for balancing a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. Also provides that, on and after January 1, 2012, a person may not sell a new vehicle equipped with a weight or other product used to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. Effective immediately.
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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY |
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SB3347 |
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LRB096 15478 JDS 30706 b |
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| AN ACT concerning safety.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 22.23c as follows: |
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| (415 ILCS 5/22.23c new) |
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| Sec. 22.23c. Vehicle wheel weights. |
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| (a) In this Section: |
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| “New vehicle” has the same meaning as ascribed in |
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| Section 1-148.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. |
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| “Vehicle” has the same meaning as ascribed in Section |
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| 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. |
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| (b) On and after January 1, 2011, no person shall use a |
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| weight or other product to balance a vehicle wheel or tire if |
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| the weight or other product contains lead or mercury. |
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| (c) On and after January 1, 2011, no person shall sell, |
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| offer to sell, distribute, or offer to distribute a weight or |
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| other product for balancing a vehicle wheel or tire if the |
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| weight or other product contains lead or mercury. |
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| (d) On and after January 1, 2012, no person shall sell a |
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| new vehicle equipped with a weight or other product used to |
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| balance a vehicle wheel or tire if the weight or other product |
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| contains lead or mercury.
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