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                                     LRB093 11083 LCB 13096 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3229

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3229 on page 2,  by
 3    deleting lines 10 through 16; and

 4    on page 2, line 17, by replacing "(9)" with "(8)"; and

 5    on page 2, line 22, by replacing "(10)" with "(9)"; and

 6    on page 2, line 27, by replacing "(11)" with "(10)"; and

 7    on page 2, line 30, by replacing "(12)" with "(11)"; and

 8    on page 2, line 32, by replacing "(13)" with "(12)"; and

 9    on page 3, after line 14, by inserting the following:
10        ""Primary  prevention" means removing lead hazards before
11    a child is poisoned rather than relying on identification  of
12    a lead poisoned child as the triggering event."; and

13    on  page  3, by replacing line 16 with "advise the Department
14    on lead poisoning prevention activities. The"; and

15    on page 3, line 18, after "designee", by inserting  "and  the
16    chair of the Illinois Lead Safe Housing Task Force"; and

17    on page 4, after line 2, by inserting the following:
18             "(5)  Two   representatives   from  community  based
19        organizations in communities with a concentration of high
 
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 1        risk lead contaminated properties. High-risk  communities
 2        shall   be   identified  based  upon  the  prevalence  of
 3        low-income families whose children are lead poisoned  and
 4        the age of the housing stock."; and

 5    on page 4, line 3, by replacing "(5)" with "(6)"; and

 6    on page 4, by deleting lines 8 through 13; and

 7    on page 4, line 14, by replacing "6" with "9"; and

 8    on  page  4,  by  replacing  lines  15  through  23  with the
 9    following:
10    "shall submit a  written  report  to  the  Governor  and  the
11    General Assembly on:
12             (1)  developing  a  primary  prevention  program for
13        addressing lead poisoning;
14             (2)  developing a sufficient pool of lead  abatement
15        workers and contractors;
16             (3)  targeting  blood  lead  screening  to  children
17        residing in high-risk buildings and neighborhoods;
18             (4)  ensuring   lead-safe   work  practices  in  all
19        remodeling, rehabilitation, and weatherization work;
20             (5)  funding  mechanisms   to   assist   residential
21        property   owners   in   costs   of  lead  abatement  and
22        mitigation;
23             (6)  providing insurance subsidies to licensed  lead
24        abatement  contractors who target their work to high-risk
25        communities; and
26             (7)  developing   any   necessary   legislation   or
27        rulemaking to improve  the  effectiveness  of  State  and
28        local programs in lead abatement and other prevention and
29        control activities."; and

30    on  page  4,  line  24,  after "handbooks", by inserting "and
31    training"; and
 
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 1    on page 4, by deleting lines 31 through 34; and

 2    by deleting page 5.